Gerald E. Brookins Collection

Descriptive Summary

Biography of Gerald E. Brookins

Scope and Content

Statement of Arrangement

Restrictions

Indexing Terms

Related/Separated Materials

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description of The Collection

Documents, Drawings, Manuscripts

Trolleyville documents, newsletters, etc.

Street Car Information

RTA (Regional Transit Authority): documents and reports

Business correspondence and documents: Trolleyville, Christiansen, Brookins

Trolley and transportation ticket stubs, route maps, postcards,etc.

Trolley enthusiast newsletters and bulletins

Harry Christiansen: personal and professional writings, photographs

Trolleyville flyers, posters

Technical drawings and plans

Oversized technical drawings and plans

Objects

Photographs

Cleveland Rapid Transit and Union Terminal: Cleveland Transit System (CTS) Rapid Transit Shaker Heights Rapid Transit (SHRT)/Cleveland Interurban Railroad (CIRR) Cleveland Union Terminal (CUT)

Cleveland Area Interurban Lines: Lake Shore Electric (LSE) Northern Ohio Traction & Light (NOTL) Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus (CSC)

CLEVELAND [Cleveland Railway (CR) and Cleveland Transit System (CTS)] STREETCARS AND TRACKLESS TROLLEYS: 100 Series Streetcars 200 Series Streetcars 400 Series Streetcars 1000 Series Streetcars 1200 Series Streetcars 1300 Series Streetcars Trackless Trolleys (Various Series)

CLEVELAND STREETCARS: 4000 Series Streetcars 5000 Series Streetcars

CLEVELAND STREETCARS: 4200 Series Streetcars Dinkey Cars Harvard Shops CTS Color Negatives Miscellaneous Cleveland Traction

CLEVELAND STREETCARS AND BUSES: Trailer Cars Work Cars Work Trucks/Equipment Buses

NON-CLEVELAND TRANSPORTATION: Akron, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Toledo, Ohio Ohio Public Service Youngstown & Southern Intercity Rapid Transit Detroit, Michigan Miscellaneous Transit Buses

MISCELLANEOUS NEGATIVES: People, Unidentified Harry Christiansen Non-Traction Scenes Trains Traction, Chicago, Illinois & Detroit, Michigan Traction, Washington, D.C. Traction, Non-local, Various Lines Odd-sized Negatives (including 35mm)

CLEVELAND INTERURBAN RAILWAY/SHAKER HEIGHTS RAPID TRANSIT: 1200 Series Streetcars (8x10) 300 Series Streetcars (8x10) 60 Series and 5000 Demonstrator Streetcars (8x10) Presidents Conference Committee (PCC) Streetcars Shaker Rapid Transit Scenes 1955 Shaker Rapid Excursion (8x10) Mixed Series of Streetcars (5x7) Small Color Prints on Album Pages Small Color Prints of Reconstruction on Album Pages

CLEVELAND-AREA INTERBAN LINES: Northern Ohio Traction & Light (8x10) Northern Ohio Traction & Light (5x7) Cleveland Painesville & Eastern (8x10 & 5x7) Cleveland & Eastern/Cleveland Chagrin Falls (8x10 & 5x7) Lake Shore Electric (8x10) Lake Shore Electric (5x7) Lake Shore Electric, Small Prints on Album Pages Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus (8x10 & 5x7) Cleveland Eagle Avenue Interurban Depot (8x10)

CLEVELAND-AREA BUSES: Cleveland Railway/Cleveland Transit System Buses (8X10) Cleveland Transit System Buses (5x7) Cleveland Railway/CTS/Regional Transit Authority Bus Interiors Suburban Buses, Various Lines, Small Prints on Album Pages Santee Lines, Small Prints on Album Pages North Olmsted Buses, Small Prints on Album Pages Lakefront Trailway Buses, Small Prints on Album Pages Maple Heights Buses, Small Prints on Album Pages Greyhound Buses, Small Prints on Album Pages Non-Cleveland-Area Trackless Trolleys (Various Sizes) Non-Cleveland-Area Buses (8x10) Non Cleveland-Area Buses, Small Size Prints

CLEVELAND PRINTS-GENERAL: Downtown Cleveland Scenes (8x10) Non-Downtown Cleveland Scenes (8x10) Cleveland Transit System Rapid Transit (8x10) Cleveland Transit System Rapid Transit, Small Prints on Album Pages Cleveland Union Terminal (8x10) Cleveland Union Terminal, Small Prints on Album Pages Kuhlman Car Company (8x10) People, Unidentified (8x10 & small)

MISCELLANEOUS TRANSPORTATION: Great Lakes Boats (8x10) Great Lakes Boats, Small Prints on Album Pages Railroad Scenes New York Central Railroad Wreck Toledo Community Transit, Small Prints on Album Pages Toledo & Western, Small Prints on Album Pages Toledo & Indiana, Small Prints on Album Pages Toledo, General, Postcards, Small Prints on Album Pages Pittsburgh, Small Color Prints on Album Pages Chicago, Aurora & Elgin (8x10) Miscellaneous Scenes, Small Prints on Album Pages

NON-LOCAL TRACTION AND MISCELLANEOUS: Non-Local Traction, Various Lines (8x10) Non-Local Traction, Various Lines (5x7) Duplicate photos (8x10)

CLEVELAND STREETCARS IN CLEVELAND TRANSIT SYSTEM PAINT SCHEME: 100 Series Streetcars 200 Series Streetcars 400 Series Streetcars 1000 Series Streetcars 1200 Series Streetcars 1300 Series Streetcars PCC Demonstrators in Cleveland 4000 Series Streetcars, In Service 4000 Series Streetcars, In Operating Stations 5000 Series Streetcars Cleveland Transit System Scrap Line

