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Series 1. SUNSET LIMITED

Scope and Contents

This series contains all of the materials related to Dr. Richard Orsi's book, SUNSET LIMITED and is separated into three subseries. Some materials did not fit into the established subseries, as noted in the box listing. Located within are a copy of the 2005 edition of SUNSET LIMITED, initial outlines for the chapters and bibliography, an announcement of the book's writing, and an advertisement for a presentation of the finished work at the California State Railroad Museum.
Subseries one contains the drafts of chapters 2, 12, 13, 14, as well as the introduction and the bibliography for SUNSET LIMITED. There are also four small card boxes containing notecards for chapters 2, 6, and 7, and notes for the 2005 revised edition of SUNSET LIMITED.
Subseries two contains the photographs and illustrations used by Dr. Orsi for SUNSET LIMITED. In this subseries there are primarily photographs for chapters 1 through 14, however there are also photograph requisition forms sent by Dr. Orsi to various institutions. Finally there is a copy of the cover illustration, as well as photographs from several archives and libraries that do not appear to have been used in SUNSET LIMITED.
Subseries three contains the documents used as research material for SUNSET LIMITED. They are divided into two main categories: research material and supporting documents, both of which are arranged by chapter. The bulk of the material deals with the railroad's environmental impact, although there are also a sizable amount of documents on the Union Pacific's merger with the Central Pacific, and correspondence with C.P. Huntington.
box 1

Copy of Sunset Limited. 2005 Edition

box 1, folder 1

Announcement of Book to be Written. 1981

box 1, folder 2

Final Acceptance Detailing Changes to MSS

box 1, folder 3

Bibliography Ideas and Chapters of Books

box 1, folder 4

Program for Book Presentation at CSRM

 

Subseries 1. Drafts of Chapters and Bibliographies

box 1, folder 5

Intro.- "A Railroad and the Development of the American West 1850-1930"

box 1, folder 6

Notes on Chapter 4. Mussel Slough. October 2005 Revision

box 1, folder 7

Chapter 12. The Southern Pacific and Public Lands. 1999

box 1, folder 8

Revised Draft of Chapter 13- Confrontation at Mussel Slough. 1985

box 1, folder 9

"Nearly Finished" Draft of Chapter 13- Confrontation at Mussel Slough. 1986

box 1, folder 10

Drafts of Chapter 13 and 14 and Grant Applications. 2003-2004

box 1, folder 11

First Draft. Chapter 14- Confrontation at Mussel Slough. 1983-1984

box 1, folder 12

Early Drafts of Chapter on Southern Pacific and Water History

box 1

Notecards for the Introduction and Chapter 2

box 2

Notecards for the 2005 Update

box 3

Notecards for the 2005 Update

box 4

Notecards for Chapters 6 and 7

 

Subseries 2. Photographs and Illustrations

box 1, folder 13

Photocopied Illustrations. 2006

box 1, folder 14

Photo Logs and Request forms. 2003

box 1, folder 15

Illustration: Cover

box 1, folder 16

Inventories of Photos and Art Illustrations. 2003

box 1, folder 17

Photos for Sunset Limited. 1986-1987

box 1, folder 18

Photos for Sunset Limited. 1991

box 1, folder 19

Copies of Photographs from CSRM. 2002

box 1, folder 20

Photos for Sunset Limited from U.C Berkley. 2003

box 1, folder 21

Photographs for Chapter 1 of Sunset Limited. 2003-2004

box 1, folder 22

Photographs for Chapter 2 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 23

Photographs for Chapter 3 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 24

Photographs for Chapter 4 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 25

Photographs for Chapter 5 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 26

Photographs for Chapter 6 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 27

Photographs for Chapter 7 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 28

Photographs for Chapter 8 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 29

Photographs for Chapter 9 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 30

Photographs for Chapter 10 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 31

Photographs for Chapter 11 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 32

Photographs for Chapter 12 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 33

Photographs for Chapter 13 of Sunset Limited. 2003

box 1, folder 34

Photographs for Chapter 14 of Sunset Limited. 2003

 

Subseries 3. Research Material

box 2, folder 1

Chapter Outline for "A Railroad & The Development of the American West: The S.P Co, 1850-1930". Aug. 1996

box 2, folder 2

Chapter 1- S.P and Historians. 1979-1983

box 2, folder 3

Chapter 2- Men.

box 2, folder 4

Chapter 3- The Agrarian Tycoon

box 2, folder 5

Chapter 3- C.P. Huntington & Racial Justice

box 2, folder 6

Chapter 3- Herrin, W.M.F.

