Thomas Caldwell Adams papers

Thomas Caldwell Adams papers, 1905-1971

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Adams, Thomas C. (Thomas Caldwell), 1901-1965
Title: Thomas Caldwell Adams papers
Dates: 1905-1971 (inclusive)
19051971
Quantity: 35 linear feet
Collection Number: MS 0043
Summary: The Thomas Caldwell Adams papers (1905-1971) consist of the personal and professional papers of Thomas Caldwell Adams (1901-1965), a professor of civil engineering at the University of Utah who specialized in hydrology.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Thomas Caldwell Adams was born in Salt Lake City on May 12, 1901. He was the only son of Thomas and Emily Caldwell Adams. His father, an attorney, died of typhoid fever on October 11, 1905 at the age of 45. Thomas attended school in Salt Lake City, including the LDS High School from 1915-1918. In the latter year he began studies in Civil Engineering at the University of Utah. His summers were spent working for various engineering firms engaged in drainage surveys around the state of Utah. He graduated from the University in 1922 and went to Cornell University in Itahca, New York for his graduate studies. He received his Ph. D. from there in 1926 and spent one year working on a special investigation for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

From 1927 to 1941 he was a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Utah. In 1934, he was made president of the Utah Society of Engineers, an indication of the high standing in which he was held by his colleagues. He spent 1934 and 1935 as the director of the Great Salt Lake Diking Investigations, which were done under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. In 1935 he was made a member of the Great Salt Lake Authority. Other professional organizations in which he held office during this time were the American Geophysical Union, the Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

His growing expertise in the field of hydrology was reflected by his position as Hydraulic Engineer for the National Resources Planning Board from March to September 1941. In October of 1941, Adams joined the Office of Production Management of the federal government, and was employed there until February of 1942, when he moved to another federal agency, the War Production Board. He stayed with the latter organization until the end of the war in 1945. In that year, he decided to leave both government and teaching and went into business for himself as a private consulting engineer until his death in 1965. During this time, in 1955, he was named president of the Utah Building and Construction Congress.

Besides his busy professional life, Dr. Adams had other interests, many of which centered around the Great Salt Lake. He was a founding member of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, and served as its Commodore for several years. He published papers about the lake, and was considered one of the state's foremost authorities on it. His interests also included the history of Saltair Resort, and he was an administrative officer of the Saltair Restoration Division of the Yacht Club. Adams strongly advocated the restoration of the resort. Other activities included serving as Executive Secretary of the Great Salt Lake Lands Association, acting as a leader in the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and membership in Kiwanis and the Timpanogas Club. He never married.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Thomas Caldwell Adams papers (1905-1971) are extremely varied in content as they represent the accumulation of papers and files resulting from Adams' lifetime of work as a student, teacher, and consulting civil engineer. In each phase of his career, Adams seemed to concentrate on different fields of civil engineering and the broad nature of his chosen profession ensured a variety of projects and, consequently, a variety of subject matters in his personal files.

Adams' favorite field, and his earliest choice, was Hydrology. Although, in later years as a consulting engineer he became involved in electrical engineering, sanitary engineering, and city planning, the major portion of his work involved various aspects of hydraulic engineering. Consequently, a large part of the collection concerns related topics such as his early work on irrigation and drainage of irrigated lands. His work in these areas led him to additional studies such as the inflow and evaporation rate of Lake Mead. However, his most important contribution, and one of the most useful parts of the collection, was in the field of Great Basin limnology particularly his studies of the Great Salt Lake which he carried on over a 30 year period. Adams supervised one of the first modern surveys of the lake participating in the planning for the creation of a fresh-water embayment on the east side of the lake, detecting the first indications of salt migration into the north arm and conducting extensive studies of Saltair Resort. His papers relating to these topics are included in the collection.

The versatility of Adams was noticeable in the broad scope of his work. His career as a teacher is documented by the good records covering curricula, lecture notes, intradepartmental squabbles, as well as notes and papers regarding subjects he taught. In later years, after he left teaching, Adams worked as a consulting engineer, specializing in rural electrification projects. His records from this period are quite extensive and provide an excellent picture of the planning and work involved in remodeling or building a rural electric system.

In addition to his many projects, Adams also accumulated an extensive collection of papers, notes, and correspondence relating to various professional organizations with which he was associated, such as the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. He was quite involved in the subject of curriculum planning for engineering education during the late 1930s. Adams also kept copies of other individuals' studies, reports, and evaluations. For example, many mining property reports and evaluations by E. B. Young are included in the collection.

Other topics covered to a lesser degree in this collection include Adams' drawings and designs for equipment, earthquake studies of Utah, sewage treatment, and the operations of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in Utah in the 1930s. Studies of Adams' collection can be further enhanced by his extensive photograph collection pertaining primarily to the geography and engineering developments in Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming and California.

In spite of Adams' seeming desire to save all material pertaining to his professional life, there is vary little relating to his personal life save one brief journal, a handful of correspondence, and some of his financial records.

Also included are a number of maps, charts, and other oversize items related to Adams' studies and projects. These include the Great Salt Lake Diking Project; charts of the Great Salt Lake; and miscellaneous maps and charts.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collections is arranged into the following series: I. Personal Papers; II. American Society Of Civil Engineers (ASCE); III. Colorado River; IV. Drainage and Irrigation; V. Earthquakes; VI. Education; VII. Electrical Power; IX. Great Salt Lake; X. Mining--Utah and The West; XI. City Planning; XII. Sewage Treatment; XIII. Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (SPEE); XIV. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); XV. University Of Utah; XVI. Water Systems; XVII. Miscellaneous; XVIII. Addendum--Saltair

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-71 were donated in 1975 (23 linear feet).

Box 72 was donated in 1986 (0.5 linear feet).

Box 73 contains oversize materials from the 1975 donation that were removed from the map case.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0043).

Processing Note

Processed by John Bourne and Roy Webb in 1975 and 1987.

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I: Personal PapersReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Diary Thomas C. Adams kept this diary while employed as an engineer's assistant on the Delta Reclamation Project, near Delta, Utah. Adams was a student at the University of Utah at the time and this was a summer job. Journal entries were made nearly every day recapitulating the author's activities. Many entries are accounts of his work routine, but some give good descriptions of the nature of the work on the project, especially in regard to drainage problems. Trips to some of the towns in the area, such as Delta, Deseret, Scipio, Oak City, and Fillmore, are described. In addition to his frequent travels in the Delta area, Adams and two companions drove to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and back for a vacation. Consequently, a portion of the diary describes their journey through Cedar City to St. George, and back up through Zion National Park. The party continued on to the Grand Canyon by way of Pipe Springs and Fredonia. On their return trip, they passed by Jacob Lake and Kanab. They went on to Bryce Canyon and Fish Lake before returning to Delta. The diary ends just before Adams returned to Salt Lake City to resume his studies. The diary includes an itemized account of his expenses for the summer and a list of the supplies taken on the Grand Canyon trip.	1920 May-September
1	2	Correspondence Received Letters from friends and former students. Letters regarding traffic violations were unopened and most were unanswered.
1	3	Correspondence Received Letters from publishers of biographical dictionaries, salesmen and religious organizations. Most unanswered.
1	4	Correspondence Sent and Received Family history prepared in 1957, also material regarding Adams' application for membership in the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. Includes statements concerning his family history and genealogical data. Introductory statement prior to speech to be given to S. U. P.
1	5	Personal Correspondence Sent and Received Regards employment with the U. S. Government in 1941. Material regarding federal employment, applications for employment, resumes, cover letters and replies.
1	6	Personal Correspondence Sent and Received Material regarding employment with the U. S. Government.	1941-1943
1	7	Correspondence Sent and Received Regards Naval Commission. Letters and applications for direct commission in the U. S. Navy during W. W. II. Adams seemed to feel that his problems at the University of Utah were behind the refusal to grant his commission.
1	8	Letters and Applications For direct commission in the U. S. Navy.	1941-1942
1	9	Correspondence from the U. S. Government Office of Production Management, War Production Board	1941-1942
1	10-16	Financial Records	1932-1951
1	17-18	Stock Dividend Notes	1956-1962
1	19	Biographical Data

II: American Society Of Civil Engineers (ASCE)Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
2		General Correspondence	1938-1941
3		Correspondence and Related Papers	1941-1942
		Committe on Engineering Education--Section Reports
Box	Folder
4	1	Arizona Section
4	2	Atlanta, Georgia Section
4	3	Cincinnati, Ohio Section
4	4	Indiana Section
4	5	Iowa Section
4	6	Kansas Section
4	7	Lehigh Valley Section
4	8	Metropolitan Section (New York City)
4	9	Mid-Missouri Section
4	10	Mid-South Section
4	11	Mohawk-Hudson Section
4	12	Nebraska Section
4	13	Northwestern Section
4	14	Pittsburgh Section
4	15	Puerto Rico Section
4	16-17	Rochester Section
4	18	Sacramento Section
4	19	San Francisco Section
4	20	Tacoma Section
4	21-22	Texas Section
4	23	Toledo Section
4	24	Washington Section
4	25	Wyoming Section
Box
5		ASCE--General Correspondence--Utah Also includes programs to the 70th annual convention and newsletters.	1938-1942

III: Colorado RiverReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Correspondence Correspondence concerning studies that Adams made of the Colorado River area in 1938-1940. It includes letters on an inflow study of Lake Mead and an upper basin development study.
Box	Folder
6	1-8	Correspondence	1938-1940
6	9	Minutes and Notes Taken at Meetings Also resolutions passed and copies of some letters sent. Adams was secretary of the organization for a time, January 1931.
6	10	Committee Copies of Paper on Split Mountain Diversion Project	1939
6	11-16	Correspondence	1939-1940
6	17	Newspaper Clippings
6	18	Bills Covering Colorado River, Colorado River Compact, 1922 November 24.
6	19	Boulder Canyon Project Act	1928 December 21
6	20	Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act Revised draft 1939 March 7.
6	21	Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act Miscellaneous State Acts; Contract for delivery of water (1934).	1940 March 7
		Colorado River-Lake Mead In 1939, Adams prepared a paper discussing the possibility of errors in the calculation of volume and evaporation in Lake Mead. Many of the letters filed in the correspondence section of Box 7 concern this paper.
Box	Folder
7	1	Notes on Lake Mead Study
7	2	Notes and Drafts of "A Study of Unaccounted Inflow, Colorado River, Bright Angel to Boulder Dam," by T. C. Adams Also, Adams' paper on the "Development of the Colorado River in the Upper Basin." The paper was read and was probably published in the proceedings of the ASCE in 1939.
7	3-6	Notes on Upper Basin Paper
7	7	Rough Drafts of "Development of the Colorado River in the Upper Basin," by T. C. Adams
7	8	Rough Draft
7	9	Rough Drafts-First draft	1938 July 13
7	10	Rough Draft-and Synopsis	1938 July 17
7	11	Draft as Presented	1938 July 21
7	12	Corrected Copy Also memo outlining suggested changes.	1938 December
7	13	Rough Drafts "An Abridgement of Development of the Colorado River in the Upper Basin," by T. C. Adams.
7	14	Final Draft of Abridgement and Post-Publication Criticism
7	15	"Author's Concluding Discussion" Rough and final drafts.
7	16	Colorado River-Upper Colorado River Basin-Irrigation and Diversion Material Mathematical data on irrigation in the Uintah Basin.
7	17	Notes and Final Draft "Report on Discharge from Uintah Mountain Streams Available for Diversion by Aqueduct Constructed at 7000 foot elevation on the South Slope of the Uintah Mountains," by Thomas C. Adams.
7	18	Colorado River-U. C. R. B.-Split Mountain Diversion Notes, drafts of "Diversions from the Green River into the Bear River Basin," and "Summary of Report on Power and Storage Sites Between Red Canyon and Green River, Utah."
7	19	Rough and Final Draft "Proposed Project for the Use of Water of the Green River Diverting Near Split Mountain, Uintah County, Utah."

