Among the men who accompanied MacDonald on the trips were L. I. Hewes, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Bureau, mechanics George E. Campbell and William Gildersleeve, H. S. Fairbank, and Pyke Johnson. A mounted newspaper clipping from the July 22, 1925 issue of the Rocky Mountain News regarding MacDonald's visit to Colorado and federal funds for Colorado highway projects is laid in the second log. and Three typescript orginal and carbon copy logs of road inspection trips in the western United States made by MacDonald between 1922 and 1927. The three logs, dated July 6-August 10, 1922, June 15-July 29, 1925, and September 14-October 26, 1927, contain itineraries, mileage, remarks, and captioned photographs documenting the trips in California, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. The photographs document road conditions; construction projects; the inspectors; Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; and scenery, particularly Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks in Utah, the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Colorado, and the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks in Wyoming.
Description:
Purchased from Fred White, Sr. on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1981. and Thomas H. MacDonald was an engineer and chief of the United States Bureau of Public Roads.
Subject (Geographic):
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--Pictorial works, Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--Pictorial works, Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--Pictorial works, Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works, Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--Pictorial works, Yellowstone National Park--Pictorial works, and Zion National Park (Utah)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Campbell, George E., fl. 1922, Fairbank, H. S, Gildersleeve, William, Hewes, Laurence I. (Laurence Ilsley), 1876-1950, Johnson, Pyke, 1888-1969, MacDonald, Thomas H. (Thomas Harris), 1881-1957, and United States. Bureau of Public Roads
Subject (Topic):
Automobile travel--West (U.S.), Indians of North America--New Mexico--Pictorial works, National parks and reserves--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works, Roads--Design and construction (West (U.S.), Roads--Inspection--Arizona, Roads--Inspection--California, Roads--Inspection--Colorado, Roads--Inspection--Idaho, Roads--Inspection--Montana, Roads--Inspection--Nevada, Roads--Inspection--New Mexico, Roads--Inspection--Oregon, Roads--Inspection--Utah, and Roads--Inspection--Washington (State)