box 2, folder 7

Railroads & Modernization. 1995

box 2, folder 8

Chapter 7- Agricultural Development Programs

box 2, folder 9

Chapter 7- Agricultural Development Programs. Demo Train

box 2, folder 10

Chapter 7- Agricultural Development Programs

box 2, folder 11

Chapter 7- Yuma Water System

box 2, folder 12

Chapter 8- "Railroads & Water in the Arid West". May 1996

box 2, folder 13

Chapter 8- "Railroads & Water in the Arid West". November 1987

box 2, folder 14

Chapter 8- "Railroads & Water in the Arid West". March 1988

box 2, folder 15

Chapter 8- Oregon State Agricultural College

box 2, folder 16

Chapter 8- Southern Pacific & Water Development

box 2, folder 17

Chapter 8- Southern Pacific & Water Development

box 2, folder 18

Chapter 8- A.T.S.F. Notebook & Station Plat book, Utah Division

box 2, folder 19

Chapter 8. Visit to the California State Railroad Museum

box 2, folder 20

Chapter 8- Private Irrigation

box 2, folder 21

Chapter 8- Merced Irrigation District

box 2, folder 22

Chapter 8- Irrigation Districts

box 2, folder 23

Chapter 8- Southern Pacific & Water relations with Wright Land Irrigation District

box 2, folder 24

Chapter 8- Irrigation & Water Control: Colorado River

box 2, folder 25

Chapter 8- Water Development. Imperial Valley. Colorado River

box 2, folder 26

Chapter 8- Imperial Irrigation District

box 2, folder 27

Chapter 8- Imperial Irrigation District

box 2, folder 28

Chapter 8- Irrigation

box 2, folder 29

Chapter 8- Truckee-Carson Irrigation District

box 2, folder 30

Chapter 8- Truckee-Carson Irrigation District

box 2, folder 31

Chapter 8- Agricultural Marketing Outline

box 2, folder 32

Chapter 8- Agricultural Marketing Outline

box 2, folder 33

Chapter 8- Agricultural Marketing Outline

box 2, folder 34

Chapter 8- California Raisin. "Day of the Raisin"

box 2, folder 35

Chapter 9- "The Octopus & The University: Science and Agriculture"

box 2, folder 36

Chapter 10- NHS Index- Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. 1987

box 2, folder 37

Chapter 10- Lake Tahoe Articles

box 2, folder 38

Chapter 10- Lake Tahoe Articles

box 2, folder 39

Chapter 10- Notes on Lake Tahoe. Feb. 2001

box 2, folder 40

Chapter 11- Southern Pacific & Water Development. Rewrites & Revisions. 1996

box 3, folder 1

Notes: Intro- Sacramento Shops Clippings

box 3, folder 2

Notes: Intro- Sacramento Waterfront

box 3, folder 3

Notes: Chapter 1. Union Pacific role in Modernization

box 3, folder 4

Notes: Chapter 1. Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio - Texas Lands

box 3, folder 5

Notes: Organization & Reconsolidation Southern Pacific & Central Pacific

box 3, folder 6

Notes: Chapter 1. Southern Pacific Oil Lands

box 3, folder 7

Notes: Chapter 1. Use of the name "Sunset"

box 3, folder 8

Notes: Chapter 2. Southern Pacific's Own Agricultural Agents

box 3, folder 9

Notes: Chapter 2. Agrarian Tycoons, Agricultural land ideas

box 3, folder 10

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Conflict with settlers

box 3, folder 11

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Mineral Lands

box 3, folder 12

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Small sales and low prices

box 3, folder 13

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Southern Pacific Oil Lands

box 3, folder 14

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Southern Pacific Mineral Lands. 1860s

box 3, folder 15

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Mussel Slough

box 3, folder 16

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Land grant work continues

box 3, folder 17

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Washington attorney's concept of land patents

box 3, folder 18

Notes: Chapters 3 & 4. Conflict with Mexican rancho grants

box 3, folder 19

Notes: Chapter 7. Southern Pacific Cooperation with Union Pacific

box 3, folder 20

Notes: Chapter 7. Freight Rates & PFE

box 3, folder 21

Notes: Chapter 7. Packing Houses

box 3, folder 22

Notes: Chapter 8. Salt Lake- Lucin cutoff. Environmental Complexities

box 3, folder 23

Notes: Chapter 8. National Parks

box 3, folder 24

Notes: Chapter 8. Obituary for Southern & Union Pacific EO McCormick

box 3, folder 25

Notes: Chapter 8. Quarantine of White Pines

box 3, folder 26

Notes: Chapter 8. City Parks

box 3, folder 27

Notes: Chapter 8. Lake Tahoe

box 3, folder 28

Notes: Chapter 8. Forestry

box 3, folder 29

Notes: Chapter 8. Graft on Oregon Short Line

box 3, folder 30

Notes: Chapter 8. Grazing Laws

box 3, folder 31

Notes: Chapter 8. Forest Reserves

box 3, folder 32

Notes: Chapter 8. Forest Reserves

box 3, folder 33

Notes: Chapter 8. Firefighting by SP

box 3, folder 34

Notes: Imperial Valley Water Situation, 2005

box 3, folder 35

Notes: Imperial Valley Reclamation. 2005

box 3, folder 36

Notes: United States Water Reclamation Projects. 2005

box 3, folder 37

Notes: Mojave River Irrigation District

box 3, folder 38

Notes: Extent of California Land Grants in 1949. 2005

box 3, folder 39

Notes: Oregon & California Land Grants. 2005

box 3, folder 40

Notes: Preludes to SP Land Company (?)

