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Manuscript Collections relating to the Central Pacific Railroad
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
 

Author: Myrick, David. F., editor. Title: Keepsakes issued to members of the Book Club of California in commemoration of the centennial of the transcontinental railroad, 1969. Description: Three of twelve keepsakes (one a duplicate). Notes: Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Includes 1. "The Hewes Receipt," by Ralph W. Hansen; and 2. "The 'Goat Island Grab'," by Ted Wurm (2 copies). Transfer from the Hopkins Transportation Library (Stanford Univ. Libraries), 1999. Subjects: Hansen, Ralph W. Wurm, Ted. Book Club of California. Central Pacific Railroad -- History. Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, printers. Railroads -- California. Other titles:  The "Goat Island Grab" The Hewes Receipt Location: Dept. of Special Collections Stanford Univ. Libraries Stanford, CA  94305 Control No.:   CSUR99-A405 

Author: Levy, Daniel W. Title: Four California railroad lawyers in the classical era : typescript, 1994. Description: 1 folder Notes: This research paper, prepared for Robert W. Gordon's class "History of American Law," concerns the legal history of the Central Pacific Railroad and four lawyers associated with it, Hall McAllister, Silas W. Sanderson, Creed Haymond, and Alfred A. Cohen. Gift of Daniel W. Levy. Subjects: McAllister, Hall. Sanderson, S. W. Haymond, Creed, 1836-1893. Cohen, Alfred A., 1829-1887. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Stanford University. Dept. of History -- Curricula. Location: Dept. of Special Collections Stanford Univ. Libraries Stanford, CA 94305 Control No.: CSUV99-A38

Author: Mills, William H. Title: Letter : San Francisco, Calif., to Mr. Soule, 1902 Jan 17. Description: 1 item (4 p.) ; 27 cm. Notes: TLS written by William H. Mills, land agent for the Central Pacific Railway Company, concerning land granted by the United States government to the Company. Mills discusses grants made for land between the Missouri River and Pacific Ocean, the relationship between railroad land grants and interests of the United States during the Civil War, and problems encountered by the Company in surveying and obtaining patents for sections of the grants. Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1972. William H. Mills, Letter to Mr. Soule. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Subjects: Mills, William H. Soule, Mr. Central Pacific Railway Company. Land Dept. Railroad land grants -- West (U.S.) United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation. Location: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Control No.: CTYAFMH8818-A

Title: Lucin Cutoff collection, 1903-1904, [photographs] Description: 93 photographs Notes: Collection of photographs of the construction of the Lucin Cutoff by the Central Pacific Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund F. Shoaf, Donors Inventory available. Subjects: Railroads -- Construction -- Photographs. Great Salt Lake (Utah) -- Photographs. Lucin Cutoff (Great Salt Lake, Utah) -- Photographs. Central Pacific Railroad -- Photographs. Location: Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Control No.: UTSX99-A43 Access: Inventory available Location: hhp://history.utah.org/findaids/C00525 Author: Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Title: Records, 1895-1991. Description: ca. 1600 linear ft. Notes: 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 Court in an anti-trust case. During World War II, the Southern Pacific Co. played a major role in military transportation in the US, transporting personal, and equipment along the west coast. In 1983, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads announced their intentions to merge and organize company into the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation, but the merger was rejected in 1987. In 1996, the Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, making Union Pacific the largest railroad in the United States. Contains board minutes, ledgers, engineering report books, mechanical car books, maps, mechanical specifications, valuation maps, leases, and cash receipts for the Southern Pacific Company and more than 500 other companies acquired by the Southern Pacific Company between 1895 and 1991. Gift of Union Pacific Railroad, 1998. Collection is unavailable until processed. For further details, please contact the Manuscripts Processing Librarian. Subjects: Central Pacific Railway Company. Ferrocarril Sud Pacífico de Mexico. Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Company. Southern Pacific Company. Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Sunset Magazine (Firm) Railroads -- Mexico. Railroads -- United States. Location: Dept. of Special Collections Stanford Univ. Libraries Stanford, CA 94305 Control No.: CSUR98-A319

Author: McAllister, Thomas H., fl. 1871. Title: Letter : New York [City, N.Y.?], to A.C. Peckham, 1871 Dec 28. Description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm. Notes: ALS written by Thomas H. McAllister, possibly of the firm T.H. McAllister, New York. McAllister briefly requests that Peckham print another set of twenty views pertaining to the transcontinental railroad and asks if a group of "Chicago" negatives have been found. Thomas H. McAllister, Letter to A.C. Peckham. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Subjects: Photographers -- New York -- 19th century. lcsh McAllister, Thomas H., fl. 1871. Peckham, A. C. Central Pacific Railroad Company. T. H. McAllister (Firm) Union Pacific Railroad Company. Control No.: CTYAFLA4008-A

