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

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

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

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

Box 2

Folder

1. Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. Misc., 1910-1920
2. Correspondence - Toledo & Western Railroad Co., 1910-1921
3. Correspondence - Toledo Beach, 1907, 1913-1914
4. Correspondence - Toledo Beach, 1917-1918, 1920-1922
5. Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. Baseball Team 1914-1920
6. Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. Orchestra, 1911-1921
7. Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. public relations 1908-1914
8. Correspondence - Toledo Railways & Light Co. public relations 1917-1922
9. Correspondence - National Electric Light Association, 1910-1922
10. Correspondence - Ohio Electric Light Association, 1913-1922
11. Correspondence - Union and Labor related, 1910-1920

Box 3

Folder

1. Correspondence - Employment inquiries and applications, 1910, 1916-1918
2. Correspondence - Personnel correspondence, 1909, 1912, 1918, 1920
3. Correspondence - Staffing issues, 1910-1921
4. Correspondence - World War I, 1916-1917
5. Correspondence - World War I, 1918-1920
6. Correspondence - Customer relations, 1911-1921
7. Correspondence - City of Toledo relations, 1910-1914, 1919-1920
8. Correspondence - Toledo Museum of Art, 1914, 1917, 1920
9. Correspondence - Shareholder inquiries, 1907, 1910
10. Correspondence - Shareholder inquiries, 1916-1917

Box 4

Folder

1. Correspondence - Fire insurance, 1910
2. Correspondence - Heat, 1910
3. Correspondence - Internal auditing, 1910
4. Correspondence - Wire removal, 1910
5. Correspondence - Plants and coal, 1911
6. Correspondence - Work order system, 1911
7. Correspondence - Accounting, 1912
8. Correspondence - Hot water heating, 1912
9. Correspondence - Operations, 1912
10. Correspondence - Power plants, 1912
11. Correspondence - Property valuation, 1912
12. Correspondence - Tax review, 1912
13. Correspondence - Merchandise purchases, 1912-1913
14. Correspondence - Electric service, 1914
15. Correspondence - Engineering Department, 1914
16. Correspondence - Gas, 1914
17. Correspondence - Heating Department, 1914
18. Correspondence - Power lines to Monroe, Michigan, 1914
19. Correspondence - Purchasing, 1914
20. Correspondence - Electric Department, 1916
21. Correspondence - Gas operations, 1917
22. Correspondence - Job order system, 1917
23. Correspondence - Jovian Order, 1917
24. Correspondence - Pinkerton Tobacco Co. steam contract, 1917
25. Correspondence - Safety, 1917
26. Correspondence - Territory conflict with Defiance Gas & Electric 1917
27. Correspondence - Trade secrets, 1917
28. Correspondence - Libbey Glass Co./Edward Drummond Libbey 1917-1920
29. Correspondence - Accounting, 1918
30. Correspondence - Flood in Toledo, 1918
31. Correspondence - Flu epidemic, 1918
32. Correspondence - Appliances, 1919
33. Correspondence - Finance Department organization, 1919
34. Correspondence - Mutual Heating & Lighting Co. purchase, 1918-1919
35. Correspondence - Toledo business conditions, 1919
36. Correspondence - Toledo labor unrest, 1919
37. Correspondence - Sale of 1000 KW generator/turbine, 1919-1920
38. Correspondence - Purchase of Lima, Ohio property, 1919-1921
39. Correspondence - Appliance sales/budget control, 1920
40. Correspondence - Coal shortage, 1920
41. Correspondence - Debt owed by Lake Shore Electric Railroad 1920
42. Correspondence - Dept. of Justice, 1920
43. Correspondence - Distribution, 1920
44. Correspondence - Drilling for oil in Sylvania, Ohio, 1920
45. Correspondence - Equipment, 1920
46. Correspondence - Job order system, 1920
47. Correspondence - New Liberty Head dime, 1920
48. Correspondence - Property records, 1920
49. Correspondence - Saxon Auditorium ad request, 1920
50. Correspondence - Toledo Symphony Society, 1920
51. Correspondence - Wall Street bombing, Sept. 16, 1920, 1920
52. Correspondence - Wrecker service, 1920
53. Correspondence - Engineering organization, 1921
54. Correspondence - The Gateway magazine, 1921
55. Correspondence - Merchandise, 1921
56. Correspondence - Recession and foreign investment, 1921
57. Correspondence - Toledo Community Chest, 1921
58. Correspondence - Toledo Edison financing/preferred stock offer 1921
59. Correspondence - Equipment, 1922

