Walter W. Hodge Papers, ca. 1925-1948.

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Walter W. Hodge Papers, ca. 1925-1948.

The Walter W. Hodge Papers consist of a resume for Walter W. Hodge (1948); a photocopy of a field book/diary kept by Hodge in May and June of 1942 while on a reconnaissance expedition from Whitehorse, Yukon, to Mt. Scottie on the U.S. Canadian border and then to Northway airfield, Alaska, in connection with construction of the Alaska Highway; a photocopy of a photograph album relating to Hodge's work for the Alaska Road Commission (1932-34) and the Panama Canal Department (1938-40); digital print copies of the 341 photographs in that album; and an additional 219 photographs, primarily of Hodge's work as executive officer in charge of construction of 300 miles of the Alaska Highway (1941-42), but also including a few images from Hodge's time as regimental commander in charge of airfield construction in the Aleutian Islands (1942-44).

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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...

Hodge, Walter W.

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