Collection Summary
Bennett, Newcomb B., b. circa 1911
Newcomb B. Bennett papers
1930-1976
06205
2.47 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
The papers of Newcomb B. Bennett, a water-supply
engineer in the United States Bureau of Reclamation who worked on many projects in
Wyoming.
Biography of Newcomb B. Bennett
A native of Sheridan, Wyoming, Newcomb B. Bennett was a water-supply engineer in
the United States Bureau of Reclamation. His first job was on the Kendrick (then
Alcova) project near Casper, Wyoming, in 1933. He then worked on municipal water
supply systems in Sheridan and Cody, Wyoming. He became assistant Wyoming State
engineer in 1939, but moved to the Bureau of Reclamation in 1942, where he oversaw
projects in the Missouri River and Upper Colorado River basins. In 1953, he was
appointed Chief of the Division of Project Development, and in 1959 was appointed
Assistant Commissioner for Engineering and Power. He retired from the Bureau of
Reclamation in 1969. He was a consultant on the Central Arizona Project from
1970-1972.
Scope and Content
The collection contains reports on water projects in Wyoming and Arizona; notebooks
and reports on the Central Arizona Project; legal files relating to the City of
Anaheim, California, et. al. vs. Thomas E. Kleppe, et. al.; and a scrapbook of
Newcomb B. Bennett, Jr.'s pre-Washington career. Photographs in the collection
include those depicting Bennett's career with the Bureau of Reclamation, as well as
an album of municipal water projects in Wyoming.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and
libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Newcomb B. Bennett at
the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from
Newcomb B. Bennett in 1976, and N.B. Bennett (son) in 1981.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by
Emily Christopherson in November 2011
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
United States -- Bureau of
Reclamation.
Central Arizona Project
(U.S.).
Water-supply -- Wyoming.
Water-supply -- Arizona.
Sheridan (Wyo.).
Cody (Wyo.).
Wyoming -- History, 1919-1945.
Places
Wyoming
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Water and Water Rights
Container List
Series I. Papers
1930-1976
Arranged alphabetically. Contains reports on water projects in Wyoming and
Arizona; notebooks and reports on the Central Arizona Project; legal files
relating to the City of Anaheim, California, et. al. vs. Thomas E. Kleppe,
et. al.; and a scrapbook of Bennett's pre-Washington career.
1
Biographical files
undated
1
Cartoon drawing of Newcomb Bennett
1962
1
Central Arizona Project (CAP) - Indian Water Project
files
1972
1
Central Arizona Project (CAP) - Indian Water Project
report
1972
1
Certificates
1930-1976
2
Certificates
1930-1976
1
Correspondence - miscellaneous
1972
1
Correspondence - sale of United States' entitlement of Navajo
project
1969-1970
1
Correspondence - WWII military commission
1936-1942
1
"Cost Allocation for Multiple-Purpose Water Projects" by Newcomb
Bennett for American Society of Civil Engineers
1958
2
Diploma - American Society of Civil Engineers
1959
1
Diploma - Sheridan High School
1928
1
Diploma - University of Nebraska
1933
1
Inventory of items donated to the University of
Wyoming
1976
1
Legal files relating to the City of Anaheim, California, et. al.
