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Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: California State Railroad Museum subject files
Identifier/Call Number: MS 868
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
3 file cabinets
Date (inclusive): 1874-2008
Abstract: California State Railroad Museum Subject Files is an assembled collection of newspaper articles and clippings pertaining to
various railroad related subjects. The collection contains files about general subjects, people (biographical files), fairs
/ expositions, and locations.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Future accruals are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Items were acquired through multiple donations.
MS 861 is arranged into four series:
Series 1: General Subject Files
Series 2: Biographical Files
Series 3: Fairs and Expositions
Series 4: Locations
The California State Railroad Museum Subject Files are a collection of miscellaneous subjects assembled by the California
State Railroad Museum Library & Archives' staff since it opened in 1981. The purpose of this collection was to gather loose
items relevant to specific railroad topics, and to make them accessible to researchers interested in a particular subject.
[Identification of item], California State Railroad Museum Subject Files, MS 868, California State Railroad
Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
See also the California State Railroad Museum Corporate Miscellany Collection (MS 861), which also contains subject files
on specific railroads.
The California State Railroad Museum Subject Files is an assembled collection of newspaper articles and clippings pertaining
to various railroad related topics, locations, people, and events. Most items are not original (i.e. photocopies), and the
content is not always complete due to it being compiled of multiple small donations.
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
Biographical files
Exhibitions
Fairs
Subject files
Locations