MRV Architects Collection.

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MRV Architects Collection.

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This collection contains three items concerning MRV Architects' work on restoring Southeast Alaska Native clan houses. The first item in this collection consists of a 1983 transcribed interview with Linn A. Forrest Sr., who was an early architect that worked for MRV and who restored Native architecture in Southeast Alaska during 1938-1940 in conjunction with the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps). The interview was conducted by MRV head, Paul Voelckers, and Richard Ritter and concerns Forrest's work on the Chief Shakes Community House in Wrangell and the work performed on it during 1939-1940. The next two items consist of reports generated by MRV in 2007 concerning the firm's proposed work to restore the Chief Son-I-Hat Whale House at Kasaan, Alaska. The reports, which include color images, were prepared by MRV head Paul Voelckers and Mary Pat Wyatt. Both reports discuss the state of the house in 2007, such as issues of wood rot, weathering, and structure stability. The reports also discuss some aspects of the House's history and MRV's recommendations for repairs.

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Sealaska Heritage Institute

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Sealaska Heritage Institute

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...

Wyatt, Mary Pat.

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MRV Architects.

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Forrest, Linn A. (Linn Argyle), 1905-1987

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The original Whale House in New Kasaan collapsed in the 1920s. From the guide to the Notes relative to the original construction and the reconstruction of Chief Sonihat's "Whale House, " New Kasaan, P.W. I., 1938 November 22, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Linn A. Forrest was a professional architect who was based out of Juneau, Alaska. In the late 1930s the U.S. Forest Service contracted Linn A. Forrest and regional forester, B. Frank Heintzleman, to oversee v...

Voelckers, Paul.

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Ritter, Richard H. (Richard Henry)

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Richard H. Ritter was Princeton Class of 1917. Robert Reed Gailey (a football All-American) received his AM degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1896. From the description of Memories of Princeton Court in Peking : typescript, 1973. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 179292088 ...