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Toledo Edison Company, MS 759

Introduction | Agency History | Scope and Contents | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

The operational, financial, and organizational materials of the Toledo Edison Company and its predecessors covers primarily the years 1901 to 1989, although some records dating back to 1853 are in the collection. This collection is representative of the growth of utility companies throughout the 20th century and details many aspects of the operations and financial details that led to this growth. Some records provided in this collection include correspondence, financial audits, annual reports, company publications, and photographs.

The collection itself has been divided into two segments. The first grouping consists of boxes related to the Toledo Railways and Light Company, the utility operations of which were a direct predecessor of the Toledo Edison Company. The second segment relates to the development of the Toledo Edison Company from 1921 until approximately 1989.

The collection was donated to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, in July of 1998 by FirstEnergy Corp. of Akron, Ohio, through the cooperation of Lorrin Read. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection and duplication is permitted for research purposes. This collection was processed by graduate students Kristin Dusseau, Roger Chapman, and Shaun Hayes with final revision and completion of the register by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts, in December 2007.

Agency History

The Toledo Edison Company is a direct descendant of the Toledo Railways and Light Company which existed in Toledo, Ohio, from 1901 until 1921. Toledo Railways and Light, itself composed of several electric streetcar and utilities companies purchased and consolidated, provided electric and gas service to Toledo, Ohio, and the surrounding area. The company also continued to operate a streetcar service. Toledo Railways and Light was owned by Cities Service Company, a national conglomerate owned by Henry L. Doherty. Cities Service Company owned and operated several utilities and streetcar companies throughout the United States.

Toledo Edison came into existence in 1921 when the streetcar operations run by Toledo Railways and Light were sold to the Community Traction Company. Throughout the 1920s to the 1950s Toledo Edison continued to purchase smaller utility companies and increase electrical output. In the 1960s, the company began experimenting with the use of nuclear power. This ultimately resulted in the construction of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant in Oak Harbor, Ohio, in 1977.

In 1986 the company affiliated with The Illuminating Company to form a parent company known as Centerior Energy. In 1997, a merger between Centerior Energy and Ohio Edison created FirstEnergy Corp., which became the parent company of Toledo Edison and other utility companies.

Scope and Contents

The records of the Toledo Edison Company, and its predecessor companies in particular, offer a comprehensive view at the history of the development and growth of the electric industry in America in the 20th century. Covering both the development of electric companies (in particular, the Toledo Railways and Light Company) and their role in public transportation and the eventual development of larger-scale nuclear powered electric plants, this collection provides an early history of Toledo Edison's growth.

The earliest records in this collection, the ones covering Toledo Railways and Light (as well as companies that were purchased by Toledo Railways and Light) are of particular interest and provide an illustration of a surprisingly broad spectrum of subjects. Included in this collection are descriptions of the issue of labor and unions in America in the early 20th century, business conditions in Toledo in the early 20th century, the development of amateur and professional baseball in both Toledo and the United States, World War I and its affect on companies and citizens in Toledo, the financial and industrial organization of early-20th century corporations, the types and functions of early automobiles (as well as modern road systems), and a slight illustration of politics in Toledo in the early 1900s. In addition, there is a wealth of information about the daily operations of a railway company that covers a variety of issues including employment and customer service as well as billing and engineering.

The early part of the collection also contains both personal and professional correspondence of Frank R. Coates, a prominent citizen in Toledo in the early 1900s who was president of Toledo Railways and Light. As it pertained to the streetcar system in providing destinations for customers outside the normal workday, it also contains correspondence related to the procurement of entertainment acts which performed at the Toledo Beach from 1908 to 1921.

The later part of this collection offers a more scatter-shot view of Toledo Edison's development into a modern power company. A large portion of this part of the collection consists of various audits on companies owned by Toledo Edison and Toledo Edison itself, as well as financial statements and annual reports, primarily in published rather than manuscript material. There are also a number of packets of the Toledo Edison News and a variety of other publications related to the utilities industry. Several biographies of prominent Toledo Edison employees are included as well.

Of particular interest in this part of the collection may be the variety of photographs, mostly dealing with construction and operation of plants and Toledo Edison employees.

Encompassing approximately 25 linear feet of material and spanning more than 120 years of the history of Toledo Edison and its preceding companies, this collection is particularly useful in the detail it gives about the organization, equipment, operation, business and political climates that the Toledo Railway and Light Company existed in, highlighting the interconnected and extensive system of public transportation at the time. It is also valuable in the glimpse it provides about labor in America in the early 20th century.

However, the larger part of the collection, detailing the later evolution of the company, would seem to be of little interest except to those attempting to give a picture of the financial composition of Toledo Edison. Correspondence and other details amply provided in the first part of the collection are noticeably lacking in the second, more contemporary part. The most recent records, those dating from 1991 forward, are either missing or scantly represented. Many of the most important parts of Toledo Edison's most recent history, those dealing with mergers and acquisitions, are not in the collection.

Series Description

TOLEDO RAILWAYS AND LIGHT COMPANY

PROCEEDINGS

TOLEDO GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY MINUTES
1853-1905
Outline summary of minutes, with tally sheets and proxy forms from annual elections

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
1872, 1893, 1901
Articles of incorporation for Toledo Railways and Light Company (1901) and predecessor companies Lagrange Street Railway (1872) and Central Street Railway Company (1893)

MEMBERSHIP RECORDS
December 15, 1902
Presentation book given to Albion E. Lang, President of the Toledo Railways and Light Company, on his retirement, containing the signatures of the Officers, Directors, and employees of the Toledo Railways and Light Company at that time

CORRESPONDENCE

CORRESPONDENCE - ALBION E. LANG
1895, 1899, 1902, 1910-1911, 1921, 1933, n.d.
Minor correspondence of Albion Lang, President of the Toledo Railways and Light Company, including a draft version of his will

CORRESPONDENCE - H.A. EVERETT
1907-1910
Minor correspondence of H.A. Everett, President of the Toledo Railways and Light Company

CORRESPONDENCE - FRANK R. COATES
1912-1913; 1917, 1919
Minor business and personal correspondence of Frank R. Coates, President of the Toledo Railways and Light Company; includes exchange of letters with then Senator Warren G. Harding

CORRESPONDENCE - ED KELSEY
1912-1918
Minor correspondence of General Passenger Agent of the Toledo Railways and Light Company, including some reference to developing a park at the Toledo Beach Casino

CORRESPONDENCE - C.E. MURRAY
1914, 1917-1918
Minor correspondence of Auditor/Secretary of the Toledo Railways and Light Company

CORRESPONDENCE - F.J. DERGE
1913-1922
Minor correspondence of Assistant Manager of the Toledo Railways and Light Company

CORRESPONDENCE - HENRY L. DOHERTY
1914-1922
Minor correspondence of an administrative, congratulatory, or informational nature

CORRESPONDENCE - TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO.
1910-1920
Minor administrative correspondence, with account inquiries, requests for information, meeting notices, and operational questions (such as a request from the Village of Maumee that a restroom facility be added to the passenger station there)

CORRESPONDENCE - TOLEDO & WESTERN RAILROAD CO.
1910-1921
Minor administrative correspondence of an interurban line from Toledo to Pioneer, Ohio, including operational questions, information about sanitary drinking water and facilities, petitions for extension of service, accident inquiries, personnel issues, policy issues (particularly regarding handling of live poultry on passenger cars), and competition on short-haul freight with truck lines

CORRESPONDENCE - TOLEDO BEACH
1907, 1913-1914, 1917-1918, 1920-1922
Minor correspondence associated with booking acts to appear at Toledo Beach (operated by Ed Kelsey on behalf of TR & L Co.), includes references to contracts, novelty acts, and some general management issues

