Abstract:
The collection includes artifacts, many of which are on permanent exhibit at the Downtown Transit Center on public transportation in Milwaukee County; photographs and glass plate negatives, paper items, such as passes, and training manuals for bus operations. Many items are in the general Milwaukee County Transit Collection. Others are housed in this personal grouping of Mr. Scroggins among vertical files on Milwaukee and transportation history.
Biographical Note:
Irwin C. Scroggins was a 50-year Veteran of The Transport Company and collected widely on public transportation. This includes material from the horse-drawn street railway era, which began in 1860, the electric street railway era, which began in 1890, The Milwaukee Electric Street and Light Company (TMER&L) established in 1896, which became The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Company in 1938 and the Milwaukee and Suburban Transport Corporation in 1952, through the transfer in 1975 to Milwaukee County operations.
Administrative Info:
Collection was donated by Irwin C. Scroggins in May 1993. Additional material was donated in 2003 by Mrs. Irwin Scroggins. The collection was reprocessed by Kevin Abing in 2001, and added to by Kevin Abing in 2003.
Related Materials:
Oversize Photographs: #2163-#2174
Oversize Photographs: Misc. #17
Contents List:
SERIES |
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Photographs |
Box Number |
Folder |
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1946-Centurama/1960 Centennial Celebration |
1 |
1 |
Accidents - Bus & Trackless Trolley |
1 |
2 |
Accidents - Streetcars & Interurban |
1 |
3 |
Car Barns - 35th & Wells |
1 |
4 |
Cashiers Division |
1 |
5 |
Cold Spring Shop |
1 |
6 |
Cold Spring Shop Construction - 1910 |
1 |
7 |
Cold Spring Shops - Equipment Building Fire, 1934, & Other Fires |
1 |
8 |
Construction - Non-shop |
1 |
9 |
Employees - Identified Individuals |
1 |
10 |
Employees - Group Identified |
1 |
11 |
Employees - Unidentified Individuals |
1 |
12 |
Employees - Group Unidentified |
1 |
13 |
Employees - Group Unidentified |
1 |
14 |
Employees and Vehicles |
1 |
15 |
Fare Boxes |
1 |
16 |
Gasoline Motor Bus Interiors |
1 |
17 |
Interurban Cars |
1 |
18 |
Interurban Freight |
1 |
19 |
Interurban Interiors |
1 |
20 |
Interurban Tracks/Bridges/Right-of-ways |
1 |
21 |
Kinnickinnic Avenue Shop |
1 |
22 |
Milwaukee Northern Railway |
1 |
23 |
Milwaukee Northern Railway - Employees |
1 |
24 |
Miscellaneous |
1 |
25 |
Public Service Building |
1 |
26 |
Rapid Transit Freight Terminal - Construction 1929/1930 |
1 |
27 |
Shops/Miscellaneous Buildings |
1 |
28 |
Snowstorms |
1 |
29 |
Stations - Fiebrantz Station |
1 |
30 |
Stations - Fond du Lac Station |
1 |
31 |
Stations - National and Oakland Streets |
1 |
32 |
Streetcars |
1 |
33 |
Streetcars |
1 |
34 |
Streetcars Interiors |
1 |
35 |
Streetcars - Open |
1 |
36 |
Street Scenes With Transit |
1 |
37 |
Subway\Bridge Construction - 1930 |
1 |
38 |
Tickets/Transfers/Passes |
1 |
39 |
TMER&L - Employees |
1 |
40 |
TMER&L - Equipment |
1 |
41 |
TMER&L - Mequon Washing & Screening Plant |
1 |
42 |
TMER&L - Merchandise Express |
1 |
43 |
TMER&L - Money Room - Counting Tickets |
1 |
44 |
TMER&T - Badger Auto Service |
1 |
45 |
TMER&T - Buses |
1 |
46 |
TMER&T - Buses - Extenders |
1 |
47 |
TMER&T - Cashier |
1 |
48 |
TMER&T - Employee Training |
1 |
49 |
TMER&T - Employees - Public Service Building |
1 |
50 |
TMER&T - Equipment (before MCTS) |
1 |
51 |
Trackless Trolley |
1 |
52 |
Tracks, etc |
1 |
53 |
Wisconsin Motor Bus Employees |
1 |
54 |
Wisconsin Motor Bus Interiors |
1 |
55 |
Wisconsin Motor Bus Vehicles |
1 |
56 |
Wisconsin Motor Bus Vehicles - Double-deckers |
1 |
57 |
Wisconsin Motor Bus Vehicles-Early |
1 |
58 |
Railway Utility Equipment Picture Scrapbook, Way & Structures Dept. Mr. Pinkley's File TMER&L |
1 |
Loose |
