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Massachusetts. Cambridge Bridge Commission. Apportionment hearing files, 1909.

Title: Apportionment hearing files, 1909.

The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge. St 1898, c 467, s 10 provided for the Supreme Judicial Court to appoint commissioners to determine proportion of construction costs to be paid by the Boston Elevated Railway Company equally to Boston and Cambridge. Series was created to prepare for and record commission hearings.

ArchivalResource: 0.69 cubic ft. (3 doc. boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122469642 View

Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941. The Washington Street subway [manuscript] : comments on the financial condition of the Boston Elevated Railway Co. / submitted by Louis Dembitz Brandeis on behalf of the Boston Associated Board of Trade to the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs of the Massachusetts Legislature, April 26, 1902.

Title: The Washington Street subway [manuscript] : comments on the financial condition of the Boston Elevated Railway Co. / submitted by Louis Dembitz Brandeis on behalf of the Boston Associated Board of Trade to the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs of the Massachusetts Legislature, April 26, 1902. 1902.

ArchivalResource: [1], 3-16, [2] leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277051797 View

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. General manager's subject files, 1914-1975 (bulk 1960-1972).

Title: General manager's subject files, 1914-1975 (bulk 1960-1972).

To fulfill their responsibilities for providing public bus, trolley, trackless trolley, rapid transit, and (since 1964) commuter rail services to the Boston metropolitan area, the MTA and MBTA have been administered respectively by a board of public trustees and board of directors, both served by a general manager. Series has been created by the general manager's office to facilitate and document fulfillment of its responsibilities, and in its present state reflects activities during a period of significant transit network growth and agency reorganization. Files contain memorandums, correspondence, and reports; also maps, plans, blueprints, and photographs. Broad topics include: accidents (collisions, derailments, and related statistical data); administration (trustees and directors, specific administrative units, legislation, public relations, including press releases, state auditor reports); general manager's correspondence; employees (payroll, rules and regulations, wages); equipment (design, selection, purchase of buses and cars, safety issues); finance (financial statements, advisory board and other budget documents); state issues (civil defense, Metropolitan Area Planning Council); power (contracts, reports, relations with municipal power companies); property (by locality); reports (finance, organization, planning); schedules and routes; stations (organized by MBTA Red, Green, Orange, Blue lines); unions; other (by topic--including bonds, crime, rails, shops, speeches, timetables) The following series have been extracted from these files--Boston Elevated Railway Company: Newsletrter--Coopperation, 1922-1939 ((M-Ar)381X). Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston, Mass.): Memorandums from the general manager to the Board of Trustees, 1962 ((M-Ar)1999). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: Advisory board files, 1953-1971 (bulk 1965-1969) ((M-Ar)2000); Annual report files, 1960-1972 ((M-Ar)2143); Board of Directors minutes, 1964-1972 ((M-Ar)1997); Board of Trustees/Directors agendas, 1952-1970 ((M-Ar)1996); Board of Trustees/Directors meeting notes and directives to the general manager, 1961-1971 ((M-Ar)1998); Newsletter--Commuter, 1965-1972 ((M-Ar)1751X); Special commission files, 1967-1971 ((M-Ar)2054X); Staff meeting minutes, 1965-1972 (bulk 1965-1969) ((M-Ar)2002); Treasurer's statements, 1967-1971 ((M-Ar)2001) Also extracted: Project files, 1960-1972 ((M-Ar)2020)

ArchivalResource: 48.24 cubic ft. (38 record center cartons, 3 doc. boxes, and 2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180702029 View

Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company. Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company collection, 1937.

Title: Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company collection, 1937.

Blueprints and specifications for trolley buses for Boston Elevated Railway Company.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70927339 View

Boston Elevated Railway Company. Arbitration proceedings between the Boston Elevated Railway Company and Division 589 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. Transcript, July 21, 1913 - January 18, 1914.

Title: Arbitration proceedings between the Boston Elevated Railway Company and Division 589 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. Transcript, July 21, 1913 - January 18, 1914.

ArchivalResource: 1 paige box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237323270 View

Public Franchise League records, 1900-1919.

Title: Public Franchise League records

Records of the Public Franchise League, a civic organization of Boston, primarily regarding its position on public utilities and stock ownership laws with regard to Massachusetts railroads and street railways. The records contain financial statements and treasurers' reports, correspondence, clippings, and two scrapbooks, one containing clippings and correspondence concerning a proposed merger between the railroads and the street railroads (1905-1906) and the other regarding the proposed fare increase by the Boston Elevated Railway Company, public ownership of the company, and anti-stock watering laws with regard to new stock by railroads and street railways, including the Bay State Street Railway Company (1916-1919). The records appear to have been collected by Edward A. Filene. Additional correspondents include Louis D. Brandeis.

