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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Harry Clarence Ladnier, Jr. papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS 730
Physical Description:
.333 Linear Feet
Manuscript Box
Date (inclusive): 1929-1973
Abstract: Includes employment records, time books, and yard notices documenting Harry Clarence Ladnier, Jr.'s career as
a switchman with Southern Pacific Company.
Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Catherine Ladnier, (387-2197), 2014 and (387-2303), 2015.
Arranged chronologically by date.
Harry Clarence Ladnier, Jr., was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 13, 1912. He was a veteran of the United States Air
Forse, having served in World War II. He joined the Southern Pacific and became a switchman in Los Angeles on November 6,
1944. Mr. Ladnier was badly injured in an accident on August 11, 1960. He and his wife Eva (Brown) had a son and three daughters.
Mr. Ladnier died on February 22, 1973.
[Identification of item], Harry Clarence Ladnier, Jr. Papers, MS 730, California State Railroad Museum Library amp Archives,
Sacramento, California.
Includes employment records, time books, and yard notices documenting Harry Clarence Ladnier, Jr.'s career as a switchman
with Southern Pacific Company. Get well cards, a hospital bill, and correspondence document his workplace
accident on August 11, 1960.
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 Archivist. 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence--Letters
Railroad--Accidents
Railroad--Brotherhood
Railroad--Travel--Passes
Societies--United States--Railroads
Southern Pacific Company