The Carl I. Aslakson papers, 1864-1980.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

The Carl I. Aslakson papers, 1864-1980.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21863618

Contains: Correspondence (1941-1980); newspaper clippings and speeches (1946); manuscript on life, career and travels of Aslakson; SHORAN system reports (1946-47); a scrapbook on Aslakson's exploits in surveying and triangulation (1929-40) and another on his research on SHORAN position finding (1946-1954). Typed manuscript memoirs of Bjorn Aslakson (9th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry) describing his life in various Confederate prisons during the Civil War; published memoir of Rev. Ole Paulson (1850-1885) and of Marian Aslakson on her life in the Philippines (1928).

3 boxes + 2 scrapbooks ; 36 cm.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7020900

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Aslakson, Bjorn.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6544203 (person)

Aslakson, Carl I. (Carl Ingman), 1896-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pv7zmz (person)

With S.D. Infantry on Mexican border service (1914-15). Joined U.S. Marine Corps (1917) and became 2nd Lieutenant by end of World War I (1917-19). Appointed to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1923 and rose to Lt. Commander serving on vessels in the U.S.., Alaska and Philippines (1924-38). Technical advisor to 1st Observation Battalion, U.S. Field Artillery (1939), lead U.S. delegation on gravimetric observation to Peru and Columbia (1940-41). Assigned as Major in Air Force and worked on weathe...

Paulson, O. (Ole), 1832-1907

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp0591 (person)

Lieutenant, Company H, 9th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1864. From the description of Papers, 1863-1864; 1869; 1872. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17950131 ...

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t78mp (corporateBody)

Drawn by R.D. Cutts. From the description of Pulgas base : map, 1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398096 Historical Background The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, me...

Aslakson, Marian Corbin.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x6mdg (person)