Irwin B. Rutledge Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4138
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the papers and daily logs of Irwin B. Rutledge, an engineer with the Alabama Highway Department. The papers include a family history, a short story, and an essay about the beginnings of the Highway Department.
Dates
- 1928-1939
Creator
- Rutledge, Irwin B. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Irwin Brooks Rutledge, son of Joseph Dela and Minnie Lee Burgess Rutledge, was born in South Carolina on December 31, 1888. He married Clara Taylor Hard. He was an assistant engineer with the Alabama Highway Department for several years. He died in Lillian, Alabama, on September 25, 1968.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Papers (including a family history, a short story, and an essay) and daily logs of this engineer in the early days of the Alabama Highway Department.
Provenance
Purchased from Benjamin Katz, 2015
General
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Processed by
Martha Bace, 2015
Creator
- Rutledge, Irwin B. (Person)
Source
- M. Benjamin Katz, Fine Books & Manuscripts (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Irwin B. Rutledge Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- July 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository