Thursday, November 10, 2011

Transcontinental Railroad enquiry

From: Celine.Fitzmaurice@rawtelevision.co.uk

I am researching a series on the American frontier and want to include the story of the [Union Pacific] railroad. I am looking for personal accounts of the work involved by the navvies involved but I am not sure where you would recommend that I look. I know many Chinese Americans worked on this line but I am not sure if their personal experiences are recorded anywhere.

Would you be able to point me in the right direction – to either books or archives where these personal accounts are available?

—Celine Fitzmaurice, PhD, Development Producer
Raw TV Ltd, 3rd Floor, 13 – 21 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3LT.

5 Comments:

Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

From: From: Celine.Fitzmaurice@rawtelevision.co.uk

Thanks for all your help and I'm certain those links will be very helpful. I was in particular looking for personal accounts in the building of the line especially accounts of labourers. Are you aware if there are any? ...

—Celine Fitzmaurice

11/11/2011 6:35 PM  
Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

There are some first person accounts of the construction of the first transcontinental railroad included at,

Alexander Toponce

Henry Root

Lewis Metzler Clement

Huntington Papers

Biographic documentation courtesy of Lynn Farrar

Stephen Allen Curry

James Abram Kleiser

Beyond the Mississippi

Best of Barkers

Carson Daily Appeal

The Last Tie by Dr. J. D. B. Stillman

Senate inquiry into Chinese Immigration

CPRR volume of the Report of the United States Pacific Railroad Commission

Report of the United States Pacific Railroad Commission

How We Built the Union Pacific by Grenville M. Dodge

There are no Chinese laborer first person accounts of building the Central Pacific Railroad.

11/11/2011 6:49 PM  
Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

From: Celine.Fitzmaurice@rawtelevision.co.uk

Thanks very much. These are incredibly helpful. ...

—Celine Fitzmaurice

11/11/2011 6:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where can I find Chinese workers quotes?

2/01/2014 6:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can't find Chinese worker quotes. There are no Chinese laborer first person accounts of building the Central Pacific Railroad.

2/01/2014 6:43 PM  

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