Anspach (Dr. Denny Sykes) Collection

Series 1: Manuscripts and papers 1935-2005

Arrangement

The materials within this series are divided into two sub-series. Sub-series 1 contains papers that were donated to CSRM without particular order and were not organized outside of labeled file folders. These folders have been arranged into a "Subjects" file series. The materials within Sub-series 2, California State Railroad Museum Creation and Development were donated later and were contained within one file box. These items have been re-housed in acid free folders and the label information was transferred to the new file folders. Any additional language to assist with the identification of the papers has been written in brackets []. The items within the Sub-series 2 were kept in a separate container and separate from other papers that Anspach collected. This separation has been maintained through the development of the two series.

Newspaper clippings have been photocopied and originals have been removed.

Photographs that were found within the papers have been removed and replaced with photocopies. Photos have been matched with negatives from the collection whenever possible and given identification numbers. See the CSRM catalog online for individual catalog records of the negatives and some photographs. See Series 2 Photographs for more information about the photos in the collection.

Scope and Contents

Series 1: Manuscripts and papers is a series of papers that have been further divided into two series. These papers were used by Anspach in his research as well as papers that he wrote. This series also contains the papers and correspondence written by and collected by Anspach in the development and creation of the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California.

Sub-Series 1: The subject files are files that contained papers collected by Anspach for potential research as well as items he wrote and additional papers he collected. The subject files contain manuscripts of articles written by Anspach as well as articles by Gerald Best and William Rapp. Included are copies of "From the Rear Vestibule." The Work-In-Progress, Compendium of Current and Historical Place Names compiled by Anspach documents historical place names, facilities, and geographic features for several North American Railroads. Names or descriptions can indicate "what once was" rather than current fact. The information for these compendiums is sourced and noted.

Sub-Series 2: California State Railroad Museum Development and Creation consists of the papers collected by Anspach during the development and creation of the museum. Files include a yearly breakdown of papers for the development and creation of the museum. Papers include newspaper clippings, documents, and correspondence about the development of the museum as well as the acquisition and care of the collections. Highlights include correspondence with California Governor, Ronald Reagan; California State Senator, Albert Rodda; and railroad historian, Gerald Best. There are files from Anspach's tenure on the Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation and the planning of Railfair '81. The file, "Gov. Stanford" locomotive, 1964-1974 contains newspaper clippings, correspondence concerning the locomotive as well as additional papers.

Sub-Series 1: Subject files 1935-2005

Scope and Contents

Sub-Series 1: The subject files are files that contained papers collected by Anspach for potential research as well as items he wrote and additional papers he collected. The subject files contain manuscripts of articles written by Anspach as well as articles by Gerald Best and William Rapp. Included are copies of "From the Rear Vestibule." The Work-In-Progress, Compendium of Current and Historical Place Names compiled by Anspach documents historical place names, facilities, and geographic features for several North American Railroads. Names or descriptions can indicate "what once was" rather than current fact. The information for these compendiums is sourced and noted.

box 1, folder 1

150th Anniversary of the John Bull, Smithsonian Institution 1980-1981

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Article: A potpourri of Chicago and North-Western depots, part 1 by William F. Rapp

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Article: Locomotives CP Jupiter and UP No. 119 by Gerald Best May 2, 1976

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Article: Safeway will close distribution center, Sacramento Bee June 14, 1984

box 1, folder 5

California State Railroad Museum- collections committee 1996-2005

box 1, folder 6

California State Railroad Museum- correspondence 1989-1990

box 1, folder 7

California State Railroad Museum- directorship/management 1974-1989

box 1, folder 8

California State Railroad Museum- equipment roster

box 7 (oversized)

Central Pacific through timetable May 17, 1869

Material Specific Details: Reproduction mounted on wood panel. Copy of the first through timetable reproduced from an old copy of the Nevada Daily Transcript.

box 1, folder 9

Compendium of current & historical place names- Blue Mountain Railroad Co.

box 1, folder 10

Compendium of current & historical place names- California Northern Railroad Co., West Valley Division, San Joaquin Valley Railroad

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Compendium of current & historical place names- California Western Railroad

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Compendium of current & historical place names- Camas Prairie Railnet Railroad

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Compendium of current & historical place names- Cascade & Columbia River Railroad Co.

