{"id":1933,"date":"2010-08-26T13:53:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T18:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2010-08-26T13:56:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T18:56:16","slug":"james-j-mcdonnell-transportation-collection-available-for-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=1933","title":{"rendered":"James J. McDonnell Transportation Collection Available for Research!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate student assistant Eron Ackerman recently completed a finding aid for the <a href=\"http:\/\/sca.gmu.edu\/finding_aids\/mcdonnell.html\">James J. McDonnell transportation collection<\/a>.  The collection contains documents, photographs, and publications about highway and interstate construction in the United States during the second half of the 20th century.  Recently, researchers have shown particular interest in the documents and photographs about the Henry G. 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James J. McDonnell transportation collection.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate student assistant Eron Ackerman recently completed a finding aid for the James J. McDonnell transportation collection. The collection contains documents, photographs, and publications about highway and interstate construction in the United States during the second half of the 20th century. 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