IV: Drainage and IrrigationReturn to Top

Material in this category falls mainly in the period 1918-1929 when Adams was working in the summers as a Drainage Assistant for the U. S. D. A. He worked on various projects in Utah, and visited a number of other projects in the west. The final result of his studies was his paper, "The Drainage of Irrigated Lands In Utah," written in 1929. His notes on Uintah Basin stream flow were completed later and were partly associated with his "Reports on Discharge from Uintah Mountain Stream"-1941.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	1	Drainage of Lower Egypt-M. K. H. Bakhati Translation by T. C. Adams.	1913
8	2	Notes Including Benjamin Drainage District, also a list of drainage districts in the west.
8	3	Notes, Diagrams, Drawings and Photos Wells, weirs, flows-photos near Lewiston, Utah. Bonneville Irrigation District Pump House.	circa 1924
8	4	Notes, Drawings and Papers "Use of Wells in Drainage," by L. H. Perrine and "Record of Individual Farm Drainage."	1917-1918
8	5	Notes-Travel and Runoff Investigations In 1924 Adams, apparently on behalf of the U. S. D. A., visited a number of drainage projects throughout the west. In the years following, Adams produced a number of papers growing out of these investigative trips and his own experiences working near Delta on the Millard County Drainage project.
8	6	Notes Notes on Colorado Drainage District and Wyoming Drainage District.
8	7	Notes and Drawings Soils, runoff, and Nebraska Drainage District.
8	8	Notes and Original Manuscript These are from the 1924 Runoff Report.
8	9	Notes on the Runoff Report
8	10	Rough Draft This is the rough draft of the 1924 Runoff Report. Portions of this draft were used in the completed manuscript.
8	11-13	Rough Draft-1924 Runoff Report
8	14	Prepared Reports "Report of Test Made on Tile Manufactured by Provo Pressed Brick Company," by T. C. Adams, November 1918 and "Progress Report of 1919 Studies for Central Committee Millard County Drainage Investigation: Delta, Utah," by T. C. Adams, March 1920.
8	15	Reports "Progress Report Millard County Drainage Investigations: Millard County, Utah," by R. A. Hart, Senior Drainage Engineer and T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant, January 1924. Also portions of Adams "Runoff Report of 1924."	1924
8	16	Report "Some Factors in Drainage Design," by R. A. Hart (assisted by T. C. Adams).	1924 March
8	17	Report "Drainage Investigations on Sub-Irrigated Land: Lewiston, Utah," by R. A. Hart, Drainage Engineer and T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant. Also included are photographs from July 1924.
8	18	Progress Report "Progress Report: The Required Capacity of Drains for Irrigated Lands," by R. A. Hart, Drainage Engineer and T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant.	1925 June
8	19	Reports "Suggestions Relating to Run-Off Studies and Drainage Design," by T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant, June 1925 and "Study of Drainage Discharge in the North Beach Drainage District, Basin, Wyoming," by R. A. Hart and T. C. Adams, July 1925.
8	20	"Summary of Field Work...Summer of 1925...and a Synopsis of Condition," by T. C. Adams	1925
		Prepared Reports
Box	Folder
9	1	"Discharge of Drains of the Grand and Uncompahgre Valleys, Colorado," by T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant	1926 April
9	2	"Discharge of Drains and Drainage Wells in the Salt River Valley, Arizona," by T. C. Adams	1926 May
9	3	"Discharge of Drains of the Lincoln County Drainage District #1, Nebraska," by T. C. Adams	1926 May
9	4	"Report on the Conveyance Loss Investigations; Delta Canal System; Delta, Utah," by T. C. Adams	1926
9	5	"A Drainage Reconnaissance of the Grande Ronde Valley: Union County, Oregon," by T. C. Adams Also includes a rough draft bound in back.	1927 June
9	6-10	"The Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah," by T. C. Adams This study was an outgrowth of much of Adam's earlier work and was written over the period 1926-1929. Notes for this report are also included.
9	11-19	First Draft "Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah"	1926
9	20-30	Second Draft "Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah"	1982 July
9	31	Final Draft-Bound "Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah."
10	1-10	Typists Manuscript "Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah."
	Volume
10	1	The Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah, by T. C. Adams
	Folder
10	11	"Water Balance in Irrigation," by T. C. Adams Rough draft, no date.
10	12-19	"Report on the Soils of the Grande Ronde Valley, Oregon" Rough draft, authorship uncertain, possibly by Adams, no date, circa 1925-1930.
10	20	"Report on the Examination of Dam Sites for the Montpelier Irrigation Company" Rough and finished drafts.
10	21	Prepared Reports: Authors other than T. C. Adams "Consumption Use of Irrigation Water," by Orson W. Israelse, "Report of Committee C-6 on Drain Tile," June 1926.
10	22	Review of Paper by Dalton G. Miller "Concrete Deterioration in Alkali Soils," a review by C. J. Machenzie; "Evaporation From Free Water Surfaces," by Fred C. Scobey.
10	23	Maps and Diagrams Millard County Drainage District (working map) Cache County drainage area.
		Maps and Diagrams
Box	Folder
11	1	Benjamin Drainage District
11	2	Brighton D. D. Davis Co. D. D. #1, Elwood D. D.; Lakeshore and Benjamin D. D.; Lakeshore North.
11	3	Millard Co. D. D. 1 -4
11	4	Redmond D. D., Sanpete #1
11	5	Sevier Co. D. D. #2-6
11	6	Uintah Basin Stream Flow Notes There are several studies dealing with irrigation and diversion projects-Ashley Creek near Vernal, 1915-1940.
11	7	Duchesne River at Myton	1910-1924
11	8	Duchesne River at Myton	1925-1939
11	9	Duchesne River at Tabiona	1919-1939
11	10	Green River at Elgin	1911-1912
11	11	Green River at Green River	1905-1939
11	12	Rock Creek near Mountain Home	1938-1939
11	13	Green River, at Little Valley	1911-1923
11	14	Uintah River, near Neola	1921-1927; 1929-1939
11	15	Whiterocks Creek near Whiterocks	1922-1939
11	16-17	Daniels Creek Irrigation Company Pipeline, Fieldnotes

V: EarthquakesReturn to Top

Materials in this portion of the collection consist mainly of records of earthquake protective efforts in the Salt Lake City area. A small amount of material concerns the Hansel Valley earthquake of 1934. A group of related material concerning land subsidence as a result of this earthquake has been filed under the subject heading: Great Salt Lake-Lake Studies.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
12	1	Earthquake Materials Rough and finished draft of "Protecting Cities from Earthquake Damage," by Thomas C. Adams, written ca. 1939; Earthquake well grams Shows fluctuating in water levels due to minor earthquakes, 1934.; Chamber of Commerce Earthquake Committee. This committee was formed in 1958 to examine the threat of earthquake damage to Salt Lake City and to propose actions which could minimize such damage. Adams was chairman of the committee.
12	2	Correspondence and Related Papers	1957
12	3	Correspondence and Related Papers	1958 March-April
12	4	Correspondence and Related Papers Copy of "Earhquake History of Utah, 1850-1949," by William and Tapper.	1958 April
12	5-8	Correspondence and Related Papers	1958 April-May
12	9	Correspondence and Related Papers	1959-1960
12	10	Miscellaneous, Undated Material, and Membership Lists

VI: EducationReturn to Top

This section consists of papers, class notes, and thesis material, by Thomas Caldwell Adams. This material dates from his days at the University of Utah as an undergraduate student and through his work at Cornell University for his doctorate. The selection of items for this category was based on their clear identifiability as student projects. Other materials which may have been associated with his education, but are not precisely shown as such, have been placed under the various subject headings. Some examples might be papers written about drainage and irrigation.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
13	1-3	University of Utah	1919-1922
13	1	Class Projects	1920-1921
13	2	Class Projects Comment by instructor "Your other teachers say you could be one of the best students in their class, but you seem to be satisfied to be only a fair student and spread out your energies over other things."	1921-1922
13	3	Class Projects
13	4	Cornell University Adams, after graduation from the University of Utah, went east to Cornell for his M.S. and Ph.D.	1922-1927
13	5	Projects and Notes	1922-1924
13	6	Notes for Master's Thesis "Experiments on the Flow of Water in a Small Flume."	1923
13	7-10	Notes
13	11-14	Copy of Thesis and Thesis Table and Plates "Report of Experimental Work, 'Flow of Water in Small Open Flume," 1923.
13	15	"Experiments on the Flow of Water in a Small Flume," by T. C. Adams, 6th revision	1926 October
13	16-17	Class Notes	1926-1927
		Education-T. C. Adams Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Box	Folder
14	1	Notes for Ph. D. Dissertation-"The Position of the Engineer in Economic Life" Some of the material is of later date than his dissertation.	1926-1927
14	2	Notes Includes draft of letter to editor concerning Adam's views of college life.
14	3-16	Notes
14	7	Partial Rough Drafts These are for his Ph.D. dissertation, "The Position of the Engineer in Economic Life."
	Volume
14	1	Volume 1 of Ph.D. Dissertation Volume 1 is entitled "The Position of the Engineer in Economic Life," and was written by T. C. Adams in May 1927. There is a Volume 2 entitled "Engineering Contributions to Material Well-Being," but it is not included in the collection.

VII: Electrical PowerReturn to Top

This section contains correspondence, printed material, drawings and blueprints for various power projects for which Adams was designing or consulting engineer. The material is arranged by state and project, and has then been placed in chronological sequence. Items associated with electrical power systems in general have been placed at the end of the section.

