Manuscripts

Very large folder (~3") of material. Several subitems:

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1885-1954.
Call number: mssSPdeMéxicocollection
Creator: Ferrocarril Sud Pacífico de México(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from the corporate headquarters of the Southern Pacific in San Francisco, between November 1987 and August 1989.

SPM 219. Again, no title; also very slim; dated Folder enclosing this item says "Authorization of Expenditures," and that's what it looks like. Variety of minor facilities-type expenditures

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.

mssSPdeMéxicocollection

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Manila folder containing three items. Folder title is "Purchase, Ownership and Sale of Property -- Mexico. No. 311-900.2."

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mssSPdeMéxicocollection

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"Tunnels." SPM 331-3. (~.25"). Mostly discussion of the quality of concrete used, other general tunnel and construction issues. [Item in folder with no cover page]

Manuscripts

mssSPdeMéxicocollection

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"SPdeM Losses Due to Revolution." File No. 220.121/940, Part 1. From More on the Cristero Rebellion, but a very brief set of materials (eight items total)

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mssSPdeMéxicocollection

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2 large maps, not Mexico; didn't unfold

Manuscripts

mssSPdeMéxicocollection

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[in folder marked "Bridges, SPM 331-1."] Yup. Bridges. Primarily deals with construction of Santiago River Bridge, just north of Tepic, at cost of $508,000 U.S. Very topmost item mentions " revolution." Includes a blueprint, prob. of bridge

Manuscripts

mssSPdeMéxicocollection

Very large folder (~3") of material. Several subitems:

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SPM 219. Again, no title; also very slim; dated Folder enclosing this item says "Authorization of Expenditures," and that's what it looks like. Variety of minor facilities-type expenditures

Manila folder containing three items. Folder title is "Purchase, Ownership and Sale of Property -- Mexico. No. 311-900.2."

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"SPdeM Losses Due to Revolution." File No. 220.121/940, Part 1. From More on the Cristero Rebellion, but a very brief set of materials (eight items total)

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[in folder marked "Bridges, SPM 331-1."] Yup. Bridges. Primarily deals with construction of Santiago River Bridge, just north of Tepic, at cost of $508,000 U.S. Very topmost item mentions " revolution." Includes a blueprint, prob. of bridge