CLEVELAND STREETCARS IN CLEVELAND RAILWAY PAINT SCHEMES: 100 Series Streetcars 200 Series Streetcars 400 Series Streetcars 1000 Series Streetcars 1200 Series Streetcars 1300 Series Streetcars PCC Demonstrators in Cleveland 4000 Series Streetcars 5000 Series Streetcars Pre-1910 Consolidation Streetcars Trailer Cars Work Cars Miscellaneous Streetcar Scenes Cleveland A.E.R.A. Conventions Cleveland Transit System Rapid Transit

CLEVELAND TRACKLESS TROLLEYS: 6000-The "Queen Mary" 800 series Trackless Trolleys 900 series Trackless Trolleys 1000 series Trackless Trolleys 1100 series Trackless Trolleys 1200-1300 series Trackless Trolleys Trackless Trolleys in Yards Mixed CTS Trackless Trolleys (5 x 7)

CLEVELAND BUSES: Cleveland Railway Buses Cleveland Transit System Buses Cleveland Transit System Buses (color) Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Buses (color)

CLEVELAND AREA BUSES: Akron-Canton Brecksville Broadview Buckeye Cleveland Southeastern Euclid Garfield Heights Geauga Transit Lake Shore Lines Lakefront Transit Lakewood Lorain-Cleveland Maple Heights May Company North Olmsted Redifer Santee Greyhound School Buses Charter Lines Cleveland Taxis

CLEVELAND INTERURBAN RAILROAD/ SHAKER HEiGHTS RAPID TRANSIT AND SLIGHTLY DAMAGED CTS PRINT: Shaker Kuhlman Fleet (1200 Series) Shaker 60 Series Shaker 300 Series Shaker Trailers Shaker Work Cars Shaker PCCs Shaker LRVs Shaker Scenes CTS Damaged Trackless Trolley Prints CTS Damaged Streetcar Prints CTS Damaged Bus Prints CTS Damaged Trailer Car Prints

MISCELLANEOUS PRINT: Cleveland Transit-Related Scenes Chippewa Lake Cleveland Trolley Bar Morris Stone Harry Christiansen Trolley Models General Cleveland Scenes Euclid Beach Northern Ohio Railway Museum Kingsbury Shop Scenes Detroit, Michigan Toledo Waterfront Ohio Railway Museum Ohio Canal Railroads Cleveland Transit System Rapid Transit

CLEVELAND AREA INTERURBANS: Lake Shore Electric

CLEVELAND AREA INTERURBANS: Northern Ohio Traction & Light Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Eastern Ohio, Cleveland Chagrin Falls, Cleveland and Eastern Cleveland Painesville and Eastern

CLEVELAND AREA INTERURBANS: REMNANTS: Lake Shore Electric Remnants Northern Ohio Traction & Light Remnants Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Remnants Miscellaneous Interurban Remnants

OHIO NON-CLEVELAND-AREA TRACTION: Cincinnati and Region Columbus and Region Columbus, Delaware & Marion Dayton and Region Toledo and Region Youngstown and Region Northern Ohio Railway Museum Various Other Ohio Traction

NON-OHIO TRACTION: Boston Chicago Area Traction Indiana Traction Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Diego Washington, D.C.

NON-OHIO TRACTION AND MISCELANEOUS: Connecticut Company Pacific Electric Transit Museums Transit Shops and Restoration Scenes Miscellaneous Traction Remnants Traction Models Miscellaneous Non-traction Prints

NON-LOCAL TRACTION: Mixed Lines, Unidentified

NON-LOCAL TRACTION: Various Lines

POSTCARDS: Great Lakes Boats Railroads Mt. Lowe Various Traction

POSTCARDS: Cleveland Cleveland, Euclid Beach Park Miscellaneous

Tray 1- Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Tray 2- Shaker Heights Rapid Transit, CTS Rapid Tray 3- Cleveland Scenes; Cleveland Railway/ Cleveland Transit System, Tray 4- Cleveland Transit System, CUT; CUT Last Trains Tray 5---Cleveland Transit System Buses; Euclid Beach Park Tray 6---Euclid Beach Park

Tray 7---Euclid Beach Park Tray 8---Euclid Beach Park Tray 9--- Euclid Beach Park Tray 10---Euclid Beach Park Tray 11-- Euclid Beach Park; Tray 12- Pacific Electric; Chicago, South Shore & Milwaukee; Chicago Rapid Transit

Tray 13-- Kaiser Automobiles Tray 14-- Kaiser Automobile, San Francisco Cable cars, Boston Traction; Iowa Traction Tray 15---Chicago, Boston. Toronto, Philadelphia Traction Tray 16-Trolleyville, USA Tray 17-Trolleyville, USA Tray 18---Trolleyville, USA; Suburban Buses

Tray 19---Philadelphia Traction, San Francisco; Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee; Detroit; St. Louis Tray 20--- Lake Erie Boats; Dayton; Pacific Electric Tray 21--- Miscellaneous Traction; New York Subways Tray 22---Miscellaneous Railroads; Steam Railroads Tray 23---Antique Autos; Miscellaneous (parks, resorts, vacations) Tray 24--- Gettysburg; Aero Train

Tray 25---Lake Shore Electric Remnants; Southwestern Remnants Tray 26---Lake Shore Electric Remnants; Buses Tray 27--- Southwestern Remnants; Liz Christiansen; Turbo Train Tray 28--- Lake Shore Electric Remnants; Miscellaneous & Unidentified Tray 29---Lake Shore Electric Remnants; Chicago; Miscellaneous Traction; Tray 30--- Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee

TROLLEYVILLE: Prints (8 x 10) Small Prints on Album Pages

TROLLEYVILLE: Small Prints

TROLLEYVILLE: Negatives (various sizes)

Cleveland Electric Railway Album