Research papers of Robert Young

PART OF:: Papers accumulated by Robert Young and Edith Mary Young

Made:: 1820-1930

part of archive:: Hackworth Family Archive

maker:: Young, Robert

This includes papers gathered by and written by Robert Young in preparation for his book Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive; material includes papers written by other people that was collected by Robert Young, photographs and illustrations of various provenance collected by him and various notes and drafts for the finished book. There are also reviews collected by Robert Young after the book had been published. It is likely that Robert Young also used his uncle John Wesley Hackworth’s research papers which can be found in series HACK 3/3.

Details

Extent:: c 26 items and 5 bundles

Identifier:: HACK/5/2

System of Arrangement:: Items have been arranged in the following series: HACK 5/2/1 Publications HACK 5/2/2 Papers collected HACK 5/2/2/1 Material from Robert Young Pickering HACK 5/2/2/2 Material from Samuel Holmes HACK 5/2/2/3 Material from G.W.J. Potter HACK 5/2/2/4 Collected from various/unknown HACK 5/2/3 Notebooks HACK 5/2/4 Draft chapters/appendices/extracts HACK 5/2/5 Proofs/drafts HACK 5/2/6 Illustrations HACK 5/2/6/1 Illustrations collected for Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive (London: Locomotive Publishing Company, 1923)and included in the 1st edition HACK 5/2/6/2 Illustrations collected for but not included in Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive (London: Locomotive Publishing Company, 1923)(1st editions) some images may have been included in 2nd and 3rd editions HACK 5/2/7 Reviews

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