History of electric vehicles, John Newell collection

Series 1. Biographical Files and Correspondence

Box 1, folder 1-2

Newell biographical materials

Box 1, folder 3

Speeches given by Newell 1977, 1983-1985

Box 1, folder 4-5

Image Ltd., company shareholder business 1962-1970

Box 1, folder 6

Newell property matters

Box 1, folder 7

Newell requests for information

Box 1, folder 8

Business cards

Box 1, folder 9

Clippings and notes

Box 2, folder 1

Incoming correspondence received by Newell 1975-1989

Box 2, folder 2

Incoming correspondence received by Newell 1995-1998

Box 2, folder 3

Outgoing correspondence 1976

Box 2, folder 4

Outgoing correspondence 1995

Box 2, folder 5

Correspondence with California legislators 1982-1997

Box 2, folder 6

Correspondence between Newell and Congressman Ted Lantos on E.V. advocacy 1989-1990

Box 2, folder 7

Newell correspondence to legislators on Induction Freeways 1982-1983

Box 2, folder 8

Newell's letter to the Editor

Box 2, folder 9-10

California legislative bill AB 3630 to amend transportation code 1984

Box 2, folder 11-13

Communications from Bob Wing 1996-1997

Series 2. Electric Automobile Association

Box 3, folder 1

Bylaws, 1981 and related documents

Box 3, folder 2

Board of Directors meetings 1988 January to March 1989

Box 3, folder 3

Board of Directors agendas and meetings 1992-1994

Box 3, folder 4

EAA Handbook outline 1994

Box 3, folder 5

EAA business

Box 3, folder 6

Correspondence: membership inquiries and information

Box 3, folder 7

Expenses 1984-1990

Box 3, folder 8

Insurance files for electric vehicle shows

Box 3, folder 9

Membership dues 1982-1987

Box 3, folder 10

EAA Members' curricula vitarum (resumes)

Box 3, folder 11

Public relations and publicity

Box 3, folder 12

Promotional materials

Box 4, folder 1

EAA grant inquiry with the Energy Foundation 1992

Box 4, folder 2

EAA Fellow Awards 1993

Box 4, folder 3

Keith Crock Award nominee applications

Box 4, folder 4

Nomination of Saied Motaei for Soichiro Honda Medal 1985

Box 4, folder 5

EAA Education

Box 4, folder 6

Build Your Own Electric Car Guide by the EAA 1970

Box 4, folder 7

EAA Symposium 1992

Box 4, Folder 8

EAA event speakers

Box 4, folder 9

EAA News Index

Box 4, folder 10

EAA Library Index

Box 4, folder 11

Electric Vehicles, a bibliography, Electric Vehicle Council of New York 1970 December

Box 4, folder 12

Electric vehicles bibliographic information

Box 4, folder 13

Electric vehicle bibliographies compiled by Bob Wing 1991

Box 4, folder 14

Parts and suppliers lists

Box 5, folder 1

Electric Automobile Symposium, San Jose State College 1967

Box 5, folder 2-3

Engineers meeting on electric autos, 1960s

Box 5, folder 4

Summary of Electric Car Designs 1968

Box 5, folder 5

Build Your Own Electric Car guidelines by Walter V. Laski 1976

Box 5, folder 6

1st Annual Electric Auto Seminar, Stanford University Roy Kaylor 1977

Box 5, folder 7-8

EAA schematics and notes on electric vehicle circuts 1975-1979

Box 5, folder 9

The Voltswagon by Bill Mountford 1979

Box 5, folder 10

Battery-powered conversion projects by EAA members 1977-1982

Box 5, folder 11

"Our Electric Car" by Morris Soren, Santa Rosa, California 1989 April

Box 5, folder 12

"E.V. Project #1" by K.W. Koch

Box 5, folder 13

Roy Kaylor's "Kaylor Invader" ads

Box 5, folder 14

Applications for hybrid vehicle brainstorming meeting at Stanford University 1990 January

