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Nathan Mazer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-290

Abstract

This collection was donated by Nathan Mazer. There are three parts to this collection. The first and largest part of the collection is about the Golden Spike and items pertaining to the railroad. The first collection contains photos, posters, paintings, medals, newspaper articles, and correspondence, which have been categorized alphabetically. The second part of this collection is about Hill Field Air Force Museum. It contains photos, correspondence, stories, and a variety of Air Force Posters. The third and smallest part of this collection is a miscellaneous assortment of the life of Nathan Mazer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1869 - 1990

Extent

12 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Bx1





Golden Spike



Fd1 Advertisement for Railroad



Fd2 Stephen E. Ambrose



Fd3 Articles of Incorporation for Golden Spike Railroad Museum



Fd4 Box Elder County



Fd5 Commerative Golden Spike



Fd6 Correspondence



Fd7 Golden Hotel Ad



Fd8 Golden Spike



Fd9 The Golden Spike by Kate B. Carter



Fd10 Golden Spike Articles



Fd11 Golden Spike Celebration-Photos



Fd12 Golden Spike Celebration: 1919



Fd13 Golden Spike Centennial Commission



Fd14 Golden Spike Centennial Correspondence



Fd15 Golden Spike Forum



Fd16 Golden Spike Forum-Photos



Bx2



Fd1 Golden Spike Medal



Fd2 Golden Spike Medal



Fd3 Golden Spike Postage



Fd4 Golden Spike Railroads Business Cards



Fd5 Golden Spike Railroads.com



Fd6 Golden Spike Re-enactment Photos



Fd7 Golden Spike Slides



Fd8 Grenville M. Dogde-Central Oregon Railroad War



Fd9 Misc. Types of Engines used



Fd10 Nate Mazer Oral Interview: 11/10/72



Fd11 National Fund Raiser-National Railroad Hall of Fame



Fd12 National Railroad Hall of Fame



Fd13 National Railroad Hall of Fame-Charter



Fd14 National Railroad Hall of Fame-Correspondence



Fd15 National Railroad Hall of Fame Letterhead



Fd16 Newspapers-Kansas City Newspaper-Union Station



Fd17 Newspapers-Railroad



Fd18 Newspapers-Standard Examiner



Fd19 Newspapers-The Tremonton Leader/Garland Times



Fd20 Oral History of Nate Mazer



Fd21 “People Who Came on the First Trains”-Kate B. Carter



Bx3



Fd1 Photos-Train Schedule, Train, Misc.



Fd2 Principal Register



Fd3 Promontory, Utah



Fd4 Railroad Hall of Fame



Fd5 Railroad Hall of Fame enshrine Leland Stanford & E. H.

Harriman



Fd6 Railroad Stamps



Fd7 Rose Parade Float



Fd8 Significant Dates Transcontinental Completions



Fd9 Southern Pacific’s Role in the Golden Spike Centennial



Fd10 Trains-Photos



Fd11 Union Pacific Centennial Certificate



Fd12 Union Pacific Railroad-Golden Spike Centennial

Celebration



Fd13 Union Station



Fd14 Union Station Advisory Committee



Bx4



Fd1 Articles of Incorporation-Golden Spike Museum



Fd2 Articles of Incorporation-National Railroad Hall of Fame



Fd3 Golden Spike Centennial



Fd4 Golden Spike Posters



Fd5 National Railroad Hall of Fame and Museum



Fd6 Newspapers



Bx5



Fd1 Plaque 1869-1969- Golden Spike Centennial Celebration Commission



Fd2 Plaque “…The Pacific Railroad is completed…” May 10,

1869



Fd3 The Pacific Railway Medal



Bx6



Fd1 Advertisement of the Grand Opening of the Union Pacific

(Green)



Fd2 Gold Set-Pictures of Railroad



Fd3 Labor Unions-Statements about Railroad (Teal)



Fd4 Orange Set of Railroad Pictures



Fd5 Pictures of Construction of Railroad/Golden Spike (Red)



