Finding Aid for the Charles K. Adams Santa Fe Railroad Collection LSC.0343
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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
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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.
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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:
- Correspondence and historical material (Box 1).
- Official papers, Adams's notebooks, newspaper clippings, photographs (Box 2).
- Rules and regulations of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System (Box 3).
- Ephemera and pamphlets published by and about the Santa Fe Railroad Co. (Box 4).
- Books (Box 5).
- Newspapers and clippings (Box 6).
- 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.
Correspondence and Historical Material
box 1, folder 1
Correspondences and notes,
December 4, 1931-April 9, 1945.
Container Summary: (23 pieces)
box 1, folder 2
Correspondence typescripts, holograph
January 21, 1939-January 1951.
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from and to Phil Townsend Hanna, Editor,
Westways.
box 1, folder 3
The Santa Fe Railway, by De Witt O'Kieffe,
n.d.
Container Summary: (21 pieces, Typescript)
box 1, folder 4
Century Annals of San Bernardino County, , by L.A. Ingersoll.
1769-1904
Container Summary: (13 pieces)
box 1, folder 5
Early Railroad Efforts, including the Texas & Pacific. Excerpt from
History of San Diego 1542-1908, by William E. Smythe,
1850-1877.
box 1, folder 6
Record of Board of Supervisor's Meeting held
January 9, 1868.
Container Summary: (4 pieces, photocopy and typescript)
box 1, folder 7
Tri-partite Agreement,
January 31, 1880.
Container Summary: (14 pieces, blueprint copy)
box 1, folder 8
History of the Santa Fe's entry into Los Angeles,
1880-1890.
Container Summary: (15 pieces, typescript and holograph)
box 1, folder 9
Brief history of California Southern Railroad Company as abstracted from
San Diego Union Files, by Mrs. Joseph Weidel,
January 1, 1882-November 28, 1885.
Container Summary: (21 pieces, typescript)
Scope and Contents note
With related correspondence.
box 1, folder 10
Excerpts from the
History of Pasadena, by Hiram A. Reid,
1882-1887.
Container Summary: (3 pieces)
box 1, folder 11
Railroad celebrations,
1885.
Container Summary: (5 pieces)
box 1, folder 12
That Old Station Platform at Needles in 1886, by Charles Battye.
Container Summary: (7 pieces, print)
Scope and Contents note
[Also], holograph letters from C. Battye to C.K. Adams.
box 1, folder 13
Historical review of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.
Container Summary: (9 pieces, Blueprint copy)
box 1, folder 14
History and Directory of Riverside County,
1893-94.
Container Summary: (4 pieces, typescript)
box 1, folder 15
The Valley Road,
1896.
Container Summary: (67 pieces)
box 1, folder 16
Yearly Reports to the President and Board of Directors of the San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railway Company, by W.B.
Storey Jr.,
January 30, 1896-1899.
Container Summary: (38 pieces)
box 1, folder 17
Article from the
American Railway Bridges and Buildings,
1898.
Container Summary: (10 pieces, photocopy)
box 1, folder 18
Memorandum from old file on San Pedro breakwater, , by C.K. Adams.
1898-1910
Container Summary: (5 pieces, transcript and holograph)
box 1, folder 19
Historical review of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, compiled by G. Holterhoff, Jr.
Container Summary: (48 pieces)
General note
Partial duplication in Adams's notebook, Box 2.
box 1, folder 20
History of Oakland and East Side Railroad Company,
1901-1927.
Container Summary: (8 pieces)
box 1, folder 21
Miscellaneous material on the history of Santa Fe Railroad.
Container Summary: (66 pieces)
box 1, folder 22
Santa Fe and Los Angeles Harbor Railway Company,
1937.
Container Summary: (3 pieces)
box 1, folder 23
Miscellaneous charts, relating to A.T.S.F. system,
1867-1941.
Container Summary: (Blueprints)
box 1, folder 24
Schedules of employees time cards from Valley Division, Los Angeles Division and Albuquerque Division, prior
1916.
Container Summary: (Typescripts)
Official Papers, Adams's Notebooks, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs
box 2, folder 1
Santa Fe Railroad from Los Angeles to Holbrook, Prepared by W.M. Balling, consulting mining engineer.
March 8, 1943.
Container Summary: (11 pieces, typescript)
box 2, folder 2
Santa Fe Railroad, Barstow to San Francisco,
1944.