CORRESPONDENCE - TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. BASEBALL TEAM
1914-1920, n.d.
Minor correspondence related to games with the company team, the Rail- Lights and various amateur and semi-professional teams, correspondence to arrange guests for a "Fan Night" event, and for special games with such major league clubs as Cleveland, Boston, Brooklyn, and Chicago, and issues associated with the Toledo Base Ball Co. Includes a few photos of team members from 1904 and unidentified year

CORRESPONDENCE - TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. ORCHESTRA
1911-1921
Minor correspondence related to the Company orchestra, including lists of employees with instrument played and department they were employed by, concert program information, arrangements for benefit concerts, letters of appreciation for concerts presented, activities entertaining troops at Camp Sherman in Chillicothe during World War I, and a photo of the orchestra (with slight edge damage) from 1919-1920

CORRESPONDENCE - TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. PUBLIC RELATIONS
1908-1914; 1917-1922
Minor correspondence related to publicity, articles, letters to the editor, reactions to press reports, the illuminated Toledo Railways & Light Co. "Slogan Sign" erected in 1913 ("You Will Do Better In Toledo"), correspondence and a brochure on a promotional film "Yours to Command" illustrating how electricity is used in society

CORRESPONDENCE - ELECTRIC LIGHT ASSOCIATION
1910-1922 (scattered)
Scattered correspondence related to the National Electric Light Association and the Ohio Electric Light Association

CORRESPONDENCE - UNION AND LABOR
1910-1920
Scattered correspondence related to labor relations and agreements with unions

CORRESPONDENCE - EMPLOYEE AND PERSONNEL
1910-1921
Letters and forms inquiring about employment, some including background information on applicants, correspondence related to the resignation of an employee who implied there was discrimination in her salary compared to a man in the same position, bonding of employees, transfers, and recognition of outstanding service

CORRESPONDENCE - WORLD WAR I
1916-1920
Various letters, flyers, pamphlets, and reports the impact of World War I on staffing (including a 1918 list of employees who are aliens), Liberty Loan bond drives, shortages, and general subjects

CORRESPONDENCE - MISCELLANEOUS
1910-1922
Various memos and letters referring to single topics and reports, such as customer complaints, community relations, use of coal in plants, hot water heating, internal auditing, service requests, sale of equipment, shareholder inquiries, purchase of property, reference to the Wall Street bombing of September 1920, and general operational subjects

SUBJECT FILES

TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. RATE INFORMATION
1913-1920
Booklets and minor correspondence related to rates and charges for electric lighting, hot water heating, power production, and gas

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABSTRACTS
1912-1921
Abstracted articles with any reference to Toledo Railways & Light Co., the Doherty organization in general, or Toledo Edison; abstracted from the Toledo Blade, the Toledo Morning News, and the Toledo News-Bee

HENRY L. DOHERTY
1913-1921
Topical files on the Doherty Organization and Cities Service Company, on companies in Ohio operated by Henry L. Doherty & Company, and on the proposed establishment of training schools for technical education

TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. HISTORY AND DATA
1901-1986
Toledo Railways & Light Co. historical material, including facilities information, biographical and corporate background, corporate changes, and statistical data

MOTOR VEHICLES AND HIGHWAYS
1913-1923
Sales brochures, booklets and minor correspondence related to various service trucks and personal vehicles manufactured by such companies as Peerless, Bailey, Packard, Republic, White, Service, and Overland; also includes information on a road trip from Toledo to Atlanta in 1917 via the Dixie Highway

HALLER CAR & LOCOMOTIVE CORPORATION
1918
Sales information with drawings and specifications of Haller one and two- man interurban cars and steam-powered buses

JITNEY BUSSES
1915-1916
Correspondence, reports and pamphlets dealing with the proliferation of jitney bus service in some cities in competition with street railroads

COMMUNITY TRACTION COMPANY
1920-1921
Material relating to the establishment of Community Traction Co. as the operations of power generation and transportation of the old Toledo Railways & Light Company separated

LAKE ERIE PARK CASINO
1907, 1910
Agreement and other documents associated with the operation of the Casino at Lake Erie Park by the Toledo Railways & Light Company

TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. ACME POWER STATION
1916-1922
Listing of equipment and site photograph, with minor correspondence

TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. PAYROLLS AND WAGES
1907-1909, 1914, 1918-1920, 1922
Listing of Toledo Railways & Light Co. employee payrolls and wages, giving many names and positions

TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. EMPLOYEE WELFARE
1920, 1922
Report and proposals related to establishment of a pension program for employees

TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT CO. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
1903-1922
Topical folders with reports, memos, minor correspondence, clippings, or printed material related to the operation of the company

REPORTS

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ANNUAL REPORTS
1916, 1918-1920
Standardized annual report to the State, giving names of the corporation directors, officers, securities holders, assets and liabilities, value of equipment, income, profit and losses, and other statistical data. Reports included for both Toledo Railways & Light Co. and the Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co.

PUCO ANNUAL REPORTS OF FATAL ACCIDENTS
1918
Standardized reports to the State providing information on fatal accidents involving the Toledo Railways & Light Co. and the Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co., gives name of victim, location, and circumstance of the accident

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
1895, 1902, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920
Minor reports of the Toledo Railways & Light Co. and related companies, including track reports, accountant's reports, department reports, progress reports, schedules of rates, report to the Census Bureau, mortgage report, and statistical summary sheet

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

MORTGAGE - TOLEDO & MAUMEE VALLEY RAILWAY CO.
1896
Printed copy of indenture document with the Metropolitan Trust Company of New York

AGREEMENTS - AMERICAN WHEELOCK ENGINE CO.
1895-1898
Documents of agreement for the purchase and testing of equipment by Toledo Railways & Light Co. for the Power House and failure of the contracting company to provide and install suitable equipment

AGREEMENTS - TOLEDO GAS & ELECTRIC HEAT CO.
1905-1908
Documents of agreement for the purchase of Toledo Gas & Electric Co. by Toledo Railways & Light Co. and the assumption of debts

CONTRACTS - CARS
1890-1909
Contract documents with various companies, including Pullman, Niles, J.G. Brill, Barney & Smith, and Kuhlman to supply cars for the Toledo Railways & Light Co.; files may include some specifications and photographs

CONTRACTS - MISCELLANEOUS
1885-1913
Contracts for streetcar advertising by Mulford & Petry Co. and later Petry- Ambrose Advertising; with the Electric Railway Improvement Company, and with others

PETITIONS
1910-1911
Petitions for reduction of real estate taxes, filed with the Lucas County Board of Review

TRADEMARK
1907
Registration for trademark of Toledo Railways & Light Company

MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL
1902-1910
Single documents with legal content, such as leases for buildings, protests related to taxation, legal service agreements, and other items

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

BILLS AND RECEIPTS
1901-1902, 1904, 1906-1909, 1912
Expense vouchers for miscellaneous salaries, costs of damages (including a mule killed by a streetcar and coffee beans burned when power was interrupted), services (such as drilling the Toledo Traction Band), and other costs and fees

NOTES
1908-1914
Correspondence related to financial reorganization issues

TOLEDO TRACTION COMPANY FINANCIAL RECORDS
1896-1912
Account sheets, statements, and stock information

TOLEDO TRACTION, LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY BOND INFORMATION
1913; 1918
Prospectus sheets with financial information on bonds issued

MISCELLANEOUS FINANCIAL
1901-1921
Single documents with financial content, such as lists of stockholders, analysis of costs, summaries of sales, enumeration of notes outstanding, statistical listing of taxation of railroads, sheets summarizing revenue, expenses, and earnings, and various job order cost sheets

SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIAL

NEWS CLIPPINGS
1913-1920
Loose clippings on topics related to Toledo Railways and Light Company

SCRAPBOOK
1920
Scrapbook of an event celebrating the birthday of Henry L. Doherty with a tree planting (F.R. Coates copy)

MAPS, CHARTS, DIAGRAMS, GRAPHS, LISTS, ETC.

