Collection Summary
Savage, John Lucian
John Lucian Savage papers
1903-1961
02852
9.60 cubic ft. (11 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Contains materials relating to Savage's career as a dam
design engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation and other special
projects.
Biography of John Lucian Savage
John Lucian Savage, 1879-1967, was a dam design engineer, who worked for the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, from the turn of the 19th century
until his retirement, and then served as their chief consultant. In 1924 he was
appointed chief design engineer. He supervised the design of more than 60 major dam
projects including: the Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, Parker and Shasta Dams, some
of the first dams of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Columbia Basin
Project in Washington State, projects in Mexico and Australia, and the Yangtze Gorge
Dam in China in 1944.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence (1943-1968), project reports, blueprints,
charts, maps, and notebooks compiled for projects such as Kumano River, Tadami
River, Shihmen, and Taiwan among others. Included are field guides and design data
for Salmon River, American Falls, and Arrowrock Dams. Photographs of Bhakra Dam
Project, Dead Sea, Jordan River, Miboro, Sakuma, TVA, Upper Yarra Dam in Australia
and others are included. There are also numerous newspaper clippings and personal
artifacts.
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 is one other known archival collection created by John Lucian Savage located at
the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Olga M. Savage in 1968 with accretions from Warren
McBirney in 1980-1982 and the Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office, 1980-1986.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in February 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.
Tennessee Valley Authority. Water
Resources.
Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)
Bhakra Nangal Project.
Dams -- United States.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Parker Dam (Ariz. and Calif.)
Yangtze River Gorges (China)
West (U.S.) -- History.
Maps.
Photographs.
Engineers.
Science, Technology and Health
Technology
Energy Production
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Water and Water Rights
Container List
Series I. Domestic Projects
Contains notes, blueprints, reports, and research materials.
2
Binder - dam research
1909-1921
2
Binder - Design Data
1914-1921
2
Blueprints - El Vado Dam
undated
9
Bureau of Reclamation Organization Charts
1945 December 1
4
Denver Office Standard Design
1905-1923
2
The Design and Manufacture of Lock Joint Reinforced Concrete
Pipe
1919
2
Embedding Turbine Scroll Cases: Bull Shoals Dam, Arkansas; Clark
Hill Project, Georgia
1951
2
Experimental Jetties - Camp Perry, Ohio
1953
2
Hydraulic Turbine Selection Computation Outline
1946 June 6
2
Industrial Water Supplied of the Tennessee Valley
Region
1943 February
2
Intrusion - Prepakt literature
1950-1955
2
Kemano Penstock - Prepakt Progress Pictures
undated
2
Minidoka Project, Idaho: Alternative Designs and
Estimates
1924 February 1
11
Partners in Progress: The Report of the International Development
Advisory Board
1951 March
7
Photographs: Minidoka Dam
1906 June
4
Photographs: people
undated
2
Prepakt Bridge Piers: Northwest Miramichi River Bridge, New
Brunswick, Canada; Great Northern Railway, Whitmarsh,
Washington
1951-1954
2
Prepakt Concrete Sluiceway Plugs - Chief Joseph Dam
(2)
1953
2
Proposed Procedure for Prepakt Concrete in Mackinac Straits
Bridge Peers (2)
1954
2
Repair and Rehabilitation (2)
1953-1954
2
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Fifth Annual and Final Project
Report
1957
2
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Fourth Annual Report
1956
Series II. International Projects
This series contains materials pertaining to Savage's work abroad, including
research materials, reports, photos, scrapbooks, and related
publications.
