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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Richard Waddell typescript and drafts
    Dates: 1986
    Collection Number: MS 72
    Creator/Collector: Waddell, Richard
    Extent: 1 oversize box
    Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
    Sacramento, California 95814
    Abstract: A photocopy of a 310-page typescript "The Sierra Nevada Crossing: A Study In Railway Economics and History, 1869-1950" dated 1986.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff to arrange for access.

    Publication Rights

    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 District Collections Manager. 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

    Richard Waddell typescript and drafts. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Richard Waddell, 1984.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    A photocopy of a 310-page typescript "The Sierra Nevada Crossing: A Study In Railway Economics and History, 1869-1950" dated 1986. A comparison of construction efforts of the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads. Collection includes preliminary drafts.

    Indexing Terms

    Western Pacific Railroad
    Southern Pacific Company