F. F. Donahue documents

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Descriptive Summary

Title: F. F. Donahue documents

Dates: 1922-1925

Collection Number: MS 476

Creator/Collector: Donahue, F.F.

Extent: 1 oversize box

Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Sacramento, California 95814

Abstract: One ledger and one leather folio containing technical diagrams and written material that may have been answers to tests given by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe for machinist apprentices. Test subjects include: Santa Fe locomotive rules, trucks, throttle, pistons, safety, lettering, axles and crank pin, construction problems, nuts, washers and bolts, brakes, estimating dimensions, spring dividers, air pumps and other parts of a locomotive.

Language of Material: English

Access

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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

F. F. Donahue documents. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Acquisition Information

Gift of Norma Funderburk, 1987

Scope and Content of Collection

One ledger and one leather folio containing technical diagrams and written material that may have been answers to tests given by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe for machinist apprentices. Test subjects include: Santa Fe locomotive rules, trucks, throttle, pistons, safety, lettering, axles and crank pin, construction problems, nuts, washers and bolts, brakes, estimating dimensions, spring dividers, air pumps and other parts of a locomotive.