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Glass Plate Negatives – Transportation |
2 |
Whole box |
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Personal/Miscellaneous Material |
Box Number |
Folder |
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Civil Defense Material |
3 |
1 |
“I Remember, Do You?” by Elizabeth Taft Murphy |
3 |
2 |
Membership/Business Cards |
3 |
2A |
Sunday Morning Breakfast Club |
3 |
2B |
Wisconsin Electric Power Company |
3 |
2C |
“Looking Ahead” |
3 |
2D |
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General Transit Material |
Box Number |
Folder |
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6 Zone Passes, 1954-1964 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Audit Stubs |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Commutation Tickets, 1921-1949 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Employees |
3 |
3A |
Employees Tickets, 1898-ca. 1915 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Employees/Retired Employees/Detectives & Special Officers Tickets/Passes, 1913-1968 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Fare Collection |
3 |
3B |
Fare Information |
3 |
4 |
Historical Material |
3 |
3 |
Milwaukee County Stadium Tickets/Fares/Instructions |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transit Historical Society, Inc. |
3 |
5 |
Miscellaneous Labels, Coupons, etc. |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Miscellaneous Passes |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Miscellaneous Publications |
3 |
6 |
Miscellaneous Tickets |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Miscellaneous Tickets/Transfers/Passes Non-Milwaukee Rail/Bus Lines |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Miscellaneous Transit Material |
3 |
7 |
Newsletters, “Wisconsin Electric Lines,” 1969-1976 |
3 |
8 |
Newsletters, “Wisconsin Electric Lines,” 1977-1998 |
3 |
9 |
Plank Roads Information |
3 |
10 |
Railroad/Bus Timetables |
3A |
15A |
Reference File re: Counterfeits |
3 |
11 |
Routes |
3 |
11A |
School Pass Holders, 1954-1969 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Student Permits, 1969-1979 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Tickets/Transfers - Color Xeroxes |
3 |
12 |
Tickets/Transfers/Passes - T.M.E.R. & L., Transport Co., & Misc. Wisconsin Lines |
3 |
12A |
Transfers, 1890s-1970s |
3A |
13 |
Transit Collectors/Fans |
3A |
13A |
Transit Company Events |
3A |
14 |
Transit Guides, 1939-1977, 1987 |
3A |
15 |
Weekly Passes, 1921-1949 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Weekly Passes, 1950-1979 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Weekly School Passes, 1932-1949 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Weekly School Passes, 1950-1964 |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
Wells Street Station |
5 |
16 |
Wells Street Viaduct |
5 |
16A |
Wisconsin Electric Railway Historical Society/East Troy Trolley Museum |
5 |
17 |
Wisconsin Motor Bus Lines |
4 & 4A |
Loose |
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The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (T.M.E.R. & L.) |
Box Number |
Folder |
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Accidents - Memos, Clippings |
5 |
17A |
Better Business Letter Bulletins, ca. 1927 |
5 |
18 |
Employee/Wage? Ledger, 1880s-ca. 1911 |
5 |
19 |
“History of Changes in Fare Structures and Bargain Transportation Rates...” |
5 |
20 |
Instruction Books/Instructors’ Guides |
5 |
21 |
Miscellaneous |
5 |
22 |
Miscellaneous Publications |
5 |
23 |
Passenger and Business Documents/Forms, ca. 1930 |
5 |
24 |
Reduced Rate Tickets |
5 |
25 |
Street Railway Guides, 1917, 1927, 1931 |
5 |
26 |
Technical League |
5 |
27 |
Tests for Station Clerks |
5 |
28 |
Tickets/Transfers, 1916-1920 (1 of 2) |
5 |
29 |
Tickets/Transfers, 1916-1920 (2 of 2) |
5 |
30 |
Timetables |
5 |
31 |