BUILDING PLANS
n.d.
Buildings (plans) owned by Toledo Railways & Light Co., including station houses, the Water Street Power House, various boiler, valve and maintenance buildings, cottages, and the Lake Erie Park Casino

PROPERTY PLANS
1906-1917
Plans showing property locations and boundaries of land owned by Toledo Railways & Light Co., including the Water Street Power Station and the Detroit Avenue station

PRINTED MATERIAL

MAGAZINES - DOHERTY DAILY NEWS
Feb 1918-May 1919
Bulletin issued by the Doherty Organization providing news of division activities, features related to the industry, and some references to World War I activities such as Liberty Loan drives

MAGAZINES - SPARKS
Oct 1918-March 1924
Monthly magazine for employees of associated companies of the Toledo Railways & Light Company of the Doherty Organization; feature stories, personnel news and notes, and social events

MAGAZINES - TOLEDO CRITIC
Sept. 19, 1903
Labor periodical with issue critical of Toledo Railways & Light Co. franchise

BOOKS
1913, 1917, 1918, 1919
Publications, including the Toledo Railways & Light Company Joint Section prospectus with constitution, bylaws, and member listing; the Uniform Classification of Accounts for Electric Utilities; the National Electrical Safety Code (draft of 3rd edition changes), and Elements of Industrial Heating : a Series of Lectures used by the Doherty Training School in Toledo

PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

PHOTOGRAPHS
n.d.
Undated photos, including several of Frank R. Coates, the Central Avenue Car shops, and some men at work with streetcar lines

TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY

CORRESPONDENCE

CORRESPONDENCE - MISCELLANEOUS
1936-1968
Minor office correspondence, memos, and legal documents related to the operation of the Lakeshore Electric Railway, the Toledo and Indiana Railroad Co., the Toledo Edison Eastern Division, and the Defiance Edison plant

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDA - LIBRARY
1962-1985
Monthly memos from the Toledo Edison corporate library reporting on requests, services provided, and acquisitions

SUBJECT FILES

SURVEYS
1973, 1976, 1987
Employee opinion surveys, conducted by Central Surveys, Inc. and George M. Hill & Associates, Inc. with tabulated results and summary reports on the various management groups

TOPICAL FILES
1931-1989, n.d.
Various reports from departments and subject files compiled for or related to Toledo Edison business, including an overview of interurban cars in use in 1906, a summary and consolidation report on the properties of the Northeastern Water and Electric Corporation (with headquarters in Bowling Green), an environmental compliance report for Davis-Besse, the corporate Employee Education Program, and urban renewal plans for Toledo

STOCK QUOTATION NOTES
1952-1956
Compilation of high/low/and closing prices for both Common and Preferred stocks during the period

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS - TOLEDO & INDIANA RAILROAD CO.
1927-1939
Monthly Letters and Safety Bulletins of the Toledo & Indiana Railroad Co., includes summaries of service, revenue, safety issues, and personnel; some have photographs attached showing stations, track, equipment, and employees

COMPANY LIBRARY RESOURCES
1953-1956
Summary of services and resources available in the corporate library

BIOGRAPHICAL FILES
1938-1973
Personnel file with clippings and biographical sketch of management level employees at Toledo Edison

MANAGEMENT FILES
1935-1987
Topical files on management and operational decisions, including sale of property and equipment, and planning documents

REPORTS

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ANNUAL REPORTS
1939-1941, 1959-1970, 1972
Standardized annual report of Toledo Edison to the State, giving names of the corporation directors, officers, securities holders, assets and liabilities, value of equipment, income, profit and losses, and other statistical data

ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS
1922-23, 1926-1970, 1972-1993
Reports with financial information and list of officers, early reports have no narrative interpretation, but later reports have more public relations material and photographs

BALANCE SHEET REPORTS
1932-1933
Summary financial data

AUDIT AND ANNUAL REPORT DATA
1933-1945
Financial and audit reports, many provided by accountants Arthur Anderson & Co., for Toledo Edison and it subsidiary companies such as Lake Shore Power Company and the Toledo & Indiana Railroad Company

ANNUAL REPORTS - CITIES SERVICE COMPANY
1921-1950, 1954, 1957
Reports with financial information and list of officers, early reports have no narrative interpretation, but later reports have more public relations material and photographs

ANNUAL REPORTS - OTHER COMPANIES
1960, 1966-1967, 1984-1995
Cleveland Electric Illuminating, Centerior, American Electric Power AEP), Power Reactor Development Company, and Toledo Urban Renewal Company

ANNUAL REPORTS - MISC. POWER AND RAIL COMPANIES
1911-1929
Miscellaneous annual reports of smaller power and transportation companies to the PUCO, the Tax Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission; includes reports of the Toledo, Ottawa Beach & Northern Railway, Swanton Power Company, Toledo & Indiana Light and Power, Ridgeville Electric Light & Power Company, Trumbull Public Service Company, Archbold Electric Service, and Apex Service Company

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
1913-1989
Government, committee and association reports; including several on lighting and appliances from the National Commercial Gas Association, the National Electric Light Association, and reports on Muscle Shoals, the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, a Toledo Edison Production Dept. monthly report, comparison of the growth of Cities Service between 1912 and 1930, with an analysis of 1927 figures, and a summary report on Toledo Edison/Centerior Benefit Plans

LITERARY PRODUCTIONS

RESEARCH NOTES AND HISTORIES
1928-1987
General and specialized historical sketches and compiled historical facts for various purposes, including a Newcomen Society lecture booklet, presentations and programs, and various specialized histories of divisions and companies; also includes a background file on John Davis, president of Toledo Edison

SPEECHES
1947-1967, n.d.
Various speeches, conference presentations, and informal talks about Toledo Edison and the electric utility industry

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

AGREEMENTS
1892-1950
Agreements and ordinances between Toledo Edison and various parties, including the City of Toledo, related to the operation of utilities, distribution of electricity, maintenance of lines, etc.

BRIEFS
1917-1947
Support documents, statements, arguments, proceedings, hearings and testimony; many associated with legal matters associated with Toledo Consolidated Street Railway Co., Toledo Edison and Cities Service and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

DEEDS
1902-1925
Deeds related to property associated with the Defiance Gas & Electric Co. (including land of the former Miami & Erie Canal), and the Toledo, Fayette & Western Railroad

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS
1913-1955
Guidelines for account ledger entries indicating the variety of construction costs, expenses, and functions performed by Toledo Edison utility divisions

TOLEDO EDISON AUDIT REPORTS AND STATEMENTS
1932-1957
Audit reports, balance sheets, and statements for Toledo Edison; includes schedules of supplementary information and property investment summaries

OTHER COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1919-1955
Audit reports, balance sheets, and statements for other companies related to Toledo Edison, including Community Traction, Defiance Gas & Electric, Lake Shore Power Co., and Grand Rapids-Weston Power & Light Co.

MISCELLANEOUS FINANCIAL
1887-1986
Various statements, rate lists, reports, and charts associated with companies related to utilities or to work with Toledo Edison; oversize ledger located in flat box

SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS

NEWSCLIPPINGS
1915-1970
Topical folders of clippings and articles on Toledo Edison history, personnel, and events

SCRAPBOOKS
1919-1944, 1928
Loose pages and the personal scrapbook of Louise Hall, and a corporate scrapbook documenting Cities Service Co. employees around 1928; oversize Hall scrapbook in flat box

MAPS, CHARTS, DIAGRAMS, GRAPHS, LISTS, ETC.

