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John MacKay Shaw Papers

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The collection includes a biography (volume one of two, carbon-copy), "Mitten: The Story of a Life," written by John M. Shaw; Correspondence, 1919-1926 (copies and originals) between Thomas E. Mitten, his son Arthur A. Mitten, John M. Shaw, and Harvard University President Charles William Eliot, relating to Eliot's interest in the "Mitten Plan" for industrial cooperation; Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's advertising campaign, 1928-1929, regarding the capacity of the local press to report on transit matters, with particular attention to the Broad Street Subway; "Service Talks," 1920-1929, a house organ for the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, and "Service Talks," later replaced by "Tulley Talks," 1923-1929, a similar publication for the Mitten-controlled International Railway Company in Buffalo, New York.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in February 2014 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.

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Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
February 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The John MacKay Shaw Papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Temple University holds literary rights only for material created by university employees and to material given to the university with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Biography - "Mitten: The Story of A Life", undated.
Box 1
Correspondence - Thomas E. Mitten, A.A. Mitten, John M. Shaw, and Charles W. Eliot, 1919-1926.
Box 1
News Clippings and Printed Material - Reporting of the Broad Street Subway in the Press, 1928-1929.
Box 1
Newsletters: "Service Talks/Tulley Talks" (Buffalo, NY), February 1923 - January 1929.
Box 2
Newsletters: "Service Talks" (Philadelphia), April 1920-December 1925.
Box 2
Newsletters: "Service Talks" (Philadelphia), January 1926-December 1927.
Box 2
Newsletters: "Service Talks" (Philadelphia), January 1928-December 1928.
Box 2
Newsletters: "Service Talks" (Philadelphia), January 1928-December 1929.
Box 2

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