Guide to the Sidney W. Bone Collection MS 44

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California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives

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Contributing Institution: California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives

Title: Sidney W. Bone Collection

Identifier/Call Number: MS 44

Physical Description: .666 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Date (inclusive): Circa 1936 - 1977

Abstract: The collection includes correspondence with many members of the retail and railroad industries, including John Barriger, president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, and James Farley, Chairman of Coca-Cola.

Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collection Center

Language of Material: English.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Brad Lomazzi, 1997

Arrangement

MS 44 is arranged into five series:

Series 1: Correspondence

Series 1.1: Correspondence

Series 1.2: List of Correspondence

Sub-subseries 1.2.1: Identified

Sub-subseries 1.2.2: Unidentified

Series 2: Corporate Records

Series 3: Photographs

Series 4: Clippings

Series 5: Miscellany

Biography

Sidney Witt Bone (born Aug. 27, 1901) in Sand Hill, Missouri and lived in Porterville since 1966 following his retirement from 49 years of service with the railroad.

Bone became involved in the railroad industry in 1917 as a 16 year old telegrapher for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. He became an agent in Albuquerque, N.M., before being transferred to Santa Fe's general office in Los Angeles. He became a passenger agent with the New York Central in 1929. As the Passenger Sales Manager of the New York Central Railroad for 25 years, he invented the family fare plan and several other railroad passenger travel innovations. He served as president of the American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers, and was a member of the Chicago Traffic Club, the Chicago Chapter of SKAL Clubs of North America, and the Chicago Passenger Club.

Mr. Bone passed away January 28, 1980 and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sidney W. Bone Collection, MS 44, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence with many members of the retail and railroad industries, including John Barriger, president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, and James Farley, Chairman of Coca-Cola. The correspondence is primarily incoming and relates largely to Mr. Bone's retirement. Items relating to Mr. Bone's professional activities include memos, letterhead, telephone directories, and press releases from New York Central Railroad, business cards, notebooks, photographs, and materials from meetings, such as name tags, presentations, and handwritten notes. Personal items in the collection include letterhead, and biographical information. Financial information includes materials relating to retirement, estate planning, Social Security, and state taxes. Also included are clippings and periodicals.

Conditions Governing Use

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 CSRM Library & Archives. 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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Missouri Kansas Texas Railway Company

Correspondence--Letters

New York Central Railroad Company American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers

Series 1: Correspondence

Sub-series 1.1: Correspondence

box 1, Folder 6

Correspondence. Outgoing Jul. 1966 - Jan. 1977

box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence. Incoming. A - E

box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence. Incoming. F - I

box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence. Incoming. J - P

box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence. Incoming. Q - Z

box 1, Folder 5

Correspondence. Incoming. Unidentified

Sub-series 1.2: List of Correspondents

Sub-subseries 1.2.1: Identified

Alexander, Frances

Armstrong, Walter

Material Specific Details: American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago.

Askew, Hiram

Baird, Frederick

Barrett, John A

Material Specific Details: Vice President, Norfolk and Western Railway Co.

Barriger, John W

Material Specific Details: President, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co.

Bickley, John L

Material Specific Details: Passenger Traffic Manager, Grand Trunk Western Railroad.

Brown, Harry A. B

Buckingham, Ralph C

Material Specific Details: Secretary-Treasurer, AAPTO.

Burke, W. F

Campbell, Douglas

Carroll, Robert W

Material Specific Details: Secretary, New York Central.

Chess, T. Louis

Material Specific Details: Chairman, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.

Clark, William

Material Specific Details: Financial Editor, Chicago Tribune.

Collins, Mac G

Cone, Fairfax M

Cramer, Ralph N

Material Specific Details: Assistant Vice President, Freight Sales & Service, New York Central.

Crapser, Merlin T

Del Valle, U. F. "Frank"

Material Specific Details: Division Passenger Agent, AT&SF.

