Is Don Lamb a history professor or is he a very thorough rail fan?
What university is he at? Does he have any plans to publish his
fascinating talk?
Thanks,
Bill H.
--- In BRHSlist@y..., "ed_de_rouin" <PIXELS@A...> wrote:
> Bill and Others unable to Attend:
>
> I first saw Don Lamb present the story of the building of the
> AT&SF eastward from KC during the SFM&HS Meet in Oakbrook,
> IL in 2000. My initial thoughts were that the presentation was
> wonderful, enlightening, and entertaining. My second thought
> was that it should be shown to the BRHS because the story was
> interwoven with the CB&Q and others. So, I mentioned that to
> Don, Bob Kosic and Jim Singer. Don's presentation Saturday
> was revised ti improve the balance due to the BRHS and
> GM&OHS members in the audience. This is not to imply the first
> telling lacked balance, but it was more focused upon the history
> of the AT&SF.
>
> Regarding the Overton files. Due to Don's tenacity at the
> Newberry, the research notes of R. C. Overton are now available
> for the serious researcher. Until Don helped uncover the
> records, they were unknown and uncatalogued. The records
> were safely stored, but due to staffing and resource limitations,
> were not available.
>
> Ed DeRouin
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