Edward Bollinger papers, 1900-1979.

Bollinger, Edward T., 1907-1988

C MSS WH660

Finding aid available online and in repository.

Digitized images from the Edward Bollinger papers.

1 linear ft. (1 box), 1 audio visual envelope, 1 photo box

Organized into 5 series: 1. Manuscript and Publicity, 1979 (box1). 2. Research, 1928-1937 (box1). 3. Railroad Events, 1904-1937 (box1). 4. Audiovisual, 1977 (AVEnvelope1). 5. Photographs, 1902-1962 (PhotoBox1).

Born in Manlius, Ill. in 1907. Earned a B.A. from Susquehanna University and a B.D. from Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa. During WWII, he worked on the construction of the Moffat Tunnel and Fraser section of the Denver & Salt Lake Railway. Bollinger also served as a Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Congregational minister in Va., Iowa, and Colo.; worked as a curator at Fort Vasquez; and wrote articles on railroads for Rail Road Magazine and Colorado Magazine.

Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, original and copies of documents from western railroad companies; research for Bollinger's books on Western railroads; audio cassette by Bollinger outlining research for his books.

Bollinger, Edward Taylor, 1907- -- Archives.

Historians -- West (U.S.)

Railroads -- West (U.S.)

Moffat Tunnel (Colo.) -- History.

Audiocassettes.

Correspondence.

Manuscripts for publication.

Photographs.

Research.

Contact Special Collections and Archives Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Repository also has: Rails that Climb: A Narrative History of the Moffat Road (C385.09 D435bo2); Rails that Climb, the Story of the Moffat Road (C385.09 D435bo); and Moffat Road (C385.0973 B638mo 1967).

Edward Bollinger; Gift; 1977, 1978.