AHJ_ah02783 Inventory of the Harry W. Bashore papers, 1867-1971 (bulk 1913-1955) Bashore, Harry W. Processed by Kathryn Brooks The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2011

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Brooks January 2011 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Bashore, Harry W. Harry W. Bashore papers 1867-1971 (bulk 1913-1955) 02783 26.97 cubic ft. (56 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Contains materials relating to Bashore's work as an engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation and other special projects. Biography of Harry W. Bashore

Harry W. Bashore (1880-1973), an engineer, worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1906-1945. He worked on water reclamation projects in Oregon, Washington, California and Wyoming from 1927-1933. He became assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation in 1933 and was in charge of all irrigation projects in the West. Bashore became commissioner of the Bureau in 1943 and retired in 1945 and worked as a consulting engineer. In 1952 he consulted on irrigation projects in Israel and helped to work out a treaty between Pakistan and India over the use of the Indus river.

 Scope and Content

Collection contains materials relating to Bashore's work as an engineer, including subject files on reclamation projects on the Colorado River Basin and the Missouri River Basin, the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Reclamation Association, and the India-Pakistan water dispute (1938-1965); reports by Bashore on water reclamation and irrigation in Israel and the Colorado River Basin (1943-1968); miscellaneous maps (1943-1968); correspondence (1940-1965); newspaper clippings (1938-1953); and three 78 rpm phonograph records on Boulder Dam, renamed the Hoover Dam in 1947, entitled "Man is a Giant."

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Harry W. Bashore at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Harry W. Bashore in 1968. An accretion to the collection was made in 1976 by the estate of Harry W. Bashore.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in January 2011.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms United States. Bureau of Reclamation. National Reclamation Association. Dams -- West (U.S.) Water resources development -- West (U.S.) Water reuse -- West (U.S.) Water reuse -- Israel. Water rights -- India. Water rights -- Pakistan. Irrigation -- Israel. Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Missouri River. Maps. Phonograph records. Engineers. Agriculture and Natural Resources Water and Water Rights Politics, Government, and Law Science, Technology and Health Technology Container List Series I. Bureau of Reclamation 1902-1971

Contains reports, correspondence, maps, photos, conference proceedings, manuals, and various publications by the Bureau of Reclamation, relating to Bashore's work as an engineer for the Bureau.

 2 All-American Canal Project 1945 2 Arkansas -- White-Red River Basins 1949-1952 20 Basin survey estimating data 1944 19 Bureau of Reclamation Annual Conference 1949-1952 18 Bureau of Reclamation documents 1945-1963 23 Bureau of Reclamation projects - photos and postcards undated 20 California state water project 1946, 1961, 1963 20 California water conference 1945 December 41 Canals 1947-1948 47 Colorado River Basin states - maps 1956 6 Colorado River Commission Second Annual Report 1951 3 Colorado River Project 1930-1964 4 Colorado River Project 1915-1945 5 Colorado River Project 1936-1938 6 Colorado River Project 1937-1938, 1947 48 Colorado River Storage Project progress report 1960 40 Colorado River 1946-1954 21 Colorado Water Conservation Board 1950-1952 7 Columbia River Basin 1926-1954 8 Columbia River Basin 1927-1934 34 Concrete manual 1942 October 54 Dams 1952-1956 21 Debate about Valley authorities 1944-1952 47 Echo Park Dam controversy and Upper Colorado River Commission (draft) undated 42 Employees U.S.B.R. 1930-1952 47 Engineering Advisory Committee to Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission 1948 43 Excess Land Provisions of the Federal Reclamation Laws and the Payment of Charges, part one 1956 19 International water problems 1951, 1953 21 Interstate water compacts 1785-1941 19 Investigation of administration 1949 54 Maps - North Platte Project 1936-1960 54 Maps to accompany First Annual Report of the Reclamation Service 1902-1903 34 Maps to accompany Third Annual Report of the Reclamation Service 1903-1904 35 Maps 1906-1910 20 Metropolitan water district of Southern California 1953 9 Missouri River Basin 1944-1951 10 Missouri River Basin 1941-1951 11 Missouri River Basin 1920-1971 12 Missouri River Basin 1919-1960 13 Missouri River Basin 1949-1955 14 Missouri River Basin 1915-1963 15 Montana - Hungry Horse Dam 1948-1951 22 National Reclamation Association - convention 1947-1965 22 National Reclamation Association - correspondence 1946-1953 21 National Reclamation Association 1944-1965 34 National Reclamation Association 1942-1959 20 Natural resources development circa 1951 23 Nebraska - hearings of Department of Roads and Irrigation 1948-1949 23 Nebraska Irrigation Association 1946-1948 23 Nebraska Wasserburger water suits 1964-1966 54 North Platte 1929-1962 45 Official Records of Proceedings - Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission, vols. I-III 1948 44 Official Records of Proceedings - Upper Colorado River Commission 1949-1952 16 Panama Canal 1930 February 56 Phonograph: "Man is a Giant" - The Story of Boulder Dam (parts 1-6) undated 34 Post-war Economic Policy and Planning - S. Res. 102 1944 June 6 42 Power 1941-1948 4 Printed materials -- California water 1951-1956 19 Procedures 1942, 1945 54 Proceedings of the First Conference of Engineers of Reclamation Service 1903 September 43 Program conference - Regional and Branch directors 1948 18 Reclamation-related printed materials 1926-1959 20 Recreation undated 52 Scrapbooks - Mississippi River and T.V.A. 1937 January 49 Soil and Water Research Report and Recommendations 1951 34 Specimen Field Notes and Plates for Subdivisions of Sections and Surveys of Farm Units and Townsites 1909 August 42 Staff Program Conference 1947 43 Statements about irrigation 1946-1958 4 Summary -- Tulare Project undated 17 Tennessee Valley Authority 1936-1937, 1941 48 Upper Colorado River Basin Compact 1948 47 Upper Colorado River Commission Reports 1964-1969 48 Upper Colorado River Commission 1950-1963 48 Upper Colorado River Compact Commission Inflow-Outflow Manual 1949 August 17 Vale (Oregon) Project 1926-1930 18 Vale (Oregon) Project 1929-1932 20 Washington, D.C. conference 1947 Series II. India-Pakistan Water Dispute 1903-1967

This series contains notes, correspondence, reports, blueprints, maps, and informational materials on the region.