Fd6 Photo of a wall at Golden Spike Museum



Fd7 Tan Group of Railroad Pictures



Bx7



Fd1 Advertisement against Railroad



Fd2 Advertisement for the Adirondack Railway



Fd3 Golden Spike Menu



Fd4 Golden Spike Picture



Fd5 Locomotives



Fd6 Ogden Standard Examiner-Golden Spike Centennial

Edition



Fd7 Ogden Standard Examiner-Map



Fd8 Photos-Jupiter, 119, and the Rose Parade



Fd9 Promontory Summit-Fore…And Aft



Fd10 Reception Program-“The Golden Spike: A Journey

Through History”



Fd11 The Stream Trip of the Century



Fd12 Tribune Eagle-The Golden Spike a New Era for the West



Fd13 Union Pacific Poster



Bx8



Fd1 Buffalo Bill-Union Pacific Poster



Fd2 Golden Spike



Fd3 Joining of the two Railroads-Golden Spike



Fd4 National Railroad Hall of Fame and Museum Correspondence



Fd5 New York Times-100 years later…Golden Spike



Bx9



Fd1 Ogden Standard Examiner-Golden Spike Centennial

Edition



Fd2 Pictures and Commentary about laying tracks



Fd3 Photos-Railroad



Fd4 Russian Newspaper-American Railroad



Fd5 Star Tribune-Rare Photos



Fd6 Train Drawing



Fd7 Union Pacific Railroad Centennial 1869-1969



Fd8 Union Pacific Railroad-Picture Golden Spike



Fd9 Union Pacific Railroad-Time Schedule



Bx10



Fd1 Medals of the Union Pacific Railroad



Fd2 Painting on Wood-Bridging the Missouri River at Omaha,

1870



Fd3 Painting on Wood-Golden Spike



Oversized



1 Poster-May 8, 9, 10, 1969-Sacramento Gold Spike Centennial

Celebration-First railroad to span the continent



2 Poster-May 10, 1969-Golden Spike Centennial Celebration



3 Poster-September 15, 1981-John Bull’s 150 th Anniversary



4 Poster-North America Railway Hall of Fame-Preliminary Nomination

Form



5 Poster-Golden Spike & Iron Men



Bx11



Hill Field Aerospace Museum



Fd1 544 th Bombardment Squadron-Nate Mazer



Fd2 Aerospace Business Cards



Fd3 Air Corps Gunnery School



Fd4 Air Force WWII bomb Groups Reunion



Fd5 Correspondence



Fd6 Hill Aerospace Museum



Fd7 Hill Museum



Fd8 Hill Museum Photos-Chapel



Fd9 James Henderson Straubel



Fd10 Job Rating



Fd11 Mazer in WWII



Fd12 Military Picture



Fd13 Murals



Fd14 Mural Dedication



Fd15 Newspaper Article-Standard Examiner



Fd16 One Version of the Trip over Germany in “The Fight’n

Hebe”



Fd17 “The Quiet Professionals” Card Set



Fd18 Thomas T. Leavitt Plaque



Fd19 To Soar While Still: The Story of Hill Aerospace Museum



Oversized



Fd1 Air Force Posters-Planes



Fd2 Air Force Posters-Soldiers



Fd3 Hill Field and Golden Spike



Fd4 Posters –World War II



Fd5 Space Posters



Bx12



Miscellaneous



Fd1 Clarion, Utah



Fd2 Correspondence



Fd3 Flag Day Ceremony



Fd4 It’s a Great Life by Don Peterson



Fd5 Letter from Ronald Reagan



Fd6 Nate Mazer-Misc. Photos



Fd7 Parade



Fd8 Photo-Michael Gross



Fd9 Photos-Nate Mazer



Fd10 Utah State Quarter



Fd11 Weber County Industrial Development Bureau



Fd12 WSC Homecoming: 1980



Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the WSU Stewart Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
3921 Central Campus Drive Dept 2901
Ogden UT 84408