William J. Patterson Papers, 1894-1954

Contents List

Container Title
Wis Mss SO
Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   1
1918-1939, May 10
1939-1953
Box   1
Folder   2-8
A-G
Box   2
Folder   1-12
H-R
Box   3
Folder   1-7
S-Z
Diaries, 1901, 1914, September-1954
Box   3
Package   1-5
Unbound
Box   3
Volume   1-3
Bound
Box   3
Volume   4
Book of Dates of Special Interest, 1931-1944
Box   3
Volume   5-10
Appointment Books, 1948-1953
Box   4
Folder   1-3
Speeches, 1925, 1940-1953
Congratulatory Letters
Box   4
Folder   4
On Appointment to ICC Chairmanship, 1943-1944
Box   4
Folder   5
On Reappointment, 1945-1946
Box   4
Folder   6
On Exemption from Compulsory Retirement, 1950
Box   4
Folder   7
Transit Subcommittee Investigation, 1949-1954
Scope and Content Note: Concerns investigation by a Congressional subcommittee of reasons for purchase of the Capital Transit Company by the Wolfson Group. Purchase was made in 1949 when Patterson was a Commissioner; investigation was made in 1954.
Box   4
Folder   8
Biographies, Memoranda, Clippings, 1944
Note: Includes ICC memoranda kept in 1944, the year Patterson was chairman of ICC.
ILO (International Labor Organization), Inland Transport Committee
Scope and Content Note: Contains personal information, notes, and mimeographed copies of agenda and proceedings at four sessions.
Box   5
Folder   1
First session, London, England, December 1945
Box   5
Folder   2
Second session, Geneva, Switzerland, May 1947
Box   5
Folder   3
Third session, Brussels, Belgium, May 1949
Box   5
Folder   4
Fourth session, Genoa, Italy, December 1951
Box   5
Folder   5
W. P. Borland Correspondence, 1903-1912
Note: Borland preceded Patterson with ICC, first entering the office in 1904, and later becoming Secretary of the Block Signal Train Control Board.
Box   5
Folder   6
Memoranda and Opinions on the Safety Appliance Act
Note: This material may be from the files of W. P. Borland.
Box   5
Folder   7
Testimony on Rights of Railroad Examiners, Accidents, and Federal Regulations
Note: This material may be from the files of W. P. Borland.
Box   6
Addresses given by Patterson while director of the Bureau of Safety, 1934-1939