Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Clifford A. Starr collection
- Dates:
- 1903 - 1974
- Abstract:
- Consists of 135 Freight Conductors Train Books, which are day by day entries of the details of individual runs.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet 6 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Clifford A. Starr Collection, MS 82, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Consists of 135 Freight Conductors Train Books, which are day by day entries of the details of individual runs. This collection of books dates from December 1907 to October 1946, complete except for a break between June 1936 and January 1937. There are also 11 Passenger Conductors Books dating from December 1908 to June 1926, a collection of membership cards from the railroad organizations of which he was a member, Southern Pacific passes, and corporate correspondence relating to his career.
- Biographical / historical:
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Clifford A. Starr was born in Ohio on Aug. 10, 1881. Starr was a Southern Pacific Railroad employee from 1900 until 1947. He worked as a brakeman until 1907 and then as a conductor for the rest of his career, primarily in the San Joaquin Division. Throughout his life he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the Order of Railway Conductors of America, and the United Transportation Union. His Southern Pacific 1919 pass names him local chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors. Starr was married to Prudence [Stauss]. They had two sons, Clifford R., Jr. (1909- 2003) and Jack O. Starr (1917-1979). Starr passed away Mar. 27, 1977 in Los Angeles, California and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Clifford R. Starr, 1994
- Arrangement:
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Arranged by type of materials.
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collection Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Railroad brakemen
Railroad conductors
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-16 22:01:36 +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], Clifford A. Starr Collection, MS 82, 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