vs. Thomas E. Kleppe, et. al. (CIV 74-542 PHX-WEC)
1976
1
Newspaper clippings - Lady Bird Johnson at the dedication of Glen
Canyon Dam
1966
1
Notification of personnel action - United States Civil Service
Commission
1954-1972
1
Pages clipped from unknown newsletter featuring photographs of
the 12th Annual Water Users Association Conference
undated
2
Pens (3) used by President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign water
bills
1965-1968
1
Reports by Bennett - "Administration of Rock Creek
Season"
1941
1
Reports by Bennett - "Investigation of the Controversy Between
the Town of Newcastle and Water Users of Stockade Creek"
1941
1
Reports by Bennett - "Middle Piney Lake Reservoir"
1940
1
Reports - "Parkman Irrigation District, Sheridan county,
Wyoming"
1940
1
Reports - "Plans and Specifications, Lake Cook Reservoir Project,
Sundance, Wyoming"
undated
1
Reports - "Plans and Specifications, Ranger Creek Fish Pond
Project, Shell, Wyoming"
undated
1
Reports - "Proposed Arch Creek Reservoir"
1939
1
Reports - "Proposed Beaver Creek Reservoir, Weston County,
Wyoming"
1939
1
Reports - "Proposed Black Thunder Creek Reservoir, Weston County,
Wyoming"
1939
1
Reports - "Proposed East Pass Creek Reservoir, Sheridan County,
Wyoming"
1939
1
Reports - "Proposed East Sixmile Creek Reservoir, Sheridan
County, Wyoming"
1939
1
Reports - "Proposed Lake Geneva Reservoir, Johnson County,
Wyoming"
1940
1
Reports - "Proposed Middle Fork Powder River Reservoir, Johnson
County, Wyoming"
1940
1
Reports - "Proposed Stillwater Reservoir, Carbon County,
Wyoming"
1940
1
Reports - "Proposed Turpin Park Reservoir, Carbon County,
Wyoming"
1940
1
Reports - "Protests Against Allowance of Application No. 14
1/351"
1941
1
Reports - "Water From Paria Water Rines"
1970
1
Reports - "Water Supply Study of Laramie River and Sybille Creek,
Wheatland, Wyoming"
1940
2
Scrapbook containing clippings, papers, correspondence, and other
ephemera primarily relating to Bennett's career
circa 1932-1974
1
Speeches
1959-1968
Series II. Photographs
1935-1969
Arranged alphabetically. Contains photographs depicting Bennett's career with
the Bureau of Reclamation, as well as an album of municipal water projects
in Wyoming.
3
Assistant Secretary Kenneth Holum signing agreement for the
government with preference customers from Montana, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska
undated
3
Awards ceremony for distinguished service
1967
3
Bennett
1960
2
Bennett and Chuck Luce after Congress approved DC transmission
line to California
undated
3
Bennett and Congressmen touring Colorado River and Grand
Canyon
1948
4
Bennett and Lady Bird Johnson - signed by Mrs. Johnson
(color)
1966
3
Bennett and Lady Bird Johnson at the dedication of the Glen
Canyon Dam
1967
3
Bennett and Mr. Kane
1968
2
Bennett and newly appointed commissioner Ellis
Armstrong
1969
2
Bennett and President Johnson at signing of Central Arizona
Project Authorization Act.
undated
3
Bennett, Kenneth Holum, Senator Moss from Utah - Power
Development in Utah
1964
3
Bennett's retirement party
1969
3
Bureau of Reclamation Leadership and Regional
Directors
1962
3
Bureau of Reclamation Leadership Committee
1962
3
Bureau of Reclamation Power Conference, Billings,
Montana
1962
3
Bureau of Reclamation Power Conference, Denver,
Colorado
1960
3
Bureau of Reclamation Power Conference, Page, Utah
1965
3
Bureau of Reclamation Regional Office staff, Boise,
Idaho
1966
2
Bureau of Reclamation top echelon
1960
3
Construction of Grand Coulee, third power plant
undated
3-4
Dedication of Glen Canyon Dam
1966
3
Dedication of Rifle Gap Dam Silt Project, Colorado
1967
4
Dedication switching Sta PTUA lines (color)
undated
3
East Slope Power System, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado
1966
3
Eating Japanese food at Tokyo Power Conference
1966
3
Fry-Ark tunnels, Colorado
1966
3
Giving speech at East River Cooperative
1962
3
Giving speech at the Water Peace Conference
1967
3
Green River, 15 miles below Flaming Gorge
1968
3
Groundbreaking ceremony for Trinidad Dam and Reservoir,
Colorado
undated
3
Group of men with Floyd Dominy
1965
3
Korea
1966
3
Mr. Harris Sutakaria of Indonesia and Bennett
undated
3
Navajo Project
1965
3
Receiving Secretary's Award from the Bureau of
Reclamation
undated
3
Scrapbook of construction and improvements to municipal water
works, Sheridan and Cody, Wyoming
circa 1935-1937
3-4
Southern Nevada Water Project groundbreaking
ceremony
undated
3
Starvation Dam site
1967
4
Top Bureau of Reclamation officials
1965
3
Yellowtail site
1965