Description
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.
Restrictions
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Library 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.