Gettysburg National Park Commission, Office of the Commissioners, engineers annual reports, 1893-1921.

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Gettysburg National Park Commission, Office of the Commissioners, engineers annual reports, 1893-1921.

Bound volumes (handwritten and typed) containing engineer's reports and photographs relating to work surveying the battlefield and existing property lines, historical marking of regiment and battery positions, drawing of blueprints, surveying and construction of avenues and public roads, repairing roads, and erecting monuments.

1.27 linear ft. (ca. 2,033 items).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8061180

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Gettysburg National Military Park Commission. Office of the Commissioners

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Formed 1895 when U.S. Congress established the Gettysburg National Military Park; commission ran the park under the jurisdiction of the U.S. War Dept.; commission lasted until 1922 when last surviving commissioner died; park continued to be administered by the War Dept. until 1933 when control of the park was transferred to the National Park Service. From the description of Gettysburg National Park Commission, Office of the Commissioners, approval of requests, 1893-1918. (Unknown). W...