Title: Leland Stanford collection, 1869-1975. Description: 4 linear ft. Notes: Primary and secondary sources pertaining to the life of Leland Stanford and the history of Stanford University's founding. Includes clippings, correspondence, articles, pamphlets, speeches, scripts, reports, memorabilia, and copies or facsimiles of historical documents. In addition to the business and political career of Leland Stanford, subjects include his ideas on education, the naming of Palo Alto, Stanford family genealogy, railroad history (especially the completion of the transcontinental railroad), Thomas Hill and his painting "Driving the Last Spike," Eadweard Muybridge and the invention of motion pictures, Stanford's residences in Sacramento and San Francisco, Vina Ranch, and Warm Springs Ranch. Unpublished guide available. Subjects: Browne, Louise M. Clark, George A. Curtis, Edward. Farnham, Wallace D. Fisher, Helen Dwight. Hemsing, Peter. Hill, Thomas A. Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. Kimball, Sarah Louise, 1865- Lampson, Robin, 1900- Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. Myrick, David F. Scibird, Ruth. Stanford, Arthur W. Stanford, Grant Lansing. Stanford, Leland, 1824-1898. Stebbins, Horatio, 1821-1902. Wooster, C. M. Central Pacific Railroad. Stanford University -- History. Palo Alto (Calif.). Warm Springs Ranch (Calif.). Vina Ranch (Calif.). Gold Spike. Location: Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 Control No.: CSUV96-A24 

Author: Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Title: The Collis P. Huntington papers, 1856-1901. Description: 115 microfilm reels: positive. [guide to the microfilm edition] Notes: Series I, Incoming correspondence, 1856-1904, including letters from David D. Colton, Charles Crocker, Edwin B. Crocker, Mark Hopkins and Leland Stanford. Reels 1-54. Series II, Letterpress copy books, 1868-1901. Reels 1-35. Series III, Legal and financial records, 1797-1901. Reels 1-23. Series IV, Personal papers, 1862-1901. Reels 1-3. Originals at Syracuse University. FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction Prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to Syracuse University Library. Finding aid available. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Railroads -- United States. Other authors: Colton, David Douty, 1832-1878. Crocker, E. B. (Edwin Bryant), 1818-1875. Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878. Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. Cracker, Charles, 1822-1888. Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168036142-A
Collis P. Huntington Papers: 1856-1901 (microfilm)

[HUNTINGTON, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Papers, 1797-1904. 115 reels of microfilm. Originals located in George Arents Research Library of Syracuse University.  Papers consist of incoming correspondence (54 reels), letterpress copy books (35 reels), legal and financial papers (23 reels), and personal papers (3 reels).]

[Note:  Series IV, Microfilm Reel 2 may be of particular interest as it contains letters relating to the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad.]


Title: Surveyors notebook : ms., [ca. 1870] Description: 1 v. Notes: Mentions tale, "CPRR," William Butcher, Fred Hutton, A.C. Hawkins, Mason Wilson, Walice Creek, D.C. Scroggins, W.J. Dobbins, Stevenson & Smith, Stephen Hill, Martin & Bowen, and Green Valley. Subjects: Butcher, William. Hutton, Fred. Hawkins, A. C. Wilson, Mason. Scroggins, D. C. Dobbins, W. J. Hill, Stephen. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Stevenson & Smith. Martin & Bowen. Walice Creek. Green Valley (Ariz.) Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168035636-A

Author: Berkeley, Calif. Citizens. Title: Petition to the Congress of the United States against the Pacific Railroad Funding Bill : DS, [ca. 1893] Description: 1 leaf. Notes: Signed by E.J. McHenry, John H. Bolton, H.S. Thompson, L.A. Phelps and F. Bolton. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Pacific Railroad Funding Bill. Other authors: McHenry, Ellen Josephine Metcalfe, 1827-1922. Other authors: United States. Congress. Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168033085-A

Author: Washoe County Title Guaranty Company, Reno, Nevada. Title: Abstract of title to ... land ... belonging to Julius H. Pieh : DS, 1923. Description: 116 leaves ; 27 cm. Notes: Signed by C.H. Knox, manager. For a parcel of land, sold May, 1876, by the Central Pacific Railroad Company to Alfred S. Sellers. Record of title, 1876-1923, for parcel of land situate in the S.E. corner of the N.E. 1/4 of the N.E. 1/4 of Sec. 23, T. 19 N.R. 19 E., M.D. B. & M.(sold, May 1876, by the Central Pacific Railroad Company to Alfred S. Sellers). Subjects: Sellers, Alfred S. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Land tenure -- Nevada -- Washoe County. Washoe County (Nev.) -- Abstract. Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168029594-A

