University of Wyoming
Bertram S. Barnes (d. 1975) was a hydrologist for the federal government and in the private sector during the twentieth century. He worked on water resources projects throughout the Midwestern and Western United States. Barnes joined the U.S. Weather Bureau during the 1930s and held a number of posts with this agency, including Supervisor of Hydrologic Work in Davenport, Iowa (1930s), Hydrologic Supervisor of the Upper Mississippi Region in Iowa City, Iowa (1930s), Regional Engineer in Los Angeles, California (1940s), and hydrologist at the agency's San Francisco, California office (early 1950s). Barnes joined the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation during the early 1950s and worked for the agency's Denver, Colorado office. He later moved to the private sector and worked for International Engineering Company (late 1950s), Kaiser Industries Corporation (1960s), and Caseco Consultants Limited (1960s).
Collection contains Bertram S. Barnes' subject files for the water resource projects he worked on in the Midwest and West, which contain correspondence, reports (some by Barnes), government documents, hydrograph sheets, drawings, and maps. Collection also contains reports written by Barnes, papers and reprints of articles written by Barnes, government documents, and miscellaneous printed materials. Three oversized U.S. Weather Bureau hydrologic map compilations are in this collection as well.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Bertram S. Barnes at the date of processing.
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