Transportation

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Gladys Metcalf, a graduate of Colorado Women's College, describes her involvement with the creation of "Early Aurora," a book about Aurora, Colorado. Metcalf explores the growth and history of Aurora, including economic and architectural history, and the role of transportation in the growth of Aurora.

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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.

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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 Iona Wakefield, a graduate of CU Boulder, reflects on the changes in Denver neighborhoods including Capitol Hill and her childhood in East Denver. Wakefield describes rides in trolley cars, her family's first car, learning to drive, and transportation in the city. Describes her memories of the end of World War I and the newspaper she kept from that day. Wakefield discusses fashion trends in the 1920s, prohibition, her social life during the roaring twenties, and her experiences during the...

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Owen Trout, Jr. recounts details about the University Park area of Denver, Colorado, including the local schools, the influence of the University of Denver on the neighborhood, and how the construction of I-25 (Denver's North-South Interstate Highway) affected the neighborhood. Trout also discusses the prospect of the construction of a light rail line as a means of providing alternate transportation from the neighborhood to other parts of Denver, Colorado.

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Apr. 16, 1963. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including his opposition to the proposed powers of the Housing and Home Finance Administration under the proposed Urban Mass Transportation Act.

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Series 10 of 11 Includes foreign relations trip materials, newsletters, radio scripts, press releases, weekly reports, and audio and video tapes.

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,...

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This file contains photographs of the Central City Submarine that was located at the bottom of Lake Missouri until 1944. The submarine was built by Rufus Owens and had it's maiden voyage in 1898 until WWII peaked interest in submarines and a local enterpreneure decided to raise it. Currently, the submarine is on display in the Central City Museum.