Author: Miller, Edward H. Title: Notes regarding Mark Hopkins : and related material, 1878-[ca. 1888] Description: Originals : 1 portfolio. Copies : partial microfilm reel (43 exposures) : negative (Rich. 98:2) and positive. Notes: Recollections of their voyage to California in 1849, experiences in merchandising in Sacramento, and the Central Pacific Railroad. Included also: letter from C.P. Huntington to W.R.S. Foye, 1886; biographical sketch of Hopkins (with corrections by D.R. Sessions) prepared for H.H. Bancroft; obituaries for Hopkins and clippings re estate. Also available on microfilm. Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. Subjects: Biographies. rbgenr Obituaries. rbgenr Clippings. rbgenr Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Voyages to the Pacific coast. Gold mines and mining -- Associations, institutions, etc. Sacramento (Calif.) -- Commerce. Other authors: Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Sessions, David R. Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. Collection. CU-BANC Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168029068-A

Author: Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888. Title: Facts obtained from the lips of Charles Crocker, regarding his identification with the Central Pacific Railroad, and other roads growing of it : dictation and related material assembled in preparing his biography for H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth ..., 1865-1890. Description: Originals : 19 folders in box. Copies : partial microfilm reel (404 exposures) : negative (Rich. 98:3) and positive. Notes: Contents: copies of Crocker's statement; Mrs. Crocker's letter of thanks for the original; recollections of G.B.V. DeLamater concerning overland journey (1850) with Crocker; Rev. J.A. Benton's draft of his eulogy of Crocker (portion on verso of a letter from Ira P. Rankin); copies of letters (1865) from L.L. Robinson and A.A. Sargent concerning T.D. Judah and the railroad; dictation from L.M. Clement; notes by Frances F. Victor; drafts of biography by Alfred Bates and others; notes from Bancroft, G.H. Morrison and other History Company staff; copy of tribute by "A Sacramento Pioneer" and newspaper articles concerning Mr. and Mrs. Crocker. Also available on microfilm. Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. Subjects: Biographies. rbgenr Autobiographies. rbgenr Eulogies. rbgenr Clippings. rbgenr Manuscripts for publication. aat Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1828-1863. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives. Railroads -- California. Sacramento (Calif.) -- Commerce. Other authors: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. Collection. CU-BANC Crocker, Mary A. Deming, d. 1889. DeLamater, Guysbert Bogart Vroom, 1826-1896. Benton, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustine), 1818-1892. Robinson, Lester Ludyah, b. 1824. Sargent, A. A. (Aaron Augustus), 1827-1887. Rankin, Ira Packard, 1817- Clement, Lewis M. Victor, Frances Fuller, 1826-1902. Bates, Alfred. Morrison, George Howard. Other titles: Chronicles of the builders of the commonwealth. Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168029056-A

Author: Sawyer, Lorenzo, 1820-1891. Title: Lorenzo Sawyer dictations, biographical sketches : and related material, [ca. 1886-1890] Description: Originals : 7 folders in portfolio. Copies : partial microfilm reel (184 exposures) : negative (Rich. 93:6) and positive. Notes: Prepared for H.H. Bancroft. Include a dictation relating to the Lick Trust which also incorporates his views on Chinese in California, Leland B. Stanford, Central Pacific Railroad, etc.; a biographical sketch including information on his career as lawyer and judge; letter, Aug. 3, 1890, to H.H. Bancroft re the Central Pacific Railroad; an expanded dictation covering his early life and career; biographical sketch prepared for Chronicles of the Builders with related galleys and proofs; clippings. Also available on microfilm. Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. Subjects: Biographies. rbgenr Autobiographies. rbgenr Clippings. rbgenr Manuscripts for publication. aat Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. James Lick Trust. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Lawyers -- California. Judges -- California. Chinese -- California. Railroads -- California. California -- Politics and government. Other authors: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. Collection. CU-BANC Other titles: Chronicles of the builders. Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168021457-A

Author: Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Title: Collis Potter Huntington biographical material for H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, 1880-1890 (bulk 1887-1890). Description: Originals : 9 items in portfolio. Copies : partial microfilm reel (212 exposures) : negative (Rich. 98:4) and positive. Notes: Autobiographical sketches, notes and proofsheets (incomplete) of the published biography, prepared chiefly by David R. Sessions. Information on early life, journey to California via the Isthmus, experiences in San Francisco and Sacramento, merchandising, his associates in the railroads, political beliefs and character. Interview with W.H. Mills, letter from S.C. Armstrong concerning Huntington's interest in Hampton Institute and letter from A.N. Towne included. Notes concerning Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, received from E.O. Smith, 1932, with the above (item 9) Also available on microfilm. Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. Subjects: Biographies. rbgenr Autobiographies. rbgenr Manuscripts for publication. aat Hampton (Va.). Normal and Agricultural Institute. Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Voyages to the Pacific coast. Railroads -- California. Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) San Francisco (Calif.) -- Business. Sacramento (Calif.) -- Commerce. California -- Politics and government. Other authors: Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. CU-BANC Sessions, David R. Towne, Alban Nelson, 1829- crp Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, 1839-1893. crp Smith, E. O. Other titles: Chronicles of the builders of the commonwealth. Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168020239-A

