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Title: Charles K. Adams Santa Fe Railroad Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1850-1951
Collection number: 343
Creator:
Adams, Charles K.
Extent: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
1 oversize package
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: In 1868, Cyrus K. Holliday obtained a charter and raised capital for a new railroad that began running in Kansas the following
year. He dreamed of a railway to replace covered wagons along the Santa Fe Trail between Independence, Missouri and Santa
Fe, New Mexico. By 1890, 9000 miles of track had been laid. The railway became bankrupt in the Panic of 1893, but was bought
by Edward Payson Ripley, who added 2000 miles of track creating one of the largest privately-owned rail systems in the world.
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, maps, books, and other printed material relating
to the formation, development, and history of the Santa Fe Railroad.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles K. Adams, 1953.
[Identification of item], Charles K. Adams Santa Fe Railroad Collection (Collection 343). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
In 1868 farmer, lawyer and first mayor of Topeka, Kansas, Cyrus K. Holliday obtained a charter and raised capital for a new
railroad that began running in Kansas the following year; he dreamed of a railway to replace covered wagons along the Santa
Fe Trail between Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico; by 1890, 9000 miles of track had been laid; the railway
became bankrupt in the Panic of 1893, but was bought by Edward Payson Ripley, who added 2000 miles of track; it became one
of the largest privately-owned rail systems in the world, with passenger service from Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles,
and with the bulk of its business in freight.
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, maps, books, and other printed material relating
to the formation, development, and history of the Santa Fe Railroad.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence and historical material (Box 1).
- Official papers, Adams's notebooks, newspaper clippings, photographs (Box 2).
- Rules and regulations of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System (Box 3).
- Ephemera and pamphlets published by and about the Santa Fe Railroad Co. (Box 4).
- Books (Box 5).
- Newspapers and clippings (Box 6).
- Adams's large notebook (Box 7).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Adams, Charles K.--Archives.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--History--Sources.
Railroads--West (U.S.)--History.
- 5 maps (3 maps on Belgian railroad routes, 2 maps on French railroad routes.
- 1 newspaper clipping from Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1945.