Robert Perry Dunbar passes and cards

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Robert Perry Dunbar passes and cards

Dates: 1906-1936

Collection Number: MS 536

Creator/Collector: Dunbar, Robert Perry

Extent: 1 box

Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Sacramento, California 95814

Abstract: Includes 183 annual railroad passes, 5 trip passes, 13 franking privilege cards, 4 membership cards, and 3 miscellaneous cards, issued to Robert P. Dunbar and his wife. The collection is organized by type of card, alphabetically by railroad or organization issuing the card, and by date.

Language of Material: English

Access

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Preferred Citation

Robert Perry Dunbar passes and cards. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Acquisition Information

Gift of Clarke Perry Dunbar, 2002

Biography/Administrative History

Robert Perry Dunbar was born in Fremont, Ohio in 1880. He attended the University of Chicago. Throughout his career, he travelled extensively by rail. He was an auditor for the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway, 1906-1908; a travelling accountant, 1909; an auditor for the Deep Creek Railroad, 1913 and 1917-1918; secretary and auditor, Nevada-California-Oregon Railway, 1914-1915; auditor, Western Pacific Railroad, 1918-1921; auditor, Tidewater Southern Railway, 1920; general auditor, Los Angeles Steamship Company, 1921-1936; and general auditor, Matson Navigation Company, 1936. Mr. Dunbar died in 1947 in Jamesburg, California.

Scope and Content of Collection

Includes 183 annual railroad passes, 5 trip passes, 13 franking privilege cards, 4 membership cards, and 3 miscellaneous cards, issued to Robert P. Dunbar and his wife. The collection is organized by type of card, alphabetically by railroad or organization issuing the card, and by date.