Richard Waddell typescript and drafts
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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
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Richard Waddell typescript and drafts. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
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.
Western Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Company