Harry W. Bashore papers, 1867-1971 (bulk 1913-1955)

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bashore, Harry W.
Title
Harry W. Bashore papers
Dates
1867-1971 (bulk 1913-1955) (inclusive)
Quantity
26.97 cubic ft. (56 boxes)
Collection Number
02783
Summary
Contains materials relating to Bashore's work as an engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation and other special projects.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Harry W. Bashore (1880-1973), an engineer, worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1906-1945. He worked on water reclamation projects in Oregon, Washington, California and Wyoming from 1927-1933. He became assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation in 1933 and was in charge of all irrigation projects in the West. Bashore became commissioner of the Bureau in 1943 and retired in 1945 and worked as a consulting engineer. In 1952 he consulted on irrigation projects in Israel and helped to work out a treaty between Pakistan and India over the use of the Indus river.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains materials relating to Bashore's work as an engineer, including subject files on reclamation projects on the Colorado River Basin and the Missouri River Basin, the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Reclamation Association, and the India-Pakistan water dispute (1938-1965); reports by Bashore on water reclamation and irrigation in Israel and the Colorado River Basin (1943-1968); miscellaneous maps (1943-1968); correspondence (1940-1965); newspaper clippings (1938-1953); and three 78 rpm phonograph records on Boulder Dam, renamed the Hoover Dam in 1947, entitled "Man is a Giant."

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Harry W. Bashore at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Harry W. Bashore in 1968. An accretion to the collection was made in 1976 by the estate of Harry W. Bashore.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in January 2011.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Bureau of Reclamation, 1902-1971Return to Top

Contains reports, correspondence, maps, photos, conference proceedings, manuals, and various publications by the Bureau of Reclamation, relating to Bashore's work as an engineer for the Bureau.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
All-American Canal Project
 1945
2
Arkansas -- White-Red River Basins
 1949-1952
20
Basin survey estimating data
 1944
19
Bureau of Reclamation Annual Conference
 1949-1952
18
Bureau of Reclamation documents
 1945-1963
23
Bureau of Reclamation projects - photos and postcards
 undated
20
California state water project
 1946, 1961, 1963
20
California water conference
 1945 December
41
Canals
 1947-1948
47
Colorado River Basin states - maps
 1956
6
Colorado River Commission Second Annual Report
 1951
3
Colorado River Project
 1930-1964
4
Colorado River Project
 1915-1945
5
Colorado River Project
 1936-1938
6
Colorado River Project
 1937-1938, 1947
48
Colorado River Storage Project progress report
 1960
40
Colorado River
 1946-1954
21
Colorado Water Conservation Board
 1950-1952
7
Columbia River Basin
 1926-1954
8
Columbia River Basin
 1927-1934
34
Concrete manual
 1942 October
54
Dams
 1952-1956
21
Debate about Valley authorities
 1944-1952
47
Echo Park Dam controversy and Upper Colorado River Commission (draft)
 undated
42
Employees U.S.B.R.
 1930-1952
47
Engineering Advisory Committee to Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission
 1948
43
Excess Land Provisions of the Federal Reclamation Laws and the Payment of Charges, part one
 1956
19
International water problems
 1951, 1953
21
Interstate water compacts
 1785-1941
19
Investigation of administration
 1949
54
Maps - North Platte Project
 1936-1960
54
Maps to accompany First Annual Report of the Reclamation Service
 1902-1903
34
Maps to accompany Third Annual Report of the Reclamation Service
 1903-1904
35
Maps
 1906-1910
20
Metropolitan water district of Southern California
 1953
9
Missouri River Basin
 1944-1951
10
Missouri River Basin
 1941-1951
11
Missouri River Basin
 1920-1971
12
Missouri River Basin
 1919-1960
13
Missouri River Basin
 1949-1955
14
Missouri River Basin
 1915-1963
15
Montana - Hungry Horse Dam
 1948-1951
22
National Reclamation Association - convention
 1947-1965
22
National Reclamation Association - correspondence
 1946-1953
21
National Reclamation Association
 1944-1965
34
National Reclamation Association
 1942-1959
20
Natural resources development
 circa 1951
23
Nebraska - hearings of Department of Roads and Irrigation
 1948-1949
23
Nebraska Irrigation Association
 1946-1948
23
Nebraska Wasserburger water suits
 1964-1966
54
North Platte
 1929-1962
45
Official Records of Proceedings - Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission, vols. I-III
 1948
44
Official Records of Proceedings - Upper Colorado River Commission
 1949-1952
16
Panama Canal
 1930 February
56
Phonograph: "Man is a Giant" - The Story of Boulder Dam (parts 1-6)
 undated
34
Post-war Economic Policy and Planning - S. Res. 102
 1944 June 6
42
Power
 1941-1948
4
Printed materials -- California water
 1951-1956
19
Procedures
 1942, 1945
54
Proceedings of the First Conference of Engineers of Reclamation Service
 1903 September
43
Program conference - Regional and Branch directors
 1948
18
Reclamation-related printed materials
 1926-1959
20
Recreation
 undated
52
Scrapbooks - Mississippi River and T.V.A.
 1937 January
49
Soil and Water Research Report and Recommendations
 1951
34
Specimen Field Notes and Plates for Subdivisions of Sections and Surveys of Farm Units and Townsites
 1909 August
42
Staff Program Conference
 1947
43
Statements about irrigation
 1946-1958
4
Summary -- Tulare Project
 undated
17
Tennessee Valley Authority
 1936-1937, 1941
48
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
 1948
47
Upper Colorado River Commission Reports
 1964-1969
48
Upper Colorado River Commission
 1950-1963
48
Upper Colorado River Compact Commission Inflow-Outflow Manual
 1949 August
17
Vale (Oregon) Project
 1926-1930
18
Vale (Oregon) Project
 1929-1932
20
Washington, D.C. conference
 1947

