Arthur N. Sollee Papers
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Professional Subject Files, 1927-1984 Beach Erosion / Protection (Duval County, Fla.) Consolidation / Annexation Issues (Duval County, Fla.) Duval County (Fla.) Courthouse / Jacksonville (Fla.) City Hall Transportation (Duval County, Fla.) -- General Materials Transportation (Duval County, Fla.) -- Bridges Acosta; Dames Point; Hart; Main Street; Mathews; Twentieth Street Bridge (proposed) Transportation (Duval County, Fla.) -- Expressways / Roads Other Transportation (Buses / Ferries / Ships / Mass Transit) Personal Files, 1938-1984
Box	Folder	Description	Dates
	PROFESSIONAL FILES
	Beach Erosion / Protection (Duval County, Fla.)

		Atlantic Beach Seawall Project
1	1	Correspondence, working materials	1932-35
1	2	Specifications, contracts, data	1933-34

		Bulkhead Projects / Florida Seawall / Jacksonville Beaches
1	3	Correspondence	1938-56
1	4	Legal File: Jacksonville Beaches Coast Erosion, May 18, 1948 (2 copies)	1948
2	5	Legislative File	1935
2	6	Newspaper clippings, articles	1931-78
2	7	Project File, reports	1933-57
2	8-9	Publication: Journal, "Shore and Beach" (includes correspondence, discussion)	1933-39
3	10	Report: Interim Report of Beach Erosion Board, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. Washington : [U.S. Beach Erosion Board?], 1933.	1933
3	11	Report for Jacksonville Beaches Chamber of Commerce / prepared by George W. Simons, Jr. [Jacksonville, Fla. : George W. Simons], 1944.	1944
3	12	Special Report to the Florida State Legislature: Studies and recommendations for the control of beach erosion in Florida / prepared by the Coastal Engineering Staff, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Florida. Gainesville, Fla. : Florida Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station?, 1957.	1957
3	13	Report: Information on beach protection in Florida : a non-technical explanation of essential facts and expert opinions of the causes and cures of the erosion of the sandy sea-fronting beaches of Florida / prepared and reproduced in office of Division of Water Survey and Research. Tallahassee, Fla. : Division of Water Survey & Research, [1952]	1952
3-4	14-20	Miscellaneous reports, studies, publications	1927-60

	Consolidation / Annexation Issues (Duval County, Fla.)
5	21	Legal File: Proposed Charter of the Consolidated Government of Duval County, Florida and Appendices Thereto. [Jacksonville, Fla. : Local Government Study Commission?, 1967.	1967
5	22	Sheet: The Facts on annexation : Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce, Forward Jacksonville Committee. [Jacksonville, Fla. : Forward Jacksonville Committee?, 1963?] Folder includes miscellaneous newspaper clippings re Annexation.	1963
5	23	Report: A factual report on annexation for the metropolitan area of Jacksonville, Florida / prepared under the authorization of the City of Jacksonville by J.E. Dovell and Arthur W. Smith. [Gainesville, Fla. : Dovell and Smith, Consultants?], 1962. Folder includes miscellaneous data and maps.	1962
5	24	Study: Blueprint for improvement / Local Government Study Commission of Duval County. [Jacksonville, Fla. : The Commission], 1966.	1966

	Duval County (Fla.) Courthouse / Jacksonville (Fla.) City Hall
6	25	Correspondence	1946-55
6	26	Newspaper clippings	1944-55
6	27	Project File: Courthouse site selection	1951-52
6	28-29	Reports, studies, including maps / data	1950-52
6	30	Program for the dedication of Jacksonville's new City Hall : Sunday, the twenty-third of October [1960]. [Jacksonville : The City?, 1960?] (Jacksonville, Fla. : Designed and lithographed by H. & W.B. Drew Co.)	1960
6	31	Yearbook: Municipal Yearbook (City of Jacksonville, Florida)	1961-62

	Metropolitan Park (Jacksonville, Fla.)
6	32	Newspaper clippings	1934
6	33	Project File: Application for funding, maps, data	1933

