Transportation 2000 and Intermodal World magazine photograph collection, circa 1973-1985, bulk 1980-1985

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Summary

Title:
Transport 2000 and Intermodal World magazine photograph collection
Dates:
circa 1973-1985, bulk 1980-1985
Creators:
Neira, Gail
Abstract:
The Transport 2000 and Intermodal World magazine photograph collection, circa 1973-1985 (bulk 1980-1985), (SAFR 23351, P99-021) is comprised mainly of portraits of American shipping industry administrators. The collection has been processed to the Series level and is open for use.
Extent:
101 items
Language:
In English.
Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P99-021 (SAFR 23351), Transport 2000 and Intermodal World magazine photograph collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Background

Scope and content:

The Transport 2000 and Intermodal World magazine photograph collection, circa 1973-1985 (bulk 1980-1985), (SAFR 23351, P99-021) is comprised mainly of portraits of American shipping industry administrators. The collection has been processed to the Series level and is open for use.

Contains photographs of American shipping industry administrators and other photographs pertaining to intermodal shipping, circa 1973-1985 (bulk 1980-1985). There are black-and-white and color photographs of various sizes, as well as one drawing.

This collection primarily contains many portraits of executives and upper-management personnel from various intermodal shipping companies in the United States. These are primarily "headshots" which were likely used for publicity. There are also photographs of United States ports and container ships, all pertaining to intermodal shipping. Additionally, there are photographs of the Flying Tiger fleet (air freight carrier), Thomas B. Crowley speaking at the U.S. Maritime Academy in New York, an unidentified man painting a freight container, and an ink on glassine drawing of freight containers.

Most of the photographs in this collection were used in the publication "Transport 2000 and Intermodal World" magazine. The bimonthly magazine was first published in the 1970s and was purchased and operated by Gail Neira, DeLong Publishing, Co., from 1984 to 1986. Intermodal transportation is the delivery of goods or passengers through multiple modes of transportation. The goods are most often containerized and are transferred at intermodal terminals. The most common forms of transportation are by container ship, railcar, and tractor trailer.

Source: Cranic, T. G. & Kim, K. H. (2005). Intermodal transportation. Retrieved on September 20, 2012, from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.91.4249&rep=rep1&type=pdf, p. 2.

Biographical / historical:

Gail Elizabeth Neira owned and operated "Transport 2000 and Intermodal World Magazine," published by DeLong Publishing Co., Novato, California, from 1983 to 1984.

Neira was born on July 12, 1947, in San Francisco. She married Daniel Frank Delong in 1978. She has been a newspaper and magazine publisher. The Transport 2000 was a bimonthly magazine first published in the 1970s. According to her account, she was the first, and at the time, only Hispanic female to own a shipping publication. She has been a member of Charter 100, a professional women's group, and has received a Small Business Administration Outstanding Business Award.

Neira is also active in grassroots political organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. She ran for State Assembly in 2002, 2004, and 2006; is a co-founder of the Bay Area Lincoln League Political Action Committee; and is the standing president since 1999 and chief event coordinator for the San Francisco Republican Alliance. She notes that she has authored America's first book on political and grassroots etiquette.

Additionally, she has been an on-air host, producer, and commentator for radio and television shows in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sources for this biography can be found in the collection file.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-01387

The collection was donated in 1999 by the creator to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park including photographic prints, negatives, press releases, a drawing, and a transparency, all pertaining to intermodal shipping.

Processing information:

Photographs were received by processing staff in folders labeled: "People A-D," "People E-O," "People P-" and "Container ships, etc., circa 1980s". The photographs from the folders marked "People" were put into Series 1. Items from the other folders were put into Series 2. Processing staff maintained the general order of the Items. The photographs of individuals were received mostly in alphabetic order, and processing staff refiled the few photographs that were out of alphabetic order. The Items in Series 2: Ports, vessels, and other photographs, were grouped by location and then alphabetized by processing staff; the remaining photographs were left in the order that they were received and placed at the end of Series 2.

The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material and subject matter experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors in this guide please contact the reference staff in order for us to evaulate and make corrections to this guide.

Please cite the title and collection number in any correspondence with our staff.

Arrangement:

Arranged into two Series: Series 1: People; Series 2: Ports, vessels, and other photographs. The photographs of people in Series 1 are in alphabetical order by the person's last name. The photographs in Series 2 are arranged alphabetically by geographic location, followed by unidentified ports and miscellaneous photographs at the end.

Physical location:
San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Physical description:
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Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by: M. Crawford and Amy Croft, September 2012.
Date Prepared:
2014
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ICMS database and converted into xml from a template revised and updated by San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department. 10/1/2014 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

Terms of access:

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P99-021 (SAFR 23351), Transport 2000 and Intermodal World magazine photograph collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Location of this collection:
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123, US
Contact:
415-561-7030
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