Guide to the Robert T. McVay Collection MS 931
Library & Archives staff
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
2023-10-01
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Robert T. McVay Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS 931
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): ca. 1940 - 1959
Abstract: This collection is comprised of 2,185 color slides of railway and interurban railways primarily on the West Coast of the United
States.
Physical Location: Big Four Building
Language of Material:
English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joan B. McVay, 2004
Robert Tuttle McVay was born on 21 July 1927 in Los Angeles, California and passed away on 21 October 1986 in Fresno, California.
He is buried in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of Samuel B and Claire Mary [nee' Tuttle] McVay. He married Joan
Cecelia Brown on 2 February 1951.
At the time that he registered for the WWII Draft, 18 year old McVay, was employed by the Pacific Electric Railway in Los
Angeles, California.
The collection has been organized by name of railroad/interurban line and each slide has been given a unique identifier.
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Copyright has been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. Permission for publication must be submitted in writing
to the CSRM Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Robert T. McVay Collection, MS 931, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento,
California.
This collection is comprised of 2,185 color slides of railway and interurban railways primarily on the West Coast of the United
States.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photography of railroads
Sacramento Northern
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Portland Traction
Key System
San Francisco Municipal Railway
Southern Pacific Company
Railroad photographs