Box 6, folder 1

Electric vehicle associations in California

Box 6, folder 2

Electric vehicle associations outside of California

Box 6, folder 3

EAA Chapters, general

Box 6, folder 4

EAA Chapter member lists 1992-1993

Box 6, folder 5

EAA Chapter: Burbank, California

Box 6, folder 6

EAA Chapter: East Bay

Box 6, folder 7

Electro Automotive, Felton, California

Box 6, folder 8

EAA Chapter: Houston

Box 6, folder 9

EAA Chapter: Moorestown, New Jersey

Box 6, folder 10

EAA Chapter: Nevada

Box 6, folder 11

EAA Chapter: New England

Box 6, folder 12

EAA Chapter: New Mexico

Box 6, folder 13

EAA Chapter: North Bay / Marin

Box 6, folder 14

EAA Chapter: Peninsula (Bay Area)

Box 6, folder 15

EAA Chapter: Phoenix, Arizona

Box 6, folder 16

EAA Chapter: Sacramento

Box 6, folder 17

EAA Chapter: San Diego

Box 6, folder 18

EAA Chapter: San Francisco / Peninsula

Box 6, folder 19

EAA Chapter: San Jose

Box 6, folder 20-21

EAA Chapter: Santa Clara

Box 6, folder 22

Seattle Electric Vehicle Association

Box 6, folder 23

EAA Chapter: South Florida

Box 6, folder 24

EAA Chapter: Vancouver

Series 3. Subject Files

Box 7, folder 1

Alternate fuels information

Box 7, folder 2-5

Articles and information on batteries

Box 7, folder 6

Aluminum-Air battery

Box 7, folder 7

Horizon battery power test information 1995

Box 7, folder 8-9

Battery chargers catalogs and information

Box 7, folder 10

EAA Battery Survey 1984 January 6

Box 7, folder 11

Battery chargers, EAA and Newell

Box 7, folder 12

Battery regeneration diagrams, 1986 and 1991

Box 7, folder 13

Battery switch schematic by Bedini, J. (copy) 1984

Box 8, folder 1

Battery Automated Transportation International 1993-1998

Box 8, folder 2

Bay Area Air Quality Management

Box 8, folder 3

California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH)

Box 8, folder 4

Electric buses information, 1982 and 1995

Box 8, folder 5

Articles on continuously variable transmissions

Box 8, folder 6

Electric Transportation Coalition, Washington D.C. 1991

Box 8, folder 7

California Clean Air campaign literature

Box 8, folder 8

California Clean Car project demo, Sacramento 1974

Box 8, folder 9

"Commuta Car"

Box 8, folder 10

Electric vehicles controllers, articles and ads

Box 8, folder 11

Electric vehicles controllers, product information

Box 8, folder 12

Electric Vehicle Motor Controls Products by Willey, Frank G. et. al., 1975 and 1980

Box 8, folder 13

Cost data research file

Box 8, folder 14

Cost data, Newell notes 1991

Box 8, folder 15

Detroit Edison

Box 8, folder 16

Electric vehicle directories 1960-1991

Box 9, folder 1

Efficiency

Box 9, folder 2

E.V. America 1994

Box 9, folder 3

Electric Vehicles Association of the Americas

Box 9, folder 4

Australia electric vehicles information

Box 9, folder 5

New Zealand electric vehicles information

Box 9, folder 6

British Electric Truck and Vehicle Newsletter, 1986 and 1988

Box 9, folder 7

E.V. Great Britain

Box 9, folder 8-9

Electric Vehicle Association, Canada

Box 9, folder 10

Automotive China exhibition 1988

Box 9, folder 11

Electric vehicle research, Japan 1989

Box 9, folder 12

Electric Vehicle Council

Box 9, folder 13

Electric Vehicle Council Exposition, 1983 and 1986

Box 9, folder 14

Electric Vehicle Development Corporation

Box 9, folder 15

Electric Grand Prix Corporation, Rochester, New York

Box 10, folder 1

Electric bicycles

Box 10, folder 2

Electric motorcycles, 1970s and 1990s

Box 10, folder 3

E.V. Policy and Technology conference proceedings, Los Angeles, California 1992 March 5 and 6