Box 5

Folder

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

Box 6

Folder

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

Box 7

Folder

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

Box 8

Folder

1. Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co. PUCO annual report, 1918
2. Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co. PUCO annual report, 1919
3. Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co. miscellaneous reports
4. Fatal accident reports to the PUCO, 1918
5. Track reports, 1908, 1911-1912
6. Accountant's report, 1909
7. Monthly progress report, Nov 1916
8. Monthly progress report, Feb 1919
9. Rates report to PUCO, 1917
10. Toledo Railways & Light Co., Light and Power Dept. Report 1908
11. Toledo Railways & Light Co., Contract Dept. Report, 1912
12. Maumee Valley Railways & Light Co. minor reports, 1902, 1906, 1920
13. Mortgage with Metropolitan Trust Company of New York, 1896
14. American Wheelock Engine Co. agreement documents, 1895-1897
15. American Wheelock Engine Co. agreement documents, 1896-1898
16. American Wheelock Engine Co. agreement documents, 1895-1898

Box 9

Folder

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

Box 10

Folder

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

Box 11

Folder

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

Box 12

Folder

1. Doherty Daily News, Feb-May 1918
2. Doherty Daily News, June-Oct 1918
3. Doherty Daily News, Nov 1918-May 1919
4. Sparks, Sept-Dec 1918
5. Sparks, 1919
6. Sparks, 1920
7. Sparks, 1921
8. Sparks, 1922
9. Sparks, 1923
10. Sparks, Jan-Mar 1924
11. Toledo Critic, Sept. 19, 1903

Box 13

Folder

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

Toledo Edison Company

Box 14

Folder

1. Miscellaneous office correspondence, 1921-1989
2. Miscellaneous office correspondence, 1947-1948, 1960, 1968
3. Lake Shore Electric Railway Company, 1936
4. Toledo & Indiana Railroad Company, 1936-1940
5. Toledo & Indiana Railroad Company, 1940-1943
6. Toledo Edison - Eastern Division, 1940-1941
7. Toledo Edison Defiance plant/Auglaize, 1937-1962
8. Toledo Edison - Union relations, 1966
9. Office memoranda (Monthly letter) - Library, 1962-1979
10. Office memoranda (Monthly letter) - Library, 1980-1985
11. Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Questions, 1973
12. Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Appendix I, 1976
13. Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Appendix II, 1976
14. Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Supplement, 1976
15. Central Surveys, Inc. Employee Opinion Survey Exec. Rept., 1976
16. George M. Hill Employee & Supervisor Survey, 1987
17. George M. Hill Professional & Middle Mgt Survey, 1987
18. George M. Hill Key Manager Opinion Survey Summary, 1987
19. George M. Hill Employee & Supervisor Survey Summary, 1987
20. George M. Hill Professional & Middle Mgt Survey Summary, 1987
21. Newspaper abstracts (Blade, News-Bee & Morning Times), 1922-1933
22. Toledo Edison Company. Electric Operating Dept. Yearbook, 1932
23. Toledo Edison Company. Electric Operating Dept. Yearbook, 1933
24. Toledo Edison Company. Electric Operating Dept. Yearbook, 1934

