This collection contains minutes from the September 8, 1906 organizational meeting to September, 1908. The original is located at Tulane University Manuscripts Department.

No donor card.

Foster's memoirs were dedicated to his son, Clark Harold Foster, in 1900. There were 79 typed pages.

Mrs. Arthur V.D. Clarkson loaned the memoirs to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for microfilming. The USL copy was made by Dennis Gibson for the Microfilm Division, University Libraries, 1970s.

Letter explaining intent to purchase right-of-way through Teche Valley for railroad from Palmetto, LA to Vermilion Bay. The route went through Port Barre, Leonville, Arnaudville, Breaux Bridge, St. Martinsville [sic], and New Iberia. Officers and directors listed as James A. Lee, President; E. C. Roger, Vice-President; Andrew Thorpe, Secretary-Treasurer; Paul DeClouet; T. J. Labbe; W. B. Davis; Alexis Voorhies; and V. P. Guilfoux. The letter is from New Iberia, LA, dated 23 August 1897.

Miscellaneous material Southern Pacific Passenger Train Schedules, Sunset Route, October 20, 1970. Amtrak’s Sunset Limited, Effective October 25, 1992 thru April 3, 1993. Safety First, System Timetable No. 5, Effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday, August 11, 1974. (Booklet). Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.; Texas and Pacific Railway Co.; Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co.; Missouri-Illinois Railroad Co., and affiliated Companies.

This collection consists of Thibodeaux’s writings, as well as some maps and recordings.

Photographs taken by Howard C. Tibbits for the Southern Pacific. Each is stamped "Southern Pacific Photo. File Copy.”