Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro History Project collection, 1930-1984 (bulk 1954-1975)

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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro History Project collection, 1930-1984 (bulk 1954-1975)

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Artificial collection created by C. Darwin Stolzenbach; consists of: correspondence, clippings, speeches, transcripts and audiocassettes of oral histories, maps, Congressional hearings, chapter drafts, indexes and abstracts of WMATA historical documents, bound volumes. Used to write a (never-finished) history of Metro. Photograph list files describe photographs still at WMATA.

8.5 linear feet.

George Washington University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284487

George Washington University

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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Metro History Project.

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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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), established 1967, superseded the National Capital Transportation Agency (NCTA) and is the private agency charged with the coordination and operation of mass transit (both bus and rail) in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 ...

Stolzenbach, C. Darwin

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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). ...

Durham, Elizabeth Ashley

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Metro 2001 (Washington, D.C.)

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