Box 10, folder 4

Electric Power Research Institute files 1982-1989

Box 10, folder 5

Electric Power Research Institute files 1990-1996

Box 10, folder 6

Catalogs for electric vehicle fans

Box 10, folder 7

Electric vehicle motors and controls information

Box 10, folder 8

Environmental Task Force

Box 10, folder 9

Environmental Protection Agency information

Box 10, folder 10

Flywheels

Box 10, folder 11

Fuel cells information 1991

Box 10, folder 12

International conference on fuel cells, Universal City, California 1994 February 23-25

Box 10, folder 13

General Electric Semiconductors information 1976

Box 11, folder 1-3

General Motors file

Box 11, folder 4

German Research Service Reports 1995-1996

Box 11, folder 5

Golden Gate Energy Center 1981

Box 11, folder 6

Hybrid: articles and information

Box 11, folder 7

Hybrid: research papers and presentations

Box 11, folder 8

Hybrid: Briggs and Stratton corporation

Box 11, folder 9

Hybrid: Integrated Residence and Vehicle System [...] proposal by the EAA 1987

Box 11, folder 10

Hydrogen Electric Car information

Box 11, folder 11

IEEE information

Box 11, folder 12

Kits

Box 11, folder 13

Magnets

Box 12, folder 1

Manual: Sensible Economical Electric Commuter (SEECOM) 1971

Box 12, folder 2

Manual: Electric Automobiles for Home Construction by John McVullen 1974, January

Box 12, folder 3

Electric car conversion manual by Clarence Ellers

Box 12, folder 4

Manuals on converting to or construction of electric vehicles

Box 12, folder 5

"Hills - The Challenge to Electric Cars" by Hans Koski 1981

Box 12, folder 6

"The Electric Vehicle of the Future" by Jerry McGovern, Goleta, California

Box 12, folder 7

"Outstanding articles" about various electric vehicle projects

Box 12, folder 8

Papers on various electric vehicle projects

Box 12, folder 9

Mass transit

Box 12, folder 10

Motors: how-to and charts

Box 12, folder 11

Motors: information and articles

Box 12, folder 12

Motors: publications

Box 12, folder 13

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association information 1995-1996

Box 12, folder 14-15

Nuclear Energy, general information

Box 12, folder 16

Power quality

Box 12, folder 17

Presentation: "Station Cars: Simple Demos [...]" by the National Station Car Assoc., Oakland, California

Box 13, folder 1

Performance data, 1970s (EAA surveys)

