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Adams (Charles K.) Santa Fe Railroad collection
LSC.0343  
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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Items Removed from Collection

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Charles K. Adams Santa Fe Railroad collection
    Creator: Adams, Charles K.
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0343
    Physical Description: 3.0 Linear Feet (6 boxes and 1 oversize package)
    Date (inclusive): 1850-1951
    Abstract: In 1868, Cyrus K. Holliday obtained a charter and raised capital for a new railroad that began running in Kansas the following year. He dreamed of a railway to replace covered wagons along the Santa Fe Trail between Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. By 1890, 9000 miles of track had been laid. The railway became bankrupt in the Panic of 1893, but was bought by Edward Payson Ripley, who added 2000 miles of track creating one of the largest privately-owned rail systems in the world. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, maps, books, and other printed material relating to the formation, development, and history of the Santa Fe Railroad.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in Englsih.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Charles K. Adams, 1953.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Charles K. Adams Santa Fe Railroad Collection (Collection 343). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Manuscripts Division staff.
    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942302953606533 

    Biography

    In 1868 farmer, lawyer and first mayor of Topeka, Kansas, Cyrus K. Holliday obtained a charter and raised capital for a new railroad that began running in Kansas the following year; he dreamed of a railway to replace covered wagons along the Santa Fe Trail between Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico; by 1890, 9000 miles of track had been laid; the railway became bankrupt in the Panic of 1893, but was bought by Edward Payson Ripley, who added 2000 miles of track; it became one of the largest privately-owned rail systems in the world, with passenger service from Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles, and with the bulk of its business in freight.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, maps, books, and other printed material relating to the formation, development, and history of the Santa Fe Railroad.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. Correspondence and historical material (Box 1).
    2. Official papers, Adams's notebooks, newspaper clippings, photographs (Box 2).
    3. Rules and regulations of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System (Box 3).
    4. Ephemera and pamphlets published by and about the Santa Fe Railroad Co. (Box 4).
    5. Books (Box 5).
    6. Newspapers and clippings (Box 6).
    7. Adams's large notebook (Box 7).
    • 5 maps (3 maps on Belgian railroad routes, 2 maps on French railroad routes.
    • 1 newspaper clipping from Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1945.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History.
    Adams, Charles K.--Archives.
    Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
    Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--History--Sources.