Robert H. Redding Papers, 1930s-

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Robert H. Redding Papers, 1930s-

The Robert H. Redding Papers consist of Redding's writings about Alaska in general, growing up in Fairbanks, Alaska, during the 1930s, and other topics, and an album of photographs taken throughout Alaska, especially in Fairbanks and along the Richardson Highway, in the 1960s. It also includes an album of photos and letters by and about George S. Woll, a homesteader in the vicinity of North Pole, Alaska.

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Redding, Robert H., 1920-

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Woll, George S.

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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...

Redding, Robert H.

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Robert H. Redding was a western novelist. He was the author of several western novels between the 1980s and 2000s, including "The Partners" (1981). He also wrote under the pen name Max Beeton and Walter Denver. From the description of Robert H. Redding papers, 1980-1981. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 74844109 Robert H. Redding, born in 1920, came to Alaska with his mother in 1928, and resided at Fairbanks. Having taught himself to wri...