Pacific Railway and Navigation Company Records, 1905 - 1913

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Pacific Railway and Navigation Company records
Dates:
1905 - 1913
Abstract:
Financial records generated during the construction of the Pacific Railway & Navigation Company include cash books, construction accounts, contracts, agreements, insurance and mail accounts.
Extent:
4 Linear Feet 2 boxes + 4 volumes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pacific Railway and Navigation Company Records, MS 141, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Financial records generated during the construction of the Pacific Railway & Navigation Company include cash books, construction accounts, contracts, agreements, insurance and mail accounts.

Biographical / historical:

Incorporated October 13, 1905; 91.20 miles from Hillsboro to Tillamook, Oregon. Construction was started in November, 1905 and completed June 30, 1911. The Southern Pacific Company acquired an interest in 1906, assumed control on June 5, 1909 and purchased it on July 1, 1915.

[Guy Dunscomb, A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California: 1967), p. 401].

Acquisition information:
Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection
Processing information:

Formerly part of MS 10

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collection Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Financial accounting

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Library Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-19 17:35:51 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pacific Railway and Navigation Company Records, MS 141, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073