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Compendium of current & historical place names- Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad Co.

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Compendium of current & historical place names- Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Co.

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Compendium of current & historical place names- Lake County Railroad

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Compendium of current & historical place names- McCloud Railroad Co.

box 1, folder 18

Compendium of current & historical place names- Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co.

box 1, folder 19

Compendium of current & historical place names- San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co.

box 1, folder 20

Compendium of current & historical place names- Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad

box 1, folder 21

Compendium of current & historical place names- Tulare Valley Railroad

box 1, folder 22

Fairmont delivery cards

box 1, folder 23

Fairmont 2SE

box 2, folder 1

Feather River Short Line Rail Road- Steam Forever Newsletters July 1988-Sept. 1994

box 2, folder 2

Gould, Barry (interview) February 11, 1971

box 2, folder 3

Manuscripts

box 2, folder 4

Menu- post inaugural dinner honoring Governor Ronald Reagan January 4,1971

box 7 (oversized), folder 1

Menu- Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation. Imperial Palace Dinning Car menu (2) July 13, 1970

box 2, folder 5

Menu- Southern Pacific special train- His Excellency Nikita S. Khrushchev and Mrs. Khrushchev September 20, 1959

box 2, folder 6

Motorcar manuscripts

box 2, folder 7

Nevada Northern historical research

box 2, folder 8

Northwestern Pacific and Crabtree, Jean

box 2, folder 9

Notes from the Rear Vestibule 1989-1993

box 2, folder 10

Pacific Motorcar Operators, Inc. - Nevada Northern Railway 1999

box 2, folder 11

Pacific Railcar Operators, Inc. 2001-2003

box 2, folder 12

Pacific Railcar Operators, Inc., - British Columbia adventure tour syllabus & guidebook September 2001

box 2, folder 13

Pacific Railcar Operators, Inc., - The road to Alaska motorcar excursion September 2003

box 7 (oversized), folder 2

Receipt of delivery for Gov. Stanford locomotive and misc. equipment May 1, 1969

box 7 (oversized), folder 3

Resolution of Commendation for Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society and Dr. Denny S. Anspach January 23, 1973

box 7 (oversized), folder 4

Sacramento Union "The Golden Spike Centennial" newspaper May 8, 1969

box 7 (oversized), folder 5

Sierra Railway Co., daily report of cars on hand February 23, 1935

Sub-Series 2: California State Railroad Museum Development and Creation 1955-1997

Scope and Contents

Sub-Series 2: California State Railroad Museum Development and Creation consists of the papers collected by Anspach during the development and creation of the museum. Files include a yearly breakdown of papers for the development and creation of the museum. Papers include newspaper clippings, documents, and correspondence about the development of the museum as well as the acquisition and care of the collections. Highlights include correspondence with California Governor, Ronald Reagan; California State Senator, Albert Rodda; and railroad historian, Gerald Best. There are files from Anspach's tenure on the Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation and the planning of Railfair '81. The file, "Gov. Stanford" locomotive, 1964-1974 contains newspaper clippings, correspondence concerning the locomotive as well as additional papers.

box 3, folder 1

[California State Railroad] Museum 1967-1968

box 3, folder 2

[California State Railroad] Museum 1969

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[California State Railroad] Museum 1970

Material Specific Details: Contains letter from Anspach to then-California Governor Ronald Reagan inviting him to dine on "The Gold Coast", private railroad car, on 13 July 1970.

box 3, folder 4

[California State Railroad] Museum 1971

Material Specific Details: This folder contains correspondence between Anspach, William Penn Mott, Jr., Gov. Reagan (Governor of California), and Gov. O'Callaghan (Governor of Nevada) concerning the interest in both states acquiring Paramount's Virginia and Truckee rolling stock equipment, Locomotive No. 18, Dayton.

box 3, folder 5

[California State Railroad] Museum 1972

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[California State Railroad] Museum 1973

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[California State Railroad] Museum 1973-1974

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[California State Railroad] Museum 1975

