Monteagle (Frederick J.) Collection, 1950 - 1953

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Summary

Title:
Frederick J. Monteagle Collection
Dates:
1950 - 1953
Abstract:
The collection consists of letters received by Frederick J. "Monte" Monteagle (Mar. 12, 1909 - Nov. 30, 1994) while he was Assistant City Editor of the OAKLAND TRIBUNE, Oakland, California.
Extent:
.17 Linear Feet 1 half-box
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frederick J. Monteagle Collection, MS 46, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of letters received by Frederick J. "Monte" Monteagle (Mar. 12, 1909 - Nov. 30, 1994) while he was Assistant City Editor of the OAKLAND TRIBUNE, Oakland, California.

The letters are typewritten, with some having handwritten notes. They concern the closing years of the Virginia & Truckee Railway, centering on the disposition of Virginia & Truckee records and artifacts to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Nevada, Reno, as well as the animosity between the company's Vice President and General Manager, Gordon A. Sampson, and railroadiana dealer Grahame Hardy.

The collection contains 38 incoming personal and confidential letters from Sampson, 1950-1953; 2 letters from Virginia & Truckee president Leslie H. Moore, 1950; and 1 letter from Monteagle. In addition, there are envelopes and clippings.

Biographical / historical:

Frederick James Monteagle (Mar. 12, 1909- Nov. 30, 1994) was born in Winchester, Massachusetts to Robert and Marie [Berg] Monteagle. He moved to Burlingame, California as a teenager and graduated from Stanford University in 1932.

Monteagle, a reporter and assistant city editor for the Oakland Tribune from 1933 to 1961, rising from general assignment reporter to assistant city editor and acting city editor. He left for three years to serve as a Naval intelligence civilian agent during World War II. He worked as the Assistant City Editor for the Oakland Tribune (1950-1953). After leaving the Tribune, he spent five years doing public relations work for a bank and the Oakland Museum. He was the public information officer for the East Bay Regional Park District from 1968 until his retirement in 1978. He was also a writer, and Author of many books, mostly on California history, especially pertaining to S.F. East Bay Regional Park history. Monteagle was an avid historian and collected memorabilia, especially Old West and railroad items. In his retirement, he continued to write, mostly history pieces.

He was married Clarinel [Drinnon] (1914-1981), a licensed pharmacist. She was a 1938 graduate of the University of California school of pharmacy and worked as a pharmacist in Eastbay drug stores.

Acquisition information:
Purchased by the California State Railroad Museum Foundation from the Monteagle Family, 1990
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically by date.

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collection Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Bibliography:

Monteagle, F. J. (1977). The Coney Island of the west. East Bay Regional Park District.

Monteagle, Frederick J. (1977). Bare Knuckles at pt. Isabel. East Bay Regional Park District.

Monteagle, Frederick J. (1978). Lively century: San Leandro Bay. East Bay Regional Park District.

Monteagle, Frederick J. (1979). The annals of dry creek pioneer park. East Bay Regional Park District.

Monteagle, Frederick J., & Lamson, J. P. (1976). A Yankee trader in the California Redwoods. East Bay Regional Park District.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Library Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-06 21:58:41 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frederick J. Monteagle Collection, MS 46, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073
Library.CSRM@parks.ca.gov
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