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United States Highway 66

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Interviews - Arizona, bulk: 2000-2002

 Sub-Series — Box 8
Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:Stewart, Charles and Gazell Stewart. (Businessowners, Stewart’s Rock Shop; Adamana, AZ) Hughes, Jerry. (Server, Frontier Cafe; Truxton, AZ) Mildred (Server, Frontier Cafe; Truxton, AZ) Delgadillo, Angel. (Businessowner, Delgadillo’s Snow Cap; Seligman, AZ) Gallegos, Alice. (Joe and Aggie’s Cafe; Holbrook, AZ) [Unnamed] (Businessowner?, Wigwam Motel; Holbrook, AZ) ...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 2000-2002

Interviews - California, bulk: 2000 - 2002

 Sub-Series — Box 8
Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:

Hill, Linda. (Server, Ludlow Cafe; Ludlow, CA)

Evans, Dixie. (Businessowner, Exotic World Burlesque Museum; Helendale, CA)

Long, Elmer. (Bottle Tree Artist; Old Rt 66, between Victorville and Barstow, CA)
Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 2000 - 2002

Interviews - Illinois, bulk: 2000 - 2002

 Sub-Series — Box 8
Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees, transcribed from the tapes:Farmer, Lee Martin. (Caretaker of “Our Lady of the Highway” Shrine; Raymond, IL) Barker, Jack. (Metal artist; Essex, IL) Funk’s Grove Maple Syrup (Shirley, IL) Trucker, Dixie. (Resident; McLean, IL) Harville, Shawn. (Mustang Corral; Edwards, IL) Thanas, Heleen. (Server, Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant; Chicago, IL) Henry, Rich. (Henry’s Old Rt 66 Rabbit...
Dates: Majority of material found within 2000 - 2002

Interviews - Kansas, bulk: 2000-2002

 Sub-Series — Box 8
Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:

Walker, Dean. (Resident; Riverton, KN)

Nelson, Scott. (Eisler Brothers Store; Riverton, KN)
Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 2000-2002

Interviews - Missouri, bulk: 2000 - 2002

 Sub-Series — Box 8
Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:Gallagher, Ginger. (Businessowner, Red Cedar Inn; Pacific, MO) Smith, Katherine. (Businessowner, Red Cedar Inn; Pacific, MO) Armstrong, Pauline. (Wagon Wheel Motel; Cuba, MO) Lehman, Ramona. (Munger Moss Hotel; Lebanon, MO) Wrinkle, Glen. (Businessowner, Wrink’s Market; Lebanon, MO) Young, Wanda. (Enchanted Valley Interskate*; Lebanon, MO) Magnin, Robert....
Dates: Majority of material found within 2000 - 2002

Interviews - Oklahoma, bulk: 2000-2002

 Sub-Series — Box 8
Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:

Billy’s Barber Shop (Billy’s Barber Shop; Clinton, OK)

Jobe’s Drive-In (Jobe’s Drive-In; El Reno, OK)

P.J.’s Bar-B-Que (P.J.’s Bar-B-Que; Chandler, OK)

Breger, Butch. (Round Barn; Arcadia, OK)

Irwin, Larry. (Coleman Theater; Miami, OK)
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 2000-2002

Interviews - Texas, bulk: 2000-2002

 Sub-Series — Box 8
Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:

Jones, Loren. (Jones’ Honey; Lela, TX)

Lee Brothers (The Big Texan; Amarillo, TX)

Hody, Bobby and Becky Hody. (The Big Texan; Amarillo, TX)

Gordon and Jane. (Cactus Inn; McLean, TX)

Leavitt, Dot. (Dot’s Mini Museum; Vega, TX)

Houser, Fran. (Midpoint Cafe; Adrian, TX)

Victorian, Gene. (Amarillo, TX)
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 2000-2002

Photographic Slides and Working Prints

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black and...
Dates: The timeframe noted (2000-2004) is approximated from written dates on photographs throughout the collection. The exact dates of the photographs are unknown. The later dates (2002-2004) encompass the book materials and certain prints.

Route 66 Visual Ephemera, bulk: 2000 - 2002

 Sub-Series — Box 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 4 contains one box of collected Route 66 visual ephemera and one box containing 2 book proofs for Bernard and Brown’s photobook: “American Route 66: Home on the Road”. In Box 7, visual ephemera is divided into eight folders, by state, and includes postcards, commercial business flyers, maps, tourist guidebooks, pamphlets, and informational flyers for niche landmarks. In Box 8, there are two book proofs that are divided by content (Illinois to Oklahoma, Texas to California). Along with...
Dates: Majority of material found within 2000 - 2002

“The Continental Divide” (1 page). Collector – Eleanor DeLong., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 6-102-17
Scope and Content From the Collection: Collection consists of typed documents produced by employees of the W.P.A. and its subdivision the Federal Writer's Project in New Mexico. Most of the collection is made up of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with New Mexicans, and folklore and stories about New Mexico and Hispanic culture in particular.
Dates: 1936-1940