Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- William E. Critzer papers
- Dates:
- 1922-1928
- Abstract:
- Papers from the career of Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Chief Clerk William E. Critzer.
- Extent:
- .333 Linear Feet 3 folders + oversize box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William E. Critzer Papers, MS 642, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers from the career of Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Chief Clerk William E. Critzer. The photograph album, Album 148, contains 44 black and white 8x20 prints, depicting snow clearing work along the mainline and Salt Lake Divisions, February 1922. In addition, there are 6 pages of typed index of snow pictures that describe the images in the album. There are sheets of song lyrics of the songs sung at Critzer's retirement party on March 29, 1928. There are a group of loose, black and white photograph prints of various sizes that include group and individual images of Critzer. There is a Southern Pacific Bulletin, April 1928 that includes an article about Critzer's retirement from Southern Pacific.
- Biographical / historical:
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William E. Critzer (1858-1935) retired as chief clerk of the Maintenance of Way Department of Southern Pacific on April 1, 1928 after a service with Southern Pacific and Union Pacific of 42 years.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of William M. Proegsting, 2012
- Physical location:
- Big Four Building (Album 148) Statewide Museum Collections Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-12 23:42:36 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
- Terms of access:
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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 Library & Archives. 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William E. Critzer Papers, MS 642, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073