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The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Company |
Box Number |
Folder |
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Cashier Coin Counter Machine |
5 |
32 |
Cashier Forms |
5 |
33 |
Clergy Fare |
5 |
33A |
Clippings |
5 |
34 |
Company Manuals/Handbooks/Publications (1 of 2) |
5 |
35 |
Company Manuals/Handbooks/Publications (2 of 2) |
5 |
36 |
Conductor Envelopes |
5 |
37 |
Correspondence re: Money/Supply Truck |
5 |
38 |
Freight Division Rate Guides |
5 |
39 |
Maps of Street Railway and Trackless Trolley Lines, 1943 |
5 |
39A |
Miscellaneous |
6 |
40 |
Sprinkler Tanks |
6 |
41 |
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The Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Company |
Box Number |
Folder |
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Christmas Cards, 1961, 1964-1972 |
6 |
42 |
Foreman’s Assembly, 1945-1978 |
6 |
43 |
Miscellaneous Material |
6 |
44 |
Newsletter, “The Veteran,” 1933-1973 |
6 |
45 |
Pass Graphics, 1959-1960 |
6 |
46 |
Publications/Brochures |
6 |
47 |
Ride and Shop Program |
6 |
47A |
Telephone Directory |
6 |
48 |
Veteran’s Association |
6 |
49 |
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The Milwaukee County Transit System |
Box Number |
Folder |
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Miscellaneous |
6 |
50 |
Newsletter, “Hilites,” 1975, 1996-2001 |
6 |
51 |
Passenger Newsletter, “Bus Lines,” 1979-1995 |
6 |
52 |
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Newspaper Clippings – Informational Files |
Box Number |
Folder |
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Aircraft, Statues, Monuments |
6 |
53 |
Baby Buggies, Horses, Trucks, Bicycles |
6 |
54 |
Breweries/Saloons |
6 |
55 |
Bridges |
6 |
56 |
Churches |
6 |
57 |
Circus Parade |
6 |
58 |
Clothing & Dress |
6 |
59 |
Early Milwaukee homes |
6 |
60 |
Exposition Building |
6 |
60A |
Fire Department/ Fire Fighting |
6 |
61 |
Government |
6 |
62 |
Health/Hospitals |
6 |
63 |
Horses & Horse-Drawn Carriages |
6 |
64 |
Hotels |
6 |
65 |
Indians |
6 |
66 |
Inventions |
6 |
67 |
Marine Clippings |
6A |
68 |
Organizations - Group Photos |
6A |
69 |
"Our Wisconsin" |
6A |
70 |
Parks |
6A |
71 |
Personalities |
6A |
72 |
Police |
6A |
73 |
Politics |
7 |
74 |
Presidents |
7 |
75 |
Railroads |
7 |
76 |
“Remember When” - The Milwaukee Journal (1 of 2) |
7 |
77 |
“Remember When” - The Milwaukee Journal (2 of 2) |
7 |
78 |
Schools |
7 |
79 |
Street Names |
7 |
80 |
Theaters/Entertainment |
7 |
81 |
Transit Clippings (1 of 2) |
7 |
82 |
Transit Clippings (2 of 2) |
7 |
83 |
Transit Photos - Copies |
7 |
84 |
Trees |
7 |
85 |
War - Defense - Rationing |
7 |
86 |
Weather |
7 |
87 |
Wisconsin |
7 |
88 |
Scrapbook, Clippings re: Milwaukee, ca. 1930-1931 |
7 |
Loose |
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Oversize Items |
Location |
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Circular Sticker, “Salvage for Victory Program” |
OS SM “S” |
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5 posters, The Transport Co. Promotions |
OS SM “S” |
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Sign, Rates of Fare, June 28, 1958 |
OS SM “S” |
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23 posters of Transit System Retirees, 1972-1984 |
OS SM “S” |
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Poster, Congratulations to Irv Scroggins, 40th Anniversary, 1969 |
OS SM “S” |
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Advertisement for TM by Joseph Canfield |
OS SM “S” |
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Blank Schedule Form |
OS SM “S” |
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5 posters, The Transport Co. Promotions |
OS LG “S” |
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Track Layout, Lower Yard, Cold Spring Shops, 1913 |
WH WS 4 |
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