Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: Metro History Project Collection
Collection Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, transcripts of speeches and Congressional hearings, bound volumes, cassette tapes, and maps that document the history of the development of rapid transit facilities for the Washington metropolitan area. The records date from 1930 to 1984.
Because the numbering system assigned to the items does not reflect chronological or alphabetical order, the Project's indexes should be consulted first. These include a document index, a photograph index, an index of proposed chapters to never-completed book, and a Global Index. The oral history transcripts are often incomplete or paraphrased, so they should only be used for overview purposes. The tapes contain the complete original interviews.
Dates
- 1930-1984
Creator
- Metro 2001, Inc (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Some records may be restricted.
Restrictions on Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Historical or Biographical Note
The Metro History Project was a project of Metro 2001, Inc., an organization founded in 1979 to produce a book-length history of the Metro for the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority. Using documents obtained from local archives and private collections, Metro 2001, Inc. produced several short works entitled "Metro History Monographs." Although many of these documents were cataloged and entered into a database to be indexed, the book was never completed and the project was abandoned. The materials were donated to The George Washington University in 1985. Related material can be found in the papers of C. Darwin Stolzenbach.
Extent
8.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains correspondence, clippings, transcripts of speeches and Congressional hearings, bound volumes, cassette tapes, and maps that document the history of the development of rapid transit facilities for the Washington metropolitan area. The records date from 1930 to 1984.
Collection Organization
Organized into five series: Historical documents, Photograph file lists, Publications, Oral histories, and Oversized documents.
- Speeches Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Subways Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transportation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transportation maps Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States. Congress Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Washington (D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Washington (D.C.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Washington Metropolitan Area Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- Title
- Guide to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: Metro History Project Collection, 1930-1984
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