ArchivalResource: 1 box and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23813716 View

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Agency history record.

Title: Agency history record.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145430008 View

Hinkley Locomotive Works shop drawings, 1866-1883.

Title: Hinkley Locomotive Works shop drawings, 1866-1883.

This collection contains blueprints and schematic shop drawings of locomotive parts manufactured by the Hinkley Locomotive Works.

ArchivalResource: 21 linear ft. (14 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00173/catalog View

Massachusetts. Cambridge Bridge Commission. Computations and estimates relating to apportionment of costs, 1908-1910.

Title: Computations and estimates relating to apportionment of costs, 1908-1910.

The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge. Series was created to prepare for determination of proportion of construction costs to be paid by the Boston Elevated Railway Company to Boston and Cambridge.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 cubic ft. (1 record center carton)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122575267 View

Koetsch, Geoffrey,. Koetsch Collection [graphic] : Boston Elevated R.R. / Geoffrey Koetsch.

Title: Koetsch Collection [graphic] : Boston Elevated R.R. / Geoffrey Koetsch. between 1979 and 1981.

A collection of 28 photographs documenting the Boston Elevated Railroad's Orange Line's depots and tracks in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) Stations photographed include the Forest Hill Station, Dover Station, Dudley Station, Green Street Station, and Northampton Street Station. Buildings and streets in close proximity to the rail lines are also depicted: Eustis Street Burying Ground, Dunn Storage Facility, First Church of God, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, and the rear of the Ferdinand's Blue Store.

ArchivalResource: 28 photographic prints mounted on card : silver gelatin, b&w ; print 27 x 33 cm. or smaller, mount 41 x 52 cm. + artist's statement.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298113244 View

Hinkley Locomotive Works. Hinkley Locomotive Works shop drawings, 1866-1883.

Title: Hinkley Locomotive Works shop drawings, 1866-1883.

The Hinkley Locomotive Works shop drawings include twelve boxes of blueprint schematic drawings of steam engine parts, 1866-1883. The schematic drawings were used by workers when building locomotives for a clients. The schematic drawings depict different parts and components of locomotives including cylinders, brakes, boilers, and furnace room.

ArchivalResource: 21 linear ft. (14 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741763633 View

Massachusetts. Cambridge Bridge Commission. Administrative files, 1898-1916 (bulk 1898-1912).

Title: Administrative files, 1898-1916 (bulk 1898-1912).

The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge. Series was created to carry out this responsibility.

ArchivalResource: 0.34 cubic ft. (2 doc. boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122591106 View

Joseph B. Eastman (AC 1904) Papers, 1837-1960, 1904-1944

Title: Joseph B. Eastman (AC 1904) Papers 1837-1960 1904-1944

Correspondence, diaries, diplomas, newspaper clippings, photographs, speeches, reports, miscellaneous printed matter and memorabilia chiefly documenting Eastman's 25-year career in the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 1919-1944, as well as memorabilia and other materials related to Eastman's personal life.

ArchivalResource: 34 records storage boxes; 62 archives boxes; 2 half archives boxes; 8 oversize boxes, and 2 tape boxes; (84 linear ft.)

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J.P. Morgan & Co. Boston Elevated Ry stock : sale of 7500 shs. : syndicate records, 1904 June 4.

Title: Boston Elevated Ry stock : sale of 7500 shs. : syndicate records, 1904 June 4.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270892823 View

J.P. Morgan & Co. Boston Elevated Railway Company : syndicate records, 1897 Dec. 24.

Title: Boston Elevated Railway Company : syndicate records, 1897 Dec. 24.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270835725 View

Boston Elevated Railway Company. Newsletter--Co-operation, 1922-1939.

Title: Newsletter--Co-operation, 1922-1939.

The Boston Elevated Railway Company operated public transportation on street, elevated, and subway rail lines in Boston and adjoining communities, from 1918 under a board of public trustees. Series with title: Co-operation was created to communicate company news to employees.

ArchivalResource: 0.35 cubic ft. (1 doc. box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122521238 View

Barry, John,. John Barry streetcar and bus memorabilia.

Title: John Barry streetcar and bus memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 4 manuscript boxes ; 15 3/8 x 12 x 3 1/8 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299176348 View

Austin, William Liseter, 1852-1932. Papers, 1855-1932, (bulk 1870-1932).

Title: Papers, 1855-1932, (bulk 1870-1932).

The papers are almost exclusively business records of the Baldwin Locomotive Works retained by Mr. Austin, and they reflect his successive responsibilities with the firm.

ArchivalResource: Mss: 5.9 linear ft.Prints and photographs: 271 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123619 View