Construction projects

Abstract This collection contains meeting minutes; notes; reports; articles; correspondence; memorandums; and other material belonging to Priscilla Golding, an advocate for women in highway construction. Golding was an active member of Northeast Women in Transportation (NEWIT), which was created to help women and minorities gain access funds from the Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 for training, support services, and employment in the transportation industry. For...

Scope and Contents The M.J.B. Construction Archive (1935-1959, undated) contains newspaper clippings, construction advertisements, postcards, and photographs documenting the work of M.J.B. Construction, a general contracting company based in Stockton, California. Newspaper clippings relate to major building projects in the Stockton, California area in which M.J.B. Construction was involved between the 1940s and 1950s. Undated advertisements and postcards show construction equipment and heavy machinery, and...

Abstract This collection contains 328 black-and-white photographs and photo postcards in two photograph albums. Images were taken during various construction projects in Southern California. The first album is comprised of images taken mostly at various bridge construction projects such as: Brand Ave Bridge, Glendale, CA.; Glen Oakes Bridge; Walnut Grove Bridge; Del Amo Bridge; Overland Bridge, Culver City, CA.; and others. Other images include construction of the arch for the Grauman's Million...