Alaska Records Describing the Work of the U.S. Alaska Road Commission, 1915-1957, and the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, 1963-1974

Collection

Identifier: MS 83-3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

These records primarily include scrapbooks of newspaper clippings describing the work of the U.S. Alaska Road Commission, 1915-1921 and U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, 1963-1974.

Includes miscellaneous records concerning the Savage Bridge Project in Mt.McKinley National Park (1950's-1960's); earthquake damage to the highway system in 1964; several project engineer field diaries for the Starrigavan Bay Crossing, Sitka Highway.

Dates

1915-1957
1963-1974

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Extent

3.4 Linear Feet (4 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

C.W. Seslar of the Juneau Office of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration donated the collection to the library in 1984 (Acc. No. 1984-020).

Related Materials

Photos of road and bridge construction, etc. located in PCA 244.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Alaska Records Describing the Work of the U.S. Alaska Road Commission, 1915-1957, and the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, 1963-1974
Subtitle: United States. Federal Highway Administration Alaska Division
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed By: Staff ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann
Date: 2019 July
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English