MAPS
1935-1940, n.d.
Maps showing service areas, routes, and line locations

CHARTS
1924-1960
Organizational charts and "family tree" graphics showing relationships between various Toledo Edison entities

DIAGRAMS
1936, 1937
Work-flow diagram of line extension project, wiring diagram of highway flasher used on the Toledo & Indiana Railway

PRINTED MATERIAL

PAMPHLETS
1912-1965, n.d.
Promotional, advertising, and informational pamphlets and brochures on energy, utilities, and local interest topics; including canals, Toledo Newsboys' Association, Atomic energy, electric railways, and miscellaneous topics

FLYERS/BROADSIDES
1917, n.d.
School safety flyers, issued by the Brooklyn Bureau of Public Safety, including sheets on streetcar safety; grouping of posters "So that the people may know" located in flat box

PROGRAMS
1912-1965
Programs from association meetings, conferences, and special events, such as the official closing of the Detroit Avenue Station Steam Plant & Electrical Substation

BOOKLETS
1953-1964
Various Newcomen Society lecture series booklets, including John K. Davis' "Power: from Horses to Atoms"

BOOKS
1920-1962
Books, manuals, and guides on utility and power supply topics

TOLEDO EDISON/CENTERIOR PERIODICALS
1926-1931, 1942-1975, 1988-1995
The Toledo Edison News, Centerior Energy Circuit, Centerior Energy Connection, Centerior Energy Quarterly

PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS - BAYSHORE
1954-1968
Photos showing interiors, machinery, construction, and dedication

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS - OTHER PLANTS, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
1912-1982
Various shots of Toledo Edison properties and equipment, including the Acme Power Plant, Water Street Generating Station, Defiance Auglaize Hydro, crew shots, street-car and interurban equipment, and various shots of power lines and stations

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS - INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
1929-1969, n.d.
Formal and informal photos of Toledo Edison managers and employees at work and at various functions, including Albion Lang, Charles Ide, C.L. Proctor, John Davis, William Marshall, P.R. Knapp, S. Mahon, individual portraits of various Toledo business executives, and a group shot of the Toledo Edison women's softball team in 1929

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS - MISCELLANEOUS
Circa 1910-1970, n.d.
Toledo Edison old building in Toledo at Superior and Jefferson decorated for Christmas, retail floor displays showing electric appliances of the period, interiors of office space with employees, color graphics of safety education illustrations

PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES/SCANS
n.d.
General copy negatives of images in the collection, with a few originals; many images have also been scanned to CD in a variety of formats (.jpg, .tif, and .bmp). Includes old internal office reference sheets, now not accurate but includes some identification

ARTIFACTS

PLAQUES
1961
Junior Achievement plaque; located in oversize box

Inventory

Toledo Railways and Light Company

Box 1

Folder

Articles of incorporation - Lagrange Street Railway, 1872
Articles of incorporation - Central Street Railway Company, 1893
Articles of incorporation - Toledo Railways and Light Company, 1901
Toledo Gas & Coke Company - Outline of Minutes, 1853-1905
Presentation book - Officers, Directors, and employees, 1902
Correspondence - Albion Lang, 1895, 1899, 1902, 1910-1911, 1921, 1933, n.d.
Correspondence - H.A. Everett, 1907-1910
Correspondence - Frank R. Coates, 1912-1913
Correspondence - Frank R. Coates, 1911-1914, 1916
Correspondence - Frank R. Coates to Warren G. Harding, 1917, 1919
Correspondence - Frank R. Coates, 1917-1922
Correspondence - Frank R. Coates philanthropic/civic, 1913-1914, 1917, 1920
Correspondence - Ed Kelsey, 1912-1918
Correspondence - C.E. Murray, 1914, 1917-1918
Correspondence - F.J. Derge, 1913-1922
Correspondence - Henry Doherty, 1914-1922

Box 2

Folder

Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. Misc., 1910-1920
Correspondence - Toledo & Western Railroad Co., 1910-1921
Correspondence - Toledo Beach, 1907, 1913-1914
Correspondence - Toledo Beach, 1917-1918, 1920-1922
Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. Baseball Team 1914-1920
Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. Orchestra, 1911-1921
Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. public relations 1908-1914
Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. public relations 1917-1922
Correspondence - National Electric Light Association, 1910-1922
Correspondence - Ohio Electric Light Association, 1913-1922
Correspondence - Union and Labor related, 1910-1920

Box 3

Folder

Correspondence - Employment inquiries and applications, 1910, 1916-1918
Correspondence - Personnel correspondence, 1909, 1912, 1918, 1920
Correspondence - Staffing issues, 1910-1921
Correspondence - World War I, 1916-1917
Correspondence - World War I, 1918-1920
Correspondence - Customer relations, 1911-1921
Correspondence - City of Toledo relations, 1910-1914, 1919-1920
Correspondence - Toledo Museum of Art, 1914, 1917, 1920
Correspondence - Shareholder inquiries, 1907, 1910
Correspondence - Shareholder inquiries, 1916-1917

Box 4

Folder

Correspondence - Fire insurance, 1910
Correspondence - Heat, 1910
Correspondence - Internal auditing, 1910
Correspondence - Wire removal, 1910
Correspondence - Plants and coal, 1911
Correspondence - Work order system, 1911
Correspondence - Accounting, 1912
Correspondence - Hot water heating, 1912
Correspondence - Operations, 1912
Correspondence - Power plants, 1912
Correspondence - Property valuation, 1912
Correspondence - Tax review, 1912
Correspondence - Merchandise purchases, 1912-1913
Correspondence - Electric service, 1914
Correspondence - Engineering Department, 1914
Correspondence - Gas, 1914
Correspondence - Heating Department, 1914
Correspondence - Power lines to Monroe, Michigan, 1914
Correspondence - Purchasing, 1914
Correspondence - Electric Department, 1916
Correspondence - Gas operations, 1917
Correspondence - Job order system, 1917
Correspondence - Jovian Order, 1917
Correspondence - Pinkerton Tobacco Co. steam contract, 1917
Correspondence - Safety, 1917
Correspondence - Territory conflict with Defiance Gas & Electric 1917
Correspondence - Trade secrets, 1917
Correspondence - Libbey Glass Co./Edward Drummond Libbey 1917-1920
Correspondence - Accounting, 1918
Correspondence - Flood in Toledo, 1918
Correspondence - Flu epidemic, 1918
Correspondence - Appliances, 1919
Correspondence - Finance Department organization, 1919
Correspondence - Mutual Heating & Lighting Co. purchase, 1918-1919
Correspondence - Toledo business conditions, 1919
Correspondence - Toledo labor unrest, 1919
Correspondence - Sale of 1000 KW generator/turbine, 1919-1920
Correspondence - Purchase of Lima, Ohio property, 1919-1921
Correspondence - Appliance sales/budget control, 1920
Correspondence - Coal shortage, 1920
Correspondence - Debt owed by Lake Shore Electric Railroad 1920
Correspondence - Dept. of Justice, 1920
Correspondence - Distribution, 1920
Correspondence - Drilling for oil in Sylvania, Ohio, 1920
Correspondence - Equipment, 1920
Correspondence - Job order system, 1920
Correspondence - New Liberty Head dime, 1920
Correspondence - Property records, 1920
Correspondence - Saxon Auditorium ad request, 1920
Correspondence - Toledo Symphony Society, 1920
Correspondence - Wall Street bombing, Sept. 16, 1920, 1920
Correspondence - Wrecker service, 1920
Correspondence - Engineering organization, 1921
Correspondence - The Gateway magazine, 1921
Correspondence - Merchandise, 1921
Correspondence - Recession and foreign investment, 1921
Correspondence - Toledo Community Chest, 1921
Correspondence - Toledo Edison financing/preferred stock offer 1921
Correspondence - Equipment, 1922

