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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Gregory Lee Thompson dissertation
    Dates: 1987
    Collection Number: MS 71
    Creator/Collector: Thompson, Gregory Lee
    Extent: 1 half-box
    Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
    Sacramento, California 95814
    Abstract: A photocopy of "The American Passenger Train In The Motor Age: Archival and Econometric Analysis of Explanations For the Decline In California, 1901-1941" by Gregory Lee Thompson
    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

    Gregory Lee Thompson dissertation. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Gregory Lee Thompson.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    A photocopy of "The American Passenger Train In The Motor Age: Archival and Econometric Analysis of Explanations For the Decline In California, 1901-1941" by Gregory Lee Thompson. For this dissertation the author was granted the Ph.D from the University of California, Irvine, in 1987. Includes a photocopy of the author's talk, "The Declining Impact of the Passenger Train in California, 1901-1941," presented at the University of California Intercampus Group in Economic History Conference, held at the California State Railroad Museum, November 13-15, 1987.