James H. Knights papers, 1912-1965

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Knights, James H., 1906-1999
Title
James H. Knights papers
Dates
1912-1965 (inclusive)
Quantity
12.01 cubic ft. (26 boxes)
Collection Number
02642
Summary
Contains the papers of James H. Knights, an engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation who worked on the plans for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
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

James H. Knights, born in 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, spent over thirty years with the United States Bureau of Reclamation as a civil engineer. Knights graduated in 1929 from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and worked on several highway and bridge construction projects from 1929-1933. Knights worked for the Bureau of Reclamation from 1933 until 1964, where he was involved in the planning, design and construction of several Bureau projects in the western United States, including the Blue-South Platte River Project, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and the Shoshone Project in Wyoming. He was also employed in facilities planning for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in northern Wyoming. Knights additionally served as an irrigation consultant in Peru in 1961 and Brazil in 1963. He died in 1999 in Englewood, Colorado at the age of 93.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains materials related to Knights's involvement in Bureau of Reclamation construction projects. Collection includes planning reports and specifications of several projects, most notably the Blue-South Platte River Project, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and the Shoshone Project's Heart Mountain Division; as well as maps and diagrams of the Heart Mountain Division and Heart Mountain Relocation Center; and his undergraduate work from the University of Wyoming. Also included are Knights's diaries from 1942-1948.

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 James H. Knights at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from James H. Knights in 1968.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in February 2012.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Career & personalReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Blue River-South Platte Project notebook
 1947-1959
1
Blue-South Platte Project
 1948 June
3
Chutes
 circa 1934
1
Colorado River Flows
 undated
1
Colorado-Big Thompson Official Cost Estimate
 1954 July 15
1
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
 1950-1953
7
Definite Plan Report - Narrows Unit - Colorado - South Platte Division, South Platte River Basin, Missouri River Basin Project, Vol. I - Narrows Dam & Reservoir
 1951 June
1
Design of O. G. Type Diversion Dam
 1929 June
2
Diaries
 1942-1948
2
Field notes
 circa 1925-1927
2
Handwritten notebook
 1931
7
Memorandum to Chief Designing Engineer - Subject: Effect of Change in Young's Modulus on Working Stresses in Reinforced Concrete
 1935 January 9
3
Miscellaneous designs
 1925-1951
7
Miscellaneous designs
 circa 1929
7
Miscellaneous pamphlets
 1946-1958
8
Notebook/Binder - engineering notes
 1920-1935
3
Personal
 1924-1965
23
Poster - "1797-'Old Ironsides' U.S. Frigate Constitution-1927" by Gordon Grant
 1927
8
Report of Inspection Trip
 1929
3
Siphons
 circa 1934-1939
8
Sunshine Reservoir Dam - drawings & notes
 1938
3
Travel
 1959-1965
3
Tunnels
 1933-1936
2
Undergraduate assignments
 circa 1927-1928

