- Additional Authors
- Description
- 100 linear feet (110 boxes, 164 v., 68 packages)
- Summary
- Papers document Sprague's career as an inventor and engineer in the field of rail transportation from his days as a U.S. Naval Academy cadet until his death in 1934.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Blueprints.
- Negatives.
- Photographic prints.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Additional Formats (note)
- Source (note)
- Sprague, Harriet Chapman.
- Biography (note)
- Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934) was an inventor and engineer known as the "father of electric traction" for his creation of the first city-wide electric streetcar system and the development of the multiple-unit system for electric railroads.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned.
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 2850
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A290
- Author
Sprague, Frank J. (Frank Julian), 1857-
- Title
Frank J. Sprague papers, 1874-1939.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional Formats
London letterbook, May-Aug. 1901, and record of inventions, 1882-1883, available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Biography
Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934) was an inventor and engineer known as the "father of electric traction" for his creation of the first city-wide electric streetcar system and the development of the multiple-unit system for electric railroads.
- Indexes
Finding aid available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Engineers.
Inventors.
- Added Author
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
Wilgus, William J. (William John), 1865-1949.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 2850