Historic Background Research (Investigation Type)

These are investigations of the past using written records and other documents. Evidence from the records are compared, judged for veracity, placed in chronological or topical sequence, and interpreted in light of preceding, contemporary, and subsequent events.

6,776-6,800 (6,892 Records)

Wagon Roads West (1950)
DOCUMENT Citation Only W. Turrentine Jackson.

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Wake Atoll Air Traffic Control Towers (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carrie Cecil.

The purpose of this report is to establish the historic context for air traffic control tower and air traffic control support facility development on Wake Atoll. A critical component of any airfield, the air traffic control towers, and support facilities on Wake contributed to the safe and organized passage of aircraft through and over the atoll. Air traffic control facilities were an important aspect of Wake’s operation as a major aviation hub from 1935 to 1972. This report outlines the...


Wake Atoll Water Systems (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carrie Cecil.

This report outlines the history of Wake Atoll’s water systems from 1935 to the present with a particular emphasis on the construction and operation of those facilities and structures associated with desalination activities and water production. It is broken down into four main components. This report is not intended to be an authoritative account of either the history of Wake Atoll or the history of desalination. Rather it is intended to provide contextual information about the significance and...


Wake Island National Historic Landmark Hurricane Damage Assessment - Wake Atoll (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 15th Civil Engineering Squadron.

This document contains the results of a damage assessment of the Wake Island National Historic Landmark conducted during May and June 2007. Wake Atoll is operated by the 15th Airlift Wing, Hickam Air Force Base, O’ahu Island, Hawai‘i. The current personnel population of approximately 117 would provide minimal security, maintenance, fire protection, repair of facilities damaged by Super Typhoon Ioke, and support to other federal agencies. Prominent landmark features, most of which are...


Walker's Row: a Nineteenth Century Mill Tenement on the Brandywine (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lyn Stallings.

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A walking tour of historic Fagatogo: Tutuila, American Samoa (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only John. Enright. American Samoa Historic Preservation Office.

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Walking Work: Victorian Life IN Des Moines (1997)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William C. Page. Leah D. Rogers.

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War in Kansas; a Rough Trip To the Border (1856)
DOCUMENT Citation Only George D. Brewerton.

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The War Memorial, Master Plan for Restoration and Improvement (1989)
DOCUMENT Citation Only E. Fred Brecher. Alison Harris. Paul Staudt. B. G. Tipton. Pamela Wanner. William M. Connolly. Arthur L. Lange. Terry Pfoutz. Herbert Levy. Rocco Pace. Kenneth G. Sigel. L. Gerald Marshall. Stanley Gatland. Louise Schiller. William S. Dix. Robert Davis.

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Washington County Record List (1974)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Arkansas History Commission.

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Washington Irving On the Prairie; Or, a Narrative of a Tour of the Southwest in the Year 1832 (1937)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Henry L. Ellsworth.

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Washington Square Mound Site
PROJECT Uploaded by: Zac Selden

Multi-component Caddo mound site located in Nacogdoches, Texas.


Water Development on the Gila River: The Construction of Coolidge Dam (1987)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. Introcaso.

Because settlement and sustained growth in the arid West has been impossible without an adequate water supply, the history of the region requires an understanding of water resource development. In central Arizona, water development on the Gila River, the state's principle river, was attained only after a long period of conflict. Historically, the Gila River had been used by the Pima Indian community. This tribe had successfully dwelled for many centuries as an agrarian society by diverting the...


Watering the Land: The Turbulent History of the Carlsbad Irrigation Disstrict (1993)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark Hufstetler. Lon Johnson.

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Waterscapes in the Sierra: Cultural Resources Investigations for the Utica Project (FERC 2019), Volume I. (1993)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Shelly Davis-King. J. Marvin. D. Theodoratus. T. Brejla. D. Hay.

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Watson's Atlas Map of Arkansas (1885)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Gaylord Watson.

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The Watts Bar Reservoir Area: Its Enigmatic History (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Leland R. Johnson. Jeanette K. Dennings.

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... Wealth of Arkansas (1939)
DOCUMENT Citation Only George C. Branner.

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Wearing Culture: Dress and Regalia in Early Mesoamerica and Central America (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Chelsea Walter

Wearing Culture connects scholars of divergent geographical areas and academic fields-from archaeologists and anthropologists to art historians-to show the significance of articles of regalia and of dressing and ornamenting people and objects among the Formative period cultures of ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. Documenting the elaborate practices of costume, adornment, and body modification in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Oaxaca, the Soconusco region of southern...


Weaver Pottery Site: Industrial Archaeology in Knoxville, Tennessee (1981)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: system user

Nineteenth century archaeological sites in urban areas of Tennessee have been consistently neglected by archaeologists. This neglect has been primarily due to the erroneous belief that these late historic sites, even if reasonably well preserved, would not contribute substantial knowledge about cultural development in the American South. It has become increasingly apparent that although extensive surface modifications have occurred in our urban centers, extensive filling of areas has often...


Welcome to Pohnpei Lidorkini Museum (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Division of Historic Preservation and Cultural Affairs.

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Weldin House (Husbands Property) Summary Opinion (1988)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Killinger Kise Franks Straw.

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Went To Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition To That Fairy Land, and Its Sad Result; Together With a Sketch of the Life of the Author.. (1862)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Miriam Colt.

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West Alameda Avenue South Hazel Court to South Knox Court Project No. Stu 206A-0001) (1997)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Barbara Norgren.

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West End Substation and Crew Quarters, Environmental Assessment (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Uploaded by: system user

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