Box 15

Folder

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

Box 16

Folder

1. Biographical file - William Hankins, 1971
2. Biographical file - John Rohr, 1967
3. Biographical file - Irving Reynolds, 1950
4. Biographical file - Carl Megowen, 1950
5. Biographical file - Jules Lippman, 1961
6. Biographical file - Daniel Kelly, 1960
7. Biographical file - David Goodwillie, 1938
8. Biographical file - James Davidson, 1968
9. Biographical file - Carl S. Fuller, 1961
10. Biographical file - John Biggers, 1973
11. Biographical file - Robert Stranahan, 1962
12. Biographical file - Charles Ide, 1959
13. Biographical file - John Davis, 1974
14. Toledo Edison- Middle Management Program file, 1969
15. Toledo Edison Merger file, 1986
16. Toledo Edison Sale of Turbine #8, 1963
17. Toledo Edison sale of the Stryker Power Plant, 1963
18. Toledo Edison sale of the Stryker Municipal Generating Plant, 1965
19. Toledo Edison sale of Defiance Hydro, 1963
20. Toledo Edison sale of electric distribution system of Waterville 1941
21. Toledo Edison Merged properties (corporate evolution), 1951
22. Toledo Edison Economics of planning staff meeting, 1957
23. Toledo Edison Bayshore Station file, 1987
24. Toledo Edison city purchase proposal, 1941
25. Toledo Edison Purchasing Department, 1949-1950
26. Toledo Edison power plants file, 1973-1977
27. Toledo Edison financial chronology, 1935
28. Cities Service Company- Moody's Manual of Investments, 1960
29. People File: Toledo Edison, 1909-1963
30. Public Utilities Commission, 1933
31. List of Electricity Customers of Toledo Edison, 1935
32. Personnel History, 1938
33. Toledo Edison PUCO memorandum, 1933
34. Cities Service Co. information, 1923-1932
35. Toledo Edison operating expense statistics, 1955-1956
36. Toledo Edison memorandum on relations with parent company 1935
37. Toledo Edison statistics of Employees and power generation, 1943
38. Toledo Edison sample electric bills, 1920-1923
39. Toledo Edison census of share owners (Toledo Trust Co.), 1958
40. Toledo Edison contract for Harlem Hit Parade performance, 1938
41. Committee for Ohio State Police, 1922

Box 17

Folder

1. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1939
2. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1940
3. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1941
4. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1959
5. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1960
6. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1961
7. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1962
8. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1963
9. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1964
10. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1965
11. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1966
12. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1967
13. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1968
14. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1969
15. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1970
16. Toledo Edison PUCO Annual Report, 1972
17. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1922-24, 1926
18. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders (bound), 1927-1949
19. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1935
20. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1936
21. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1937
22. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1938
23. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1939
24. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1940
25. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1941
26. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1942
27. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1943
28. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1944
29. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1945
30. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1946
31. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1947
32. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1948
33. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1949
34. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1950
35. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders (bound), 1950-1961, 1969-1970
36. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1951
37. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1952
38. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1953
39. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1954
40. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1955
41. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1956
42. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1957
43. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1958
44. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1959
45. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1960
46. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1961
47. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders (bound), 1962-1968
48. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1963
49. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1964
50. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1965

Box 18

Folder

1. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1966
2. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1967
3. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1968
4. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1969
5. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1970
6. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1972
7. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1973
8. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1975-1976
9. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1977
10. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1978-1980
11. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1981-1985
12. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1982-1984
13. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1985-1987
14. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1988-1989
15. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1990-1991
16. Toledo Edison Annual Report to Stockholders, 1992-1993
17. Toledo Edison General Balance Sheet, 1932
18. Toledo Edison General Balance Sheet, 1933
19. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1933
20. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1934
21. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1935
22. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1936
23. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1937
24. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1938
25. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1939
26. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1940
27. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1941
28. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report Data, 1942
29. Toledo Edison Audit and Annual Report