MSS #015, page 1 Transportation Timetables, 1880-2007 MSS: # 016 Processed by: Jason Freitas, December 2014 Volume: 10 boxes Abstract: Timetables for railroads, bus companies, airlines, steamship, and boat transportation companies comprise this collection. The collection was accumulated over the course of about fifty years by various individuals. Though the bulk of items date from the 1940’s to the 1960’s, earlier and later periods are also well- represented. The majority of the collection consists of both employee and public timetables from railroads of New England, with other items coming from New York and Canadian railroads, a wide variety of smaller New England railroads, bus and steamship companies, and railway companies that preceded the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Collection Creator: Beverly Historical Society, Walker Transportation Collection Provenance: This collection has been amassed through various donors since 1969. Conservation/Processor's Note: The majority of items consist of saddle-stitched booklets and folded pamphlets. Modern items are more likely to be plastic-coated or synthetic paper and in good condition. Items older than the 1960’s are generally more fragile and should be handled with care. Four different box shapes are used to accommodate the variety of shapes and sizes: standard letter-size boxes for booklets and fragile pamphlets, flip-top pamphlet boxes for sturdier pamphlets, flip-top photo boxes for pocket pamphlets under seven inches, and custom-size boxes for unique items. “Folders” in the pamphlet and photo boxes are not actually folders, but dividers that sit in front of the items they describe. Copyright: Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Collections in the Cabot House of the Beverly Historical Society & Museum. Preferred Citation: [Title of Document], Transportation Timetables, Beverly Historical Society and Museum, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 01915. © 2014, Beverly Historical Society Page 1 117 Cabot St., Beverly, MA 01915 MSS #015, page 2 Biographical or Historical Note: TBD Scope and Content Note: The collection includes both employee and public timetables for various forms of transportation, most notably for major railroad companies of New England. Timetable books used by railroad employees are mainly booklets that span the late 1800’s through the mid-twentieth century. Public timetables for railroads, railway companies, bus and coach services, airlines, and steamboat, boat and ferry services come in various-sized pamphlets and span the entire twentieth century. Also included are a few miscellaneous items of interest, such as train tickets and system maps for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Related Materials: None. Series List: The collection is arranged into ten series: Series I: Nation-wide transportation companies of the United States, 1940-1995 Series II: Transportation companies of Connecticut, 1903-2000 Series III: Transportation companies of Maine, 1897-1980 Series IV: Transportation companies of Massachusetts, ca. 1880-2007 Series V: Transportation companies of New Hampshire, 1937-1987 Series VI: Transportation companies of New York, 1937-1988 Series VII: Transportation companies of Rhode Island, 1953-1969 Series VIII: Transportation companies of Vermont, 1900-1995 Series IX: Transportation companies of Canada, 1957-1998 Series X: Other companies, 1900-n.d. © 2014, Beverly Historical Society Page 2 117 Cabot St., Beverly, MA 01915 MSS #015, page 3 Container List: Series I: Nation-wide transportation companies of the United States, 1940-1995 Series/Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically by form of transportation, company name, and date range. Similar items may be spread across multiple folders for reasons of size and condition. In cases where a single item covers multiple forms of transportation, it is filed with the apparently predominant form. Smaller transportation companies and companies for which there are few items are combined into one folder per form of transportation. Folders with items from multiple companies follow those that represent individual companies. Items within each folder are arranged by company name and date wherever possible. Location Box Folder Content Date Airlines. Airline timetables for American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, 1 1 1959-1987 Eastern Air Lines, TWA, U.S. Air (pamphlets, 8¼-9 in., one 5½-in. card) Buses. Brochure for Continental Trailways; bus timetables for The Gray 1940-1986 1 2 Line, Greyhound Lines (pamphlets, 8½-9 in.) (some n.d.) Railroads. Amtrak train timetables (cards, 3½-6½ in.); service change 3 1 1977-1995 and other miscellaneous notices (pamphlets, various sizes) Railroads. Amtrak employee timetable no. 2 (Northeast Corridor, as 8 n/a 1984 part of