box 3, folder 41

Notes: Parts of Mineral Lands in Nevada

box 3, folder 42

Notes: Cornish Death

box 3, folder 43

Notes: Southern Pacific Land Company Natural Resources Department. Letters on Oregon Land

box 3, folder 44

Notes: Texas & New Orleans Railroad

box 3, folder 45

Notes: Sales under condition regular settlement & cultivation

box 3, folder 46

Notes: Back-to-the-land Movement

box 3, folder 47

Notes: Nevade Irrigation

box 3, folder 48

Notes: "The Early Sunset Magazine. 1898 - 1928." 2005

box 3, folder 49

Notes: Collin's Review of Land Department Administration

box 3, folder 50

Notes: Contemplating Land Grant Sales. 2005

box 3, folder 51

Notes: Illustrations

box 3, folder 52

C.P. Huntington Correspondence

box 3, folder 53

C.P. Huntington Correspondence

box 3, folder 54

C.P. Huntington Correspondence

box 3, folder 55

C.P. Huntington Correspondence

box 3, folder 56

C.P. Huntington Correspondence

box 3, folder 57

C.P. Huntington Correspondence. Photocopies

box 3, folder 58

C.P. Huntington Correspondence. Photocopies

box 3, folder 59

C.P. Huntington Correspondence. Photocopies

box 3, folder 60

C.P. Huntington Correspondence. Letters & Photocopies

box 3, folder 61

C.P. Huntington Microfilm index by reel/ index to correspondence

box 3, folder 62

C.P. Huntington. Southern Pacific of Mexico Finding Aid

box 3, folder 63

Notes: New Mexico State University Archive. Southern Pacific in New Mexico. Sept. 1984

box 3, folder 64

C.P. Huntington Indexes and Notes from Visit to Syracuse

box 4, folder 1

Supporting Documents: Ad Expenses, 1888-1914

box 4, folder 2

Supporting Documents: Agricultural Demonstration Train.

box 4, folder 3

Supporting Documents: Arizona Agriculture

box 4, folder 4

Supporting Documents: Boosterism & Its Limits

box 4, folder 5

Supporting Documents: Brief History of the El Paso Division

box 4, folder 6

Supporting Documents: California Board of Trade

box 4, folder 7

Supporting Documents: Central Pacific Construction

box 4, folder 8

Supporting Documents: Chinese Laborers on the Central and Southern Pacific

box 4, folder 9

Supporting Documents: Chinese Laborers on the Central and Southern Pacific

box 4, folder 10

Supporting Documents: Early History

box 4, folder 11

Supporting Documents: Government Subsidy & Its Impact

box 4, folder 12

Supporting Documents: E. H. Herriman. Management, 1901-1909

box 4, folder 13

Supporting Documents: History of the Williamette Valley, Oregon

box 4, folder 14

Supporting Documents: Immigration

box 4, folder 15

Supporting Documents: Index to Historic Material of the Colonization Department

box 4, folder 16

Supporting Documents: List of Directors (Central and Southern Pacific), 1871 & 1914

box 4, folder 17

Supporting Documents: W. Mahl Papers

box 4, folder 18

Supporting Documents: Native Americans & the Central and Southern Pacific

box 4, folder 19

Supporting Documents: Nordhoff, Charles (Central and Southern Pacific)

box 4, folder 20

Supporting Documents: Oregon & California Railroad

box 4, folder 21

Supporting Documents: Maps of Terminal Lines

box 4, folder 22

Supporting Documents: Central Pacific Original Construction Dates

box 4, folder 23

Supporting Documents: Port Costa

box 4, folder 24

Supporting Documents: Promontory Names

box 4, folder 25

Supporting Documents: Promotional- Arizona

box 4, folder 26

Supporting Documents: Promotional- Nevada

box 4, folder 27

Supporting Documents: Promotional Material- California Big Trees

box 4, folder 28

Supporting Documents: David Myrick, "Refining & Rebuilding the Central Pacific: 1899-1910"

box 4, folder 29

Supporting Documents: Andrew J. Russell Photo Collection

box 4, folder 30

Supporting Documents: San Diego & Arizona Railway

box 4, folder 31

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific Earthquake

box 4, folder 32

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific General Information

box 4, folder 33

Supporting Documents: General History

box 4, folder 34

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific Bibliography July 1971

box 4, folder 35

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific in Southern California

box 4, folder 36

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific Political Machine

box 4, folder 37

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/Santa Fe Merger

box 4, folder 38

Supporting Documents: Station Names, Portland Division

box 4, folder 39

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific Subsidiaries

box 4, folder 40

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific in Texas

box 4, folder 41

Supporting Documents: Texas

box 4, folder 42

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Union Pacific Dissolution Agreement

box 4, folder 43

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific Leaders

box 4, folder 44

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Central Pacific Unmerger Case

box 4, folder 45

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Central Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 46

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Central Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 47

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Central Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 48

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Central Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 49

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Central Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 50

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Central Pacific Unmeger

box 4, folder 51

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Union Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 52

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Union Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 53

Supporting Documetns: Southern Pacific/ Union Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 54

Supporting Documents: Southern Pacific/ Union Pacific Unmerger

box 4, folder 55

"Steel Nails to the Sunbelt" article in PTJ. June, 1991

box 4, folder 56

Supporting Documents: Sunset Magazine

box 4, folder 57

Supporting Documents: Sunset Story- Bill Lane Jr.

