Oral history interview, 1975 Mar. 21 [sound recording].

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Oral history interview, 1975 Mar. 21 [sound recording].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43111654

Sound recording of interview concerning Wallace's survey work in the western United States and Mexico including work with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Mentions Willcox, Bisbee, and other southern Arizona towns.

Transcript (37 p.)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7514688

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Brinckerhoff, Sidney B., 1933-

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Wallace, Norman

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Chief locating engineer, Arizona Highway Dept.; also photographed interstate highway construction during the 1940s and 1950s. From the description of Oral history interview, 1975 Mar. 21 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 43111654 ...