Guide to the Southern Pacific Transportation Company Records JL015
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999 ; revised 2023
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Southern Pacific Transportation Company records
Identifier/Call Number: JL015
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1936-1954
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Southern Pacific Transportation Company to the Jackson Library of Business, 1970. Transferred to the Department of
Special Collections in 1979.
[Identification of item] Southern Pacific Transportation Company Records, JL015, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Collection includes Southern Pacific dispatcher's daily train sheets and correspondence, a memorandum and a map regarding
the sheets. The sheets are a sampling from three stations (Los Angeles, Beaumont, and Mexicali, Baja).
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads -- California.
volume 1
Correspondence and Daily Dispatcher's sheets
Correspondence and date re: Dispatcher's correspondence between Mr. David Myrick of the Treasury Dept. of the Southern Pacific
Transportation Co., who sent the Dispatcher's sheets, and Ms. Marion Smith: a. letter to Ms. Smith 12/9/69 promising and identifying
dispatches, b. 2nd letter to Ms. Smith 1/28/70 accompanying sheets, c. a five page memorandum "explaining purpose of Dispatcher's
Train sheets, describing L.A. Division of Southern Pacific Co., and pointing out some changes in railroad operations in L.A.
Division as reflected in Sheets", d. map of L.A. Division (revised Jan. 1, 1954).
Box 2
Smaller bundle (14" x 25") - 59 daily sheets January 14, 1936-October 22, 1954