box 4, folder 58

Supporting Documents: Chapter 1- Building (CPH)

box 4, folder 59

Supporting Documents: Chapter 2- CPH

box 4, folder 60

Supporting Documents: Chapter 3- C.P Huntington Library Articles

box 4, folder 61

Supporting Documents: Chapter 5- California on Wheels

box 4, folder 62

Supporting Documents: Chapter 5- Science & Agriculture

box 4, folder 63

Supporting Documents: Chapter 5- Colonizing the Land Grant. Arizona

box 4, folder 64

Supporting Documents: Chapter 5- Land Grants

box 4, folder 65

Supporting Documents: Chapter 5- Land Grants

box 4, folder 66

Supporting Documents: Chapter 6- Water Division

box 4, folder 67

Supporting Documents: Chapter 6- W.M. Bittlewells

box 4, folder 68

Supporting Documents: Chapter 6- W.M. Bittlewells

box 4, folder 69

Supporting Documents: Chapter 7- Private Irrigation

box 4, folder 70

Supporting Documents: Chapter 8- Public Irrigation. Nevada Board of Trade

box 4, folder 71

Supporting Documents: Chapter 9- Federal Reclamation

box 4, folder 72

Supporting Documents: Chapter 10- Agriculture & Marketing

box 4, folder 73

Supporting Documents: Chapter 11- Parks & Wilderness

box 4, folder 74

Supporting Documents: Chapter 12- Resource Conservation

box 5

Notecards to accompany the research material

 

Series 2. ELUSIVE EDEN

Scope and Contents

Series two of the Richard J. Orsi Papers contains all of the material for his contributions to ELUSIVE EDEN, a comprehensive history of California that was a collaborative effort between multiple local historians. It is divided into three subseries.
Subseries one contains the drafts that Dr. Orsi submitted to be published as part of ELUSIVE EDEN. Specifically there are drafts of chapters 13, 14, and 15, and an appendix.
Subseries two contains the research material used by Dr. Orsi for the aforementioned chapters. There is photocopied material from the C.P. Huntington Library collection, and a card box of notes written by Dr. Orsi on the research materials.
Finally, Subseries three contains the photographs and illustrations. Specifically there is a copy of the cover illustration for ELUSIVE EDEN, as well as several photos used for Dr. Orsi's portion of the book.
 

Subseries 1. Drafts

box 5, folder 1

Appendix- The Southern Pacific & California Politics, Articles, Annotated. 1960-1988

box 5, folder 2

Drafts for Chapters 13, 14, and 15

 

Subseries 2. Research Material

box 5, folder 3

CPH Collection Photocopy of sources for Chapter 4

box 6

Notes on research material

 

Subseries 3. Photographs and Illustrations

box 5, folder 4

Cover page and photographs used for the book

 

Series 3. Subjects

Scope and Contents

Series 3 of the Dr. Richard J. Orsi Collection contains research materials, articles, and sources that Dr. Orsi had used for projects or papers not connected to either SUNSET LIMITED or ELUSIVE EDEN. The material is divided into 6 subseries based on subject, the largest of which are those pertaining to the environmental impact of the railroad, Southern Pacific, and the Mussel Slough tragedy respectively. The smaller subseries contain materials on the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1918-1919, police and the railroad, and finally miscellaneous topics that do not fit into any of the aforementioned categories.
Subseries one covers the railroad's environmental impact throughout its history in California, and contains reports on land usage from the Southern Pacific Railroad, maps, reports, and planning documents for the Yosemite valley, and several reports concerning the imperial water district. Additionally, the subseries contains numerous newspaper clippings concerning various events concerning the railroad and urban development that Dr. Orsi had written on for his own note taking purposes.
The second subseries contains materials directly related to the operation and business practices of the Southern Pacific Railroad. There are several documents detailing the proposed merger and un-merger between the Southern Pacific and the Central Pacific, labor reports, documents from the San Francisco office, and finally a collection of photographs and requisition forms to several California archives.
The subseries concerning Mussel Slough is predominantly made up of secondary sources that covered the tragedy and its aftermath. Additionally there is a collection of GLO papers in the Mussel Slough subseries.
The remaining two smaller subseries all contain secondary sources on their subjects, whether it be the Spanish flu, or the relationship between the railroads and law enforcement agencies. The final subseries is designated for materials that did not fit into any of the aforementioned subseries.
 

Subseries 1. Railroads and the Environment

box 6, folder 1

Yosemite Commissioner's Report. Nov. 1884

box 6, folder 2

Yosemite Commissioner's Report. Oct. 1886

box 6, folder 3

Yosemite Valley Report

box 6, folder 4

Map of Yosemite Valley w/ notes

box 6, folder 5

Microfilm index and book listing for material on the Yosemite Valley

box 6, folder 6

Paper on Native California Flora. 1932

box 6, folder 7

Article on the Yosemite Valley. 1964

box 6, folder 8

Southern Pacific Public Relations Report on Wetlands. 1977

box 6, folder 9

Sacramento Bee Articles on land use by the Southern Pacific Land Company. 1982-1983

box 6, folder 10

San Francisco Newspaper Articles on S.P and Urban Development. 1983

box 6, folder 11

Newspaper Articles on S.P Land Development

box 6, folder 12

Southern Pacific Public Relations Report land development and colonization. 1978

box 6, folder 13

Railroads and National Parks. 1983

box 6, folder 14

Photocopied letters from an S.P. Land Agent. 1982-1984

box 6, folder 15

Conquering the Sierra by Rail. 1982

box 6, folder 16

Southern Pacific Hospital Division & Land Conservation. 2000

box 6, folder 17

Newspaper clippings of Southern Pacific Advertising of California. 2001-2004

box 6, folder 18

Photocopied News Articles on Southern Pacific and Land Issues

box 6, folder 19

Railroads and Environmentalism notes from the CPH Library

box 6, folder 20

Southern Pacific Land Department Documents

box 6, folder 21

Articles on the Railroad and Environment from CSRM and State Parks. 2010

box 6, folder 22

Urban Environmental History and the Railroad

box 6, folder 23

Urban Maps and Photos from the CSRM Collection

box 6, folder 24

Photo listing of abandoned railways and disused stations

box 6, folder 25

Recent Southern Pacific Land Company clippings. 1981

box 6, folder 26

Guides to San Diego & Arizona Eastern Collections and other notes of Southern Pacific Water Systems. 1990

