J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Thomas Caldwell Adams papers
Adams, Thomas C. (Thomas Caldwell), 1901-1965
MS 0043
35 linear feet
1905-1971
The Thomas Caldwell Adams papers (1905-1971) consist of the personal and professional papers of Thomas Caldwell Adams (1901-1965), a professor of civil engineering at the University of Utah who specialized in hydrology.
English
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Thomas Caldwell Adams was born in Salt Lake City on May 12, 1901. He was the only son of Thomas and Emily Caldwell Adams. His father, an attorney, died of typhoid fever on October 11, 1905 at the age of 45. Thomas attended school in Salt Lake City, including the LDS High School from 1915-1918. In the latter year he began studies in Civil Engineering at the University of Utah. His summers were spent working for various engineering firms engaged in drainage surveys around the state of Utah. He graduated from the University in 1922 and went to Cornell University in Itahca, New York for his graduate studies. He received his Ph. D. from there in 1926 and spent one year working on a special investigation for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
From 1927 to 1941 he was a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Utah. In 1934, he was made president of the Utah Society of Engineers, an indication of the high standing in which he was held by his colleagues. He spent 1934 and 1935 as the director of the Great Salt Lake Diking Investigations, which were done under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. In 1935 he was made a member of the Great Salt Lake Authority. Other professional organizations in which he held office during this time were the American Geophysical Union, the Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
His growing expertise in the field of hydrology was reflected by his position as Hydraulic Engineer for the National Resources Planning Board from March to September 1941. In October of 1941, Adams joined the Office of Production Management of the federal government, and was employed there until February of 1942, when he moved to another federal agency, the War Production Board. He stayed with the latter organization until the end of the war in 1945. In that year, he decided to leave both government and teaching and went into business for himself as a private consulting engineer until his death in 1965. During this time, in 1955, he was named president of the Utah Building and Construction Congress.
Besides his busy professional life, Dr. Adams had other interests, many of which centered around the Great Salt Lake. He was a founding member of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, and served as its Commodore for several years. He published papers about the lake, and was considered one of the state's foremost authorities on it. His interests also included the history of Saltair Resort, and he was an administrative officer of the Saltair Restoration Division of the Yacht Club. Adams strongly advocated the restoration of the resort. Other activities included serving as Executive Secretary of the Great Salt Lake Lands Association, acting as a leader in the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and membership in Kiwanis and the Timpanogas Club. He never married.
The Thomas Caldwell Adams papers (1905-1971) are extremely varied in content as they represent the accumulation of papers and files resulting from Adams' lifetime of work as a student, teacher, and consulting civil engineer. In each phase of his career, Adams seemed to concentrate on different fields of civil engineering and the broad nature of his chosen profession ensured a variety of projects and, consequently, a variety of subject matters in his personal files.
Adams' favorite field, and his earliest choice, was Hydrology. Although, in later years as a consulting engineer he became involved in electrical engineering, sanitary engineering, and city planning, the major portion of his work involved various aspects of hydraulic engineering. Consequently, a large part of the collection concerns related topics such as his early work on irrigation and drainage of irrigated lands. His work in these areas led him to additional studies such as the inflow and evaporation rate of Lake Mead. However, his most important contribution, and one of the most useful parts of the collection, was in the field of Great Basin limnology particularly his studies of the Great Salt Lake which he carried on over a 30 year period. Adams supervised one of the first modern surveys of the lake participating in the planning for the creation of a fresh-water embayment on the east side of the lake, detecting the first indications of salt migration into the north arm and conducting extensive studies of Saltair Resort. His papers relating to these topics are included in the collection.
The versatility of Adams was noticeable in the broad scope of his work. His career as a teacher is documented by the good records covering curricula, lecture notes, intradepartmental squabbles, as well as notes and papers regarding subjects he taught. In later years, after he left teaching, Adams worked as a consulting engineer, specializing in rural electrification projects. His records from this period are quite extensive and provide an excellent picture of the planning and work involved in remodeling or building a rural electric system.
In addition to his many projects, Adams also accumulated an extensive collection of papers, notes, and correspondence relating to various professional organizations with which he was associated, such as the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. He was quite involved in the subject of curriculum planning for engineering education during the late 1930s. Adams also kept copies of other individuals' studies, reports, and evaluations. For example, many mining property reports and evaluations by E. B. Young are included in the collection.
Other topics covered to a lesser degree in this collection include Adams' drawings and designs for equipment, earthquake studies of Utah, sewage treatment, and the operations of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in Utah in the 1930s. Studies of Adams' collection can be further enhanced by his extensive photograph collection pertaining primarily to the geography and engineering developments in Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming and California.
In spite of Adams' seeming desire to save all material pertaining to his professional life, there is vary little relating to his personal life save one brief journal, a handful of correspondence, and some of his financial records.
Also included are a number of maps, charts, and other oversize items related to Adams' studies and projects. These include the Great Salt Lake Diking Project; charts of the Great Salt Lake; and miscellaneous maps and charts.
This collections is arranged into the following series: I. Personal Papers; II. American Society Of Civil Engineers (ASCE); III. Colorado River; IV. Drainage and Irrigation; V. Earthquakes; VI. Education; VII. Electrical Power; IX. Great Salt Lake; X. Mining--Utah and The West; XI. City Planning; XII. Sewage Treatment; XIII. Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (SPEE); XIV. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); XV. University Of Utah; XVI. Water Systems; XVII. Miscellaneous; XVIII. Addendum--Saltair
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Boxes 1-71 were donated in 1975 (23 linear feet).
Box 72 was donated in 1986 (0.5 linear feet).
Box 73 contains oversize materials from the 1975 donation that were removed from the map case.
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0043).
Processed by John Bourne and Roy Webb in 1975 and 1987.
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Great Salt Lake Authority
Great Salt Lake Yacht Club
Saltair Resort (Utah)
Great Salt Lake (Utah)
Earthquakes--Utah
Earthquakes
Electric power-plants--Utah
Environmental Conditions
Personal Papers
I
Diary
1920 May-September
1
1
Thomas C. Adams kept this diary while employed as an engineer's assistant on the Delta Reclamation Project, near Delta, Utah. Adams was a student at the University of Utah at the time and this was a summer job. Journal entries were made nearly every day recapitulating the author's activities. Many entries are accounts of his work routine, but some give good descriptions of the nature of the work on the project, especially in regard to drainage problems. Trips to some of the towns in the area, such as Delta, Deseret, Scipio, Oak City, and Fillmore, are described. In addition to his frequent travels in the Delta area, Adams and two companions drove to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and back for a vacation. Consequently, a portion of the diary describes their journey through Cedar City to St. George, and back up through Zion National Park. The party continued on to the Grand Canyon by way of Pipe Springs and Fredonia. On their return trip, they passed by Jacob Lake and Kanab. They went on to Bryce Canyon and Fish Lake before returning to Delta. The diary ends just before Adams returned to Salt Lake City to resume his studies. The diary includes an itemized account of his expenses for the summer and a list of the supplies taken on the Grand Canyon trip.
Correspondence Received
1
2
Letters from friends and former students. Letters regarding traffic violations were unopened and most were unanswered.
Correspondence Received
1
3
Letters from publishers of biographical dictionaries, salesmen and religious organizations. Most unanswered.
Correspondence Sent and Received
1
4
Family history prepared in 1957, also material regarding Adams' application for membership in the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. Includes statements concerning his family history and genealogical data. Introductory statement prior to speech to be given to S. U. P.
Personal Correspondence Sent and Received
1
5
Regards employment with the U. S. Government in 1941. Material regarding federal employment, applications for employment, resumes, cover letters and replies.
Personal Correspondence Sent and Received
1941-1943
1
6
Material regarding employment with the U. S. Government.
Correspondence Sent and Received
1
7
Regards Naval Commission. Letters and applications for direct commission in the U. S. Navy during W. W. II. Adams seemed to feel that his problems at the University of Utah were behind the refusal to grant his commission.
Letters and Applications
1941-1942
1
8
For direct commission in the U. S. Navy.
Correspondence from the U. S. Government Office of Production Management, War Production Board
1941-1942
1
9
Financial Records
1932-1951
1
10-16
Stock Dividend Notes
1956-1962
1
17-18
Biographical Data
1
19
American Society Of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
II
General Correspondence
1938-1941
2
Correspondence and Related Papers
1941-1942
3
Committe on Engineering Education--Section Reports
Arizona Section
4
1
Atlanta, Georgia Section
4
2
Cincinnati, Ohio Section
4
3
Indiana Section
4
4
Iowa Section
4
5
Kansas Section
4
6
Lehigh Valley Section
4
7
Metropolitan Section (New York City)
4
8
Mid-Missouri Section
4
9
Mid-South Section
4
10
Mohawk-Hudson Section
4
11
Nebraska Section
4
12
Northwestern Section
4
13
Pittsburgh Section
4
14
Puerto Rico Section
4
15
Rochester Section
4
16-17
Sacramento Section
4
18
San Francisco Section
4
19
Tacoma Section
4
20
Texas Section
4
21-22
Toledo Section
4
23
Washington Section
4
24
Wyoming Section
4
25
ASCE--General Correspondence--Utah
1938-1942
5
Also includes programs to the 70th annual convention and newsletters.
Colorado River
III
Correspondence
Correspondence concerning studies that Adams made of the Colorado River area in 1938-1940. It includes letters on an inflow study of Lake Mead and an upper basin development study.
Correspondence
1938-1940
6
1-8
Minutes and Notes Taken at Meetings
6
9
Also resolutions passed and copies of some letters sent. Adams was secretary of the organization for a time, January 1931.
Committee Copies of Paper on Split Mountain Diversion Project
1939
6
10
Correspondence
1939-1940
6
11-16
Newspaper Clippings
6
17
Bills
6
18
Covering Colorado River, Colorado River Compact, 1922 November 24.
Boulder Canyon Project Act
1928 December 21
6
19
Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act
6
20
Revised draft 1939 March 7.
Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act
1940 March 7
6
21
Miscellaneous State Acts; Contract for delivery of water (1934).
Colorado River-Lake Mead
In 1939, Adams prepared a paper discussing the possibility of errors in the calculation of volume and evaporation in Lake Mead. Many of the letters filed in the correspondence section of Box 7 concern this paper.
Notes on Lake Mead Study
7
1
Notes and Drafts of "A Study of Unaccounted Inflow, Colorado River, Bright Angel to Boulder Dam," by T. C. Adams
7
2
Also, Adams' paper on the "Development of the Colorado River in the Upper Basin." The paper was read and was probably published in the proceedings of the ASCE in 1939.
Notes on Upper Basin Paper
7
3-6
Rough Drafts of "Development of the Colorado River in the Upper Basin," by T. C. Adams
7
7
Rough Draft
7
8
Rough Drafts-First draft
1938 July 13
7
9
Rough Draft-and Synopsis
1938 July 17
7
10
Draft as Presented
1938 July 21
7
11
Corrected Copy
1938 December
7
12
Also memo outlining suggested changes.
Rough Drafts
7
13
"An Abridgement of Development of the Colorado River in the Upper Basin," by T. C. Adams.
Final Draft of Abridgement and Post-Publication Criticism
7
14
"Author's Concluding Discussion"
7
15
Rough and final drafts.
Colorado River-Upper Colorado River Basin-Irrigation and Diversion Material
7
16
Mathematical data on irrigation in the Uintah Basin.
Notes and Final Draft
7
17
"Report on Discharge from Uintah Mountain Streams Available for Diversion by Aqueduct Constructed at 7000 foot elevation on the South Slope of the Uintah Mountains," by Thomas C. Adams.
Colorado River-U. C. R. B.-Split Mountain Diversion
7
18
Notes, drafts of "Diversions from the Green River into the Bear River Basin," and "Summary of Report on Power and Storage Sites Between Red Canyon and Green River, Utah."
Rough and Final Draft
7
19
"Proposed Project for the Use of Water of the Green River Diverting Near Split Mountain, Uintah County, Utah."
Drainage and Irrigation
IV
Material in this category falls mainly in the period 1918-1929 when Adams was working in the summers as a Drainage Assistant for the U. S. D. A. He worked on various projects in Utah, and visited a number of other projects in the west. The final result of his studies was his paper, "The Drainage of Irrigated Lands In Utah," written in 1929. His notes on Uintah Basin stream flow were completed later and were partly associated with his "Reports on Discharge from Uintah Mountain Stream"-1941.
Drainage of Lower Egypt-M. K. H. Bakhati
1913
8
1
Translation by T. C. Adams.
Notes
8
2
Including Benjamin Drainage District, also a list of drainage districts in the west.
Notes, Diagrams, Drawings and Photos
circa 1924
8
3
Wells, weirs, flows-photos near Lewiston, Utah. Bonneville Irrigation District Pump House.
Notes, Drawings and Papers
1917-1918
8
4
"Use of Wells in Drainage," by L. H. Perrine and "Record of Individual Farm Drainage."
Notes-Travel and Runoff Investigations
8
5
In 1924 Adams, apparently on behalf of the U. S. D. A., visited a number of drainage projects throughout the west. In the years following, Adams produced a number of papers growing out of these investigative trips and his own experiences working near Delta on the Millard County Drainage project.
Notes
8
6
Notes on Colorado Drainage District and Wyoming Drainage District.
Notes and Drawings
8
7
Soils, runoff, and Nebraska Drainage District.
Notes and Original Manuscript
8
8
These are from the 1924 Runoff Report.
Notes on the Runoff Report
8
9
Rough Draft
8
10
This is the rough draft of the 1924 Runoff Report. Portions of this draft were used in the completed manuscript.
Rough Draft-1924 Runoff Report
8
11-13
Prepared Reports
8
14
"Report of Test Made on Tile Manufactured by Provo Pressed Brick Company," by T. C. Adams, November 1918 and "Progress Report of 1919 Studies for Central Committee Millard County Drainage Investigation: Delta, Utah," by T. C. Adams, March 1920.
Reports
1924
8
15
"Progress Report Millard County Drainage Investigations: Millard County, Utah," by R. A. Hart, Senior Drainage Engineer and T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant, January 1924. Also portions of Adams "Runoff Report of 1924."
Report
1924 March
8
16
"Some Factors in Drainage Design," by R. A. Hart (assisted by T. C. Adams).
Report
8
17
"Drainage Investigations on Sub-Irrigated Land: Lewiston, Utah," by R. A. Hart, Drainage Engineer and T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant. Also included are photographs from July 1924.
Progress Report
1925 June
8
18
"Progress Report: The Required Capacity of Drains for Irrigated Lands," by R. A. Hart, Drainage Engineer and T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant.
Reports
8
19
"Suggestions Relating to Run-Off Studies and Drainage Design," by T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant, June 1925 and "Study of Drainage Discharge in the North Beach Drainage District, Basin, Wyoming," by R. A. Hart and T. C. Adams, July 1925.
"Summary of Field Work...Summer of 1925...and a Synopsis of Condition," by T. C. Adams
1925
8
20
Prepared Reports
"Discharge of Drains of the Grand and Uncompahgre Valleys, Colorado," by T. C. Adams, Drainage Assistant
1926 April
9
1
"Discharge of Drains and Drainage Wells in the Salt River Valley, Arizona," by T. C. Adams
1926 May
9
2
"Discharge of Drains of the Lincoln County Drainage District #1, Nebraska," by T. C. Adams
1926 May
9
3
"Report on the Conveyance Loss Investigations; Delta Canal System; Delta, Utah," by T. C. Adams
1926
9
4
"A Drainage Reconnaissance of the Grande Ronde Valley: Union County, Oregon," by T. C. Adams
1927 June
9
5
Also includes a rough draft bound in back.
"The Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah," by T. C. Adams
9
6-10
This study was an outgrowth of much of Adam's earlier work and was written over the period 1926-1929. Notes for this report are also included.
First Draft
1926
9
11-19
"Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah"
Second Draft
1982 July
9
20-30
"Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah"
Final Draft-Bound
9
31
"Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah."
Typists Manuscript
10
1-10
"Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah."
The Drainage of Irrigated Agricultural Lands in Utah, by T. C. Adams
10
1
"Water Balance in Irrigation," by T. C. Adams
10
11
Rough draft, no date.
"Report on the Soils of the Grande Ronde Valley, Oregon"
10
12-19
Rough draft, authorship uncertain, possibly by Adams, no date, circa 1925-1930.
"Report on the Examination of Dam Sites for the Montpelier Irrigation Company"
10
20
Rough and finished drafts.
Prepared Reports: Authors other than T. C. Adams
10
21
"Consumption Use of Irrigation Water," by Orson W. Israelse,
"Report of Committee C-6 on Drain Tile," June 1926.
Review of Paper by Dalton G. Miller
10
22
"Concrete Deterioration in Alkali Soils," a review by C. J. Machenzie; "Evaporation From Free Water Surfaces," by Fred C. Scobey.
Maps and Diagrams
10
23
Millard County Drainage District (working map) Cache County drainage area.
Maps and Diagrams
Benjamin Drainage District
11
1
Brighton D. D.
11
2
Davis Co. D. D. #1, Elwood D. D.; Lakeshore and Benjamin D. D.; Lakeshore North.
Millard Co. D. D. 1 -4
11
3
Redmond D. D., Sanpete #1
11
4
Sevier Co. D. D. #2-6
11
5
Uintah Basin Stream Flow Notes
11
6
There are several studies dealing with irrigation and diversion projects-Ashley Creek near Vernal, 1915-1940.
Duchesne River at Myton
1910-1924
11
7
Duchesne River at Myton
1925-1939
11
8
Duchesne River at Tabiona
1919-1939
11
9
Green River at Elgin
1911-1912
11
10
Green River at Green River
1905-1939
11
11
Rock Creek near Mountain Home
1938-1939
11
12
Green River, at Little Valley
1911-1923
11
13
Uintah River, near Neola
1921-1927
1929-1939
11
14
Whiterocks Creek near Whiterocks
1922-1939
11
15
Daniels Creek Irrigation Company Pipeline, Fieldnotes
11
16-17
Earthquakes
V
Materials in this portion of the collection consist mainly of records of earthquake protective efforts in the Salt Lake City area. A small amount of material concerns the Hansel Valley earthquake of 1934. A group of related material concerning land subsidence as a result of this earthquake has been filed under the subject heading: Great Salt Lake-Lake Studies.
Earthquake Materials
12
1
Rough and finished draft of "Protecting Cities from Earthquake Damage," by Thomas C. Adams, written ca. 1939; Earthquake well grams Shows fluctuating in water levels due to minor earthquakes, 1934.; Chamber of Commerce Earthquake Committee. This committee was formed in 1958 to examine the threat of earthquake damage to Salt Lake City and to propose actions which could minimize such damage. Adams was chairman of the committee.
Correspondence and Related Papers
1957
12
2
Correspondence and Related Papers
1958 March-April
12
3
Correspondence and Related Papers
1958 April
12
4
Copy of "Earhquake History of Utah, 1850-1949," by William and Tapper.
Correspondence and Related Papers
1958 April-May
12
5-8
Correspondence and Related Papers
1959-1960
12
9
Miscellaneous, Undated Material, and Membership Lists
12
10
Education
VI
This section consists of papers, class notes, and thesis material, by Thomas Caldwell Adams. This material dates from his days at the University of Utah as an undergraduate student and through his work at Cornell University for his doctorate. The selection of items for this category was based on their clear identifiability as student projects. Other materials which may have been associated with his education, but are not precisely shown as such, have been placed under the various subject headings. Some examples might be papers written about drainage and irrigation.
University of Utah
1919-1922
13
1-3
Class Projects
1920-1921
13
1
Class Projects
1921-1922
13
2
Comment by instructor "Your other teachers say you could be one of the best students in their class, but you seem to be satisfied to be only a fair student and spread out your energies over other things."
Class Projects
13
3
Cornell University
1922-1927
13
4
Adams, after graduation from the University of Utah, went east to Cornell for his M.S. and Ph.D.
Projects and Notes
1922-1924
13
5
Notes for Master's Thesis
1923
13
6
"Experiments on the Flow of Water in a Small Flume."
Notes
13
7-10
Copy of Thesis and Thesis Table and Plates
13
11-14
"Report of Experimental Work, 'Flow of Water in Small Open Flume," 1923.
"Experiments on the Flow of Water in a Small Flume," by T. C. Adams, 6th revision
1926 October
13
15
Class Notes
1926-1927
13
16-17
Education-T. C. Adams
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Notes for Ph. D. Dissertation-"The Position of the Engineer in Economic Life"
1926-1927
14
1
Some of the material is of later date than his dissertation.
Notes
14
2
Includes draft of letter to editor concerning Adam's views of college life.
Notes
14
3-16
Partial Rough Drafts
14
7
These are for his Ph.D. dissertation, "The Position of the Engineer in Economic Life."
Volume 1 of Ph.D. Dissertation
14
1
Volume 1 is entitled "The Position of the Engineer in Economic Life," and was written by T. C. Adams in May 1927. There is a Volume 2 entitled "Engineering Contributions to Material Well-Being," but it is not included in the collection.
Electrical Power
VII
This section contains correspondence, printed material, drawings and blueprints for various power projects for which Adams was designing or consulting engineer. The material is arranged by state and project, and has then been placed in chronological sequence. Items associated with electrical power systems in general have been placed at the end of the section.
The Idaho Rural Project was a design by Adams for a power line to run from Ashton, Idaho to West Yellowstone, Montana, 1946-1953. Adams did not complete this project as his contract was terminated by the Co-op board.
Cover Letter and Copy of Preliminary Plans and Specifications
15
1-2
Correspondence Regarding Project
1946-1947
15
3
This includes the cover letter for a copy of corrected preliminary plans and specifications.
Corrected Preliminary Plans and Specifications
15
4
Notes and Correspondence
1947 January-1948 December
15
5-11
Includes copies of Adam's contracts with the Co-op and a notice of termination of Adam's services by the Co-op. Most of the remaining correspondence concerns controversies over the board action and the settlement of fees.
Notes and Correspondence
1949 February
15
12
This file consists of notes and a summary assembled by Adams for the use of his lawyer in attempting to collect a larger fee from the Fall River Electric Co-op.
Summaries
15
13-15
Includes two project maps.
Correspondence
15
16
Letter accepting Co-op's terms for settlement dated November 1953 with some undated materials.
Projects
Lost River Idaho. This Project was part of a joint project between the Lost River Rural Electrical Cooperative and the Salmon River Rural Electrical Cooperative. Included in this section is a large amount of engineering data as the project was near completion when Adams' contracts were terminated. Material on the Salmon River portion of the project is located in the section following for clarity. Material is arranged by type and chronology. There is also some correspondence included in this box dated from 1951 to 1953. Some letters appearing on mimeograph masters have been converted to permanent photocopies.
Correspondence and Related Papers
1951 January-December
16
1-6
Inventories.
