Guide to the Virgil Markle Collectionca. 1920-ca. 1940 MG 1682
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 ca. 1920-ca. 1940 The New Jersey Historical Society 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contact: NJHS Library Phone: (973) 596-8500 x249 Email: library@jerseyhistory.org URL: https://www.jerseyhistory.org©2007 All rights reserved. The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher Inventory prepared by Julia Telonidis. Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. January 2008. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English. Biographical NoteVirgil Markle was a Monmouth County based civil engineer in charge of building coastal highways near Sea Girt, N.J. He was a licensed by the State of New Jersey as a municipal and highway engineer and land surveyor and was employed by the State of New Jersey Highway Department in the 1920s and 1930s. He was responsible for the construction of the southern Monmouth County section of Route No. 35, among several other roads and highways in the County of Monmouth. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThis collection consists of correpondence, booklets, time cards, photographs, brochures, and notebooks pertaining to the career of Virgil Markle, a Monmouth County based civil engineer. There is also a folder of large sized blueprints in this collection. The photographs are of work sites, buildings, roads, and vehicles. There are miscellaneous publications, many of which are advertisements for construction related products such as concrete and measuring tapes. There are also several brochures of the Keuffel and Esser Company, a New Jersey based manufacturer of surveying equipment. There are also professional licenses, small surveying aids, and time cards pertaining to his employment at the State of New Jersey Highway Department. There is a proposal for highway beautification of Route No. 35 in Belmar and a yearly report of the Central Construction Division. Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents Related MaterialIn the Library Collection: Bulletin 21 : (Geologic Series) A List of Bench Marks in New Jersey. Trenton, N.J. Revised to 1920 by Loren P. Plummer. Trenton, N.J. : State of New Jersey, 1921. Map of State of New Jersey Showing State Highway Routes Under Construction, Detours, Etc. Together With Main Automobile Routes. Trenton, N.J. : State Highway Commission, 1919. Motor Vehicle and Traffic Laws and Regulations Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles, n.d. MG 1639, Keuffel & Esser Company Papers In the Museum Collection: Sandbags, pencils, plumb kit, caliper kit, — Museum ID 2004.17.1-5 Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationThis collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1682, Virgil Markle Collection, The New Jersey Historical Society. Acquisition InformationDonated by Stephen Mimh, 2004. Return to the Table of Contents Container List
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