box 6, folder 27

Water Development- Correspondence with the Huntington Library. 1981

box 6, folder 28

Irrigation- Notes

box 6, folder 29

Irrigation- Articles & Notes

box 6, folder 30

Southern Pacific Land Company Records- Indexes at the San Francisco Headquarters

box 6, folder 31

"Fraud on the Frontier: The Fresno Farm Pupil Swindle, 1885"

box 6, folder 32

Clippings of the Railroad's impact on the environment

box 6, folder 33

Clippings of the Southern Pacific's impact on the environment

box 6, folder 34

C.P. Huntington Correspondence with Southern Pacific Land Department

box 6, folder 35

Imperial Irrigation District

box 6, folder 36

Imperial Irrigation District

box 6, folder 37

Imperial Irrigation District

box 6, folder 38

Imperial Irrigation District

box 6, folder 39

Imperial Irrigation District

box 6, folder 40

Imperial Irrigation District- Southern Pacific Executive Department- Digest of Abstract

box 6, folder 41

Colorado River Problem + Proposed Boulder Canyon Dam- S.P. Executive Department

box 6, folder 42

Colorado River Problem + Proposed Boulder Canyon Dam- S.P. Executive Department

box 6, folder 43

A resume of the acquisition and management of land under the jurisdiction of Southern Pacific Land Department

box 6, folder 44

"Trains in the Wilderness" Southern Pacific and the Environment article

box 6, folder 45

CD and Floppy Disk containing photos on the Railroad and Environmental History

box 6, folder 46

Environmental Impact Report Listings and CSRM Map and image listings

box 6, folder 47

Land Reform Articles from the University of Wisconsin. 2012

box 6, folder 48

"Southern Pacific Oil in Southern California" by Cooke. 2012

box 6, folder 49

Bureau of Land Reclamation History Program article, "The Newlands Project". 1996

box 6, folder 50

"Railroads and the Urban Environment" Publication agreement with the University of Pittsburgh. 2010

box 6, folder 51

Bibliography & Index of sources on the Railroad and the Environment

box 6, folder 52

Draft. "Rethinking Region Along the Railroad" by Paula Lupkin

box 6, folder 53

An Environmental History of the Canadian Pacific Railroad

box 6, folder 54

WHA notes on " "Railroads, the Environment, and the Future of Yellowstone"

box 6, folder 55

WHA commentary on "Encountering the Western Railroad." 2010

box 6, folder 56

Images with captions from the Sacramento Railroad Environmental History Center

box 6, folder 57

Images with captions related to Sacramento urban development

box 6, folder 58

CSRM Arial photos of the Sacramento Railyard shops. 2011

box 6, folder 59

California State Library Arial photo of Sacramento Railyard shops. 2011

box 6, folder 60

Sacramento History Center published photos. 2010

box 7, folder 1

The Oregon & California Railroad Land Grant, 1866-1945

box 7, folder 2

Golden Note Article, "What Happened to China Slough"

box 7, folder 3

History of the Sacramento River. 1979

box 7, folder 4

Photographs of Southern Pacific Railroads, Landscapes, and Trains in the Greater Sacramento Area.

box 7, folder 5

"The New Nevada". 1908

box 7, folder 6

Department of the Interior and S.P Land Grant Correspondence

box 7, folder 7

Correspondence from the Southern Pacific Land Department with S.P Vice President, W.D Cornish

box 7, folder 8

Senate Bill on Public Land Use

box 7, folder 9

Southern Pacific Land Department. Inventory of the Proclamations Creating Forest Reserves

box 7, folder 10

Correspondence between the Southern Pacific Land Department and a Consulting Forester

box 7, folder 11

Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Land Department Documents

box 7, folder 12

The Role of Land Tenure in Regional Development: Arvin and Dinuba Revisited

box 7, folder 13

"A Comparison of Railroad Land Grant Policies"

box 7, folder 14

Title Clarification of Railroads with map and note to Dr. Orsi

box 7, folder 15

General Land Office Correspondence with Southern Pacific

box 7, folder 16

Photographs and Newspaper Clipping on Southern Pacific Land Development

box 7, folder 17

Southern Pacific Land Grants - GLO

box 7, folder 18

Southern Pacific Land Grants - Minerals

box 7, folder 19

Southern Pacific Land Grants - Minerals

box 7, folder 20

Southern Pacific Land Grants - Minerals

box 7, folder 21

Southern Pacific Land Grants - Minerals

box 7, folder 22

Southern Pacific Land Grants - Timber

box 7, folder 23

Land Grant Controversy in Texas

box 7, folder 24

Southern Pacific Land Grant Myth

 

