Benjamin Cummings Truman (1835-1916) Scrapbooks 1875-1885
1875-1885
Title: Benjamin Cummings Truman (1835-1916) Scrapbooks 1875-1885
Dates: 1875-1885
Collection Number: GC 1139
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 5 ov)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Five scrapbooks.
Language of Material: English
Research is by appointment only
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Benjamin Cummings Truman (1835-1916) Scrapbooks 1875-1885. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Rhode Island-born journalist who wrote for the New York Times and San Francisco Bulletin before becoming editor of the Los
Angeles Evening Express and owner of the Los Angeles Star (1837-77). He became a press agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad
in 1879.
Scope and Content of Collection
Five scrapbooks. Four of the five scrapbooks labeled "F," "G," "H," and "I") contain clippings about railroads in the United
States. The clippings are from California papers (including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Stockton Independent, Oakland
Evening Tribune, and the Los Angeles Journal), as well as papers in other states. The articles address many subjects pertaining
to railroads, such as labor relations, questions of land ownership, legislation, and taxation. The Southern Pacific Railroad
and the Central Pacific Railroad Company are mentioned often. The fifth scrapbook, labeled "Fiction," contains short stories,
most of which are undated and do not list an author.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company