Hezekiah Bissell Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bissell, Hezekiah
label: Names
content: Boston and Maine Railroad
place: label: Place
content: Utah --  maps
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroads --  19th century  --  Peru
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Employees
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- History
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Originally donated to the National Museum of American History (then called the National Museum of History and Technology) by Bissell's granddaughter, Geraldine Carroll.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bissell, Hezekiah
setName: label: See more items in
content: Hezekiah Bissell Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the reminiscences of Hezekiah Bissell, a railroad engineer who worked in the western United States with the Union Pacific Railroad, and in Peru.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hezekiah Bissell (February 27 1835 - June 23 1928) was a railroad engineer and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.  Born in East Windsor Connecticut, Bissell studied at Yale University before enlisting in the Army during the American Civil War.  After his discharge, Bissell served as one of the lead engineers in the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.  He later surveyed and located rail lines for the Adirondack Railroad in Upstate New York and a rail line in Peru.  Bissell  served as the Chief Engineer for the Boston & Maine (B&M) Railroad, a position he held for 31 years until his retirement in 1909.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .2 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1928
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work Industry, 2017.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1445
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Genealogies
label: Type
content: Memoirs
label: Type
content: Writings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as a single series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Miles Lawlor; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, August 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Genealogies
label: Genre/Form
content: Memoirs
label: Genre/Form
content: Writings -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection contains writings by Bissell, including fragmented reminiscences describing his experiences as an railroad engineer with the Boston & Maine (B&M) Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, and in Peru. Also included are a journal article honoring Bissell after his death, a map of northeastern Utah, and genealogical information about the Bissell family.