Container Summary: (Typescript)
box 2, folder 3
Line between Los Angeles and San Diego by C.K. Adams,
November 24, 1944.
Container Summary: (Typescript)
box 2, folder 4
Santa Fe News Bureau Newsletter,
September 11, 1947.
Container Summary: (1 piece)
box 2, folder 5
Southern California Education Tour, , by R.S. Hirsch.
1950
Container Summary: (Typescript and holograph)
Scope and Contents note
Notes.
box 2, folder 6
Correspondence on tank cars used in transporting helium gas,
1945.
Container Summary: (7 pieces, typescript and photocopy)
box 2, folder 7-9
C.K. Adams's notebooks.
Scope and Contents note
Including Historical review of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, compiled by G. Holterhoff, Jr.
General note
Duplication in box 1, folder 19.
box 2, folder 10
Newspaper clippings,
1886 and 1941.
Container Summary: (2 pieces)
box 2, folder 11
Photographs.
Container Summary: (3 pieces)
Rules and Regulations of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System
box 3, folder 1
Through Train Service,
October 1889.
Container Summary: (1 item)
box 3, folder 2
Distance between stations on Santa Fe System,
May 15, 1909.
box 3, folder 3
Freight Tariff no.4,
July 20, 1894.
box 3, folder 4
Rules Governing the Transportation Freight Traffic,
August 1, 1897.
box 3, folder 5
Rules Governing the Transportation Freight Traffic,
July 1, 1913.
box 3, folder 6
Rules Governing the Transportation Freight Traffic,
October 15, 1927.
box 3, folder 7
Freight Tariff and Classification Rules,
October 1, 1928.
Scope and Contents note
Supplement No.2.
box 3, folder 8
Official Freight Shippers:
Guide and Directory of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe System
(1930).
box 3, folder 9
Official Freight Shippers:
Guide and Directory
(1934).
box 3, folder 10
Contract for Unified Operation of Railroad Facilities at Los Angeles,
February 1, 1928.
box 3, folder 11
Santa Fe Railroad, Albuquerque and Belen to Los Angeles, San Diego and Phoenix,
March 1945.
box 3, folder 12
Statement of Fred G. Gurley, president, Santa Fe System Lines before the Interstate Commerce Commission,
November 28, 1949.
Pamphlets, Ephemera, Published by and about the Santa Fe Railroad Company
Publications of the Santa Fe Railroad Company
box 4, folder 1
Hough, Waltes:
The Moki Snake Dance ().
1902
box 4, folder 2
Record-Breaking Run of the Scott Special over the Santa Fe,
July 1905.
box 4, folder 3
Santa Fe Employees' Magazine,
June 1908.
General note
(Given by the Los Angeles Historical Society)
box 4, folder 4
Titan of Chasms Grand Canyon of Arizona
(c.1910).
Container Summary: (3 copies)
box 4, folder 5
Historical review of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company,
1914.
box 4, folder 6
Grand Canyon Outings,
March 1927.
box 4, folder 7
Along Your Way.
Container Summary: (2 issues)
box 4, folder 8
The Railroad,
1941 and 1945.
Container Summary: (2 issues)
box 4, folder 9
Santa Fe Today,
May 1, 1945.
box 4, folder 10
Santa Fe Magazine,
1923-1950.
Container Summary: (4 issues)
Publications about the Santa Fe Railroad
box 4, folder 11
A review of Railway Operations, ; American railroads, their growth and development; Quiz on railroads and railroading.
1947
Container Summary: (7 items)
box 4, folder 12
Balduin Locomotives,
October 1, 1939.
box 4, folder 13
Miscellaneous pamphlets, ephemera.
box 5, folder 1
The Grand Canyon of Arizona,
1906.
Container Summary: (2 items)
box 5, folder 2-3
Higgins, C.A.
New Guide to the Pacific Coast, Santa Fe Route, 1899-1914.
Scope and Contents note
Includes 6 different editions of the book.
box 5, folder 4
Carr, Clark E.
History of Bringing The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to Galesburg,
1913.
Newspapers, Newspaper Clippings
box 6, folder 1
Atchison Daily Globe,
September 14, 1940; September 16, 1940.
box 6, folder 2
California Names-A Gazetteer, Chapters 1-43.
box 6, folder 3
Progress Bulletin,
January 13, 1941.
box 6, folder 4
The Topeka Daily Capitol,
September 8, 1940.
box 6, folder 5
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings,
1902-1949.
