Historical Context (Other Keyword)
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Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.
Cold War Historical Context 1951–1991 Fort Richardson, Alaska, United States Army Alaska (2003)
This document provides a Cold War context for Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, for the purpose of providing guidelines for identification and evaluation of Cold War era military properties. Expectations of Cold War sites surviving until they reach the traditional 50-year period lessen as changes in mission, rapid changes in technology, and changes in the world political scene become more prominent. Pressing issues such as these make the evaluation of Cold War properties, using Cold War...
Historic Properties and Paleontological Resources Survey for Realignment of the Alaska Railroad Corporation Tracks Across EAFB and Fort Richardson, Alaska (2000)
Alaska Railroad Corporation was realigning its tracks across Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson for ten miles between Anchorage and Eagle River, Alaska. The project was meant to shorten transit time and increase operational safety by straightening the alignment and upgrading the railbed. The Federal Railroad Administration funded this undertaking, but because numerous federal agencies were involved, the Bureau of Land Management had been designated lead-federal-agency for National...
Historical and Architectural Overview of Military Aircraft Hangars: A General History, Thematic Typology, and Inventory of Aircraft Hangars Constructed on Department of Defense Installations (1999)
The U.S. Army Construction Engineering research Laboratories (USACERL) was tasked to study DoD's inventory of aircraft hangars for criteria relevant to Section 106 and 110 requirements. This study is intended to facilitate DoD's further assessment of any hangar's historical or architectural significance, as required by the NHPA. It was conceived to expand a previous DoD-sponsored study on World War II temporary buildings. This current study specifically addresses aircraft hangars mostly...
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Resources
Project metadata for resources within the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson cultural heritage resources collection. This project is used to fill metadata for all resources part of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson collection.
Military Development in Alaska 1867-1939 Draft Chronology Compiled by John Haile Cloe and the 3rd Wing History Office (2008)
A historical chronology of military development in Alaska from 1867 to 1939 written by John Haile Cloe of the 3rd Wing History Office.
Nike Hercules Operations in Alaska: 1959-1979 (2004)
The objective of this report is to provide a personal history, documenting what it was like for young servicemen to live and work at Alaska’s Nike batteries where the weather, isolation, and pressures of being on the front lines of the Cold War culminated in a unique and unforgettable experience. Limited archival information was available in the state, and further research may add more to the Alaskan Nike Hercules story.
Patterns of the Past: An Inventory of Anchorage's Historic Resources (1986)
This document consists of an inventory report which was created for anchorage's historic resources by the Municipality of Anchorage Community Planning Department. The document contains a chapter of the historic resources found at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
Top Cover and Global Engagement - A History of the Eleventh Air Force (2000)
A pamphlet that describes a history of the 11th Air Force in celebration by the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the first Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska. Created by the 3rd Wing History Office at the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.
Wake Atoll Water Systems (2017)
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...