Pony Express Centennial Association Records, 1957-1976

Summary

Title:

Pony Express Centennial Association Records,

Dates:

1957-1976

Creators:

Pony Express Centennial Association

Abstract:

The Pony Express Centennial Association was incorporated (1958) to foster and facilitate commemorations of the centennial of the Pony Express (1860-1861). The man principally responsible for promoting this Association was retired Air Force Lt. Col. Waddell Smith, a grandson of one of the partners in the firm Russell, Majors and Waddell which had operated the Pony Express. The Records of the Pony Express Centennial Association consist principally of the correspondence of Waddell Smith. The collection also contains financial records, reports, clippings, other materials Smith gathered and some correspondence of Edwin H. Burgess, Director of the Washington D.C. Branch of the Centennial Association.

Extent:

10 linear feet

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pony Express Centennial Association Records, D-390, Department of Special Collections, University of California Library, Davis, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Records of the Pony Express Centennial Association consist principally of the correspondence of Waddell Smith. The collection also contains financial records, reports, clippings, other materials Smith gathered and some correspondence of Edwin H. Burgess, Director of the Washington D.C. Branch of the Centennial Association.

Biographical / historical:

History

The Pony Express Centennial Association was incorporated (1958) to foster and facilitate commemorations of the centennial of the Pony Express (1860-1861). The man principally responsible for promoting this Association was retired Air Force Lt. Col. Waddell Smith, a grandson of one of the partners in the firm Russell, Majors and Waddell which had operated the Pony Express. A collector of Pony Express artifacts and an authority on the history of the company, Smith served as President of the Association. Association activities included a multi-state historic marker program and a two-way reenactment across the original route with a thousand volunteer riders.

Acquisition information:

Acquired in 2003.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Pony express

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Date Prepared:

12/19/2003

©2003

Date Encoded:

EAD finding created by Sara Gunasekara. Encoded: 2003

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis 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 researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pony Express Centennial Association Records, D-390, Department of Special Collections, University of California Library, Davis, California.

Location of this collection:

UC Davis, Special Collections

University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library

100 NW Quad

Davis, CA 95616-5292, US

Contact:

(530) 752-1621

speccoll@ucdavis.edu

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