Collection consists primarily of images relating to the Union Pacific Railroad taken by George Edward Anderson between 1880 and 1920. Also includes manuscripts of Union Pacific Railroad condensed profile, Union Pacific Railroad 1969 Annual Report, 80 yr. Anniversary of Auerbach Co. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1864-1944, Union Pacific Locomotive Vol. 1 and 2, 12 packets and loose papers of Railroad Articles and Blueprints, and a Panorama of Salt Lake City done in half-tone (newsprint).

Includes seventy-three negatives that correspond with photograph items one through seventy-three taken by George Edward Anderson. The majority of these photographs are of railroads being built and the reconstruction of bridges in Utah and Colorado.

Three reproductions of a photograph of Brigham Young University graduation by George Edward Anderson, May 26, 1904. Negative created between 1970 and 1975.

Collection includes eighty-three glass plate negatives taken by George Edward Anderson of the construction and reconstruction of some railroad lines in Utah and Colorado in the late 1800s. Also contains internegatives and prints of the photographs. Materials date from 1860 to 1928.