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Title: Mies Family papers
Dates: May 25, 1869 - Oct. 1, 1936
Collection Number: MS 596
Creator/Collector:
Mies family
Extent: 4 folders
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Photographs, correspondence and payrolls.
Language of Material: English
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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.
Mies Family papers. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Gift of Laurel Brinton, 2006
Scope and Content of Collection
Letter of recommendation for Joseph Mies written by Samuel B. Reed, Union Pacific Railroad General Superintendent of Construction,
May 25, 1869. Mies "Put up all the water tanks on the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha to the Western Terminus," Union
Pacific Rail Road Monthly Laborers' Pay-Roll, not dated. With signature of Joseph, Peter and Lissie Mies. Photostat of payroll
which also contains copies of photographs of the Mies family. Affadavit of William E. Mies attesting he may be the last living
person at the May 10, 1869 completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, October 1, 1936. Photostats of all documents which
also includes 4 photographs of the Mies family.