World War II and the U.S. Army Mobilization Program: A History of 700 and 800Series Cantonment Construction (Including Historic American Buildings Survey Mitigation Documentation for Camp Edwards, Massachusetts and Fort McCoy, Wisconsin)

摘要

The purpose of the publication is to provide context and a prototype for thedocumentation of World War II Army cantonment construction nationwide, as a reference guide for the documentation to Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) of the National Park Service, standards of other cantonments. Part I is an overview of the mobilization construction program. The following parts are case studies of specific installations, documented to HABS/HAER standards: Part II of Camp Edwards, a base with extensive 700 series buildings, and Part III of Fort McCoy, an 800 series installation. Each of the case studies begins with an overview of the base, followed by HABS reports on a selection of structures representing the most prevalent building types, and an index to photographs, including captions (note: only select photographs listed in the indices were used to illustrate the text). Each of the HABS reports will also be accompanied by photographic copies of pertinent drawings. For the report, however, the drawings used for the construction of the buildings that were documented are included in Appendix A.