The Idaho Rural Project was a design by Adams for a power line to run from Ashton, Idaho to West Yellowstone, Montana, 1946-1953. Adams did not complete this project as his contract was terminated by the Co-op board.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
15	1-2	Cover Letter and Copy of Preliminary Plans and Specifications
15	3	Correspondence Regarding Project This includes the cover letter for a copy of corrected preliminary plans and specifications.	1946-1947
15	4	Corrected Preliminary Plans and Specifications
15	5-11	Notes and Correspondence Includes copies of Adam's contracts with the Co-op and a notice of termination of Adam's services by the Co-op. Most of the remaining correspondence concerns controversies over the board action and the settlement of fees.	1947 January-1948 December
15	12	Notes and Correspondence This file consists of notes and a summary assembled by Adams for the use of his lawyer in attempting to collect a larger fee from the Fall River Electric Co-op.	1949 February
15	13-15	Summaries Includes two project maps.
15	16	Correspondence Letter accepting Co-op's terms for settlement dated November 1953 with some undated materials.
		Projects Lost River Idaho. This Project was part of a joint project between the Lost River Rural Electrical Cooperative and the Salmon River Rural Electrical Cooperative. Included in this section is a large amount of engineering data as the project was near completion when Adams' contracts were terminated. Material on the Salmon River portion of the project is located in the section following for clarity. Material is arranged by type and chronology. There is also some correspondence included in this box dated from 1951 to 1953. Some letters appearing on mimeograph masters have been converted to permanent photocopies.
Box	Folder
16	1-6	Correspondence and Related Papers Inventories.	1951 January-December
16	7-13	Correspondence Complaints from REA; Adams' replies; problems with Co-op officers; sniping at Co-op manager; conflict with manager; notice of contract termination; wrap-up of project; Adams' complaints and settlement of his work.	1952 January-December
16	14-18	Correspondence	1953 January-July
16	19-24	Reports A series of reports on the electrical system of the Lost River Electric Cooperative done prior to the expansion of the system in 1952-1953.
16	19	"Report on Ultimate System Survey: System of the Lost River Electric Cooperative, Inc." (1st report)	1948 October
16	20	"Report on Ultimate System Survey: System of the Lost River Electric Cooperative, Inc." (2nd report)	1950 May
16	21-24	Reports Some maps are also included.
		Projects and Reports on Lost River, Idaho
Box	Folder
17	1-3	"Lost River Electric Cooperative...Preliminary Plans and Specifications"	1951 July
17	4-6	Lost River Transmission Line
17	7	Field Notes Area Barometric Elevations and Miscellaneous Data, 1950; Lost River Transmission Notes, 1951-1952; Staking Notes, Layout and Elevation; Machinery Substation, 1952.
17	8	Field Notes Transmission Surveys; Relocation of Line Arco-Mackay; Relocation Levels.
17	9	Field Notes Transmission Line; Notes; Oraters Line; Cedar Creek Power and Miscellaneous.
17	10	Field Notes Asay-Kinman Line; Bitten-Coates Line; Fallini Farch Line; Mackay Line; Cedar Creek Line.
17	11	Staking Notes Tabulation of Construction Requirements 17 'J' Line; Pre-Construction Inventories; 'K' Line.
17	12	Final Inventory and Staking
17	13	Arco-Mackay Transmission Line Notes: U. P. & L.; rebuild.
17	14-16	Craters of the Moon National Monument Line
17	17	Arco Underbuild; Asay-Kinman tap.
17	18	Fallini Extension; Upper Cedar Creek Line
17	19	Bitton-Coates Line; General Notes
17	20	Notes on Distribution Line
	Volume
17	1	Distribution Line Distribution Line Construction Contract.	1951-1952
	Folder
18	1-4	Transmission Line Construction Contract	1951
18	5-6	Materials Contracts
18	7	List of Materials and Schedule of Deliveries; Notes on Wire Poles
18	8-9	Notes on Material Lists Copy of material inventory.
18	10	Notes and Work Copy of Staking Sheets
18	11	Diagrams and Charts; Notes; Wire Comparisons
18	12	Specifications and Data
18	13-16	Arco Specifications and Data
18	17	Arco and Mackay Equipment Brochures and Data
18	18-19	Arco Quotations for Equipment
18	20-21	Arco Data and Plans
18	22-23	Arco and Mackay Quotations for Equipment
18	24-25	Mackay Schedule of Construction Material Data and specifications.
18	26-27	Machinery Data and Specifications Miscellaneous items and specifications.
		Projects concerning the Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Idaho River Electric Cooperative, Idaho. Correspondence and engineer's data on an electrification project in the Correspondence and engineer's data on an electrification project in the upper Salmon River Valley in Idaho. This was a joint project with the Lost River Electric Co-op. The material is similar to that of the Lost River project. Also included in this box is some correspondence and related papers dated from 1950 to 1953. Some letters which were on mimeograph masters were converted to photocopy form.
Box	Folder
19	1	Correspondence and Related Papers	1950
19	2-11	Correspondence Folder 7 includes data on one MA mine, Peterson, Idaho.	1951
19	12-21	Correspondence Folder 14 includes a list of mining claims in Custer County.	1952
19	22-24	Correspondence	1953
19	25	Correspondence
19	26	Correspondence and Enclosures These concern power for mines operating in the upper Salmon River Valley.
		Projects of the Salmon River, Idaho Included in this box are materials and prepared reports concerning the Salmon River, Idaho.
Box	Folder
20	1	Notes for System Survey	1950 June
20	2-5	Notes Rough draft of System Survey, 1950 June.
20	6	System Study...Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.	1951 February
20	7	Salmon River Preliminary Plans and Specifications, 1951 July.
20	8	Possible Construction of Hydro-Generating Station - Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Challis, Idaho; Idaho 23 Custer	1951 December
20	9	Design and Profile of Transmission Lines; Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Idaho 23A Cluster; Mackay to Challis Substation	1952 February
20	10	Application for Loan (2nd Loan) "B" Project; Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.	1952 May 20
20	11-14	Transmission Lines
20	11	Transmission Line Construction Contract
20	12	Pre-Construction Notes, Engineering Notes
20	13	Staking Sheets
20	14	Staking Sheets (field copy)
21	1	Notes and Miscellaneous Data; Inventories
21	2-3	Inventories
21	4	Plans, Specifications, and Contract Papers-Challis Substation
21	5-9	Notes and Miscellaneous Data
21	10	Miscellaneous Final inventory and wash-up sheets: irrigation, dumping, notes, and forms.
		Projects concerning the Alamo Power District, Nevada This project involved the reconstruction and upgrading of a distribution line system in Nevada. The line ran from a substation about 15 miles south of Alamo, Nevada to a point one mile north of Hyko, Nevada, serving the community of Alamo and a number of farms and ranches in the Pahranagat Valley. Adams was project engineer through completion.
Box	Folder
22	1-17	Correspondence	1946-1958
22	18-19	Field Notes Survey notes and sketches for Alamo project.
22	20-25	Staking Sheets Data regarding details of construction and route, including detailed diagrams of the route.
23	1	Table of Contents Box 23 contains tabulation of staking sheets and planning units for replacement of old line. Pole and wire units.
23	2	Pole Top Units
23	3-5	Conversion
23	6	Guys, Anchors, Grounds
23	7	Removal of Guys, Anchors, Grounds
23	8	Construction Bulletin; Purchase Orders; Billings for Engineer Service; Pumps and Irrigation
23	9	Reference Data and Reports; Computations
23	10-11	Maps and Diagrams
23	12	Miscellaneous Data
23	13-24	Materials Proposals for Line Construction from Various Bidders
23	25-27	Notes and Specifications
23	28	Material Lists and Inventories
23	29-30	Notes and Rough Draft of Service Contract
		Projects concerning White Pine, Nevada
Box
24		General Materials Material in this secton consists, for the most part, of correspondence relating to the proposed expansion of the White Pine Power District. Adams, and other, planned to develop the White Pine System into a larger network called the Nevada Interconnected Electric Power System to serve eastern Nevada and western Utah. The plan fell through, however, when the Nevada district court ruled against them in a legal battle over the pending sale of the Wells Power System.	1951-1956
	Folder
25	1-7	Correspondence Includes outline of proposed system.	1956
25	8-14	Correspondence Includes summary describing another study of the proposed system.	1957
25	15-16	Correspondence	1958
25	17-23	Correspondence Includes report on possible participation of Utah Power and Light in the Nevada Interconnected Power System. Also included is a preliminary report; proposal and feasibility; Nevada Interconnected Electric System; White Pine Power District No. 9; Nevada.	1959 January-July
26	1-9	Correspondence Includes protest of purchase of Wells Power Co. by REA sponsored group.	1959 July-December
26	10-13	Correspondence Deals largely with the court case against purchase of Wells Power Company.	1960 January-November
26	14	Correspondence and Papers
27	1-2	Complaints and Affidavits Box 27 contains legal papers relating to lawsuit of White Pine Power District vs. Wells Rural Electric Company.
27	3	Points and Authorities; Motion to Dismiss; Ruling; Notice of Appeals
27	4	Designation and Record of Appeal; First Brief; Motion to Stay
27	5	Order Extending Time and Setting Hearing; Respondent's Points and Authorities
27	6	Decision and Opinion on Stay
27	7	Petition for Rehearing
27	8	Reply to Petition for Rehearing, Respondent's Answering Brief
27	9-11	Respondent's Answer to Brief
27	12	Final Opinion
27	13-17	Field Notes on Survey for Possible Hydro-Electric Sites in Eastern Nevada
	Volume
27	1	Bound Copy of Application for Loan for Construction of Distribution System Includes description of proposed hydro-electric plants.	1951 December
	Folder
27	18	White Pine Map Sketches
		Project concerning the Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc., Utah	1947-1952
Box
28		General Materials Correspondence and notes concerning evaluation of possible hydroelectric sites and planning of a diesel generating plant at Rangely, Colorado. Adams' contract was terminated by the association before completion when they felt he was taking too much time for planning, thereby delaying the project.	1947-1952
29		Correspondence	1952-1954
	Folder
30	1	Specification Notices and Instruction to Bidders
30	2-3	Contract and Specifications for Rangely, Colorado Generating System
30	4-6	Revised Specifications
30	7-13	Plans, Specifications and Contract Papers, Rangely	1952
30	14-17	Additional Specifications; Switching Equipment; Water Treatment; Pumps; Step-up Section; Auxiliary Power Supply; Notes for Drawings
30	18-26	Planning Notes used in Connection with Design of Rangely Generating Station
31	1-5	Notes and Manufacturers Specification Sheets Regarding Rangeley Power Generating Plant
31	6-8	Material Specifications; Construction	1946
31	9	Notes
31	10	Blueprints and Plans for Rangeley Generating Station	1951-1952
		Projects concerning the Murray City Power Plant, Utah Material dealing with Adams' planning for remodeling and modernization of the Murray City Power Plant (diesel). The major portion of this is manufacturer's data with very little correspondence. Successful completion of this project was a major factor in award of the engineering contract to Adams for modernization of the Moon Lake Power District generating station.
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32	1-2	Correspondence	1941-1948
32	3-5	Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers For improvements to Murray Power Plant (P. W. A., 1934 September 14).
32	6-15	Manufacturer's Specifications, Blueprints, and Notes
32	16-20	Manuals for Installation and Operation of Equipment at Murray City Power Plant
33	1-2	Manuals for Operation of Plant
33	3-8	Blueprints
33	9	Notes and Miscellaneous Diagrams
		Project concerning Parowan City Corporation This material concerns two power projects that Adams engineered for Parowan City Corporation from around 1949 to 1955. The first of these was the construction in 1951 of a hydroelectric generating station on Center Creek in Parowan, and the second was a similar plant on Red Creek near Paragonah in 1951.
Box	Folder
34	1-13	Correspondence	1948-1956
34	14	Report of Construction of Center Creek Plant Sale notice for old equipment.	1950-1951
34	15-17	Field Notes and Bonding Notes Includes newspaper clippings and bond statements.
34	18-25	Notes and Preconstruction Data Calculations for financing Stream flow General design and tests Design of intake and penstock Reconstruction of inlet and dam Switchboard and power controls Water heater and load drop controls Water level automatic controls Alarm control system Hydrolic and mechanical equipment Construction costs
34	26-28	Operating Data, Center Creek Plant
34	29-30	Annual Tabulations
		Projects concerning Parowan, Center Creek, Red Creek, Utah
Box	Folder
35	1-7	Switchboard and Electrical Equipment manuals for Center Creek Generating Station
35	8	Preliminary Engineering Report, Red Creek Generating Station
35	9-12	Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers for Laying of Power Plant Pipe Line, Red Creek Generating Station	1953
35	13-14	Engineering Report Revised, Proposed Red Creek Hydro-electric Generating Station	1953
35	15-19	Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers These are for Construction of electric facilities connected with the Red Creek Generating Station.
35	20	Field Notes
		Projects concerning Parowan, Utah
Box	Folder
36	1-5	Field Notes Pipe line, surveys, alignment.
36	6-11	Notes, Drawings, and Data
36	12-14	Financing, Budget and Costs
36	15-21	Control and Systems Designs
36	22-28	Data on Electrical Circuits and Controls
37	1-3	General Requirements and Conditions This is for the purchase of Electrical control equipment by the Parowan City Corporation.
37	4-6	Switchboard Operating Manual Red Creek Power Generating Station.
37	7-11	Electric Equipment Manual Red Creek Power Generating Station.
37	12-17	Poles, Structures and Miscellaneous Assemblies
37	18	Correspondence and Field Notes Death Valley Electric Cooperative, Baker, California.
37	19	Tabulation of Bids Desert Electric Cooperative, Twenty-nine Palms, Californina.
37	20	Examination of Coal Creek for Power Possibilities Field notes, near Bloomington, Utah and Copy of "Joint Pole Practices...," Edison Electric & AT & T.	1954
37	21-23	Notes and Special Line Inventory Forms, Fillmore
37	24	Flowell and Heber
37	25	Hyrum and Manti
37	26	Springville Switch gear specifications, Springville Municipal Corporation, 1947.
37	27	Bridger Correspondence, Field notes for Bridger Valley Electric Association, Mountain View, Wyoming.
37	28-30	Parowan City Corporation
37	31	Miscellaneous papers "Water Supply For Stream Power Stations," T. C. Adams; "Inexpensive Industrial Power in Utah," T. C. Adams; "Bonanza-Mars Water Power," 1914; "Economics of Power Production," George M. Orrok, 1932.

IX. Great Salt LakeReturn to Top

This portion of the collection contains material collected by Adams on the Great Salt Lake over a number of years. Much of the data is interrelated even though it has been broken down into several areas for purposes of organization. Original sequences have been retained where possible. Adams began the major portion of his work on the Great Salt Lake around 1932 with the Diking project and associated surveys. He continued to be greatly interested in the lake and was working on a lake related project (Saltair) at the time of his death. Maps associated with this subject appear at the end of his collection.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Citizen's League for the Protection, Planning and Developing of the Great Salt Lake A non-profit association with which Adams was involved in 1964.
Box	Folder
38	1	General Information Leaflet; Circular No. 1 Material in this section concerns a diking project to create fresh-water lake on the east side of Great Salt Lake. This project was begun during the depression as a F. E. R. A. financed recovery program. Adams worked on the plan for a number of years and produced a number of articles derived from data gathered in the course of his investigations. Diking plans were revived following World War II and some limited dikes were finally built, primarily to provide water for the migratory bird refuges.
38	2	Correspondence Includes letter from Adams to D. A. Lyon suggesting a study of Great Salt Lake. Letter to secretary of Utah Engineering council suggesting combining of lake study with diking project.	1931
38	3	Correspondence Letters concerning dredging costs for the dikes.	1932 January-March
38	4	Correspondence Letter from Sumner G. Margetts to George W. Snyder reporting on the project.	1932 March
38	5	Correspondence Includes letter from R. A. Hart to D. A. Lyon conveying memorandums on electrical power aspects of the project.	1932 May-November
38	6	Correspondence	1933 May-July
38	7	Correspondence Includes letter by Sumner Margetts describing the plans for the project.	1933 August-October
38	8	Correspondence Includes letter from files of A. B. Young on revised project and letters concerning operations and personnel.	1934 February-October
38	9	Correspondence Regarding operations and personnel.	1934 October-November
38	10-11	Correspondence	1934 November-December
38	12	Correspondence Includes report to Utah State Planning Board on progress of surveys and letters detailing the close of operations. Letters to and from Governor Blood are included.	1935 January-May
38	13	Correspondence Includes notice of discontinuance of projects and letters to and from Governor Blood.	1935 May-June
38	14	Correspondence Letters concerning final reports.	1935-1936
38	15	Correspondence	1941-1956
		Diking Projects Prepared reports.
Box	Folder
39	1-3	Thesis, "Putting Great Salt Lake to Work," by Louis E. Fox and Theodore L. Keller	1930 May
39	4	"Water for Industry," by A. O. Gates	1931 November 16
39	5	"Paper on Utah's Resources to be Presented Before the Utah Society of Engineers," by J. O. Elton	1932 June 20
39	6	"Report on Proposed Fresh Water Lake," by Sumner G. Margetts Rough draft and final copy.	1932 March
39	7-8	Program and notes for speech during dinner at Alta Club Subject: Great Salt Lake Diking. Drafts of speech by D. A. Lyon on "Utah's Mineral Resources and their Development." Final included.	1933 May 10
39	9	"The Great Salt Lake Diking Project," program of dinner at Alta Club Transcripts of speeches.	1933 May 10
39	10	"The Great Salt Lake Diking Project (compilation)," by D. A. Lyon; "Report of Sub-Committee...Part I (Lillie); August 1, 1933," by J. J. Lillie
39	11	"Report of Sub-Committee...Part II (Van Liew)," by R. E. Van Liew; "Inflow of Water into Great Salt Lake"
39	12	"Report of Sub-Committee Appointed to Investigate Technical Problems..." (incomplete)	1933 August
39	13	"Report of Sub-Committee..." (complete typed draft, except for blueprints)
39	14	"Report of Sub-Committee, Great Salt Lake Project" (complete) Includes preface, small project-Sumner Margetts, large project-J. J. Lillie, Inflow of Water into Great Salt Lake--R. E. Van Liew, Report of Ellicott Machine Corporation, Summary and Recommendations.	1933
39	15-19	"Report on the Great Salt Lake Diking Project," by Jacob L. Crane to Research Corporation With letter of transmittal.	1933 December
39	20-21	"Proposed Plan of Investigation, Great Salt Lake Diking Project," (rough draft) Includes F. E. R. A. Reports.	1934 September
39	22	"Proposed Plan of Investigation..." (rough draft); "The Sea that Played Possum," article on Dead Sea (rough)
39	23	Drafts of "Report on a Portion of F. E. R. A. Project #S-F2-68"; "Survey of Great Salt Lake Diking Project, October 2, 1934," by T. C. Adams (Quantity and Quality of Water); Drafts of "A Report on a Portion of F. E. R. A. Project #S-F2-68..." (Topography of shores of Proposed Embayment)
39	24	"Report of Sub-Committee appointed to Investigate Technical Problems, with the Proposed Diking of the Great Salt Lake..."	1934 December
39	25	"Natural Sodium Compounds and Born Minerals," A. T. Coons (from U. S. B. M. Mineral Yearbook); "West Side Drainage; 1934; Salt Lake Department of Streets and Public Improvements, C. W. A. & E. R. A. Projects"	1934
40	1	"Report on Water Flowing into Great Salt Lake Between a point 4 miles Northeast of Saltair to and including Weber River"	1935 January
40	2	"Investment Cost and Cost of Electric Energy from a Steam Power Plant in the Great Salt Lake Basin," by Ernest Probert (G. S. L. Diking Project, Engineering Investigations)	1935 March
40	3	"Report of Structures for Salt Lake Diking Project, F. E. R. A. Project #S-F2-68," by George P. Greenman	1935 March 16
40	4	"Data Useful in Computing the Cost of Pumping Water," by Ernest Probert (G. S. L. Diking Project, Engineering Investigations)	1935 April
40	5-7	"Report on Information Concerning Certain Electro-Chemical Industries," by Daniel C. Frobes (G. S. L. Diking Project, Engineering Investigation)	1935 April
40	8-9	"Report on Water Supply of the Farmington Embayment...," by Thomas C. Adams Typescript and final draft copies.	1935 June
40	10	"Report on Water Supply of the Farmington Embayment, Supplements" (1 and 2) Published letter of Margetts on points of Adams' Report; Adams' reply.
40	11	"Tentative Proposal for Shoreline Diking Project, Farmington Bay," T. C. Adams; "Second Proposal; Shore Line Diking Project, June 1935"; "An Agricultural and Industrial Development Project for the Great Salt Lake Basin," October, 1935, by T. C. Adams
40	12	Proceedings; Meeting of the Bonneville Drainage Basin Committee of the National Resources Planning Board (Diking Project p. 7-9)	1941 December 10
40	13	"Preliminary Report of Proposed Fresh Water Lake at Great Salt Lake, Utah," by International Engineering Co.	1958 August
40	14	"Comments on House Bill No. Wayman (creation of Great Salt Lake Improvement District)," by Adams?; "Justification for the Salt Lake Diking Project" Untitled paper on Utah Resources The Bear River Bay Drainage and Irrigation Project
40	15	Rough and Final Drafts of the "Jordan River Project," by T. C. Adams
40	16	"Water Supply for Steam Power Stations," by T. C. Adams Rough and final drafts Notes on Zuyder Zee Reclamation (Netherlands); Notes on Brighton Drainage District.
40	17	"Power Production Costs," by Anderson
40	18	"Utah State Plan; A Preliminary Plan for the Salt Lake City, Ogden Region," by S. R. De Boer
40	19	"Approximate Cost of Salt Lake Sewage Treatment Plant," by T. C. Adams; "Davis County Drainage District #1"; "West Side Drainage"; "Salt Lake County Drainage District #2"; "The Hogle-Bothwell Tract"
40	20	"Willamette River Channel Dredging"
40	21	"Stability Tests; Logs of Foundation Borings"; "Borings on North Dike"
40	22-26	Notes Associated with Studies
41	1-5	"Report of Analysis Carried Out as a Part of the F. E. R. A. Project #S-F2-68 on the Waters Flowing into the Great Salt Lake, and on the Soils of the Lake Floor in Proximity to the Proposed Line of Diking" by the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
41	6-13	Field Register and Mud Samples
41	14	Water Supply Farmington Embayment--Full Flow; Additional Flow
41	15	Water Supply with Spillway at 4205 Level; 4203 Level
41	16	Water Supply, Bear and Farmington Embayment; 3/4 Flow
41	17	Evaporation Data, G52; Water Balance; Precipitation
41	18	Precipitation Charts; Stream Flow
41	19	Notes
41	20	Plans for Engineering Study; Project Applications and Authorization (F. E. R. A.) of Road to Antelope Island
41	21	Accounts
41	22	Personnel Lists
41	23	Act Creating Great Salt Lake Improvement Association
41	24	Notes on Bear River Duck Refuge; Jordan River; Maps and Charts; Newspaper Clippings	1934
		Diking Projects, Field Notebooks
Box	Volume
42	1	"Automobile Log," Thomas C. Adams
42	2	"Log of Hydrographer," Survey boat used in 1934 lake study
42	3	"Water Temperature, Etc., Great Salt Lake and Surveys"
42	4-6	"Salt Lake Diking; Triangulation Notes" Stations L, Y, H, FR, LM, ND, SD, P, PP, S, NS, ND.
42	7	"Salt Lake Diking Investigation" Triangulation Notes-Stations A, SA, B.
42	8	"Kashin; Shore Line; Black Rock & N." Log Book number 1, Land party shoreline survey.
42	9	"Bradshaw; Shore Line; Vicinity of Black Rock" Log book number 1 on the shore line survey.
42	10	"Bradshaw; Shore Line; West Side of Lake" Log book number 2 on the shore line survey.
42	11	"Sevy & Madsen; North Dike and Sec. Cor."
42	12	"Conyers Soundings; Triangulation"
42	13	"Conyers Soundings; Triangulation"
42	14	"Ashby; soundings"
42	15	"Soundings; Triangulation"
	Folder
42	1	Loose Sheets Included in "Automobile Log" (book 1)
42	2	Loose Sheets Included in "Soundings; Triangulation" (book 15)
		Great Salt Lake Land Association Material under this heading deals mainly with the issue of possession of title of accrued and relicted lands along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake.
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43	1-2	Copy of Area Administrator's Decision Regarding Title to Land	1961 May 31
43	3	Copy of "Decision of Protest" by State of Utah
43	4	Copy of "Critical Discussion of a Statement; Ownership of the Lands of Great Salt Lake, Utah; Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the United States Senate," with copy of cover letter
43	5	Copy of Letter Regarding Great Salt Lake Land Association position on "Lands of the Great Salt Lake, Utah; Possible Testimony on Fixed, Lower Property Boundary for Reliction Land," with letter of transmittal dated August 16, 1965; "Appendix to Discussion; Efforts of the State of Utah to Gain Control of Shore Lands of the Great Salt Lake, Utah." September 1965; Preliminary Confidential; "Ownership of the Bed of Great Salt Lake, Utah; Opinions Adopted by the Great Salt Lake Lands Association; October 1965"; Great Salt Lake-Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and Boat Harbor This section concerns two topics which are inter-related. Adams was very active in the formation and operation of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and consequently was a firm advocate of the development of the Great Salt Lake Boat Harbor on Great Salt Lake.
43	6	Correspondence and Related Papers	1934 April-October
43	7	Correspondence Includes revised project application forms for W. P. A. funding.	1936
43	8	Correspondence and related papers Including revised project applications (approved form), 1937 September; 1939 January-August
43	9	Correspondence and Related Papers	1939 August-September
43	10	Correspondence and Related Papers	1939 September-December
43	11-13	Correspondence	1940 January-November
43	14	Correspondence	1941-1945
43	15	Correspondence (final newsletters dissolving club)	1960 March-April
43	16	"A Cruise on Great Salt Lake," by Thomas C. Adams; Commodore Great Salt Lake Yacht Club Account of exploration of the lake...photographs accompanied this speech.	1933 September
43	17	"Survey Report for Navigation, Boat Harbor on Great Salt Lake Near Garfield, Utah," Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army "Not for Public Release"	1949 April 1
43	18	"Articles of Incorporation of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club;" "By-Laws of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club;" "Information Concerning the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club;" "The Great Salt Lake Yacht Club; Advantage and Obligations of Membership;" "The Salt Lake County Public Boat Harbor;" "Financing of Construction and Operation of Salt Lake County Public Boat Harbor;" Brochure-"Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and Salt Lake County Yacht Harbor"
43	19	"Information Concerning Great Salt Lake; The Great Salt Lake Yacht Club; The Salt Lake County Public Yacht Harbor; No. One," includes photos, reports, copies of budgets, maps and copies of utility contracts
43	20	"Regulation Governing Construction of Private Breakwater Docks, Houses, and Salt Lake County Public Boat Harbor;" "Aids to Navigation for Yachtsmen on Great Salt Lake;" "Great Salt Lake (by Thomas C. Adams for Yachtsmen's Guide)"
43	21	"Compodium of Useful Information for Yachtsmen on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
43	22	"Great Salt Lake;" "A Catechism on Boating on Great Salt Lake" Rough draft of "Notes on Boats for Great Salt Lake;" Final draft on "Notes on Boats for Great Salt Lake."
43	23	"Oscillation and Trend of Great Salt Lake," by R. A. Hart; "Temperature of Great Salt Lake in Utah and Comperative Data," by T. C. Adams
43	24	Rough and Final Copies of "Inboard Motors on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
43	25	Rough and Final Drafts of "Out Board Motors on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
