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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Building Survey reports
creator:
Historic American Engineering Record
creator:
Historic American Buildings Survey
Identifier/Call Number: MS 826
Physical Description:
0.67 Linear Feet
4 half size manuscript boxes
Date (inclusive): 1933-2002
Abstract: Select copies of reports from the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
relating to structures of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads in California, Nevada, and Oregon.
Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center I2.300.F5 Boxes 1-4
•Big Four Building Cabinet 1 Binder HAER CA-303
This collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library & Archives staff for details.
Arranged by report number.
•The Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documents America's historic industrial, engineering and transportation heritage.
HAER was formed in 1969 to complement the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), a New Deal Works Progress Administration
agency chartered in 1933 to document historic architecture of national or regional significance. Recognizing the fragility
and unique nature of the nation's industrial and engineering record, the National Park Service, the Library of Congress and
the American Society of Civil Engineers established HAER. A short while later, HAER was endorsed by the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.
•HAER conducts surveys and provides detailed documentation of America's historic industrial, engineering and transportation
resources as well as the working and living conditions of the people associated with them. These records and those of its
companion HABS collection were transferred to the Library of Congress for preservation. A portion of the collection is available
on-line thru the American Memory Collections of the Library of Congress at www.loc.gov.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals are available on-line through the American Memory Collections of the Library of Congress at www.loc.gov.
[report number] MS 826 American Engineering Record (HAER) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
MS 10 Southern Pacific Railroad records and
MS 79 Central Pacific Railroad records.
These reports are copies of studies done by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and the Historic American Buildings
Survey (HABS) relating to select structures of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads in California, Nevada, and Oregon.
Each report includes historical background for specific sites and structures, as well as current descriptions. Each report
is illustrated; many include original prints.
CA-196 to CA-215 are HAER reports of the Central Pacific / Southern PacificTranscontinental Railroad Tunnels in the Donner
Pass Route.
CA-217 CA-219, OR 92 to OR 96 are HAER reports on the Southern Pacific Natron Cutoff.
CA-220 to CA-224 are HAER reports on the Southern Pacific Shasta Route.
NV-26 is a HAER report on the Southern Pacific Railroad Carlin Shop in Carlin, Nevada.
CA-303 is the report produced as a result of HAER's two-year study (2001-2002) of the Southern Pacific Railroad Shops in Sacramento,
California.
Historic American Buildings Survey report No. 2340 is a result of HABS' study of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (Sacramento
Valley Station), Railway Terminal Post Office and Express Building (American Railway Express Building) in 1994.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of John Snyder, 1998
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 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Southern Pacific Company
Railroads--Buildings and structures