Rochester Transit Corporation Twenty-Five Year Club scrapbook

Item — Box: 1, Volume: 1

Identifier: 2018-019

Staff Only

Content Description

1 folio scrapbook

Scope and Contents

This scrapbook documents the activities of the Rochester Transit Corporation Twenty-Five Year Club from 1947 to 1954. It includes materials related to the group's foundation, annual banquets, and recreational activities. The materials include event programs, letters, invitations, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Dates

Creation: 1947 - 1954

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions regarding access to this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use in any current or future manifestations must be obtained in writing from the Rochester Public Library Local History and Genealogy Division.

Administrative History

The Rochester Transit Corporation (RTC) operated the streetcar, rail and bus transit systems of Rochester, NY, from 1938 to 1968. Created after the failure of the Rochester Railway Company in 1929, the RTC inherited that company's rail and bus services around the City of Rochester. The company's formation was approved by the New York Public Service Commission in 1937, and all surface rail (trolley) service was eliminated by 1941. The company continued operating Rochester's bus system until 1968, when labor discord and a major strike by the company's employees led to City Council condemning and purchasing the tranist lines from the RTC in January of 1969.

This scrapbook records the activities of the Rochester Transit Corporation Twenty-Five Year Club, a veteran employee group founded in 1947. The group honored employees, held annual banquets, and provided recreational activities for its members. The scrapbook ends in 1954, but newspaper evidence shows that the Rochester Transit Corporation Twenty-Five Year Club survived until the RTC's demise in 1968.

Extent

0.24 Cubic Feet (1 box) ; Object 16 x 13 x 2 inches; box 18 x 15 x 3 inches

0.47 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of a scrapbook believed to have been created by Ella Troughton, a Rochester Transit employee, to record the activities of the Rochester Transit Corporation Twenty-Five Year Club between 1947 and 1954.

Arrangement

This collection consists of a single volume housed in one box.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This scrapbook was transferred to the Rochester Public Library from the Palmyra Community Library.

Bibliography

Smith, Henry Bradford; McKelvey, Blake (July 1968). "Rochester's Turbulent Transit History". Rochester History. 30, no. 3: 1-24.

Condition Description

Poor - pages are heavily foxing and weak, most inserted objects have come loose. Some pages have been separated with inserted tissue paper. Loosely inserted photographs have also been separated with tissue paper.

Subjects

Cultural context

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: A Guide to the Rochester Transit Corporation Twenty-Five Year Club scrapbook
Author: Brandon Fess
Date: 2018-09-25
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