Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Lancelot Tugwell ("Tug") McDaniel scrapbook
- Dates:
- 1944-1972
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of a scrapbook containing letters, pamphlets, magazine articles, photographs, clippings, and ephemera, mostly pertaining to Mr. McDaniel's rescue of a child playing on the tracks in 1944.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet 1 oversized box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lancelot Tugwell ("Tug") McDaniel Collection, MS 9, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of a scrapbook containing letters, pamphlets, magazine articles, photographs, clippings, and ephemera, mostly pertaining to Mr. McDaniel's rescue of a child playing on the tracks in 1944. In addition, there are some items dealing with his later career with the Southern Pacific and the State Legislature.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lancelot Tugwell ("Tug") McDaniel was born in Kentucky on Sep. 19, 1903 and passed away in California on May 7, 1990. In 1926 began his railroad career as a brakeman on the Florida East Coast Railway. He married Margaret Ann Goodwill on Aug. 13, 1931 in Los Angeles, California. They had a daughter, Nancy. During and after the Second World War, he worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad in California, holding the positions of brakeman, conductor, assistant trainmaster, and trainmaster. From 1950 until his retirement from the railroad in 1968, he was in charge of Southern Pacific's San Francisco commuter train operations.
In April 1944, McDaniel rescued William R. Wortell (son of Raymond and Janet Wortell), who was playing on the tracks from the path of an oncoming cab forward locomotive near Dutch Flat, California. For this action he was honored by the railroad and Governor Earl Warren. The incident also generated much publicity and became the subject of a number of newspaper and magazine articles and radio programs. In later years, McDaniel served as an assistant sergeant-at-arms for the California State Legislature.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Nancy Meyer, 1987
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collections Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Southern Pacific Company
Scrapbooks
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-11-27 16:58:56 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lancelot Tugwell ("Tug") McDaniel Collection, MS 9, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073