Subseries 2. Southern Pacific

box 7, folder 25

Material on the Southern Pacific Railroad in San Luis Obispo

box 7, folder 26

Southern Pacific in San Luis Obispo

box 7, folder 27

Book listings on Southern Pacific and train disasters. 2008

box 7, folder 28

Photocopied pictures and manuscript list from CSRM

box 7, folder 29

Southern Pacific and Labor- Articles

box 7, folder 30

C.P. Huntington letter to A.C. Hutchison, head of Texas lines. June 15, 1886

box 7, folder 31

Southern Pacific Hospital Association Bill & Roundtable discussion program. 2007

box 7, folder 32

Notes on "A Visual Reinterpretations of Southern Pacific." Henry E. Huntington research

box 7, folder 33

Photographs of Southern Pacific Railroads and people

box 7, folder 34

Southern Pacific Research Ideas: Train Wrecks. 2007

box 7, folder 35

Notes and requests to the Center for Sacramento History

box 7, folder 36

Notes and requests to the California State Railroad Museum. 2009

box 7, folder 37

Historic American- "Engineering Record of Southern Pacific Sacramento Shops". 2010

box 7, folder 38

Clippings on the merger with Southern Pacific and Union Pacific. 1985-1996

box 7, folder 39

Guides to Southern Pacific research- Texas Libraries

box 7, folder 40

Index to Southern Pacific PR department records- San Francisco Offices

box 7, folder 41

Notes on the Southern Pacific from the University of California

box 7, folder 42

"A Lifetime of Railroading" by Lewis Hopkins. 1955

box 7, folder 43

Southern Pacific general- Secondary Sources

box 7, folder 44

Information about Southern Pacific- Secondary Sources

box 7, folder 45

Secondary Sources and Correspondence with Southern Pacific

box 7, folder 46

Southern Pacific general- Shasta Route. 1982

box 7, folder 47

Southern Pacific general- Railroad in the Capay Valley Correspondence. 1975-1976

box 7

Notecards on the Railroad and the Environment

 

Subseries 3. Mussel Slough

box 7, folder 48

Copy of "The Mussel Slough Tragedy". March, 1973

box 7, folder 49

Tulare Land Deeds…..The Mussel Slough Region

box 7, folder 50

Articles on the Battle of Mussel Slough

box 7, folder 51

Mussel Slough- Southern Pacific letters from the C.P Huntington Collection

box 7, folder 52

Mussel Slough- Secondary Sources

box 7, folder 53

Mussel Slough- Secondary Sources

box 7, folder 54

Mussel Slough- Secondary Sources

box 7, folder 55

Mussel Slough- Central Pacific Land in Nevada

box 7, folder 56

Copy of "The Mussel Slough Tragedy". By J. L. Brown

box 8

Notecards on Mussel Slough

box 8, folder 1

Mussel Slough- General Land Office (GLO) papers

box 8, folder 2

Mussel Slough- GLO papers

box 8, folder 3

Mussel Slough- GLO papers

box 8, folder 4

Mussel Slough Research Trip to Tulare City Library

box 8, folder 5

Mussel Slough- Newly Discovered Findings

 

Subseries 4. Spanish Flu Epidemic

box 8, folder 6

"The Invisible Enemy: Epidemic Influenza in Sacramento. 1918-1919"

box 8, folder 7

Spanish Flu in Sacramento. 1918-1919

box 8, folder 8

Oregon Historical Quarterly Article. "The 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic in Oregon". 2009

box 8, folder 9

Southern Pacific and the Flu. Statewide Museum Collections Center Research

 

Subseries 5. Police and the Railroad

box 8, folder 10

Southern Pacific Crime and Violence ideas

box 8, folder 11

Southern Pacific Crime and Violence ideas- newspaper clippings

box 8, folder 12

Research from the Bancroft Library on crime and police

box 8, folder 13

Book listing from University of California Library- National Police Gazette

box 8, folder 14

Notecards on the Railroads and Police

 

Subseries 6. Miscellaneous Topics

box 8, folder 15

William Mahl Memoir 1860-1913.

box 8, folder 16

Wells Fargo Historical Department Papers

box 8, folder 17

Footnotes for "Muir paper"

box 8, folder 18

"The Valley: In Search of Home"

box 8, folder 19

"The Triumph of Helios" with notes from Richard Orsi

box 8, folder 20

Material from research trip to San Francisco. 2007

box 8, folder 21

Photographs of trains and crew from DeGolyer University

box 8, folder 22

CSU East Bay Library Catalog

box 8, folder 23

Huntington Library- "Reviving a Working Ranch at the Huntington"

box 8, folder 24

French Banking Article with notes from Richard Orsi. 2001

box 8, folder 25

Book lisiting from the University of Nevada Press

box 8, folder 26

Central Pacific Trestle- California State Railroad Museum

box 8, folder 27

SULAIR Special Collection Finding Aid. 2012

box 8, folder 28

California State Railroad Museum Finding Aids. 2002

box 8, folder 29

Photographs and request forms from CSRM and the Huntington Library

box 8, folder 30

Digital photo collection on CD and floppy disk

box 8, folder 31

University of Southern California Photograph research. 2008

box 8, folder 32

"Guide to the Railroad & Trolleys of the U.S and Mexico" Repository List. 2008

box 8, folder 33

CSRM Manuscript Collection. MS 526 ATSF Special Services. 2007

box 8, folder 34

"Medical Railroading During the Korean War. 1951-1953"

