Indiana Highway and Road Commission personnel photographs
Collection — Folder: SP007
Identifier: SP007
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs of personnel of the Indiana Highway and Road Commission. Most of the photos are portraits of individuals; however, there are also a few group photographs. Some of the groups in the photographs are identified fully, but there are a couple of groups that only a few members were known. There are thirty-seven photographs identified within the collection and twenty-eight unidentified photographs. These photographs seem to cover the 1930s through the 1940s, as far as can be outlined using Commission reports that include personnel lists.
Dates
- circa 1930-circa 1940
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical / Historical
Originally known as the Indiana State Highway Commission in 1919, the Indiana Highway and Road Commission was the predecessor to the Indiana Department of Transportation. This commission was in charge of road work, maintenance
and design as well as other related duties. There were six different districts to lend themselves to the aid of road care in Indiana in the 1930s-1940s.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Item List
Folder 1.
Adams, James D.
Atcheson, Howard
Barnhart,?
Boren, Robert B., Vice-Chairman of Highway Commission, Fountain City
Brown, John J., Director of State Highway Commission
Brown, John J., Group Photograph, ten men, L-R: #3 Brown,
John J., #5 Melton, Arthur P., #9 Murden, Jess L., all others unidentified
Cohee, George, Assistant State Geologist
Cohen, S.G., Engineer of Construction
Folder 2.
Feeney, AI
Feldman, Earl
Hallett, J.T.
Hinkle, R.H.
Kellam, Fred
Leslie, Harry G., Governor
Lutz, Phillip
Manlove, Orner S., Chief of Division of Motor Transport
McClain, C.W.
Melton, Arthur P.
Melton, Arthur P., Group Photograph, five men, L-R: #3 Melton,
Arthur P., #5 Barnhart; Other three men unidentified, Two prints in different sizes of this photograph
Murden, Jess L.
Murden, Jess L., Group Photograph, four men, L-R: Murden,
Jess L., Wedeking, Albert J., Boren, Robert B., Melton, Arthur P. Myers,?
Offutt(?), H.C., State Highway District Maintenance Engineer at Vincennes
Petty, Professor Ben H., Purdue, Chairman of the 21st (18th) Annual Road School
Sapp, Arthur H.
Sare, Dr.
Simpson, Ralph E., Indianapolis, Assistant Director of Indiana
State Highway Commission
Smith, Arthur R.
Spencer, W.T.
Stotsenburg, Evan B.
Titus, William J., Chief Engineer, Three photographs, all different sizes and poses
Trevler, Frank M.
Wedeking, Albert J., Chairman of the State Highway Commission
Wedeking, Albert J., Group Photograph, eleven men, L-R:
Wedeking, Albert J., Noblet, M.E., Bruene, Richard, Melton,
Arthur P., Boren, Robert B., Sapp, Arthur H., Titus, William J.,
Leslie, Gov. Harry G., Lucas, William W., Brown, John J., and
Murden, Jess L.
Wheeler, John W.
Williamson, Floyd
Zahrt, Walter J., Group PhotograP.h, four men, L-R: Zahrt, Walter
J., Burch, Alvan V., Zeigh (?),Charles W., and Crawford, Earl
Folder 2.
28 Portraits, unidentified
Adams, James D.
Atcheson, Howard
Barnhart,?
Boren, Robert B., Vice-Chairman of Highway Commission, Fountain City
Brown, John J., Director of State Highway Commission
Brown, John J., Group Photograph, ten men, L-R: #3 Brown,
John J., #5 Melton, Arthur P., #9 Murden, Jess L., all others unidentified
Cohee, George, Assistant State Geologist
Cohen, S.G., Engineer of Construction
Folder 2.
Feeney, AI
Feldman, Earl
Hallett, J.T.
Hinkle, R.H.
Kellam, Fred
Leslie, Harry G., Governor
Lutz, Phillip
Manlove, Orner S., Chief of Division of Motor Transport
McClain, C.W.
Melton, Arthur P.
Melton, Arthur P., Group Photograph, five men, L-R: #3 Melton,
Arthur P., #5 Barnhart; Other three men unidentified, Two prints in different sizes of this photograph
Murden, Jess L.
Murden, Jess L., Group Photograph, four men, L-R: Murden,
Jess L., Wedeking, Albert J., Boren, Robert B., Melton, Arthur P. Myers,?
Offutt(?), H.C., State Highway District Maintenance Engineer at Vincennes
Petty, Professor Ben H., Purdue, Chairman of the 21st (18th) Annual Road School
Sapp, Arthur H.
Sare, Dr.
Simpson, Ralph E., Indianapolis, Assistant Director of Indiana
State Highway Commission
Smith, Arthur R.
Spencer, W.T.
Stotsenburg, Evan B.
Titus, William J., Chief Engineer, Three photographs, all different sizes and poses
Trevler, Frank M.
Wedeking, Albert J., Chairman of the State Highway Commission
Wedeking, Albert J., Group Photograph, eleven men, L-R:
Wedeking, Albert J., Noblet, M.E., Bruene, Richard, Melton,
Arthur P., Boren, Robert B., Sapp, Arthur H., Titus, William J.,
Leslie, Gov. Harry G., Lucas, William W., Brown, John J., and
Murden, Jess L.
Wheeler, John W.
Williamson, Floyd
Zahrt, Walter J., Group PhotograP.h, four men, L-R: Zahrt, Walter
J., Burch, Alvan V., Zeigh (?),Charles W., and Crawford, Earl
Folder 2.
28 Portraits, unidentified
Processing Information
Collection processing completed and EAD finding aid created in 2004 by Amy C. Belcher.
- Title
- Indiana Highway and Road Commission personnel photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
