A collection of real impact
Posted June 20, 2023
Transportation Library holdings link humans, history, and the environment On its maiden voyage across Lake Michigan, the SS Badger ferried passengers, autos, roll-on/roll-off freight...Category: Transportation Library
Transportation Library
Graphic Design In Transportation: Snapshots from Transportation’s Winter Open House
Posted April 13, 2023
We invite you to join us at the Transportation Library for our Spring Open House on April 27 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,...
‘Timetable Firsts’ exhibit reveals impactful moments in 20th century transportation history
Posted March 10, 2023
Printed timetables were, by definition, ephemeral. Airline and railroad schedules were regularly updated, and with the release of a new timetable, the previous edition...
Travel grants put scholars in touch with rarest collections
Posted January 25, 2023
A pilot project issuing travel grants to far-flung scholars for visiting Northwestern Libraries collections in person was such a success for the 2022-2023 academic...
Trucking By Electricity: The Fleet of the New York Edison Company
Posted January 11, 2023
The New York Edison Company was the largest provider of electricity in New York City in the 1920s, employing a fleet of several hundred...
Researching the researchers: new archive collects notes from Environmental Impact Statement research
Posted January 9, 2023
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 fully came into effect in January of 1970, and with it began the age of Environmental Impact...
Fleets of Modernism: the Streamliner Era and Beyond
Posted May 11, 2022
In his 1937 book The Locomotive (its esthetics), industrial designer Raymond Loewy writes that the opportunity to design a locomotive for the Pennsylvania Railroad...
Introducing the Sullivan Collection: Chicago Transit History Through the Lens of a Railfan
Posted March 25, 2021
Trainspotting—that passionate hobby of sighting specific trains on their routes—is one of the best-known examples of an “anorak subject.” Only truly dedicated railfans have...
Fair Use Week celebrates copyright flexibility for all
Posted February 21, 2021
By Liz Hamilton, copyright librarian Happy Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! This international event, observed February 22-26, celebrates fair use (an exception under copyright law...