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Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission Records

America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), an innovative cooperative effort involving a nine-county region in Southwestern PA, was created to preserve the region's industrial and cultural resources, all of which were important contributors to the industrial, ethnic, labor and social history of the nation. The goal was for AIHP to use related historic sites and cultural resources within the nine-county region as a focal point for the revitalization of the region's economy through the promotion of the region as a tourist destination.

In 1987, federal legislation was passed to establish the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission within the Department of the Interior to oversee the running of the Project. This collection consists of the records of this commission, and includes project files, meeting minutes and agendas, and correspondence of the Commission staff.

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