Pennsylvania State Archives
RG-12
Records of the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
A State Highway Department was created in 1903 to cooperate with the Commonwealth's
political subdivisions in the improvement and maintenance of highways. Initially
the Department served as a disbursing agency and was primarily responsible for
administering state grants to local communities. Legislation passed in 1911 reorganized
the Highway Department, provided for a system of highways to be maintained solely
by the state, and for a highway network financed on both the state and local level.
The Department of Highways, as it was officially designated under the Administrative
Code of 1923, was given exclusive authority and jurisdiction over state highways,
and general supervisory powers over all roads financed in whole or in part by
state funds. Though the licensing of motor vehicles had been made a responsibility
of the Department, in 1929 this function was transferred to the Department of
Revenue. The Department of Highways was abolished in 1970 and replaced by the
Department of Transportation. For related types of materials see the Records
of the Turnpike Commission (RG-29) and Records
of the Department of Transportation (RG-52).
- Historical Reference Files of Joseph W. Hunter Relating to State Roads,
Turnpikes, and the National Road, 1806-1929. (11 boxes) {#12.7} [Description]
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- Miscellaneous Records Relating to Roads and Turnpikes, 1805-1930. (1 box)
{#12.8} [Description] [Holdings]
- State Road and Turnpike Maps, 1706-1873. (650 items) {#12.9} [Description]
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- Applications File, circa 1907-1910, (4 boxes, 3 cartons) {#12.25} [Description]
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- Lantern Slide File, circa 1907-1930. (23 boxes) {#12.26} [Description]
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- Main File of Black and White Prints and Negatives, circa
1924-1970. [*series continues in RG-52] (86 cartons,
86 boxes) {#12.10} [Description] [Holdings]
- [APPOINTMENT REQUIRED] Motion Picture
Films, circa 1935-1958. (75 reels) {#12.32} [Description]
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- Photographic Unit's Construction File, 1938-1961. (7 cartons) {#12.11}
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- Photographic Unit's County File, circa 1961-1969. (9 boxes) {#12.31}
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- Photographic Unit's File of Mounted and Unmounted Prints, circa 1915-1932.
(26 boxes) {#12.12} [Description]
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- Photographic Unit's Governor's File of Photographs and
Negatives, 1950-1971. [*series continues in RG-52]
(34 boxes) {#12.13} [Description]
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- Photographic Unit's Highway Department and Miscellaneous Photograph and
Negative File, circa 1930-1970. (4 cartons, 2 boxes) {#12.14} [Description]
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- Photographic Unit's Portrait File, 1927-1969, undated.
[*series continues in RG-52] (1 carton, 6 boxes)
{#12.16} [Description] [Holdings]
- Photographic Unit's Slide File, 1940-1955. (4 boxes) {#12.15} [Description]
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- Financial Records, 1956-1967. (4 cartons, 9 folders) {#12.18} [Description]
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- General Correspondence, 1956-1967. (1 carton, 14 folders) {#12.19}
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- Legal Records, 1948, 1952-1965. (14 folders) {#12.20} [Description]
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- Minutes of the Turnpike Commission Meetings, 1956, 1957-1967. (9 cartons,
16 folders) {#12.21} [Description]
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- Miscellaneous Studies, News Releases, and Photographs, 1955-1967. (9 folders)
{#12.22} [Description] [Holdings]
- Reports, 1954-1967. (1 carton, 16 folders) {#12.23} [Description]
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- [APPOINTMENT REQUIRED] County and Township
Road Maps, 1931-1939. (4 boxes, 17 compact discs) {#12.29} [Description]
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- Engineering District 3, Land and Property Files, 1937-1959. (2 cartons)
{#12.30} [Description] [Holdings]
Engineering District 4
- Maps, Prints, Tracings and Drawings of Anthracite Coal Lands,
1920-1955. (9 boxes) {#12.28} [Description]
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Last processing update: 8/9/2012, acc. #5560