43	26	Rough and Final Drafts of "Opportunities for Boating on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams; Proposed Improvement of the Lakes and River as the Great Salt Lake Basin for Navigation; Untitled Speech to Kiwanis Club; Article on Great Salt Lake, by T. C. Adams
43	27	Rough Drafts of Radio Scripts on Yacht Club and Boat Harbor, Interview with Adams
43	28	Rough Draft, "Boating on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
		Yacht Club and Boat Harbor
Box	Folder
44	1	Constitution and By-Laws; Laws and Regulations Membership lists also included.
44	2	Membership Lists, continued; Meeting Notes
44	3	Meeting Notes; Race Notes and Data
44	4	Race Notes and Data
44	5	Boat Record
44	6	Boat Record; Harbor General Estimates
44	7-8	Harbor General Estimates
44	9	Supplies and Fittings; Bursar's Account
44	10	Bursar's Account; Memo of Harbor Improvements
44	11	Miscellaneous
44	12	Computory Book; Harbor Plan Details
44	13-14	Harbor Plan Details
44	15	Harbor Contract and Charts Includes lists of slip assignments and facility charts.
44	16-17	Harbor Contract; Requisitions
44	18	Budget Data
44	19	Utah Lumber Company Invoices (Utah Pioneer Roofing Company)	1936 January-February
44	20-26	Utah Lumber Company Invoices	1936 March-December
45	1-7	Utah Lumber Company Invoices	1937 February-1941 July
45	8-9	Utah Power & Light	1937 August-1941 March
45	10	Telephone Bills	1937 November-1940 April
45	11	Utah Junk Company	1936 March-1941 September
45	12	Utah State Land Office Receipts and contracts; insurance receipts; general receipts.
45	13-18	Miscellaneous Invoices and Bills	1935 February-1938 November
45	19	Miscellaneous Invoices and Bills	1939 January-July; 1940 March-September; 1941 January
45	20-22	Notes: A-Z; Corporation List; Chamber of Commerce List
45	23	Old Personnel List: YC members; miscellaneous financial
45	24	"Plans and Building Instructions; Great Salt Lake; One-Design; 20-foot Sloop" by T. C. Adams; "Notes on Construction and Design; Great Salt Lake Shallow Draft Sloop," by T. C. Adams
45	25	20-foot Pressed Wood Sail Boat; rough draft and notes
45	26	"Boats Miscellaneous;" Propeller and Speed Data
45	27	Early Sail Boats
45	28	Early Sail Boats; Celeritas First 17-foot
45	29	24-foot Motor Boat
45	30	24-foot Motor Boat
45	31	23-foot Sail Boat; 14-foot Speed Boat; Hydrographer II
		History These are notes dealing primarily with the history of Great Salt Lake.
Box	Folder
46	1	Great Salt Lake, Historical and General
46	2	Historical and General Notes; Great Salt Lake; Stansbury Journals
46	3	Stansbury Journal Microfilming Instructions; Bibliography of Newspaper Articles on Great Salt Lake, Deseret News (read by students for Adams)	1850-1855
46	4-10	Deseret News Articles	1856-1904
		Great Salt Lake Studies Studies of features of Great Salt Lake conducted and proposed by Adams. The earlier study (1932-1933) was undertaken in connection with the Great Salt Lake Diking Project. The later study (1962-1963) was a separate project.
Box	Folder
47	1	Correspondence	1931-1941
47	2	Correspondence and Related Papers Includes letters from George D. Clyde and Senator Frank Moss; also testimony by Adams before hearing of Sub-Committed on Public Lands, November 10, 1960.	1960-1961
47	3	Correspondence and Related Papers	1963-1965
47	4	Rough and Final Drafts of "Some Hydrolic Features of Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams Published version of article in The Utah Engineer, 1932 February.
47	5	Drafts of "Evaporation from Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams	1933 June
47	6	Manuscript and Cover Letter, "What Will Happen to Great Salt Lake?" by T. C. Adams Preliminary rough draft of "Recent Natural Deposition of Salt from Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams, 1937-1938.	1934
47	7	Corrected and Final Drafts of "Recent Deposition of Salt from Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
47	8	Printers Copy of "Recent Deposition of Salt...," Copy of item as it appeared in Journal of Geology	1938 May-June
47	9	Rough Drafts of "Evidences of Recent Crustal Deformation at the North End of Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams Rough drafts of "Land Subsidence North of the Great Salt Lake, Utah	1937-1938
47	10	Printers Copy, "Land Subsidence North of the Great Salt Lake, Utah;" Copy of article reprinted from Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	1938 April
47	11	Preliminary Rough Draft, "Hydrology and Climatology of Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams (draft)	1932-1933
47	12-14	2nd, 3rd and 4th Drafts of "Hydrology and Climatology of Great Salt Lake"
47	15	Undated papers: "Form and Appearance of the Tufa Deposits in Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams; drafts of "Temperature of Great Salt Lake in Utah and Comparative Data," by T. C. Adams
47	16	First and Second Drafts, "Proposal; Foundation for Resource Study and Development; Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Areas;" Great Salt Lake Authority	1960 May
47	17	Rough Draft, "Features of the Limnology of Great Salt Lake Economic Significance"	1961
47	18-19	"Potentials for State Owned Resources Associated with the Great Salt Lake," Division of University Research, Utah State University, Rough draft of Manuscript on Great Salt Lake Study of 1963 by T. C. Adams	1963 February
47	20	Survey Notes
47	21	Diking Investigation Notes; Water Balance Computations
47	22	Water Balance Computations
47	23	Great Salt Lake Evaporation
47	24	Great Salt Lake Stream Flow
47	25	Great Salt Lake Stream Flow; Great Salt Lake Salt Concentration
47	26	Great Salt Lake Salt Concentration; Precipitation of Great Salt Lake Basin
47	27	Precipitation; Lake Levels; Map	1922
		Lake Studies
Box	Folder
48	1	Great Salt Lake Stage, Area, Volume
48	2	Great Salt Lake Area, Volume; Great Salt Lake Temperature
48	3	Township Plats; Meander Line Date; Xerox Copies of Meander Line Surveys	1913
48	4	Meander Line Survey Data; Meander Line Survey Data; Meander Line Survey Data	1875; 1912; 1913
48	5	Meander Line Survey Data	1886-1912
48	6-10	Meander Line Surveys	1885-1913
48	11	Maps and Chart Notes; Index; Maps and Displays on Partitioning; Computations and Tabulations for Partitioning; Tabulations of Meander Line Lengths
48	12	Maps and Chart Notes; Data for Construction of Map Projections; Notes on Survey Map; Working Charts; Survey	1878-1879
48	13	Maps and Chart Notes; Direct Tracings from 40th Parallel Survey Maps; Reduction from 1:24,000 to 1:250,000; Reductions from 1:24,000 to 1:72,000
48	14-15	Maps and Charts; Reductions from 1:24,000 to 1:72,000
48	16	Maps and Charts; Area and A-V Relocations; Geographic Positions; Relations Between Geographic Positions and Land Surveys; Pantograph Reductions; Road Location Data and Miscellaneous
		Salt Migration Material in this section deals with the problem of migration of salt and other minerals in solution into the north arm of the lake after completion of the railroad fill. (Note: Copied items on deteriorating paper have been recorded by xeroxing).
Box	Folder
49	1-4	Correspondence	1962-1964
49	5	"Magnesium; Properties and Alloys; and the Water of the Great Salt Lake and Brines of the Salt Flats Near Salduro as Probable Sources of Magnesium," by A. G. Young; "The Recovery of Salt from the Waters of the Great Salt Lake," by J. M. Glossett and B. J. Anderson, June 11, 1961	1936 February
49	6	"The Recovery of Salts" Includes notes inserted by T. C. Adams, pages 13-23.
49	7	"The Recovery of Salts...," pages 24-39; Chemical and Engineering News Quarterly Report on Current Prices	1962 October 29
49	8	"A Chemical Project at the Great Salt Lake," assembled by Adams (?) from letters and data of James G. Macey	1963 May
49	9	Address by N. R. Helgren, Manager; Saltair Plant, Morton Salt Company, "Salt Production From the Great Salt Lake;" "Some Aspects of the Physical Chemistry of Potash Recovery by Solar Evaporation of Brines," by Pablo Hadzeriga, pgs. 1-8	1963 August 15
49	10	"Some Aspects of the Physical Chemistry...," pgs. 9-19; Notes; Inspection of North Body of Great Salt Lake from Southern Pacific Railroad Company Embankment	1963
49	11	"Salt Migration to the Northwest Body of Great Salt Lake, Utah," reprinted from Science; Rules and Regulations Governing the Issuance of Mineral Leases, Utah State Land Board, amended June 1964; "Magnesium Needs Spur Rush to Great Salt Lake," from Chemical Week	1964
49	12	Notes in Salt Migration
		Saltair Papers in this section deal primarily with plans to reopen and restore Saltair Resort by Adams and the Saltair Restoration Division of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club.
Box	Folder
50	1-2	Correspondence	1959-1964
50	3	"Leveling at Saltair, Utah" (includes sketch map); "Notes on Saltair and its Operation"; "Summary of Information Furnished by the Utah Park and Recreation Commission by Corps of Engineers Representative at a Meeting in Salt Lake City on 28 June 1960;" Copy of 1957 Senate Bill No. 62 establishing Citizens for Saltair; "The Restoration of Saltair at the Great Salt Lake, Utah," 1963 by Saltair Restoration Division	1933-1963
50	4	"Great Salt Lake; Saltair" Marked second draft; original xerox copy.	1961 July 19
50	5	Saltair Report Abstract of Title Prepared by Utah Savings and Trust Abstract Company, 1958 March 20.
50	6	Minutes	1961 October-December
50	7	Minutes	1961-1962
50	8-9	Minutes Includes proxy statement.	1963 January-May
50	10-11	Minutes Copy of Code of the Saltair Restoration Division as adopted May 1, 1963. Agreement for professional services, T. C. Adams; revised organization of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, Inc.; rough drafts.	1963 May
50	12-17	Minutes Includes estimate of justifiable investment and expense; Saltair Restoration.	1963 January-June
50	18	Index-Field Notes; Surveys at Saltair
50	19	Index; Table of Contents
50	20	Table of Contents
50	21	Notes on Locations of Piles Sections surveyed on various dates: September 14, 15, 17, 1961.
50	22-24	Dates of Pile Surveys	1961
50	25-30	Dates of Pile Surveys	1961
51	1-8	Dates of Pile Surveys	1961
51	9-12	Notes of Inspections of Saltair (damage inventory and pile inspection)	1961-1962
51	13-17	Dimensions and Notes	1961
51	18-30	Lease Notes
51	31	Field Notes and Sketches
51	32	Notes on Water Samples Taken At and Near Saltair
52	1	Lists of Exhibits and Dates for Promotion of Saltair Restoration; Saltair Financial Records Material in box 52 involves plans by Kennecott Copper Corporation to dump tailings in the Great Salt Lake. Also included is data on plans of opposition to this proposal, prepared by Adams. Activity in this was closely associated with the Saltair project and the Saltair Restoration Division of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, Inc.	1955-1959
52	2	Saltair Financial Records Also included are renovation and rebuilding notes.	1958-1961
52	3	Renovation and Rebuilding Notes and Drawings
52	4	General Notes; Window Diagrams and Notes
52	5	Notes and Sample Exhibits; Survey Notes
52	7-11	Correspondence and Related Papers	1963 June-1965 March
52	12	"Notes from Conversation with Mr. Otis Weeks, Friday, November 16, 1934-Conserving Operation of Lucine [sic] Cut-Off;" Memorandum Report by T. C. Adams (Great Salt Lake Diking Study); "Advance Report on Kennecott Tailings Problem," by Utah Geological and Mines Study; "Proposed Causeway Across South End of Great Salt Lake"; "Joint Resolution" (opposing tailings)	1963
52	13	"Statement by T. C. Adams...before the Great Salt Lake Authority;" "Memorandum, Reasons for Opposing Tailings;" "Pollution Committee Discusses Tailings Pond," from Utah Water News v. XII, No. 2 April 1964; "Tailings vs The Great Salt Lake and the People;" Sample of Tailings, May 1, 1964; "Agenda for Tailings Hearing Held at 10:00 A. M. May 1, 1964 in the State Office Buildings Auditorium;" "Statement by Earl J. Knudson, President, Great Salt Lake Lands Association, before the May 1, 1964 Hearing of the Great Salt Lake Authority"	1964 March 6
52	14	"Statement by Earl J. Knudson, President, Great Salt Lake Lands Association before the May 1, 1964 Hearing of the Great Salt Lake Authority;" final revision; "Statement of Norman R. Helgren, Submitted to Great Salt Lake Authority with respect to Hearings on Use of Tailings in the Great Salt Lake;" "Notes by Thomas C. Adams, Governor's Hearing on the Problems of Great Salt Lake Development	1965
52	15-19	"Tailings in the Great Salt Lake, A Critical Review," rough draft by T. C. Adams; "Truth About Tailings and the Great Salt Lake," rough draft by T. C. Adams; "Advance Sheet Booklet Opposing Tailings Dumping...Summary of Division's Position, Information Available for Distribution"
52	20-23	Notes on Saltair and Tailings, Tailing Test Study; Tailing Classifier; Tailings Supply Agreement and Causeway; May 1 Hearing; Outline of T. C. Adam's Presentation
52	24	Miscellaneous Materials Sea Scouts (Great Salt Lake Yacht Club); Sewage disposal, "Protozoa in Great Salt Lake," and "Two Protozoans from Great Salt Lake," by David T. Jones; "Comment on Salt Lake Sewage Treatment Project and its relation to economy and civic progress," by T. C. Adams; "The Bacteriostatic and Bactericidal Action of Great Salt Lake Water," by Claude E. Zobell and D. Quentin Anderson.
52	25	Miscellaneous Writings "Survival of E. Coli in Water from Great Salt Lake," by R. S. Fraser and C. J. Argall; Sewage Notes; "Salt Lake Basin Investigations, Terminal Tract, Land Classification," by A. T. Strahorn.
52	26	Miscellaneous Writings "Desert Basin Research Project in Cooperation with the United States Geological Survey," by Max Erickson and Hugh Hamilton; "Search For a Lost Transport Plane in the Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams (rough drafts).
52	27	Miscellaneous Writings "Search for a Lost Transport Plane in the Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams (rough drafts); "Searches for Lost Aeroplanes in the Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams.

