Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Passes, membership cards, letters and certificates relating to Oscar Leavitt Collier's career as a fireman and engineer on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and Northern Pacific Railroads, and to his membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
- Extent:
- .167 Linear Feet 1 folder
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Oscar Leavitt Collier Papers, MS 352, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Passes, membership cards, letters and certificates relating to Oscar Leavitt Collier's career as a fireman and engineer on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and Northern Pacific Railroads, and to his membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
- Biographical / historical:
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Oscar Leavitt Collier was born in Missouri on Jul 2, 1866, to Luther and Martha [Carter] Collier. He married Bessie Lee [Lowen] Collier, and their children were Raymond Allen (1893-1914), Ruth Higbee [Collier] Spinney (1896-1965), and Clifton Kathryn [Collier] Walker (1903-1996). He passed away on Apr. 1, 1947, and is buried in the East Line Street Cemetery, Bishop, Inyo County, California.
In 1886, Collier was employed by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific as a night seal clerk and had been there for two years prior. At the time of the 1900 census, Collier was employed as a locomotive engineer in Kansas. In 1910 he was an engineer for the Northern Pacific on the Ricky Mountain Division. By the 1940 census he is employed in California at a steam locomotive engineer.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Kathryn Collier Walker, 1980
- Processing information:
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Formerly MS 1.13
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collections Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
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], Oscar Leavitt Collier Papers, MS 352, 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