Correspondence
1952 January-December
16
7-13
Complaints from REA; Adams' replies; problems with Co-op officers; sniping at Co-op manager; conflict with manager; notice of contract termination; wrap-up of project; Adams' complaints and settlement of his work.
Correspondence
1953 January-July
16
14-18
Reports
16
19-24
A series of reports on the electrical system of the Lost River Electric Cooperative done prior to the expansion of the system in 1952-1953.
"Report on Ultimate System Survey: System of the Lost River Electric Cooperative, Inc." (1st report)
1948 October
16
19
"Report on Ultimate System Survey: System of the Lost River Electric Cooperative, Inc." (2nd report)
1950 May
16
20
Reports
16
21-24
Some maps are also included.
Projects and Reports on Lost River, Idaho
"Lost River Electric Cooperative...Preliminary Plans and Specifications"
1951 July
17
1-3
Lost River Transmission Line
17
4-6
Field Notes
17
7
Area Barometric Elevations and Miscellaneous Data, 1950; Lost River Transmission Notes, 1951-1952; Staking Notes, Layout and Elevation; Machinery Substation, 1952.
Field Notes
17
8
Transmission Surveys; Relocation of Line Arco-Mackay; Relocation Levels.
Field Notes
17
9
Transmission Line; Notes; Oraters Line; Cedar Creek Power and Miscellaneous.
Field Notes
17
10
Asay-Kinman Line; Bitten-Coates Line; Fallini Farch Line; Mackay Line; Cedar Creek Line.
Staking Notes
17
11
Tabulation of Construction Requirements 17 'J' Line; Pre-Construction Inventories; 'K' Line.
Final Inventory and Staking
17
12
Arco-Mackay Transmission Line
17
13
Notes: U. P. & L.; rebuild.
Craters of the Moon National Monument Line
17
14-16
Arco Underbuild; Asay-Kinman tap.
17
17
Fallini Extension; Upper Cedar Creek Line
17
18
Bitton-Coates Line; General Notes
17
19
Notes on Distribution Line
17
20
Distribution Line
1951-1952
17
1
Distribution Line Construction Contract.
Transmission Line Construction Contract
1951
18
1-4
Materials Contracts
18
5-6
List of Materials and Schedule of Deliveries; Notes on Wire Poles
18
7
Notes on Material Lists
18
8-9
Copy of material inventory.
Notes and Work Copy of Staking Sheets
18
10
Diagrams and Charts; Notes; Wire Comparisons
18
11
Specifications and Data
18
12
Arco Specifications and Data
18
13-16
Arco and Mackay Equipment Brochures and Data
18
17
Arco Quotations for Equipment
18
18-19
Arco Data and Plans
18
20-21
Arco and Mackay Quotations for Equipment
18
22-23
Mackay Schedule of Construction Material
18
24-25
Data and specifications.
Machinery Data and Specifications
18
26-27
Miscellaneous items and specifications.
Projects concerning the Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Idaho
River Electric Cooperative, Idaho. Correspondence and engineer's data on an electrification project in the Correspondence and engineer's data on an electrification project in the upper Salmon River Valley in Idaho. This was a joint project with the Lost River Electric Co-op. The material is similar to that of the Lost River project. Also included in this box is some correspondence and related papers dated from 1950 to 1953. Some letters which were on mimeograph masters were converted to photocopy form.
Correspondence and Related Papers
1950
19
1
Correspondence
1951
19
2-11
Folder 7 includes data on one MA mine, Peterson, Idaho.
Correspondence
1952
19
12-21
Folder 14 includes a list of mining claims in Custer County.
Correspondence
1953
19
22-24
Correspondence
19
25
Correspondence and Enclosures
19
26
These concern power for mines operating in the upper Salmon River Valley.
Projects of the Salmon River, Idaho
Included in this box are materials and prepared reports concerning the Salmon River, Idaho.
Notes for System Survey
1950 June
20
1
Notes
20
2-5
Rough draft of System Survey, 1950 June.
System Study...Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.
1951 February
20
6
Salmon River
20
7
Preliminary Plans and Specifications, 1951 July.
Possible Construction of Hydro-Generating Station - Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Challis, Idaho; Idaho 23 Custer
1951 December
20
8
Design and Profile of Transmission Lines; Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Idaho 23A Cluster; Mackay to Challis Substation
1952 February
20
9
Application for Loan (2nd Loan) "B" Project; Salmon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.
1952 May 20
20
10
Transmission Lines
20
11-14
Transmission Line Construction Contract
20
11
Pre-Construction Notes, Engineering Notes
20
12
Staking Sheets
20
13
Staking Sheets (field copy)
20
14
Notes and Miscellaneous Data; Inventories
21
1
Inventories
21
2-3
Plans, Specifications, and Contract Papers-Challis Substation
21
4
Notes and Miscellaneous Data
21
5-9
Miscellaneous
21
10
Final inventory and wash-up sheets: irrigation, dumping, notes, and forms.
Projects concerning the Alamo Power District, Nevada
This project involved the reconstruction and upgrading of a distribution line system in Nevada. The line ran from a substation about 15 miles south of Alamo, Nevada to a point one mile north of Hyko, Nevada, serving the community of Alamo and a number of farms and ranches in the Pahranagat Valley. Adams was project engineer through completion.
Correspondence
1946-1958
22
1-17
Field Notes
22
18-19
Survey notes and sketches for Alamo project.
Staking Sheets
22
20-25
Data regarding details of construction and route, including detailed diagrams of the route.
Table of Contents
23
1
Box 23 contains tabulation of staking sheets and planning units for replacement of old line.
Pole and wire units.
Pole Top Units
23
2
Conversion
23
3-5
Guys, Anchors, Grounds
23
6
Removal of Guys, Anchors, Grounds
23
7
Construction Bulletin; Purchase Orders; Billings for Engineer Service; Pumps and Irrigation
23
8
Reference Data and Reports; Computations
23
9
Maps and Diagrams
23
10-11
Miscellaneous Data
23
12
Materials Proposals for Line Construction from Various Bidders
23
13-24
Notes and Specifications
23
25-27
Material Lists and Inventories
23
28
Notes and Rough Draft of Service Contract
23
29-30
Projects concerning White Pine, Nevada
General Materials
1951-1956
24
Material in this secton consists, for the most part, of correspondence relating to the proposed expansion of the White Pine Power District. Adams, and other, planned to develop the White Pine System into a larger network called the Nevada Interconnected Electric Power System to serve eastern Nevada and western Utah. The plan fell through, however, when the Nevada district court ruled against them in a legal battle over the pending sale of the Wells Power System.
Correspondence
1956
25
1-7
Includes outline of proposed system.
Correspondence
1957
25
8-14
Includes summary describing another study of the proposed system.
Correspondence
1958
25
15-16
Correspondence
1959 January-July
25
17-23
Includes report on possible participation of Utah Power and Light in the Nevada Interconnected Power System. Also included is a preliminary report; proposal and feasibility; Nevada Interconnected Electric System; White Pine Power District No. 9; Nevada.
Correspondence
1959 July-December
26
1-9
Includes protest of purchase of Wells Power Co. by REA sponsored group.
Correspondence
1960 January-November
26
10-13
Deals largely with the court case against purchase of Wells Power Company.
Correspondence and Papers
26
14
Complaints and Affidavits
27
1-2
Box 27 contains legal papers relating to lawsuit of White Pine Power District vs. Wells Rural Electric Company.
Points and Authorities; Motion to Dismiss; Ruling; Notice of Appeals
27
3
Designation and Record of Appeal; First Brief; Motion to Stay
27
4
Order Extending Time and Setting Hearing; Respondent's Points and Authorities
27
5
Decision and Opinion on Stay
27
6
Petition for Rehearing
27
7
Reply to Petition for Rehearing, Respondent's Answering Brief
27
8
Respondent's Answer to Brief
27
9-11
Final Opinion
27
12
Field Notes on Survey for Possible Hydro-Electric Sites in Eastern Nevada
27
13-17
Bound Copy of Application for Loan for Construction of Distribution System
1951 December
27
1
Includes description of proposed hydro-electric plants.
White Pine Map Sketches
27
18
Project concerning the Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc., Utah
1947-1952
General Materials
1947-1952
28
Correspondence and notes concerning evaluation of possible hydroelectric sites and planning of a diesel generating plant at Rangely, Colorado. Adams' contract was terminated by the association before completion when they felt he was taking too much time for planning, thereby delaying the project.
Correspondence
1952-1954
29
Specification Notices and Instruction to Bidders
30
1
Contract and Specifications for Rangely, Colorado Generating System
30
2-3
Revised Specifications
30
4-6
Plans, Specifications and Contract Papers, Rangely
1952
30
7-13
Additional Specifications; Switching Equipment; Water Treatment; Pumps; Step-up Section; Auxiliary Power Supply; Notes for Drawings
30
14-17
Planning Notes used in Connection with Design of Rangely Generating Station
30
18-26
Notes and Manufacturers Specification Sheets Regarding Rangeley Power Generating Plant
31
1-5
Material Specifications; Construction
1946
31
6-8
Notes
31
9
Blueprints and Plans for Rangeley Generating Station
1951-1952
31
10
Projects concerning the Murray City Power Plant, Utah
Material dealing with Adams' planning for remodeling and modernization of the Murray City Power Plant (diesel). The major portion of this is manufacturer's data with very little correspondence. Successful completion of this project was a major factor in award of the engineering contract to Adams for modernization of the Moon Lake Power District generating station.
Correspondence
1941-1948
32
1-2
Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers
32
3-5
For improvements to Murray Power Plant (P. W. A., 1934 September 14).
Manufacturer's Specifications, Blueprints, and Notes
32
6-15
Manuals for Installation and Operation of Equipment at Murray City Power Plant
32
16-20
Manuals for Operation of Plant
33
1-2
Blueprints
33
3-8
Notes and Miscellaneous Diagrams
33
9
Project concerning Parowan City Corporation
This material concerns two power projects that Adams engineered for Parowan City Corporation from around 1949 to 1955. The first of these was the construction in 1951 of a hydroelectric generating station on Center Creek in Parowan, and the second was a similar plant on Red Creek near Paragonah in 1951.
Correspondence
1948-1956
34
1-13
Report of Construction of Center Creek Plant
1950-1951
34
14
Sale notice for old equipment.
Field Notes and Bonding Notes
34
15-17
Includes newspaper clippings and bond statements.
Notes and Preconstruction Data
34
18-25
- Calculations for financing
- Stream flow
- General design and tests
- Design of intake and penstock
- Reconstruction of inlet and dam
- Switchboard and power controls
- Water heater and load drop controls
- Water level automatic controls
- Alarm control system
- Hydrolic and mechanical equipment
- Construction costs
Operating Data, Center Creek Plant
34
26-28
Annual Tabulations
34
29-30
Projects concerning Parowan, Center Creek, Red Creek, Utah
Switchboard and Electrical Equipment manuals for Center Creek Generating Station
35
1-7
Preliminary Engineering Report, Red Creek Generating Station
35
8
Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers for Laying of Power Plant Pipe Line, Red Creek Generating Station
1953
35
9-12
Engineering Report Revised, Proposed Red Creek Hydro-electric Generating Station
1953
35
13-14
Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers
35
15-19
These are for Construction of electric facilities connected with the Red Creek Generating Station.
Field Notes
35
20
Projects concerning Parowan, Utah
Field Notes
36
1-5
Pipe line, surveys, alignment.
Notes, Drawings, and Data
36
6-11
Financing, Budget and Costs
36
12-14
Control and Systems Designs
36
15-21
Data on Electrical Circuits and Controls
36
22-28
General Requirements and Conditions
37
1-3
This is for the purchase of Electrical control equipment by the Parowan City Corporation.