Title: Railroad miscellany, 1868-1964. Description: 12 items in 1 oversize folder. Notes: Stocks, plans clippings, registers of movement for various railroads in California such as the Central Pacific Railroad; California and Oregon Railroad; Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad; West Side Lumber Company Railroad; San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad; Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway and Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Finding aid available. Other authors: Central Pacific Railroad Company. California and Oregon Railroad. Nevada County Narow Gauge Railroad. West Side Lumber Company Railroad. San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad. Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company. Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168020145-A

Author: Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878. Title: Mark Hopkins papers, 1861-1878. Description: 7 microfilm reels (3,921 exposures) : negative (Rich. 89:10-5, 549:4) and positive. Notes: Acknowledgment must be make to the Stanford University Libraries, Division of Special Collections, for use of this material. Chiefly letters from Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford and others, and papers concerning the Central Pacific Railroad. A group of Leland Stanford's correspondence and papers, 1850-1893, included. (Reel 7) Originals in: Albert M. Bender Room, Stanford University (1951) FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Albert M. Bender Room, Stanford University. A general guide to contents at beginning of the film with additional listings at the beginning of each volume filmed. Filmed 1951 (Pos made for Stanford also) Reel 7 of neg. missing; 2d neg. run off from Stanford positive, 1959. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Railroads -- California. Other authors: Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. crp Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. crp Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD168009752-A

Title: Biographical sketches of Edwin Bryant Crocker., [ca. 1888] Description: Originals : 2 folders in portfolio. Copies : partial microfilm reel (9 exposures) : negative (Rich. 403:5) and positive. Notes: A draft in the handwriting of Alfred Bates and galley proof of another sketch. Judge Crocker's place in California's judiciary, his association with the Central Pacific Railroad, and his art collection in Sacramento, included. Also available on microfilm. Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. Subjects: Biographies. rbgenr Manuscripts for publication. aat Crocker, E. B. (Edwin Bryant), 1818-1875. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Judges -- California. Art -- California. Other authors: Bates, Alfred. Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. CU-BANC Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD167971838-A

Author: Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878. Title: Mark Hopkins letter : ALS : and railroad pass, 1849-1871. Description: 2 items. Notes: Letter (8 p.): written on board the ship Pacific enroute from New York to San Francisco, to his brother, Samuel, February 22-26, 1849. Central Pacific Railroad pass: issued to Samuel A. Hopkins with his portrait on the verso. Signed by Mark Hopkins, December 13, 1871. Subjects: Hopkins, Samuel A. -- Portraits. Pacific (ship) Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives. Other authors: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD117728982-A

Author: Hewes, David, 1822-1915. Title: David Hewes receipts, 1869 May 4-Apr. 19. Description: 2 items (1 vol.) Notes: Photograph of receipt for the finishing and engraving of 2 gold spikes, bought of Schultz & Fischer & Mohrig, San Francisco, May 4, 1869; original receipt on D. Hewes bill-head for a roan horse, saddle and bridle, dated April 19, 1869. Bill-head illustrated with railroad pictures. David Hewes presented the gold spike used as the "last spike" connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. Subjects: Receipts. aat Central Pacific Railroad Company. Other authors: Schultz & Fischer & Mohrig (San Francisco, Calif.) Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBUGLAD67337634-A
Title: The real west: empire builders : video recording, 1993. Published: Los Angeles, Ca. : Greystone Production, 1993. Description: 1 video cassette: col; VHS. Notes: This episode, produced by Brian Coughlin, of the series The Real West tells the history of Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins (the Big Four) and the development of the railroads in the West. It also mentions the lives of Jane Stanford and Leland Stanford Jr., the history of Stanford University, Eadweard Muybridge, and the development of motion pictures. Sources from the collections in the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, were used in the research and as images in this segment. Gift of Greystone Production, 1993. Subjects: Coughlin, Brian. Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888. Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878. Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905. Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. Stanford, Leland, 1868-1884. Central Pacific Railroad. Stanford University -- History. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890. Video recordings. lcsh. Location: Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 Control No.: CSUV94-A47

Title: Diary of a voyage from New York to California and return trip by train, 1874-1875. Description: 1 v. (137 p.): ill., maps; (0.5 linear ft.) Notes: The diary records an 1874 voyage from New York via Panama to California. The unidentified author describes the weather, the ship's progress, shipboard life, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama, the train trip across the Isthmus, the landscape and villages, Acapulco, and the voyage to San Francisco. There is a detailed description of San Francisco and more information on California towns, agriculture, mining, flora and fuana. The diary also chronicles a train trip from Rocklin, California to Reno, Nevada, where the author found work on an alfalfa farm. The author continued overland by train through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska to Chicago and then Detroit. The author traveled to New York by way of Niagara Falls. The volume includes illustrations of Californa, Nevada, and Niagara Falls as well as maps of the railroad routes. There is a list of the illustrations and a list of plants identified. The author also created an abstract of the diary in the back of the volume. Diary of a Voyage from New York to California and Return Trip by Train. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Subjects: Diaries -- United States. aat Central Pacific Railroad Company. Colon (Steamship) Montana (Steamship) Panama Railroad Co. Union Pacific Railroad Company Agriculture -- Nevada. Alfalfa -- Nevada. Railroad travel -- United States. Railroad travel -- West (U.S.) Acapulco (Mexico) -- Description and travel. Colón (Panama) -- Description and travel. California -- Description and travel -- 1869-1950. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel. Nevada -- Description and travel. Panama -- Description and travel. Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Description and travel. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel. West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- 1860-1880. Location: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520. Control No.: CTYAFHG2859-A

