Guide to the Letcher railroad collection,
1860-1889
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
© 1998
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Letcher railroad collection,
1860-1889
Collection number: M0268
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Edward F. Meylan
- Date Completed:
- N/A
- Encoded by:
- C. Del Anderson
© 1998 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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.
Provenance
Purchased from Howard T. Letcher Estate, 1976
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Letcher railroad collection, M0268, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Container 2, Folder 10-11
Container 3, Folder 14-15
Container 4, Folder 21-22