Switchboard Operating Manual
37
4-6
Red Creek Power Generating Station.
Electric Equipment Manual
37
7-11
Red Creek Power Generating Station.
Poles, Structures and Miscellaneous Assemblies
37
12-17
Correspondence and Field Notes
37
18
Death Valley Electric Cooperative, Baker, California.
Tabulation of Bids
37
19
Desert Electric Cooperative, Twenty-nine Palms, Californina.
Examination of Coal Creek for Power Possibilities
1954
37
20
Field notes, near Bloomington, Utah and Copy of "Joint Pole Practices...," Edison Electric & AT & T.
Notes and Special Line Inventory Forms, Fillmore
37
21-23
Flowell and Heber
37
24
Hyrum and Manti
37
25
Springville
37
26
Switch gear specifications, Springville Municipal Corporation, 1947.
Bridger
37
27
Correspondence, Field notes for Bridger Valley Electric Association, Mountain View, Wyoming.
Parowan City Corporation
37
28-30
Miscellaneous papers
37
31
"Water Supply For Stream Power Stations," T. C. Adams; "Inexpensive Industrial Power in Utah," T. C. Adams; "Bonanza-Mars Water Power," 1914; "Economics of Power Production," George M. Orrok, 1932.
IX. Great Salt Lake
This portion of the collection contains material collected by Adams on the Great Salt Lake over a number of years. Much of the data is interrelated even though it has been broken down into several areas for purposes of organization. Original sequences have been retained where possible. Adams began the major portion of his work on the Great Salt Lake around 1932 with the Diking project and associated surveys. He continued to be greatly interested in the lake and was working on a lake related project (Saltair) at the time of his death. Maps associated with this subject appear at the end of his collection.
Citizen's League for the Protection, Planning and Developing of the Great Salt Lake
A non-profit association with which Adams was involved in 1964.
General Information Leaflet; Circular No. 1
38
1
Material in this section concerns a diking project to create fresh-water lake on the east side of Great Salt Lake. This project was begun during the depression as a F. E. R. A. financed recovery program. Adams worked on the plan for a number of years and produced a number of articles derived from data gathered in the course of his investigations. Diking plans were revived following World War II and some limited dikes were finally built, primarily to provide water for the migratory bird refuges.
Correspondence
1931
38
2
Includes letter from Adams to D. A. Lyon suggesting a study of Great Salt Lake. Letter to secretary of Utah Engineering council suggesting combining of lake study with diking project.
Correspondence
1932 January-March
38
3
Letters concerning dredging costs for the dikes.
Correspondence
1932 March
38
4
Letter from Sumner G. Margetts to George W. Snyder reporting on the project.
Correspondence
1932 May-November
38
5
Includes letter from R. A. Hart to D. A. Lyon conveying memorandums on electrical power aspects of the project.
Correspondence
1933 May-July
38
6
Correspondence
1933 August-October
38
7
Includes letter by Sumner Margetts describing the plans for the project.
Correspondence
1934 February-October
38
8
Includes letter from files of A. B. Young on revised project and letters concerning operations and personnel.
Correspondence
1934 October-November
38
9
Regarding operations and personnel.
Correspondence
1934 November-December
38
10-11
Correspondence
1935 January-May
38
12
Includes report to Utah State Planning Board on progress of surveys and letters detailing the close of operations. Letters to and from Governor Blood are included.
Correspondence
1935 May-June
38
13
Includes notice of discontinuance of projects and letters to and from Governor Blood.
Correspondence
1935-1936
38
14
Letters concerning final reports.
Correspondence
1941-1956
38
15
Diking Projects
Prepared reports.
Thesis, "Putting Great Salt Lake to Work," by Louis E. Fox and Theodore L. Keller
1930 May
39
1-3
"Water for Industry," by A. O. Gates
1931 November 16
39
4
"Paper on Utah's Resources to be Presented Before the Utah Society of Engineers," by J. O. Elton
1932 June 20
39
5
"Report on Proposed Fresh Water Lake," by Sumner G. Margetts
1932 March
39
6
Rough draft and final copy.
Program and notes for speech during dinner at Alta Club
1933 May 10
39
7-8
Subject: Great Salt Lake Diking. Drafts of speech by D. A. Lyon on "Utah's Mineral Resources and their Development." Final included.
"The Great Salt Lake Diking Project," program of dinner at Alta Club
1933 May 10
39
9
Transcripts of speeches.
"The Great Salt Lake Diking Project (compilation)," by D. A. Lyon; "Report of Sub-Committee...Part I (Lillie); August 1, 1933," by J. J. Lillie
39
10
"Report of Sub-Committee...Part II (Van Liew)," by R. E. Van Liew; "Inflow of Water into Great Salt Lake"
39
11
"Report of Sub-Committee Appointed to Investigate Technical Problems..." (incomplete)
1933 August
39
12
"Report of Sub-Committee..." (complete typed draft, except for blueprints)
39
13
"Report of Sub-Committee, Great Salt Lake Project" (complete)
1933
39
14
Includes preface, small project-Sumner Margetts, large project-J. J. Lillie, Inflow of Water into Great Salt Lake--R. E. Van Liew, Report of Ellicott Machine Corporation, Summary and Recommendations.
"Report on the Great Salt Lake Diking Project," by Jacob L. Crane to Research Corporation
1933 December
39
15-19
With letter of transmittal.
"Proposed Plan of Investigation, Great Salt Lake Diking Project," (rough draft)
1934 September
39
20-21
Includes F. E. R. A. Reports.
"Proposed Plan of Investigation..." (rough draft); "The Sea that Played Possum," article on Dead Sea (rough)
39
22
Drafts of "Report on a Portion of F. E. R. A. Project #S-F2-68"; "Survey of Great Salt Lake Diking Project, October 2, 1934," by T. C. Adams (Quantity and Quality of Water); Drafts of "A Report on a Portion of F. E. R. A. Project #S-F2-68..." (Topography of shores of Proposed Embayment)
39
23
"Report of Sub-Committee appointed to Investigate Technical Problems, with the Proposed Diking of the Great Salt Lake..."
1934 December
39
24
"Natural Sodium Compounds and Born Minerals," A. T. Coons (from U. S. B. M. Mineral Yearbook); "West Side Drainage; 1934; Salt Lake Department of Streets and Public Improvements, C. W. A. & E. R. A. Projects"
1934
39
25
"Report on Water Flowing into Great Salt Lake Between a point 4 miles Northeast of Saltair to and including Weber River"
1935 January
40
1
"Investment Cost and Cost of Electric Energy from a Steam Power Plant in the Great Salt Lake Basin," by Ernest Probert (G. S. L. Diking Project, Engineering Investigations)
1935 March
40
2
"Report of Structures for Salt Lake Diking Project, F. E. R. A. Project #S-F2-68," by George P. Greenman
1935 March 16
40
3
"Data Useful in Computing the Cost of Pumping Water," by Ernest Probert (G. S. L. Diking Project, Engineering Investigations)
1935 April
40
4
"Report on Information Concerning Certain Electro-Chemical Industries," by Daniel C. Frobes (G. S. L. Diking Project, Engineering Investigation)
1935 April
40
5-7
"Report on Water Supply of the Farmington Embayment...," by Thomas C. Adams
1935 June
40
8-9
Typescript and final draft copies.
"Report on Water Supply of the Farmington Embayment, Supplements" (1 and 2)
40
10
Published letter of Margetts on points of Adams' Report; Adams' reply.
"Tentative Proposal for Shoreline Diking Project, Farmington Bay," T. C. Adams; "Second Proposal; Shore Line Diking Project, June 1935"; "An Agricultural and Industrial Development Project for the Great Salt Lake Basin," October, 1935, by T. C. Adams
40
11
Proceedings; Meeting of the Bonneville Drainage Basin Committee of the National Resources Planning Board (Diking Project p. 7-9)
1941 December 10
40
12
"Preliminary Report of Proposed Fresh Water Lake at Great Salt Lake, Utah," by International Engineering Co.
1958 August
40
13
"Comments on House Bill No. Wayman (creation of Great Salt Lake Improvement District)," by Adams?; "Justification for the Salt Lake Diking Project" Untitled paper on Utah Resources The Bear River Bay Drainage and Irrigation Project
40
14
Rough and Final Drafts of the "Jordan River Project," by T. C. Adams
40
15
"Water Supply for Steam Power Stations," by T. C. Adams Rough and final drafts
40
16
Notes on Zuyder Zee Reclamation (Netherlands); Notes on Brighton Drainage District.
"Power Production Costs," by Anderson
40
17
"Utah State Plan; A Preliminary Plan for the Salt Lake City, Ogden Region," by S. R. De Boer
40
18
"Approximate Cost of Salt Lake Sewage Treatment Plant," by T. C. Adams; "Davis County Drainage District #1"; "West Side Drainage"; "Salt Lake County Drainage District #2"; "The Hogle-Bothwell Tract"
40
19
"Willamette River Channel Dredging"
40
20
"Stability Tests; Logs of Foundation Borings"; "Borings on North Dike"
40
21
Notes Associated with Studies
40
22-26
"Report of Analysis Carried Out as a Part of the F. E. R. A. Project #S-F2-68 on the Waters Flowing into the Great Salt Lake, and on the Soils of the Lake Floor in Proximity to the Proposed Line of Diking" by the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
41
1-5
Field Register and Mud Samples
41
6-13
Water Supply Farmington Embayment--Full Flow; Additional Flow
41
14
Water Supply with Spillway at 4205 Level; 4203 Level
41
15
Water Supply, Bear and Farmington Embayment; 3/4 Flow
41
16
Evaporation Data, G52; Water Balance; Precipitation
41
17
Precipitation Charts; Stream Flow
41
18
Notes
41
19
Plans for Engineering Study; Project Applications and Authorization (F. E. R. A.) of Road to Antelope Island
41
20
Accounts
41
21
Personnel Lists
41
22
Act Creating Great Salt Lake Improvement Association
41
23
Notes on Bear River Duck Refuge; Jordan River; Maps and Charts; Newspaper Clippings
1934
41
24
Diking Projects, Field Notebooks
"Automobile Log," Thomas C. Adams
42
1
"Log of Hydrographer," Survey boat used in 1934 lake study
42
2
"Water Temperature, Etc., Great Salt Lake and Surveys"
42
3
"Salt Lake Diking; Triangulation Notes"
42
4-6
Stations L, Y, H, FR, LM, ND, SD, P, PP, S, NS, ND.
"Salt Lake Diking Investigation"
42
7
Triangulation Notes-Stations A, SA, B.
"Kashin; Shore Line; Black Rock & N."
42
8
Log Book number 1, Land party shoreline survey.
"Bradshaw; Shore Line; Vicinity of Black Rock"
42
9
Log book number 1 on the shore line survey.
"Bradshaw; Shore Line; West Side of Lake"
42
10
Log book number 2 on the shore line survey.
"Sevy & Madsen; North Dike and Sec. Cor."
42
11
"Conyers Soundings; Triangulation"
42
12
"Conyers Soundings; Triangulation"
42
13
"Ashby; soundings"
42
14
"Soundings; Triangulation"
42
15
Loose Sheets Included in "Automobile Log" (book 1)
42
1
Loose Sheets Included in "Soundings; Triangulation" (book 15)
42
2
Great Salt Lake Land Association
Material under this heading deals mainly with the issue of possession of title of accrued and relicted lands along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake.