Box 5

Folder

Toledo Railways & Light Co. rates, 1913-1920
Newspaper article abstracts : Toledo Blade, 1912-1921
Newspaper article abstracts : Toledo Morning News, 1912-1921
Newspaper article abstracts : Toledo News-Bee, 1912-1921
Doherty Company information, 1913-1921
Doherty Ohio properties, 1913, 1920
Doherty training schools, 1915-1921

Box 6

Folder

Toledo Railways & Light Co. miscellaneous data, 1904-1913
Toledo Railways & Light Co. historical background material 1901-1986
Motor vehicles and highways, 1913-1923
Haller interurban cars and steam-powered buses, 1918
Jitney buses, 1915-1916
Community Traction Company, 1920-1921
Casino property, 1907, 1910
Toledo Railways & Light Co. Acme Power Station, 1916-1922
Toledo Railways & Light Co. employee payrolls and wages, 1907-1909, 1914, 1918-1920, 1922
Toledo Railways & Light Co. employee welfare/pension, 1920, 1922

Box 7

Folder

American Railway Mechanical and Electrical Association, 1903
Toledo and Point Place Railway purchase, 1905
Maumee Valley Railways and Light Co. summaries, 1906-1909
Toledo Railways & Light Co. capital stock listing, 1907
Fire damage at Battery Station, 1909
Ohio Excise Tax on Toledo Gas, Electric & Heating Co., 1909
Electric Railway Journal, 1909-1910
Proposed utility legislation (Wood's Utility Bill), 1910
Ticket stubs, 1911
Ohio State Board of Commerce, 1911-1913, 1919
Toledo Industrial Exposition, 1912
Listing of Wagons and Buggies belonging to the Company, 1912
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Jackson Railroad proposition, 1913
Inverness Club membership, 1913
Storm damage assessment, 1913
Toledo Commerce Club (Chamber of Commerce), 1913-1914
National One Cent Letter Postage Association, 1913, 1918
Willys-Overland, 1914
Valentine Theatre, 1914
Secor Hotel rate card, 1916
Monroe, Michigan Municipal Electric purchase proposal, 1917
Personnel assessments for promotion, 1919
Procedure for retirements of property, 1918-1919
Accounting system of Toledo Railways & Light Co., 1920
Employee's pass, 1920
Fire damage Casino sub-station, 1920
Storm damage assessment, 1920
Empire Ohio Chemical Co. land lease, 1920
Synopsis of Toledo business conditions, 1920
Power requirements of various Ohio companies, 1921
Toledo business/utilities usage forecast, 1921
Rail-Light's Jazz Mask Ball flyer, n.d.
Toledo Railways & Light Co. PUCO annual report, 1916
Toledo Railways & Light Co. PUCO annual report, 1918
Toledo Railways & Light Co. PUCO annual report, 1919
Toledo Railways & Light Co. PUCO annual report, 1920

Box 8

Folder

Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co. PUCO annual report, 1918
Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co. PUCO annual report, 1919
Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co. miscellaneous reports
Fatal accident reports to the PUCO, 1918
Track reports, 1908, 1911-1912
Accountant's report, 1909
Monthly progress report, Nov 1916
Monthly progress report, Feb 1919
Rates report to PUCO, 1917
Toledo Railways & Light Co., Light and Power Dept. Report 1908
Toledo Railways & Light Co., Contract Dept. Report, 1912
Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co. minor reports, 1902, 1906, 1920
Mortgage with Metropolitan Trust Company of New York, 1896
American Wheelock Engine Co. agreement documents, 1895-1897
American Wheelock Engine Co. agreement documents, 1896-1898
American Wheelock Engine Co. agreement documents, 1895-1898

Box 9

Folder

Toledo Gas & Electric Heat Co. agreement documents, 1905-1908
Contract for cars from Pullman Car Company, 1890-1902
Contract for cars from Barney & Smith Car Company, 1898-1899
Contract for cars from J.G. Brill Company, 1901-1905
Contract for cars from Niles Car Company, 1902
Contract for cars from Kuhlman Car Company, 1902-1909
Miscellaneous contracts, 1885-1907

Box 10

Folder

Contracts for streetcar advertising, 1893-1913
Contract with Electric Railway Improvement Co., 1910
Petitions for reduction of real estate taxes, 1910-1911
Trademark of Toledo Railways & Light Company, 1907
Miscellaneous legal documents, 1902-1912
Expense vouchers, 1901-1912
Financial notes, 1908-1914
Toledo Traction Company financial, 1896-1912
Toledo Traction, Light & Power Co. bond information 1913, 1918
Miscellaneous financial, 1901-1921

Box 11

Folder

Scrapbook - News clippings (photocopied for preservation), 1913-1920
Scrapbook - Doherty Birthday Tree planting (F.R. Coates copy), 1920
Buildings (plans) owned by Toledo Railways & Light Co., n.d.
Property plans of sites owned by Toledo Railways & Light Co., 1906-1917

Box 12

Folder

Doherty Daily News, Feb-May 1918
Doherty Daily News, June-Oct 1918
Doherty Daily News, Nov 1918-May 1919
Sparks, Sept-Dec 1918
Sparks, 1919
Sparks, 1920
Sparks, 1921
Sparks, 1922
Sparks, 1923
Sparks, Jan-Mar 1924
Toledo Critic, Sept. 19, 1903

Box 13

Folder

Toledo Railways & Light Company Joint Section prospectus, 1917
Uniform Classification of Accounts for Electric Utilities, 1913
National Electrical Safety Code - Draft of 3rd edition changes, 1918
Elements of Industrial Heating : a Series of Lectures..., 1919
Photographs - Toledo Railways & Light Co. and Frank Coates, n.d.

Toledo Edison Company

Box 14

Folder

Miscellaneous office correspondence, 1921-1989
Miscellaneous office correspondence, 1947-1948, 1960, 1968
Lake Shore Electric Railway Company, 1936
Toledo & Indiana Railroad Company, 1936-1940
Toledo & Indiana Railroad Company, 1940-1943
Toledo Edison - Eastern Division, 1940-1941
Toledo Edison Defiance plant/Auglaize, 1937-1962
Toledo Edison - Union relations, 1966
Office memoranda (Monthly letter) - Library, 1962-1979
Office memoranda (Monthly letter) - Library, 1980-1985
Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Questions, 1973
Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Appendix I, 1976
Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Appendix II, 1976
Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Supplement, 1976
Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Exec. Rept., 1976
George M. Hill Employee & Supervisor Survey, 1987
George M. Hill Professional & Middle Mgt Survey, 1987
George M. Hill Key Manager Opinion Survey Summary, 1987
George M. Hill Employee & Supervisor Survey Summary, 1987
George M. Hill Professional & Middle Mgt Survey Summary, 1987
Newspaper abstracts (Blade, News-Bee & Morning Times), 1922-1933
Toledo Edison Company. Electric Operating Dept. Yearbook, 1932
Toledo Edison Company. Electric Operating Dept. Yearbook, 1933
Toledo Edison Company. Electric Operating Dept. Yearbook, 1934

Box 15

Folder

Toledo Edison Company. Underground A.C. Network (Toledo), 1930
Cities served by Cities Service, n.d.
Interurban cars operating in Ohio, Indiana & Michigan in 1906, 1949
A.B. Leach & Co. Analysis of Cities Service Co., 1931
Summary and consolidation of properties of the Western Division of the Northeastern Water & Electric Corporation, Bowling Green, 1935
Examination of the property and business of the General Utilities Company, Deshler, Ohio, 1935
Examination of the property and business of the Western Reserve Power Company, Lodi, Ohio, 1935
Examination of the property and business of the New London Power Company, 1935
Compiled stock market quotations, 1952-1956
Ide, Charles E. Toledo Edison Company : a report for analysts, 1952
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions. Urban Renewal, 1958
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. Environmental Operating Report (appendices only), 1988
Toledo Edison corporate Employee Education Program, 1932
Monthly Letters of the Toledo & Indiana Railroad Co, 1927-1930
Monthly Letters of the Toledo & Indiana Railroad Co, 1931-1934
Monthly Letters of the Toledo & Indiana Railroad Co, 1935-1937
Monthly Letters of the Toledo & Indiana Railroad Co, 1938-1939
Toledo & Indiana Railroad Co. Safety Bulletin, 1935-1939
Toledo Edison Library background and resources, 1953-1956

