Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- James Fay Bailey papers
- Dates:
- 1950 - 1965
- Abstract:
- Letters, reports, orders, passes, and clippings relating to James Fay Bailey's career as a service inspector for the Pullman Company.
- Extent:
- .17 Linear Feet 1 half-box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], James Fay Bailey Collection, MS 15, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Letters, reports, orders, passes, and clippings relating to James Fay Bailey's career as a service inspector for the Pullman Company. The collection includes Mr. Bailey's accounts and other documents regarding the rescue of passengers from the stranded Southern Pacific passenger train, "City of San Francisco," during the winter of 1952, and passenger service following the 1952 Tehachapi earthquake.
- Biographical / historical:
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James Fay Bailey was born November 12, 1916 in Dallas, Texas, and died October 5, 1976, in Walnut Creek, California. He worked as a service inspector for the Pullman Company.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Frances E. Bailey, 1986
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collection Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Pullman Company
- Places:
- Railroad--Travel--Passes
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-12-13 20:38:17 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], James Fay Bailey Collection, MS 15, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073