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Fred A. Houck papers, 1851-1974 (bulk 1935-1964)

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Houck, Fred A.
Title
Fred A. Houck papers
Dates
1851-1974 (bulk 1935-1964) (inclusive)
Quantity
16.26 cubic ft. (31 boxes)
Collection Number
05986
Summary
Contains materials relating to the career of Fred A. Houck, civil engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation and consultant with Engineering Consultants, Inc.
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.
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Historical Note

Fred A. Houck (1908-1974) worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Denver as a civil engineer from 1931-1958. He worked on several dams in the western U.S. including the Kortes Dam and Power Plant near Casper, Wyoming, and several along the Colorado River such as the Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam. He started consulting work with Engineering Consultants, Inc. of Denver in 1958 and worked on several overseas projects. In 1962 he returned to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Nevada and retired in 1966.

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Content Description

This collection documents Houck's career as a civil engineer and contains material from projects with the Bureau of Reclamation and Engineering Consultants, Inc. There are reports, project materials, periodicals, maps, tables, graphs, engineering drawings, photographs, and handwritten notes pertaining to dams and hydroelectric power plants located in the western United States. Additionally, there is material from overseas projects including the Kremasta Hydroelectric Plant in Greece, the Maskeliya Oya and Samanala Wewa projects in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and the Yanhee Multipurpose Project in Thailand. This collection also contains material from Houck's college courses at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Fred A. Houck at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Margaret L. and Carl P. Houck in 1975.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in February 2011.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

  • Series I. Engineering notes

    Contains collections of notes kept by Houck used for various aspects of his work.

  • Series II. Personal

    Contains correspondence, notes, business cards, résumés, and other personal items.

    • Description: Arch Index Office Memoranda
      Dates: 1940-1950
      Container: Box 27
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Brochure contacts
      Dates: 1957-1966
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Business cards
      Dates: circa 1958-1969
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Codes, Account Nos., Time Sheets
      Dates: circa 1960s
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Consulting correspondence
      Dates: 1969-1971
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Consulting correspondence
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Consulting correspondence
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Copies of contracts
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Engineering Consultants, Inc. work
      Dates: 1937-1961
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Letter from Leander Ransom to Saul D. King, Esq. (facsimile)
      Dates: 1851 September 20
      Container: Box 20
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Municipal and Sanitary Design, parts I and II
      Dates: 1928-1965
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Notebooks
      Dates: circa 1967
      Container: Box 14
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Public Roads: A Journal of Highway Research
      Dates: 1930 March
      Container: Box 10
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Recycle of Wastewater Sludge through Subsurface Injection by James L. Smith, Carl P. Houck, & Robert D. Hall for presentation at Texas A & M Short School
      Dates: 1973 March 6
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Résumés and business cards
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Résumés, stationery, misc.
      Dates: 1966-1974
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Ruler used by Houck
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Scale used by Houck
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Schoolwork
      Dates: 1927-1931, undated
      Container: Box 15
      Location: Series II. Personal
    • Description: Steno pad
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 15
      Location: Series II. Personal

  • Series III. Domestic projects

    This series contains materials relating to Houck's engineering work in the U.S. as an employee of the Bureau of Reclamation and Engineering Consultants, Inc.

