Estelle and Philip Garges Collection. Papers and photographs, 1928-1929. 1947.

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Estelle and Philip Garges Collection. Papers and photographs, 1928-1929. 1947.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42928625

The collection consists primarily of copies of papers and photographs relating to Philip and Estelle Garges' trip and stay in Alaska (1928-1930).

.6 cu. ft.

OCLC Western Training, W7L

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SNAC Resource ID: 7488760

OCLC Western Training, W7L

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United States. Army, Alaska

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Garges, Estelle.

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Garges, Philip.

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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...