Beata Drake Covered Bridge Collection
name: label: Creator
content: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges.
label: Creator
content: Drake, Beata
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Bridges
label: Topic
content: Covered bridges
label: Topic
content: Covered bridges -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection bequeathed to the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now the Division of Work and Industry) by Beata Drake, through Richard H. Symons in 1982.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges.
label: Creator
content: Drake, Beata
setName: label: See more items in
content: Beata Drake Covered Bridge Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents covered bridges, mostly in the eastern United States.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Beata Drake (d. 1982) was a collector and covered bridge enthusiast.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1981
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0998
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Guidebooks
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Newsletters
label: Type
content: Pamphlets
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Postcards
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1: Covered Bridge Societies, 1954-1981	

Series 2: Maps, 1958-1977		
 
Series 3: Guidebooks and Ephemera, 1927-1973

Series 5: Postcards, circa 1950s-1960s	

Series 6; Photographs and Negatives, 1938-1975
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Guidebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters
label: Genre/Form
content: Pamphlets
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection is comprised of materials assembled by Ms. Drake on the subject of covered bridges. It includes photographic prints and negatives she took, most of which are captioned with information about location and date of the photograph; postcards, some of them used and addresses to Ms. Drake; newsletters, guidebooks, and publications by various local and national covered bridge groups, including the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges; and published maps with information on where to find covered bridges. The collection relates mostly to covered bridges in the eastern United States. There are some postcards documenting foreign covered bridges.