Box 16

Folder

Biographical file - William Hankins, 1971
Biographical file - John Rohr, 1967
Biographical file - Irving Reynolds, 1950
Biographical file - Carl Megowen, 1950
Biographical file - Jules Lippman, 1961
Biographical file - Daniel Kelly, 1960
Biographical file - David Goodwillie, 1938
Biographical file - James Davidson, 1968
Biographical file - Carl S. Fuller, 1961
Biographical file - John Biggers, 1973
Biographical file - Robert Stranahan, 1962
Biographical file - Charles Ide, 1959
Biographical file - John Davis, 1974
Toledo Edison- Middle Management Program file, 1969
Toledo Edison Merger file, 1986
Toledo Edison Sale of Turbine #8, 1963
Toledo Edison sale of the Stryker Power Plant, 1963
Toledo Edison sale of the Stryker Municipal Generating Plant, 1965
Toledo Edison sale of Defiance Hydro, 1963
Toledo Edison sale of electric distribution system of Waterville 1941
Toledo Edison Merged properties (corporate evolution), 1951
Toledo Edison Economics of planning staff meeting, 1957
Toledo Edison Bayshore Station file, 1987
Toledo Edison city purchase proposal, 1941
Toledo Edison Purchasing Department, 1949-1950
Toledo Edison power plants file, 1973-1977
Toledo Edison financial chronology, 1935
Cities Service Company- Moody's Manual of Investments, 1960
People File: Toledo Edison, 1909-1963
Public Utilities Commission, 1933
List of Electricity Customers of Toledo Edison, 1935
Personnel History, 1938
Toledo Edison PUCO memorandum, 1933
Cities Service Co. information, 1923-1932
Toledo Edison operating expense statistics, 1955-1956
Toledo Edison memorandum on relations with parent company 1935
Toledo Edison statistics of Employees and power generation, 1943
Toledo Edison sample electric bills, 1920-1923
Toledo Edison census of share owners (Toledo Trust Co.), 1958
Toledo Edison contract for Harlem Hit Parade performance, 1938
Committee for Ohio State Police, 1922

Box 17

Folder

Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1939
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1940
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1941
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1959
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1960
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1961
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1962
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1963
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1964
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1965
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1966
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1967
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1968
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1969
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1970
Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1972
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1922-24, 1926
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders (bound), 1927-1949
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1935
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1936
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1937
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1938
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1939
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1940
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1941
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1942
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1943
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1944
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1945
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1946
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1947
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1948
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1949
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1950
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders (bound), 1950-1961, 1969-1970
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1951
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1952
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1953
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1954
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1955
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1956
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1957
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1958
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1959
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1960
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1961
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders (bound), 1962-1968
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1963
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1964
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1965

Box 18

Folder

Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1966
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1967
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1968
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1969
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1970
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1972
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1973
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1975-1976
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1977
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1978-1980
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1981-1985
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1982-1984
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1985-1987
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1988-1989
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1990-1991
Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1992-1993
Toledo Edison General Balance Sheet, 1932
Toledo Edison General Balance Sheet, 1933
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1933
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1934
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1935
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1936
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1937
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1938
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1939
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1940
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1941
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1942
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1943
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1944
Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1945

Box 19

Folder

Cities Service Power & Light Co. Annual Report, 1921-1924
Cities Service Power & Light Co. Annual Report, 1925-1928
Cities Service Power & Light Co. Annual Report, 1929-1932
Cities Service Power & Light Co. Annual Report, 1933-1936
Cities Service Power & Light Co. Annual Report, 1937-1939
Cities Service Power & Light Co. Annual Report, 1940-1944
Cities Service Power & Light Co. Annual Report, 1945-1950
Cities Service Power & Light Co. Annual Report, 1954, 1957
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. Annual Report, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1994
Centerior Energy Annual Report, 1986-1990
Centerior Energy Annual Report, 1991-1993, 1995
Centerior SEC report (Form 10-K), 1994
Power Reactor Development Company Annual Report, 1960
Toledo Urban Renewal Agency Annual Report, 1966, 1967
American Electric Power (AEP) Annual Report, 1988
Archbold Electric Service Company Annual Report, 1925-1928
Apex Service Company Annual Report, 1926-1930
Central Light & Power Company (Edgerton) Annual Report 1922-1924
McClure Light & Power Company Annual Report, 1919
Ridgeville Electric Light & Power Company Annual Report 1919
Suburban Light & Power Company (Perrysburg) Annual Report 1912-1913
Swanton Light & Power Company Annual Report, 1915-1923
Trumbull Public Service Company Annual Report, 1914
Toledo & Indiana Light and Power Company Annual Report 1916
Toledo & Indiana Railway Company Annual Report, 1916, 1918

Box 20

Folder

Toledo-Northwestern Transportation Company Annual Report, 1925-1926
Toledo, Ottawa Beach & Northern Rwy Company Annual Report, 1911-1912
Toledo, Ottawa Beach & Northern Rwy Company Annual Report, 1913-1915
Toledo, Ottawa Beach & Northern Rwy Company Annual Report, 1917-1919
Toledo, Ottawa Beach & Northern Rwy Company Annual Report, 1920-1921
Toledo, Ottawa Beach & Northern Rwy Company Annual Report, 1922-1925
Toledo, Ottawa Beach & Northern Rwy Company Annual Report, 1926-1929
National Commercial Gas Association Committee Reports, 1913
National Electric Light Association. Classification of Accounts, 1917, 1923
Toledo Chamber of Commerce Reports, 1920-1922
Toledo Edison Co. Production Dept. Monthy Report, Dec 1921
Toledo Edison Co. Electric Dept. Achievement Report, 1931
U.S. Senate and House Reports on Muscle Shoals, 1922
National Electric Light Association. Prime Movers Committee, 1923
Cities Service Net Earnings Report, 1928
Cities Service Growth Comparison 1912 to 1930, 1931
Toledo & Indiana Railroad Bridge Inspection Report, 1934
Toledo Edison/Centerior Benefits Plan Report, 1989
Toledo Edison Savings Incentive Plan, 1972-1985
Toledo Edison Sales Development Program interim report, 1968
Toledo Edison. Advertising Research : Awareness Level, Self-Cleaning Range, 1968
Widershein-Strandberg Assoc. Exploratory Group Session Analysis: Consumer Outlook on U.S. Energy Issues - Final Report, 1979
Drug Free Workplace policies, 1989

