Inventory of the Robert H. McFarland Collection, 1911-1954
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Inventory of the Robert H. McFarland Collection, 1911-1954
Collection number: MS 51
California State Railroad Museum LibrarySacramento, California
- California State Railroad Museum Library
- 111 "I" Street
- Sacramento, California 95814
- Phone: (916) 323-8073
- Fax: (916) 327-5655
- Email: csrmlibrary@csrmf.org
- URL: http://www.csrmf.org/library.html
- Processed by:
- The California State Railroad Museum Library staff
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- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 2000 California State Railroad Museum. All rights reserved.
Title: Robert H. McFarland Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1911-1954
Collection number: MS 51
Creator:
McFarland, Robert H.
Extent: 1 document box
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library
Sacramento, California 95814
Shelf location: Big Four Building or off-site storage. Please contact
the Library in advance of your visit.
Language:
English.
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[Identification of item], Robert H. McFarland Collection, MS 51, California State Railroad Museum Library, Sacramento, California.
The collection consists of letters to McFarland, primarily from other railroad aficionados, letters concerning the Railway
& Locomotive Historical Society, R&LHS Pacific Coast Chapter newsletters and announcements of excursions and miscellaneous
photograph lists (not McFarland images) and retirement and scrapping lists for Southern Pacific steam locomotives. Correspondents
include Charles E. Fisher, Gilbert H. Kneiss, David L. Joslyn, and Charles Smallwood.
Robert H. McFarland was a railroad enthusiast and photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early and mid-twentieth
century. Prior to his death in 1954, he photographed Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Northwestern
Pacific, and traction subjects, as well as maritime and city views.
Folder 1
Letters
Folder 2
Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Pacific Coast Chapter newsletters
Folder 3
Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Pacific Coast Chapter excursion announcements
Folder 4
Miscellaneous rosters, scrapping lists, and photograph lists
Folder 5
Miscellany