Inventory of the James Fay Bailey Collection, 1950-1965

Processed by The California State Railroad Museum Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou

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Inventory of the James Fay Bailey Collection, 1950-1965

Collection number: MS 15

California State Railroad Museum Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

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
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

Title: James Fay Bailey Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1950-1965

Collection number: MS 15

Creator: Bailey, James Fay

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 Frances E. Bailey, 1986

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], James Fay Bailey Collection, MS 15, California State Railroad Museum Library, Sacramento, California.

Collection Description

Letters, reports, orders, passes, and clippings relating to James Fay Bailey's career as a service inspector for the Pullman Company. The collection includes Mr. Bailey's accounts and other documents regarding the rescue of passengers from the stranded City of San Francisco passenger train during the winter of 1952, and passenger service following the 1952 Tehachapi earthquake.

Historical Background

James Fay Bailey was born November 12, 1916 in Dallas, Texas, and died October 5, 1976, in Walnut Creek, California. He worked as a service inspector for the Pullman Company.