Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Collection Description
Descriptive Summary
Title: H. Lester Taylor Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1887-1977
Collection number: MS 35
Creator:
Taylor, H. Lester
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.
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Pacific Coast Chapter
Publication Rights
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 Senior
Curator. 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
[Identification of item], H. Lester Taylor Collection, MS 35, California State Railroad Museum Library, Sacramento, California.
Collection Description
The collection consists of reminiscences and letters of H. Lester Taylor, an employee of the Southern Pacific Railroad from
1906 to 1965. He began service with the railroad as a messenger and served as messenger for Edward H. Harriman after the 1906
San Francisco earthquake. Mr. Taylor spent most of his career as a station agent in Northern California, serving 42 years
as agent at South Vallejo.
Also in the collection are letters and other documents relating to James C. Wilder, Taylor W. Heintzelman, Southern Pacific's
Assistant Master Mechanic and later Superintendent of Motive Power, and William McKenzie, Assistant General Master Mechanic
of the Southern Pacific in the late 1880s.