Finding Aid for Sidney D. Waldon papers, 1909-1945
02702

Summary Information

Repository
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Creator
Waldon, Sidney Dunn,1873-1945.
Title
Sidney D. Waldon papers
ID
02702
Date
1909-1945
Extent
4.5 linear ft.
General Physical Description note
(5 boxes)
Language
English
Abstract
Collection contains material concerning street and road widening, parkways, and rapid transit; records of Fisherton Farm (1909-1914).

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Biographical/Historical note

Involved in municipal mass transit in Detroit (1918-1934).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Feb. 9, 2010

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

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Sidney D. Waldon papers, 1909-1945 (OCLC record)

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/505453944]

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Fisherton Farm

Family Name(s)

  • Waldon, Sidney Dunn, -- 1873-1945 -- Archives.

Genre(s)

  • Correspondence -- aat

Subject(s)

  • Transportation -- Michigan.

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Other Finding Aids note

Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 

Aviation Feld 

Central Good Roads Finance Comm. Correspondence 

-- Allen - Graham Comp. 

Central Good Roads Comm. - Corresp 1903-1911 

County Road Maps - A - B 

County Road Maps - C - D 

County Road Maps - E - I 

County Road Maps - J - L 

County Road Maps - M - O 

County Road Maps - P - Z 

County Road Naps - Special 

D. S. R. - 1933 Accidents 

D. S. R. - 1934 Ford Busses 

D. S. R. - 1934 Income Sharing Plan 

D. S. R. - 1934 Jefferson Ave. - Express Service 

D. S. R. - 1934 Public Relations, Director of 

D. S. R. - 1938 Fred A. Nolan, Gen. Mgr., Bet., Rich. 

D. S. R. - 1939 C. S. Richmond, Dept. of Transp. 

D. S. R. - 1939 Miscellany 

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BOX 2 

D. U. R. 

D. U. R 

Fisherton Farms - Inventory - Finance 

-- Milk Records 

-- 

-- 

-- Records - Misc. 

-- Stock & Crops 

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BOX 3 

Huron-Clinton. Wayne County. Auditors, Det. Mich., 1841-2-3. 

Huron-Clinton. Oscar A. Kaufman. 1941-2-3. 

Huron-Clinton. John H. Nunneley, Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1941-2-3. 

Huron-Clinton. Arthur C. Scheifle, 1942-43. 

Port of Detroit Commssion, 1941 

H-C Pkway.: Notice of Meetings, 1941. 

H-C Pkway.: Notice of Meetings - Huron-Clinton-Metropolitan Authority 

H-C Pkway.: Minutes - Board of Trustees. Huron-Clinton Park & Parkway Assoc., 1941. 

H-C Pkway.: David Levinson, Birmingham, Mich., 1941 

W.W.A. - Police Dept., Inspector Jackson 

D-H-C-P & P.A.: Henry S. Curtis, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1941-42 

D-H-C-P & P.A.: H.B. Earhart, 1941-42 

D-H-C-P & P.A.: Long Island State Park Comm., Babylon, L. T., N.Y., 1942-42. 

H-C Pkway. Oakland County Road Comm, Pontiac, Mich., 1941. 

D-H-C-P & P.A.: Oakland County Committee, 1941-42. 

D-H-C-P & P.A.: Pennsylvania Turnpike, 1941-42. 

D-H-C-P & P.A.: Leroy C. Smith, Wayne Co., Road Comm., Detroit, Mich., 1942 

Increasing the Capacity of American Highways 

Livernois Widening 

Michigan Avenue Widening - 1930 

Michigan Highway Dept. 

Mill Tax for County Roads 1931 

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BOX 4 

Miscellany 

Miscellany 

Personal Accounts 

Personal Accounts - Engineering Expenses 

Port Development Comm. Wayne Co . , Mich. Rapid Transit 

Rapid Transit 

Rapid Transit 

State maps of truck lines. 

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BOX 5 

Wider Woodward Avenue 

W.W.A. Mr. Judson Bradway 

W.W.A.A. Charles W. Burridge - Pontiac 

W.W.A. Mr. Chas. M. Burton 

W.W.A. R. W. Donahue - Ferndale, Mich. 

W.W.A.A. Mr. Walter Gehrke 

W.W.A. Mr. J. S. Hassbergr 

W.W.A. J.S. Hassberger 

W.W.A. - 39 A -- , Birmingham, Mich. 

W.W.A. - 39 A George S. Kimball Sr., Pontiac, Mich. 

W.W.A. John A. Lynch 

W.W.A.A. 39 A James H. Lynch, Pontiac, Mich. 

W.W.A. John M. McKerchy 

W.W.A.A. Fred E. Gordon, Ferndale, Mich. 

W.W.A.A. Joseph A. Martin, Commr. Det. D.P.W. 

W.W.A. - 39 A Geo. Miller, Det. News, Det. Mich. 

W.W.A. Wm. E. Metzger 

W.W.A. L. V. Belknap - Oakland Co. Road Co. Pontiac 

W.W.A. Oakland Co. Commr's. John A. Adams 

W.W.A.A. Oakland Co. Commr's. N.W. Strait, Office Eng. 

-- G. Ross Thompson, Pontiac, Mich. 

W.W.A. Frank F. Rogers - State Hwy. Comm'r. 

W.W.A. Frederick B. Smith, Detroit, Mich. 

W.W.A. T. Glenn Phillips 

W.W.A. W.E. Scripps - Det. News 

W.W.A.A. John C. Spaulding - Counsel 

W.W.A. A. B. Struthers, Pleasant Ridge General Meetings, etc., (corres). 

W.W.A. Motor News Articles 

1932 Woodward Ave. Widening, Adams Ave. to Boulevard. 

1933 -- 

1933 Woodward Ave Superhighway 

Woodward Ave. Improvement Ass'n. 

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