Title: Diary of a trip around the world, 1869-1870. Description: 1 v.(127 p.) Notes: The diary describes an 1869 train trip from New York City to California. The unidentified author and a party of friends traveled on the New Jesrsey Central Rail Road westward through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, northern Ohio and Indiana. At Chicago they switched to the Chicago & Pacific Rail Road and continued through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and California. Diary entires concern the landscape and people encountered. The diary describes siteseeing in California, in particular a visit on horseback to Yosemite Valley. The author boarded the steamship Japan in San Francisco, traveled to Japan, and continued on to China, India, the Mideast, the Mediterranean, Italy, Austria, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. The diary ends with a voyage across the Atlantic to New York. Diary of a Trip Around the World. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Subjects: Diaries -- United States. aat. Anglia (Steamship) Central Rail Road of New Jersey. Chicago & Pacific Railroad. Costa Rica (Steamship) Japan (Steamship) Suwonada (Steamship) Railroad travel -- Europe. Railroad travel -- India. Railroad travel -- United States. Voyages around the world. California -- Description and travel -- 1848-1869. West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- 1860-1880. Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Description and travel. Location: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520. Control No.: CTYAFHG2613-A

Author: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Title: Record of invoices, 1863-1885. Description: 4 v. Notes: Record of invoices covering purchases of locomotives, rolling stock, parts, construction equipment and supplies, and other items, made by Collis P. Huntington on behalf of Central Pacific Railroad. Forms part of the repository's MS 10, Southern Pacific Company records. Gift of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, 1977- Subjects: Railroads -- Pacific States -- Records and correspondence. Other authors: Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Location: California State Railroad Museum Library (Sacramento). Control No.: DCLV94-A94

Author: Taber, I. West. Title: Central Pacific trans-Sierra line in winter : photograph album, 1890. Description: 1 v. (49 photos) Notes: Mountain landscapes, trains, tracks, trestles, snowsheds -- all covered with heavy snow. Crews digging out tracks. Rotary blade track sweepers and other snowplows. Gift of Mrs. Timothy Hopkins, 1940. Unpublished list of photographs in collection file. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Southern Pacific Company. Railroads -- Snow protection and removal. Snow removal. Albums. ftamc Photoprints. ftamc Hopkins Transportation Library. Location: Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 Control No.: CSUR93-A5

Author: Kraus, George. Title: Central Pacific Construction Vignettes, 6 May 1969. Description: 47 pp. : photocopy of typescript. Notes: Speech delivered at the Golden Spike Centennial Symposium, at the University of Utah, May 6, 1969. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad. Golden Spike. Railroads -- Construction -- Anecdotes, facetine, satire, etc. Location: Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Control No.: UTSX89-A958

Author: Wood, Edward E. Title: The railroad legacy of Brigham Young. Description: 38 pp. : photocopy of typescript. Subjects: Railroads. Young, Brigham, 1801-1877. Location: Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Control No.: UTSX89-A1624

Author: Sawtelle, Eugene William Title: Eugene William Sawtelle Collection, 1860-1898. Description: 2 manuscript boxes Notes: Not restricted. Please credit California State Library. Correspondence, Charles Couvillaud receipts and checks, diaries, scrapbooks of Emma and Mary McKinsey Eugene Sawtelle came to California in 1852. He worked for the Central Pacific Railroad in various jobs, becoming in 1898, the captain of a Southern Pacific river steamer. CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets Subjects: Sacramento River -- History Voyages and travels Central Pacific Railroad -- Construction California Oregon Railroad -- Construction Location: Calif. State Library, Calif. Section, 914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento 95814 Control No.: CCSG91-A197

Author: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Title: Records, 1877. Description: 9 items. Notes: Railroad company which originated in Sacramento and ran east through Nevada. Form letters to William Sharon, H. M. Yerington, and Tritle informing them they could obtain a deed for patented land from the Land Agent of the CPRR, Mar. 15, 1977. Also included are a tonnage ledger for lumber hauled, n.d., and blank meteorological forms, 187- . Subjects: Sharon, William, 1821-1885. Yerington, H. M. (Henry Marvin), 1828-1910. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Logging -- California. Location: Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Library, Reno, NV 89557. Control No.: NVRG91-A64