Copy of Area Administrator's Decision Regarding Title to Land
1961 May 31
43
1-2
Copy of "Decision of Protest" by State of Utah
43
3
Copy of "Critical Discussion of a Statement; Ownership of the Lands of Great Salt Lake, Utah; Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the United States Senate," with copy of cover letter
43
4
Copy of Letter
43
5
Regarding Great Salt Lake Land Association position on "Lands of the Great Salt Lake, Utah; Possible Testimony on Fixed, Lower Property Boundary for Reliction Land," with letter of transmittal dated August 16, 1965; "Appendix to Discussion; Efforts of the State of Utah to Gain Control of Shore Lands of the Great Salt Lake, Utah." September 1965; Preliminary Confidential; "Ownership of the Bed of Great Salt Lake, Utah; Opinions Adopted by the Great Salt Lake Lands Association; October 1965"; Great Salt Lake-Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and Boat Harbor This section concerns two topics which are inter-related. Adams was very active in the formation and operation of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and consequently was a firm advocate of the development of the Great Salt Lake Boat Harbor on Great Salt Lake.
Correspondence and Related Papers
1934 April-October
43
6
Correspondence
1936
43
7
Includes revised project application forms for W. P. A. funding.
Correspondence and related papers
43
8
Including revised project applications (approved form), 1937 September; 1939 January-August
Correspondence and Related Papers
1939 August-September
43
9
Correspondence and Related Papers
1939 September-December
43
10
Correspondence
1940 January-November
43
11-13
Correspondence
1941-1945
43
14
Correspondence (final newsletters dissolving club)
1960 March-April
43
15
"A Cruise on Great Salt Lake," by Thomas C. Adams; Commodore Great Salt Lake Yacht Club
1933 September
43
16
Account of exploration of the lake...photographs accompanied this speech.
"Survey Report for Navigation, Boat Harbor on Great Salt Lake Near Garfield, Utah," Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army "Not for Public Release"
1949 April 1
43
17
"Articles of Incorporation of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club;" "By-Laws of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club;" "Information Concerning the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club;" "The Great Salt Lake Yacht Club; Advantage and Obligations of Membership;" "The Salt Lake County Public Boat Harbor;" "Financing of Construction and Operation of Salt Lake County Public Boat Harbor;" Brochure-"Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and Salt Lake County Yacht Harbor"
43
18
"Information Concerning Great Salt Lake; The Great Salt Lake Yacht Club; The Salt Lake County Public Yacht Harbor; No. One," includes photos, reports, copies of budgets, maps and copies of utility contracts
43
19
"Regulation Governing Construction of Private Breakwater Docks, Houses, and Salt Lake County Public Boat Harbor;" "Aids to Navigation for Yachtsmen on Great Salt Lake;" "Great Salt Lake (by Thomas C. Adams for Yachtsmen's Guide)"
43
20
"Compodium of Useful Information for Yachtsmen on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
43
21
"Great Salt Lake;" "A Catechism on Boating on Great Salt Lake"
43
22
Rough draft of "Notes on Boats for Great Salt Lake;" Final draft on "Notes on Boats for Great Salt Lake."
"Oscillation and Trend of Great Salt Lake," by R. A. Hart; "Temperature of Great Salt Lake in Utah and Comperative Data," by T. C. Adams
43
23
Rough and Final Copies of "Inboard Motors on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
43
24
Rough and Final Drafts of "Out Board Motors on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
43
25
Rough and Final Drafts of "Opportunities for Boating on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams; Proposed Improvement of the Lakes and River as the Great Salt Lake Basin for Navigation; Untitled Speech to Kiwanis Club; Article on Great Salt Lake, by T. C. Adams
43
26
Rough Drafts of Radio Scripts on Yacht Club and Boat Harbor, Interview with Adams
43
27
Rough Draft, "Boating on Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
43
28
Yacht Club and Boat Harbor
Constitution and By-Laws; Laws and Regulations
44
1
Membership lists also included.
Membership Lists, continued; Meeting Notes
44
2
Meeting Notes; Race Notes and Data
44
3
Race Notes and Data
44
4
Boat Record
44
5
Boat Record; Harbor General Estimates
44
6
Harbor General Estimates
44
7-8
Supplies and Fittings; Bursar's Account
44
9
Bursar's Account; Memo of Harbor Improvements
44
10
Miscellaneous
44
11
Computory Book; Harbor Plan Details
44
12
Harbor Plan Details
44
13-14
Harbor Contract and Charts
44
15
Includes lists of slip assignments and facility charts.
Harbor Contract; Requisitions
44
16-17
Budget Data
44
18
Utah Lumber Company Invoices (Utah Pioneer Roofing Company)
1936 January-February
44
19
Utah Lumber Company Invoices
1936 March-December
44
20-26
Utah Lumber Company Invoices
1937 February-1941 July
45
1-7
Utah Power & Light
1937 August-1941 March
45
8-9
Telephone Bills
1937 November-1940 April
45
10
Utah Junk Company
1936 March-1941 September
45
11
Utah State Land Office
45
12
Receipts and contracts; insurance receipts; general receipts.
Miscellaneous Invoices and Bills
1935 February-1938 November
45
13-18
Miscellaneous Invoices and Bills
1939 January-July
1940 March-September
1941 January
45
19
Notes: A-Z; Corporation List; Chamber of Commerce List
45
20-22
Old Personnel List: YC members; miscellaneous financial
45
23
"Plans and Building Instructions; Great Salt Lake; One-Design; 20-foot Sloop" by T. C. Adams; "Notes on Construction and Design; Great Salt Lake Shallow Draft Sloop," by T. C. Adams
45
24
20-foot Pressed Wood Sail Boat; rough draft and notes
45
25
"Boats Miscellaneous;" Propeller and Speed Data
45
26
Early Sail Boats
45
27
Early Sail Boats; Celeritas First 17-foot
45
28
24-foot Motor Boat
45
29
24-foot Motor Boat
45
30
23-foot Sail Boat; 14-foot Speed Boat; Hydrographer II
45
31
History
These are notes dealing primarily with the history of Great Salt Lake.
Great Salt Lake, Historical and General
46
1
Historical and General Notes; Great Salt Lake; Stansbury Journals
46
2
Stansbury Journal Microfilming Instructions; Bibliography of Newspaper Articles on Great Salt Lake, Deseret News (read by students for Adams)
1850-1855
46
3
Deseret News Articles
1856-1904
46
4-10
Great Salt Lake Studies
Studies of features of Great Salt Lake conducted and proposed by Adams. The earlier study (1932-1933) was undertaken in connection with the Great Salt Lake Diking Project. The later study (1962-1963) was a separate project.
Correspondence
1931-1941
47
1
Correspondence and Related Papers
1960-1961
47
2
Includes letters from George D. Clyde and Senator Frank Moss; also testimony by Adams before hearing of Sub-Committed on Public Lands, November 10, 1960.
Correspondence and Related Papers
1963-1965
47
3
Rough and Final Drafts of "Some Hydrolic Features of Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
47
4
Published version of article in The Utah Engineer, 1932 February.
Drafts of "Evaporation from Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
1933 June
47
5
Manuscript and Cover Letter, "What Will Happen to Great Salt Lake?" by T. C. Adams
1934
47
6
Preliminary rough draft of "Recent Natural Deposition of Salt from Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams, 1937-1938.
Corrected and Final Drafts of "Recent Deposition of Salt from Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams
47
7
Printers Copy of "Recent Deposition of Salt...," Copy of item as it appeared in Journal of Geology
1938 May-June
47
8
Rough Drafts of "Evidences of Recent Crustal Deformation at the North End of Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams Rough drafts of "Land Subsidence North of the Great Salt Lake, Utah
1937-1938
47
9
Printers Copy, "Land Subsidence North of the Great Salt Lake, Utah;" Copy of article reprinted from Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
1938 April
47
10
Preliminary Rough Draft, "Hydrology and Climatology of Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams (draft)
1932-1933
47
11
2nd, 3rd and 4th Drafts of "Hydrology and Climatology of Great Salt Lake"
47
12-14
Undated papers: "Form and Appearance of the Tufa Deposits in Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams; drafts of "Temperature of Great Salt Lake in Utah and Comparative Data," by T. C. Adams
47
15
First and Second Drafts, "Proposal; Foundation for Resource Study and Development; Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Areas;" Great Salt Lake Authority
1960 May
47
16
Rough Draft, "Features of the Limnology of Great Salt Lake Economic Significance"
1961
47
17
"Potentials for State Owned Resources Associated with the Great Salt Lake," Division of University Research, Utah State University, Rough draft of Manuscript on Great Salt Lake Study of 1963 by T. C. Adams
1963 February
47
18-19
Survey Notes
47
20
Diking Investigation Notes; Water Balance Computations
47
21
Water Balance Computations
47
22
Great Salt Lake Evaporation
47
23
Great Salt Lake Stream Flow
47
24
Great Salt Lake Stream Flow; Great Salt Lake Salt Concentration
47
25
Great Salt Lake Salt Concentration; Precipitation of Great Salt Lake Basin
47
26
Precipitation; Lake Levels; Map
1922
47
27
Lake Studies
Great Salt Lake Stage, Area, Volume
48
1
Great Salt Lake Area, Volume; Great Salt Lake Temperature
48
2
Township Plats; Meander Line Date; Xerox Copies of Meander Line Surveys
1913
48
3
Meander Line Survey Data; Meander Line Survey Data; Meander Line Survey Data
1875
1912
1913
48
4
Meander Line Survey Data
1886-1912
48
5
Meander Line Surveys
1885-1913
48
6-10
Maps and Chart Notes; Index; Maps and Displays on Partitioning; Computations and Tabulations for Partitioning; Tabulations of Meander Line Lengths
48
11
Maps and Chart Notes; Data for Construction of Map Projections; Notes on Survey Map; Working Charts; Survey
1878-1879
48
12
Maps and Chart Notes; Direct Tracings from 40th Parallel Survey Maps; Reduction from 1:24,000 to 1:250,000; Reductions from 1:24,000 to 1:72,000
48
13
Maps and Charts; Reductions from 1:24,000 to 1:72,000
48
14-15
Maps and Charts; Area and A-V Relocations; Geographic Positions; Relations Between Geographic Positions and Land Surveys; Pantograph Reductions; Road Location Data and Miscellaneous
48
16
Salt Migration
Material in this section deals with the problem of migration of salt and other minerals in solution into the north arm of the lake after completion of the railroad fill. (Note: Copied items on deteriorating paper have been recorded by xeroxing).
Correspondence
1962-1964
49
1-4
"Magnesium; Properties and Alloys; and the Water of the Great Salt Lake and Brines of the Salt Flats Near Salduro as Probable Sources of Magnesium," by A. G. Young; "The Recovery of Salt from the Waters of the Great Salt Lake," by J. M. Glossett and B. J. Anderson, June 11, 1961
1936 February
49
5
"The Recovery of Salts"
49
6
Includes notes inserted by T. C. Adams, pages 13-23.
"The Recovery of Salts...," pages 24-39; Chemical and Engineering News Quarterly Report on Current Prices
1962 October 29
49
7
"A Chemical Project at the Great Salt Lake," assembled by Adams (?) from letters and data of James G. Macey
1963 May
49
8
Address by N. R. Helgren, Manager; Saltair Plant, Morton Salt Company, "Salt Production From the Great Salt Lake;" "Some Aspects of the Physical Chemistry of Potash Recovery by Solar Evaporation of Brines," by Pablo Hadzeriga, pgs. 1-8
1963 August 15
49
9
"Some Aspects of the Physical Chemistry...," pgs. 9-19; Notes; Inspection of North Body of Great Salt Lake from Southern Pacific Railroad Company Embankment
1963
49
10
"Salt Migration to the Northwest Body of Great Salt Lake, Utah," reprinted from Science; Rules and Regulations Governing the Issuance of Mineral Leases, Utah State Land Board, amended June 1964; "Magnesium Needs Spur Rush to Great Salt Lake," from Chemical Week
1964
49
11
Notes in Salt Migration
49
12
Saltair
Papers in this section deal primarily with plans to reopen and restore Saltair Resort by Adams and the Saltair Restoration Division of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club.