Series II. India-Pakistan Water Dispute, 1903-1967Return to Top

This series contains notes, correspondence, reports, blueprints, maps, and informational materials on the region.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
24
Blueprints and maps
 1953
54
Composition book - Indus Basin
 1953-1954
24
Indus Basin dispute working papers
 1952
24
Indus Basin water dispute materials
 1954-1955
54
Irrigation in India, second edition, with letters
1903, 1952
24
Maps
 1950-1952
54
Orissa, India; Khosla, Governor
 1959-1967
54
Pakistan-India documents and correspondence
 1952-1965
54
Publications treaty and misc. India-related documents
 1953-1960
26
Reports - India-Pakistan
 1944-1952
26
Review of construction progress - Marala-Ravi Link Canal, Pakistan
 1954 October
24
World Bank - Mediation of India - Pakistan water dispute - itinerary
 1953
24
World Bank - Mediation of India - Pakistan water dispute - reports
 1954
24
World Bank - Mediation of India - Pakistan water dispute - working papers
 1954
24
World Bank - Mediation of India - Pakistan water dispute
 1952-1954

Series III. Israel, 1867-1956Return to Top

Contains reports, maps, and photos.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
53
Commission on Palestine surveys
 1946
53
Conference on water planning - NYC
 1956
53
Geological Report on Important Hydro Projects
 1954-1955
53
Israel construction report - fees, expenses
 1945-1956
53
Israeli snapshots
 1952 March
53
Jordan Valley Advisory Board
 1950-1954
53
Jordan Valley Project - T.V.A. study
 1953
53
Maps
 1938-1952
53
Misc. documents relating to Israel
 1867-1952
27
Reports
 1950-1954
28
Reports
 1950-1951
29
Reports
 1952-1955
30
Reports
 1946-1955
31
Reports
 1944-1950
32
Reports
 1951-1953
33
Reports
 1953-1954
53
Reports
 1951-1955
55
Scrapbook
 1952 March
53
T.V.A. on the Jordan
 1948