X: Mining--Utah and The WestReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Mining Reports This material includes, for the most part, mining reports accumulated by Adams in various phases of his career. Though a portion of the reports were by Adams, most appear to have come from an earlier period and were written by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr., and others.
Box	Folder
53	1	"Appraisal Report, Mineral Deposit (Gravel, sand, fill Material), Dugway Proving Ground, "Report No. 1," by T. C. Adams "Appraisal Report...," No. 2.	1951 April
53	2	"War Minerals Report, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines" Thompson Magnesium Well, Grand County, Utah, Utah Magnesium Corporation from A. B. Young, marked "Personal and Confidential, Not for Publication," 1942.
53	3	Report on Potash Lommasson Well No. 1, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 1934 by R. A. Chase and A. C. Nebeker.
53	4	"The Recovery of Potash from the Bonneville Deposits of Utah," by John Skogmark A report on the operations at Wendover, Utah by the Bonneville Corporation, 1933.
53	5	"Memorandum, SUBJECT: Report of Conference, Yant, Parker with Officials of Utah Copper Co. Regarding Vehicular Tunnel" by William P. Yant "Memorandum, SUGJECT: Report of Conference and Calculations Regarding Ventilation of the Proposed Utah Copper Company Vehicular Tunnel at Bingham, Utah, May 19-22, 1936," by G. E. McElroy.	1936 April 13
53	6	"Summary of Trip to Mines and Tunnels of the Copper Mining Districts in the Southwest," by E. S. McGlove; "Reports, Mines, United States," Includes: "Reports on Iron Property Near Jacksonville, Michigan," "Preliminary Geological Report on the Carlisle Mining Company, Steeple Rock, New Mexico," by C. W. Botsford, May 1918; "The Bluestone Copper Mine," Lyon County, Nevada, by Martin J. Jeller and J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Bid Dick Iron Property," Franklin Harbor, Lake Superior	1940 September-October
53	7	Reports Includes: "Reports, Uranium Prospects, Utah"; "Geologic Report of a group of Mining Claims situated in the San Rafael Reef Mining District, August 25, 1955"; "Geological Report of the Hidden Valley Claim," by Zeem R. Moore, October 21, 1955; "General Summary...Uranium Cliams Located in Fremont County, Wyoming"; "Geological Report of a Group of Mining Claims Situated in the San Rafael Mining District..." (Final draft of first report above) by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr., August 25, 1955; "Preliminary Geologic Report of a Group of Mining Claims situated in the Ten Mile Area, Grand County, Utah," October 20, 1954, by B. G. Cobb; "A General Summary of the Uranium Ore Possibilities...of Claims Located in Grand County, Utah," June 22, 1955, by Keith Browne; "Geologic Report on White Canyon Area," by Grant L. Shumway, added note by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Various Mine Data, Costs, Etc., 1914," United States and foreign mines, collected by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.
53	8	"Report on the Mason Valley Mines Company's Properties (Yerington District, Nevada)" by L. Humphreys and J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "The Nevada-Douglas and Ludwig Ores (Yerington District), June 10, 1908, by E. P. Jennings and J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.	1908 September 30
53	9	Reports Includes: "Inspection of Mills and Smelters in Montana and Utah," by S. K. Dahl; "Preliminary Report on the Kotsina Chitina District, July 1911," by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Report on the Lake McKinley Mining District, July 1911," by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Preliminary Report on the Spirit Mountain and Tiekel Mining District," October 10, 1911, by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "A Report on the Fidalgo Alaska Copper Company's Property," November 28, 1910, by Lewis A. Levensaler and J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Report on the Tjosevig Property, Valdez Mining District," by Lewis A. Levensaler; "Preliminary Report on the Valdez Gold District," May 31, 1911, by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Preliminary Report on Prince William Sound," October 10, 1911, by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.
53	10	"Reports: Kotsina and Chitiva, Prince Willaim Sound, Alaska" Includes: "Report on the Kotsina and Chitiva Valleys," by Lewis A. Levensaler; "Report on Prince William Sound," December 12, 1910, by Lewis A. Levensaler; "Report on Kotsina-Chitiva District," December 6, 1910, by Lewis A. Levensaler	1909-1910
	Volume
53	1	"General Report, Yates Oil Pool," Pecos, County, Texas by Peter P. Gregory, Chairman, Yates Pool Engineering Committee	1933 July
	Folder
53	11	Correspondence Concerning the development of bentonite deposits near Cannonville, Utah. Most of the letters are addressed to and from Dr. Henry Eyring of the University of Utah, 1958 March -July.
53	12	Correspondence, Notes, and Pamphlets on Bentonite	1958 July

XI: City PlanningReturn to Top

Material in this section concerns city planning and urban renewal. A large portion deals with Adam's efforts to halt widening of State Street through the old Eagle Gate.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
54	1-3	Correspondence	1958-1961
54	4	"Information Sheets, Urban Renewal Projects," by T. C. Adams	1960 April
54	5	Notes, Rough Drafts, Urban Renewal
54	6	"Greater Salt Lake Metropolitan Streets Committee"; "Four Year Program for Metropolitan Planning"; Notes and Rough Drafts on Metropolitan Planning
54	7	Notes and Rough Drafts on Metropolitan Planning
54	8	Rough Drafts Statements concerning removal of Eagle Gate.
54	9	Statements and Items Concerning Adams plans for remodeling of State Street to save Eagle Gate.
54	10	"Salt Lake Civic Center Study," Ebasco Services Incorporated
54	11-15	Field Notes and Diagrams; Urban Planning for Salt Lake City

