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Railroad History ArchiveRecent Gifts and AcquisitionsAlvin A. Lawrence PapersIn August 2011 the Railroad History Archive received the gift of the locomotive and car drawings done or collected by Alvin A. Lawrence. Alvin A. Lawrence was born in Branford, Connecticut, in 1923 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He attended college in Indiana, earning a degree in Aeronautical and Civil Engineering, and spent his career as an engineer, retiring in 1991. He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, and created the locomotive and car drawings for publications sponsored by the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association. The papers consist of drawings by Alvin A. Lawrence of locomotives (steam and electric) and cars (passenger, box, freight, baggage, club, sleeper, etc.) of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and some of its predecessor lines including the Central New England Railway, the Boston & Providence Railroad, and the New York & New England Railroad. The collection also holds erecting cards, or diagrams, created by the builders of the locomotives and trains, and other blueprints and drawings from the railroad of its rolling stock, plus a few photographs of the trains. Many of the drawings were done by Mr. Lawrence for publications of the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, particularly its magazine Shoreliner. The Railroad History Archive is delighted to include this important collection among the resources available to the
research community. For more information, please view the finding aid at
http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/lawrence/MSS20110086.html.
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