William Phelps Eno (1858-1945)

William Phelps Eno (1858 – 1945) was the youngest son of Simsbury Free Library founder Amos R. Eno. He was a trustee of this library and is buried in the adjacent cemetery. He is known internationally as the “Father of Traffic Regulation.” He wrote ” Rules of the Road” in 1903. His traffic regulations were implemented throughout the United States and internationally. He tirelessly pursued their implementation and financed much of the initial documentation supporting their launch in various cities throughout the United States.

In 1921, William Phelps Eno established the Eno Transportation Foundation. The motto of the Foundation is ” Ex Chao Ordo” which translated means “out of chaos order.” The Simsbury Free Library received a donation from the Foundation in 1992 and established the William Phelps Eno Memorial Center. On prominent display in the Simsbury Free Library’s main salon is a replica of William Phelps Eno’s personal office which includes his and his foundation’s publications, his personal library, office furniture, art work and historic papers.

Manuscript 003, The William Phelps Eno Collection is a compilation of three separate collections donated at different time which are all indexed in this Finding Aid.

Copyright has been transferred to the Simsbury Free Library for materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection.