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Descriptive Summary
Title: Alfred Lindsay Hopson papers
Dates: 1914-1955
Collection Number: MS 423
Creator/Collector:
Hopson, Alfred Lindsay
Extent: 6 folders
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: This collection includes correspondence, a certificate of honor and other documents relating to Alfred Lindsay Hopson's career
with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, as a special agent, fireman, and locomotive engineer. Photographs from his
teens and as a locomotive engineer are included.
Language of Material: English
Access
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.
Publication Rights
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 Archivist. 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
Alfred Lindsay Hopson papers. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Acquisition Information
Gift of Marvin Hopson, 2014
Biography/Administrative History
Alfred Lindsay Hopson worked for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway beginning in 1921 as a special agent in Winslow,
Arizona. Mr. Hopson was the Financial Secretary of Lodge No. 173 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen in
Winslow, Arizona.
After he and his family moved to California, he became a fireman in the Santa Fe's Valley Division in 1931 and was promoted
to locomotive engineer in 1937. He ran freight trains between Stockton and Fresno and Fresno and Bakersfield until his retirement
in 1955 after thirty four years and seven months of service.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection includes correspondence, a certificate of honor and other documents relating to Alfred Lindsay Hopson's career
with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, as a special agent, fireman, and locomotive engineer. Photographs from his
teens and as a locomotive engineer are included.
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