Southern Pacific Company train robbery records, 1892-1940

Summary

Creators:

Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Abstract:

Correspondence, trial records, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, circulars and posters, relating mainly to train robberies in California, Oregon and Arizona, particularly the De Autreamont case. Some materials also relate to labor disturbances. The bulk of the collection appears to consist of records compiled by D. O'Connell in his role as Chief Special Agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

Extent:

13 cartons, 4 oversize folders 17 linear feet 8 digital objects (8 images)

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, trial records, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, circulars and posters, relating mainly to Southern Pacific train robberies in California, Oregon, and Arizona, particularly the DeAutremont case. Some materials also relate to labor disturbances. The bulk of the collection appears to consist of records compiled by D. O'Connell in his role as Chief Special Agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

Acquisition information:

The Train Robbery Related Records were given to the Bancroft Library by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in November 1963.

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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