ohy_mss2843.xml Guide to the Samuel Christopher Lancaster collection Lancaster (Samuel Christopher) collection Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2012
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-13. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Samuel Christopher Lancaster collection Lancaster, Samuel Christopher Mss 2843 0.1 cubic feet 1 folder in shared box circa 1903-1990 Samuel Christopher Lancaster (1864-1941) was a highway engineer and builder of the famed Columbia River Highway. Collection includes a typescript biography, "Samuel Christopher Lancaster: Master of Arts in Public Places," by SuAnn M. Reddick, circa 1980-1990; National Register of Historic Places inventory of Zion National Park, for which Lancaster was a consulting engineer, circa 1930-1968; newspaper clippings, circa 1940-1990; and miscellaneous research on Lancaster. English

Collection is open for research.

Gift of Thomas Vaughan, January 1990.

Samuel Christopher Lancaster (1864-1941) was a highway engineer and builder of the famed Columbia River Highway. He came to Oregon in 1908. In 1913, he was appointed Multnomah County engineer for the highway.

Samuel Christopher Lancaster collection, Mss 2843, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Additional materials related to Lancaster at the Oregon Historical Research Library include the Samuel Christopher Lancaster photograph album, Album 714, and a vertical file, Biography - Lancaster, Samuel Christopher.

Collection includes a typescript biography, "Samuel Christopher Lancaster: Master of Arts in Public Places," by SuAnn M. Reddick, circa 1980-1990; National Register of Historic Places inventory of Zion National Park, for which Lancaster was a consulting engineer, circa 1930-1968; newspaper clippings, circa 1940-1990; miscellaneous research on Lancaster.

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

 Lancaster, Samuel Christopher Columbia River Highway (Or.)--History Zion National Park (Utah) Transportation Oregon clippings (information artifacts) biographies (literary works) Reddick, SuAnn M.