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Martin F. Schmidt collection

 Collection
Identifier: COU:1429

Scope and Contents

In Box 1 to 3 contains Revenues & Expenses of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. M-100, Operating Statistics of Large Railways – Statements No. M-200, Freight Train Performance of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. M-211, Revenue Traffic Statistics of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. M-220, Passenger Traffic Statistics – Statements No. M-250, Freight Commodity Statistics of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. Q-500, Revenues & Expenses for Class I Motor Carriers – Statements No. Q-750, Passenger Train Performance of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. M-213 and Revenues & Expenses for Class I Motor Carriers – Statements No. Q-800 from 1941 to 1958. Yard Service Performance of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. M-215 and Fuel and Power for Locomotives & Rail Motor Cars of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. M-230 from 1947 to 1958. Freight Commodity Statistics of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. M-500 and Freight Revenue Originated & Terminated – Statements No. M-550 from 1943 to 1946. Revenues & Passengers of Class I Motor Carriers – Statements No. M-700, Freight & Passenger Statistics of Class I Steam Railways – Statements No. Q-225, and Freight Revenue Originated & Terminated – Statements No. Q-550 from 1941 to 1950. Box 4 contains General Transportation Information, including Car Service Division, Governor’s Commission on Human Relations, and Statistics of Railways of Class I. Box 5 holds Writings by Martin Schmidt, which includes: Comparative Receipts and Disbursements of the State Government of Colorado from 1925-1934, and The Elimination of Small Schools in Colorado, July 1935. Box 6 and 7 contains Thesis Directed by Schmidt which includes: Bush, Herbert H., 1948. “A Case Study of Layout Reorganization for A Luggage Factory”, Emmett, Persis R., 1947. “Some Managerial Policies and Operating Conditions in a Selected Group of Cemeteries”, and Platts, Harvey N., 1948. “An Analysis of a Small Industrial Concern to Determine an Improved Layout.”

Dates

  • 1912 - 1981

Extent

10.5 linear feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Martin F. Schmidt was a professor of business at the University of Colorado for more than two decades. He retired in the early 1980’s. The collection includes copies of research papers written by his students in the College of Business and Administration and extensive files containing information and data on railroads and transportation.

Status
Completed
Author
Unknown
Date
Unknown
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections Repository

Contact:
1720 Pleasant Street
184 UCB
Boulder Colorado 80503 United States