Consulting papers, 1955.

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Consulting papers, 1955.

Letters, memos, statistics, and other papers relating to consulting work for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and for the Boston and Maine Railroad. There are letters from Patrick B. McGinnis, president of the New Haven, and papers of Southworth Lancaster relating to the port of Boston.

Less than 1 linear ft. (1 box)

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Lancaster, Southworth, 1893-1966.

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Transportation consultant. A.B. Harvard (1915). With Boston and Albany Railroad (1916-1943). Lecturer on transportation, Harvard Business School (1943-1945); traffic manager, Port of Boston Commission (1945-1954). Consultant, New England Governors' Committee on Public Transportation. From the description of Papers on transportation, 1937-1966 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269582590 ...

McGinnis, Patrick B.

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Boston and Maine Railroad

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Cherington, Charles Richards, 1913-

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Charles R. Cherington (1913-1967): Political scientist, educator, consultant. Educated at Harvard (A.B. 1935, LL. B. 1938, Ph. D. 1944). Taught government at Harvard (1945-1966). Consultant to transportation companies on the effects of government regulation. From the description of Consulting papers, 1955. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269582512 Cherington taught government at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles R. Cherington, 1940...

New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...