[Andrew Merrilees collection of works on transportation]
Publisher: Publisher not identified
Published: 1800
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 5000
Subjects: Transportation; History; Transport; Histoire
Other titles: Merrilees collection
Description: The Merrilees Transportation Collection contains about 5,000 publications of several types including books, trade literature, technical manuals, timetables, broadsides, periodicals and pamphlets. While the collection consists primarily of publications concerned with railways and shipping, a wide range of other subjects is also represented. Included are works dealing with agricultural, logging and mining technology; iron and steel industries and their products; early automobiles; bicycles; fire engines and saw mill machinery. Travel and tourism are also a significant component and there are many miscellaneous items. Canadian companies are well represented, as well as a large number of American and other foreign organizations and individuals.
Notes: Collection title supplied by cataloguer.

Each item in the collection has been catalogued separately in Library and Archives Canada's online catalogue, Aurora. Items have accession numbers in the format "merr" followed by a number (e.g. merr1, merr2415). Records for most items also include the series statement "Andrew Merrilees Transportation Collection." An Aurora search for the keyword "coll12" will generate a result set that includes all titles in the collection. The "coll12" keyword can also be combined with other search terms in an advanced search to locate specific titles.

Requests must be submitted to LAC staff either via the web (see "Consulting and Borrowing Material" on the LAC website) or in person at the reference desk. Requests should be made at least 3 days in advance of a visit. No access restrictions apply to this material; however, in cases where originals are fragile, researchers may be asked to make special arrangements.

The Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds was donated to the National Archives of Canada by the estate of Andrew Merrilees in 1983. The published material in this collection was originally part of the fonds, but was transferred to the National Library in 1995.