Oral history interview, 1984 [sound recording].

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Oral history interview, 1984 [sound recording].

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Sound recording of interview concerning working conditions of employees of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Tucson from 1926 to 1977.

Transcript (17 p.)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7372966

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Kerby, J. R. (Joseph Robert), 1907-

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Employee, Southern Pacific Railroad. From the description of Oral history interview, 1984 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 35527683 ...

Barchfield, Richard,

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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...