RG 43MAGLEVA Guide to the MAGLEV Collection RG 43Steven Bookman, University ArchivistODU University Archives

04/25/2024

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-01 11:20:29 -0400.Finding aid written in English.Describing Archives: A Content Standard ODU University Archives MAGLEV Collection RG 43 /repositories/3/resources/349 3 Linear Feet circa 1999-2003 English Content Description

This collection consists of publicity material as well as a piece of track from the MAGLEV project that took place at Old Dominion University from 1999 through 2003.

 Biographical / Historical

The Magnetic Levitation (MAGLEV) Transportation Project was developed in the late 1990s at Old Dominion University (ODU) to improve the mass transit situation in Hampton Roads. Construction on the project began in 1999 with the first piece of track laid along what once was 46th Street on the ODU campus. There were several stops planned along the track between Powhatan Apartments to the future Ted Constant Convocation Center in the University Village. Originally planned to open in the fall of 2002, the project ran into several delays and eventually shut down in 2003. There were a few attempts to revive the MAGLEV project over the next 15 years, and all of the track except for the piece over Hampton Boulevard was taken down in 2023 to make way for the future Biology Building.

 Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to researchers without restrictions.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], MAGLEV Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

 Related Materials

Old Dominion University Photographic and Multimedia Collection (RG 32)

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acc. 2023.024 was given by Ceceilia Turrietta on 6/12/2023 and Acc. 2023.026 was transferred from Facilities Management on 7/24/2023.

 Box 1Box 1/repositories/3/archival_objects/852761Piece of MAGLEV TrackItem 1/repositories/3/archival_objects/85277circa 1999-20021Preferred Citation

Piece of MAGLEV Track, circa 1999-2002, Box 1, MAGLEV Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 1: MAGLEV Publicity MaterialFolder 1/repositories/3/archival_objects/852781999-20031Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Folder 1, MAGLEV Publicity Material, 1999-2003, MAGLEV Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries

MAGLEV Digital FilesItem 1/repositories/3/archival_objects/8527981 Megabytes20021Scope and Contents

Includes video clips and a PowerPoint presentation on the status of the MAGLEV project.

Preferred Citation

MAGLEV Digital Files, 2002, MAGLEV Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

MAGLEV Car and Track ModelItem 2/repositories/3/archival_objects/85280circa 1999-20031Preferred Citation

MAGLEV Car and Track Model, circa 1999-2003, MAGLEV Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.