Madison Bus Company Records, 1884-1971

Contents List

Container Title
Mss 200
Part 1 (Mss 200): Original Collection, 1925-1939
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (10 volumes) 
General Records
Volume   1
1925, November - 1926, October
Volume   2
1926, September - 1927, September
Volume   3
1928, January - 1929, October
Volume   4
1929, October - 1931, May
Volume   5
1931, July - 1934, January
Volume   6
1934, January - 1936, July
Volume   7
Journal, 1930, December - 1935, June
Volume   8
Cash Book, 1929, July - 1935, September
Vouchers
Volume   9
1933, August - 1936, January
Volume   10
1936, February - 1939, December
M99-035
Part 2 (M99-035): Additions, 1910-1971
Physical Description: 4.4 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 2 photographs 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, mainly 1951-1971, consisting of Keep 'em Rolling, an historical novel about the bus company and its controversial sale to the city of Madison by Mrs. Straub; a selection of company records; transcribed City Council proceedings; clippings used as research material for the book; and two photographs.
Keep 'em Rolling
Box   1
Part I- Volume V, Chapter 2
Box   2
Folder   1-6
Volume V, Chapter 3-Volume 6
Box   2
Folder   7-8
Straub chronological notes, 1934-1969
Box   2
Folder   9-10
History of Madison Bus Company
Box   2
Folder   11-16
Transcription of City Council meetings and index
Box   3
Folder   1
“Characters”
Box   3
Folder   2
Mayors and city politics
Box   3
Folder   3-11
Newspaper clippings
Company documents
Box   3
Folder   12-24
1910, 1916-1951
Box   4
1952-1966
Box   5
1970
PH Box   18
Photographs, one of William Straub and one of a transportation convention, 1946
PH 3423
Part 3 (PH 3423): Additions, 1884-1960
Physical Description: 33 photographs (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Record photographs of streetcars and buses operated in Madison, with related photographs of streets and traffic, maintenance, and power plant buildings, 1884-1960.