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[California State Railroad] Museum 1976

box 3, folder 10

[California State Railroad] Museum 1977

box 3, folder 11

[California State Railroad] Museum 1982

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[California State Railroad] Museum dedication 1976

box 3, folder 13

[California State Railroad] Museum dedication May 1981

box 3, folder 14

[California State Railroad] Museum management 1976-1986

box 3, folder 15

[California State Railroad] Museum newspaper clippings

box 3, folder 16

[California State Railroad] Museum proposal drawings

box 3, folder 17

Central Pacific No. 233 1971-1972

Material Specific Details: Includes correspondence from John White, Jr., concerning the acquisition of the Locomotive No. 233.

box 3, folder 18

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Business Car No. 1905 1969-1986

Material Specific Details: Photos were removed from this file and placed in file labeled "Photos- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Business Car No 1905"

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Correspondence: California State Railroad Museum 1977-1978

box 4, folder 2

Correspondence: California State Railroad Museum 1981

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Correspondence: California State Railroad Museum 1985

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Correspondence: Old Sacramento 1969-1972

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Correspondence: Railroad & Locomotive Historical Society 1974

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Correspondence: Rodda, Albert S. 1973-1974

box 4, folder 7

Equipment movement and storage 1969-1975

box 4, folder 8

Equipment restoration

box 4, folder 9

Equipment specs

box 4, folder 10

"Gold Coast"

box 4, folder 11

Gold Spike Celebration 1969

box 7 (oversized), folder 8

Gold Spike Celebration newspaper clipping April 20, 1969

box 4, folder 12

"Gov. Stanford" locomotive 1964-1974

Material Specific Details: Original photos were removed from this file and placed in file labeled "Photos" Central Pacific No. 1 "Gov. Stanford". Images, both photo prints and negatives, have been catalogued and digitized and are available for viewing in the CSRM Online catalog.

box 5, folder 11

Railfair '81

box 7 (oversized), folder 7

Railfair '81 newspaper clipping: CSRM Opening Day: California History Comes Alive at Rail Museum May 2, 1981

box 5, folder 12

Railfair Sacramento stationary 1981

box 5, folder 13

Railroad museums, other

box 5, folder 14

Recommended practices for railway museums- ARM August 1997

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Station dedication 1976

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Sacramento Northern/Fruit Growers Express Car 1972-1974

box 5, folder 17-21

Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation 1971-1974

box 5, folder 22-23

Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation 1976-1977

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Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation- report summaries

Series 2: Photography

Scope and Contents

Series 2: Photography identifies albums, photographs and slides collected by Anspach. A single album documents the locomotive equipment owned by the Railroad & Locomotive Historical Society. The album page contains a black and white and color photos as well as a short, typed explanation with the number and/or name of the equipment and quick highlights for that piece of equipment. There are color photos of the V. & T. R.R. locomotive "Empire" both before and after restoration. At the beginning of the album there is a quick explanation of the equipment, a letter from John H. White, Jr. of the Smithsonian as well as a letter to Fred Stindt from the American Association for State and Local History. There are missing photos from this album, their removal and current location is unknown.

Photos from the album, CSRM Photos [post-museum opening, Photos by Geoffrey Fricker] have been removed from the album pages due to the deterioration of the "magnetic-style" albums. The photos have been placed in acid free folders and titled. Each photo has been numbered in the order it was viewed in the album. Additional albums contained photos of the rolling stock on display at the California State Railroad Museum. These photos from these albums are in the Photos files labeled, Photos- California State Railroad Museum Equipment; Photos- California State Railroad Museum Equipment, pre-1981; Photos- Album CSRM Photos [pre-museum opening]; Photos- Album CSRM Photos [post-museum opening].

Highlighted photos include the files of photos and negatives of the "Governor Stanford" Locomotive No. 1 when it was being removed from the Stanford Museum, June 1963 and while it was at the ATSF Richmond Yard. There are photos and slides from the infamous dinner on the "Gold Coast" private car with then-California Governor, Ronald Reagan.

The photos in the collection are primarily CSRM museum equipment color and black and white 8x10 photos. There are two small black and white photos of locomotives in the Chicago area taken by Anspach when he was 13 years old. Highlighted photos are a photo of the "Saturday Morning Regulars" and photos from an undated speeder trip.

