Express highways
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert D. Starrett collection
Collection — Folder S1930
Identifier: S1930
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three items related to establishment of the Lincoln Memorial Way and the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial in Indiana. The first item is a copy of the booklet The Lincoln Memorial Way Through Indiana, a published report by the commission appointed by Governor Harry G. Leslie to designate the historic route of the Lincoln family through Indiana. The booklet also includes a handwritten note added by Robert D. Starrett on January 5, 1956...
Dates:
1933-1957
William G. Edens papers
Collection — Folder S401
Identifier: S0401
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from William G. Edens in Chicago, Illinois to Howard H. Peckham in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 27, 1950 regarding his life. and includes a copy of his two-page speech in acceptance of a commemorative plaque at the Edens Superhighway Ceremony on October 8, 1949 concering the endeavor and the Illinois statewide highway system.
Dates:
1949-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William G. Edens papers