Title: Central Pacific Railroad Company collection, 1861-1899. Description: 1 manuscript box Notes: Not restricted. Please credit California State Library. Correspondence, ephemera, reports Established in 1861. Absorbed by Southern Pacific in 1899. CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Location: Calif. State Library, Calif. Section, 914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento 95814 Control No.: CCSG91-A69

Author: Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1828-1863. Title: Papers, 1851-1862. Description: 1 box (.5 linear ft.). Notes: Photocopies also available. Microfilm copy available. Include insurance policy for house at Niagara, N.Y.; narrative of journey, San Francisco to New York, via Panama, in l858?, with advice on travel to California; pocket notebook, l860, with records of surveys in the Sierra Nevada, estimates of costs, notes and clippings concerning railroads for California; cash account and notes, l86l-l862, for survey for the Central Pacific Railroad Company, in volume marked: Stock Journal, California Granite Company, l856 and l857. Also, herbarium of California wildflowers, l862, and other flowers, arranged by Mrs. Judah, and clipping of a story. With typed transcripts of excerpts from notebook (v. 1). Microfillm copy available. Printed items catalogued separately. Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection. Subjects: Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1828-1863. Railroads -- California. Voyages to the Pacific Coast. Isthmus of Panama. Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Central Pacific Railroad. Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.). Botany -- California. California Granite Company. Judah, Anna Ferona. Wild flowers -- California. California -- Description and travel. Reminiscences. ftamc Account books. ftamc Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720 Control No.: CUBG90-A34

Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Title: ADS : Washington, D.C., 1864 Jan. 12. Description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm. Notes: Establishes the point where the line of the Central Pacific Railroad crosses Arcade Creek in the Sacramento Valley as the western base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Rosenbach, A.S.W. Collected cats. 18:151 On Executive Mansion stationery. Docket note on verso. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company. Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Boundaries. Railroads -- United States. Location: Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2010 DeLancey Place, Philadelphia, PA, 19103 USA pau Control No.: PARR89-A333

Author: Belcher and Belcher (Marysville, Calif.) Title: Records, 1864-1871. Description: 71 items. Notes: Law firm; partners were Isaac S. Belcher (1825-1898) and his brother, William C. Belcher (1821-1895). Letters written to the firm on various legal matters. Correspondents include Benjamin B. Redding, writing on behalf of Central Pacific Railroad Company. Purchase, 1988. Finding aid in the repository. Subjects: Lawyers -- California. lcsh Law firms -- California. Practice of law -- California. Railroads -- California. California -- Legal affairs. California -- Transportation -- Railroads. Marysville (Calif.) -- Legal affairs. Belcher, Isaac S., 1825-1898. Belcher, William C., 1821-1895. Redding, Benjamin B., 1824-1882 -- Correspondence. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Location: California State Library (Sacramento). Control No.: DCLV91-A1580

Author: Southern Pacific Railroad. Title: The Role of Central Pacific and Southern Pacific in developing California and the West. Description: 30 pp. : typewritten. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad. Southern Pacific Railroad. The West -- Economics and business. Railroads -- West (U.S.). Location: Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Control No.: UTSX89-A998

Author: Utley, Robert M. Title: Special report on Promontory Summit, Utah. 1960. Description: 78 pp. : mimeograph. Notes: Report made in February, 1960 for the National Park Service. Subjects: Railroads -- Utah. Union Pacific Railroad. Central Pacific Railroad. Promontory (Utah). Golden Spike National Historic Site (Utah). Location: Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Control No.: UTSX88-A972