Correspondence
1959-1964
50
1-2
"Leveling at Saltair, Utah" (includes sketch map); "Notes on Saltair and its Operation"; "Summary of Information Furnished by the Utah Park and Recreation Commission by Corps of Engineers Representative at a Meeting in Salt Lake City on 28 June 1960;" Copy of 1957 Senate Bill No. 62 establishing Citizens for Saltair; "The Restoration of Saltair at the Great Salt Lake, Utah," 1963 by Saltair Restoration Division
1933-1963
50
3
"Great Salt Lake; Saltair"
1961 July 19
50
4
Marked second draft; original xerox copy.
Saltair Report Abstract of Title
50
5
Prepared by Utah Savings and Trust Abstract Company, 1958 March 20.
Minutes
1961 October-December
50
6
Minutes
1961-1962
50
7
Minutes
1963 January-May
50
8-9
Includes proxy statement.
Minutes
1963 May
50
10-11
Copy of Code of the Saltair Restoration Division as adopted May 1, 1963. Agreement for professional services, T. C. Adams; revised organization of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, Inc.; rough drafts.
Minutes
1963 January-June
50
12-17
Includes estimate of justifiable investment and expense; Saltair Restoration.
Index-Field Notes; Surveys at Saltair
50
18
Index; Table of Contents
50
19
Table of Contents
50
20
Notes on Locations of Piles
50
21
Sections surveyed on various dates: September 14, 15, 17, 1961.
Dates of Pile Surveys
1961
50
22-24
Dates of Pile Surveys
1961
50
25-30
Dates of Pile Surveys
1961
51
1-8
Notes of Inspections of Saltair (damage inventory and pile inspection)
1961-1962
51
9-12
Dimensions and Notes
1961
51
13-17
Lease Notes
51
18-30
Field Notes and Sketches
51
31
Notes on Water Samples Taken At and Near Saltair
51
32
Lists of Exhibits and Dates for Promotion of Saltair Restoration; Saltair Financial Records
1955-1959
52
1
Material in box 52 involves plans by Kennecott Copper Corporation to dump tailings in the Great Salt Lake. Also included is data on plans of opposition to this proposal, prepared by Adams. Activity in this was closely associated with the Saltair project and the Saltair Restoration Division of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, Inc.
Saltair Financial Records
1958-1961
52
2
Also included are renovation and rebuilding notes.
Renovation and Rebuilding Notes and Drawings
52
3
General Notes; Window Diagrams and Notes
52
4
Notes and Sample Exhibits; Survey Notes
52
5
Correspondence and Related Papers
1963 June-1965 March
52
7-11
"Notes from Conversation with Mr. Otis Weeks, Friday, November 16, 1934-Conserving Operation of Lucine [sic] Cut-Off;" Memorandum Report by T. C. Adams (Great Salt Lake Diking Study); "Advance Report on Kennecott Tailings Problem," by Utah Geological and Mines Study; "Proposed Causeway Across South End of Great Salt Lake"; "Joint Resolution" (opposing tailings)
1963
52
12
"Statement by T. C. Adams...before the Great Salt Lake Authority;" "Memorandum, Reasons for Opposing Tailings;" "Pollution Committee Discusses Tailings Pond," from Utah Water News v. XII, No. 2 April 1964; "Tailings vs The Great Salt Lake and the People;" Sample of Tailings, May 1, 1964; "Agenda for Tailings Hearing Held at 10:00 A. M. May 1, 1964 in the State Office Buildings Auditorium;" "Statement by Earl J. Knudson, President, Great Salt Lake Lands Association, before the May 1, 1964 Hearing of the Great Salt Lake Authority"
1964 March 6
52
13
"Statement by Earl J. Knudson, President, Great Salt Lake Lands Association before the May 1, 1964 Hearing of the Great Salt Lake Authority;" final revision; "Statement of Norman R. Helgren, Submitted to Great Salt Lake Authority with respect to Hearings on Use of Tailings in the Great Salt Lake;" "Notes by Thomas C. Adams, Governor's Hearing on the Problems of Great Salt Lake Development
1965
52
14
"Tailings in the Great Salt Lake, A Critical Review," rough draft by T. C. Adams; "Truth About Tailings and the Great Salt Lake," rough draft by T. C. Adams; "Advance Sheet Booklet Opposing Tailings Dumping...Summary of Division's Position, Information Available for Distribution"
52
15-19
Notes on Saltair and Tailings, Tailing Test Study; Tailing Classifier; Tailings Supply Agreement and Causeway; May 1 Hearing; Outline of T. C. Adam's Presentation
52
20-23
Miscellaneous Materials
52
24
Sea Scouts (Great Salt Lake Yacht Club); Sewage disposal, "Protozoa in Great Salt Lake," and "Two Protozoans from Great Salt Lake," by David T. Jones; "Comment on Salt Lake Sewage Treatment Project and its relation to economy and civic progress," by T. C. Adams; "The Bacteriostatic and Bactericidal Action of Great Salt Lake Water," by Claude E. Zobell and D. Quentin Anderson.
Miscellaneous Writings
52
25
"Survival of E. Coli in Water from Great Salt Lake," by R. S. Fraser and C. J. Argall; Sewage Notes; "Salt Lake Basin Investigations, Terminal Tract, Land Classification," by A. T. Strahorn.
Miscellaneous Writings
52
26
"Desert Basin Research Project in Cooperation with the United States Geological Survey," by Max Erickson and Hugh Hamilton; "Search For a Lost Transport Plane in the Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams (rough drafts).
Miscellaneous Writings
52
27
"Search for a Lost Transport Plane in the Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams (rough drafts); "Searches for Lost Aeroplanes in the Great Salt Lake," by T. C. Adams.
Mining--Utah and The West
X
Mining Reports
This material includes, for the most part, mining reports accumulated by Adams in various phases of his career. Though a portion of the reports were by Adams, most appear to have come from an earlier period and were written by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr., and others.
"Appraisal Report, Mineral Deposit (Gravel, sand, fill Material), Dugway Proving Ground, "Report No. 1," by T. C. Adams
1951 April
53
1
"Appraisal Report...," No. 2.
"War Minerals Report, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines"
53
2
Thompson Magnesium Well, Grand County, Utah, Utah Magnesium Corporation from A. B. Young, marked "Personal and Confidential, Not for Publication," 1942.
Report on Potash
53
3
Lommasson Well No. 1, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 1934 by R. A. Chase and A. C. Nebeker.
"The Recovery of Potash from the Bonneville Deposits of Utah," by John Skogmark
53
4
A report on the operations at Wendover, Utah by the Bonneville Corporation, 1933.
"Memorandum, SUBJECT: Report of Conference, Yant, Parker with Officials of Utah Copper Co. Regarding Vehicular Tunnel" by William P. Yant
1936 April 13
53
5
"Memorandum, SUGJECT: Report of Conference and Calculations Regarding Ventilation of the Proposed Utah Copper Company Vehicular Tunnel at Bingham, Utah, May 19-22, 1936," by G. E. McElroy.
"Summary of Trip to Mines and Tunnels of the Copper Mining Districts in the Southwest," by E. S. McGlove; "Reports, Mines, United States," Includes: "Reports on Iron Property Near Jacksonville, Michigan," "Preliminary Geological Report on the Carlisle Mining Company, Steeple Rock, New Mexico," by C. W. Botsford, May 1918; "The Bluestone Copper Mine," Lyon County, Nevada, by Martin J. Jeller and J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Bid Dick Iron Property," Franklin Harbor, Lake Superior
1940 September-October
53
6
Reports
53
7
Includes: "Reports, Uranium Prospects, Utah"; "Geologic Report of a group of Mining Claims situated in the San Rafael Reef Mining District, August 25, 1955"; "Geological Report of the Hidden Valley Claim," by Zeem R. Moore, October 21, 1955; "General Summary...Uranium Cliams Located in Fremont County, Wyoming"; "Geological Report of a Group of Mining Claims Situated in the San Rafael Mining District..." (Final draft of first report above) by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr., August 25, 1955; "Preliminary Geologic Report of a Group of Mining Claims situated in the Ten Mile Area, Grand County, Utah," October 20, 1954, by B. G. Cobb; "A General Summary of the Uranium Ore Possibilities...of Claims Located in Grand County, Utah," June 22, 1955, by Keith Browne; "Geologic Report on White Canyon Area," by Grant L. Shumway, added note by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Various Mine Data, Costs, Etc., 1914," United States and foreign mines, collected by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.
"Report on the Mason Valley Mines Company's Properties (Yerington District, Nevada)" by L. Humphreys and J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "The Nevada-Douglas and Ludwig Ores (Yerington District), June 10, 1908, by E. P. Jennings and J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.
1908 September 30
53
8
Reports
53
9
Includes: "Inspection of Mills and Smelters in Montana and Utah," by S. K. Dahl; "Preliminary Report on the Kotsina Chitina District, July 1911," by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Report on the Lake McKinley Mining District, July 1911," by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Preliminary Report on the Spirit Mountain and Tiekel Mining District," October 10, 1911, by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "A Report on the Fidalgo Alaska Copper Company's Property," November 28, 1910, by Lewis A. Levensaler and J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Report on the Tjosevig Property, Valdez Mining District," by Lewis A. Levensaler; "Preliminary Report on the Valdez Gold District," May 31, 1911, by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.; "Preliminary Report on Prince William Sound," October 10, 1911, by J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr.
"Reports: Kotsina and Chitiva, Prince Willaim Sound, Alaska" Includes: "Report on the Kotsina and Chitiva Valleys," by Lewis A. Levensaler; "Report on Prince William Sound," December 12, 1910, by Lewis A. Levensaler; "Report on Kotsina-Chitiva District," December 6, 1910, by Lewis A. Levensaler
1909-1910
53
10
"General Report, Yates Oil Pool," Pecos, County, Texas by Peter P. Gregory, Chairman, Yates Pool Engineering Committee
1933 July
53
1
Correspondence
53
11
Concerning the development of bentonite deposits near Cannonville, Utah. Most of the letters are addressed to and from Dr. Henry Eyring of the University of Utah, 1958 March -July.
Correspondence, Notes, and Pamphlets on Bentonite
1958 July
53
12
City Planning
XI
Material in this section concerns city planning and urban renewal. A large portion deals with Adam's efforts to halt widening of State Street through the old Eagle Gate.
Correspondence
1958-1961
54
1-3
"Information Sheets, Urban Renewal Projects," by T. C. Adams
1960 April
54
4
Notes, Rough Drafts, Urban Renewal
54
5
"Greater Salt Lake Metropolitan Streets Committee"; "Four Year Program for Metropolitan Planning"; Notes and Rough Drafts on Metropolitan Planning
54
6
Notes and Rough Drafts on Metropolitan Planning
54
7
Rough Drafts
54
8
Statements concerning removal of Eagle Gate.
Statements and Items
54
9
Concerning Adams plans for remodeling of State Street to save Eagle Gate.
"Salt Lake Civic Center Study," Ebasco Services Incorporated
54
10
Field Notes and Diagrams; Urban Planning for Salt Lake City
54
11-15
Sewage Treatment
XII
Correspondence
1963 October
55
1
Letter concerning Salt Lake City Sewage Treatment Project.
Acts, Bills, Standards
55
2
"State of Utah, Water Pollution Control Act, 1953"; Chapter 25 H. B. #204 "Sewage Improvement Districts"; "Data on Recent Sewage Treatment Plant Construction, 1954"; "The Standards of Quality and the Regulations for Water Classifications"; "Report of Citizen's Committee on Storm Sewers, Sewage Disposal and Finance."
Acts, Bills, Standards
55
3
"Water Classification and Standards Tentatively Adopted by Utah Water Pollution Control Board, 1954"; "Data on Municipal Sewage Systems in Utah, 1953."
Acts, Bills, Standards
55
4
"Tentative Standards for Sewage Works, September 1951."
"Plans, Specifications, and Planning Report, Sewage System, Hyrum, Utah" by T. C. Adams
1948
55
1
Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (SPEE)
XIII
This group was closely associated with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Adams was fairly active in the organization throughout the period he was teaching at the University of Utah. After he left the University, his interest in the organization appeared to wane.
Correspondence
1937-1941
56
1-7
Reports, Papers, Notes of Meetings
56
8
SPEE Summer School for Engineering Teachers, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, July 1930; Programs, notes, field trips.
Reports, Papers, Notes of Meetings
56
9
SPEE Summer School for Engineering Teachers, Stevens
Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, July 1932 Program, Notes.
Reports, Papers, Notes of Meetings
1937
56
10
SPEE, Johnsonburg, New Jersey Conference, cont.; SPEE Annual Meeting of the Pacific Southwest Section of the SPEE, Los Angeles Junior College, December 1937; SPEE 45th Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June-July, 1937.
Programs, Notes, Papers
1937 July-August
56
11-13
SPEE Summer Surveying Conference, Camp Marston, Ranier, Minnesota.
Programs, Notes, Reports
1938
56
14-15
SPEE New York Meeting, 1937 Conference reunion, January 1938; SPEE 46th Annual Meeting, College Station, Texas, June 1938; Includes final report of Camp Marston Conference.
Programs, Notes
1939
56
16
SPEE Missouri Regional Conference of Surveying Teachers, April 1939, Rolla, Missouri Hydraulies Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, June 12-15, 1939 47th Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pennsylvania, June 19-23, 1939 Pacific Southwest Section, SPEE, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, December 1939
Program, Notes
1940 June
56
17
48th Annual Meeting, SPEE, University of California, Berkley, California.
Reports
1940 December
56
18
Reports Pacific Southwest Section, University of Southern California.
Programs
1941 June
56
19
Programs Hydrology Conference, State College, Pennsylvania.
Correspondence
1941 May-September
57
1-2
Reports, Papers and Programs
57
3
"Report on the First Meeting...National Congress on Surveying and Mapping," June 16-18, 1941; Telephone directory NCSM; Membership application; Notices and programs.
Reports and Papers
57
4
Constitution - NCSM "Record of Actions and Discussion...Business Sessions...NCSM," June 1941; Resolutions.
Papers and Reports
57
5
NCSM, Agenda for Executive Committee "Reports, Subcommittees of Organization Committee" Report, NCSM.
Reports
57
6-7
NCSM Report.
Notes, Rough Drafts
57
8-14
Notes, statements, rough drafts, notes of meetings, straw ballots, business meeting notes, organization committee notes.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS)
XIV
Adams was appointed State Representative for the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1933-1934. This work was part of the Public Works Administration (for a time).
Correspondence
1932-1935
58
1-9
Regulations
58
10
Instructions
58
11-14
Reports
58
15-16
Miscellaneous Papers
58
17-27
Notes, blank forms, smaple forms, bench mark lists.
Notes; Bench Mark Lists
59
1-7
Bench Mark Lists; "Descriptions and Elevations for Bench Marks, Utah"
1934
59
1
Field Notes
59
2
University Of Utah
XV
Thomas C. Adams was a member of the faculty of the University from August 1927 until July 1, 1941, when his forced resignation became effective. Material in this portion of the collection deals with the personal and professional conflicts which led to his dismissal, in addition to the notes, course outline, papers, and other data relating to the teaching of his classes over a twelve year period. The majority of the correspondence included in this portion of the collection concerns the controversy that Adams became involved in which ended in his dismissal. Much of the correspondence is very revealing of Adam's personality.
Correspondence
1924-1930
60
1
Letters dealing with early conflicts and problems with Adams and his supervisors.
Correspondence
1931-1932
60
2
Continued problems with other faculty members.
Correspondence
1933-1937
60
3
Correspondence
1938 January-November
60
4
Includes letter concerning Adam's attempts to be appointed head of the Department of Civil Engineering.
Correspondence
1939 January-December
60
5-9
Beginning notes of final conflict, also includes notice that Diefendorf was appointed as head of Department of Civil Engineering.
Correspondence
1940 January-November
60
10-23
Correspondence
1941-1942
60
24-25
Adams appealed to the American Association of Universities to intervene in his case.
Hydraulics Laboratory
Reports
61
1
"Test of Current Meter #2433, Hydraulic Laboratory, June 18, 1932";
"Laboratory Instruction in Hydraulics and Related Subjects, University of Utah."
Reports
1930
61
2
"Economic Feasibilty of an Enlarged Hydro-Electric Power Plant Hydraulic Laboratory of the University of Utah."
Notes on Lab
61
3-4
Reports and Papers
61
5-6
"The Civil Engineering Department of the University of Utah," by T. C. Adams (rough draft and final draft).
Report
61
1
"Meeting of Administrative Council, University of Utah, Tuesday, October 29, 1940, 2:00 p.m."; Rough draft of minutes and Adam's comments regarding meeting.
Reports and Papers
61
2
"Thomas Diefendorf, Taylor and Adams Before the Administrative Council of the University of Utah, October, 29th to 31st, 1940
Final draft of minutes with Adam's comments. This was the record of Adam's final hearing, resulting in a vote to request Adam's resignation from the faculty.
Job Controversy
Adam's Education and Experience (biographical data to 1940)
62
1
Rough Draft
1940
62
2
Letter regarding alleged misuse of sabbatical leave. Correspondence summaries.
Notes
1940 September 26
62
3
On backgrounds of Taylor and Diefendorf, hearing notes, exhibits.
Notes
62
4
Data on Diefendorf & Taylor. "Diefendorf's Machinations and Failings."
Notes
1940 September 26
1941
62
5
Hydraulics laboratory; hearing notes and hearing; later notes.
Notes
62
6
Report on Civil Engineering Department status; early notes.
Notes
62
7
Student petition; personal information; chronologies; correspondence lists and summaries.
Notes
62
8
Correspondence lists and summaries.
Correspondence
1935 October
62
9
National Youth Administration (NYA).
Notes and Miscellaneous Papers
62
10-12
Timesheets; assignment slips; personal schedules; notes; personnel lists.
Promotion Data File (Adams)
62
13
Rough drafts of letters written by Adams recommending himself for promotion, to be signed by others; draft of letter to Thomas.
Promotion Data File (Adams)
62
14
Notes and miscellaneous career data; includes memo titled"...things which I would like said in proper quarters or generally which would enhance my reputation along desirable lines."
Promotion Data File (Adams)
1939
62
15
Notes and miscellaneous career data.
Research
This material consists of papers and notes concerning Foundry Sand testing. Adams began this project as a student at Cornell University, but completed it after becoming an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah.
Reports
1924
63
1
"Testing Moulding Sands to Determine their Permeability," by T. C. Adams. Pages 1-65.
Reports
63
2
"Accuracy of Foundry Sand Bond Test Results and Comparison of Different Tests...," by T. C. Adams; "Instructions for Setting Up and Operating the American Foundryman's Association Permeability Apparatus and Rammer," by T. C. Adams; "Summary of Method for Grading Foundry Sands..."
Report
63
3
"Recent Foundry Sand Research," by T. C. Adams.
Report
63
4
"Strength Test of Foundry Sands," by T. C. Adams.
Reports
63
5
"Report on Calibration of Foundry Sand Compression Testing Apparatus," with cover letter; Discussion of Report...by T. C. Adams, with cover letter.
Reports
63
6
"Tension Attachment for Moving Fulcrum Foundry Sand Bond Tester"; "Notes on Tests of Simplow Permeability Apparatus"; "The Occurrence and Use of Foundry Sands in Utah."
Reports
63
7
"Strength Testing Apparatus and Test Procedures"; "Tests Made to Determine Rate of Loading..."; "Synopsis: Apparatus for Determining the Strength of Foundry Sands."
Reports and Miscellaneous
63
8
"Proving Test of Simplow Permeability Apparatus"; "Report on Compression Testing of Molding Sands" Letters Comment on the Bond Test of Moulding Sand.
Drawings and Designs of Compression Apparatus
63
9
Lists of Samples, Collection Points (Utah)
63
10
Field Notes; Foundry Data; Register of Samples; Miscellaneous
63
11
Correspondence
1938-1939
63
12
Correspondence
1939-1940
63
13
Correspondence
1940 April-August
63
14
Report of Inspection (Psi Chapter, Montana) Notes.
Papers
"Concrete-Permanent or Ephemeral?" by R. A. Hart; "Manual of Firing Methods," by the Smokeless City Committee, Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce
1927
1930
64
1
"Contract Papers for the Construction of Curb and Gutter and Apartment Work on the Campus of the University of Utah"; "Contract Papers for the Construction...,"
1931 June
64
2
Blueprints of Curb and Gutter
64
3
To accompany contract in folder 2.
"Memorandum" (Regarding depression), by H. C. G.; "Speech at Tanner's Flat, August 15, [1934?], by Co. Commissioner
1931 September
64
4
"East High School Fuel Tests, Gas vs. Coal" by Howard Baker
1931-1932
64
5
"The Economy of Engineering Design," by T. C. Adams, Pages 1-20, 21-40, 41-59, and as published
1935 January
64
6-9
"Waste Disposal Systems," by T. C. Adams; "Discussion of the Engineering Accreditization Conducted by the Engineer's Council for Professional Development," by T. C. Adams; Untitled Paper on Science and Social Progress
64
10
"Engineering Accrediting and Engineering Education," by T. C. Adams; "Traffic Control and Regulation," by T. C. Adams; "Streets and Highways," by T. C. Adams
64
11
"Design of Cities and Regions, City and Regional Planning," by T. C. Adams; "Engineering Services to Municipalities," by T. C. Adams; "Items of Public Business," by T. C. Adams; "Safety in Road Movement of Vehicles," by T. C. Adams; "Stop Signs," by T. C. Adams
64
12
"Introducing the Engineering Student to Recent Major Problems of Engineering Economics," by T. C. Adams; "Consulting Engineers for Public Work," by T. C. Adams; "Data on Engineering Graduates From Utah Colleges," by T. C. Adams
64
13
"Comment on the Nature of Engineering and Some of Its Professional Aspects," by T. C. Adams
64
14
Rough and final drafts.
