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.
Finding Aid - William Phelps Eno
| Manuscript Number | Accession Number | Collection Title | Loc | Call # | Box (1 of #) | Folder/ Volume | Row # | Series | Description | Start Date | End Date | Notes | Archivist Notes | |||||
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| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Manuscript Number | Accession Number | Collection Title | Loc | Call # | Box (1 of #) | Folder/ Volume | Row # | Series | Description | Start Date | End Date | Notes | Archivist Notes |
| 718 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2019.005 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.5.1 | 1 of 3 | 2/17 | 1 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Bill of Lading | 1753 | Bill of lading for a DPC Chariot and Harness shipped by T. Hanbury on the ship Baltimore, from London, to Daniel Park Custis, Esquire, Port of Virginia, Mar 12, 1753. This original document was found in William Phelps Eno's 1877 bible, which is also in t | Donated Nov 26, 2019, Paul Lewis, V.P. Policy and Finance, Eno Center for Transportation Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023 Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston, Nov 2023 | |
| 719 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.004 | William Phelps Eno | LIB | 3.8.2.3 | NA | NA | 2 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Certificate: Traffic Squad Benevolent Association | 1909 | Framed certificate from the Traffic Squad Benevolent Association of the Police Department of the City of New York. Dimensions: 14 1/4 X 18 This is to certify that William Phelps Eno has been elected an Honorary Member of the Traffic Squad Benevo |
Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 | |
| 720 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.004 | William Phelps Eno | LIB | 3.15.2.1 | NA | NA | 3 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Certificate: American Chamber of Commerce in Paris | 1912 | Framed certificate of membership from the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris, for William Phelps Eno, elected active member July 31, 1912. Dimensions: 14 X 18 1/2 |
Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 | |
| 721 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.004 | William Phelps Eno | LIB | 3.10.4.1 | NA | NA | 4 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Certificate: United States Council of National Defense | 1919 | Framed certificate from the United States Council of National Defense in acknowledgement of services rendered by William Phelps Eno to its organization, and through it, to the country, in the course of the Great War. Dated June 28, 1919 and signed by the | Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 | |
| 722 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.004 | William Phelps Eno | LIB | 3.11.4.1 | NA | NA | 5 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Certificate: Alexander I of Croats, Serbs and Slovenes | 1922 | Framed certificate, No. 24118, dated 25 Jyna 1922, from the Ministry of Interior, DeCriocia Piopoobat which translated reads: We, Alexander I, and the Desire of the People, The Croats Serbs and Slovenes Wish to Bestow the Cross of Our Lady of Succor |
Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 | |
| 723 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.004 | William Phelps Eno | LIB | 3.9.3.1 | NA | NA | 6 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Certificate: Inter-American Highway Engineering Conference | 1923 | Framed certificate of the Inter-American Highway Engineering Conference sponsored by The American Road Builder's Association, Certificate of Appreciation to Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, Inc., 1923. Dimensions: 12 1/2 X 10 1/2 |
Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 | |
| 724 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.004 | William Phelps Eno | LIB | 3.11.2.1 | NA | NA | 7 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Certificate: Universitatis Yalensis | 1923 | Framed certificate in Latin from Universitatis Yalensis, 1923. Dimensions: 16 X 19 1/2 |
Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 | |
| 725 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.4.2 | 2 of 4 | 3/4 | 8 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Foundation: Framed Decree from University of Oxford | 1968 | University of Oxford Decree passed by the congregation of the University on Monday, 12 February 1968, That the University accept with gratitude from the Eno Foundation a grant not exceeding ,000 in connection with an analysis daily travel in the West Midl | Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 | |
| 726 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.4.2 | 2 of 4 | 4/4 | 9 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Foundation: Ex Chao Ordo Limestone Seal | 1991 | From Roland A. Ouellette to Harold E. Davis of Metcalf, Tobey and Partners, dated May 17, 1991, regarding the dimensions of the Eno Foundation seal, EX CHAO ORDO, made of limestone, which was removed from the building in Westport. | Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 | |
| 727 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2019.005 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.5.1 | 1 of 3 | 1/17 | 10 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Foundation: Simsbury Historical Society | 1992 | A letter from the Simsbury Historical Society, dated April 28, 1992, listing the release of six publications that were a part of the organizations William Phelps Eno's collection. It documents the transfer of items to the Eno Foundation for Transportatio | Donated Nov 26, 2019, Paul Lewis, V.P. Policy and Finance, Eno Center for Transportation Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023 Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston, Nov 2023 | |
| 728 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 8/20 | 11 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Brown, Peter (Mayflower Brown) | 1893 | 1893 | April 19, 1893 - Genealogy on the oldest branch of the Brown Family in Rye, New York. It contains an historical sketch of Rye, New York and Rye, Sussex, England, written by Mrs. Mary Pamela Brown Satterlee. Undated - Mayflower Brown Peter Brown. U |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 729 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 7/20 | 12 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Eno, Alice Rathbone | 1892 | 1902 | Genealogical notes regarding Alice Rathbone's ancestry. Alice Rathbone was William Phelps Eno's first wife. Families researched include Rathbone, Forstall, Turner, and Lopez. Undated - Envelope with notes on Reverend John Rathbone. 1902 - Envelo |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 730 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 9/20 | 13 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Eno, Alice Rathbone | 1893 | 1893 | Forstall, Mac-Carthy, Rathbone, Genealogies, Compiled by A.Z. of the Heraldic Bureau, New Orleans, LA, March 1893. | Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 731 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 12/20 | 14 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Eno, Armes, Phelps | 1912 | 1919 | 1912 – Eno Family Arms, genealogy, documentary references, and notes.
