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Pierre Thomas Dumaine Papers
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. |
| Creator: | Dumaine, Pierre Thomas. |
| Title: | Pierre Thomas Dumaine Papers. |
| Dates: | 1952-1955. |
| Quantity: | 2 linear feet. |
| Identification: | MSS20020080 |
| Language: | English. |
| Abstract: | President of New England Transportation Company. |
Biography
Thomas Park Dumaine, the seventh and last child of Frederic C. Dumaine, Sr. and Bessie Dumaine, was born on 21 August 1912, in Groton, Massachusetts. F.C. Dumaine, Sr. (1866-1951) owned Amoskeag Manufacturing Company and was at one time the president of the New Haven Railroad. For reasons unknown, Thomas Park's name was legally changed to Pierre Thomas by his father at some point in his early childhood. Pierre's nickname was “Spike”. His education and the activities of his early youth are unknown; it is thought that he either picked up a mechanical background working at one or more of his father's holdings over the years and that his early jobs were in his father's mills.
Dumaine was involved in a joint venture between the New Haven Railroad and the Mack Corporation during the early 1950s that resulted in the development of the Mack “FCD” Rail-Bus. He served as President of the New England Transportation Company, a bus and trucking company based in Boston, in the early to mid-1950s.
Dumaine served on the Boston and Maine Railroad's board of directors during the early to mid-1950s. He possibly resigned after Patrick McGinnis became the railroad's president in January 1956.
Pierre Thomas Dumaine was married to Margaret (last name unknown) until they divorced in 1959. They had two children, Lael and Peter. He married Evelyn Laffery in 1961. He died on 13 August 1987, in Portland, Maine.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists of three volumes, a scrapbook and two photograph albums, compiled by Pierre Thomas Dumaine.
The scrapbook is composed almost entirely of newspaper clippings, many compiled by the New England Newsclip Agency, Inc. of Boston. Featured in the scrapbook are articles about Pierre Dumaine's work as President of the New England Transportation Company and a strike of mechanics for the bus company in August 1953. Also included is information about a proxy fight for control of the New Haven Railroad in the Spring of 1954, when F. C. Dumaine, Jr., Pierre Dumaine's brother, lost control of the railroad to Patrick McGinnis. There are also articles about McGinnis's move to merge the New Haven Railroad with the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1955.
The first photograph album is entitled “The Conference Car at Brockton Fair, Sept. '53.” It is composed of sixteen photographs, all measuring 8″×10″. Many of the photographs show men posed in front of a New England Transportation Company bus.
The second photograph album is entitled “The New Haven Railroad Commuter Cars 1954.” The album holds twenty photographs, all measuring 8″×10″, showing interiors and exteriors of railroad coaches, group photographs (some including Pierre Dumaine), and other unidentified men, presumably railroad executives.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
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Related Material
Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of New England railroad and Connecticut business records. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Item description, #:#], Pierre Thomas Dumaine Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Cynthia Watkins Richardson of Cumberland, Maine, in June 2002.
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Detailed Description
| Series I: Papers, 1952-1955 | |||||||||||
| 1:1 | Scrapbook, 1952-1955 | ||||||||||
| 2:2 | Photograph album, The Conference Car at the Brockton Fair, 1953 | ||||||||||
| 2:3 | Photograph album, The New Haven Railroad Commuter Cars, 1954 | ||||||||||