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James H. Knights papers, 1912-1965
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Knights, James H., 1906-1999
- Title
- James H. Knights papers
- Dates
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1912-1965 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 12.01 cubic ft. (26 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 02642
- Summary
- Contains the papers of James H. Knights, an engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation who worked on the plans for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
James H. Knights, born in 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, spent over thirty years with the United States Bureau of Reclamation as a civil engineer. Knights graduated in 1929 from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and worked on several highway and bridge construction projects from 1929-1933. Knights worked for the Bureau of Reclamation from 1933 until 1964, where he was involved in the planning, design and construction of several Bureau projects in the western United States, including the Blue-South Platte River Project, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and the Shoshone Project in Wyoming. He was also employed in facilities planning for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in northern Wyoming. Knights additionally served as an irrigation consultant in Peru in 1961 and Brazil in 1963. He died in 1999 in Englewood, Colorado at the age of 93.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection contains materials related to Knights's involvement in Bureau of Reclamation construction projects. Collection includes planning reports and specifications of several projects, most notably the Blue-South Platte River Project, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and the Shoshone Project's Heart Mountain Division; as well as maps and diagrams of the Heart Mountain Division and Heart Mountain Relocation Center; and his undergraduate work from the University of Wyoming. Also included are Knights's diaries from 1942-1948.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by James H. Knights at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from James H. Knights in 1968.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in February 2012.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. Career & personalReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
1 | Blue River-South Platte Project notebook |
1947-1959 |
1 | Blue-South Platte Project |
1948 June |
3 | Chutes |
circa 1934 |
1 | Colorado River Flows |
undated |
1 | Colorado-Big Thompson Official Cost Estimate |
1954 July 15 |
1 | Colorado-Big Thompson Project |
1950-1953 |
7 | Definite Plan Report - Narrows Unit - Colorado - South Platte
Division, South Platte River Basin, Missouri River Basin Project, Vol. I
- Narrows Dam & Reservoir |
1951 June |
1 | Design of O. G. Type Diversion Dam |
1929 June |
2 | Diaries |
1942-1948 |
2 | Field notes |
circa 1925-1927 |
2 | Handwritten notebook |
1931 |
7 | Memorandum to Chief Designing Engineer - Subject: Effect of
Change in Young's Modulus on Working Stresses in Reinforced
Concrete |
1935 January 9 |
3 | Miscellaneous designs |
1925-1951 |
7 | Miscellaneous designs |
circa 1929 |
7 | Miscellaneous pamphlets |
1946-1958 |
8 | Notebook/Binder - engineering notes |
1920-1935 |
3 | Personal |
1924-1965 |
23 | Poster - "1797-'Old Ironsides' U.S. Frigate Constitution-1927" by
Gordon Grant |
1927 |
8 | Report of Inspection Trip |
1929 |
3 | Siphons |
circa 1934-1939 |
8 | Sunshine Reservoir Dam - drawings & notes |
1938 |
3 | Travel |
1959-1965 |
3 | Tunnels |
1933-1936 |
2 | Undergraduate assignments |
circa 1927-1928 |
Series II. SpecificationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
18 | 115-Kilovolt Transmission Line from Greeley-Fort Morgan
Transmission Line to Prospect Valley Substation |
1944 |
12 | 115-Kilovolt Transmission Lines Granby Pumping Plant to Estes
Power Plant & Mary's Lake Power Plant to Estes Power
Plant |
1949 |
18 | 96-inch Butterfly Valve Operating Mechanism Control System
Conduit Sections & Portal Sleeve for Carter Lake Pressure Tunnel
Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct |
1948-1951 |
14 | Bald Mountain Pressure Tunnel & Access Roads Estes
Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct |
1950 |
11 | Brush-Sterling 115-Kilovolt & Sterling-Holyoke 69-Kilovolt
Transmission Lines |
1947 |
16 | Carter Lake Pressure Conduit Estes Park-Foothills Power
Aqueduct |
1951 |
13 | Carter Lake Reservoir |
1950 |
11 | Cast-Iron Gates & Hoists for River & Laboratory Outlets
& Fixed-Wheel Gate Hoists for Canal Intake Structure at Olympus
Dam |
1948 |
9 | Columbia River Highway Bridge at Grand Coulee Dam |
1934 |
16 | Completion of Pole Hill Power Plant & Switchyard &
Flatiron Power & Pumping Plant & Switchyard - Estes
Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct |
1952 |
17 | Completion of Pole Hill Power Plant & Switchyard &
Flatiron Power & Pumping Plant & Switchyard - Estes
Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct |
1952 |
15 | Concrete Penstocks & Penstock Structures for Pole Hill Power
Plant & Flatiron Power & Pumping Plant & Concrete Conduit
for Carter Lake Pressure Conduit Estes Park-Foothills Power
Aqueduct |
1951 |
18 | Dikes Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 Granby Dam |
1938-1942 |
18 | Earthwork & Bridges Grand Lake-Shadow Mountain Lake
Connecting Channel |
1944 |
18 | Earthwork & Structures Boulder Creek Supply Canal Station
664+38.5 to Station 862+86 |
1952-1954 |
17 | Earthwork & Structures Boulder Creek Supply Canal Station SV
518+12.47 to Station 664+38.5 |
1953 |
11 | Earthwork & Structures for Aspen Creek Siphon Mary's Lake
Power Plant, Penstock, Spillway, & Switchyard; Mary's Lake Reservoir
Dikes & Road Relocation; Prospect Mountain Conduit; & Estes
Power Plant, Penstock, & Switchyard |
1947 |
18 | Earthwork & Structures for South Platte Supply Canal South
Platte Section Station 1727+00 to Station 1795+00 |
1952-1955 |
10 | Earthwork & Structures Laterals H-89, H-103, & H-105
& Sublaterals |
1940 |
9 | Earthwork & Structures Pilot Canal, Station 1570 to Station
1841 Pilot Canal Laterals 31.0 to 34.9 & Sublaterals |
1938 |
9 | Earthwork & Structures South Canal Station 736 to Station
1340 & South Canal Lateral 17.7 |
1935 |
9 | Earthwork, Bench Flume, & Structures Black Canyon Canal
Station 0 to Station 157 |
1936 |
9 | Earthwork, Bench Flume, Canal Lining, & Structures Yakima
Ridge Canal Station 102 to Station 197+77.68 |
1936 |
16 | Earthwork, Canal Lining, & Structures Station 471+89.58 to
Station 497+61.91 Pole Hill Canal Estes Park-Foothills Power
Aqueduct |
1951 |
14 | Earthwork, Concrete Canal Lining, & Structures; Poudre Supply
Canal, Windsor Section |
1950 |
12 | Earthwork, Concrete Lining, and Structures Station 574+15.97 to
Station 1410+00 East Low Canal & Station 0+00 to Station 348+12
Rocky Coulee Wasteway |
1949 |
12 | Earthwork, Structures, & Surfacing & Construction of Lind
Coulee Bridge; Relocation of County Roads; Vicinity O'Sullivan
Dam |
1949 |
17 | Earthwork, Structures, & Surfacing; Pole Hill Access Road;
Flatiron Section; Estes Park-Foothills Power Aqueduct |
1953 |
12 | Earthwork, Tunnel, Structures, & Surfacing Shoshone Power
Plant Access Road Station 0+00 to Station 13+74.73 |
1949 |
9 | Earthwork, Tunnels, Canal Lining, & Structures Black Canyon
Canal Station 606+70 to Station 643+40 & Station 719+70 to Station
742+45 |
1936 |
12 | Flatiron-Greeley 115-Kilovolt Transmission Line |
1949 |
13 | Generator for Flat Iron Power Plant |
1950 |
10 | Granby Dam & Dikes |
1941 |
10 | Granby Dam & Dikes |
1946 |
11 | Granby Pumping Plant & Granby Pump Canal |
1947 |
14 | Grouting Temporary Outlets, Spring Canyon, & Dixon Canyon
Dams |
1950 |
14 | High-Pressure Gates for Outlet Works at Willow Creek
Dam |
1936-1950 |
10 | Horsetooth Reservoir |
1946 |
18 | Increasing Canal Lining Freeboard & Constructing Overflow
Section for Pole Hill Canal, Station 477+16.2 to Station
497+96.91 |
1951-1954 |
14 | North Poudre Supply Canal Diversion Dam & North Poudre Supply
Canal Station 6+60 to Station 678+55.2 |
1951 |
9 | Ogden-Brigham Tunnel & Ogden Canyon Tunnel |
1935 |
11 | Olympus Dam |
1947 |
18 | Outlet Gates for Carter Lake Reservoir |
1950 |
17 | Parshall Flume & Inlet for Aspen Creek Siphon Power Canal No.
