Southern Pacific Railroad collection circa 1868-1987

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Southern Pacific Railroad collection circa 1868-1987

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv50295

Collection of records of and relating to the Southern Pacific Railroad, focusing primarily on operation in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Includes engineering blueprints, construction engineering notebooks; freight tariff books; materials relating to the Oregon and California Railroad and to the Northern Pacific Terminal Company; and employee timetables. Most of the materials date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

30 cubic feet; 7 document cases, 21 flat boxes, 15 custom boxes, 1 oversize folder

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6373134

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Oregon and California Railroad Company

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Holladay, Ben, 1819-1887

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Northern Pacific Terminal Company.

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Southern Pacific Railroad Company

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Oregon Central Railroad Company.

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Villard, Henry, 1835-1900

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Henry Villard was a journalist, railway promoter, and financier. Born in Bavaria, he came to the United States in 1853. He worked as a journalist for a variety of newspapers and was a Civil War correspondent for the New York Herald and New York Tribune . In 1873 Villard became a representative for a group of German bondholders of the Oregon and California Railroad, and his career as a railroad promoter in the Northwest was launched. He was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1881-1884. V...

Donald, Robert L.

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