New Mexico highway history, notes for Kammer Route 66 research, copies from New Mexico Highway Journal, State Highway Commission meetings, Tourist Bureau, etc. Big cut between Albuquerque and Santa Fe made in 1920 by convict prison labor, La Bajada. Road contruction, state funding, New Deal Federal funding, projects, bridges, jobs for returning military veteran engineers, new 1946 highway map, Route 66 rebuilding of road in Tijeras Canyon, detours, improving road at Thoreau, Gallup to Arizona border, Tucumcari - Glenrio re allignment, Route 66 through Tucumcari road, Manuelito Hill road, Laguna bridge rebuilt, La Bajada widened, speed limits lifted, increase in traffic, beer cans trash along roads, first four lane roads, impact of re routing roads, by-passing towns, etc. Traffic census, ports of entry, border stations. Notes on the New Mexico trucking industry, trucking regulations, truckers, data, development of the oil industry, 1946-1962
File — Box: 8, Folder: 54
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
“Research and Nominations" documents the bulk of David Kammer’s professional work surveying cultural landscapes and preparing State and National Register nominations. Properties he examined range from vernacular buildings of northern New Mexico to road sections and commercial buildings along Route 66. Kammer conducted the first statewide study of New Deal public works architecture and landscape projects in New Mexico. He surveyed historic acequias, bridges, theaters, neon, neighborhoods, schools and forts, Kammer’s work spans the geographic State of New Mexico, from Albuquerque to Colfax County, Corrales, Fort Bayard, Fort Marcy, Galisteo, Las Vegas, Mora, Ojo Caliente, Santa Fe, Truth or Consequences, and White Sands. He also worked in Costilla County, CO and Socorro/San Elizario (TX).
This series consists largely of accumulated photocopied research from a wide variety of sources and resultant historical narratives written by David Kammer. A collection of slides is also included. The collection provides a wealth of information related to New Mexico’s cultural and historic landscape.
Additional materials added to the collection in May 2019.
This series consists largely of accumulated photocopied research from a wide variety of sources and resultant historical narratives written by David Kammer. A collection of slides is also included. The collection provides a wealth of information related to New Mexico’s cultural and historic landscape.
Additional materials added to the collection in May 2019.
Dates
- 1946-1962
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 8 boxes (8 cu. ft.), one oversize folder
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451