William D. Woodburn papers

Biographical sketch: William D Woodburn was on born November 27, 1940 at Pratt, Kansas. He grew-up in Linn County Kansas and graduated from the University of Kansas, William Allen White School of Journalism in 1963. He worked for the Kansas City STAR-TIMES after graduation.

In 1965, he was hired by the Santa Fe Railway and held various positions in their advertising department at Topeka, Los Angeles, including General Manager-Advertising at Chicago. Woodburn retired in 1988 as President of Santa Fe’s in-house advertising agency.

Scope and content: This collection contains documenting activities in the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's Advertising Department. Included in the collection is a transcript of an interview conducted by George Lazarus with Fred Tipple (September 15, 1964); original chico ad (1946) Santa Fe television activity; speeches given by Chuck Jones and William D. Woodburn; 20 Short Stories of Santa Fe Freight Service; article announcing Carl Birchfield becomes guiding head of the advertising department; Reprint from Printed Ink - A study in consistent railroad advertising by Edward Hungerford (March, 1923); William Haskell Simpson's death notice; Santa Fe Advertising; The story behind Santa Fe trademarks; A salute to Fred Tipple (November 22, 1978); Announcing change in the staff, Fred A. Tipple retirement and William D. Woodburn appointed President of Advertising Direction, Inc., an affiliate of Santa Fe Company (December 1, 1978); and memorandums and correspondence.

Contents: Accretion 2025-091 contains a Santa Fe Time Table schedule from fall 1964/Winter Issue. In addition to several duplicate Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Company photos that already exist in other collections and/or available to see on Kansas Memory. There are Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Company photos that are unique to this collection. Unique photographs were given individual Unit IDs; listed below:
Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois UID: 531611
The Santa Fe Railway station at Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1896 UID: 531612 (See duplicate UID: 51150)
Santa Fe Building in Wichita, Kansas UID: 531613
A.T. & S.F. station, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 1908. UID: 531614
Exterior of Lawrence, Kansas station. UID: 531615
Santa Fe's old freight building in Kansas City, Mo. UID: 531616
The east wing of the La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona UID: 531617
Fred Harvey lunchroom, Deming, New Mexico UID: 531618
Alvarado Hotel at Albuquerque UID: 531619
Exterior of Lawrence, Kansas station with track in foreground. UID: 531620
Fred Harvey's Indian Building UID: 531621
Santa Fe's Albuquerque station photograph UID: 531622
Old Harvey House at Needles UID: 531623
Interior of Lawrence, Kansas passenger station UID: 531625
Emporia, Kansas, remodeled waiting room photograph UID: 531626
Capitol Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico UID: 531627 (See duplicate UID: 60208)
Gainesville passenger station photograph UID: 531628
The Diamond Springs depot photograph UID: 531629
Santa fe depot at Perris, California photograph UID: 531630
Bisonte Hotel and Station at Hutchinson, Kansas photograph UID: 531631
Interior old Hill Street Ticket Office, Los Angeles, California photograph UID: 531632
Santa Fe's expanded piggyback facility, Lubbock, Texas photograph UID: 531633
Santa Fe Railway piggyback yard in Chicago UID: 531634
Santa Fe Railway six-pack cars for handling trailers photograph UID: 531636
Six-pack cars for trailers photograph UID: 531637

These photographs are housed in the document case with the rest of the collection materials at: 091-02-03-02. Folder titled "New to ATSF collection"

Associated materials: 21 photographs and 16 negatives of the advertising department staff (some of the photographs are published in Santa Fe Advertising) He.10 ATSF.EMP Off.1950c *1-26. One photograph showing William D. Woodburn on a locomotive (He.10 ATSF.EMP Off.1977 *1). Several are on Kansas Memory He.10 ATSF.EMP OFF.1950c *8 (unit 312535); He.10 ATSF.EMP OFF.1950c *10 (unit 312536); He.10 ATSF.EMP OFF.1950c *12-13 (unit 312540); He.10 ATSF.EMP OFF.1950c *11 (unit 312539); He.10 ATSF.EMP OFF.1950c *19 (unit 312541)