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Raymond Corley collection. - 1885-1998.

Biographical sketch :
Raymond F. Corley was born in Toronto. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1948. He first worked for General Electric at Erie, Pennsylvania, in the locomotive and rail car test department. He returned to Canada in 1949 as a transportation engineer, still with General Electric, where he subsequently became sales director for motors and generators, then design of transportation equipment. In 1965 he was named director for transportation of equipment, sales planning for Canadian railway-related operations, urban rapid transit and industrial applications. He also collected postage stamps showing the railway world. With Anthony Clegg, he co-authored the book Canadian National Steam Power, published in 1969. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the Land Transporation Committee of the IEEE and the Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association. He is also a percussionist for the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra.

Custodial history :
The collection was transferred to the Association archives by its creator in 1995. CNR documents that he had donated in 1968 were found in September 1998.

Scope and content :
The Raymond Corley collection shows railway-related philatelic output from around the world. The collection consists of postage stamps, first-day covers and special envelopes, as well as correspondence.

Physical description : 15 albums: postage stamps. - 0.05 m of textual materials.

General note : Title based on the name of the collector. The documents are classified by country, and then chronologically. There will be annual transfers until 1999. The CNR documents discoveres in September 1998 have not been described in the collection. Modifications will have to be made.

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Last update : 2006/10/23