I am doing some historical research and am looking for a library/repository that has:

Railway Age Gazette

Does anyone know of any libraries/archives on the east coast with this publication?

Thanks,

Aaron

Aaron,

You state your location as Washington, DC. Did you consider the Library of Congress? I have researched periodicals there before and had no problems. Reader Identification Card is easy to get, only takes about thrity minutes.

Steve

Steve,

No, I didn't even consider them. I need to look into the process of getting a card.

Thanks!

Aaron

Look up Simmons Boardman in Omaha, Nebraska. I believe they may maintain an archive.

Regards,
Gerald W. Kopiasz

The Center for Research Libraries is a lending library to member universities, of which there are several hundred. They have a good run of the Gazette and you can check their on-line catalogue. If you have a university affiliation (alumni status sometimes works) consult with their Reference Librarian. CRI will then ship it to the university library where you can access the matierial acording to their rules. For that matter, the Reference Librarian can usually find other sources on with a few on-line searches

Oberlin College has them back to 1911, and I believe MIT has them too. These are considered a significant trade research reference of the era, so they are more common in academic libraries than you might expect.

Institutions in DC, MD, VA holding various issues of Railway Age:

US, DC
AMERICAN UNIV 152-178(1962-1977)
ARNOLD & PORTER
CONGRESSIONAL RES SERV
COVINGTON & BURLING
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 183-(1982-)
HOGAN & HARTSON, LAW LIBR vol. 205(2004-)
HOWARD UNIV 181-183(1980-1982)
JENNER & BLOCK LIBR, DC
LEBOEUF, LAMB, GREENE & MACRAE 183-(1982-)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MAYER, BROWN & PLATT, LAW LIBR v.193-(1992-)
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP LAW LIBR Retains latest 5 years
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV LIBR
PENTAGON LIBR
REED SMITH,
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 181-(1981-)
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LIBR v.197-(1996-)
TRANSPORTATION RES BRD LIBR Local holdings availa
US DEPT OF JUSTICE LIBR
US DEPT OF TRANS LIBR
VENABLE, LLP 192-(1991-)
WHITE & CASE 182-(1980-)
WILMER HALE

US, MD
MORGAN STATE UNIV
UNIV OF BALTIMORE
UNIV OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE CNTY
UNIV OF MARYLAND, COL PARK

US, VA
CHESTERFIELD CNTY PUB LIBR 184-(1983-)
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIV 181-189(1980-1988)
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY 90-95,152-(1962-)
COUNTY OF HENRICO PUB LIBR 181-(1980-)
DABNEY S LANCASTER COMMUN COL v.198-v.202(1997-2001)
JAMES MADISON UNIV 178-204(May 9, 1977-2
NORFOLK PUB LIBR 134-(1958-)
NORFOLK STATE UNIV v.176-181,186-193(197
RICHMOND PUB LIBR 77-(1924-)
ROANOKE CITY PUB LIBR 129-(1950-)
UNIV OF VIRGINIA
US ARMY CORPS OF ENG, OFF CHIEF OF ENG
US ARMY, TRANS TECH INFO & RES CTR 64-(1918-)
US ARMY, VAN NOY LIBR
US PATENT & TRADEMARK OFF
VDOT RESEARCH LIBR
VIRGINIA MIL INST 125-207(1948-2006)
VIRGINIA TECH v.64-v.200:no.8(1918-
VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUN COL 198-202(1997-2000)
WASHINGTON & LEE UNIV 64-183(191

Add to above listing:

Baltimore Streetcar Museum/Md. Rail Historical Library: pretty darned wide selection of Railway Age.

If you shoot me your specific needs, I can check on the inventory for you.

Museum open 10-4 every Wednesday (for the most part), and at least one Sunday a month, or if necessary by appt. Let me know if you need the latter. Copying/scanning services also available, at additional costs/fees.

Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA has the Gazette all the way back to about the Civil War. I looked through most of them in researching my book on the Gainesville Midland RR here in GA.
Doug vV

You might try World Cat. This an catalog with over 10,000 libraries worldwide. I first found this site by a link from the California State Library.

About the publication that you asked about: There was once two publications Railway Age and Railway Gazette one of these was published in New York the other in Chicago. They were combined in about 1910 to become Railway Age Gazette and then renamed Railway Age in 1918.