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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2199n586 No online items Partial Guide to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company Records, 1895-1991 Processed by Steven Mandeville-Gamble Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/ 2001 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Partial Guide to the Southern Special Collections M1010 1 Pacific Railroad Company Records, 1895-1991 Partial Guide to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company Records, 1895-1991 Collection number: M1010 Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Contact Information Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/ Processed by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble Date Completed: 2001 Oct. - 2004 Encoded by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble 2001 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Southern Pacific Railroad Company Records, Date (inclusive): 1895-1991 Collection number: Special Collections M1010 Creator: Southern Pacific Railroad Company Extent: ca. 2829 linear ft. Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Abstract: This collection comprises the Board Minutes of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries, Mechanical Department plans and specifications of the rolling stock of the Southern Pacific and its subsidiaries, the Valuation Department records documenting financial transactions and value of the rolling stock of the company. Language: English. Access A portion of the Mechanical Division drawings are stored off-site; access to these materials may require as much as two weeks. All other materials described in this finding aid are available for use without restriction. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Southern Pacific Railroad Company Records, M1010, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Acquisition Information Gift of Union Pacific Railroad, 1998. Historical Note 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 Partial Guide to the Southern Special Collections M1010 2 Pacific Railroad Company Records, 1895-1991 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. Scope and Content 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. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. 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. AP Atlantic Pacific Railroad AS Alton Southern Railroad ALCO American Locomotive Company ALCOA Aluminum Company of America ATSF Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe ATT American Telephone & Telegraph Company BMR Burlington Missouri River BBBamp;C Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, Colorado Railway BN Burlington Northern BTR Bureau of Transportation Burlington Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad CEI Chicago Eastern Illinois Railroad CNW Chicago North Western System CBQ Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad Partial Guide to the Southern Special Collections M1010 3 Pacific Railroad Company Records, 1895-1991 CMStP Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul COFC Container on Flat Car Cotton Belt St. Louis Southwestern Railway CP Central Pacific Railroad CRIP Chicago, Rock Island, Pacific Railroad CTC Centralized Traffic Control DRGW Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad EMD Electro Motive Division of General Motors EPSW El Paso & Southwestern Railway Frisco St. Louis San Francisco Railroad ; St. Louis-San Francisco Railway GE General Electric Company GHSA Galveston, Harrisburg, San Antonio Railway GM General Motors Corporation GN Great Northern Railway GTE General Telephone & Electronic Corporation GWTP Gulf, Western Texas, & Pacific Railway HTC Houston Texas Central Railroad HEWT Houston, East West Texas Railway IBM International Business Machines IC Illinois Central Railroad ICC Interstate Commerce Commission Katy Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad KCS Kansas City Southern LN Louisiana Nashville Partial Guide to the Southern Special Collections M1010 4 Pacific Railroad Company Records, 1895-1991 LCL Less-than-Carload MStL Minneapolis St. Louis Railroad MCI Microwave Communications Incorporated Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Railroad; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Pacific Railroad M-K-T Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railraod MLT Morgan's Louisiana Texas Railroad Steamship Co. MoPac Missouri Pacific Railroad Morgan Lines Southern Pacific Steamship Lines NCO Nevada-California-Oregon Railway NP Northern Pacific Railroad NS Norfolk Southern NWP Northwestern Pacific Railroad NYC New York Central System ORN Oregon Railroad Navigation Company OW Oregon Washington PE Phoenix Eastern Railroad PE Pacific Electric Railways PFE Pacific Fruit Express Company PMT Pacific Motor Trucking Company PRR Pennsylvania Railroad Rio Grande Denver Rio Grande Railroad ; Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad Rock Island Chicago, Rock Island, Pacific Railroad RPO Rail Post Office Santa Fe Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Partial Guide to the Southern Special Collections M1010 5 Pacific Railroad Company Records, 1895-1991 SAP San Antonio Aransas Pass Railway SCL Seaboard Coast Line SDA San Diego Arizona Railway SDAE San Diego Arizona Eastern Railway Seaboard Seaboard Coast LineSan Diego Arizona Railway SFSP Santa Fe Southern Pacific SP Southern Pacific SPS Spokane, Portland Seattle SPCC Southern Pacific Communications Company SPID Southern Pacific Island Development Company SPdeMex Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico SPPL Southern Pacific Pipe Line Company SPTCo Southern Pacific Transportation Company SSW St. Louis Southwestern Railway TL Texas Louisiana Lines TNO Texas New Orleans Railway TP Texas Pacific Railway TOFC Trailer on Flat Car TOPS Total Operations Processing TRRA Terminal Railraod Association of St. Louis UP Union Pacific Railroad VT Virginia Truckee Railroad WP Western Pacific Railroad Creator: Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. Partial Guide to the Southern Special Collections M1010 6 Pacific Railroad Company Records, 1895-1991 Title: Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. Records Identifier/Call Number: M0015 XML guide HTML guide Creator: Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Title: Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Drawings and maps, ca. 1930-1968 Identifier/Call Number: Mss Prints 0007 XML guide HTML guide Creator: Southern Pacific Transportation Co. Title: Southern Pacific Transportation Co. Records, Date (inclusive): 1936-1954 Identifier/Call Number: JL015 XML guide HTML guide Record Group 1 Board of Directors Records, 1867-1996 Physical Description: 138 linear ft. Scope and Content Note This record group contains the Board of Directors minute books of Southern Pacific Railroad as well as the various railroads, shipping firms, and other corporations owned by the Southern Pacific Co. The record group also contains the annual reports of the Southern Pacific Co. and several of its subsidiaries. Series 1.1 Minutes, 1867-1996 Physical Description: 496 volumes Scope and Content Note This series contains the Board of Directors minute books of Southern Pacific Railroad as well as the various railroads, shipping firms, and other corporations owned by the Southern Pacific Co. M1010 RG 1 Flat Alamogordo Lumber Co. Minutes, Vol. I, May 1898 - July 1911 UP no. 016014 Box 1 M1010 RG 1 Flat Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Ry Co. MinutesOctober 1907 - March 1913 Box 1 UP no. 016016 M1010 RG 1 Flat Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Ry Co. Articles of Incorporation and Box 1 By-lawsMarch 1898 - October 1914 UP no. 016017 M1010 RG 1 Flat Alamogordo Lumber Co. Minutes, Vol. II, November 1911 - September 1927 Box 2 UP no. 016015 M1010 RG 1 Flat Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Ry Co. MinutesMarch