There are four themes of slides within the collection; California State Railroad Museum equipment slides, Gold Coast dinner with Ronald Reagan, slides of European rail and slides of motor cars that were used in a presentation. The CSRM museum equipment slides are of the construction of the California State Railroad Museum, sketches and 3-D models of the hall layouts and potential exhibit design. Motorcar slides are slides of motor car 19th century drawings, early rail car and modern rail motorcars, Fairmount motorcar design. Railroads identified in this collection are Nevada Northern, McCloud Railroad, NCR, and NEO. Many of the photos look to be from motorcar/speeder excursions in 1994. The collection of Motorcar slides was in a slide carousel possibly for a presentation, while there is frequently a label on the individual slide, there was not a label explaining the order of the slides.

box 2, folder 15

Photos 1947-1981

box 2, folder 15

Photos: California State Railroad Museum Equipment

box 2, folder 16

Photos: California State Railroad Museum Equipment, pre-1981

box 2, folder 17

Photos: Speeder trip

Preparing to leave for a speeder (railcar) trip

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box 4, folder 13

Photos: Album CSRM Photos [pre-museum opening]

Material Specific Details: Photos were removed from "magnetic" style album and each photo was numbered in the order that it was in the album. Includes museum diorama photos, equipment restoration photos

box 4, folder 13

Photos: Album CSRM Photos [pre-museum opening, paper documents]

Material Specific Details: These documents followed the photos that were housed in the "magnetic" album, titled, CSRM Photos [pre-museum opening].

box 4, folder 15

Photos: Album CSRM Photos [post museum opening]

Material Specific Details: This is a different album than the other folders marked CSRM Photos, Anspach had multiple albums labeled CSRM Photos. Photos have been numbered in the order that they appeared in the album.

box 4, folder 16

Photos: Album CSRM Photos [post museum opening] Photos taken by Geoffrey Fricker

Material Specific Details: This is the second half of the second CSRM Photos album. Anspach had multiple albums labeled CSRM Photos. Photos in this folder were taken by Geoffrey Fricker and have been numbered in the order that they appeared in the album.

box 4, folder 17

Photos: Anspach, Denny S., MD

box 4, folder 18

Photos: Central Pacific No. 1 "Governor Stanford"

"Gov. Stanford" Locomotive No. 1

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Material Specific Details: The negatives have been cataloged, digitized and can be found in the CSRM Library and Archives Online Catalog.

box 4, folder 19

Photos: Central Pacific/Southern Pacific

box 5, folder 1

Photos: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Business Car No. 1905 1955, 1976

Material Specific Details: Photos in this file were originally in the folder, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Business Car No. 1905. The negatives were separated into the negatives folder for Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Business Car No. 1905.

box 5, folder 2

Photos: "Gold Coast" dinner with then-California Governor Ronald Reagan July 13, 1970

Dinner with Gov. Reagan on "The Gold Coast"

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Material Specific Details: Many of the prints have been cataloged and digitized and can be found in the CSRM Library and Archives Online Catalog. There are additional images from this evening that have not been digitized.

box 5, folder 3

Photos: Illinois Central Railroad

Material Specific Details: Photos courtesy Illinois Central Railroad, publicity photos

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Photos: Negatives [Central Pacific No. 1 "Gov. Stanford"] 1963

Material Specific Details: The negatives have been cataloged, digitized and can be found in the CSRM Library and Archives Online Catalog.

box 5, folder 5

Photos: Negatives [Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RR] 1958

Material Specific Details: These negatives were removed from the folder: "Photos-Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Business Car No. 1905"

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Photos: Pacific Coast Chapter R&LHS Key System barn

box 5, folder 7

Photos: Stein, Louis's horse street car May 5, 1969

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Photos: unknown passenger car (wood sides)

box 5, folder 9

Photos: various railroads

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Slides: California State Railroad Museum Equipment

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Slides: Gold Coast Dinner with Gov. Reagan

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Slides: European rail

box 6

Slides: Motorcar

box 7 (oversized), folder 6

Photos: Oversize photos Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway

Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway

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box 7 (oversized)

Photo Album PCC R&LHS Chapter Equipment