Rowley, Coy B. Papers

Inspector, Bureau of Locomotive Inspection, Interstate Commerce Commission

The papers of Coy B. Rowley include reports on train accidents, correspondence, and other documents relating to Rowley’s work as a locomotive inspector for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Size: 1 linear foot, 4 linear inches (about 1,800 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: No donation of copyright was received with this collection. Documents created by U.S. Government employees in the course of their duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents in this collection presumably belongs to the creators of those documents or their heirs.
Processed by: Haley Petersen (2019) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.

The papers of Coy B. Rowley include reports on train accidents, correspondence, and other documents relating to Rowley’s work as a locomotive inspector for the Interstate Commerce Commission. The collection is arranged in a single Subject File.

The collection contains accident reports from the years 1940 to 1955, as well as other materials related to Rowley’s service as an inspector, such as charts, maps, notes, and repair notices. The collection also contains speeches and statements concerning the railroad industry and printed materials relating to locomotives.

Much of the collection is comprised of letters recommending Rowley for Director or Assistant Director of the Bureau of Locomotive Inspection, which was part of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Rowley was unsuccessful in obtaining these appointments in 1949. A letter from Harry S. Truman regarding one of these recommendation letters is included in the collection.