Al Graves Railroads Collection, 1872-1998, bulk: 1900-1930

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Title:: Al Graves Railroads Collection
Dates:: 1872-1998, bulk: 1900-1930
Creators:: Graves, Alvin Clifton, 1913-2008
Abstract:
Extent:: xx linear feet, x boxes, additional items
Language:
Preferred citation:: Al Graves Railroads Collection. Mill Valley Public Library

Scope and content:: This collection contains photographs, mechanical drawings and blueprints, artwork, original documents, manuscripts, maps, annual reports, scrapbooks, postcards, timetables, large objects, books, and ephemera primarily about the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway, but also about railroads in Marin County, streetcars and gravity cars, and papers relating to the writing of the book The Crookedest Railroad by Ted Wurm and Al Graves.
Biographical / historical:: Al Graves, born Alvin Clifton Graves on July 15, 1913, was the son of Cliff Graves (Henry Clifton Graves) and nephew to Roy D. Graves, who was a fireman for the North Shore Railway and later for the Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway. Roy went on to become curator for the Marin County Historical Society Museum. Al was a collector of photographs and railroad memorabilia, and co-author of Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods: The Story of the North Pacific Coast Railway and San Francisco Bay Paddle-Wheel Ferries with A. Bray Dickinson, and The Crookedest Railroad in the World; A History of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad of California with Ted Wurm.

Subjects:: Cable cars (Streetcars)
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad conductors
Railroad workers
Railroads -- California
Railroads--Northwest, Pacific
Scenic railways--California--Marin County
Names:: Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad Co.
Graves, Henry Clifton, 1891-1942
Graves, Roy, 1889-1971
Wurm, Theodore G., 1919-2004
Places:: Mill Valley (Calif.)
Muir Woods National Monument (Calif.)
Tamalpais, Mount (Calif.)

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Mill Valley Public Library staff.
Date Prepared:: 1872-1998, bulk: 1900-1930
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research. Original materials may be viewed with permission from staff. Digital copies of materials may be available. Materials in this collection do not circulate.

Preferred citation:: Al Graves Railroads Collection. Mill Valley Public Library

Location of this collection:: Mill Valley Public Library

375 Throckmorton Avenue

Mill Valley, CA 94941, US