Series II. SpecificationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
18
115-Kilovolt Transmission Line from Greeley-Fort Morgan Transmission Line to Prospect Valley Substation
 1944
12
115-Kilovolt Transmission Lines Granby Pumping Plant to Estes Power Plant & Mary's Lake Power Plant to Estes Power Plant
 1949
18
96-inch Butterfly Valve Operating Mechanism Control System Conduit Sections & Portal Sleeve for Carter Lake Pressure Tunnel Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1948-1951
14
Bald Mountain Pressure Tunnel & Access Roads Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1950
11
Brush-Sterling 115-Kilovolt & Sterling-Holyoke 69-Kilovolt Transmission Lines
 1947
16
Carter Lake Pressure Conduit Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1951
13
Carter Lake Reservoir
 1950
11
Cast-Iron Gates & Hoists for River & Laboratory Outlets & Fixed-Wheel Gate Hoists for Canal Intake Structure at Olympus Dam
 1948
9
Columbia River Highway Bridge at Grand Coulee Dam
 1934
16
Completion of Pole Hill Power Plant & Switchyard & Flatiron Power & Pumping Plant & Switchyard - Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1952
17
Completion of Pole Hill Power Plant & Switchyard & Flatiron Power & Pumping Plant & Switchyard - Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1952
15
Concrete Penstocks & Penstock Structures for Pole Hill Power Plant & Flatiron Power & Pumping Plant & Concrete Conduit for Carter Lake Pressure Conduit Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1951
18
Dikes Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 Granby Dam
 1938-1942
18
Earthwork & Bridges Grand Lake-Shadow Mountain Lake Connecting Channel
 1944
18
Earthwork & Structures Boulder Creek Supply Canal Station 664+38.5 to Station 862+86
 1952-1954
17
Earthwork & Structures Boulder Creek Supply Canal Station SV 518+12.47 to Station 664+38.5
 1953
11
Earthwork & Structures for Aspen Creek Siphon Mary's Lake Power Plant, Penstock, Spillway, & Switchyard; Mary's Lake Reservoir Dikes & Road Relocation; Prospect Mountain Conduit; & Estes Power Plant, Penstock, & Switchyard
 1947
18
Earthwork & Structures for South Platte Supply Canal South Platte Section Station 1727+00 to Station 1795+00
 1952-1955
10
Earthwork & Structures Laterals H-89, H-103, & H-105 & Sublaterals
 1940
9
Earthwork & Structures Pilot Canal, Station 1570 to Station 1841 Pilot Canal Laterals 31.0 to 34.9 & Sublaterals
 1938
9
Earthwork & Structures South Canal Station 736 to Station 1340 & South Canal Lateral 17.7
 1935
9
Earthwork, Bench Flume, & Structures Black Canyon Canal Station 0 to Station 157
 1936
9
Earthwork, Bench Flume, Canal Lining, & Structures Yakima Ridge Canal Station 102 to Station 197+77.68
 1936
16
Earthwork, Canal Lining, & Structures Station 471+89.58 to Station 497+61.91 Pole Hill Canal Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1951
14
Earthwork, Concrete Canal Lining, & Structures; Poudre Supply Canal, Windsor Section
 1950
12
Earthwork, Concrete Lining, and Structures Station 574+15.97 to Station 1410+00 East Low Canal & Station 0+00 to Station 348+12 Rocky Coulee Wasteway
 1949
12
Earthwork, Structures, & Surfacing & Construction of Lind Coulee Bridge; Relocation of County Roads; Vicinity O'Sullivan Dam
 1949
17
Earthwork, Structures, & Surfacing; Pole Hill Access Road; Flatiron Section; Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1953
12
Earthwork, Tunnel, Structures, & Surfacing Shoshone Power Plant Access Road Station 0+00 to Station 13+74.73
 1949
9
Earthwork, Tunnels, Canal Lining, & Structures Black Canyon Canal Station 606+70 to Station 643+40 & Station 719+70 to Station 742+45
 1936
12
Flatiron-Greeley 115-Kilovolt Transmission Line
 1949
13
Generator for Flat Iron Power Plant
 1950
10
Granby Dam & Dikes
 1941
10
Granby Dam & Dikes
 1946
11
Granby Pumping Plant & Granby Pump Canal
 1947
14
Grouting Temporary Outlets, Spring Canyon, & Dixon Canyon Dams
 1950
14
High-Pressure Gates for Outlet Works at Willow Creek Dam
 1936-1950
10
Horsetooth Reservoir
 1946
18
Increasing Canal Lining Freeboard & Constructing Overflow Section for Pole Hill Canal, Station 477+16.2 to Station 497+96.91
 1951-1954
14
North Poudre Supply Canal Diversion Dam & North Poudre Supply Canal Station 6+60 to Station 678+55.2
 1951
9
Ogden-Brigham Tunnel & Ogden Canyon Tunnel
 1935
11
Olympus Dam
 1947
18
Outlet Gates for Carter Lake Reservoir
 1950
17
Parshall Flume & Inlet for Aspen Creek Siphon Power Canal No. 1
 1952
13
Pole Hill Power Plant & Access Road Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1950
12
Pumping Units for Well Sump Pumping Plants Colorado River Improvements, Kremmling Area (2)
 1949
18
Radial Gate Hoists for Willow Creek Dam
 1946-1951
18
Radial Gates & Radial-Gate Hoists for Flatiron Afterbay Dam
 1939-1951
14
Radial Gates & Radial-Gate Hoists for Willow Creek Dam
 1951
16
Rattlesnake Dam
 1951
13
Rattlesnake Tunnel; Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct
 1950
10
Shadow Mountain Dam & Dikes
 1943
10
Shoshone Canyon Conduit Controlling Works & Tunnels Shoshone Canyon Conduit Station 0+00 to Station 8+50
 1939
9
Shoshone Canyon Conduit Controlling Works & Tunnels Shoshone Canyon Conduit Station 0+00 to Station 8+50
 1938
18
South Platte Supply Canal Rehabilitation & Enlargement Erie Section Station 10+30 to Station 315+00 (2)
 1954
16
St. Vrain Supply Canal Station 10+90.56 to Station 520+75
 1952
18
St. Vrain Supply Canal Station 236+80 to Station 244+18.0AH
 1951-1953
11
Steel Discharge Pipes for Granby Pumping Plant
 1948
11
Streets, Sidewalks, Curbs, & Gutters; & Drainage, Sewerage, & Water-Distribution Systems for Hungry Horse Government Camp
 1946
11
Structural Steel & Cables for Blue River Suspension Bridge Loback Ditch Green Mountain Dam
 1946
12
Superstructures for Bridges; Relocation of Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad; Trenton Dam
 1950
14
System Dispatchers' Building at Flatiron
 1950
11
Transformers for Pasco 115-KV Substation
 1947
10
Transformers, Lightning-Arresters, Voltage Regulators, Power Circuit-Breakers, Switching Equipment, Metering, & Relay Equipment for Sterling & Holyoke Substations
 1946
18
Trashracks for Outlet Works Intake Structure at Willow Creek Dam
 1951
9
Tunnels Nos. 1, 2, & 3 Shoshone Canyon Conduit
 1935
9
Tunnels Nos. 1, 2, & 3 Yakima Ridge Canal
 1935
9
Tunnels Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 Black Canyon Canal
 1935
9
Tunnels Nos. 3, 4, 5, & 6 Casper Canal
 1935
18
Unit Substation & Power Distribution Board for Willow Creek Pumping Plant
 1951
15
Willow Creek Dam
 1951
15
Willow Creek Pumping Plant & Willow Creek Pump Canal
 1951