Box 21

Folder

Toledo Edison typed histories/chronology (presentations), 1938-1954
Moran, Royse. Electric Oats for the Iron Horse (history), n.d.
Toledo Edison Acme Station history, 1946
Ashworth, David J. Historical Analysis of Events and Individual Phenomena from 1863 to 1986 at Toledo Edison Company, 1987
Serving a Nation : Cities Service Company, 1923
Davis, John K. Power : From Horses to Atoms, the Story of Toledo Edison Company (Newcomen lecture), 1964
Newcomen Society notes and correspondence, 1964-1965
History of the Electrical Industry, 1938?
Toledo Edison Fact Book, 1981, 1985
Highlights of Toledo & Indiana Railroad History, 1939
Notes on Early Toledo History, n.d.
John K. Davis Background file, 1958-1974
Carroll L. Proctor Background file, 1957-1969
Toledo Edison history research guide, 1963
Toledo Edison historical records at Milburn Storage, 1948
Moran, Royse. "Railway Days", 1950?
Ide, Charles "The Electric Industry and Atomic Power", 1953
Ide, Charles Speeches, 1954-1955
Flahie, Charles Speeches, 1957-1967
Speeches to the New York Society of Security Analysts, 1955, 1979
Miscellaneous Speeches and Presentations, 1946-1965
Miscellaneous Speeches and Presentations, n.d.
Agreement/ordinances with City of Toledo 1892, 1896
Agreement with Central Light and Power, 1915
Agreement with Utility Machine Corporation, 1950
Toledo Consolidated Street Railways brief, 1917
PUCO proceedings and documents, 1919-1939
Mutual Heating & Lighting Co. case, 1920
Archbold Electric Service Co. case, 1928
Public Utilities Act of 1935, 1935
Case against Cities Service Power & Light Co. with PUCO, 1942-1944
Amendments to Toledo Edison Articles of Incorporation, 1947
Deed related to the Toledo, Fayette & Western Railroad, 1902
Deeds related to the Miami & Erie Canal lands, 1910-1925
Mortgage of Toledo, Ottawa Beach & Northern Railway Co. 1906

Box 22

Folder

Classification of Accounts - Toledo Edison, 1934
Classification of Accounts (Electric) - Toledo Edison, 1950
Classification of Accounts (Gas) - Toledo Edison, 1951
Detail ledger account numbers - Toledo Edison, 1951
Classification of Accounts (General Ledger) - Toledo Edison 1953
Classification of Accounts (Stone & Webster Power Plant), 1945
Classification of Accounts (Bayshore Construction), 1954
Classification of Accounts (Ohio Public Service Co.), 1949
Classification of Accounts (Union Electric System), 1946, 1948
Classification of Accounts (Steam Plant Construction), 1953
Classification of Accounts (Gas) - Doherty, 1913
Classification of Accounts (Electric) - Doherty, 1913
Classification of Accounts (Electric Railways) - Doherty, 1915
Classification of Accounts (Natural Gas) - Doherty, 1933
Classification of Accounts - Public Utilities Commission of Ohio 1948
Classification of Accounts (Gas and Electric) - National Association of Railroad & Utilities Commissioners, 1937, 1939
Classification of Accounts - Federal Power Commission, 1937-1955
Toledo Edison - Audit, 1932-1934
Toledo Edison - Audit, 1934-1935

Box 23

Folder

Toledo Edison - Audit, 1935-1937
Toledo Edison - Audit, 1937-1938
Toledo Edison - Audit, 1938-1939
Toledo Edison - Audit, 1939-1941
Toledo Edison - Audit, 1942-1943
Toledo Edison - Audit, 1943-1945
Toledo Edison - Statements, 1933-1934, 1936
Toledo Edison - Statements, 1943-1944
Toledo Edison - Statements, 1945-1949
Toledo Edison - Statements, 1951-1953
Toledo Edison - Statements, 1954-1955
Toledo Edison - Statements, 1956-1957
Toledo Edison Property Investment Summaries, 1921-1941
Toledo Edison Schedules of Supplementary Information, 1943, 1945-1949
Toledo & Indiana Realty Co. - Audit, 1941-1945
Community Traction Co. - Audit, 1943-1944
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation - Statement, 1955
Ohio Electric Utility Institute - Statement, 1952-1953
Grand Rapids-Weston Power & Light Co. Statements, 1921
Electric Advisers, Inc. Statements, 1943-1944
Defiance Gas & Electric Co. - Financial data, 1919
Defiance Gas & Electric Co. - Financial data, 1921-1922

Box 24

Folder

Defiance Gas & Electric Co. - Financial data, 1923
Lake Shore Power Co./Toledo & Indiana RR - Financial data 1926
Lake Shore Power Co. - Financial data, 1928-1929
Lake Shore Power Co. - Financial data, 1930-1932
Lake Shore Power Co. - Financial data, 1933
Lake Shore Power Co. - Financial data, 1934-1935
Toledo Edison- Minutes & financial records of predecessors 1902-1939
Toledo Light and Coke Company treasurers reports, 1877
Lake Shore Power Company financial statements, 1936
Lake Erie Power & Light Co. trial balances, 1938
Delta Gas Dept. financial statements, 1936
Edward Ford Plate Glass Co. financial statements, 1923
Evansport Light and Power financial statements, 1927
Toledo Beach Co. statements, 1924-1925
Toledo Casino Co. financial statements, 1930, 1956
Anchor Reality Co. financial statements, 1936, 1956
Apex Service Co. financial statements, 1930
Beverly Public Service financial statements, 1926
Ottawa Beach and Northern Railway financial statements, 1926-1927
Ohio Public Service Company - Annual Kilowatt Hour Sales, 1908-1944
Toledo Edison organizational chart, 1922
Toledo Edison company organization chart, 1923
Toledo Edison Organization of the Toledo Edison Co., 1952
Toledo Edison organizational manual, 1986
Defiance Gas and Light corporate family tree, 1924
Toledo Edison corporate family tree, 1947
Architectural plans for sewage plant in Walbridge, 1940
Toledo Edison transportation and distribution, 1925
Principles for Planning - Toledo Neighborhood renewal plan n.d
Business estimates on Lima transmission project, 1921
Toledo Edison utilities rate scales, 1911-1920
Toledo Edison electric generation and output graphs, 1921, 1926
Toledo Edison preferred stock, 1947
Toledo Edison gas property sales, 1927
Toledo Edison Refinancing documents, 1947
Toledo Edison expenditures, 1933
Toledo Edison statistical diagrams and report, 1942
Toledo Edison financial statements, 1949
Toledo Edison income statements, 1914-1938
Toledo Edison distribution systems acquired, 1919-1949
Toledo Edison and associated companies data, 1930-1967
Toledo Edison miscellaneous financial sheets, 1932-1933

Box 25

Folder

Clippings related to Toledo Edison personnel, 1929-1967
Clippings related to Toledo Edison's First Century/History, 1953
Clippings related to natural gas and other utilities, 1917-1938
Clipping on Lake Shore Power Co. in Lyons Journal, 1915
Clippings on labor issues, 1935
Clippings on Charles E. Ide, 1948-1959
Clippings on John K. Davis, 1946-1975
Clippings on Stephen Mahon, 1931-1948
Clippings on Toledo Edison stock, 1950
Clippings on Bryan Municipal Electric Plant, 1963
Clippings on Defiance County electric power, 1889-1960
Clippings on Thomas A. Edison, 1949-1963
Clippings on Toledo Edison buildings & the Acme Power Plant, 1968-1985
Clippings on general Toledo Edison history, 1922-1965
Clippings on Community Traction Company, 1928-1973
Clippings on Toledo Traction Co., 1954
Clippings on Toledo Edison Century Club, 1964
The Archbold Buckeye clippings, 1966
Toledo Edison miscellaneous news clippings, 1919-1980
Louise Hall's scrapbook pages, 1919-1944
Cities Service Co. Employees Scrapbook, circa 1928
Federal Power Commission service area maps, 1935
General Utilities Co. line maps, 1935
Toledo service area maps, 1940
Toledo Edison power generation and transmission lines, n.d.
Organizational, structure, and predecessor charts, 1924-1960
Diagrams of line extension project and highway flasher, 1937, 1937
Toledo Newsboys' Association Report, 1913
Economies of the Light Car in Electric Railway Service, 1915
Thomas Wilfred, the Lute Player, 1917
Central Inland Waterways Assn. Statement for Route number Four (Miami & Erie Canal District), 1920
Lake Shore Electric Railway System: Local Passenger Tariff, 1921, 1932
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant visitor packet, 1976?
Bonner Rail Wagon prospectus, 1918?
Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1905-1929
Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1930-1959
Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1960-1989
Newsclippings, 1936-1939
Safety flyers for schools, 1917
Programs, 1912-1965

