Guide to the Interstate history research project collection, 1986-1992

Interstate history research project C0261

Historical Information

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.

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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.

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Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee.

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Restrictions

Access 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.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Interstate history research project collection must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center holds many other collections on transportation and planning.

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Index Terms

Subjects:

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

Donated by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in 2015.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

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Bibliography

Federal Highway Administration map of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

History.com article on the Interstate Highway System.

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