PUBLIC "-//North Carolina Division of Historical Resources::North Carolina State Archives//TEXT (US::NcD::[P.C.66.1]::Blue Ridge Parkway Photograph Collection, 1931-1959)//EN" "pc66.xml" Blue Ridge Parkway Photograph Collection, 1931-1959 Processed by: Stephen E. Massengill; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dietra Stanley North Carolina Division of Historical Resources

North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/

Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Microsoft Word. Date of source: 1931-1959 Finding aid completed February 21, 1997, by Stephen E. Massengill; Finding aid encoded by Dietra Stanley, North Carolina State Archives, November 13, 2003 Description is in English. Blue Ridge Parkway Photograph Collection, 1931-1959 North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 Contact Information Division of Historical Resources North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/default.htm Processed by Stephen E. Massengill Date Completed February 21, 1997 Encoded by Dietra Stanley Date Encoded November 13, 2003

Descriptive Summary Blue Ridge Parkway Photograph Collection, 1931-1959 The photographs document the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway between 1931 and 1959. 14 items Includes black and white prints (mostly postcard size). North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Information for Users Access Restrictions

Available for research.

Usage Restrictions

Preferred Citation

[P.C.66.1] Blue Ridge Parkway Photograph Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources, Office of Archives and History.

Acquisition Information

The photograph collection was donated to the State Archives by Andy Kardos, Blue Ridge Parkway, 700 Northwestern Bank Building, Asheville, North Carolina on February 21, 1983. They were accessioned in May, 1983.

Processing Information

Finding aid completed by Stephen E. Massengill

Completed February 21, 1997

Collection Overview

The photographs were originally housed in 45 scrapbooks. Over the years they were removed from the albums and placed numerically and chronologically in boxes. The photographs document the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway between 1931 and 1959. The images are numbered 1 1A to 59 43H. A small portion of the prints could not be separated from the glued pages, and copy negatives were made of these stuck photographs. The labels were also removed from the albums and attached to note cards. These were placed in the same order as the photographs, but in separate boxes. The thousands of photographs are not individually described but are to be found chronologically in the boxes listed below.

Arrangement

The photographs are arranged chronologically and numerically, following the original order in the scrapbooks.

Online Catalog Headings Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.) Roads--Design and construction. Photographs--1931-1959. Photograph albums--1931-1959. Container List 66.1Photographs 1931-1932 ; 1-1A to 2-14F 1934-1935 ; 4-1A to 5-5A 66.21934-1935 ; 5-1A to 5-23F 1936 ; 4-1A to 6-88F 66.31936; 6-89A to 6-179 E 66.41936 ; 6-180A to 6-369F 66.51936-1937 ; 6-370A to 7-150F 66.61937 ; 7-151A to 7-359F 66.71937-1938 ; 7-360A to 8-27F 1939-1940 ; 9-1A to 40-32F 66.81939-1940 ; 40-33A to 40-75F 1941 ; 41-1A to 41-105J 66.91942-1945 ; 42-1A to 45-301 66.101945-1948 ; 45-31-A to 48-19M 66.111948-1949 ; 48-20A to 49-72F 66.121950-1951 ; 50-1A to 51-36D 66.131952-1956 ; 52-1A to 56-39M 66.141957-1959 ; 57-IA to 59-43H n.d. ; L-IA to LQ-30 (landscaping) 66.15Labels 1931-1936 ; 1-55A to 6-199A 66.161936-1937 ; 6-199C to 7-61F 66.171937-1939 ; 7-62B to 9-49F 66.181939-1949 ; 9-50A to 49-59E 66.191949-1959 ; 49-60A to 59-43H & landscaping Related Material:

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) at http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us