Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Newton Cope collection
Dates: 1868-1922
Collection Number: MS 63
Creator/Collector:
Cope, Newton (1922-2005)
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: The collection consists of invoices, bills, vouchers, and routine correspondence from the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific
Railroads and subsidiary lines.
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
Newton Cope collection. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Acquisition Information
Gift of Newton Cope, Sr., 1977
Biography/Administrative History
Newton Cope (1922-2005) was a San Francisco social figure and a collector of Western antiques.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of invoices, bills, vouchers, and routine correspondence from the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific
Railroads and subsidiary lines. The documents relate largely to the purchase of supplies for railroad construction and operations.
There are also documents relating to problems and complaints of freight customers. In addition, the collection contains wanted
circulars for train robbers in the early twentieth century, as well as letters relating to the robberies.
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