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MS 760
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Title: "Charles O. Sweetwood" Blood Procurement Car collection
Dates: 1951-1953
Collection Number: MS 760
Creator/Collector:
Kneiss, Gilbert Harold, 1899-1964
Extent: 1 album
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Photo album plus report on the Western Pacific blood procurement car "Charles O. Sweetwood".
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff
to arrange for access.
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 Librarian. 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.
"Charles O. Sweetwood" Blood Procurement Car collection. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Scope and Content of Collection
This album was prepared by Gilbert Kneiss, the Assistant to Western Pacific president, and head of Public Relations for a
project submitted for consideration in the 1953 annual awards contest of the American Public Relations Association.
Contains photographs of the activities of the Charles O. Sweetwood military blood procurement car owned and operated by Western
Pacific during 1951, 1952, and 1953. Charles O. Sweetwood was the first WP employeee killed in the Korean War.
Also included a report prepared by Mr. Kneiss as part of the project application.
[Album 37]