Box 13, folder 2

Results of electric vehicle rally 1977

Box 13, folder 3-5

Pollution

Box 13, folder 6

Industry shows, 1980s

Box 13, folder 7

E.V. rallies and races in the Bay Area 1996-1997

Box 13, folder 8

EAA show at the San Mateo County fair 1993

Box 13, folder 9

Mount Washington Alternative Vehicle Regatta 1975

Box 13, folder 10

Electric Grand Prix 1992

Box 13, folder 11

Arizona Public Service Electric 500 1994

Box 13, folder 12

Electric vehicle specifications

Box 13, folder 13

Safety guidelines for electric vehicles

Box 13, folder 14-15

Solar energy and cars, information and notes

Box 14, folder 1

Solar Electric 500 1990

Box 14, folder 2

Formula Sol, Mexican Solar and Electric Car Race 1992

Box 14, folder 3

Solar car races 1993-1994

Box 14, folder 4

Standards

Box 14, folder 5

Stanford University innovation Energy and Transportation Club 1987

Box 14, folder 6

Technical notes

Box 14, folder 7

Technical Information Service

Box 14, folder 8

Tires

Box 14, folder 9

Transmissions

Box 14, folder 10

Windmills

Series 4. Photographs

Box 15, folder 1

E.V. shows and rallies, Bay Area 1968

Box 15, folder 2

Converted electric vehicle 1968 October

Box 15, folder 3

First Annual Electric Car Rally, Mariposa, Calfiornia 1968 October 27

Box 15, folder 4

Electric Oldsmobile built by William W. Palmer 1968

Box 15, folder 5

Electric motorbike 1970

Box 15, folder 6

Roger Hedlund's Battery Box drag racer 1972

Box 15, folder 7

EAA Award to Roger Hedlund 1974

Box 15, folder 8

Vereyken's electric bike 1976

Box 15, folder 9

E.V. rallies 1975-1976

Box 15, folder 10

EAA meetings 1976-1977

Box 15, folder 11

Electric Vehicle show at Serramonte Mall, Daly City 1977

Box 15, folder 12

Bob Landing's wind-driven generator 1978

Box 15, folder 13

E.V. shows, Bay Area, 1970s

Box 15, folder 14

E.V. shows, unidentified, 1970s

Box 15, folder 15

E.V. conversion battery systems, 1970s

Box 15, folder 16-17

Electric vehicles, various, 1960s to 1980s

Box 15, folder 18

EAA electric vehicles, various, 1970s-1990s

Box 15, Folder 19

E.V. show at Sun Valley Center, Concord, California

Box 15, folder 20

E.V. converted Renault

Box 15, folder 21

EAA event

Box 15, folder 22

East Bay Chapter Electric Car Assocation

Box 15, folder 23

E.V. rally 1983 September

Box 15, folder 24

EAA member car by Lou MacMillan 1985

Box 15, folder 25

EAA rally and symposium 1985 September 21

Box 16, folder 1

Unidentified EAA event 1986

Box 16, folder 2

Car rally, Sunnyvale, California 1987

Box 16, folder 3

EAA rally and symposium 1988 September 17-18

Box 16, folder 4

EAA rally and symposium 1989

Box 16, folder 5

EAA 20-year anniversary picnic 1989

Box 16, folder 6

San Jose Exposition #20 1992 September 19

Box 16, folder 7

E.V. rally, 1994 ?

Box 16, folder 8

Arizona Public Services E.V. race

Box 16, folder 9

Slides: E.V. projects 1974 November to December

Box 16, folder 10

Slides: WESCON 1993

Box 16, folder 11

Negatives, unidentified 1980

Series 5. Newsletters and Publications

Box 17, folder 1-14

Electric Auto Association Newsletter, 1971-1991

Scope and Contents

Newsletters published by the Electric Automobile Association (EAA) of California. Originally a communication distributed to hobbyists and enthusiasts interested in doing electric car conversion projects, the newsletter expanded with the growth of the EAA to become a resource of information to its members. The newsletters included a library index featuring articles and publications about the development and manufacturing of electric vehicles as well as current events and news about the industry.

Box 18, folder 1

Alternate Energy Transportation Newsletter 1983-1990

Box 18, folder 2

Current EVents EAA newsletter 1993

Box 18, folder 3

Current EVents EAA newsletter 1994

Box 18, folder 4

Current EVents EAA newsletter 1995

Box 18, folder 5

Current Events EAA newsletter 1996

Box 18, folder 6

Current EVents EAA newsletter 1997

Box 18, folder 7

Denver Electric Vehicle Council Newsletter 1985-1988

Box 18, folder 8

Denver Electric Vehicle Council Newsletter 1989-1997

Box 18, folder 9

Electric Vehicle Association, Southern California newsletters 1986-1993

Box 18, folder 10

Electric Vehicle News, 1976 and 1979

Box 18, folder 11

Electric Vehicle News, 1981, 1984, 1985

Box 18, folder 12

Electric Vehicle Power News, Sacramento Vehicle Association, 1992, 1997, 1998

Box 19, folder 1

Electrifying Times 1993-1995

Box 19, folder 2

Fox Valley Electric Auto Association newsletters 1987-1989

Box 19, folder 3

Home Power 1989

Box 19, folder 4

Solar Mind 1990-1993

Box 19, folder 5

Electric vehicle newsletters, various 1987-1989

Box 19, folder 5

Electric vehicle newsletters 1991-1993

Box 19, folder 6

Articles and clippings about electric vehicles

Box 19, folder 7

Advertisements for commercial electric vehicles

Box 19, folder 8-9

Electric Vehicle Council Expo '83 Proceedings, Detroit, Michigan 1983 October 4-6

Box 20

10th International Electric Vehicle Symposium Proceedings, Hong Kong, 1990 December 3-5