DATES: 1919-1983
CREATOR: Perlman, Alfred E.
ABSTRACT: Collection of books, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the Perlman family and Alfred E. Perlman’s career as a railroad engineer and executive.
SCOPE: This collection is divided into five series: books, photograph albums, scrapbooks, framed photographs, and loose items, dated 1919-1983. Subjects include railroad operations, history, and commerce; and the Perlman family and Perlman Yard.
HISTORY: Alfred E. Perlman (1902-1983) was an engineer and executive with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (1936-1954), New York and Penn Central Railroads (1954-1970), and Western Pacific Railroad (1970-1976). In the early 1950s, Perlman contributed to protecting the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad from bankruptcy and was then hired by the New York Central Railroad in 1954, which merged with the Penn Central Railroad under his presidency. Perlman was president and later chairman of the Western Pacific Railroad from 1970-1976 until his retirement.
EXTENT: 14 books, 6 photo albums, 6 scrapbooks, 8 framed photographs, 3 loose items
ACCESS: This is collection B-294. This collection is available for on-site use only in the Rare Book and Manuscripts Reading Room. Some of the collection may be photocopied, digitally scanned or photographed, depending on condition. Researchers are advised to call ahead concerning changes in hours due to University intersessions and holidays. The St. Louis Mercantile Library is located on levels one and two of the Thomas Jefferson Library building. More information about conducting research with the archival collections of the Library, including current building hours and reading room policies, can be found on our Research page.
Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the collections of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis."
INVENTORY
Series 1: Books (14)
Report on the Rio Grande Motor Way, Inc. 1939, by A.E. Perlman and L.E. Nickerson
Report on Branch Line Report 1938 (2 copies), by A.E. Perlman, W.M. Carey, and T.A. Thompson
The State, the Investor, and the Railroad: The Boston & Albany, 1825-1867, by Stephen Salsbury, published 1967
The Moffat Tunnel of Colorado: An Epic of Empire, Volume Two, by Edgar Carlisle McMechen, published 1927
The Interstate Commerce Act: Together with Text of Supplementary Acts and Related Sections of Various Other Acts, published 1951
The Beginnings of the New York Central Railroad: A History, by Frank Walker Stevens, published 1926
No Way to Run a Railroad: The Untold Story of the Penn Central Crisis, by Stephen Salsbury, published 1982
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company Annual Reports 1947 to [1955]
Round-Table Discussion Program Part I: Sept. 22, 1941 to Jan. 19, 1942
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company: Information Pertaining to Its Properties and their Improvement; Traffic; Territorial Development; and Results of Operation (2 copies with different binding), published 1951
Report No. 5002 to His Excellency, Syngman Rhee, President on the Condition, Rehabilitation, and Further Development of Certain Elements in the Industry of the Republic of Korea, by Day & Zimmermann, Inc., published 1949
Penn Central Company, 122nd Annual Report, published 1968
Series 2: Photo Albums (6)
Perlman Yard Photographs, September 1966-September 1968
To Commemorate the Visit of The Western Pacific Railroad, 1972
Kentucky Derby Party, 1962
Family Photo Album, 1972-1978
Family Photo Album, Undated
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, New York Central Railroad, Western United States Landscape Photography, and Other Subjects, 1940s-1960s
Series 3: Scrapbooks (6)
1919-1966
1965-1967
1967-1969
1969-1970
1961-1974
1974-1983
Series 4: Framed Photographs (8)
Series 5: Loose Items
Two photographs
Letter from the Minister of Transportation in Israel, 1950
