Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Oroville and Nelson Railroad Company records
- Dates:
- 1907 - 1918
- Abstract:
- Accounting records include a journal, January 1907 to December 1917, forms in general account with Southern Pacific Company, 1907-1911 and circular No. 12 submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Division of Statistics, 1907-1918.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet 1 half-box + 1 volume
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Oroville and Nelson Railroad Company Records, MS 139, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Accounting records include a journal, January 1907 to December 1917, forms in general account with Southern Pacific Company, 1907-1911 and circular No. 12 submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Division of Statistics, 1907-1918.
- Biographical / historical:
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Incorporated January 12, 1907. Formed by the Southern Pacific Company, this road was projected about twelve miles from Oroville westerly to Nelson. The company was merged in July, 1917, with the Southern Pacific Company, and no such railroad was built.
[Guy Dunscomb, A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California: 1967), p. 400]
- Acquisition information:
- Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection
- Processing information:
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Formerly part of MS 10
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically by date.
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collection Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-19 18:10:53 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.
- 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 Librarian. 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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[Identification of item], Oroville and Nelson Railroad Company Records, MS 139, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073