Washington Metro Oral History Project collection, 1975-2002, bulk 1981-2002.

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Washington Metro Oral History Project collection, 1975-2002, bulk 1981-2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213446018

This collection is composed of compact discs and several transcripts of oral histories. Dr. Zachary Schrag conducted these oral histories with people involved in the design, development, and construction of the Metro (subway) system in Washington, D.C. These included local politicians Gilbert Gude and Walter Fauntroy; the first Secretary of Transportation Alan Boyd, engineer Howard Lyon; architect John Inesco Williams; Commission of Fine Arts member John Carl Warnecke; C. Darwin Stolzenbach, Cody Pfanstiehl, and lawyer and transportation activist Peter Craig.

6.75 linear feet.

George Washington University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7008958

George Washington University

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Stolzenbach, C. Darwin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h430ft (person)

C. Darwin Stolzenbach (b. 1914; changed last name to Fairweather in 1989) served 1961-1965 as Administrator of the National Capital Transportation Agency (NCTA), a predecessor of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA); founded Metro 2001 (which carried out WMATA-funded Metro History project), 1979; and established the Institute for the Study of Transportation (IST), 1984. From the description of C. Darwin Stolzenbach papers, 1930-1988 (bulk 1960-1969). (Unknown). ...

Pfanstiehl, Cody, 1916-2007.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t22tk8 (person)

Washington, D.C. public relations executive; director of community services for the National Capital Transportation Agency (NCTA), 1961-1967; director of Community Services Office of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), 1967-1982. WMATA coordinates mass transit projects in metropolitan Washington including bus and subway (Metrorail). From the description of Cody Pfanstiehl papers, 1962-1982 (bulk 1975-1979) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 30265450 ...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), established 1967, superseded the National Capital Transportation Agency (NCTA) and is the private agency charged with the coordination and operation of mass transit (both bus and rail) in the National Capital Region. First ground was broken for Metrorail in 1969 and it started service in 1976. From the description of Metrorail specifications collection, 1962-1980 (bulk 1972-1978). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 30302488 ...

Schrag, Zachary M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq82wn (person)

Zachary Schrag is a history professor at George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia. Dr. Schrag conducted these interviews as research for his PhD. dissertation, eventually published as the book The Great Society Subway : a history of the Washington Metro, published in 2006. From the description of Washington Metro Oral History Project collection, 1975-2002, bulk 1981-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 213446018 ...