I'm surprised you found anyone at Palo Alto Bicycle Shop
who knew what you were talking about.

My last trip to Palo Alto to buy a Woodrup, I stopped into
the shop while i wated for traffic to clear in the homeward
direction.

There was a kid who knew about the catalogs.

Steel is kinda an exotic frame material for the current
crop of employees.

http://www.paloaltobicycles.com/abou...ived-catalogs/

is a link to the catalog "archives", which has only cover photos
for various years. It appears, at least, that they have these catalogs.
Just no one to scan and put them up on the interwebz.

Here is 1976 catalog online.