Albuquerque Metropolitan Airport Development Committee collection, 1969-1979.

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Albuquerque Metropolitan Airport Development Committee collection, 1969-1979.

The collection documents much of the discussion and controversy surrounding plans to build a publicly-owned general aviation airport system on Albuquerque's West Mesa. Reports from consultants (Landrum and Brown, Herkenhoff and Associates, Ralph M. Parsons Company) and the Federal Aviation Authority, minutes and memos from meetings of the West Mesa Airport Evaluation Committee and AlbuquerqueMetropolitan Airport Development Committee chaired by Robert Nordhaus, news clippings, and other documents which belonged to committee member, Sherman Wengerd, comprise the collection of sixteen folders arranged in chronological order.

1 box (1 cu. ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7547280

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Landrum & Brown

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Wengerd, Sherman A. (Sherman Alexander), 1915-1995

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Sherman A. Wengerd (b. 1915) was a professor of geology at the University of New Mexico from 1947-1976 and also a research geologist in petroleum exploration, hydrology, and coal beginning in 1947. He began full time consulting work in 1976. The bulk of his work was done in the Four Corners area of the Southwest United States. Wengerd was active in the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, serving as national editor from 1957-1958 and president from 1971-1972, and was a charter member of...

Albuquerque (N.M.)

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West Mesa Airport Evaluation Committee.

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Nordhaus, Robert J.

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Bernalillo County (N.M.)

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With the occupation of New Mexico in 1846 by the United States, seven political subdivisions established by Mexico in 1844 were recognized as counties under the Kearny Code of Laws. Bernalillo County was one of these original seven counties. New Mexico remained under a military form of government until Sept. 9, 1850, when an act of Congress established the Territory of New Mexico. On Jan. 9, 1852, the boundaries of the counties were fixed by an act of the Territorial Legislative Assembly. Bernal...

Herkenhoff, Parsons (Firm)

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Albuquerque Metropolitan Airport Development Committee.

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