Henry K. Norton papers 1947-1955

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Henry K. Norton papers 1947-1955

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2263

Henry Kittredge Norton (1884-1965) was an American educator, journalist, author, and businessman. He was an advocate of aerial transit as a method of urban mass transportation. His positions included trustee and president of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad, director of Walter Kidde & Co., and member of the New York City Transit Authority. Collection consists of correspondence, reports, designs and plans, and scrapbooks of photographs documenting Norton's efforts toward the adoption of monorails for San Francisco and New York City. Papers include correspondence, 1947-1954; published and unpublished reports, 1948-1955, relating mostly to mass transportation in the San Francisco Bay area; and designs, blueprints and drawings of monorails, as well as related patents. Also, photographs in various formats and scrapbooks of photographs of New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad facilities and operations.

3 linear feet (4 boxes, 3 v.)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312443

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York City Transit Authority

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New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railroad

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Walter Kidde and Company

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Norton, Henry Kittredge, 1884-

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Henry Kittredge Norton (1884-1965) was an American educator, journalist, author, and businessman. He was an advocate of aerial transit as a method of urban mass transportation. His positions included trustee and president of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad, director of Walter Kidde & Co., and member of the New York City Transit Authority. From the guide to the Henry K. Norton papers, 1947-1955, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...