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RG 057, Governor's Metropolitan Traffic Committee
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2007 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Connecticut. Governor's Metropolitan Traffic Committee |
| Title: | Governor's Metropolitan Traffic Committee records |
| Dates: | 1953-1955 |
| Quantity: | 1 cubic foot |
| Abstract: | This Committee was appointed by Governor John Davis Lodge to study traffic problems affecting the Hartford area. The Committee held meetings and conferences with town, business and railroad officials, and technical experts. |
| Identification: | RG057 |
| Accession: | T002717 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
This seven-member Committee was appointed by Governor John Davis Lodge on February 3, 1954, to study traffic problems affecting the Hartford area and recommend "the solution". Judge William Maltbie was chairman and Norman Hebden, highway engineer from Connecticut Public Expenditure Council, and William Dower, of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, were the principal staff. The Committee held meetings and conferences with town, business and railroad officials, and technical experts. Its report [call number H53g] was submitted to Governor Ribicoff in 1955.
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Scope and Content
The records include meeting minutes, correspondence, background materials, newspaper clippings, and drafts of the committee’s final report.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Related Material
Researchers should consult the clipping files in the Newspaper Room under the topic, "Roads."
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Administrative Information
Provenance
These records came to the State Library from the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce on November 6, 1956.
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Container List
| Records, 1953-1955 | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 1. Minutes, 1954-1955 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Two sets: signed official minutes and the stenographer's verbatim transcripts. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| 2. Draft material for final report, 1955 | |||||||||||
| 3. Correspondence, 1954-1955 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Includes also drafts, working papers, etc. | |||||||||||
| Unarranged. | |||||||||||
| 4. "Miscellaneous papers", 1954-1955 | |||||||||||
| Staff papers, reference materials, etc. | |||||||||||
| Unarranged. | |||||||||||
| 5. Newspaper clippings, 1953-1955, mounted on letter size paper | |||||||||||