XII: Sewage TreatmentReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
55	1	Correspondence Letter concerning Salt Lake City Sewage Treatment Project.	1963 October
55	2	Acts, Bills, Standards "State of Utah, Water Pollution Control Act, 1953"; Chapter 25 H. B. #204 "Sewage Improvement Districts"; "Data on Recent Sewage Treatment Plant Construction, 1954"; "The Standards of Quality and the Regulations for Water Classifications"; "Report of Citizen's Committee on Storm Sewers, Sewage Disposal and Finance."
55	3	Acts, Bills, Standards "Water Classification and Standards Tentatively Adopted by Utah Water Pollution Control Board, 1954"; "Data on Municipal Sewage Systems in Utah, 1953."
55	4	Acts, Bills, Standards "Tentative Standards for Sewage Works, September 1951."
	Volume
55	1	"Plans, Specifications, and Planning Report, Sewage System, Hyrum, Utah" by T. C. Adams	1948

XIII: Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (SPEE)Return to Top

This group was closely associated with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Adams was fairly active in the organization throughout the period he was teaching at the University of Utah. After he left the University, his interest in the organization appeared to wane.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
56	1-7	Correspondence	1937-1941
56	8	Reports, Papers, Notes of Meetings SPEE Summer School for Engineering Teachers, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, July 1930; Programs, notes, field trips.
56	9	Reports, Papers, Notes of Meetings SPEE Summer School for Engineering Teachers, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, July 1932 Program, Notes.
56	10	Reports, Papers, Notes of Meetings SPEE, Johnsonburg, New Jersey Conference, cont.; SPEE Annual Meeting of the Pacific Southwest Section of the SPEE, Los Angeles Junior College, December 1937; SPEE 45th Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June-July, 1937.	1937
56	11-13	Programs, Notes, Papers SPEE Summer Surveying Conference, Camp Marston, Ranier, Minnesota.	1937 July-August
56	14-15	Programs, Notes, Reports SPEE New York Meeting, 1937 Conference reunion, January 1938; SPEE 46th Annual Meeting, College Station, Texas, June 1938; Includes final report of Camp Marston Conference.	1938
56	16	Programs, Notes SPEE Missouri Regional Conference of Surveying Teachers, April 1939, Rolla, Missouri Hydraulies Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, June 12-15, 1939 47th Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pennsylvania, June 19-23, 1939 Pacific Southwest Section, SPEE, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, December 1939	1939
56	17	Program, Notes 48th Annual Meeting, SPEE, University of California, Berkley, California.	1940 June
56	18	Reports Reports Pacific Southwest Section, University of Southern California.	1940 December
56	19	Programs Programs Hydrology Conference, State College, Pennsylvania.	1941 June
57	1-2	Correspondence	1941 May-September
57	3	Reports, Papers and Programs "Report on the First Meeting...National Congress on Surveying and Mapping," June 16-18, 1941; Telephone directory NCSM; Membership application; Notices and programs.
57	4	Reports and Papers Constitution - NCSM "Record of Actions and Discussion...Business Sessions...NCSM," June 1941; Resolutions.
57	5	Papers and Reports NCSM, Agenda for Executive Committee "Reports, Subcommittees of Organization Committee" Report, NCSM.
57	6-7	Reports NCSM Report.
57	8-14	Notes, Rough Drafts Notes, statements, rough drafts, notes of meetings, straw ballots, business meeting notes, organization committee notes.

XIV: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS)Return to Top

Adams was appointed State Representative for the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1933-1934. This work was part of the Public Works Administration (for a time).

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
58	1-9	Correspondence	1932-1935
58	10	Regulations
58	11-14	Instructions
58	15-16	Reports
58	17-27	Miscellaneous Papers Notes, blank forms, smaple forms, bench mark lists.
59	1-7	Notes; Bench Mark Lists
	Volume
59	1	Bench Mark Lists; "Descriptions and Elevations for Bench Marks, Utah"	1934
59	2	Field Notes

XV: University Of UtahReturn to Top

Thomas C. Adams was a member of the faculty of the University from August 1927 until July 1, 1941, when his forced resignation became effective. Material in this portion of the collection deals with the personal and professional conflicts which led to his dismissal, in addition to the notes, course outline, papers, and other data relating to the teaching of his classes over a twelve year period. The majority of the correspondence included in this portion of the collection concerns the controversy that Adams became involved in which ended in his dismissal. Much of the correspondence is very revealing of Adam's personality.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
60	1	Correspondence Letters dealing with early conflicts and problems with Adams and his supervisors.	1924-1930
60	2	Correspondence Continued problems with other faculty members.	1931-1932
60	3	Correspondence	1933-1937
60	4	Correspondence Includes letter concerning Adam's attempts to be appointed head of the Department of Civil Engineering.	1938 January-November
60	5-9	Correspondence Beginning notes of final conflict, also includes notice that Diefendorf was appointed as head of Department of Civil Engineering.	1939 January-December
60	10-23	Correspondence	1940 January-November
60	24-25	Correspondence Adams appealed to the American Association of Universities to intervene in his case.	1941-1942
		Hydraulics Laboratory
Box	Folder
61	1	Reports "Test of Current Meter #2433, Hydraulic Laboratory, June 18, 1932"; "Laboratory Instruction in Hydraulics and Related Subjects, University of Utah."
61	2	Reports "Economic Feasibilty of an Enlarged Hydro-Electric Power Plant Hydraulic Laboratory of the University of Utah."	1930
61	3-4	Notes on Lab
61	5-6	Reports and Papers "The Civil Engineering Department of the University of Utah," by T. C. Adams (rough draft and final draft).
	Volume
61	1	Report "Meeting of Administrative Council, University of Utah, Tuesday, October 29, 1940, 2:00 p.m."; Rough draft of minutes and Adam's comments regarding meeting.
61	2	Reports and Papers "Thomas Diefendorf, Taylor and Adams Before the Administrative Council of the University of Utah, October, 29th to 31st, 1940 Final draft of minutes with Adam's comments. This was the record of Adam's final hearing, resulting in a vote to request Adam's resignation from the faculty.
		Job Controversy
Box	Folder
62	1	Adam's Education and Experience (biographical data to 1940)
62	2	Rough Draft Letter regarding alleged misuse of sabbatical leave. Correspondence summaries.	1940
62	3	Notes On backgrounds of Taylor and Diefendorf, hearing notes, exhibits.	1940 September 26
62	4	Notes Data on Diefendorf & Taylor. "Diefendorf's Machinations and Failings."
62	5	Notes Hydraulics laboratory; hearing notes and hearing; later notes.	1940 September 26; 1941
62	6	Notes Report on Civil Engineering Department status; early notes.
62	7	Notes Student petition; personal information; chronologies; correspondence lists and summaries.
62	8	Notes Correspondence lists and summaries.
62	9	Correspondence National Youth Administration (NYA).	1935 October
62	10-12	Notes and Miscellaneous Papers Timesheets; assignment slips; personal schedules; notes; personnel lists.
62	13	Promotion Data File (Adams) Rough drafts of letters written by Adams recommending himself for promotion, to be signed by others; draft of letter to Thomas.
62	14	Promotion Data File (Adams) Notes and miscellaneous career data; includes memo titled"...things which I would like said in proper quarters or generally which would enhance my reputation along desirable lines."
62	15	Promotion Data File (Adams) Notes and miscellaneous career data.	1939
		Research This material consists of papers and notes concerning Foundry Sand testing. Adams began this project as a student at Cornell University, but completed it after becoming an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah.
Box	Folder
63	1	Reports "Testing Moulding Sands to Determine their Permeability," by T. C. Adams. Pages 1-65.	1924
63	2	Reports "Accuracy of Foundry Sand Bond Test Results and Comparison of Different Tests...," by T. C. Adams; "Instructions for Setting Up and Operating the American Foundryman's Association Permeability Apparatus and Rammer," by T. C. Adams; "Summary of Method for Grading Foundry Sands..."
63	3	Report "Recent Foundry Sand Research," by T. C. Adams.
63	4	Report "Strength Test of Foundry Sands," by T. C. Adams.
63	5	Reports "Report on Calibration of Foundry Sand Compression Testing Apparatus," with cover letter; Discussion of Report...by T. C. Adams, with cover letter.
63	6	Reports "Tension Attachment for Moving Fulcrum Foundry Sand Bond Tester"; "Notes on Tests of Simplow Permeability Apparatus"; "The Occurrence and Use of Foundry Sands in Utah."
63	7	Reports "Strength Testing Apparatus and Test Procedures"; "Tests Made to Determine Rate of Loading..."; "Synopsis: Apparatus for Determining the Strength of Foundry Sands."
63	8	Reports and Miscellaneous "Proving Test of Simplow Permeability Apparatus"; "Report on Compression Testing of Molding Sands" Letters Comment on the Bond Test of Moulding Sand.
63	9	Drawings and Designs of Compression Apparatus
63	10	Lists of Samples, Collection Points (Utah)
63	11	Field Notes; Foundry Data; Register of Samples; Miscellaneous
63	12	Correspondence	1938-1939
63	13	Correspondence	1939-1940
63	14	Correspondence Report of Inspection (Psi Chapter, Montana) Notes.	1940 April-August
		Papers
Box	Folder
64	1	"Concrete-Permanent or Ephemeral?" by R. A. Hart; "Manual of Firing Methods," by the Smokeless City Committee, Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce	1927; 1930
64	2	"Contract Papers for the Construction of Curb and Gutter and Apartment Work on the Campus of the University of Utah"; "Contract Papers for the Construction...,"	1931 June
64	3	Blueprints of Curb and Gutter To accompany contract in folder 2.
64	4	"Memorandum" (Regarding depression), by H. C. G.; "Speech at Tanner's Flat, August 15, [1934?], by Co. Commissioner	1931 September
64	5	"East High School Fuel Tests, Gas vs. Coal" by Howard Baker	1931-1932
64	6-9	"The Economy of Engineering Design," by T. C. Adams, Pages 1-20, 21-40, 41-59, and as published	1935 January
64	10	"Waste Disposal Systems," by T. C. Adams; "Discussion of the Engineering Accreditization Conducted by the Engineer's Council for Professional Development," by T. C. Adams; Untitled Paper on Science and Social Progress
64	11	"Engineering Accrediting and Engineering Education," by T. C. Adams; "Traffic Control and Regulation," by T. C. Adams; "Streets and Highways," by T. C. Adams
64	12	"Design of Cities and Regions, City and Regional Planning," by T. C. Adams; "Engineering Services to Municipalities," by T. C. Adams; "Items of Public Business," by T. C. Adams; "Safety in Road Movement of Vehicles," by T. C. Adams; "Stop Signs," by T. C. Adams
64	13	"Introducing the Engineering Student to Recent Major Problems of Engineering Economics," by T. C. Adams; "Consulting Engineers for Public Work," by T. C. Adams; "Data on Engineering Graduates From Utah Colleges," by T. C. Adams
64	14	"Comment on the Nature of Engineering and Some of Its Professional Aspects," by T. C. Adams Rough and final drafts.
64	15	"Civil Engineering," by T. C. Adams; "Industrial Development in Utah," by T. C. Adams; "Outline for Series of Lectures on Industrial Factors of Utah..." by T. C. Adams
64	16	"Basis of Industrial Development," by T. C. Adams; Rough and final drafts; "Depression Teaches Prosperity," by T. C. Adams
64	17	"An Honest Dollar by the Use of Symmetalism," by R. B. Ketchum; "Expansion and Contraction in Concrete Pavements," by T. C. Adams; "Regulation of Underground Water Rights," by T. C. Adams
64	18	"Regulation of Underground Water Rights," by T. C. Adams (rough draft); "Proposed Tunnel Construction (University of Utah Steam Tunnel)," by T. C. Adams; "Seasonal Variation of Water Supply," by J. Wesley Noall (with cover letter)
64	19	"Uniform Controls for Engineering Surveys," by T. C. Adams; "Notes on Economics of Engineering"
64	20	"Professional Advancement and Engineering Education," by T. C. Adams; "Engineering Education and Professionalism," by T. C. Adams; "Engineering Professionalism," by T. C. Adams
64	21-25	"Concrete Extension Course" Lessons 1, 2, 3, and examination, outlines, lists, by T. C. Adams.
		Notes General Notes-Notes and data on general economic and community subjects. Notes on classes taught and other university work.
Box	Folder
65	1	Economic Data Data on Utah Light and Traction Company, Traffic surveys-Salt Lake City, Utah.	1934
65	2	Traffic Surveys Regional Land Office Sites and notes on Power Generation in Utah, including Murray City Power.
65	3	Power Generation "Report on Municipal Light Plant for Richfield, Utah," 1931; "Water Power Resources Tributary to Salt Lake City, Utah."
65	4	Resources of Utah Notes on Textbooks and Journals Used in the C. E. Department.
65	5	Bibliographies of Engineering Subjects
65	6	"Library Data" Engineering Library Committee. Notes on Classwork and General University Matters.
65	7	Lecture Notes; Roll and Registration Slips	1922
65	8	Class Conduct Questionaire; Engineering Economics
65	9-10	Engineering Graduates; Engineering Class Data	1893-1940
65	11	Elementary Surveying Location of campus bench marks and buildings, ca. 1933.
65	12-16	Inventories of Engineering Equipment for Department	1927-1938
65	17-19	Civil Engineering Department Fiscal Data (also some Utah Academy)	1939-1940
65	20-22	University Power Plant Accounts Monthly account.	1928 March-1933 July
65	23-25	University Power Plant Statements Account Summaries.	1929 January-1933 May
65	26-27	University Power Plan Accounts and Summaries
66	1	Notes Letter Register; Departmental Accounts; Instrumental Records; Miscellaneous Civic and Political Notes; List of Characteristics of "Individuals Who Stimulate My Dislike," by T. C. Adams.
66	2-7	Notes Notes for Engineering Economics 167; Class Evaluations; Notes for Elementary Surveying 40.
66	8-15	Notes Notes for Elementary Surveying 40; Notes on Field Problems in Campus Mine; Irrigation and Drainage 204.
66	16-17	Hydraulic Power Engineering 206
66	18	Notes Elementary Reinforced Concrete Design, Engineering 128; Municipal Engineering 136; Construction Engineering 133.
66	19	Notes Railroad Permanent Way, Engineering 123; Specifications, Engineering 166; Technical Composition.
66	20	Notes Technical Composition; Graphic Statics, Engineering 176; Materials Testing Lab.
66	21	Notes Materials Testing Lab; Water Supply, Engineering 130.
66	22	Water Supply, Engineering 130
66	23	Notes Structural Analysis Engineering 140Steel Bridge and Truss Design; Engineering 126; Hydraulics Lab 201.
66	24-25	Hydraulics Lab 201
66	26	Hydraulics Lab, Diagrams and Plans; Equipment Lists
66	27-28	Class Notes, Industrial Management, Engineering 169
66	29	Engineering 169 "Faults of College Students in Engineering"; Class Criticisms and Exams.
66	30	Notes Valuation Engineering, Field Trips; Highway Engineering 192; Engineering 243; Engineering 131 (Sewage); Mechanical Drawing 15.
66	31	Hydraulics 200
		Field Notebooks
Box	Volume
67	1-8	Campus Survey Notes A detailed description, by students, of building dimensions and locations for the campus in 1934.
67	9-16	Campus Surveys	1925-1930
		Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Adams was Secretary of the Academy for three years from 1939-1941. His insistence on holding this office was one factor contributing to his dismissal from the University of Utah.
Box	Folder
68	1	Correspondence	1938-1940
68	2	Correspondence, Letters Includes a draft of an account by Adams of his troubles at the University of Utah, attempting to show the Academy should come to his aid.	1940 November; 1941 March
68	3	Paper Rough and final drafts of a paper by Adams, "Marcus E. Jones, A Sketch." Also publication policy and suggestions to authors.
68	4	Academy Constitution Minutes of American Association for the Advancement of Science (Pacific Division), annual meeting.	1940
68	5	Academy Financial Notes; Academy Blank Forms
68	6-7	Notes Blank Forms; Membership Lists.	1940-1941
68	8-11	Utah Engineering Council Correspondence, minutes, and miscellaneous.	1929 May-1933 April; 1939 April-May; 1940 January-March

