Oral history interview, 1984 May 29 [sound recording].

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Oral history interview, 1984 May 29 [sound recording].

Sound recording of interview concerning work, family and community life of employees of Southern Pacific Railroad in Tucson, as a child of an employee from 1923, as an employee from 1941 to 1983, and as a resident of Armory Park neighborhood from 1923 to 1946.

Transcript (45 p.)

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Crowell, William H., shipmaster

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Employee, Southern Pacific Railroad. From the description of Oral history interview, 1984 May 29 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 35527674 ...

Reid, Phyllis,

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...