Series III. Heart Mountain materialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
4
Completion Report: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Cody, Wyoming, Built for the War Relocation Authority Under the Supervision of War Department, U.S. Engineer Office, Fort Peck, Montana
 1938-1942
10
Earthwork & Structures Laterals H-16 to H-79 & Sublaterals & Check, Heart Mountain Canal, Station 583+50
 1939
9
Earthwork, Canal Lining, & Structures Heart Mountain Canal, Station 303+30 to Station 322+30 & Station 340 to Station 712
 1937
9
Earthwork, Canal Lining, & Structures Heart Mountain Canal, Station 712 to Station 920
 1938
9
Earthwork, Canal Lining, & Structures Station 27 to Station 340 Heart Mountain Canal
 1921-1936
9
Earthwork, Tunnel, & Canal Lining Heart Mountain Canal Station 15+90.7 to Station 27+00
 1938
3
Heart Mountain correspondence
 1942-1943
4
Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History, Vol. II - Year 1937
 1937
5
Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History, Vol. III - Year 1938
 1938-1939
5
Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History, Vol. IV - Year 1939
 1929-1939
6
Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History, Vol. V - Year 1940
 1934-1940
6
Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History, Vol. VI - Year 1941
 1934-1941
4
Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project Wyoming - Project History, Vol. I - Year 1936
 1924-1936
25
Heart Mountain Relocation Center - technical drawings for evacuee buildings & related
 1942
26
Heart Mountain Relocation Center technical drawings
 1942
8
Shoshone Project - Willwood Div. technical drawings
 1912-1924
25
Shoshone Project - Wyo. - Heart Mountain Division - Irrigable Lands
 1927
25
Shoshone Project - Wyo. - Heart Mountain Division - Key Map to Soil Testing Plats
 1927 August 8
25
Shoshone Project - Wyo. - Heart Mountain Division - technical drawings
 1938-1941
25
Shoshone Project - Wyo. - Heart Mountain Project - Metal Pipe Road Siphon 18" to 48" Diameters
 1941 November
10
Shoshone River Siphon & Buck Springs Creek Siphon Heart Mountain Canal
 1938
4
Specification for Construction at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Cody, Wyoming
 undated
4
U.S. Engineer Department Construction Schedules Progress Report Forms & Progress Graphs - Heart Mountain Relocation Center
 1940-1942

Series IV. Oversize drawings & mapsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
22
All-American Canal Project drawings
 1936
23
Architectural drawing
 undated
22
Blue-South Platte Project data & maps
 1937-1948
21
Cantilever Type Retaining Wall
 1928 February 20
22
Design of Monolithic Concrete Siphon Barrels
 1934
24
Elevation of Outlet Wall Main Canal Lateral Turnout 18" to 30" Gate (3)
 1929 March 26
22
Metal Flume Standards (technical drawings)
 undated
24
Moment Table for 2 Locomotives followed by train of uniform load
 1928 April 24
24
Standard bolts, nuts, springs, & screws
 1926 April 8
24
University of Wyoming Agricultural Hall
 1926 October 27
24
University of Wyoming Bosch High Tension Magneto
 1926
21
University of Wyoming undergraduate work - Details of Tool Post
 1926 May 29
21
University of Wyoming undergraduate work - graphic statistics
 1928 March
21
University of Wyoming undergraduate work - Topography between Lewis & Flint Streets north of University
 1927 March 18
21
University of Wyoming undergraduate work - trusses & arches
 1928
19
University of Wyoming undergraduate work - various drawings
 1929
20
University of Wyoming undergraduate work - various technical drawings
 1928-1929

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Water resources development -- Colorado.
  • Water resources development -- Wyoming.
  • Water resources development -- West (U.S.)

Corporate Names

  • Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)
  • Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
  • Shoshone Project.
  • United States. Bureau of Reclamation.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Diaries.

Processed by Kathryn Brooks
2012

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