Creating order: the records of the California Highway Commission and the California Transportation Commission

Project (M.A., History (Public History) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2011.The California State Archives houses the historical records of the California Highway Commission and the California Transportation Commission. While available to the public, multiple accessions, partially processed records and improper provenance made accessing them for specific research purposes extremely difficult. To facilitate greater public access to the records, the Graduate Intern arranged and described the records according to archival principles.\ud A multitude of sources were used to complete this thesis project including archival collections located at the California State Archives, manuals, publications, and web pages.\ud By arranging and describing the records of the California Highway Commission and California Transportation Commission, the intern improved the physical and intellectual control of the records and provided a means for the public to access these archival collections in person and online.History (Public History