Sonora Railway Company Limited Stock Ledgers, Stock Transfers, and Journal Entry Vouchers, 1912 - 1922

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Summary

Title:: Sonora Railway Company Limited stock ledgers, stock transfers, and journal entry vouchers
Dates:: 1912 - 1922
Abstract:: The Sonora Railway Company stock records consist of two volumes, one labeled "Stock Ledger," and the other, "Stock Transfers," and These volumes give names, dates and amounts of transfers of stock, as well as new stock issues, beginning in February 1912. These entries are recorded through 1922. The collection also contains typewritten lists of stockholders in the Sonora Railway from 1912 through 1917.
Extent:: .333 Linear Feet 1 half-box letter
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Sonora Railway Company Limited Stock Ledgers, Stock Transfers, and Journal Entry Vouchers, MS 152, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Sonora Railway Company stock records consist of two volumes, one labeled "Stock Ledger," and the other, "Stock Transfers," and These volumes give names, dates and amounts of transfers of stock, as well as new stock issues, beginning in February 1912. These entries are recorded through 1922. The collection also contains typewritten lists of stockholders in the Sonora Railway from 1912 through 1917.

Biographical / historical:

The Sonora Railway was constructed by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway between 1879 and 1882. It ran from Guaymas, on the west coast of the Mexican state of Sonora, northward to Nogales at the United States / Mexican border. From there it connected with the New Mexico and Arizona Railroad, which ran to Benson, Arizona, and then over the Southern Pacific to the tracks of the Santa Fe at Deming, New Mexico.

In 1898 the Santa Fe leased the Sonora Railway to the Southern Pacific in return for the latter railroad's line from Needles to Mojave, California. This arrangement continued until December 1911, when the Southern Pacific purchased both the Sonora Railway and the New Mexico and Arizona. The following June, the Sonora Railway became part of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Mexico.

Acquisition information:

Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection

Gift of Dora Stice, 1997

Gift of Bancroft Library, 1979

Processing information:

Formerly part of MS 10

Arrangement:

Arranged by material type

Physical location:

Statewide Museum Collection Center

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Vouchers
Southern Pacific Company

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Library Archives staff
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-20 19:54:04 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.
Terms of access:: Copyright has been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. Permission for publication must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Sonora Railway Company Limited Stock Ledgers, Stock Transfers, and Journal Entry Vouchers, MS 152, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

111 I Street

Sacramento, CA 95814, US