box 8, folder 35

Clippings- General Railroad History

box 8, folder 36

Clippings- General Railroad History

box 8, folder 37

Railroad Hospitals in the West. 2008

box 8, folder 38

Notes on Discussion with Bruce MacGregor. 1986

box 8, folder 39

Kern County Museum photos & Request forms. 2010

box 8, folder 40

California State Railroad Museum Excursion Article. 2007

box 8, folder 41

Material and order forms from the California State Library. 2006

box 8, folder 42

Notes on an unidentified Symposium. 2002

box 8, folder 43

Photograph order forms from the Nevada Historical Society & the DeGolyer Library. 2002

box 8, folder 44

Photograph and map order forms from UC Berkley. 2003

box 8, folder 45

C.P. Huntington Library collection of photocopied letters. 2001

box 8, folder 46

"Clarifying the Tangled Tale of the Pacific Red Cars" with Letter from the writer

box 8, folder 47

C.P. Huntington Library Finding Aids

box 8, folder 48

Union Pacific Article and Octopus in the Garden Ideas.

box 8, folder 49

"Golden Days: 1899 railroad construction camp"

box 8, folder 50

Guides to Henry E. Huntington files by subject

box 8, folder 51

Portuguese Central Pacific Railroad Workers

box 8, folder 52

Railroads and Politics notes

box 8, folder 53

Railroads in Oregon

box 10 through 16

Note Cards on Miscellaneous Topics

 

Series 4. Articles, Lectures, and Projects

Scope and Contents

The fourth series of the Dr. Richard J. Orsi Collection contains a multitude of articles, lectures, presentations, and projects completed by Dr. Orsi that do not directly relate to the writing of either SUNSET LIMITED or ELUSIVE EDEN, although it should be noted that located within are lectures on SUNSET LIMITED which Dr. Orsi delivered to various institutions. The series is divided into 7 subseries based on subject matter.
The lecture material in this series mainly focuses on the Mussel Slough tragedy, the Southern Pacific Company, and the effect of the railroad on the environment. With the lectures are several boxes of Kodak brand slides that were meant to be used as a supplement to them.
Also in the collection are several folders worth of material on the nomination of Railtown in Sacramento as a National Historic Landmark, as well as the California State Railroad Museum exhibit, ROAD OF 1000 WONDERS, which Dr. Orsi contributed to and worked on with the museum staff.
Finally, there are several drafts of an article written by Dr. Orsi titled HEAR THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW, along with several CDs of illustrations and lecture notes on the subject of the article.
 

Subseries 1. The Railroad and the Environment

box 9, folder 1

"The Ambiguous Environmental Legacy of the Southern Pacific Railroad" & Correspondence w/ ASEH Planner. 2010

box 9, folder 2

"The Ambiguous Environmental Legacy of the Southern Pacific Railroad". 2010

box 9, folder 3

"The Ambiguous Environmental Legacy of the Southern Pacific Railroad" For ASEH Conference. 2010

box 9, folder 4

"The Ambiguous Environmental Legacy of the Southern Pacific Railroad". 2010

box 9, folder 5

"Force of Nature" Historical Overview from the Center of Sacramento History. 2010

box 9, folder 6

Two copies of "Railroads and the Urban Environment". Revised, 2011

box 9, folder 7

"The Olive in California" Draft

box 9, folder 8

Southern Pacific Land Management Resume. 1982

box 9, folder 9

"The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of Irrigation in the Far West". 2001

box 9, folder 10

"Railroads in the History of the Far West: An Intro" Spring, 1991

box 9, folder 11

Railroads & Water in the arid far west: The Southern Pacific Co. as a pioneer water developer. Spring 1991

box 9, folder 12

Railroads and Urban Development

box 9, folder 13

"Railroads and Conservation: The Southern Pacific, John Muir, & The Founding of Yosemite" Draft. 1983

box 9, folder 14

"Railroads and Conservation: The Southern Pacific, John Muir, & The Founding of Yosemite" Draft. 1983

box 9, folder 15

"Railroads and Conservation: The Southern Pacific, John Muir, & The Founding of Yosemite" Draft. 1983

box 9, folder 16

Review of "The West the Railroad Made". 2009

box 9, folder 17

Chapter Drafts on Southern Pacific Land Rights

box 9, folder 18

Bureau of Reclamation History Symposium CD. 2002

box 9, folder 19

"Railroads + Water in the arid far west…" 1987

 

Subseries 2. Mussel Slough

box 9, folder 20

Critique of "The Octopus Revisited". 1983

box 9, folder 21

"Battle of Mussel Slough" Outline. 1982-1986

box 9, folder 22

Mussel Slough Article Idea- Frank Norris' The Octopus- The Mussel Slough Tragedy: Fact or Fancy

box 9, folder 23

Mussel Slough handwritten manuscript

box 9, folder 24

Mussel Slough handwritten manuscript

box 9, folder 25

Mussel Slough handwritten manuscript

box 9, folder 26

"The Tragedy of Mussel Slough" Outline Draft

box 9, folder 27

"Settlers vs. Southern Pacific: The Mussel Slough Land Controversy. 1865-1877" Draft. 1984

box 9, folder 28

"Settlers vs. Southern Pacific: The Mussel Slough Land Controversy. 1865-1877" Draft. 1984

box 9, folder 29

Mussel Slough notes for roundtable symposium

box 9, folder 30

Mussel Slough. "History of the Railroad Land Grant System". Lecture. 1981

box 9, folder 31

Mussel Slough. "The Octopus Revisited: California's Land Grant Legend." Lecture. 1989

box 9, folder 32

Mussel Slough. "The Octopus Revisited: California's Land Grant Legend." Lecture. 1989

