Collection Summary
Rodgers, Andrew Denny, 1900-1981
Andrew Denny Rodgers papers
1893-1959
01935
5.78 cubic ft. (13 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Contains materials compiled by Andrew Denny Rodgers in his
research of Indian irrigation in the U.S. and Federal reclamation
projects.
Biography of Andrew Denny Rodgers
Andrew Denny Rodgers, III (1900-1981) was born in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from
Ohio Wesleyan University in 1922, followed by law school at Ohio State University in
1925. He practiced law from 1926-1933 and later became a historian of botany and
botanists.
Scope and Content
Collection contains materials relating to Rodgers's interest in land use and
reclamation, including 158 interviews and research notes with engineers and other
individuals involved with irrigation and water resources development in the west,
1904-1957; research notes on the Indian Irrigation Service and irrigation projects
on Indian reservations containing newspaper clippings, maps and correspondence,
1914-1960; manuscripts for "Federal Reclamation's Pioneer Period: A Biographical
Study of its Origins, Organization, and Early Work of its Engineer Corps" and
"Indian Irrigation: Its Organization and Techniques"; and a scrapbook with
photographs, newspaper clippings and biographical information on John Lucian Savage
(1879-1967), a civil engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1953.
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 several other known archival collections created by Andrew Denny Rodgers.
The Library of Congress and the Ohio Historical Society hold collections of
Rodgers's papers and the Farlow Reference Library at Harvard University has
approximately a folder of his materials.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Andrew Denny Rodgers in 1966.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in November 2011.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Savage, John Lucian, 1879-1967
United States. Bureau of
Reclamation.
United States. Indian Irrigation
Service.
Irrigation -- West (U.S.)
Water resources development -- West
(U.S.)
Indians of North America --
Agriculture.
West (U.S.) -- History.
Maps.
Manuscripts.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Historians.
Authors, American.
Rodgers, Andrew Denny, 1900-1981: Federal reclamation's pioneer period
Rodgers, Andrew Denny, 1900-1981: Indian Irrigation
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Water and Water Rights
Native Americans
Politics, Government, and Law
Container List
Container list
1
Interviews and research notes
circa 1914-1957
2
Indian Irrigation Book - research notes
circa 1911-1959
2
Navajo Project, New Mexico - Supplemental Report to Feasibility
Report
1957 March
2
Photograph: Andrew D. Rodgers
undated
3
Indian Irrigation Book - research notes
circa 1909-1959
4
Notebook/scrapbook - Federal Reclamation
circa 1918-1959
4
Notebook: Indian Affairs - Reclamation
undated
4
Research notes - irrigation - Federal Reclamation -
reservations
circa 1911-1958
5
Biographical material
circa 1953
5
Research notes on Federal Reclamation
circa 1910-1959
6
Research notes - scrapbook - irrigation on
reservations
circa 1919-1959
6
Summary of Irrigation Data of various projects. U.S. Indian
Irrigation Service, 1924
1924, 1959
7
Research notes from (formerly) bound scrapbook - Indian
irrigation
circa 1906-1957
8
Research notes from (formerly) bound scrapbook -
irrigation
circa 1902-1954
9
Research notes from (formerly) bound scrapbook - irrigation and
reclamation projects
circa 1893-1956
10
Research notes from (formerly) bound scrapbook - Federal
Reclamation projects
circa 1904-1956
11
Manuscript: "Federal Reclamation's Pioneer Period,"
circa 1958
12
Manuscript: "Indian Irrigation, its organization and
achievements,"
undated
13
Scrapbook - John Lucian Savage
1902-1957