Inventory of the Dr. Pedro Chan Collection MS 865
Library & Archives staff
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
2020
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Dr. Pedro Chan collection
creator:
Chan, Pedro, Dr.
Identifier/Call Number: MS 865
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 record carton, 1 oversize box
Date (inclusive): 1853-1931
Date (bulk): 1869-1896
Abstract: Dr. Pedro Chan's collection of early railroading and transcontinental railroad material includes
Harper's Weekly vintage prints, drawings, photographs, tickets and financial records.
Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Pedro Chan, 2019
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by type of material.
Biographical Information
Dr. Pedro Chan collects through E-Bay for the purpose of donating to institutions in the United States and China. His primary
collecting focus is World War II Flying Tigers, a group of P 40 fighter planes painted to look like Japanese man-eating beasts
and flown by Chinese pilots. Dr. Chan also collects items that illustrate the role of Chinese immigration on building the
Transcontinental Railroad.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Dr. Pedro Chan Collection, MS 865, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento,
California.
Scope and Contents
Dr. Pedro Chan's collection of early railroading and transcontinental railroad material includes
Harper's Weekly vintage prints taken along the Transcontinental Railroad route, drawings of United States Pacific Railroad Exploratiion and
Survey, a photograph of Chinese workers, Central Pacific Railroad tickets,expense bills and vouchers. There is a Sioux City
and Pacific Railroad payroll from 1870, and a Northern Pacific stock certificate and equipment drawing.
Conditions Governing Use
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 Library & Archives. 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
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Collectors and collecting
Transcontinental Railroad
Harper's weekly
box 1, folder 1
Expense bills, Central Pacific, 1871
box 1, folder 2
Land deed, Northwestern Pacific Railroad land purchase, Humboldt, CA, 1907
box 2, folder 1
Northern Pacific Railway, Wok equipment wheel dimensions, Jul. 2, 1931
box 2, folder 2
Sierra Nevada Railroad Survey, "Northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, Jun. 30, 1854
box 2, folder 3
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Explorations & Surveys, "Along the Tejon river", 1853
box 2, folder 4
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Explorations & Surveys, "Sierra Nevada at the Tejon pass", 1853
box 1, folder 3
Passes for W.F. Lilliston, 1908, 1915
box 1, folder 4
Payroll, Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, Jun. 1870
box 1, folder 5
Chinese laborers on USA UN Express Railway track, 19th century
box 1, folder 6
Railroad snow sheds in the Sierra Nevada mountains, undated
box 1, folder 7
Stock certificate, Northern Pacific, 1882
box 1, folder 8
Ticket, Central Pacific Railroad, circa 1870s
Harper's weekly vintage prints:
box 2, folder 5
"Completion of the Pacific Railroad, May 10, 1869", May 29, 1869
box 2, folder 6
"The Central Pacific Railroad - Passenger train passing the Palisades, Ten-Mile Canon, Nevada", Oct. 16, 1869
box 2, folder 7
"The route to California: Truckee River Sierra Nevada", circa 1871
box 2, folder 8
"Snow-bound on the Central Pacific Railroad - the snow sheds covered with snow - the snow-plow clearing the way", Feb. 10,
1872
box 2, folder 9
"The railroad accident at Prospect Station, Pennsylvania - from a sketch by E.Y. Breck", Jan. 18, 1873
box 2, folder 10
"Shooting buffalo from the trains of the Kansas Pacific Railroad - sketched by Theodore R. Davis Dec. 14, 1867" , Mar. 1874
box 2, folder 11
"The Northern Pacific Railroad jubilee - drawn by Charles Graham", Sep. 29, 1883
box 2, folder 12
"The rotary snow-plough at work on the Central Pacific Railroad - drawn by Charles Graham", Feb. 1, 1890
box 2, folder 13
"The Sierra Nevada snow blockade - drawn by Charles Graham from photographs", Feb. 22, 1890
box 1, folder 9
Vouchers, Central Pacific freight, Dec. 1871
