Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Clinton A. Leiper papers
- Dates:
- 1934-1975
- Creators:
- Leiper (Clinton A.)
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 2 boxes + 1 oversize box
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Clinton A. Leiper papers. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Clinton A. Leiper Collection includes materials relating to his high school education, time books, pay stubs, as well as Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and United Transportation Union records such as lodge meeting rolls, dues receipts, and minutes of Lodge meetings. Arranged in the following series: 1. Time books, 1942-1972 2. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1942-1969 3. Miscellaneous, 1934-1975
- Biographical / historical:
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linton Alexander Leiper was born on December 14, 1915 in Illinois and graduated from Sparta Township High School in 1934. For most of his working life, he was employed by the Southern Pacific Company as a conductor. Mr. Leiper was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen [BRT] Lodge No. 850 in Oakland, California from the 1940s until 1970, when the union merged with other transportation related unions to become the United Transportation Union [UTU]. In 1948, Mr. Leiper was elected president of Lodge No. 850, and in 1955 its local chairman. In 1958, he became the lodge secretary, a position he held until 1968. Upon retirement from Southern Pacific in the 1970s, he became a member of the UTU Retiree Program. Clinton A. Leiper passed away in 2000 in Sacramento, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. Clinton A. Leiper, 2004.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1934-1975
- 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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Clinton A. Leiper 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