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Southern Pacific Company Train Robbery Records, 1892-1940
BANC MSS C-A 372
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Collection Title: Southern Pacific Company train robbery records
Date (inclusive): 1892-1940
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-A 372
Creator:
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Extent:
13 cartons, 4 oversize folders
17 linear feet
8 digital objects (8 images)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
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.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
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.
[Identification of item], Southern Pacific Company Train Robbery Records, BANC MSS C-A 372, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley
Alternative Form of Materials Available
Volume 1: Scrapbook of news clippings regarding train robberies, 1892-1907 : also available on microfilm.
Digital reproductions of selected items are available.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
DeAutremont, Hugh, 1905-1959
DeAutremont, Ray, 1900-1984
DeAutremont, Roy, 1900-1983
Southern Pacific Company--Archives
Crime -- West (U.S.)
Labor
Labor movement
Railroads--West (U.S.)
Train robberies -- West (U.S.)
Working class.
Clippings.
Scrapbooks.
Wanted posters.
The Train Robbery Related Records were given to the Bancroft Library by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in November
1963.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2013.
Scope and Content Note
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.