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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Samy Elias, Engineering Professor, Personal Rapid Transit Records, A&M 3359, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Records of Samy Elias, West Virginia University engineering professor, documenting the planning, design, and implementation of the Personal Rapid Transit System, or "PRT". Includes correspondence, reports, drawings, clippings, slides, and other material.
Container List
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Correspondence (1971-1974) and "Architect-Engineer Services Required for Design of Morgantown Project" report (1971 January
14) [moldy binder of 1971 correspondence moved to box 23]
1971–1974
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Correspondence (1973-1975); final report by Boeing (1975); alternate design proposals from Varo, The Dashaveyor Company; design
specifications, and other material [moldy binder of 1972 correspondence moved to box 23]
1973-1975, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Correspondence (1973-1974); diagram and maintenance manuals, and other material [moldy binder of 1973 correspondence moved
to box 24]
1973-1974, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Status Report (1975), Boeing test results (1976), meeting minutes (1976), budgetary reports, research proposal, feasibility
studies, and other material
1975-1976, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Correspondence (1977-1978), Capitol Grant materials, environmental impact statement, public hearing material, Dept. of Transportation
request for proposal, failure and maintenance reports, and other material
1977-1978, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Weekly dependability reports (December-August 1976), Phase II preliminary report, budget materials, research and development
grant materials, and other material
1976, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Photographs, news releases, ground-breaking speeches (1971), dedication materials (1972), correspondence (1974-1975), and
other material
1971-1975, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Correspondence (1975), requisitions for grant payment, PRT news clippings, and other material
1975, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 9
Requisitions for grant payment, final report on operating and maintenance costs (1973), Subcommittee on Education inquiry
materials, and other material
1973, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10
"General Specification for Performance/Design Qualification for the Expanded Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit System," support
equipment maintenance manual, photographs, property and right of way materials, news clippings and articles, progress reports,
and other material
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 11
Urban Mass Transportation Administration correspondence (1970-1976), progress report no. 1 (1971), erection schedule, contracts,
blueprints, and other material
1970-1976, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 12
News clippings and published articles
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 13
Dependability reports (May 1980-October 1981), magazine articles (including Disneyland booklet from 1968 with People Mover
marked), and 12 PRT motion picture film reels [all film digitized, except for duplicates]
1968, 1980-1981, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Reel: 1-4
Motion picture films, PRT pilot projectundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Reel: 5-6
Motion picture films, "Morgantown Weathers the Storm"1978
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Reel: 7-8
Motion picture films, PRT System Phase 1undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Reel: 9
Motion picture films, PRT [Urban Mass Transportation Administration]1975
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Reel: 10
Motion picture films, PRT outtakes, silentundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Reel: 11
Motion picture films, PRT car footageundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Reel: 12
Motion picture films, PRT early construction scenes, test track, President Harlow, silent/colorundated
Mixed Materials Box: 14
Amendments to Capitol Grant application, Boeing/UMTA contract (1974), visitors to PRT lists; operations staff notes; and other
materials
1974, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 15
Correspondence
1967–1973
Mixed Materials Box: 16
Preliminary report on subsurface investigations, Phase I and II manpower allocations, central control operators manual, CCCS
diagrams manual, system scheduled maintenance manual, and other material
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 17
Maintenance manuals, second progress report, Congressional records (1972-1973), and other material
1972-1973, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 18
Project correspondence (1971), progress reports, quarterly report (1973), Boeing, and other material
1971-1973, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 19
Boeing performance/design and qualification report (November 1973); correspondence from Staggers, Byrd, Randolph and Moore;
initial research proposal (1970); and maintenance manuals
1970-1973, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 20
Boeing communications and reports (1975), operations staff correspondence (1977), vehicle illustrated parts catalog, and maintenance
manuals
1975-1977, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 21
Newspaper articles
1971–1974
Mixed Materials Box: 22
Newspaper clippings and slides
1969-1973, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 23
Correspondence [moldy]
1971–1972
Mixed Materials Box: 24
Correspondence [moldy]
1973