Donald J. Mueller papers, [circa 1900]-1994, bulk 1966-1994.

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Donald J. Mueller papers, [circa 1900]-1994, bulk 1966-1994.

Papers of Donald Mueller, former faculty member of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, consisting of his avocational research into the history of urban public mass transit, George Francis Train, and the street railway industry in Milwaukee. Contents include photographs (largely in slide format), correspondence, research files, manuscripts, and ephemera and collectibles. While a few collected items and photographs date from the turn or middle of the twentieth century, the collection was collated and created by Mueller in the 1980s and early 1990s when he was most active in his public transit collecting and research.

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Mueller, Donald J., 1934-1994.

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Train, George Francis, 1829-1904

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American entrepreneurial businessman, independent presidential candidate, and noted eccentric. From the description of George Francis Train letter to C.L. Greave[?] [manuscript], 1901[?] October 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 781412191 Born in Boston was a merchant, promoter, author, and eccentric. Ran for president in 1869, traveled around the world in eighty days in 1870 and was jailed on obscenity while defending Victoria Woodhull. From the ...