Author: Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Title: Papers, 1797-1904. Description: 105.0 linear ft. Notes: American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City. Correspondents include Oakes Ames, Susan B. Anthony, S.C. Armstrong, Samuel B. Axtell, James G. Blaine, William B. Bonn, Marcus D. Boruck, John Boyd, Luigi di Cesnola, William E. Chandler, David Colton, John Conness, Charles Crocker, Charles F. Crocker, E.B. Crocker, John Echols, J.H. Flagg, Francis W. Fox, Richard Franchot, Isaac E. Gates, F.N. Gilman, George C. Gorham, Jay Gould, Ulysses S. Grant, Mark Hopkins, Anna Judah, Edwin H. Miller, William H. Mills, L. Bradford Prince, A.A. Sargent, Charles H. Sherrill, Jane and Leland Stanford, William M. Stewart, James Storrs, William B. Strong, Alban N. Towne, Booker T. Washington, W.C. Wickham, George W. Williams, and J.H. Woodward. Some of Huntington's correspondence was conducted through the use of cipher systems and many letters provide word keys to substitution codes. Cipher telegrams are often accompanied by translations. Gift of Anna Hyatt Huntington. Restricted. Unpublished guide. Subjects: Ames, Oakes, 1804-1873. Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893. Axtell, Samuel Beach, 1809-1891. Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. Bonn, William B. Boruck, Marcus D. (Marcus Derckheim), 1833 or 4-1895. Boyd, John. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, 1832-1904. Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Colton, David Douty, 1832-1878. Conness, John. Crocker, Charles F. Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888. Crocker, E. B. (Edwin Bryant), 1818-1875. Echols, John. Flagg, John Henry, 1843-1911. Fox, Francis W. Franchot, Richard. Gates, Isaac Edwin. Gilman, F. N. Gorham, George Congdon, 1832-1909. Gould, Jay, 1836-1892. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.) Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878. Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900 -- Archives. Judah, Anna Ferona Pierce. Miller, Edwin H. Mills, William H. Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Prince, L. Bradford (Le Baron Bradford), 1840-1922. Sargent, A. A. (Aaron Augustus), 1827-1887. Sherrill, Charles H. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905. Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. Stewart, William M. (William Morris), 1827-1909. Storrs, James. Strong, William B. Towne, Alban Nelson, 1829- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888. Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891. Woodward, J. H. California -- History -- 1850-1950. Capitalists and financiers -- United States. Ciphers. Entrepreneurship. Palaces -- United States. Philanthropists -- United States. Railroad law -- United States. Railroads -- California. Railroads -- History. Railroads -- Rates. Railroads -- United States. Railroads and state -- United States. United States -- History -- 1865-1898. United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. Upper classes -- United States. Account books. aat Bills of sale. aat Blueprints. aat Clippings. aat Correspondence. aat Daybooks. aat Deeds. aat Ledgers. aat Letterpress copybooks. aat Maps. aat Mortgages. aat Photographs. aat Receipts. aat Stock certificates. aat Capitalists and financiers. lcsh Entrepreneurs. aat Philanthropists. lcsh Transportation. lcsh Location: George Arents Research Library for Special Collections at Syracuse University, Manuscript Collections. Bird Library, Room 600, Syracuse, New York 13244-2010. Control No.: NXSV619-A

Author: Hyde, William Birelie, 1842-1882. Title: Papers, 1861-1896. Description: 3.5 linear ft. Notes: California surveyor and engineer. Worked for both the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads; later for the San Francisco Water Works Company. Correspondence, notebooks, maps, etc. relating to railroad and enginering ventures in California and the West, 1864-1879. Major correspondents include Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, C.P. Huntington, U.S. Grant, and J. Ross Browne. Gift of William Hyde Irwin, 1976, and the estate of William Hyde Irwin, 1983. Finding aid available in Special Collections Reading Room and online. Subjects: Browne, J. Ross (John Ross), 1821-1882. Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885. Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878. Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. Central Pacific Railway Company. San Francisco Water Works. Spring Valley Water Company. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Railroads -- California. Technology -- California. Transportation -- California. Water-supply -- California. Location: Dept. of Special Collections Stanford Univ. Llibraries 557 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305. Control No.: CSUR86-A55 Access: Finding aid available online Location.

Author: Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1937, collector. Title: Timothy Hopkins transportation collection, 1816-1942. Description: 12 linear ft. Notes: Correspondence, records, logs, clipping books, timetables, tickets and legal documents pertaining to early railroading in England, India, and the United States. Topics include the construction of the Central Pacific railroad, shipping and aviation. Includes the papers of men connected with Central and Southern Pacific and subsidiaries, and United Railroads of San Francisco. Also includes letters from Collis P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, A. Cohen and others. Gift of Timothy Hopkins, M. A. Ives, Mrs. Hazel Elizabeth Sullivan, Mrs. Carleton E. Miller, and others. Unpublished guide available in Special Collections Reading Room and online. Subjects: Bragge, William, 1823-1884. Clark, Hyde. Cohen, Alfred A. Empson, Charles. Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1915. Hewitt, E. E. Hollister, H. H. Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878. Huntington, Collis P. (Collis Porter), 1821-1900. Ives, Butler, 1830-1872. Miller, E. H. Montague, Samuel S. Peckham, Stephen Farnum, 1839-1916. Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Ralston, William Chapman. Stanford, Leland 1824-1893. Stevenson, Robert. Belfast, Hollywood and Bangor Railway. Blackburn, Preston and Lytham Railway and Harbor Company. Bolton, Bury & Rochdale Railway. Bristol and Gloucester Railway. California Street Cable Railroad Company. Central Pacific Railroad Company. East Lancashire Railway Company. London and North-Western Railway. London and South Western Railway Company. Midland Railway Company. Monterey-Carmel Railroad. Northern Electric Railway. Pacific and Atlantic Railway Company. Pahrump Valley Railroad Company. Portadown, Dungannon and Armagh Junction Railway. Railway Herald. Sacramento Land Association. San Lorenzo Valley Railroad Company. Southhampton, Manchester and Oxford Junction Railway. Southern Pacific Company. Ulster Railway. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Union Tank Car Company. Vallejo Electric Railway. Western Pacific Railway. Railroads -- Surveying. Railroads -- England. Railroads -- Great Britain. Railroads -- India. Railroads -- California. Street railroads -- California. Clippings. Logs. Tickets. Timetables. Other authors: Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1937, collector. Location: Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305. Control No.: CSUR84-A60 Access: Finding aid available online

