Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Edward Payson Ripley and family photograph album
- Dates:
- 1898-1913
- Abstract:
- Includes photos of the Ripley family and their home in Riverside, California, and at other locations on the Santa Fe system.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Edward Payson Ripley and Family Photograph Album, MS 781, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes photos of the Ripley family and their home in Riverside, California, and at other locations on the Santa Fe system. Most photos are of children in the extended Ripley family, but there are a few of Mr. Ripley at his desk in 1914. Some photos are of an older man named Schuyler. There is a faded photo of Fred Harvey at Yellowstone.
- Biographical / historical:
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Edward Payson Ripley (October 30, 1845 – February 4, 1920), sometimes referred to as Edward P. Ripley or E. P. Ripley, was the fourteenth president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway from 1896 to 1920.
On December 1, 1895, as the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway emerged from receivership, Ripley became Santa Fe's president. He served as president until January 1, 1920. He is interred at Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook, Illinois.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Barbara Long, 1984
- Physical location:
- Big Four Building
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Scrapbooks - Places:
- Photographs--Portraits
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-02 17:30:25 +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 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Edward Payson Ripley and Family Photograph Album, MS 781, 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