Our 2023 convention in Pasco July 19-22 is now history. To those who attended, thank you for being there. Special thanks go to (1) Ken Johnsen of Yakima Valley Trolleys for hosting rides on the 1930 YVT Brill car as well as a superb night photo session, (2) Ed Spaulding of Eagle Cap Railroad for arranging our special train over the remote portions of the Joseph Branch, (3) John Gray and Steve Sandberg for explaining to us their outstanding restoration efforts at Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, and (4) UPHS Board members George Luchs and Wayne Monger for all their leg work setting up the convention. Next year May 8-11, we will finally return to the South Central District after many years and hold our convention at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, CA.

Please note the Calendar Call for photo submissions elsewhere in this column. We always can use great photographs from our members for the calendar. I also encourage you to prepare and submit articles on UP history for publication in The Streamliner.

As always, I would be glad to hear your suggestions about how to improve the Society, just email me at president@uphs.org. Best regards, Rob Leachman

 

The Union Pacific Historical Society Endowment Fund supports the UPHS Archive Collection at the University of Wyoming – American Heritage Center. The UPHS Board of Directors voted in September 2020 to establish this new UPHS Endowment Fund through the University of Wyoming Foundation utilizing their 501(c)(3) non-profit standing. The University of Wyoming Foundation actively manages a portfolio of over 1,500 endowment funds that jointly support a wide range of activities at both the University of Wyoming and the adjoining American Heritage Center at Laramie. The University of Wyoming Foundation has existing staff well trained to handle any tax-deductible donations, plus will also generate and provide tax documentation to all donors. Utilizing the University of Wyoming Foundation staff ensures continuity of the management and specified use of the UPHS Endowment Fund should the UPHS cease to exist.

The targeted purpose of the UPHS Endowment Fund is to permanently fund archival preservation and management activities of the current (and future additions to the) UPHS Archive Collection now at American Heritage Center, as well as support other railroad-related transportation collections at AHC. From its founding, the American Heritage Center at Laramie has prided itself on being accessible to everyone – from the elementary school students learning about primary resources, to the college students researching their thesis, to the professional historians performing primary research for writing up their findings, to a broad cross-section of the public following their passions. The UPHS Archive Collection inside AHC in late 2020 measures more than 300 cubic feet of our physical collection and includes over 100 gigabytes of preserved digital materials. The primary eventual goal is to establish consistent funding for a full-time employee inside the American Heritage Center to manage the UPHS Archive Collection along with other railroad collections held at AHC. Details of the very specific permissible uses of the UPHS Endowment Fund are available on the UPHS.org website.

The strength of the Union Pacific Historical Society has always been the strong involvement and support of the membership. On behalf of the UPHS Board of Directors, as President I am now asking again for your support with contributing toward growing this new UPHS Endowment Fund.

Online Donation Instructions:

1. Go to: www.uwyo.edu/giveonline
2. Enter the amount you wish to donate.
3. Select “Single Payment,” “Multiple Payments,” or “Recurring Payments“
4. Select “View Individual UW Funds“
5. Select “Other Fund Not Listed (Please Specify)“
6. Click “Continue“
7. Enter “UPHS Fund” for the name of the fund.
8. Enter A21UPHS for the Appeal Code
9. Click “Next” and complete checkout

You may mail your donation for the newly-formed UPHS Endowment Fund:

View/Download Donation Form and View More Information (pdf file)

Mail To:
University of Wyoming Foundation
Attn: UPHS Endowment Fund
222 S. 22^nd St.
Laramie, WY 82070

Bank routing number and wire transfer information is available should you need it.  Contact 307 766-6300 or 888 831-7795 for this information. Make checks out to “University of Wyoming Foundation” with “UPHS Endowment Fund” in memo line.

Greg Gardner, President – Union Pacific Historical Society

Members Area – The Member’s Area on the UPHS web site is an “online archive” of Union Pacific documents provided as a service to our members. Documents include timetables, dispatcher sheets, Form 70s, train consists, and more! Log-in information will be emailed to members twice yearly in the Second Section newsletter. If you are not already a member, please visit the Company Store to join the UPHS!