Rare Books
Memories of the Mendocino coast : being a brief account of the discovery, settlement and development of the Mendocino coast, together with the correlated history of the Union Lumber Company and how coast and company grew up together
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"New Construction: SPM -- Extensions and Completion of Existing Main Line and Branches. Includes correspondence on settlement with the Mexican govt. on account of construction, transportation services, depredations, and transportation and other taxes, etc. Note -- clippings... are filed in... envelope." Also long list of related files on cover. File No. 310-973, Part 8. (~1.5"). [slightly mildewed and a few pages stuck together, but nothing major.] Important item; contains a 30-page report called "Brief Outline of the More Important Current Affairs of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico" - a plan by an unnamed author for turning around the railroad's economic woes
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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