	Transportation (Duval County, Fla.)
		General Materials
7	34	Duval County, Fla. budgets (1949-50, 1959-60, 1960-61)	1949-61
7-13	35-64	Newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence	1930-74
14	65a	Report: Road and Bridge Department and Jacksonville-St. Johns River (Toll) Bridge. Jacksonville, Fla. : Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, Florida, 1930. (folder includes additional miscellaneous materials)	1930-33
14	65b	Report: Road and Bridge Department and Jacksonville-St. Johns River (Toll) Bridge. Jacksonville, Fla. : Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, Florida, 1931.	1931
14	66-67	Reports, minutes, agendas: Jacksonville Urban Area Transportation Study, Technical Coordinating Committee	1972
14	68-69	Report: 1973-1974 Annual Certification and Unified Work Program for the Jacksonville Urban Area. Prepared by Jacksonville Area Planning Board, June 1, 1973. (Folder 69 includes working materials and data for report)	1973-78
14	70	Handbook: Jacksonville Area Planning Board Policies and Standards Handbook, June 1973. Stamped on cover: Draft copy only.	1973
15	71-74	Reports, Project File: Comprehensive Plan for the Consolidated City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Area Planning Board.	1973-75
15	75-76	Reports: Short Range Development Plan, Jacksonville Area Planning Board	1974

	Transportation (Duval County, Fla.)
		Bridges
		Acosta Bridge	1927-39
16	77	Miscellaneous data and statistics

		Dames Point Bridge
16	78	Correspondence	1970-72
16-18	79-85	Newspaper clippings	1970-84
18	86-88	Project Files, including reports, data. Report: Official Comment Port of Jacksonville Maritime Ad Hoc Committee on the proposed Dames Point Bridge in response to United States Coast Guard Public Notice 16591/3382 May 13, 1978. Prepared by the Port of Jacksonville Maritime Ad Hoc Committee, May 11, 1978. (Folder 87)	1972-84
		(see also under Expressways / Roads - Southside Blvd., State Road 9A)

		Fuller Warren Bridge see Mathews Bridge (Folder 98)

		Hart Bridge (initially Commodore Bridge):
19	89	Study: A Study of the downtown traffic and economic impact of the proposed Commodore Point bridge, Jacksonville, Florida : a report to the Jacksonville Expressway Authority / prepared by Mel Conner and Associates, Inc. Tallahassee, Fla. : Mel Conner and Associates, 1962.	1962
19	90	Study (v.2): Jacksonville - Duval County transportation study - 1960 / prepared by Florida State Road Department in cooperation with Board of County Commissioners, Duval County and the U.S.Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads. [Jacksonville, Fla.] : The Road Dept., [1962-1963]. (Vol. 2 includes assignment of traffic volumes for 1980 and improvements to major street and highway systems)	1963

		McCormick Bridge, B. B. see Expressways / Roads - Beach Boulevard (Folder 106)

		Main Street Bridge
19	91a	Newspaper clippings	1938-41
19	91b	Postcard: Vote "YES" for the NEW FREE ST. JOHN'S RIVER BRIDGE Nov. 5th... 1938? Text and map.	1938
19	92	Report of Gilbert A. Youngberg and W. E. Reynolds, Associated Consulting Engineers on Approaches to St. Johns River Bridge, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. Jacksonville, Fla.: Gilbert A. Youngberg and W.E. Reynolds, 1931. On title page: April 10, 1931.	1931

