Transportation

Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI) at the University of Denver. ITI was founded as the Center for Transportation Studies and later shortened to the Transportation Institute (DTI). Collection includes oral histories, conference notes, and records of the ITI.

Abstract

The United States Interstate Commerce Commission was established as an independent agency to regulate carriers engaged in transportation in interstate commerce and in foreign commerce within the United States. The collection consists of general press releases, railroad accident reports, safety materials, legislative acts, and press clippings.

Abstract Stanton P. Sender (1932-1995) served as Assistant Attorney General in Washington State from 1956-1961; as a trial attorney for the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission from 1961-1963; and as transportation counsel for the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee from 1963-1969. In 1969 he became Assistant General Counsel for Transportation and Telecommunications at Sears, Roebuck and Co. where he lobbied Congress on transportation issues. In 1989 he joined the Washington, D.C. law firm of Moran,...

Abstract

The United States Railroad Administration was an independent federal agency, established by presidential proclamation on December 26, 1917. The materials in the collection are the records of the United States Railroad Administration, and include: circulars, orders, bulletins, dockets, rate advice correspondence, questionnaires, statistics, contracts between the government and the railroads, as well as letters, telegrams, and cases.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes books about the American Civil War.