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John MacKay Shaw Papers
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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]
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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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- Cooperative societies -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
- Cooperative societies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Working class -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Labor movement -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Labor -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Management -- Employee participation -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
- Management -- Employee participation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Local transit -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
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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
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Collection is open for research.
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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.