		Mathews Bridge (initially Arlington Bridge) / Chaseville Arlington Area Bridges
19	93	Newspaper clippings re Mathews Bridge	1930-59
19	94	Newspaper clippings re Chaseville Bridges	1946-57
19	95	Report: Proposed Arlington Bridge over St. Johns River / by Earle P. Luce, County Engineer, W. E. Reynolds, Consulting Engineer. September 1932.	1932
19	96	Report: Proposed bridge across St. Johns River in the Vicinity of Arlington / by [Bridge Committee], Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, Florida. May 9, 1941. Committee members: J. Henry Blount, Arthur N. Sollee, John F. Reynolds.	1941
19	97	Report: Discussion relative to the proposed construction of Interstate Highway Project and Arlington Bridge Project in Duval County, Florida / by Arthur N. Sollee, County Engineer. Accompanying letter dated November 17, 1947. (2 copies)	1947
19	98	Report: Preliminary Report for the Arlington Bridge, Gilmore Street Bridge, Myrtle Avenue Overpass, Jacksonville, Florida. Prepared for State Road Department of Florida by Reynolds, Smith and Hills. Jacksonville, Fla. : Reynolds, Smith and Hills, 1949. Date on cover: September 15, 1949.	1949

		Twentieth Street Bridge (proposed)
20	99-101	Project File: Reports, minutes of meetings, maps, newsclippings, data	1954-68

	Transportation (Duval County, Fla.)
		Expressways / Roads

		Arlington Expressway / Chaseville Area roads
20	102	Minutes: Public Hearing on Expressway	1959
20	103	Report: Engineering Report "Arlington Triangle" Intersection of State Road 115 and State Road 10A. Prepared by Reynolds, Smith and Hills. Jacksonville, Fla. : Reynolds, Smith and Hills, 1970. On title page: April 6, 1970.	1970
20	104	Report: Proposed Traffic Pattern Change, Arlington Expressway Service Roads. [Jacksonville, Fla. : Traffic Engineering Office, 1971?]	1971
20	105a-b	Report: Traffic Report Chaseville-Arlington Area, Duval County, Florida. [Tallahassee, Fla.?] : Traffic and Planning Division, State Road Department of Florida, 1958. (2 copies) (folder includes supporting data, working materials)	1958

		Beach Boulevard:
21	106	Program: Official Dedication Program for Beach Boulevard and the B.B. McCormick Bridge: Saturday, December 17, 1949. (Folder includes newsclippings)	1949

		J. Turner Butler Boulevard
21	107	Correspondence (includes letter from UNF President Thomas Carpenter re Butler Boulevard tolls)	1976-83
21	108	Manuscript: History of Hogan Road - Jose Vedra Boulevard - J. Turner Butler Boulevard. By Arthur N. Sollee.	1970?
21	109	Newsclippings	1973-84
21	110	Project File: Minutes of Jacksonville Expressway Authority meetings; Report on Annual Toll Revenues	1969-76
15	111	Report: J. Turner Butler Boulevard Eastward Extension and Toll Plaza Improvements (In Oversize Box no. 15)	1977