    • Description: Anchor Dam - Owl Creek Unit, Wyoming - Missouri River Basin Project
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 21
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Atomic Energy Commission
      Dates: 1961-1967
      Container: Box 9
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Browns Valley Road
      Dates: 1972-1973
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: California projects
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 21
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Colorado River Aqueduct
      Dates: 1935 March
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Construction Photographs
      Dates: 1966 August
      Container: Box 21
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Consultation Services for Bureau of Indian Affairs - Hubbart Dam and Jocko Lake Dam
      Dates: 1956-1957
      Container: Box 9
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Contract Documents for Construction of Embankments, Channels, Control Structures, and Measuring Flumes - Valmont Lake Second Enlargement
      Dates: 1961 October
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Dam Site Investigations: Molalla-Pudding Basins
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 21
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Definite Plan Report - Colorado River Front Work and Levee System - Imperial Dam Division - Senator Wash Unit - California - Appendices Vol. II
      Dates: 1963 December
      Container: Box 22
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Definite Plan Report - Colorado River Front Work and Levee System - Imperial Dam Division - Senator Wash Unit - California
      Dates: 1963 December
      Container: Box 22
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Design and Construction Considerations in heightening Concrete Dams by E. R. Dexter and F. A. Houck
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Design memoranda
      Dates: 1938-1942,
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Design memoranda
      Dates: 1948-1965
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Designs of Layouts of Dam and Supporting Criteria (Glen Canyon Dam)
      Dates: 1957 April 18
      Container: Box 20
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Drawings - Glen Canyon Dam & Powerplant - Glen Canyon Unit, Arizona-Utah - Middle River Division - Colorado Iver Storage Project
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 18
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Economic Report and Repayment Plan - Hermiston Irrigation District, West Extension Irrigation District, Umatilla Project, Oregon
      Dates: 1950 February
      Container: Box 20
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Gravity Dam Analyses - Davis Dam
      Dates: 1944-1947
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: "History, Project Planning, and Design of the Palo Verde Diversion Dam" by Fred A. Houck
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Memorandum - Final Design of Bartlett Dam Salt River Project, Arizona
      Dates: 1945 August 10
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Misc. photographs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Pacific Southwest Water Plan - Supplemental Information Report on Marble Canyon Project, Arizona
      Dates: 1964 August
      Container: Box 21
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Palo Verde Dam Spillway Design Discharge Computations
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box 11
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Photographs: Palo Verde Dam
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Photographs: Roosevelt Park, Longmont, Colorado - Fire damage to stadium
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Photographs: Williams Fork Dam
      Dates: 1958-1961
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Pyramid Dam
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box 12
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Report on Reconnaissance Examination and Cost of Hydroelectric Development at Azure Dam Site, Colorado River, near Kremmling, Colorado
      Dates: 1961 May
      Container: Box 21
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Report on Southern Nevada Water Supply Project, Appendices Vols. I-II
      Dates: 1963 August
      Container: Box 22
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Report to Insurance Company of North America on Examination and Engineering Evaluation of Fire Damage to Stadium in Roosevelt Park, Longmont, Colorado, and Estimate of Work Items and Costs for Rehabilitating Damaged Portions of Stadium
      Dates: 1959 July 22
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Schedules, General Provisions, Specifications, & Drawings - Palo Verde Diversion Dam & Levee System - Palo Verde Diversion Project, Arizona-California
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 18
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Small Projects Loans
      Dates: 1954-1968
      Container: Box 13
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Supplement to Report on Southern Nevada Water Supply Project, Appendices Vols. I-II
      Dates: 1965 April
      Container: Box 22
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Technical memorandum no. 550: Analysis of a Circular Arch under Uniform Load by Fred A. Houck
      Dates: 1937 April 29
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Technical memorandum no. 570: Trial-Load Method of Analyzing Twist Effects in Gravity Dams by Fairfax D. Kirn and Fred A. Houck
      Dates: 1938 February 28
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: The Analysis of Arches and Cantilevers by means of Simpson's Rule by G. R. Rolin
      Dates: 1942 August 10
      Container: Box 21
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Travel Report - Devil Canyon Project, Alaska - by F. A. Houck and W. R. Judd
      Dates: 1957 September 19
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Twin Buttes Dam - Spillway Studies
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 21
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: USBR Design Data
      Dates: 1919-1957
      Container: Box 16
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: USCOLD
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects
    • Description: Willamette Basin
      Dates: 1965-1968
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Series III. Domestic projects

  • Series IV. International projects

    Contains materials relating to Houck's engineering work abroad, with emphasis on the Yanhee Dam Multipurpose and the Kremasta Dam Hydroelectric Projects.

