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1. Stanley Pogozelski letters from Alaska, 1943-1944
- Creator:
- Pogozelski, Stanley
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2710
- Image Count:
- 216
- Abstract:
- The correspondence consists chiefly of letters from Stanley Pogozelski to his wife Mary C. Pogozelski. The letters were written from Yukon, Canada, and Alaska in 1943 and 1944, when Stanley worked as a laborer on the Alaska-Canadian Highway (also known as the Alaska Highway), employed by Bechtel-Price-Callahan, in order to maintain a draft deferral. The letters document the daily life of the workers on the highway, as well as Stanley Pogozelski's travel in the Yukon and Alaska. Material includes letterheads illustrated with scenes of Alaska. Also included are a few letters from Mary C. Pogozelski to Stanley Pogozelski, and correspondence with Bechtel-Price-Callahan relating to Pogozelski's draft status
- Description:
- Stanley Pogozelski worked as a civilian laborer on the Alaska-Canadian Highway, employed by Bechtel-Price-Callahan, during the Second World War. and In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alaska., Yukon., Canada., United States., Alaska, Alaska Highway., and Yukon
- Subject (Name):
- Pogozelski, Mary C., Pogozelski, Stanley., Bechtel Corporation., H.C. Price Co., W. A. Bechtel Company., and W. E. Callahan Construction Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Road construction workers, Roads, Design and construction, World War, 1939-1945, Transportation, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Stanley Pogozelski letters from Alaska, 1943-1944