Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Virgil Blaine Brewer papers
- Dates:
- 1919-1953
- Creators:
- Brewer, Virgil Blaine
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 box
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Virgil Blaine Brewer papers. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes: time books from 1937-1944, a Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen final withdrawal card for June 15, 1944, a circular from the Grand Lodge, 1941, correspondence, employee deduction statements, receipts for union dues, a Railroad Retirement Board change of beneficiary notice, study notes for enginemen's examination, a 1919 agreement with the Southern Pacific Company about a pre-existing medical condition, SP circulars, and notices for enginemen. The time books may include information such as date, location and time worked, class of service, amount earned and name of conductor or engineer.
- Biographical / historical:
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Virgil Blaine Brewer was a fireman and locomotive engineer for the San Joaquin Division of Southern Pacific Railroad and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen & Firemen’s Bakersfield California Mt. Whitney Lodge No. 139. He was born on May 6, 1898 and began working for Southern Pacific in 1919. Mr. Brewer, who died in 1952, had a wife, Katharine and a son, Joe.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Virgie Brewer Witte, 2000.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1919-1953
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- 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 Capital District Collections Manager. 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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Virgil Blaine Brewer papers. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073