Toll roads

Scope and Contents This collection includes a typewritten copy of "Toll Gate System for the U.S.A.," a plan copyrighted May 10, 1937 by A. Emmett Bly of Plainfield, Indiana. Bly believed his plan would create employment for thousands of workers and eliminate real estate taxes, stop theft and crime, cut down on speeding, decrease automobile accidents, and pay off the national debt in 10 years.

Scope and Contents This collection includes two toll tickets from turnpike companies in Indiana regarding tolls.

Scope and Contents This collection includes financial records such as account books, daybooks, receipts and tolls collected from the Lafayette and Wild Cat Gravel Company ranging from 1870 to 1891 regarding business and the company's activities.

Scope and Contents The collection is an assortment of documents dated from 1888 and 1962 to 1967, relating to Richmond, Indiana community and cultural organizations. Organizations represented include the Richmond Civic Theatre, the Art Association of Richmond, Richmond Parks Club, the Tax Research Bureau of the Richmond Board of Realtors, Jaycees of Richmond, Old Settlers, American Friends Service Committee, Hayes Regional Arboretum, Society for the Preservation and Use of Resources, and Richmond's Committee of...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of photocopies of Robert A. Hoover's papers, with the bulk of the collection consisting of correspondecnce, documents, and newspaper clippings ranging from 1977 to 1980 regarding legislation related to the Indiana Toll Road Commission, its authority to issue bonds, the continued collection of tolls, and Representative Dean R. Mock's efforts to defeat the legislation. Other items in the collection include copies of pages concerning "The County Infirmary" from...