Interstate history research project collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are access restrictions on some of the interview transcripts and audiotape cassettes. There is restriction information on the first page of each bound interview transcript. Also check the accession folder for a master list. There are PDFs of the restriction pages in the collection folder in scanstore.

Terms of access:

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred citation:

Interstate history research project collection, C0261, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
11 Linear Feet 11 boxes
Creator:
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Abstract:
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials organized a project beginning in the late 1980s to interview individuals that played an important role in the planning and implementation of the construction of the interstate highway system in the United States. The collection consists of both bound and loose copies of interview transcripts, audiotape cassettes of the interviews, and chronological files on the interstate research project itself.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Interstate history research project collection, C0261, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials organized a project beginning in the late 1980s to interview individuals that played an important role in the planning and implementation of the construction of the interstate highway system in the United States. The collection consists of both bound and loose copies of interview transcripts, audiotape cassettes of the interviews, and chronological files on the interstate research project itself.

Biographical / historical:

The Interstate Highway System is a network of highways that forms a portion of the National Highway System in the United States. The project that brought the system into being was championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who authorized the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, though planning for the system had begun in the 1930s. As a result, the system is officially known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

Acquisition information:
Donated by the Ameican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in 2015.
Processing information:

Collection is unprocessed.

Arrangement:

Arranged by name of interviewee.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard