Earl (Lewis Earl) Grammer diaries, 1922-1948.

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Earl (Lewis Earl) Grammer diaries, 1922-1948.

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The collection consists of the diaries of surveyor Earl (Lewis Earl) Grammer for the years 1922 to 1948. They contain his personal thoughts and describe his activities during this time. Topics include oil explorations on the Alaska Peninsula at Bear Creek, Rex Creek, Wide Bay, and the "Cold Bay" region (between Wide Bay and present-day Puale Bay) in the 1920s; placer mining in the Dome Creek area near Fox, Alaska, in 1925; work for the Healy Coal Company in Healy, Alaska, in the 1930s; work for "AGF" in 1928-1930; and road surveys for the Alaska Road Commission in 1933-1935 (Eklutna Road Project, Anchorage-Matanuska Road Survey, Springer Road Survey, Eagle River Hill Survey, and Knik River Bridge).

0.35 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6943451

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Grammer, Earl (Lewis Earl), 1886-1965.

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Lewis Earl Grammer (1886-1965) came to Alaska in 1918. He worked as a surveyor, first for the Alaska Railroad, later for the Alaska Road Commission and other government entities. His lifelong passion, however, was oil exploration. When U.S. mineral policies were changed to allow the leasing of oil and gas lands for a nominal fee on a first-come-first-served basis, Grammer was among the many small players who entered the game. Though no oil was ever found in commercial quantities on the tracts he...

United States. Alaska Road Commission

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This collection records the construction of roads, trails and bridges in Alaska from approximately 1909-1959. The Alaska Road Commission was established in 1905 as a board of the U.S. War Department where it remained until 1932. Many of Alaska's oldest highways are named for officers of the early Road Commission: Valdez-Chitina-Fairbanks military road was renamed the Richardson Highway for Brig. Gen. Wilds P. Richardson, the Steese Highway for Col. James G. Steese, the Elliot Highway for Maj. Ma...