About This Collection
Images depicting the documentation of actions of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, recording decisions made during Commission meetings. Topics include: resolutions; legal issues; expansions, including the Philadelphia, Western, Delaware River, and Northeastern Extension; accounting procedures; bonds; budgets; contracts; employee listings with salary; and billboards. Each folder also contains material relevant to the meeting, such as fare charts and correspondence with contractors or other state agencies, such as Bureau of Public Roads. To follow a specific topic's progression, use the Meeting Minute Book Index series {#29.76}. Notable items include a letter Mrs. Eberly wrote to Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Chair Jones on October 1, 1940, regarding the opening of the turnpike. The Eberly Farm was the location of the groundbreaking for the Original Section attended by the Eberly Family (on microfilm roll 7570). Disclaimer: Not all records in this collection are digitized. Please visit the PA State Archives to see the rest of the collection.