Nathan H. Bogue Collection, 1912-1928

Collection

Identifier: SHL305

Staff Only

Content Description

The collection consists of materials provided by Nathan Herschel Bogue, a railway engineer at the O.C& E railway. The collection contains maps, logs, photographs, blueprints, invoices and notebooks. Folder titles include: track laying specs, Bogue Strahorn correspondence, O.C.& E rights of way, payroll, O.C & E labor expenses, and many other materials. Materials date from 1912 to 1928

Dates

Creation: 1912-1928

Creator

Bogue, Nathan Herschel (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Nathan Bogue was educated at he University of Minnesota 1900-1904. He was married to Isabella and had at least one child. In the early 1920s, Bogue bought some farmland east of Merrill, Oregon. Nathan Bogue worked on the Oregon California and Eastern (OC&E) railroad as a Civil Engineer, employed by Robert E. Strahorn, President of the OC&E. Bogue was a “route” engineer, trained to survey routes for railways, determine grades, and calculate construction costs.

Extent

2 boxes (2 boxes of papers and 4 rolled maps. ) : The collection has been kept in unsafe conditions in a barn before being donated. This resulted in the materials badly burnt or covered with mold or warped. The worst damaged papers have been discarded. The Special Collections staff made efforts to restore some of the discarded pages by scanning those and digitally removing the fire and mold stains

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Nathan Bogue worked on the Oregon California and Eastern (OC&E) railroad as a Civil Engineer from 1912 to 1928, employed by Robert E. Strahorn, President of the OC&E. The collection contains maps, logs, photographs, blueprints, invoices and notebooks.