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Guide to the Letcher railroad collection,
1860-1889
Special Collections M0268
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Title: Letcher railroad collection,
Date (inclusive): 1860-1889
Collection number: Special Collections M0268
Creator:
Letcher, Howard T., d. 1974.
Extent:
2 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Purchased from Howard T. Letcher Estate, 1976
[Identification of item] Letcher railroad collection, M0268, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Dr. Howard T. Letcher worked for the Shasta Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1940 and 1941; he was a noted railroad
historian and in 1971 was asked by then California Governor Ronald Reagan to serve on the board of directors of the Transportation
museum in Sacramento, California.
Correspondence and documents concerning the Southern Pacific Company and the Northern California operations of the Central
Pacific Railroad. Topics include: accidents, brakes, employee problems, engines, engineers, rates pay, and train delays.