Some people here may find some relevant information in this...
Cheers!
Jan
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "James F. Brewer" <jfbrewer@c...> wrote:
All,
This came across on the NWHS mailing list. It wasn't signed but it
provides some information, given the recent discussion of this
material on this list. Buyer beware :-)
Jim Brewer
Glenwood MD
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:24:28 -0600
Subject: ICC document collection at Denver University
I am researching the historical relationship between
the railroads and Appalachian development patterns and
poverty, as a critique of the going paradigm in
economic geography. Being in Denver for the
holidays, I naturally wanted to check out the Denver
University collection of ICC documents.
I share some pointers about this huge document
collection. The most important is to contact
Christopher Brown of the Penrose Library before going
to Denver or the University, to make sure he can
assist you when you are there.
cbrown@d...
Telephone: 303 871 3404
Let him know as specifically as possible what kind of
information you hope to find. Anticipating with some
time a sure visit on your part, he could be attentive
to your needs before you arrive, for example putting
an eye out for relevant documents while they are
cataloging.
He is a very informative and helpful reference
librarian, in charge of governmental documents.
Additional tips:
DON¨T take advantage of holiday or vacation periods
(when the people in the know are absent or are very
occupied), as I did;
DON¨T take the reference clerks word for anything in
the Law Library (where I started, unfortunately);
DON´T be discouraged by finding a sizeable collection
on ICC (including all the annual reports, some books
about the ICC and the like; which many law libraries
around the country should have) in the Law Library and
being given a resounding "no" to my entreaty that
there must be a lot more than this in the University.
The immense collection was moved from Washington in
1996, and the Penrose Library just now getting rolling
on the cataloging, going full speed
during five months to date. This will take several
years. They are starting with the numerous books, are
using empty and accessible shelf space for journals
and some governmental documents which will
then be cataloged, and the rest including archival
materials (about 20% of the total collection) is in
boxes and will be last. Apparently (I didn´t have
time to check), there is a complete collection of
state utility annual reports of all the States, at the
Colorado Supreme Court library. The DU collection
has fairly complete collections for
some States (not Appalachian States from what I could
see).
For my needs, Christopher showed me a collection of
documents with primary data regarding cases (mostly
cross references from the annual reports), in
the Penrose library (not the Law Library). And his
library has lots of governmental technical reports on
specific subjects, like pricing of coal transport.
This material predates and was cataloged before the
arrival of the huge document collection which they are
getting their teeth into.
Since I didn´t get to Christopher until the day before
my departure, I was limited in time to really get into
the collection.
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