"Civil Engineering," by T. C. Adams; "Industrial Development in Utah," by T. C. Adams; "Outline for Series of Lectures on Industrial Factors of Utah..." by T. C. Adams
64
15
"Basis of Industrial Development," by T. C. Adams; Rough and final drafts; "Depression Teaches Prosperity," by T. C. Adams
64
16
"An Honest Dollar by the Use of Symmetalism," by R. B. Ketchum; "Expansion and Contraction in Concrete Pavements," by T. C. Adams; "Regulation of Underground Water Rights," by T. C. Adams
64
17
"Regulation of Underground Water Rights," by T. C. Adams (rough draft); "Proposed Tunnel Construction (University of Utah Steam Tunnel)," by T. C. Adams; "Seasonal Variation of Water Supply," by J. Wesley Noall (with cover letter)
64
18
"Uniform Controls for Engineering Surveys," by T. C. Adams; "Notes on Economics of Engineering"
64
19
"Professional Advancement and Engineering Education," by T. C. Adams; "Engineering Education and Professionalism," by T. C. Adams; "Engineering Professionalism," by T. C. Adams
64
20
"Concrete Extension Course"
64
21-25
Lessons 1, 2, 3, and examination, outlines, lists, by T. C. Adams.
Notes
General Notes-Notes and data on general economic and community subjects.
Notes on classes taught and other university work.
Economic Data
1934
65
1
Data on Utah Light and Traction Company, Traffic surveys-Salt Lake City, Utah.
Traffic Surveys
65
2
Regional Land Office Sites and notes on Power Generation in Utah, including Murray City Power.
Power Generation
65
3
"Report on Municipal Light Plant for Richfield, Utah," 1931; "Water Power Resources Tributary to Salt Lake City, Utah."
Resources of Utah
65
4
Notes on Textbooks and Journals Used in the C. E. Department.
Bibliographies of Engineering Subjects
65
5
"Library Data"
65
6
Engineering Library Committee. Notes on Classwork and General University Matters.
Lecture Notes; Roll and Registration Slips
1922
65
7
Class Conduct Questionaire; Engineering Economics
65
8
Engineering Graduates; Engineering Class Data
1893-1940
65
9-10
Elementary Surveying
65
11
Location of campus bench marks and buildings, ca. 1933.
Inventories of Engineering Equipment for Department
1927-1938
65
12-16
Civil Engineering Department Fiscal Data (also some Utah Academy)
1939-1940
65
17-19
University Power Plant Accounts
1928 March-1933 July
65
20-22
Monthly account.
University Power Plant Statements
1929 January-1933 May
65
23-25
Account Summaries.
University Power Plan Accounts and Summaries
65
26-27
Notes
66
1
Letter Register; Departmental Accounts; Instrumental Records; Miscellaneous Civic and Political Notes; List of Characteristics of "Individuals Who Stimulate My Dislike," by T. C. Adams.
Notes
66
2-7
Notes for Engineering Economics 167; Class Evaluations; Notes for Elementary Surveying 40.
Notes
66
8-15
Notes for Elementary Surveying 40; Notes on Field Problems in Campus Mine; Irrigation and Drainage 204.
Hydraulic Power Engineering 206
66
16-17
Notes
66
18
Elementary Reinforced Concrete Design, Engineering 128; Municipal Engineering 136; Construction Engineering 133.
Notes
66
19
Railroad Permanent Way, Engineering 123; Specifications, Engineering 166; Technical Composition.
Notes
66
20
Technical Composition; Graphic Statics, Engineering 176; Materials Testing Lab.
Notes
66
21
Materials Testing Lab; Water Supply, Engineering 130.
Water Supply, Engineering 130
66
22
Notes
66
23
Structural Analysis Engineering 140Steel Bridge and Truss Design; Engineering 126; Hydraulics Lab 201.
Hydraulics Lab 201
66
24-25
Hydraulics Lab, Diagrams and Plans; Equipment Lists
66
26
Class Notes, Industrial Management, Engineering 169
66
27-28
Engineering 169
66
29
"Faults of College Students in Engineering"; Class Criticisms and Exams.
Notes
66
30
Valuation Engineering, Field Trips; Highway Engineering 192;
Engineering 243; Engineering 131 (Sewage); Mechanical Drawing 15.
Hydraulics 200
66
31
Field Notebooks
Campus Survey Notes
67
1-8
A detailed description, by students, of building dimensions and locations for the campus in 1934.
Campus Surveys
1925-1930
67
9-16
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
Adams was Secretary of the Academy for three years from 1939-1941. His insistence on holding this office was one factor contributing to his dismissal from the University of Utah.
Correspondence
1938-1940
68
1
Correspondence, Letters
1940 November
1941 March
68
2
Includes a draft of an account by Adams of his troubles at the University of Utah, attempting to show the Academy should come to his aid.
Paper
68
3
Rough and final drafts of a paper by Adams, "Marcus E. Jones, A Sketch." Also publication policy and suggestions to authors.
Academy Constitution
1940
68
4
Minutes of American Association for the Advancement of Science (Pacific Division), annual meeting.
Academy Financial Notes; Academy Blank Forms
68
5
Notes
1940-1941
68
6-7
Blank Forms; Membership Lists.
Utah Engineering Council
1929 May-1933 April
1939 April-May
1940 January-March
68
8-11
Correspondence, minutes, and miscellaneous.
Water Systems
XVI
Bountiful, Utah to North Salt Lake, Utah
"Engineering Service Contract, Bountiful Water Sub-Conservancy District and Thomas C. Adams and Nielsen and Reeve, Consulting Engineers, Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah"
69
1
"Specifications for Labor and Materials required for the Repairs of the Centerfield Pipe Line. Located in Sanpete County, Utah," PWA Docket #8078
1934 November 6
69
2
"Specifications for Labor and Materials Required for the Construction of and Improvements to a Waterworks System for the Town of Emery, Emery County, Utah" PWA Docket #1672
1936 November 6
69
3
"Specifications for Labor and Materials Required for the Construction of and Improvements to a Waterworks System for Garland City, Utah," PWA Docket #1002-R
1936 August
69
4
"Specifications for Labor and Material required for the Construction of and Improvements to a Water System for the Town of Goshen, Utah," PWA Docket #1039-D
1936 November 30
69
5
"Specifications for Labor and Materials required for the repairs of the Gunnison Pipe Line, located in Sanpete County, Utah," PWA Docket #4684
1934 November 6
69
6
"Kanab Waterworks Project," PWA Docket #6951, "Specifications"
1934 December 10
69
7
North Salt Lake Correspondence
1948-1954
69
8-13
Correspondence
1955 January-December
69
14-18
Includes notice of Adams' dismissal from all duties and services.
Correspondence
1956-1957
69
19-20
Includes billings for services rendered.
Reports
69
21
"Subdivision Standards, Davis County, Utah"; "Specifications for Motor Fire Apparatus for the Town of North Salt Lake"; Agreement between Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County Drainage District. No. 2, dated 1925; "Description, Annexation No. 1 to North Salt Lake City, Davis County, Utah, April 21, 1952.
General
1952-1953
69
22
"Howard vs. North Salt Lake"-Petition and Complaint; Subpoena of Adams, August 1952; "Howard vs. No. Salt Lake"-Answer, August 1952; Minutes of Meeting, No. Salt Lake Board of Trustees, April 6, 1953.
"Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers for the Construction of a Waterworks Improvement-1953 Constructino, Town of North Salt Lake"
1953 September
69
23
Minutes of Meeting, North Salt Lake Board of Trustees
1953 October 19
69
24
"Contract Between O. S. L. R. R., U. P. R. R. and Town of North Salt Lake, 1954"; Pipe Line Agreement, Bamberger R. R. and Town of North Salt Lake, 1954.
"Instructions, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers... Drilling of a Water Well...Town of North Salt Lake..."
1954 May
69
25
"Plans, Specifications, and Other Contract Papers...Water Works Improvement-Initial Pipe Line Construction, 1954, Town of North Salt Lake..."
1954 May
69
26
General
1954-1955
69
27
"Agreement for the Supply of Water Service for Fire Protection"; "Notice, Special Bond Election, April 27, 1955"; Minutes of Meeting, North Salt Lake Board of Trustees, May 16, 1955.
North Salt Lake
North Salt Lake Pump Station and Reservoir, Manual: Invoices, Control Center and Electrical Instruments
70
1
Notes and Cost Record Sheets; Operation Instruction Sheet; Cudahy Lane Reservoir.
North Salt Lake Pump Station and Reservoir Manual: Pressure instruments, miscellaneous sheets, North Salt Lake, planning data and sketches, descriptions, small maps, layout and dimensions of maps, street sections-curb and gutter
70
2
Planning Data & Sketch
70
3-6
Highway interstate details; highway map section; detail maps, town section and individually written descriptions; spring property, plots and description; town hall sketches; fire equipment and data.
North Salt Lake Waterworks, Construction Record-Book One; Pipeline Construction; Initial 1954 Pipleline Construction
70
7-9
North Salt Lake Waterworks, Construction Record-Book Three: (no book two) Pump Station; Miscellaneous Invoices
70
10-16
North Salt Lake Waterworks, Construction Records-Book Four: Drilling 16 Inch Well; Drilling 12 Inch Well; General Summaries
70
17-18
Field Notes
70
19-21
North Salt Lake Waterworks.
North Salt Lake Maps and Drawings
70
22
North Salt Lake Waterworks Drawings
70
23
North Salt Lake Notes
70
24-26
"Specifications...Reservoir #3 for Ogden City Corporation, P. W. A. Docket No. 883"
1935 January 31
70
27
"Specifications...Water Meters, Water Meter Boxes, and Water Meter Box Covers...Ogden City, P. W. A. Docket #883"
1935 February 6
70
28
"Abstracts on Advisory Board Report of Engineers on Proposed Water Supply Development for Salt Lake City"
70
29
Bid Announcement and Proposal for Enlarging the Mountain Dell Dam, 1924.
"Prospectus, $725,000, Salt Lake County, Utah Water Conservancy District, General Obligation Bonds"
1953
70
30
"Specifications for...Waterworks System for the Town of Wellington, Utah, P. W. A. Docket #8067"
1934
70
31
Miscellaneous
XVII
Dubois Fish Hatchery, Dubois, Wyoming, Correspondence, Notes, Cost Estimates
1934
71
1-2
A. S. C. E. Agenda, Papers
71
3-4
Engineer's Council for Professional Development
71
5
Federated Security Insurance Building (Moxum Hotel)
1955
71
6-7
Notes and correspondence.
Papers by Adams on Floods in Salt Lake City
71
8
Report of Projects and Activities Committe
71
9
Kiwanis Club, notes, 1939, notes.
Kiwanis Club Paper
71
10
Rough draft by Adams.
Municipal Facilities Foundation Correspondence and Notes
1959
71
11-12
Parowan Street Improvements
1954
71
13
Field notes and sketches.
Sewage Disposal Correspondence, Notes
71
14
Speeches
71
15
"Atomic Energy and Power," by T. C. Adams; "Professional Services by Higher Educational Institutions of a Commercial Nature," by T. C. Adams; "National Engineering Week," by T. C. Adams; Responses to Editorials Regarding Federal Support of Public Works and Rural Electrification.
Telephone Systems
71
16
Millard County Telephone vs. Fillmore City "complaint" 1950 includes letters; Salmon River-Lost River, Idaho Telephone system.
Utah School for the Deaf and Blind
71
17
"Specifications of Additions to Heating Plant at the Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind, Ogden, Utah, P. W. A. Docket #1-45-R."
Addendum--Saltair
XVIII
1986
Myron Sutton Addendum
Saltair Restoration-Correspondence
1961-1967
72
1
Saltair Restoration--Memorandums
72
2
Saltair Restoration and Great Salt Lake--Public Statements
72
3
Saltair Restoration--Clippings
1965-1971
72
4
Saltair Restoration--Miscellaneous
72
5
Great Salt Lake-Pamphlets
72
6
Oversize Materials
Great Salt Lake Diking Project Topagraphic Maps
73
1-2
Great Salt Lake Charts
73
3
Oversize
73
4