    • Description: 230 KV Bangkok Tie Line Tower Footing Design Problem
      Dates: 1959-1961
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: "An Analytical Investigation of the Hydraulics of Proposed Diversion Tunnels for Yanhee Dam" by Prathai Phisphumvidh
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Basic Design Controls - Yanhee Dam and Power Plant
      Dates: 1957 February
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Bhumiphol Dam and Power Plant, Tailwater Curve of Ping River at Dam Site
      Dates: 1958 December 10
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Bhumiphol Dam and Power Plant, Yanhee Project - Thailand, Schedule of Designs - Summary
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Bhumiphol Dam technical drawings
      Dates: 1959-1961
      Container: Box 30
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Bidding Documents for Hydraulic Turbine Driven Alternating Current Generators for the Kremasta Hydroelectric Project - Acheloos River Development, Greece
      Dates: 1961 November
      Container: Box 24
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Bidding Documents for Hydraulic Turbines and Governors for the Kremasta Hydroelectric Project - Acheloos River Development, Greece
      Dates: 1961 October
      Container: Box 24
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Brahmaputra Report Appendices A-E
      Dates: circa 1960s
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Ceylon ICA
      Dates: 1957-1960
      Container: Box 23
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Concrete Reinforcement Detailing Standards - Bhumiphol Dam and Power Plant - Yanhee Multipurpose Project
      Dates: 1959 February
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Construction Schedules
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Construction Specifications and Installation Instructions for Completion of Bhumiphol Dam, Power Plant, and 230-KV Switchyard Vol. I of II
      Dates: 1961 December
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Construction Specifications and Installation Instructions for Completion of Bhumiphol Dam, Power Plant, and 230-KV Switchyard Vol. II of II
      Dates: 1961 December
      Container: Box 29
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Contract Documents for Construction of the Diversion Tunnel for the Kremasta Hydroelectric Project - Acheloos River Development, Greece
      Dates: 1961 June 1
      Container: Box 24
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Contract Documents for Construction of the Kremasta Hydroelectric Project - Acheloos River Development, Greece - Vol. I of III
      Dates: 1962 May
      Container: Box 24
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Contract Documents for Construction of the Kremasta Hydroelectric Project - Acheloos River Development, Greece - Vol. II of III
      Dates: 1962 May
      Container: Box 29
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Contract Documents for Construction of the Kremasta Hydroelectric Project - Acheloos River Development, Greece - Vol. III of III
      Dates: 1962 May
      Container: Box 29
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Design memoranda - Yanhee Project, Thailand
      Dates: 1956-1961
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Design Reports: Kremasta Dam
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 26
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Feasibility Report - Me Tang Project Thailand
      Dates: 1961 October 27
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Field trip report: Klang Gates Dam, Malaya
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Hydraulic Model Studies of Yanhee Dam Spillway
      Dates: 1957 June 24
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Hydraulic Model Study of the Kremasta Dam Spillway
      Dates: 1962 March
      Container: Box 26
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Hydraulic Model Study of the Outlet Works in Diversion Tunnel No. 2 for Bhumiphol Dam
      Dates: 1960 January
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Investigations of Embankment Soils and Establishment of Design Criteria - Kremasta Dam, Greece
      Dates: 1961 March 8
      Container: Box 26
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Kremasta - Design Data
      Dates: 1960-1961
      Container: Box 29
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Kremasta Dam Consultants' Reports
      Dates: 1961-1969
      Container: Box 24
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Kremasta Dam technical drawings
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 31
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Kremasta Hydroelectric Project - Basic Designs and Alternative Studies
      Dates: 1961 February 3
      Container: Box 24
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Kremasta Hydroelectric Project - Stability Analysis of Downstream and Upstream Faces of Dam
      Dates: 1961 August 11
      Container: Box 24
