Title: Carolyn Johnston Slobe papers

Dates: 1970-2010

Collection Number: MS 718

Creator/Collector: Slobe, Carolyn Johnston

Extent: 1 half box

Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Abstract: Files from the collection of Mrs. Carolyn Johnston Slobe relating to the private dinner hosted by the Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation on July 13, 1970, for then Governor Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan.

Language of Material: English

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Carolyn Johnston Slobe papers. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Gift of Robert J. Slobe, 2010

Files from the collection of Mrs. Carolyn Johnston Slobe relating to the private dinner hosted by the Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation on July 13, 1970, for then Governor Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan. The Trust, which Mrs. Slobe helped to form with other local business leaders, including then-Sacramento Mayor Burnett Miller, hosted the Governor on the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Pacific Coast Chapter's private car "The Gold Coast." Before the Governor got off the railcar that evening, he had agreed to fund the California State Railroad Museum. Files include color photographs relating to the preparation of the car (interior and exterior) for the event, the table setting for the dinner, and portraits of those assisting with the event (including her son Robert J. Slobe), seating charts, guest list, and proposed menu. There are also copies of Mrs. Slobe's notes and other (mostly undated) docments relating to her involvement with the Sacramento Trust for Historic Preservation and the planning and development of the California State Railroad Museum.