Guide to the Jonathan Gifford transportation collection, 1919, 1980s-1990sJonathan Gifford transportation C0119Published by George Mason University Libraries Contact Information:Fenwick Library (2FL) George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444 USA Phone: (703) 993-2220 Fax: (703) 993-8911 Email: speccoll@gmu.edu URL: http://scrc.gmu.edu
Biographical InformationJonathan L. Gifford is a Dean in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, and the director of the Master's in Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics program. Dean Gifford's primary area of expertise is transportation and public policy, with a particular focus on transportation and land use. His recent research investigates transportation finance and the role of public private partnerships, and behavioral considerations in transportation planning. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. (1983) in Civil Engineering (Transportation) at the University of California, Berkeley, with doctoral minors in economics, and urban and regional planning. His dissertation examined the history and development of the Interstate Highway System from its origins in the 1930s through its design and deployment in the 1960s and beyond. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentThis collection contains tapes, documents, and books on transportation planning. Included is a VHS videotape of footage from 1919 on a US Army convoy traveling across the country on Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway in America. Return to the Table of Contents ArrangementOrganized by title. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThere are no access restrictions. Use RestrictionsThere are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Jonathan Gifford transportation collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Return to the Table of Contents Related MaterialSpecial Collections and Archives also holds many other transportation collections. Return to the Table of Contents Index Terms
Subjects:Transportation--United States--Planning.
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationJonathan Gifford transportation collection, C0119, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries. Acquisition InformationCollection donated by Jonathan Gifford in 1999. Processing InformationProcessed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Return to the Table of Contents Contents List
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