1 |
1952 |
13 | Pole Hill Power Plant & Access Road Estes Park-Foothills
Power Aqueduct |
1950 |
12 | Pumping Units for Well Sump Pumping Plants Colorado River
Improvements, Kremmling Area (2) |
1949 |
18 | Radial Gate Hoists for Willow Creek Dam |
1946-1951 |
18 | Radial Gates & Radial-Gate Hoists for Flatiron Afterbay
Dam |
1939-1951 |
14 | Radial Gates & Radial-Gate Hoists for Willow Creek
Dam |
1951 |
16 | Rattlesnake Dam |
1951 |
13 | Rattlesnake Tunnel; Estes Park-Foothills Power
Aqueduct |
1950 |
10 | Shadow Mountain Dam & Dikes |
1943 |
10 | Shoshone Canyon Conduit Controlling Works & Tunnels Shoshone
Canyon Conduit Station 0+00 to Station 8+50 |
1939 |
9 | Shoshone Canyon Conduit Controlling Works & Tunnels Shoshone
Canyon Conduit Station 0+00 to Station 8+50 |
1938 |
18 | South Platte Supply Canal Rehabilitation & Enlargement Erie
Section Station 10+30 to Station 315+00 (2) |
1954 |
16 | St. Vrain Supply Canal Station 10+90.56 to Station
520+75 |
1952 |
18 | St. Vrain Supply Canal Station 236+80 to Station
244+18.0AH |
1951-1953 |
11 | Steel Discharge Pipes for Granby Pumping Plant |
1948 |
11 | Streets, Sidewalks, Curbs, & Gutters; & Drainage,
Sewerage, & Water-Distribution Systems for Hungry Horse Government
Camp |
1946 |
11 | Structural Steel & Cables for Blue River Suspension Bridge
Loback Ditch Green Mountain Dam |
1946 |
12 | Superstructures for Bridges; Relocation of Chicago, Burlington,
& Quincy Railroad; Trenton Dam |
1950 |
14 | System Dispatchers' Building at Flatiron |
1950 |
11 | Transformers for Pasco 115-KV Substation |
1947 |
10 | Transformers, Lightning-Arresters, Voltage Regulators, Power
Circuit-Breakers, Switching Equipment, Metering, & Relay Equipment
for Sterling & Holyoke Substations |
1946 |
18 | Trashracks for Outlet Works Intake Structure at Willow Creek
Dam |
1951 |
9 | Tunnels Nos. 1, 2, & 3 Shoshone Canyon Conduit |
1935 |
9 | Tunnels Nos. 1, 2, & 3 Yakima Ridge Canal |
1935 |
9 | Tunnels Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 Black Canyon Canal |
1935 |
9 | Tunnels Nos. 3, 4, 5, & 6 Casper Canal |
1935 |
18 | Unit Substation & Power Distribution Board for Willow Creek
Pumping Plant |
1951 |
15 | Willow Creek Dam |
1951 |
15 | Willow Creek Pumping Plant & Willow Creek Pump
Canal |
1951 |
Series III. Heart Mountain materialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
4 | Completion Report: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Cody,
Wyoming, Built for the War Relocation Authority Under the Supervision of
War Department, U.S. Engineer Office, Fort Peck, Montana |
1938-1942 |
10 | Earthwork & Structures Laterals H-16 to H-79 &
Sublaterals & Check, Heart Mountain Canal, Station
583+50 |
1939 |
9 | Earthwork, Canal Lining, & Structures Heart Mountain Canal,
Station 303+30 to Station 322+30 & Station 340 to Station
712 |
1937 |
9 | Earthwork, Canal Lining, & Structures Heart Mountain Canal,
Station 712 to Station 920 |
1938 |
9 | Earthwork, Canal Lining, & Structures Station 27 to Station
340 Heart Mountain Canal |
1921-1936 |
9 | Earthwork, Tunnel, & Canal Lining Heart Mountain Canal
Station 15+90.7 to Station 27+00 |
1938 |
3 | Heart Mountain correspondence |