Series IV. Printed materials, 1897-1969Return to Top

Contains published materials such as newspapers, newsletters, magazines, circulars, bulletins, maps, and printed research materials.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
49
A Hundred Years of Irrigation in Colorado
 1952
46
Agricultural printed material
 1908-1934
46
Circulars
 1926-1959
46
Colorado Agricultural College Colorado Experiment Station bulletins
 1926-1937
39
Department of Agriculture bulletins - beef and cattle
 1909-1934
40
Department of Agriculture bulletins - grains
 1897-1926
39
Department of Agriculture bulletins
 1914-1949
42
Dirmeyer - Sediment Lining
 1954
42
Handbooks - manuals
 1939, undated
26
Inside Interior
 1946-1953
27
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage - annual reports
 1952-1953
50
International Finance Corporation Annual
 1966-1968
54
Irrigation in Nebraska: Historical and Informational Articles
 1950-1951
50
Land Reborn
 1957-1961
54
Manual of Surveying Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States and Private Land Claims
 1908
36
Maps
 1939-1972
39
Miscellaneous printed materials
 1887-1941
50
Nebraska-related publications
 1914-1967
1
Newspapers - Scottsbluff and Gering
 1950, 1956
25
Pamphlets and articles - miscellaneous
 1948-1958
46
Pamphlets
 1913-1967
50
Periodicals - newspaper clippings
 1938-1953
40
Printed materials - Reclamation
 1931-1952
39
Prof. Beery's horse training booklets
 1944
26
Reclamation Era
 1967 May
50
The Record
 1943-1946
54
Register of Dams in the United States
 1958
49
Report of Sediment Lining Investigations
 1954-1956
50
Reprints
 1925-1955
43
Research materials - irrigation
 1905-1962
49
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
 1951
25
Second Congress of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
 circa 1953
25
Sixth World Power Conference
 1958
49
"Structural Analysis" by Ketchum, Huntington, Eckel
 1933
50
Through the Leaves
 1966-1969
46
University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins
 1922-1934
26
Washington Report
 1962-1967
50
World Bank and IDA Annual Report
 1966-1968

Series V. Personal, 1906-1963Return to Top

Contains correspondence, notes, research materials, photos, schoolwork, and speeches.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Addresses
 1943-1946
37
Correspondence
 1936-1949
38
Correspondence
 1950-1963
1
Dedication of Bureau of Reclamation Engineering Center (Denver)
 1950
1
Dedication of Kortes Dam
 1944-1946
1
Dedication of Mirage Flats Irrigation Project (Nebraska)
 1949
52
Eatwell Camp photos
 1907
42
Engineering - clippings - clothing
 1938-1950
35
Hydrologic research materials
 1931-1950
1
Irrigation engineering course at Colorado A & M
 1948-1951
1
Itineraries and trip folders -- Boulder Dam
 1938
1
Itineraries and trip folders -- TVA
 1937
52
Miscellaneous photos
 undated
51
Miscellaneous
 1906-1955
52
Notebook
 circa 1922
40
Notes and research materials
 1916-1950
52
Photo - unidentified
 undated
52
Postcards
 1911, 1938, undated
54
Pump Test and Mechanic Problems
 1906 May
51
Schoolwork
 1940-1941
51
Science
 undated
55
Scrapbook
 1912
51
University of Colorado exercises
 1941

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Dams -- West (U.S.)
  • Irrigation -- Israel.
  • Water resources development -- West (U.S.)
  • Water reuse -- Israel.
  • Water reuse -- West (U.S.)
  • Water rights -- India.
  • Water rights -- Pakistan.

Corporate Names

  • National Reclamation Association.
  • United States. Bureau of Reclamation.

Geographical Names

  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
  • Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
  • Missouri River.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Maps.
  • Phonograph records.

Occupations

  • Engineers.

Processed by Kathryn Brooks
2011

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