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Guide to the Charles H. Purcell Collection, 1936-1951
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Title: Charles H. Purcell Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1951
Box Number: 1924-1926
Creator:
Purcell, Charles H., 1883-1951
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], Charles H. Purcell Collection, California State Library.
Purcell, Charles Henry, 1883-1951.
Bridges--California--San Francisco Bay--Design and construction.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
Correspondence, clippings, resolutions, letters of condolence, photographs, graphs
State Director of Public Works, Charles H. Purcell was born in North Bend, Nebraska,
January 27, 1883. He entered state service in California as state highway engineer.
Purcell directed a $153,000,000 five year highway construction program. As chief engineer
of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, he supervised its design and construction. It
was largely through Purcell's efforts in Washington, D.C. that financing was obtained for
the project through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The bridge was completed in
November of 1936. In 1937, he was appointed a member of a national committee of highway
experts to promote maximum safety in highway design. In 1944 he was awarded the George S.
Bartlett award for outstanding contribution to highway design. He died September 7, 1951.
- Adams, J.W.
- Aliavdin, N.L.
- Allen, Robert A.
- Anderson, Earl S.
- Anderson, J.A.
- Anderson, Roy L.
- Apitz, Robert
- Atkinson, Guy F.
- Bacon, Edward R.
- Baen, C.E.
- Baise, W. Vance
- Baker, C.C.
- Baker, Harrison R.
- Baldock, R.H.
- Barnes, Hugh
- Baumgartner, John W.
- Benedict, M.A.
- Black, James Byers, 1890-
- Blood, James A.
- Blume, Victor E.
- Bowron, Fletcher
- Branum, R.B.
- Breitenstein, A.J.
- Brodhead, Theodore J.
- Bronn, Fred W.
- Brooks, T.A.
- Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-
- Brown, Lyle M.
- Budd, Edward Gowen, 1870-1946.
- Burhans, Frank C.
- Burpee, George W.
- Bush, Carl
- Butler, H.G.
- Byrne, J.J.
- Cahill, E.G.
- Cameron, George T.
- Campbell, D.W.
- Cannon, D.A.
- Cantlen, Henry R.
- Carleton, C.C.
- Carter, James M.
- Chase, H.S.
- Clark, Frank W.
- Clark, R.R.
- Clayberger, L.M.
- Clemens, Mildred Leo
- Clock, Ralph H.
- Cobden, Harry A.
- Coghlan, John P., 1876-
- Connelly, Bill
- Connolly, T.E.
- Connor, E.H.
- Cook, Fred S.
- Cooper, Frederick F.
- Copeland, Fred L.
- Cullenwood, Eric
- Cunningham, Stephen W.
- Cutler, Leland Whitman, 1885-
- Dant (?), C.E.
- Darrow, F.T.
- Dean, James A.
- Debler, E.B.
- DeGolia, E.B.
- Derleth, C., Jr.
- Dewell, Robert D.
- Dickson, John
- Dillman, Grover C.
- Dolan, James C.
- Donavan, John J.
- D'Ooge, Leonard
- Draper, William H., Jr.
- Dunnagan, J.P.
- Duque, E.E.
- Durkee, Frank B.
- East, E.E.
- Elbow, Gus A.
- Elliott, J.A.
- Elliott, J.H.
- Ellison, J.T.
- Erskine, Herbert W.
- Fahrney, P.L.
- Fellom, Roy
- Ferguson, O.J.
- Fisher, H. Buford
- Forward, Frank G.
- Fowler, Louis F.
- Frank, Aaron M.
- Franks, Carl D.
- Frey, August F.
- Garner, C.S.
- George, W.H.
- Goodridge, Harry
- Greer, D.C.
- Gregory, John R.
- Gronwoldt, August H.
- Hale, Hal H.
- Hanson, Peter
- Harding, Paul
- Harrington, John Lyle
- Harris, R.A.
- Hart, W.T.
- Haselwood, F.W.
- Hawley, Stuart C.
- Hays, Robert
- Heller, Edward Hellman.
- Hendee, Clare W. (Clare Worden), 1908-
- Hilp, Harry H.
- Hilton, Ralph H.
- Hitchcock, L.G.
- Holman, Rufus C.
- Hopkins, Harry A.
- Hopkins, Jay
- Hoyt, A. Sherman, Mrs.
- Huck, C.A., Mrs.
- Hughes, A.C.
- Hughes, Ralph L.
- Huls, Harold P.
- Hunt, Herbert T.
- Ingel, Ray
- Jellick, Jay E.
- Jim
- Johnson, Charles G.
- Jones, Alfred
- Jones, George T.
- Jordan, Frank M. (Frank Morrill), 1888-1970.
- Joyner, Sterling J.
- Judah, H.R.
- Kaiser, Henry J., 1882-
- Kaiser, Leland M.
- Keenan, Ralph T.
- Keesling, Francis V.
- Keller, H.W.
