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.
From: From: Celine.Fitzmaurice@rawtelevision.co.uk
ReplyDeleteThanks 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
There are some first person accounts of the construction of the first transcontinental railroad included at,
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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.
From: Celine.Fitzmaurice@rawtelevision.co.uk
ReplyDeleteThanks very much. These are incredibly helpful. ...
—Celine Fitzmaurice
Where can I find Chinese workers quotes?
ReplyDeleteYou can't find Chinese worker quotes. There are no Chinese laborer first person accounts of building the Central Pacific Railroad.
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