April 12, 1919 – Biographical Notes by Arthur L. Eno. (5 copies) [1912] – Famille Eno: Armes Généalogie, Références documentaires, notes, complementaires. (3 copies) Undated – |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 732 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 1/20 | 15 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Biography Correspondence, Yale's 25th Reunion of the Class of 1882 | 1907 | 1907 | Undated - Booklet 25th Anniversary of Class of 1882 (Yale): Contains four page biography of William Phelps Eno. May 11, 1907 - Sketch [of the career] of William Phelps Eno, written by William Phelps Eno. (4 handwritten pages) [1907] - Sketch of Wi |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 733 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 2/20 | 16 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Biography Correspondence with National Americana Society | 1912 | 1914 | April 10, 1914 - William Phelps Eno to National Americana Society April 10, 1914 - William Phelps Eno to Henry Lane Eno March 10, 1914 - National Americana Society to William Phelps Eno December 8, 1913 - National Americana Society to William |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 734 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 3/20 | 17 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Biography Correspondence with Town Topics Publishing Co. | 1913 | 1914 | January 10, 1914 - William Phelps Eno to Town Topics, Publishing Co. (5 copies) December 24, 1913 - Town Topics Publishing Co. to William Phelps Eno January 7, 1914 - Town Topics Publishing Co. to William Phelps Eno Undated - Biography of Will |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 735 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 4/20 | 18 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Biography Correspondence with Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography | 1914 | 1914 | March 27 1914 - Letter from William Phelps Eno to Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, Russell Radford, Managing Editor March 27, 1914 - Letter from William Phelps Eno to S.W. Taylor Undated - 7 page biography of William Phelps Eno Feb |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 736 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 5/20 | 19 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Biography Correspondence with American Historical Society's American Biography | 1915 | 1916 | Undated - Advertisement for American Biography: A New Cyclopedia (The American Historical Society November 26, 1915 - William Phelps Eno to Henry Lane Eno (unsigned) November 16, 1915 - The American Historical Society (M.L. Linis) to William Phelp |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 737 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 6/20 | 20 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Correspondence with Allen, William Halle | 1826 | 1905 | October 27, 1905 - Letter from William Halle Allen to Mr. William P. Eno October 27, 1905 - Smith Ancestry October 27, 1905 - Relationship to Bulkley Family July 3, 1826 - Letter from Elisha Phelps to Hon. Henry Clay, Secretary of State, Washi |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 738 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 10/20 | 21 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Correspondence with Allen, William Halle | 1905 | 1905 | December 22, 1905 – Letter from Wm Hall Allen to William P. Eno December 22, 1905 – “Recollections of Our Ancestors, Phelps, Part 1” December 22, 1905 – “Recollections of Our Ancestors, Phelps, Part 2” December 22, 1905 – The Ancestry of Lydia |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 739 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 11/20 | 22 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Correspondence with Eno, Henry Lane | 1910 | 1910 | January 14, 1910 – Henry Lane Eno to William Phelps Eno (Henno Family) Undated – “Henno, etc. Family” (typed page) | Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 740 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 19/20 | 23 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Daughters of American Revolution | 2001 | 2001 | Photocopied pages sent 01/26/2001 from Nancy Pexas of the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution library. They include: • A letter from Mary Louise Pardee to Mrs. Morat. • 1 page of handwritten notes. • 2 postcards. • Several pag |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 |
| 741 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 2014.002 | William Phelps Eno | ARC | 1.1.3.6 | 1 of 1 | 14/20 | 24 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Eno Genealogy: Envelope | NA | Envelope of REES & REES marked Family History. Pieces of envelope addressed to William Phelps Eno marked Family History, etc. |
Accession # 2014.002 is originally part of the 1992 Eno Transportation Trust donation. Mary Jane Springman pulled the genealogical notes from the collection and processed them prior to 2014. The Print Finding Aid was created by Alexandra Geitz in July 201 | |
| 742 | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | awmsflweb | 12/03/2024 11:51 AM | MS 003 | 1992.004 | William Phelps Eno | LIB | 3.1.2.1 | NA | A | 25 | Series 1: Personal Papers | Financial Records A | 1904 | 1907 | William Phelps Eno, Personal Ledger, 1904 - 1907, A 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 2, 353 pgs., red leather bound ledger, Includes transactions for dates prior to 1904, as early as 1885. |
Eno Transportation Trust - 1992 Donation. Processing and Finding Aid by Sarah Neagoy, 2019 & 2023. Loaded onto Website by Alison Watson Maston Feb 2024 |
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