Call Number:

C0364

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 3 boxes
• 1.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); F. W. Doolittle Railroad Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1910-1933 (inclusive)

Creator:

Doolittle, F. W. (Frederick William), 1883-1950

Form:

Reports.

Abstract:

Consists of miscellaneous railroad material collected by railroad consultant F. W. Doolittle (Princeton Class of 1905), including reports on electrification, cost analyses, and operating expenses.

Frederick William Doolittle (Princeton Class of 1905) was a consultant on the cost of railway operation for the Wisconsin Railroad Commission, an executive with the North American Company, a public utilities company, a director of the American Electric Railway, and an independent consultant.

The collection consists of miscellaneous railroad material collected by Doolittle (Princeton Class of 1905), including reports on electrification, cost analyses, and operating expenses. The reports reflect those periods in Doolittle's career when he was a consultant on the cost of railway operation for the Wisconsin Railroad Commission, an executive with the North American Company, a public utilities company, a director of the American Electric Railway, and an independent consultant.

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.