		Jacksonville Expressway / Interstate System
22	112	Correspondence, General	1935-63
22	113	Correspondence, newsclippings: Toll Roads and Freeways in Duval County	1951-57
22	114	Correspondence: Jacksonville Expressway Authority renamed Jacksonville Transportation Authority (includes transcript of local legislative delegation meeting, March 23, 1971)	1971
22	115	Memorabilia: Program from Jacksonville Expressway Authority dinner (October 7, 1964); JEA letterhead stationery (1 sheet); cover from JEA Progress Report, no. 4 (June 30, 1965) (shows JEA seal)	1964-65
22	116	Newsclippings: Interstate 95 Turnpike	1939-68
22	117	Report: Special Traffic Committee	1941
22	118	Report: A Traffic survey report and Interstate highway plan of the Jacksonville Metropolitan Area / by the State Road Department of Florida, Division of Research and Records in cooperation with the Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency and the City of Jacksonville, 1945-1946. [Tallahassee, Fla.] : State Road Dept. Florida : [1947?]	1947?
22	119	Reports, reviews: Postwar Highway Program	1945-48
22	120	Report: The Express parkway and toll bridge system connecting inter-state highways at Jacksonville, Florida / submitted by the Highway Committee of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce. [Jacksonville, Fla.? : Chamber of Commerce, 1947?]	1947
23	121-122	Report: Proposed Interstate Highway, Arlington Bridge, and Auxiliary Roads (includes 1947 discussion document) By Arthur N. Sollee. 2 copies	1947-48
23	123-124	Reports: Traffic and Revenues on Interstate and Bridges	1948-50
23	125	Report: Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce Highway Plan	1949
23-24	126-128	Report, correspondence, data: Bond issues	1950-72
24	129	Report: Statement of Board of County Commissioners of Duval County relating to its position on proposed legislation creating the Jacksonville Expressway Authority	1955
24	130	Report: Proposal from Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce re Express Parkway and Bridge System	1955
24	131	Report: Preliminary Civil Engineering Report for the Jacksonville Expressway System	1955
24	132	Working Materials: Notes of Arthur Sollee	1955-60
24	133-134	Reports: Civil Engineering Reports for the Jacksonville Expressway System (1956 - 2 copies); 1957 Supplements - 2 copies)	1956-57
25	135	Report: Progress Report of the Construction of the Jacksonville Expressway System	1957
25	136-137	Reports, Correspondence, newsclippings, data: Interstate 295 in Duval County	1957-78
25	138	Report: Approaches to South Jacksonville Expressway	1958
25	139	Report: Extensions to the Jacksonville Expressway System	1960
26	140	Report: Jacksonville - Duval County Transportation study - 1960 / prepared by Florida State Road Department in cooperation with Board of County Commissioners, Duval County and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads. [Jacksonville, Fla.] : The Road Dept., [1962-1963]. Vol. 1 presents basic 1960 statistical data with projections of travel characteristics to 1980. Vol. 2 includes assignment of traffic volumes for 1980 and improvements to major street and highway systems.	1960-63
26	141	Report: Jacksonville Expressway Authority Traffic Data	1962
26	142	Reports, Working Materials: Blatnik Committee, Washington, D.C.	1965-66
26	143	Working Materials, maps: Mayport Road Connection to Wonderwood Road	1965-84
26	144	Working Materials, correspondence: Review of New Expressway - Route Proposals	1968-70
26	145	Report: Intersection of State Road 115 and State Road 212	1970

		Road Drainage / Sewage Planning
27	146	Report: Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Problems of Jacksonville, Florida	1953
27	147-148	Report, working Materials: Sanitary Sewerage and Storm Drainage Master Plan, Jacksonville, Florida	1955-81
27	149	Report: Engineering Report for Sewerage Improvement Program	1970

		Southside Boulevard (SR-9A) Extension
28	150-153	Correspondence, minutes, reports: Public Participation Hearings	1974-77
28	154	Newsclippings	1964-76
28	155	Report: Analyses of Alternate Transportation Plans, Jacksonville Urban Area Transportation Study	1973
29	156	Report: Draft Environmental Statement, Administrative Action for Southside Boulevard Extension	1973
29	157-158	Report, correspondence: Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Southeastern Extension of SR-9A	1976

		State Road 105 (Fernandina Port Authority Toll Road Project)
29	159	Newsclippings	1948-52
29	160	Reports, statements	1948

		University of North Florida - Site Selection
29	161	Correspondence	1968-69
29	162	Newsclippings, television editorials	1963-72

		Zoning Laws and Regulations
30	163-170	Publication: Laws and regulations: Duval County Zoning Regulations, effective March, 29, 1957. [Jacksonville, Fla?] : Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, Florida, 1957.	1939-57
30	171	Publication: Jacksonville (Fla.). City Council. Zoning Atlas with zoning regulations / City of Jacksonville, Florida. [Jacksonville, Fla. : City Council], 1955.	1955
30	172	Transcript of Proceedings, Public Hearing re Comprehensive Zoning Plan. Includes: Zoning atlas with zoning regulations / City of Jacksonville, Florida. Rev. June 1st, 1955. [Jacksonville, Fla. : City Council], 1955.	1945-55

	OTHER TRANSPORTATION (BUSES / FERRIES / SHIPS / MASS TRANSIT)

