Dates

• Majority of material found within 1800 - 2000

Extent

100 boxes Linear Feet (In 1987, the National Park Service, in coordination with America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), began an initiative to inventory historic sites in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), both of which form a division of the Park Service, began this multi-year historical and architectural documentation project in order to identify surviving historic engineering works and industrial resources in the region. The results of these inventories have been published by HABS/HAER through AIHP, subsequently the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission, and are available to the public. The measured drawings and the large-format photographs produced during this process have been deposited in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Copies of the drawings and photographs have been deposited at IUP. The remaining research material has also been retained at IUP, including the 35mm photographs taken by the HABS/HAER teams, some research notes and correspondence associated with the project, and maps and blueprints of regional sites and buildings. For more information and photographs of Indiana County including Claghorn, Rexis, Vintondale, and Wehrum, see Manuscript Group 139 Denise Weber Collection. Series List: Series A Subseries I Research Materials, Contact Sheets, Supporting Materials; Series A Subseries II HABS Written Data Files; Series A Subseries III HAER Written Data Files; Series B Subseries I Photographs; Series B Subseries II HABS Contact Prints; Series B Subseries III HAER Contact Prints; Series C Subseries I Negatives; Series C Subseries II HABS Negatives; Series C Subseries III HAER Negatives; Series D Published Materials; Series E Maps; Series F Color 35mm Slides; and Series G Multi-Media materials.)

Language of Materials

English