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Kremasta Hydro-Electric Project: Arch Dam - February 1961 Project
      Dates: 1961 March 11
      Container: Box 26
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Kremasta Hydroelectric Project: Basic Design Criteria
      Dates: 1961 August 11
      Container: Box 29
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Kremasta Hydroelectric Project: Hydrology Final Report
      Dates: 1961 November
      Container: Box 29
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Notes: Yanhee and Kremasta Dams
      Dates: circa 1958
      Container: Box 26
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Photographs: Kremasta Dam
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Preliminary Recommendations on Design Criteria for Embankment, Kremasta Dam, Greece
      Dates: 1961 February 1
      Container: Box 26
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Preliminary Report UDA Walawe Project, Development of the Walawe Ganga Basin
      Dates: 1960 November
      Container: Box 23
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Qualifications to Perform Feasibility Studies of Nam Yang, Nam Mun, and Nam Chi Irrigation Projects in Thailand
      Dates: 1967 September
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Report of the Board of Consultants submitted to Public Power Corporation - Athens, Greece
      Dates: 1960 October 30
      Container: Box 29
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Report of the Board of Consultants, Supplemental Report No. 1, submitted to Public Power Corporation - Athens, Greece
      Dates: 1961 March 13
      Container: Box 29
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Report on Maskeliya Oya Power Development - Ceylon
      Dates: 1960 May
      Container: Box 23
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Report on Samanala Wewa Irrigation and Hydroelectric Project - Ceylon
      Dates: 1960 May
      Container: Box 23
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Report on Tailwater Rating Curve, Kremasta Hydroelectric Project
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 25
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Report to Public Power Corporation Athens, Greece In Support of an Application to Development Loan Fund For Extension of Credit for Kremasta Hydroelectric Project of the Acheloos River Development
      Dates: 1959 October
      Container: Box 26
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Report: Engineering Studies for Alternative Types of Dams and Power Plants - Kremasta Hydroelectric Project, Greece
      Dates: 1960 December 1
      Container: Box 25
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Second Stage Feasibility Study
      Dates: 1961 December
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Study to Determine Economic Height for Earthfill Dam - Kremasta Hydroelectric Project, Greece
      Dates: 1961 May 19
      Container: Box 25
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Supplement to Report on Maskeliya Oya Power Development - Ceylon
      Dates: 1961 July
      Container: Box 23
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Tender documents for the Construction of the Klang Gates Dam - Kuala Lumpur
      Dates: 1955 May
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Trial Load Analyses of Stresses - Yanhee Dam
      Dates: 1957 October
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Yanhee Dam Bidding Schedule and Specifications
      Dates: 1956-1958
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Yanhee Dam planning materials (binder)
      Dates: 1958-1961
      Container: Box 25
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Yanhee Project correspondence (binder)
      Dates: 1955-1962
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Yanhee Project correspondence
      Dates: 1959-1960
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Yanhee Project Thailand - Power, Irrigation, Flood Control, and Navigation: Vol. I - Project Evaluation
      Dates: 1955 December
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects
    • Description: Yanhee Project Thailand - Power, Irrigation, Flood Control, and Navigation: Vol. II - Appendices
      Dates: 1955 December
      Container: Box 28
      Location: Series IV. International projects

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Subject Terms

  • Civil engineering.
  • Dams -- Sri Lanka.
  • Dams -- Thailand.
  • Dams -- West (U.S.)
  • Dams.
  • Hydroelectric power plants -- Greece.
  • Hydroelectric power plants -- Wyoming.
  • Hydroelectric power plants.
  • Water-supply engineering.

Corporate Names

  • Engineering Consultants, Inc.
  • United States. Bureau of Reclamation.

Geographical Names

  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
  • Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
  • Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
  • Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)

Occupations

  • Engineers.

Processed by Kathryn Brooks
2011

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