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Traveling the Rails in Grand Style: photographs and supplemental materials of the Fred Harvey Hotels, 1896-1945:
Fred Harvey (1835-1901) began a partnership with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1878. In 1889, the Railway gave Harvey exclusive rights to manage and operate his eating houses, lunch stands, and hotel facilities upon the Santa Fe's railroads west of the Missouri River. The Harvey Houses took pride in their first class food, service, and cleanliness. There are approximately 2,000 photographs depicting exterior and interior views of hotels, eating houses, railroad stations and news stands operated by Fred Harvey. States represented are Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Other photographs document the Indian exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, 1915, and the Panama-California Exposition, 1915- 1916. A scrapbook depicts Mexican scenes and individuals, as well as Southwestern Indians. There are also two guest register books for Hermit's Rest, Phantom Ranch, and Hermit Creek Camp at the Grand Canyon, 1922 to 1930. A ledger book records certain GrandCanyon operations, 1906 to 1933. Blueprint plans for news stands are also included. Correspondence found in the collections consists mostly of letters of commendation for services rendered to patrons. Many are written on menu cards or hotel stationery.