Box 26: Newcomen Society Publications

Folder

Great Prosperity through Marketing Research by Arthur Nielson
Tasty Kake: Fifty Years of Quality by Paul Kaiser
Sunrise at Easter: Rebirth of a Pioneer Airline by Floyd Hall
The University of Southern California by Norman Topping
The Economics of Excellence by George Beck
H.H Robertson by Douglas Jones
From Reliance on the Smiles of Heaven by Lawrence Pelletier
Is there a Fighter in the House? by Eugene Pullian
The Georgia Pacific Story by Owen Cheatham
Perpetual Building Association by Ed Baltz
Partners in Electric Power Development Under the Marshall Plan by Walker Cisler
Carolina Power and Light Company by Louis Sutton
Northern Indiana Public Service by Dean Mitchell
Index of Publications (1933-1961) (2)
Building the Foundations for Today's Growth by Nicholas Veeder
The History of Southwestern Public Service Company by H.L Nicholas
Report to the Membership (1959-1962) (2)
The American Railroads by Stuart Sanders
The Best Fed Nation by William Stokely
Morrison Knudsen Company Inc. by J.B Bonny
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company by William Wolbach
Papermakers and Pioneers by Arthur Schon (2)
Sea Lanes South of the Sahara by James Farrell
The Electric Era by Colonel Bennion
The Magic of Aero Design by Thomas Harris
The Humane Enterprise by H.E Whitaker (2)
The Natural Gas Story by Stuart Nichols (2)
An Uncommon Man by James Allen
The Battle of the Joints by Ross Martin
Our Policy is People: Their Health Our Business by J. Mark Hiebert
Con Edison of New York by Harland Forbes
Kentucky Utilities Company by Frank Tait
Dayton Power and Light by Robert Watt
The Queen City of the West by Walter Beckjord
SPS, Its First Sixty Years by Thomas Hallowell
The Story of Rayonier Inc. by Russell Erickson
For the Public Good by James Campbell
Men and Vision by Alex Guerry
The Economic Development of New Zealand and the Impact of the European Community
Berea College by Francis Hutchins
The Legacy of Science by B.D. Thomas
Palmetto Hopper by L.B. Maytag
The Mountain Fuel Story by W.T. Nightingale
Association Spring Corporation by Carlyle Barnes
Pittsburgh and the P and LE by Alfred Perlman
Through Wars, Panics, and Periods of Prosperity by R. Hayes
Midland Ross Corporation by Wade Harris
Power and Progress in the Genessee Valley by Robert Ginna (2)
All This from a Five Cent Hamburger by E. Ingram
The University of Washington by Charles Odegaard
California by James B. Black
Power, from Horses to Atoms : the Story of Toledo Edison by James K. Davis
Book. "A Manual of Communities served by corporations - the H.L Doherty Organization 1920
Book. The McGraw Central Station Directory 1948
Book. Portrait in Oil by Hartzell Spence 1962
Book. ALCOA: An American Enterprise by C. Carr 1952
Book. The Electric Power Business by Edwin Vennard 1962

Box 27

Folder

The Toledo Edison News- volumes 1-2, (1926)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 1, (1926)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 2, (1926)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 3, (1927)
The Toledo Edison News- volumes 3-4, (1928)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 4, (1929)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 5, (1930)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 6, (1931)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 7, (Dec. 1942-Nov. 1943)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 8, (Dec. 1943-Nov. 1944)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 9, (Dec. 1945-Nov. 1945)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 10, (Dec. 1945-Nov. 1946)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 11, (1947)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 12, (1948)

Box 28

Folder

The Toledo Edison News- volume 13, (1949)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 14, (1950)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 15, (1951)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 16, (1952)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 17, (1953)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 18, (1954)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 19, (1955)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 20, (1956)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 21, (1957)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 22, (1958)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 23, (1959)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 24, (1960)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 25, (1961)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 26, (1962)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 27, (1963)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 28, (1964
The Toledo Edison News- volume 29, (1965)

Box 29

Folder

The Toledo Edison News- volume 30, (1966)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 31, (1967)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 32, (1968)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 33, (1969)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 33 - copy 2, (1969)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 34, (1970)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 35, (1971)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 36, (1972)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 37, (1973)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 38, (1974)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 39, (1975)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 40, (1976)
The Toledo Edison News- volume 41 - Jan, Apr, June-Oct, (1977)
Affiliation Memo (Toledo Edison/Cleveland Electric Illuminating) 1985-1986
Centerior Energy Circuit, July, Nov 1988
Centerior Energy Circuit, Nov 1989
Centerior Energy Connection, Jan, Nov, Dec 1990
Centerior Energy Connection, Jan, Mar-Nov 1991
Centerior Energy Connection, 1992
Centerior Energy Connection, Jan-June, Sept-Dec 1993
Centerior Energy Connection, March 1994
Centerior Energy Quarterly, Fall, Summer 1994
Centerior Energy Quarterly, Winter/Spring, Summer 1995
Toledo Edison News (From Horses to Atoms) - duplicates, 1964

Box 30: Photographs

Folder

Bayshore Power Plant construction (1), 1954-1961
Bayshore Power Plant construction (2), 1954-1961
Bayshore Power Plant dedication, 1954
Bayshore Power Plant construction, 1955
Bayshore Power Plant turbines, 1955
Bayshore Power Plant construction, 1958
Bayshore Power Plant exteriors, 1959
Bayshore Power Plant construction, 1961
Bayshore Power Plant construction, 1962
Bayshore Power Plant, 1963
Bayshore Power Plant construction, 1965-1966
Bayshore Power Plant, 1968
Bayshore Power Plant, n.d.

Box 31: Photographs

Folder

Toledo Edison Acme Power Plant, 1942-1956
Water Street Station - Exteriors, 1902-1940s
Water Street Station - Interiors and Machinery, 1940s-1960s
Motors and Generators, n.d.
Defiance Auglaize Hydro, 1912-1963
Power lines and stations, 1921-1940s
Enrico Fermi Plant, n.d.
Miscellaneous construction, various sites, 1953-1982
Toledo Edison Crew and Equipment, 1940-1949
Interurban Street Cars, n.d.
Toledo's Last Street Car, 1950s
Pressed Steel Co. Interurban Railway Car interior and exterior, 1915
Commercial and Public Relations photos, 1949-1971

Box 32: Photographs

Folder

Toledo Edison Employees, 1950s
Toledo Edison Functions, 1942-1970
Defiance Service Award Dinner, 1947
Edison Club, 1953-1969
Cooking with Dorothy: food demonstration, 1968
Toledo Edison women's softball team, 1929
Doherty's 60th birthday, 1930
Doherty Club Sorority Picnic, 1946
Albion Lang, n.d.
Charles Ide, n.d.
C.L. Proctor, n.d.
John Davis, 1969
William Marshall, 1960
P.R. Knapp, 1960
S. Mahon, n.d.
Thomas Edison, n.d.
Miscellaneous portraits Toledo businessmen, 1958-1969
Edison Building Christmas decorations and office/sales floor, 1919
Miscellaneous Edison related photos, 1912-1959
Miscellaneous Edison related photos, 1960-1970
Toledo Edison safety education illustrations, circa 1910
Toledo Consolidated Electric Co. electric bill, 1898
Toledo Edison photographs (copy negatives & originals), n.d.
Toledo Edison photographs (CD of scanned images), n.d.
Old internal office photo reference sheets, 1964

Box 33: Oversize Flat

Louise Hall's Scrapbook, 1940
Junior Achievement plaque, 1961
Toledo Railways and Light "So that the people may know" posters
Toledo Edison Analysis of Revenue and Expense

Business Bibliography

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