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Atkinson family and Atkinson Construction Company records, 1887-1980.
BANC MSS 2007/204LOCAL
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Title:

Atkinson family and Atkinson Construction Company records, 1887-1980
Atkinson family papers
Atkinson Construction Company records

Creator/Contributor:

Atkins family., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Atkinson Construction Company

Abstract:

Contains personal and business related items pertaining to three generations of the Atkinson family including Lynn Samuel Atkinson, Sr., Lynn Samuel Atkinson, Jr., Mary Atkinson, and Thelma Atkinson. The bulk of the collection compiled by Lynn Atkinson, Jr., are scrapbooks consisting of correspondence, news clippings, greeting cards, and ephemera about the family and business. A small portion of the collection is family and business correspondence with the majority being Lynn Atkinson, Jr.'s personal documents; a yacht log book; a diary of Mary Atkinson; and a travel diary of Thelma Atkinson.

Date:

1887 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Construction industry -- United States -- 20th century
Construction -- Industrie -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Construction industry
Pardee Dam (Calif.)
Coolidge Dam (Ariz. : Dam)
Arizona -- Coolidge Dam (Dam)
United States
Atkinson Construction Company -- Archives
Atkinson, Lynn Samuel -- 1864-1923
Atkinson, Lynn Samuel -- 1894-1961
Atkinson, Marie -- 1869-1909
Atkinson, Thelma -- 1898-
Atkins family -- Archives
Atkinson family

Note:

Transferred from the Atkinson family and Atkinson Construction Company photographs (BANC PIC 2007.007).
Purchase; From Barney Chapman Vintage Photos; in 2006.
Preferred citation: Atkinson family and Atkinson Construction Company records, BANC MSS 2007/204, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Archives.
Diaries.
Scrapbooks.

Physical Description:

print
1 box and 8 v. (1.2 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2007/204LOCAL

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined