Collection of Railroad Publications from the United States, Mexico, and Panama, 1870-1900

Summary

Extent:

7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains mostly railroad company annual reports, as well as various company legal and financial information. Contains a small section on the Tehuantepec Isthmus, and many route maps covering each company's territory. Companies represented in the collection include: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Kansas Pacific Railway, Mexican Central Railway, Mexican International Railroad Company, Mexican National Railroad Company, Missouri Pacific Railway Company, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon, Oregon Improvement Company, Oregon Pacific Railroad Company, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Oregon and Transcontinental Company, Pacific Railroads, Panama Railroad Company, Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company, Sonora Railway Company, Limited, Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Railroad Company, St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company, St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, Tehuantepec Railroad, Tehuantepec Railway and Ship Canal, Tehuantepec Ship-Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway Company, and Union Pacific Railway Company.

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.

Related resources

Related material:

• Wesley Southmayd Griswold Papers (Collection 799). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
• William Gibbs McAdoo Papers (Collection 350). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
• Southern Pacific Company Records (Collection 2026). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
• Arthur Allen Turner Papers (Collection 1261). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
• A Collection of Pamphlet Maps (Collection 990). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Railroads--United States--Archival resources.
Railroads--Mexico--Archival resources.
Railroads--Panama--Archival resources.
Annual reports.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

Contact:

(310) 825-4988

AskLSC@library.ucla.edu

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