		Atlantic Gulf Ship Canal
31	173	Correspondence	1937

		Blount Island / Port Industry / Ferries
31	174	Newsclippings, Resolution: Sea-Train/ Car-Ferry Service to Venezuela	1945
31	175	Report: Port and industrial survey of Jacksonville, Florida : June 20, 1945 / Coverdale & Colpitts, Consulting Engineers. New York : Coverdale & Colpitts, [1945]	1945
31	176	Report: The port of Jacksonville, Florida / prepared by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and United States Maritime Commission. Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1948.	1948
31	177-178	Working Materials, newsclippings: Development of Blount Island, Creation of Duval County Port Authority, Offshore Power Systems	1954-81

		Buses: Jacksonville Coach Co. Acquisition
32	179-182	Correspondence, Project File: Mass transit, Acquisition of Jacksonville Coach Co.	1969-72
32-33	183-184	Newspaper clippings	1972-83
33	185	Report: Valuation Study of Physical Property of Jacksonville Coach Company	1972

		Urban Mass Transit / Automated Skyway Express
33-34	186-191	Newspaper Clippings: Mass Transit, including Urban Renewal, Environment Issues, Jacksonville City Government, People Mover	1946-75
35	192	Publications re: BART Mass Transit System	1970-72
35	193	Report: Motor Bus Transportation, Jacksonville, Florida	1959
35	194	Report: Study Design for a Comprehensive Planning Program for the Jacksonville Urban Area	1967
35	195	Report: The Legal Lawbreakers	1970
35	196	Report: Public Transit in the Low Income Areas of Jacksonville	1970
35	197	Reports: Present and Future Transit Needs, Final Report. McLean, Va. : Voorhees & Associates, 1970. Financial Resources Available for Transportation.	1970-71
36	198a-b	Reports (2): Application for a Technical Study Grant for Urban Mass Transportation (Jacksonville Area Planning Board, July 1971). Revised Application for a Technical Study Grant for Urban Mass Transportation (Jacksonville Area Planning Board, October 1971)	1971
36	199	Report (Draft): Second Draft Technical Report, Jacksonville Downtown People-Mover Study, Goals and Objectives / prepared for Florida State Department of Transportation in cooperation with Jacksonville Area Planning Board... Prepared by Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall and Reiff-Felllman and Associates. Date on title page: October 25, 1972.	1972
36	200a-b	Report: Urban transportation in Jacksonville, Florida : final report. Jacksonville, Fla. : Jacksonville University, 1972. At head of title: Student originated study program. National Science Foundation. Grant number 9133--summer 1971. (2 copies: c.2 heavily annotated in manuscript by Arthur Sollee)	1972
36	201	Report: Jacksonville Urban Area Mass Transportation Study / prepared for Jacksonville Area Planning Board...by Campbell, Foxworth and Pugh, Consulting Engineers and Planners; Reynolds, Smith and Hills. [Jacksonville, Fla. : Campbell, Foxworth and Pugh?, 1973?] Date written on title page: May 29, 1973.	1973

	PERSONAL FILES, 1938-84

		Awards and Honors
36	202-203	Certificates of Appreciation, Recognition: United States of America War Production Board National Salvage Program of 1942-43; Guest Speaker at Jacksonville Downtown Lions Club, Dec. 14, 1966	1942-66

		Biographical Materials
36	204	Correspondence re Application for Executive Director position for the Jacksonville Expressway Authority (includes biographical information)	1956
36	205-206	Newspaper clippings (includes Florida Times-Union obituary, November 11, 1984)	1941-84

		Speech Files
36	207	Program, correspondence for Spring Meeting of Florida Chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers (Sollee listed as speaker for the meeting)	1938
36	208	Program, correspondence for speech given at Jacksonville Civitan Club, December 6, 1972	1972

		Writings
36	209	Article: "Mapping in Duval County, Fla." Civil Engineering, July 1938:451.	1938
37	210	Book: The Engineer Speaks : Memoirs Covering Five Decades of Highway Problems in Duval County. [Jacksonville, Fla.] : A.N. Sollee, Sr., [1982?]	1982

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