Guide to the Charles H. Purcell Collection, 1936-1951

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Guide to the Charles H. Purcell Collection, 1936-1951

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: Brooke Dykman Dockter

Descriptive Summary

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.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Charles H. Purcell Collection, California State Library.

Access Points

Purcell, Charles Henry, 1883-1951.

Bridges--California--San Francisco Bay--Design and construction.

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)

Contents

Correspondence, clippings, resolutions, letters of condolence, photographs, graphs

Biography

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.

Correspondents

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

Photographs:

Purcell, Charles H.
Bridges: San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge

Certificates:

Building Industry award for 1951
California Safety Council
Oregon State Board of Engineering Examiners

Box Box 1924

Correspondence

Box Box 1925

Clippings

Box Box 1926

Purcell Pontifex Book

Testimonial Dinner, April 7, 1937

Bridge Opening Address, November 12, 1936

Photographs

Graphs

Memorial Record

Resolutions