TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: |
Transportation Association of America, creator.
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| Title: | Transportation Association of America records. |
| Dates: | 1935-1983. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Records of a national lobbying and research organization formed to advocate for private ownership of the nation's transportation systems and to conduct research on transportation issues. |
| Quantity: | 38.1 cubic feet (39 boxes). |
| Location: | Remote Storage: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
The Transportation Association of America (TAA) was founded in 1935, and was headquartered in Chicago; the headquarters was later moved to Washington, D.C. Its mission included promotion of all aspects of the transportation of passengers and property; promotion and preservation of private ownership and the operation of transportation facilities; education of the public of supposed evils threatening transportation as a branch of free enterprise; preservation of competition in the industry; and engaging in research relevant to the operation of the industry. It did extensive coordination, research, and lobbying for industries involved in transportation, including railroads, airlines, trucking and bus firms, pipelines, and water shipping.
The Association closed in 1984. Although not a Minnesota-based organization, Minnesota companies (notably General Mills) and Minnesotans, notably Congressman Sydney Anderson (director, 1935-1948, and president, 1943-1948); William K. Smith, (TAA board member, director of transportation at General Mills); and Robert Macfarlane (Northern Pacific/Burlington Northern executive) were involved in it.
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These documents are organized into the following sections:
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| | Archives |
| | Board of Directors Minutes and Related Records |
| | Executive Committee Meetings |
| | Administrative Records |
| | National Cooperative Project |
| | Special Committees |
| | Board of Governors |
| | Lobbying |
| | TAA Publications |
| | Presidents' Correspondence |
| | National Transportation Institute |
| | Public Relations |
| | Member Meeting/Luncheon Files |
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Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Transportation Association of America Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 17,629
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 9989751340204294
Access Restrictions:
This collection is located off site in Remote Storage. Advance
arrangements are required in order to view the files. Please consult the reference staff for more information.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Bound compilations of issuances, reports, clippings, correspondence, I.C.C. hearing transcripts, and other materials deemed by the organization to be of historical significance.
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| 310.I.7.1B | 1 | Volumes 1-6. 1935-1952. 6 volumes. |
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| 310.I.7.2F | 2 | Volume 7. 1953-1954. 1 volume. |
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| | Supplement No. 4. 1952. 1 volume. |
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| | Enterprise/Vanguard/monthly letters, 1935-1955. 1 volume. |
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| 310 I.7.2F | 2 | Index to board of directors minutes, 1935-1963. 1 volume. |
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| | Board of directors minutes: |
| | | Volumes I-IV. 1935-1947. 4 volumes. |
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| 310.I.7.3B | 3 | | Volumes V-X. 1948-1983. 6 volumes. |
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| | Board of directors minutes supplement to Volume VI: Vote on S.1221, 1951. 1 volume. |
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| 310.I.9.2F | 22 | Sustaining members annual meeting, 1943. |
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| | Transcript/proceedings of annual meeting, 1958. 1 volume. |
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| | Annual meeting packet, 1958. |
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| 310.I.10.3B | 33 | Board of directors meeting files: |
| | | 1976-1983. 28 folders. |
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| 310.I.10.2F | 32 | | 1982. 5 folders. |
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| 310.I.10.8F | 38 | Miscellaneous congressional correspondence, 1944-1970. 18 folders. |
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Includes board of directors and special committee meeting files.
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| 310.I.8.2F | 12 | 1935-1939. 27 folders. |
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| 310.I.7.4F | 4 | September 1939-1944. 39 folders. |
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| 310.I.7.5B | 5 | 1945-1950. 54 folders. |
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| 310.I.7.6F | 6 | 1950-1954. 24 folders and 3 volumes. |
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| 310.I.7.7B | 7 | 1954-1955. 33 folders and 5 volumes. |
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| 310.I.7.8F | 8 | 1955-1959. 22 folders. |
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| 310.I.7.9B | 9 | 1959-1967. 29 folders. |
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| 310.I.7.10F | 10 | 1967-1974. 25 folders. |
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| 310.I.8.1B | 11 | 1975-1976. 6 folders. |
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| 310.I.8.1B | 11 | Certificates of incorporation, 1930s-1940. 2 folders. |
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| | Bylaws, 1935-1980. 23 folders and 1 volume. |
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| | Board of directors directories, 1966-1982. |
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| | Honorary life members directories, 1974, 1978. |
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| | Corporate members and contributions, 1979-1982. |
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| | Board of directors miscellany, undated. |
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| 310.I.10.2F | 32 | 40th anniversary file, 1975. |
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| 310.I.9.2F | 22 | Board of directors/staff biographical files: A-Z, 1970-1982. 80 folders. |
| | | Include biographical information and photographs. |
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| | Publicity book, 1963-1966. 1 volume. |
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| 310.I.9.7B | 27 | Audit reports, 1936-1981. 43 volumes. |
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| 310.I.8.1B | 11 | Annual reports, 1957-1980. 2 folders. |
| | | 1964 report is missing. |
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| 310.I.9.9B | 29 | Policy implementation binder, 1955. 1 volume. |
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| 310.I.10.2F | 32 | Resolutions: Books I-III, 1950-1980s. 5 folders. |
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| | Panel position books: |
| | | Air, 1980s. 2 folders. |
| | | Highway, 1980s. |
| | | Pipelines, 1980s. |
| | | Railroads, 1980s. |
| | | Water carriers and users, 1980s. |
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| 310.I.8.6F | 16 | National Cooperative Project organizational handbook, undated. 1 volume. |
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| | Logbooks: |
| | | Contain numbered circular letters sent by the TAA to members of its various committees, with attachments consisting of agendas and minutes of committee meetings, proposed policy statements, pages from the Federal register, and similar documents. |
| | | Filed in reverse numerical order within each volume. |
| | | Nos. 551-766. 1968-1970. 4 volumes. |
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| 310.I.8.3B | 13 | | Nos. 767-999, 100-290. 1971-1974. 8 volumes. |
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| 310.I.8.4F | 14 | | Nos. 291-800. 1974-1979. 9 volumes. |
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| 310.I.8.5B | 15 | | Nos. 801-999. 1979-1980. 3 volumes. |
| | | Nos. 101-190. 1981. 2 volumes. |
| | | Nos. 178-290. April 1981-January 1982. 3 volumes. |
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| 310.I.8.6F | 16 | | Nos. 291-318. 1982. 1 volume. |
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| 310.I.10.1B | 31 | Log letters, 321-389, 1982-1983. 65 folders. |
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| 310.I.8.6F | 16 | Index to cooperative project letters, 1967-1983. |
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| 310.I.9.9B | 29 | Background papers, 1970-1977. 7 volumes. |
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| 310.I.8.7B | 17 | Special Committee on Transportation regulatory agency appointees: Volume I, 1972-1974. 1 volume. |
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| | TAA Study on International Transportation Facilitation - Liability: Volumes I and II, 1972-1977. 2 volumes. |
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| | Committee on Strikes in Transportation (cost): Volume I, 1971-1975. 1 volume. |
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| | Labor-Management Study, 1964-1970s. 2 volumes and 8 folders. |
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| 310.I.8.9B | 19 | Membership Committee reports, 1955-1982. 5 folders. |
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| | Membership Committee resumes, 1955-1982. 3 folders. |
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| | Membership Committee user formula studies, 1950s-1970s. 5 folders. |
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| | Liability Committee, 1981. |
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At times this entity is called Budget Committee, and later, Finance Committee.
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| 310.I.8.8F | 18 | Minutes, 1936-1976. 2 volumes. |
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| | Budget Committee minutes/agendas, 1958-1963. 1 volume. |
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| | Budget Committee agenda packets, 1958-1982. 31 folders and 3 volumes. |
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| 310.I.8.9B | 19 | Meeting files, 1956-1975. 14 folders. |
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| 310.I.8.10F | 20 | Lobbying reports: |
| | | 1955-1982. 16 folders. |
| | | | Includes reports of individual lobbyists and reports filed with the United States House of Representatives. |
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| 310.I.9.1B | 21 | | 1977-1982. |
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| 310.I.10.9B | 39 | Lobbying files, 1956-1980. 4 folders. |
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| 310.I.9.1B | 21 | Transportation research, 1959-1969. 6 volumes. |
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| | Transportation energy bulletin, 1974-1975. 5 folders. |
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| | TAA report, 1965-1983. 3 folders and 1 volume. |
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| | Transport outlook, 1959-1964. |
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| | Labor information memo Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, undated. |
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| | TAA reports and proceedings, 1965-1979. 4 folders. |
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| | Proceedings of National Cargo Security conferences, 1972-1974. |
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| 310.I.9.8F | 28 | Transportation facts and trends, 1964-1977. 12 volumes. |
| | | 1st-13th editions; 9th edition is missing. |
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| 310.I.10.4F | 34 | What's happening in transportation newsletter, 1971-1978. 10 folders. |
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| 310.I.9.10F | 30 | Brochures about the TAA, undated. |
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| | Flyers/programs, 1956-1965. |
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| | Statements and reprints, 1952-1957. |
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| | Sound transportation for the national welfare, 1952-1953. 2 folders. |
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| | Miscellaneous TAA pamphlets. 1948-1978. |
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| | Uniform time publication, 1966. |
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| 310.I.9.3B | 23 | H. Hammond, 1974-1975. |
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| | Paul J. Tierney, 1973-1981. 13 folders. |
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| | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1966-1978. |
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| | R. Binder, 1981-1982. 2 folders. |
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| 310.I.9.4F | 24 | R. Binder, 1981-1983. 3 folders. |
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| | R. H. Binder memos, 1982-1983. 3 folders. |
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| 310.I.9.5B | 25 | Programs, 1954-1964. 1 volume. |
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| | Meeting files: |
| | | 1963-1967. 26 folders. |
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| 310.I.9.6F | 26 | | 1967-1981. |
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| 310.I.9.5B | 25 | Atlanta Southeastern Transportation Conference, 1964. 4 folders. |
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| 310.I.9.7B | 27 | Press releases, 1957-1981. 17 folders and 2 volumes. |
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| | Press clippings, 1960s. 1 volume. |
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| 310.I.9.8F | 28 | Seley Award files, 1957-1969. 15 folders. |
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| 310.I.9.10F | 30 | TAA background papers, 1969-1974. 4 volumes. |
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| 310.I.10.5B | 35 | 1959-1963. 49 folders. |
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| 310.I.10.6F | 36 | 1963-1966. 42 folders. |
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| 310.I.10.7B | 37 | 1966-1970. 55 folders. |
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| 310.I.10.8F | 38 | 1970-1979. 32 folders and 1 volume. |
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Airlines -- United States.
- Bus lines -- United States.
- Free enterprise -- United States.
- Industrial policy -- United States.
- Lobbying -- United States.
- Pipelines -- United States.
- Railroads -- United States.
- Transportation -- United States.
- Transportation and state -- United States.
- Trucking -- United States.
- Meetings:
- National Transportation Institute, author.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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