Guide to the Southern Pacific Transportation Company Records JL015

Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999 ; revised 2023
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Southern Pacific Transportation Company records
Identifier/Call Number: JL015
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1936-1954

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Southern Pacific Transportation Company to the Jackson Library of Business, 1970. Transferred to the Department of Special Collections in 1979.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Southern Pacific Transportation Company Records, JL015, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

Collection includes Southern Pacific dispatcher's daily train sheets and correspondence, a memorandum and a map regarding the sheets. The sheets are a sampling from three stations (Los Angeles, Beaumont, and Mexicali, Baja).

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Railroads -- California.

volume 1

Correspondence and Daily Dispatcher's sheets

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and date re: Dispatcher's correspondence between Mr. David Myrick of the Treasury Dept. of the Southern Pacific Transportation Co., who sent the Dispatcher's sheets, and Ms. Marion Smith: a. letter to Ms. Smith 12/9/69 promising and identifying dispatches, b. 2nd letter to Ms. Smith 1/28/70 accompanying sheets, c. a five page memorandum "explaining purpose of Dispatcher's Train sheets, describing L.A. Division of Southern Pacific Co., and pointing out some changes in railroad operations in L.A. Division as reflected in Sheets", d. map of L.A. Division (revised Jan. 1, 1954).
Box 2

Smaller bundle (14" x 25") - 59 daily sheets January 14, 1936-October 22, 1954

Box 3

Larger bundle (22" x 25") - Dispatcher's daily sheets January 23, 1936-October 6, 1952

Scope and Contents note

Both bundles include records from three stations - L.A., Beaumont, and Mexicali, Baja.