Papers, 1932-1981.

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Papers, 1932-1981.

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Personal and business correspondence, research notes, mss. of publications, rosters, and ephemera, largely relating to railroads. Topics include Best's association with the Golden Spike Centennial Celebration in 1969, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, formation of California State Railroad Museum, and Best's publications. Correspondents include Lucius Beebe and C.W. Witbeck.

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Library of Congress / NUCMC, National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collections

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Library of Congress / NUCMC, National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collections

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Railway & Locomotive Historical Society.

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California State Railroad Museum

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Best, Gerald M.

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Motion picture sound engineer and railroad historian; photographer and collector. From the description of Papers, 1932-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 30401506 ...

Witbeck, C. William

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Beebe, Lucius, 1902-1966

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American writer and bon vivant. From the description of Letter : Hillsborough, Calif., to Mr. Kohn, 1963 Jan. 30. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472968 Lucius Morris Beebe was born into a wealthy New England family in Wakefield, Mass. in 1902. He attended both Harvard and Yale before joining the New York Herald Tribune in 1929. Beebe was an author, journalist, railroad hobbyist and bon vivant. He died in...