DiCarlo, Joseph B

Divney, J. J

Material Specific Details: New York Central.

Dixon, Harvey E

Dubin, Arthur

Eno, Harold F

Erwin, Harold J

Material Specific Details: Research Analyst, New York Central.

Farley, James A

Material Specific Details: Postmaster-General; Chairman, Coca-Cola.

Feeley, William P

Material Specific Details: Chairman, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

Finn, Joseph John

Flint, Sam H

Material Specific Details: Vice President, Quaker Oats Co.

Florance, John D

Fox, Bonham

Material Specific Details: Area Vice President, Sales, Trans World Airlines.

Ganzert, Phil

Material Specific Details: New York Central.

Gardner, C. Gil

Material Specific Details: American President Lines.

[Gonsalves, Robert E. ]

Material Specific Details: Passenger Sales Manager, Western Pacific.

Greco, Alfred

Material Specific Details: Public Relations, Association of Western Railways.

Gurney, Bill

Hahn, Max W

Material Specific Details: Assistant Vice President, Advertising & Sales, Avis.

Hanson, Harold F

Hardin, Paul R

Harrison, Art

Haverkemp, Wilbur S

Material Specific Details: Coal Sales Manager, Coal & Ore Dept, New York Central.

Heissenbuttel, E.V. (Chairman, Docket Committee, AAPTO; Passenger Sales Manager, Long Island Railroad)

Hillman, W. A

Material Specific Details: District Freight Sales Manager, New York Central.

Hoffman, Wayne M

Horley, Roy

Justus, Robert R

Keeshin, Jack L

Material Specific Details: President, Railroad Transfer Service.

Kent, Harold W

Material Specific Details: President Emeritus, The Kamehameha Schools.

Knempel, Stasia

Kropp, Jeannette and Art

Laskoske, A. W

Material Specific Details: Vice President, Operation, New York Central.

Lewis, Robert G

Material Specific Details: Publisher, Railway Age Weekly.

Loeber, Charles

Material Specific Details: Executive Assistant, New York Central.

Main, William R

Malone, Frank

Material Specific Details: New York Central.

McNally, Andrew III

Material Specific Details: President, Rand McNally & Co.

Meuse, Bill

Mitts, Neil A

Material Specific Details: General Passenger Agent, Erie Lackawanna Railroad.

Nerland, Tom

Nordgren, Paul E

Material Specific Details: Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee.

Norwood, Jack E

Material Specific Details: Assistant Vice President, Freight Sales Dept, New York Central.

Ogier, Felix L

Ogilvie, William E

Material Specific Details: Secretary-General Manager, International Live Stock Exposition.

Oldenquist, A. G

Material Specific Details: General Passenger Traffic Manager, Erie Lackawanna.

Pappione, Val

Material Specific Details: New York Central.

Rodger, John H

Material Specific Details: Union Carbide Corp.

Rotchford, Howard

Rudolph, Martin A

Material Specific Details: Assistant Vice President, Harris Trust & Savings Bank.

Schmick, Franklin Bush

Shantz, M. Irene

Sihler, Florence

Soen, Frank P

Material Specific Details: President, Bulk Transfer Utilization, Inc.

Sorensen, Ruby

Spurrier, Harry B

Material Specific Details: District Director of Public Relations, New York Central.

Steinhardt, O. J

Material Specific Details: Assistant Passenger Sales Manager, New York Central.

Tallo, Paul Jr

Thornton, William L

Van Auken, Paul S

Van Wyck, K.C. / Scott, F.G. (Passenger Traffic Managers, Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads)

Werner, Gerald J

Material Specific Details: Director of Traffic & Transportation, Motorola.

White, Paul

White, W. H

Material Specific Details: New England, Freight Sales Manager, New York Central.

White, William

Zaug, Catherine

Staff

Material Specific Details: Various full names.

Sub-subseries 1.2.2: Unidentified

Betty & Ray

Bill

Buck

Frank

Material Specific Details: Penn Central.

