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Theodore D. Judah papers, 1851-1862.
BANC MSS C-B 575local
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Theodore D. Judah papers, 1851-1862Creator/Contributor:
Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1826-1863, creator, creator.Abstract:
Collection comprises a fire insurance policy for Judah's house at Niagara, New York (1851); narrative of journey, San Francisco
to New York on the Golden Gate, via Panama, and New York to Illinois, with advice to travelers to California added (1858?;
43 pages); newspaper clipping containing the story, "Tompkins," by Anna Pierce (1848); and typed transcripts of excerpts from
Judah's 1860 notebook.
Also includes 3 volumes: 1) Pocket notebook, 1860, with records of surveys in the Sierra Nevada, estimates of costs, notes
and clippings concerning railroads for California; 2) Ledger with cash accounts and notes, 1861-1862, for survey for the Central
Pacific Railroad Company (volume has title label: Stock Journal, California Granite Co., 1856 &1857; 3) Herbarium of California
wildflowers, 1862, and other flowers, arranged by Mrs. Judah. Volumes 1-2 housed in box 2; volume 3 shelved separately.
Date:
1851 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- ncpn--- -- n-us-nvRailroads -- California
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Botany -- California
Wild flowers -- California
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique
Fleurs sauvages -- Californie
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Botany
Railroads
Travel
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Wild flowers
Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) -- Description and travel
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Description and travel
California -- Description and travel
Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Panamá, Isthme de (Panamá)
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.)
Californie -- Descriptions et voyages
Panamá, Isthme de (Panamá) -- Descriptions et voyages
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.) -- Descriptions et voyages
California
Panama -- Isthmus of Panama
United States -- Sierra Nevada
Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
Central Pacific Railroad Company.
California Granite Company.
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone) -- 1826-1863 -- Archives
Judah, Anna Pierce -- 1828-1895 -- Archives
Note:
Forms part of: History of Science and Technology Collection.
ORIGINALS (BOX 2) RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Copies of originals (except volume 3, Herbarium of California wildflowers, 1862): Also available as photocopies (box 1) and
on microfilm.
Gift of Gladys Page Pierce; 1955.
Theodore Dehone Judah (March 4, 1826 - November 2, 1863) was an American civil engineer who was a central figure in the original
promotion, establishment, and design of the First Transcontinental Railroad. He found investors for what became the Central
Pacific Railroad (CPRR). As chief engineer, he performed much of the route survey work to determine the best alignment for
the railroad over the Sierra Nevada, which was completed six years after his death. Judah married Anna Pierce on May 10, 1849
and they emigrated to California in 1854 when he was hired as Chief Engineer for the Sacramento Valley Railroad.
In English.
Theodore D. Judah papers, BANC MSS C-B 575, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
autobiographies (literary works)account books.
Autobiographies.
Account books.
Autobiographies.
Livres comptables.
Physical Description:
print
microfilm reel
0.3 (1 1 volume)
0.4 (1
1 negative (Rich. 90:4) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 575local
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
ORIGINALS (BOX 2) RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.