Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Odes Earl Lyles passes and clippings
- Dates:
- 1918-1947
- Abstract:
- Passes and clippings pertaining to Mr. Lyles, a locomotive engineer for Western Pacific from 1935 to 1968, and poet.
- Extent:
- .167 Linear Feet 1 folder
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Odes Earl Lyles Passes and Clippings, MS 355, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Passes and clippings pertaining to Mr. Lyles, a locomotive engineer for Western Pacific from 1935 to 1968, and poet.
- Biographical / historical:
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Odes Earl Lyles was born in Forest, Mississippi on February 16, between 1892 and 1906 and died January 27, 1984. His wife was named Zelda Elinor [Williams] Lyles. The WWI Draft registration states that he was born February 16, 1892 and was a locomotive engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. According to his family, he was employed by the Western Pacific Railroad from 1935-1968. His WWII Draft registration states that he born on February 16, 1904 and was a railroad engineer for the Western Pacific Railroad.
An article reported that Engineer O.E. Lyles was part of a locomotive crew that took Governor Earl Warren out of Sacramento, bound for the 1952 Republican Convention.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. Odes Earl Lyles, 1984
- Arrangement:
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Arranged by type of material
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collections 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 2025-06-18 18:31:15 +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 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:
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[Identification of item], Odes Earl Lyles Passes and Clippings, MS 355, 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