XVI: Water SystemsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Bountiful, Utah to North Salt Lake, Utah
Box	Folder
69	1	"Engineering Service Contract, Bountiful Water Sub-Conservancy District and Thomas C. Adams and Nielsen and Reeve, Consulting Engineers, Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah"
69	2	"Specifications for Labor and Materials required for the Repairs of the Centerfield Pipe Line. Located in Sanpete County, Utah," PWA Docket #8078	1934 November 6
69	3	"Specifications for Labor and Materials Required for the Construction of and Improvements to a Waterworks System for the Town of Emery, Emery County, Utah" PWA Docket #1672	1936 November 6
69	4	"Specifications for Labor and Materials Required for the Construction of and Improvements to a Waterworks System for Garland City, Utah," PWA Docket #1002-R	1936 August
69	5	"Specifications for Labor and Material required for the Construction of and Improvements to a Water System for the Town of Goshen, Utah," PWA Docket #1039-D	1936 November 30
69	6	"Specifications for Labor and Materials required for the repairs of the Gunnison Pipe Line, located in Sanpete County, Utah," PWA Docket #4684	1934 November 6
69	7	"Kanab Waterworks Project," PWA Docket #6951, "Specifications"	1934 December 10
69	8-13	North Salt Lake Correspondence	1948-1954
69	14-18	Correspondence Includes notice of Adams' dismissal from all duties and services.	1955 January-December
69	19-20	Correspondence Includes billings for services rendered.	1956-1957
69	21	Reports "Subdivision Standards, Davis County, Utah"; "Specifications for Motor Fire Apparatus for the Town of North Salt Lake"; Agreement between Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County Drainage District. No. 2, dated 1925; "Description, Annexation No. 1 to North Salt Lake City, Davis County, Utah, April 21, 1952.
69	22	General "Howard vs. North Salt Lake"-Petition and Complaint; Subpoena of Adams, August 1952; "Howard vs. No. Salt Lake"-Answer, August 1952; Minutes of Meeting, No. Salt Lake Board of Trustees, April 6, 1953.	1952-1953
69	23	"Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers for the Construction of a Waterworks Improvement-1953 Constructino, Town of North Salt Lake"	1953 September
69	24	Minutes of Meeting, North Salt Lake Board of Trustees "Contract Between O. S. L. R. R., U. P. R. R. and Town of North Salt Lake, 1954"; Pipe Line Agreement, Bamberger R. R. and Town of North Salt Lake, 1954.	1953 October 19
69	25	"Instructions, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers... Drilling of a Water Well...Town of North Salt Lake..."	1954 May
69	26	"Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers...Water Works Improvement-Initial Pipe Line Construction, 1954, Town of North Salt Lake..."	1954 May
69	27	General "Agreement for the Supply of Water Service for Fire Protection"; "Notice, Special Bond Election, April 27, 1955"; Minutes of Meeting, North Salt Lake Board of Trustees, May 16, 1955.	1954-1955
		North Salt Lake
Box	Folder
70	1	North Salt Lake Pump Station and Reservoir, Manual: Invoices, Control Center and Electrical Instruments Notes and Cost Record Sheets; Operation Instruction Sheet; Cudahy Lane Reservoir.
70	2	North Salt Lake Pump Station and Reservoir Manual: Pressure instruments, miscellaneous sheets, North Salt Lake, planning data and sketches, descriptions, small maps, layout and dimensions of maps, street sections-curb and gutter
70	3-6	Planning Data & Sketch Highway interstate details; highway map section; detail maps, town section and individually written descriptions; spring property, plots and description; town hall sketches; fire equipment and data.
70	7-9	North Salt Lake Waterworks, Construction Record-Book One; Pipeline Construction; Initial 1954 Pipleline Construction
70	10-16	North Salt Lake Waterworks, Construction Record-Book Three: (no book two) Pump Station; Miscellaneous Invoices
70	17-18	North Salt Lake Waterworks, Construction Records-Book Four: Drilling 16 Inch Well; Drilling 12 Inch Well; General Summaries
70	19-21	Field Notes North Salt Lake Waterworks.
70	22	North Salt Lake Maps and Drawings
70	23	North Salt Lake Waterworks Drawings
70	24-26	North Salt Lake Notes
70	27	"Specifications...Reservoir #3 for Ogden City Corporation, P. W. A. Docket No. 883"	1935 January 31
70	28	"Specifications...Water Meters, Water Meter Boxes, and Water Meter Box Covers...Ogden City, P. W. A. Docket #883"	1935 February 6
70	29	"Abstracts on Advisory Board Report of Engineers on Proposed Water Supply Development for Salt Lake City" Bid Announcement and Proposal for Enlarging the Mountain Dell Dam, 1924.
70	30	"Prospectus, $725,000, Salt Lake County, Utah Water Conservancy District, General Obligation Bonds"	1953
70	31	"Specifications for...Waterworks System for the Town of Wellington, Utah, P. W. A. Docket #8067"	1934

XVII: MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
71	1-2	Dubois Fish Hatchery, Dubois, Wyoming, Correspondence, Notes, Cost Estimates	1934
71	3-4	A. S. C. E. Agenda, Papers
71	5	Engineer's Council for Professional Development
71	6-7	Federated Security Insurance Building (Moxum Hotel) Notes and correspondence.	1955
71	8	Papers by Adams on Floods in Salt Lake City
71	9	Report of Projects and Activities Committe Kiwanis Club, notes, 1939, notes.
71	10	Kiwanis Club Paper Rough draft by Adams.
71	11-12	Municipal Facilities Foundation Correspondence and Notes	1959
71	13	Parowan Street Improvements Field notes and sketches.	1954
71	14	Sewage Disposal Correspondence, Notes
71	15	Speeches "Atomic Energy and Power," by T. C. Adams; "Professional Services by Higher Educational Institutions of a Commercial Nature," by T. C. Adams; "National Engineering Week," by T. C. Adams; Responses to Editorials Regarding Federal Support of Public Works and Rural Electrification.
71	16	Telephone Systems Millard County Telephone vs. Fillmore City "complaint" 1950 includes letters; Salmon River-Lost River, Idaho Telephone system.
71	17	Utah School for the Deaf and Blind "Specifications of Additions to Heating Plant at the Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind, Ogden, Utah, P. W. A. Docket #1-45-R."

XVIII: Addendum--Saltair, 1986Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Myron Sutton Addendum
Box	Folder
72	1	Saltair Restoration-Correspondence	1961-1967
72	2	Saltair Restoration--Memorandums
72	3	Saltair Restoration and Great Salt Lake--Public Statements
72	4	Saltair Restoration--Clippings	1965-1971
72	5	Saltair Restoration--Miscellaneous
72	6	Great Salt Lake-Pamphlets

Oversize MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
73	1-2	Great Salt Lake Diking Project Topagraphic Maps
73	3	Great Salt Lake Charts
73	4	Oversize

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Earthquakes
Earthquakes--Utah
Electric power-plants--Utah

Corporate Names

Great Salt Lake Authority
Great Salt Lake Yacht Club

Geographical Names

Great Salt Lake (Utah)
Saltair Resort (Utah)

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