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Finding Aid for the William P. Granger Papers, 1859-1924
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: William P. Granger Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1859-1924
    Collection number: 766
    Creator: Granger, William P.
    Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: William P. Granger (1834-1903) was a civil engineer who worked on many railroad projects in Tennessee, Boston, Maine, and later, with the Southern Pacific Railway. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, photographs, and clippings concerning the Maclay Rancho in San Fernando, California, the San Fernando Land and Water Company, the construction of the Hoosac Tunnel (Massachusetts), and the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad.
    Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

    Additional Physical Form Available

    A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
    • Public Services Division
    • UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
    • Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
    • Box 951575
    • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
    • Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
    • Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Gustave O. Arlt, 1946.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], William P. Granger Papers (Collection 766). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233094 

    Biography

    Granger was born on September 20, 1834; grew up in Hoosac Tunnel, Massachusetts; became a civil engineer, and went south as a member of the Engineering Corps of the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad in Tennessee; was chief engineer of that road when the Civil War began; returned north to build a railroad on Cape Cod, and surveyed the route for the line at Hoosac Tunnel; also became chief engineer with the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad at the White Mountains; practiced at Worcestor, Massachusetts; built part of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and was chief engineer of the Massachusetts Central Railway; in 1884 he went to Oregon and built the second largest saw mill on the Pacific Coast; became an engineer with the Southern Pacific Railway, then resigned to lay out the San Fernando Valley tract; established his home in San Fernando, California; he died at Hoosac Tunnel, Massachusetts on September 30, 1903.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, photographs, and clippings of civil engineer William P. Granger, concerning the Maclay Rancho in San Fernando, California, the San Fernando Land and Water Company, the construction of the Hoosac Tunnel (Massachusetts), and the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad. Includes letters to Granger from Robert M. Widney and a diary of Isabella Rice Granger Maclay (San Fernando, 1895).

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Granger, William P.--Archives.
    Maclay, Isabella Rice Granger--Diaries.
    Civil engineers--United States--Archival resources.
    San Fernando Valley (Calif.)--Archival resources.
    Diaries.