National Railroad Passenger Corp., looseleaf binder, 9 in.) Railroads. Amtrak employee timetable no. 3 (Northeast Corridor, 3 2 1985 unbound pages, unorganized group no. 1) Railroads. Amtrak employee timetable no. 3 (Northeast Corridor, 3 3 1985 unbound pages, unorganized group no. 2) Railroads. Amtrak employee timetable no. 3 (Northeast Corridor, 3 4 1985 unbound pages, unorganized group no. 3) Railroads. Amtrak employee timetable no. 3 (Northeast Corridor, 3 5 1985 unbound pages, unorganized group no. 4) Series II: Transportation companies of Connecticut, 1903-2000 Series/Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically by form of transportation, company name, and date range. Similar items may be spread across multiple folders for reasons of size and condition. In cases where a single item covers multiple forms of transportation, it is filed with the apparently predominant form. Smaller transportation companies and companies for which there are few items are combined into one folder per form of transportation. Folders with items from multiple companies follow those that represent individual companies. Items within each folder are arranged by company name and date wherever possible. © 2014, Beverly Historical Society Page 3 117 Cabot St., Beverly, MA 01915 MSS #015, page 4 Location Box Folder Content Date Boats and ships. Advertisement for Merchants and Miners Line; timetables for 1928- 3 6 New England Steamship Company (Providence Line), Orient Point-New n.d. London Ferry Service (various forms) 3 7 Buses. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad bus timetable 1933 Buses. Regional bus timetables for The Connecticut Company, H. & W. Transit 1962- 3 8 Company (various forms) 1965 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad timetables 3 9 1903 (pamphlet, 8 in.) Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad timetables 1915- 1 3 (pamphlets, 9 in.) 1968 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad miscellaneous 1925- 3 10 items: brochure on the total eclipse of the sun, railroad pocket map and 1964 timetable, World's Fair map Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad timetables (various 1925- 5 1 routes, pamphlets, 4¼-4½ in.) 1969 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad employee timetable 3 11 1927 no. 5 (saddle-stitched booklet, 9 in.) Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad employee timetable 1930- 3 12 nos. 111, 128, 132 (saddle-stitched booklets, 10½ in.); supplement no. 1 to 1937 employee timetable no. 132; includes form for acknowledging receipt Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad employee timetable 1938- 3 13 nos. 136, 138 (saddle-stitched booklets, 10½ in.) 1939 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad timetables (Shore 1939- 5 2 Line, pamphlets, 4-6¼ in.) 1946 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad employee timetable 1940- 3 14 nos. 144, 149 (saddle-stitched booklets, 10½ in.) 1942 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad employee timetable 1947- 3 15 nos. 162, 175 (saddle-stitched booklets, 10½ in.); supplement no. 1 to 1952 employee timetable no. 175 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad timetables (various 1958- 5 3 routes, pamphlets, 5½ in.) 1965 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad employee timetable 1963, 3 16 nos. 17, 22 (saddle-stitched booklets, 10½ in.); supplement no. 1 to employee 1966 timetable no. 17 Railroads. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad employee timetable 1966- 3 17 nos. 23, 24 (saddle-stitched booklets, 10½ in.); supplement no. 2 to employee 1967 timetable no. 24 (seven copies) 1 4 Railroads. Shore Line East railroad timetable (pamphlet, 9 in.) 2000 © 2014, Beverly Historical Society Page 4 117 Cabot St., Beverly, MA 01915 MSS #015, page 5 Railroads. Valley Railroad employee timetable nos. 16, 17, 19 (Connecticut 1985- 3 18 Valley Line, booklets); includes “Final Schedule for New Hampshire Railroad 1988 Days” Series III: Transportation companies of Maine, 1897-1980 Series/Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically by form of transportation, company name, and date range. Similar items may be spread across multiple folders for reasons of size and condition. In cases where a single item covers multiple forms of transportation, it is filed with the apparently predominant form. Smaller transportation companies and companies for which there are few items are combined into one folder per form of transportation. Folders with items from multiple companies follow those that represent individual companies. Items within each folder are arranged by company name and date wherever possible. Location Box Folder Content Date Boats. Ferry timetables for Casco Bay Lines, Maine State Ferry Service, 3 22 1949-1965 Monhegan-Thomaston