Wrenick, Frank E. (1939-) Collection, 1920-2018
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Wrenick, Frank E., 1939-
Title: Collection, 1920-2018
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 2 cubic feet, 8 audio cassettes
Location Number: Mss. A W945
Biographical Note
Frank E. Wrenick was born in February 1939 in Evanston, Illinois. In 1965, he married Elaine Virginia Walworth. In 2006, Wrenick published The Streamline Era Greyhound Terminals: The Architecture of W.S. Arrasmith. In 2016, Frank and Elaine Wrenick together published Automobile Manufacturers of Cleveland and Ohio, 1864-1942. The couple reside in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Scope and Content Note
This collection includes material related to Frank Wrenick’s work researching and writing about the career of architect William Strudwick “Arra” Arrasmith, particularly related to his work on Greyhound bus terminals from the late 1930s to the late 1950s. Material throughout the collection relates to Arrasmith and some of his associates’ careers, and Greyhound bus stations throughout the eastern portion of the United States. Oral histories of family, friends, and colleagues of Arrasmith are on audio cassettes and likely correspond with transcripts in folder 41. People interviewed include Elizabeth Arrasmith (wife), Anne Arrasmith-Lewis (daughter), Edward Baldwin (associate), Stratton Hammon (friend), Arnold Judd (partner), Mr. Rapp (partner), and Cornelius Hubbuch (friend).
Related Collections:
- Edward Willis Baldwin, Jr. papers [Mss. A B181]
- William Strudwick Arrasmith papers [Mss. A A773]
- William Strudwick Arrasmith photograph collection [016PC13]
Folder List
Box 1
Folder 1: Correspondence and photocopied photographs, 2002-2003
Folder 2: Various Greyhound stations exterior photographs, renderings, 1937-1939
Folder 3: Various Greyhound stations exterior renderings, Louisville terminal postcard and other material, undated
Folder 4: Coast Guard, Bond Clothing Store, Great Lakes Exposition and other buildings exterior and interior photographs, undated
Folder 5: Various Greyhound stations exterior renderings, negatives, and photographs, 1941-1953
Folder 6: Bowman Field 75th Anniversary booklet and correspondence, 1988-1994
Folder 7: Akron, OH Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1945-2000
Folder 8: Atlanta, GA Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1940-1945
Folder 9: Baltimore, MD Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1942
Folder 10: Battlecreek, MI Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1949
Folder 11: Binghamton, NY Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1997
Folder 12: Birmingham, AL Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1951
Folder 12a: Bowling Green, KY Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1937
Folder 13: Buffalo, NY Greyhound station photocopied research material, c. 1940-1993
Folder 14: Cincinnati, OH Greyhound station photocopied research material, undated
Folder 15: Clarksdale, MS Greyhound station photocopied research material, 2003
Folder 16: Cleveland, OH Greyhound station photocopied research material and photographs, 1946-2018
Folder 17: Columbus, OH Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1939
Folder 18: Dayton, OH Greyhound station photocopied research material, undated
Folder 19: Erie, PA Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1940
Folder 20: Evansville, IN Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1979-2002
Folder 21: Fort Wayne, IN Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1992
Folder 22: Grand Rapids, MI Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1949
Folder 23: Jackson, MS Greyhound station photocopied research material and photographs, 1954-2010
Folder 24: Lansing, MI Greyhound station photocopied research material, c. 1950
Folder 25: Lima, OH Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1949
Folder 26: Louisville, KY Greyhound station photocopied research material and photographs, 1938-2004
Folder 27: Montgomery, AL Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1951
Folder 28: Norfolk, VA Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1942-1986
Folder 29: Pittsburg, PA Greyhound station photocopied research material and photographs, 1959-2002
Folder 30: Pontiac, MI Greyhound station photocopied research material and photographs, 1952-2014
Folder 31: St. Paul, MN Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1948
Folder 32: Syracuse, NY Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1940-1997
Folder 33: Waverly, TN Greyhound station photocopied research material, 2002
Folder 34: Washington, D.C. Greyhound station photocopied research material, 1987-1997
Folder 35: W.S. Arrasmith biographical material and photographs, c. 1920-2000
Folder 36: Non-W.S. Arrasmith Greyhound terminals photocopied research material, photographs, and negatives, c. 1940-2012
Folder 37: Other buildings designed by Wischmeyer, Arrasmith, and Elswick photocopied research material and photographs, c. 1930-1950
Box 2
Folder 38: Thomas W. Lamb photocopied research material, 1942-1952
Folder 39: Greyhound buses and related research material, 1989-1990
Folder 40: Arnold Judd biographical material and clippings, c. 1960-1975
Folder 41: Stratton Hammon, Ed Baldwin, Arnold Judd, Elizabeth Arrasmith, and Anne Arrasmith interview transcripts, 1988
Folder 42: “Architects of Louisville exhibit material and “Architects of Louisville” article by Stratton Hammon, 1931-1987
Folder 43: Correspondence with Stratton Hammon, 1991
Folder 44: Correspondence with Anne Lewis and W.S. Arrasmith World War II journal photocopy, c. 1940-1998
Folder 45: Chronologies of Greyhound stations and Louisville research, undated
Folder 46: Frederic Hoyt Elswick biographical material and photographs, c. 1930-2000
Folder 47: William B. Scott research material, correspondence, and photographs, c. 1930-2000
Folder 48: The Profession of Architecture in Kentucky (1987) by C. Julian Oberwarth with marginalia
Folder 49: “Forms for Architectural Concrete” booklet, 1936
Folder 50: Ed Baldwin correspondence and related material, 1997-2003
Folder 51: Brinton B. Davis research material and photographs, 1930
Folder 52: Hermann Wischmeyer research material and photographs, 1930-1946
Folder 53: Index of architects and terminals, photocopy of Modern Bus Terminals and Post Houses, and other material, 1988-2000
Folder 54: 1100 New York Ave. terminal booklet and other material, undated
Audio Cassettes
Item 55: Arrasmith Tape 1: Side A #1 Hammon office, Side B #2 Hammon and Baldwin (digitized)
Item 56: Arrasmith Tape 2: Side A #3 Ed Baldwin Hammon, Side B #4 Ed Baldwin
Item 57: Arrasmith Tape 3: Side A #5 Hubbuch, Side B #6 Judd
Item 58: Arrasmith Tape 4: Side A #7 Arnold Judd, Side B #8 Arrasmith
Item 59: Arrasmith Tape 5: #9 and #10 Arrasmith
Item 60: Tape #1 Arrasmith, July 20, 1989 (digitized)
Item 61: Tape #2 Arrasmith, July 20, 1989
Item 62: Unlabeled
Subject Headings
Architecture – Indiana.
Architecture – Kentucky.
Architecture – Ohio.
Arrasmith, Elizabeth, 1901-1999.
Arrasmith, W. S. (William Strudwick), 1898-1965.
Baldwin, Edward Willis, Jr., 1910-2003.
Bowman Field (Ky.)
Elswick, Fred H., 1896-1958
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Hammon, Stratton O. (Stratton Owen), 1904-1997.
Louisville (Ky.)
Wischmeyer, Hermann, 1875-1945.
World War, 1939-1945.
