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  • Contributing Institution: California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
    Title: Michael J. Hayes papers
    Identifier/Call Number: MS 921
    Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet 3 archives boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1915-1997
    Date (bulk): 1957-1992
    Abstract: Includes records assembled by Michael J. Hayes, a freight clerk working at Southern Pacific Railroad's Lombard station in Napa County, California during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Some of these document his career with Southern Pacific. Also includes select records of L.E. Proudfit, Road Foreman of Engines, San Francisco District, 1957-1964, J.R. Hickey, Bayshore roundhouse, and St. Helena freight agent J. Closterman, 1959-1983.
    Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center: I2.212.U8
    Language of Material: English .

    Conditions Governing Access

    Restrictions apply. Contact Library Staff for details.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Michael J. Hayes, 2022

    Arrangement

    This collection has been arranged into the following series:
    Series 1. Southern Pacific records,
    Series 2. Railroad ephemera, 1915-1988

    Biography

    Michael Hayes was a train clerk in the Southern Pacific freight department at Lombard station in Vallejo between 1969 and 1982.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Copyright has been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. Permission for publication must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Southern Pacific Railroad. Western Division
    Seniority List
    Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Freight Department Proudfit, L. E.