Author: Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1828-1863. Title: Theodore D. Judah papers, 1851-1862. Description: Box 1: Photocopies (except V. 3, Herbarium of California wildflowers, 1862) for use. Box 2: Originals (restricted). Copies of originals (except V. 3, Herbarium of California wildflowers, 1862) : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 90:4) and positive. Notes: Printed items catalogued separately. Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection. RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. USE PHOTOCOPIES (BOX 1) OR MICROFILM COPIES. Use of originals only by permission of the Head of the Manuscripts Division. Include insurance policy for house at Niagara, N.Y.; narrative of journey, San Francisco to New York, via Panama, in l858?, with advice on travel to California; pocket notebook, l860, with records of surveys in the Sierra Nevada, estimates of costs, notes and clippings concerning railroads for California; cash account and notes, l86l-l862, for survey for the Central Pacific Railroad Company, in volume marked: Stock Journal, California Granite Company, l856 and l857. Also, herbarium of California wildflowers, l862, and other flowers, arranged by Mrs. Judah, and clipping of a story. With typed transcripts of excerpts from notebook (v. 1). Copies of originals (except V. 3, Herbarium of California wildflowers, 1862) also available on as photocopy (Box 1) and on microfilm. Subjects: Autobiographies. rbgenr Account books. rbgenr Judah, Anna Ferona Pierce. Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Central Pacific Railroad Company. California Granite Company. Railroads -- California. Voyages to the Pacific coast. Botany -- California. Wild flowers -- California. Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) California -- Description and travel. Other titles: History of science and technology collection. CU-BANC Location: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Control No.: CUBU85-A570

Author: Pacific Improvement Company. Title: Records, 1869-1931 (bulk 1883-1927). Description: 180 linear ft. Notes: Pacific Improvement Company was a large holding company in California, formed by C. P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker. The Company played a role in the development of land and railroads in various parts of the United States, but particularly in California and Texas. The Company was incorporated November 4, 1878 and completed liquidation of its assets in 1967. Contains business records of the Pacific Improvement Company and its subsidiaries. Includes business and legal documents, correspondence, reports, minutes, deeds, annual reports, maps, and blueprints. Contains materials related to the development of the Monterey Peninsula and to the general business areas of land development, coal and iron mining, railroads, and hotels. Gift of W. W. Crocker to Jackson Library in 1941. Transferred to Department of Special Collections in 1979. Unpublished guide available and online. Subjects: Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888. Hubbard, Thomas Hamlin, 1838-1915. Huntington, Collis P. (Collis Porter), 1821-1900. Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927. Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown), 1886-1969. Sloss, Leon. Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. Carbon Hill Coal Company. Guatemala Central Railroad. Hotel Del Monte. Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway Company. Oakland Water Front Company. Pacific Improvement Company. Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company of Wyoming. San Francisco Street Railway. San Pedro Harbor Dock and Land Company. Coal mines and mining. Holding companies -- California. Hotel management -- California. Iron mines and mining. Railroad engineering. Railroads -- Construction. Real estate development -- United States. Real estate development -- California. Monterey Peninsula (Calif.) Annual reports. Deeds. Blueprints. Maps. Minutes. Reports. Location: Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305. Control No.: CSUR84-A63 Access: Finding aid available online

Author: Hart, Alfred A. Title: Photograph collection, 1862-1869. Description: 1 album (375 unbound photoprints): albumen, 375 photonegatives and 134 photoprints: stereograph, mounted. Notes: Artist and photographer, ca. 1816-1869. Photographic series documenting construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, 1866-1869, presented both as an album. Also includes mounted stereograph views of the Leland Stanford residence in Sacramento, 1862-1863. Collection includes copy negatives of Central Pacific series. Subjects: Hart, Alfred A. Central Pacific Railroad -- Construction. California -- Description and travel -- Views. sp1 Stanford residences -- Sacramento. Albums. Albumen prints. Stereographs. Photonegatives. Photoprints. Artists. Photographers. Location: Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 Control No.: CSUV84-A14

Author: Lawrence & Houseworth. Title: Central Pacific Railroad construction photographs, 1866-1868. Description: 13 photoprints: stereograph. Notes: Collection includes views of individual Central Pacific locomotives, and scenes along the Central Pacific route up the west side of the Sierra Nevada. Inventory available in the repository. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad -- Construction -- Pictorial works. California -- Description and travel -- Views. Photoprints. Stereographs. sp1 Railroads -- California. Location: Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 Control No.: CSUV84-A6
 

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