Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Bibliography
Descriptive Summary
Title: Curtis E. Green photograph collection
Dates: 1975-1987
Collection number: MS 75
Creator:
Green, Curtis E.
Collection Size:
.1 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Curtis E. Green Photograph Collection consists of 11 photographs documenting the Lawson National Distribution Company’s
bus contract with the San Francisco Municipal Railway and the dedication ceremony of the Curtis E. Green Light Rail Center.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Curtis E. Green Photograph Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library
at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Curtis E. Green photograph collection, MS 75, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 10/15/2013.
Biography / Administrative History
Curtis E. Green (1924-2002) was the first African American to administer a major U.S. transit system. Born in Louisiana,
he served in the Marine Corps during World War II then moved to San Francisco where he worked as a Muni bus driver beginning
in 1945. He worked as a bus driver for twenty years and was promoted to the Director of Personnel and Safety in 1969 and Deputy
General Manager in 1973. He was promoted again the following year to General Manager of Muni which he would run until his
retirement in 1982.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Curtis E. Green Photograph Collection consists of 11 photographs documenting the Lawson National Distribution Company’s
bus contract with the San Francisco Municipal Railway and the dedication ceremony of the Curtis E. Green Light Rail Center.
Arrangement
Series I. Photographs
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Green, Curtis E.
Newkirk, George L.
San Francisco Municipal Railway.
Transportation--California--San Francisco.
Bibliography
Nolte, Carl.
Curtis E. Green -- rose from bus driver to head of S.F. Muni. SFGate 31 July 2002. Web. 15 October 2013.