Cold War Historical Context 1951–1991 Fort Richardson, Alaska, United States Army Alaska
Summary
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 contexts, critically important.
Cite this Record
Cold War Historical Context 1951–1991 Fort Richardson, Alaska, United States Army Alaska. Karen Waddell. 2003 ( tDAR id: 457995) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8457995
Keywords
Site Name
Nike Site Summit Historic District
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Site Summit Nike Hercules Missile Installation
Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation
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Historic Background Research
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
General
Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands
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Cultural Resources
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Historical Context
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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
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National Guard
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Natural Resources Branch
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Oil Development
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Site Summit
Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory)
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Anchorage, AK
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Fort Richardson, AK
Temporal Keywords
Cold War Era
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Post World War II
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World War II
Spatial Coverage
min long: -150.152; min lat: 61.041 ; max long: -149.363; max lat: 61.381 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson CRM Manager
Record Identifiers
CEMML TPS(s): 02-5
File Information
| Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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| Waddell_et_al_2003.pdf | 6.78mb | Sep 8, 2020 11:25:39 AM | Confidential |
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Contact(s): Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson CRM Manager