 24 Blueprints and maps 1953 54 Composition book - Indus Basin 1953-1954 24 Indus Basin dispute working papers 1952 24 Indus Basin water dispute materials 1954-1955 54 Irrigation in India, second edition, with letters 1903, 1952 24 Maps 1950-1952 54 Orissa, India; Khosla, Governor 1959-1967 54 Pakistan-India documents and correspondence 1952-1965 54 Publications treaty and misc. India-related documents 1953-1960 26 Reports - India-Pakistan 1944-1952 26 Review of construction progress - Marala-Ravi Link Canal, Pakistan 1954 October 24 World Bank - Mediation of India - Pakistan water dispute - itinerary 1953 24 World Bank - Mediation of India - Pakistan water dispute - reports 1954 24 World Bank - Mediation of India - Pakistan water dispute - working papers 1954 24 World Bank - Mediation of India - Pakistan water dispute 1952-1954 Series III. Israel 1867-1956

Contains reports, maps, and photos.

 53 Commission on Palestine surveys 1946 53 Conference on water planning - NYC 1956 53 Geological Report on Important Hydro Projects 1954-1955 53 Israel construction report - fees, expenses 1945-1956 53 Israeli snapshots 1952 March 53 Jordan Valley Advisory Board 1950-1954 53 Jordan Valley Project - T.V.A. study 1953 53 Maps 1938-1952 53 Misc. documents relating to Israel 1867-1952 27 Reports 1950-1954 28 Reports 1950-1951 29 Reports 1952-1955 30 Reports 1946-1955 31 Reports 1944-1950 32 Reports 1951-1953 33 Reports 1953-1954 53 Reports 1951-1955 55 Scrapbook 1952 March 53 T.V.A. on the Jordan 1948 Series IV. Printed materials 1897-1969

Contains published materials such as newspapers, newsletters, magazines, circulars, bulletins, maps, and printed research materials.

 49 A Hundred Years of Irrigation in Colorado 1952 46 Agricultural printed material 1908-1934 46 Circulars 1926-1959 46 Colorado Agricultural College Colorado Experiment Station bulletins 1926-1937 39 Department of Agriculture bulletins - beef and cattle 1909-1934 40 Department of Agriculture bulletins - grains 1897-1926 39 Department of Agriculture bulletins 1914-1949 42 Dirmeyer - Sediment Lining 1954 42 Handbooks - manuals 1939, undated 26 Inside Interior 1946-1953 27 International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage - annual reports 1952-1953 50 International Finance Corporation Annual 1966-1968 54 Irrigation in Nebraska: Historical and Informational Articles 1950-1951 50 Land Reborn 1957-1961 54 Manual of Surveying Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States and Private Land Claims 1908 36 Maps 1939-1972 39 Miscellaneous printed materials 1887-1941 50 Nebraska-related publications 1914-1967 1 Newspapers - Scottsbluff and Gering 1950, 1956 25 Pamphlets and articles - miscellaneous 1948-1958 46 Pamphlets 1913-1967 50 Periodicals - newspaper clippings 1938-1953 40 Printed materials - Reclamation 1931-1952 39 Prof. Beery's horse training booklets 1944 26 Reclamation Era 1967 May 50 The Record 1943-1946 54 Register of Dams in the United States 1958 49 Report of Sediment Lining Investigations 1954-1956 50 Reprints 1925-1955 43 Research materials - irrigation 1905-1962 49 Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station 1951 25 Second Congress of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage circa 1953 25 Sixth World Power Conference 1958 49 "Structural Analysis" by Ketchum, Huntington, Eckel 1933 50 Through the Leaves 1966-1969 46 University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins 1922-1934 26 Washington Report 1962-1967 50 World Bank and IDA Annual Report 1966-1968 Series V. Personal 1906-1963

Contains correspondence, notes, research materials, photos, schoolwork, and speeches.

 1 Addresses 1943-1946 37 Correspondence 1936-1949 38 Correspondence 1950-1963 1 Dedication of Bureau of Reclamation Engineering Center (Denver) 1950 1 Dedication of Kortes Dam 1944-1946 1 Dedication of Mirage Flats Irrigation Project (Nebraska) 1949 52 Eatwell Camp photos 1907 42 Engineering - clippings - clothing 1938-1950 35 Hydrologic research materials 1931-1950 1 Irrigation engineering course at Colorado A & M 1948-1951 1 Itineraries and trip folders -- Boulder Dam 1938 1 Itineraries and trip folders -- TVA 1937 52 Miscellaneous photos undated 51 Miscellaneous 1906-1955 52 Notebook circa 1922 40 Notes and research materials 1916-1950 52 Photo - unidentified undated 52 Postcards 1911, 1938, undated 54 Pump Test and Mechanic Problems 1906 May 51 Schoolwork 1940-1941 51 Science undated 55 Scrapbook 1912 51 University of Colorado exercises 1941