Highway transportation
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Indiana highway scandals collection
Collection
Identifier: L326
Scope and Contents
This collection contains clippings from newspapers around the state of Indiana regarding a series of scandals that occurred during the highway building program that was started after the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The articles range from September 26, 1957 to June 10, 1958 and relate information about improper land buying, bribery, and fraud and cover the criminal trials of those implicated in the scandals.
Dates:
1957-1958
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
Russell Harrell, State Highway Commission collection
Collection
Identifier: L415
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, typed speeches with autographed corrections; reports and memos; an Indiana highway map; and slides from Russell Harrell and others in Indiana and California, ranging from 1968 to 1974 regarding Indiana highways and their history.
Dates:
1968-1974
