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Guide to the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park Collection

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Table of contents

Collection Contents

Box 1 : 1

Series 1. Correspondence 1982-1984

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically by most recent installment.

Box 1 : 2

Series 2. Meeting Minutes 1983

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically.

Box 1 : 3

Series 3. Financial Documents 1982-1987

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically. Includes draft budgets and concession bids.

Box 1 : 4

Series 4. Interpretative Material undated

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged alphabetically.

Box 1 : 5 - 1 : 10

Series 5. Histories 1968, 1983, 1995, undated

Physical Description: 6 file folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically by publication with undated materials arranged alphabetically at the end.

Box 1 : 5

Point of Historical Interest Application June 7, 1968

Box 1 : 6

Cultural Resource Portion of the Jamestown Project January 1983-February 1983

Box 1 : 7

Euro-American History of the Sierra Railway Company/Sierra Railroad Company, Draft February 1983

Box 1 : 8

Action Synopsis: State Park and Recreation Commission April 8, 1983

Box 1 : 9

Sierra Railtown Project Inventory of Features for Classification, Draft undated

Box 1 : 10

Excerpts and Indexes 1985, 1995, undated

Box 1 : 11 - 3 : 4

Series 6. Subject Files 1982-1997, 2009

Physical Description: 13 file folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged alphabetically, internal structure left intact.

Box 1 : 11

1995 Historic Restoration, Stabilization and Fire Suppression Transportation Enhancement Activities Application and Instructions October 1995

Box 1 : 12

Centennial Celebration 1994-1997

Box 1 : 13 - 2 : 1

Concessions: Pacific Locomotive Association 1982-1988

Box 2 : 2 - 3

Concessions: Western Railroad Service Inc. 1987-1990

Box 2 : 4 - 6

Concessions: Sierra Railway Company of California LTD. 1990

Box 3 : 1 - 2

National Register of Historic Places 1985-1987

Box 3 : 3

Roundhouse Drainage System Repair May 15, 2009-November 10,2009

Box 3 : 4

Train rides-California State Railroad Museum 1995-1996

Box 3 : 5

Series 7. Emphemera 1979-2000

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically.

Box 3 : 6

Series 8. Cartographic Material 1962, 1968, 1980, 1982, 1987

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Maps arranged chronologically within size. See archivist for a complete list.

Box 3 : 7 - 3 : 9

Series 9. Photographic Material 1987-1990

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically within type. See archivist for a complete list.

Box 3 : 7

Slides 1987-1989

Box 3 : 8

Negatives 1987-1990

Box 3 : 9

Photographs 1987-1990

Box 3 : 10 - 3 : 12

Series 10. Publications 1897-2005 2011

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged alphabetically by type. News clippings arranged chronologically.

Box 3 : 10

Railroad Model Craftsman July 2011

Box 3 : 11

Sierra Railroad: A Centennial Tribute 1897-1997 April 12, 1997

Box 3 : 12

News Clippings 1897-2005, undated

Box 3 : 13

Series 11. Media 1992-2006

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged by type chronologically.

Box 3 : 13

DVDs 1992-2006

Box 4 : 1 - 15

Series 12. Reports 1981-2008

Physical Description: 15 file folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged alphabetically by first letter of the report to coincide with the Department Unit Data File System.

Box 4 : 1

Archaeological Excavation Report February 6, 2004

Box 4 : 2

Cultural Resource Evaluations 1984-1986

Box 4 : 3

Historic Resource Inventories May 1983-July 1983

Box 4 : 4 - 5

Historic Structures Report for the Warehouse and Handcar Shed June 28, 2002

Box 4 : 6

Park Closure Study Issue Paper, Draft February 15, 2008

Box 4 : 7

Railtown 1897 Preliminary Evaluation, Revised May 5, 1981

Box 4 : 8

Scope of Collections, California State Railroad Museum June 24, 1998

Box 4 : 9 - 10

Sierra Railtown Project Inventory of Features, Draft ca. 1983

Box 4 : 11 - 12

Sierra Railtown Project Inventory of Features March 1983

Box 4 : 13 - 4 : 14

Sierra Railway Jamestown Depot Reconstruction Report February 1991

Box 4 : 15

The Sierra Railroad: An Economic Analysis May 1981

Collection Contents

Correspondence

Meeting Minutes

Financial Documents

Interpretative Material

Histories

Subject Files

Emphemera

Cartographic Material

Photographic Material

Publications

Media

Reports