DeForest Douglas Diver railroad photographs

Collection — Box: 8

Identifier: 1948

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

A collection of DeForest Douglas Diver, 1878-1958, railroad engineer and photographer, consisting of original photographs, glass plates and other negatives, and glossy prints, mainly of the New York, Ontario, and Western Railway. Subjects include employee groups, locomotives, passenger and freight cars, stations at Middletown and elsewhere, roundhouse and yards at Middleton, flooded and snowbound tracks, construction work and heavy equipment, the Hawk Mountain tunnel, and various wrecks. Photographs were taken by Mr. Diver and others at Cadosia, Cooks Falls, Fishs Eddy, Sidney, Delaware County; Morrisville, Oneida, Randallsville, Solsville, Madison County; Clinton, Oneida County; Constantia, Fulton, Oswego County; South New Berlin, Otsego County; Callicoon, Ferndale, Hankins, Hurleyville, Liberty, Summitville, Sullivan County.

Dates

ca. 1870-1950.

Creator

Diver, DeForest Douglas, 1878-1958 (Collector, Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

3.4 cubic feet. (3.4 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Original photographs, glass plates and other negatives, and glossy prints, mainly of the New York, Ontario, and Western Railway, taken by Mr. Diver and others in Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Oswego, Otsego, and Sullivan Counties, New York.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Photograph files: Boxes 1-6
Series II. Negatives only: Box7

Available Copies:

Photographs from the collection have been digitized and are accessible through Cornell Library's Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/collections/72157621733952250/ .

Photographs from the collection are also accessible through the RMC image portal..

Physical Description

Original photographs, glass plates and other negatives, glossy prints.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: P. Pelley
Date completed:: October 1984
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, January 2016

Supplemental Lists

List of N.Y.O. & W. engines usually with a coal car in the Diver RR Collection, glossy print and glass plate of each; compiled by N. Dean, 4-6-66. In Box [ ] unless noted otherwise.Engine #

1
5
11
26 [28]
30
31
41
49
51
74
75
78
103
105
139
143
225
227
247
248
303
304
352
358
360
362
401
405
453
Franklin
and a few unnumbered engines.

List of N.Y.O. & W. vestibule chair (passenger) cars in the Diver RR Collection, glossy print and glass plate of each; compiled by N. Dean, 4-6-66.Vestibule chair cars #

List of boxcar photographs in the Diver RR Collection; compiled by N. Dean, 2/25/64

One boxcar in background; # impossible to read.: glass plate
Long line of boxcars at station; # impossible to read; incl. Lehigh Valley car; neg. # 40.: glass plate
N.Y.O. & W. boxcar 2211.: glass plate
N.Y.O. & W. boxcar 2211 (second view).: glass plate
N.Y.O. & W. engine 360 and boxcar (?) 15432; neg. #E17.: glass plate & print
Boxcar 2212.: glass plate
N.Y.O. & W. boxcar 2816 with engine 99.: print
N.Y.O. & W. boxcar 2327.: print
Train on track; engine, boxcar, and 2 passenger cars; no numbers [797 on back of picture].: print
N.Y.O. & W. boxcar 9257 at great distance.: picture postcard
N.Y.O. & W. boxcar 9623 with engine 362; neg. #E16.: glass plate
N.Y.O. & W. boxcar 9584 [incorrectly captioned as "91 - Buell Brothers' Taxicab, Norwich, N.Y."].: print

Additional information on contents of Diver RR Photograph Collection

Negative and print of picture of inspection locomotive #28 made, June 26, 1963; print sent of Lucius Beebe (see general corres. file) and negative filed in collection.
Collection does NOT include a picture of inspection locomotive #28 (see letter from Leonard Rice, 9/7/63).
For checklist of boxcar photos made 2/64, see attached list.
For checklist of N.Y.O. & W. engine and vestibule chair car photos made 4/66, see attached list.