6
1953 Annual Report - The Shihmen Reservoir Project
1954 January
7
Bhakra Board of Consultants meeting (photo book)
1952 October
11
Burrinjuck Dam Remedial Works
1938
6
Chu-Keng Hydroelectric Project Preliminary Report
1953 May
3
Drawing for Preliminary Report on Ta-Tu-Ho and Ma-Pien-Ho
Projects, Upper Ming-Kiang and Kwan-Hsien Projects, Lung-Chi-Ho
Projects, and Tang-Lang-Chuan Projects
1945 September
6
Electric Power in Taiwan To-day
1952 August
5
Geological Report on Dam Site 3A on the Warragamba River with 8
Plans and Geological Report on Dam Site 3B, 3C, 3D, and 3E on the
Warragamba River with 5 Plans
1946
5
Geological Report on Proposed Dam Site on the Warragamba
River
1945
1
Informe de Labores de la Secretaria de Recursos
Hidraulicos
1948
4
Ingenieria Hidraulica en México, vol. I - nos. 2-3
1947
6
Isawa Project
undated
6
Kumano River Power Investigation for the Public Utilities
Commission of the Government of Japan
1952 June
6
Kumano River Power Investigation for the Public Utilities
Commission of the Government of Japan
1952 May
4
Manchuria (including Jehol) Principal Electric Power Facilities
as of July 1945
1946 March
5
Master Plan for Development of Irrigation and Hydroelectric Power
in the State of Israel, vols. I-II
1955 December
6
Memorandum Regarding Design and Construction of Sakuma
Dam
1952-1953
4
Messungen, Beobachtungen und Versuche an Schweizerischen
Talsperren
1919-1945
1
Palestine: Chemical Analyses of Water from Rivers, Springs Wadis,
and Wells
1948
4
Photographs: Bhakra Dam
undated
4
Photographs: Dead Sea and Jordan River
undated
4
Photographs: Miboro Project
1954
4
Photographs: Sakuma Dam
1956
4
Photographs: Yangtze Project
undated
3
Preliminary Report on Ta-Tu-Ho and Ma-Pien-Ho Projects, Upper
Ming-Kiang and Kwan-Hsien Projects, Lung-Chi-Ho Projects, and
Tang-Lang-Chuan Projects
1945 September
6
"A Preliminary Study on Multi-Purpose Reservoirs for the Cho Shui
River" by W. H. Tang
1953 March
5
Report of Remedial Measures for Burrinjuck Dam and other
Dams
1946 October
5
Report of Remedial Measures for the Burrinjuck Dam
(2)
1938
5
Report on Program for the Development of Iran
1947
1
River Control in New Zealand and Victoria
1941
10
Scrapbook - clippings - from Shihmen Planning
Commission
undated
6
Scrapbook - Sakuma Project
1955
7
Scrapbook (Japan?)
undated
6
Shihmen and Wu-Sheh Projects
1953-1955
6
Ta-Chien Dam Project Preliminary Report
1953 May
6
Ta-Chien Reservoir Project Definite Plan Report
1959 October
6
Taiwan Power Company General Outline
after 1951
5
The Hirakud Dam Project
1947
6
Tung-Men Hydroelectric Project
1953 May
5
Warragamba Dam: Stress Analysis by the Lattice Analogy
Method
1945-1946
6
Wu-Sheh Dam Project Preliminary Report
1953 February
6
Wu-Sheh Project Final Report
1953 July
Series III. Printed Materials
Contains newspaper clippings, periodicals, and various publications.
4
Biographical
1939
4
Dams - British Columbia
undated
4
Dams - Ceylon
1947
4
Dams - Hoover
1930-1936
4
Dams - Panama Canal
undated
4
Dams - Upper Yarra (Australia)
1941-1942
4
Dams - Yangtze River
1945-1946
4
Dams- Bhakra (India)
undated
4
Dams- Roxburgh Gorge (New Zealand)
1941, 1949
1
Hoover Dam Power and Water Contracts, Part 1, Bulletin
2
1950
4
Miscellaneous
1944-1949
3
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Soil and
Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, vols. I-VI
1948 June
4
Reber Plan (San Francisco)
1950
1
Resources for Freedom, vols. I-V
1952 June
4
Sydney Today
undated
1
Symposium on the Chemistry of Cements - Stockholm
1938
1939
4
Tennessee Valley Authority
1934-1940
4
The Engineers' Bulletin, The Illinois Technograph
1934-1937
4
The Reclamation Era
1932-1936
1
United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation
Concrete Manual, Sixth Edition
1955
Series IV. Personal
Contains awards, scrapbooks, photos, correspondence, and notes.
7
Award - Department of the Interior Distinguished
Service
1950 August 4
4
Biographical information
1928-1961
7
Business cards (of Savage and associates)
undated
7
Hazen-Williams hydraulic slide rule
undated
4
Manuscripts
1955-1963
7
Medal - Boulder Dam
undated
7
Medal - Henry C. Turner
1946
7
Medal - John Fritz
1945
7
Name pin
undated
1
Notebook binders (4)
1908-1911
4
Photographs: Savage, J. L.
1953-1954, undated
8
Plaque - The Washington Award for Notable Contributions to the
Public Welfare through Engineering and Science
1949
4
Professional correspondence
1943-1956
7
Regis College Civis Princeps Award
1958
10
Scrapbook - photos, certificates, awards
1903-1955
9
Sketchbook/scrapbook
circa 1958-1961
7
The Beavers Special Award for Outstanding Achievement in Heavy
Engineering Construction
1961