 

Subseries 3. Railtown Nomination

box 9, folder 33

For Railtown 1897 National Historic Landmark Nomination work

box 9, folder 34

For Railtown 1897… "Historic Foundry Patterns" by Lisa DeLacy

box 9, folder 35

For Railtown 1897… Nevada Northern, Ely Yards Nomination. 1986

box 9, folder 36

For Railtown 1897 nominationi Sierra Ry records @ CSRM + bibliography of short line railroads. 2014

box 9, folder 37

For Railtown 1897 National Historic Landmark Nomination work- site visit. 2014

box 9, folder 38

For Railtown 1897…Application for registration. 2014

box 9, folder 39

For Railtown 1897 National Historic Landmark nomination work- Drafts and Final

 

Subseries 4. Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow

box 9, folder 40

"Hear that Lonesome [police] Whistle Blow"- Origins/drafts. 2020

box 9, folder 41

"Hear that Lonesome [police] Whistle Blow"- Final draft. 2020

box 9, folder 42

"Hear that Lonesome [police] Whistle Blow"- bibliography

box 9, folder 43

"Hear that Lonesome Whistle…." Lecture notes CD

box 9, folder 44

"Hear that Lonesome Whistle…." Illustration CD

box 9, folder 45

"Hear that Lonesome Whistle…." Illustration CD

 

Subseries 5. Road of 1000 Wonders

box 9, folder 46

Road of 1000 Wonders exhibit checklist and advertisement. 2005

box 9, folder 47

Photographs used in Road of 1000 Wonders exhibit

 

Subseries 6. Sunset Limited

box 10, folder 1

"The Southern Pacific Railroad and Monterey Bay History". Lecture. 2007

box 10, folder 2

"Sunset Limited: Towards a new history of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the American West" Lecture. 2005

box 10, folder 3

Sunset Limited Lecture at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. 2007

box 10, folder 4

Book Lecture in the Big Four Room, CSRM. 2006

box 10, folder 5

"Reclamation's Forgotten Partner..." Lecture. 2001-2002 (2 of 2)

box 10, folder 6

"Reclamation's Forgotten Partner..." Lecture. 2001-2002 (2 of 2)

box 10, folder 7

Advertisement for Sunset Limited lecture at DeGolyer Library. 2005

box 10, folder 8

"Octopus in the Garden" Symposium lecture at the Oakland Museum. 1981

box 10, folder 9

Lecture outline: "Octopus in the Garden." 1988

box 10, folder 10

"The Dark Side of Railroading in America" Notice for Presentation. 1988

box 10, folder 11

Presentation for the Great Central Valley Symposium

 

Subseries 7. Miscellaneous

box 10, folder 12

Reflections on the DeGolyer Library in Railroad History

box 10, folder 13

"El Paso: Town of Six Nations". 2005

box 10, folder 14

Review of "From the Huntington Papers…". 1985

box 10, folder 15

Review of MSS "From the Huntington Papers & The CPH". 1985

box 10, folder 16

Henry E. Huntington Lecture & Correspondence between CSU East Bay Faculty. 2012

box 10, folder 17

Boosterism and Its Limits: California Image and Reality- Commentary by RO. 1988

box 10, folder 18

"Commentary…." Draft. 1985

box 10, folder 19

Railroads in California History: Benefactor or Octopus? Lecture Material. 1973

box 10, folder 20

Rail in California History- Lecture Notes. 1973

box 10, folder 21

Talk to Retired Southern Pacific Executive Clubs. 2000

box 10, folder 21

Review of THE GOVERNOR: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF LELAND STANFORD, A CALIFORNIA COLOSSUS by Norman Tutorow. 2004

box 10, folder 22

"Truckee: The Ultimate Railroad Town." at Sierra College. 2011

box 10, folder 23

Chapter Revisions for Unknown Book. 2011

box 10, folder 24

Revisions of Master's Thesis about Southern Pacific

box 17 and 18

Slides to Accompany Lectures

Collection Contents
Series 1. SUNSET LIMITED
Subseries 1. Drafts of Chapters and Bibliographies
Subseries 2. Photographs and Illustrations
Subseries 3. Research Material
Series 2. ELUSIVE EDEN
Subseries 1. Drafts
Subseries 2. Research Material
Subseries 3. Photographs and Illustrations
Series 3. Subjects
Subseries 1. Railroads and the Environment
Subseries 2. Southern Pacific
Subseries 3. Mussel Slough
Subseries 4. Spanish Flu Epidemic
Subseries 5. Police and the Railroad
Subseries 6. Miscellaneous Topics
Series 4. Articles, Lectures, and Projects
Subseries 1. The Railroad and the Environment
Subseries 2. Mussel Slough
Subseries 3. Railtown Nomination
Subseries 4. Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow
Subseries 5. Road of 1000 Wonders
Subseries 6. Sunset Limited
Subseries 7. Miscellaneous
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