We are pleased to announce that we recently received the donation of the H.L. Putnam Collection. Henry Lee Putnam was a machinist for the Denver & Rio Grande and Denver & Rio Grande Western railroads in Helper and Soldier Summit during the brief time that the terminal facilities were moved there. He retired in 1955. The collection was donated by his grandson David Putnam, to whom we are indebted for making these materials available.
The collection consists of H.L. Putnam’s training books on steam technology, 29 issues of the railroad’s employee magazine The Green Light, and three issues of Trains Magazine relating to Utah, including the May 1969 Golden Spike Centennial issue.
We have already begun digitizing portions of the collection, which can be found on our Archive.org page.
