Peter Witt Papers 1888-1948

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Peter Witt Papers 1888-1948

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Peter Witt (1869-1948) was the Cleveland, Ohio traction commissioner (1912-1915) under Mayor Newton D. Baker and city councilman (1924-1927) who served as a transit consultant for several major United States cities. He was a close friend and ally of Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, campaign literature, interview notes made by Louis Plost, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings, relating chiefly to Witt's political activities and especially to his association with Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland. Some of the papers relate to Witt's work as a transit consultant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Newark, New Jersey, in the 1920s. Correspondents include Eugene V. Debs, Elizabeth J. Hauser, Tom L. Johnson, P.J. Mitten, and Brand Whitlock.

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Witt, Peter

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click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Peter Witt Peter Witt (1869-1948) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 24, 1869 to Christopher Witt and Anna Probeck Witt. He received only five years of formal schooling. He began working as a printer's devil in 1882, and then he entered the metal trades as a moulder, became involved in union activities, and after a strike, was blacklisted in his trade. He soon became interested in politics ...