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Descriptive Summary
Title: Archie C. Decker correspondence
Dates: Undated
Collection Number: MS 508
Creator/Collector:
Decker, Archie C.
Extent: 1 folder
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Includes notes and correspondence about railway mail service of the Sierra Railroad, written by Archie C. Decker to Robert
J. Hannah of the California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society. Also includes biographical information about Hannah's father,
Arthur T. Hannah (1886-1936), who was a Railway Post Office Clerk of the Sierra Railroad between Tuolumne and Oakdale, California.
Includes information about many other railway postal clerks who worked for the Sierra Railroad.
Language of Material: English
Access
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.
Publication Rights
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 Archivist. 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
Archie C. Decker correspondence. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Acquisition Information
Gift of California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society, 2002
Biography/Administrative History
Archie Decker was a retired postal clerk with the Railway Mail Service. He worked from 1912 to 1930 as a railway relief clerk
for the Sierra Railroad line between Tuolumne and Oakdale, California. He also worked between El Portal and Merced. Decker
was appointed official historian of the 8th Convention of the National Postal Transport Association in 1953 and compiled a
history of the Railway Postal Clerks.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes notes and correspondence about railway mail service of the Sierra Railroad, written by Archie C. Decker to Robert
J. Hannah of the California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society. Also includes biographical information about Hannah's father,
Arthur T. Hannah (1886-1936), who was a Railway Post Office Clerk of the Sierra Railroad between Tuolumne and Oakdale, California.
Includes information about many other railway postal clerks who worked for the Sierra Railroad.
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