Howard

[J]ess

John

Mike

Material Specific Details: New York Central.

Paul

Walter

Series 2: Corporate Records 1937 - 1975

box 1, Folder 7

American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers. Annual Meeting 1965

Material Specific Details: Includes registration forms, programs, color photos, credit card receipts, reports, biographies of panelists, and transportation and accommodation arrangements.

box 1, Folder 8

American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers. Annual Meeting 1966

Material Specific Details: Includes address by Edwin Wisner, Vice President of Railway Division of the Budd Company.

box 1, Folder 9

American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers. Membership

Material Specific Details: Retirement information.

box 1, Folder 10

American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers. Membership Lists

Material Specific Details: Retired.

box 1, Folder 11

American Association of Railroad Ticket Agents. Annual Meeting 1953

Material Specific Details: Presentation by Sidney W. Bone, "Value of Passenger Service from Public Relations Viewpoint."

box 1, Folder 12

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

Material Specific Details: Includes the Telegraph Department's Cipher Book No. 19 dated Jul. 1, 1938, and a list of steam locomotives donated by the company to communities and organizations.

box 1, Folder 13

Hollywood Athletic Club. Menu. Dated Christmas Day 1937

box 1, Folder 14

Long Island Railroad

Material Specific Details: Includes promotional materials.

box 1, Folder 15

New York Central

Material Specific Details: Includes a booklet entitled "Tact," and an announcement for a retirement testimonial for Leonard Rose, 1966.

box 1, Folder 16

New York Central. Memos

box 1, Folder 17

New York Central. Press Release

Material Specific Details: Relates to Mr. Bone's retirement.

box 1, Folder 18

New York Central. Telephone Directories 1961 - 1965

box 1, Folder 19

New York Central / Pennsylvania Railroad Joint Committee. Report. Draft 1953

Material Specific Details: "Summary of Work of Joint Committee Appraising Possible Pooling Arrangement for Consideration by the ICC. Chicago - Ohio River Area."

box 2, Folder 1

Railway Systems and Management Association. Meetings 1964 - 1965

Material Specific Details: Meetings folder includes registration lists, seminar information, reports, graphs, membership information, pamphlets, and handwritten notes.

box 2, Folder 2

Rotary Club

Material Specific Details: Includes luncheon announcement and listing of committee appointments.

box 2, Folder 3

United Airlines

Material Specific Details: Includes brochure "Holidays on Broadway" dated 1975.

Series 3: Photographs 1963 - 1966

box 2, Folder 4

Photographs 1963 - 1966

Series 4: Clippings 1936 - 1976

box 2, Folder 5

Clippings. Not dated

box 2, Folder 6

Clippings. Circa 1936 - 1965

box 2, Folder 7

Clippings 1966 - 1969

Material Specific Details: These relate to Mr. Bone's retirement.

box 2, Folder 8

Clippings 1970

Material Specific Details: These are multiple copies of a newspaper containing an article about folk singer Tom Bone.

box 2, Folder 9

Clippings 1971 - 1976

Series 5: Miscellany

box 2, Folder 10

Biographical Information

Material Specific Details: Includes documentation for Selective Service, "Santa Fe Sid," a poem by "Horatio Inez Alger Bone" (Mrs. Bone), miscellaneous handwritten notes, and some retirement notices.

box 2, Folder 11

Letterhead. Personal

box 2, Folder 12

Letterhead. Professional. New York Central

box 2, Folder 13

Periodicals. TRAINS Aug. 1962

Material Specific Details: Article by Arthur Dubin, inscribed to Mr. Bone.

box 2, Folder 14

Personal information. Financial

box 2, Folder 15

Professional activities

Material Specific Details: Includes notebooks, handwritten notes, phone messages, and business cards.

box 2, Folder 16

Promotional materials

Material Specific Details: Includes a visitor's guide to New York and a booklet for a machine to reproduce tickets, which lists Sidney Bone as the person to contact for more information.