- Ken
- Kennedy, G. Donald
- Kennedy, R.C.
- Kerr, H.S.
- Killion, George
- King, Arthur F.
- King, Lyman M.
- Kingston, Fred A.
- Kinney, William M.
- Kinnie, F.D.
- Kirk, Harry J.
- Kirkbride, Walter Harold, 1874-1944
- Knapp, J.F.
- Knight, Goodwin, 1896-1970.
- Kuchel, Thomas H.
- Larson, Elmer J.
- Leake, Paul R.
- Legg, Herbert C.
- Lewis, Marshall M.
- Lindley, Curtis, Jr.
- Little, Walter J.
- Lochead, James K.
- Lombardi, Leo J.
- Losh, William Jackson, 1896-1973.
- McArthur, L.A.
- Macartney, Morton
- McBean, Atholl
- McCabe, James H.
- McCaffrey, James E.
- McCombs, Philip N.
- McFarlane, W.S.
- Mack, W.W.
- McKesson, Claude Leon.
- McLeod, J.C.
- MacMorran, Lloyd H.
- McPherson, Robert B.
- Maddux, Parker S.
- Malcolm, Robert K.
- Markham, William Colfax, 1868-
- Marsh, Frank E.
- Mathews, A.J.
- Mehren, E.J.
- Melvin, Bradford M.
- Miller, Ross
- Miller, Royal
- Mitchell, Harry A.
- Moisseiff, Leon Solomon.
- Moore, Edwin S.
- Moore, Joseph A.
- Morris, A.F.
- Morris, Edward
- Mowder, Fred L.
- Mullen, C.S.
- Murray, Sam
- Murrow, Lacey V.
- Naughtin, Fred
- Newhouse, Hugo D.
- Nicholson, Don V.
- Nielsen, Iener W.
- Noble, Charles M.
- O'Brien, A.R.
- O'Gara, Gerald J., 1902-1989
- Paine, Tevis
- Panhorst, Fredrick W.
- Parker, Neal D.
- Parr, Fred D.
- Partridge, Charles P.
- Patton, Homer E.
- Paul, Walker
- Perkins, R.C.
- Peyser, Jefferson E., 1899-
- Pflueger, Milton T.
- Phillips, T.L.
- Portland Chapter, Associated General Contractors of America
- Powers, Meta
- Pratt, Mason D.
- Ralph
- Randlett, Fred M.
- Ransom, F.H.
- Renick, Harry W.
- Reynolds, Earl C.
- Reynolds, Leon B.
- Richards, Frank S.
- Richards, Franklin A.
- Ridgway, Robert
- Robinson, C. Ray
- Robson, F.T.
- Roche, Theodore J.
- Ross, Bill
- Roussel, Julien Delapierre
- Rusty
- Sachse, Franz R.
- Sachse, Richard
- Sattler, D.A.
- Savage, George W.
- Schirmer, H.A.
- Schnetz, Earl O.
- Scollin, Richard I.
- Scott, E.T.
- Seeley, Carrol C.
- Sharkey, Will R.
- Sheets, Frank T.
- Skeggs, Jno. H.
- Smith, Chester K.
- Smith, Clayton V.
- Smith, F.E.
- Smith, R.G.
- Sperbeck, Ivan C.
- Sperry, A.W.
- Stanley, Carl S.
- Stanley, Tom L.
- Stevenot, Archie
- Stevens, D.P.
- Stewart, Charles W.
- Strauss, Joseph Baermann, 1870-1938.
- Streblow, A.G.
- Stuntz, W.G.
- Sullivan, E.Q.
- Sullivan, Frank C.
- Sullivan, George L.
- Swanson, R.G.
- Telford, Edward T.
- Tetley, Frank A.
- Thomson, Wood and Hoffman
- Tilley, A.C.
- Tinker, G.H.
- Todd, Charles F.
- United Contracting Co.
- Upson, Maxwell M.
- Upton, J.H.
- Vanderlip, Loran C.
- van Loben Sels, J.F.
- van Orsdel, R.A.
- Wallace, E.E.
- Wallace, Lew
- Ware, Wallace L.
- Warlow, Chester H.
- Warren, George E.
- Watkins, D.E.
- Welsh, John M.
- Whitaker, H.E.
- White, F.R.
- Whitmore, C.H.
- Williams, Al
- Williams, Harry G.
- Williamson, C.J.S.
- Wilson, Phil S.
- Wing, Charles Benjamin, 1864-
- Winnett, P.G.
- Wishon, A. Emory
- Wood, Clyde W.
- Wood, Howard C.
- Woodruff, Glenn B.
- Woods, Baldwin Munger, 1887-
- Wright, K.C.
- Youngberg, J.C.
Material Transferred from the Collection
- Purcell, Charles H.
- Bridges: San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge
- Building Industry award for 1951
- California Safety Council
- Oregon State Board of Engineering Examiners