Greyhound Corporation records, 1925-1971.

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Greyhound Corporation records, 1925-1971.

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Correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, press releases, financial and legal materials, and other administrative records of the Greyhound Corporation, a nationwide bus service that was headquartered in Chicago from 1930 until 1971. Also present are publicity materials, including publications of the Greyhound Corporation, newspaper clippings, and advertising manuals. The majority of public relations materials pertain to Lady Greyhound, the animal mascot of the Greyhound Corporation. Includes itineraries, travel brochures, and other records of bus service. Also present are nine scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and photographs, chiefly documenting public appearances made by Lady Greyhound. Includes five phonograph records (in box 10, folder 3) about National Dog Week, 1967, including an interview of Lady Greyhound.

13 linear ft. (16 boxes)5 sound discs : analog, 45 rpm. (Originals).

Chicago History Museum

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Caesar, Orville.

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Greyhound Corporation was first organized as Motor Transit Corporation in 1926, and was restructured as Greyhound Corporation in 1930. Its buses provided modestly priced public transportation with service to communities without air or train service. From the description of Greyhound celebrates Black history month posters, 1999-2005. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 261223030 Organized as Motor Transit Corporation in 1926; restructured as Greyhou...

Wickman, Carl Eric.

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