1942-1943 |
4 | Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History,
Vol. II - Year 1937 |
1937 |
5 | Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History,
Vol. III - Year 1938 |
1938-1939 |
5 | Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History,
Vol. IV - Year 1939 |
1929-1939 |
6 | Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History,
Vol. V - Year 1940 |
1934-1940 |
6 | Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project - Project History,
Vol. VI - Year 1941 |
1934-1941 |
4 | Heart Mountain Division - Shoshone Project Wyoming - Project
History, Vol. I - Year 1936 |
1924-1936 |
25 | Heart Mountain Relocation Center - technical drawings for evacuee
buildings & related |
1942 |
26 | Heart Mountain Relocation Center technical drawings |
1942 |
8 | Shoshone Project - Willwood Div. technical drawings |
1912-1924 |
25 | Shoshone Project - Wyo. - Heart Mountain Division - Irrigable
Lands |
1927 |
25 | Shoshone Project - Wyo. - Heart Mountain Division - Key Map to
Soil Testing Plats |
1927 August 8 |
25 | Shoshone Project - Wyo. - Heart Mountain Division - technical
drawings |
1938-1941 |
25 | Shoshone Project - Wyo. - Heart Mountain Project - Metal Pipe
Road Siphon 18" to 48" Diameters |
1941 November |
10 | Shoshone River Siphon & Buck Springs Creek Siphon Heart
Mountain Canal |
1938 |
4 | Specification for Construction at Heart Mountain Relocation
Center, Cody, Wyoming |
undated |
4 | U.S. Engineer Department Construction Schedules Progress Report
Forms & Progress Graphs - Heart Mountain Relocation
Center |
1940-1942 |
Series IV. Oversize drawings & mapsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
22 | All-American Canal Project drawings |
1936 |
23 | Architectural drawing |
undated |
22 | Blue-South Platte Project data & maps |
1937-1948 |
21 | Cantilever Type Retaining Wall |
1928 February 20 |
22 | Design of Monolithic Concrete Siphon Barrels |
1934 |
24 | Elevation of Outlet Wall Main Canal Lateral Turnout 18" to 30"
Gate (3) |
1929 March 26 |
22 | Metal Flume Standards (technical drawings) |
undated |
24 | Moment Table for 2 Locomotives followed by train of uniform
load |
1928 April 24 |
24 | Standard bolts, nuts, springs, & screws |
1926 April 8 |
24 | University of Wyoming Agricultural Hall |
1926 October 27 |
24 | University of Wyoming Bosch High Tension Magneto |
1926 |
21 | University of Wyoming undergraduate work - Details of Tool
Post |
1926 May 29 |
21 | University of Wyoming undergraduate work - graphic
statistics |
1928 March |
21 | University of Wyoming undergraduate work - Topography between
Lewis & Flint Streets north of University |
1927 March 18 |
21 | University of Wyoming undergraduate work - trusses &
arches |
1928 |
19 | University of Wyoming undergraduate work - various
drawings |
1929 |
20 | University of Wyoming undergraduate work - various technical
drawings |
1928-1929 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Water resources development -- Colorado.
- Water resources development -- Wyoming.
- Water resources development -- West (U.S.)
Corporate Names
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
- Shoshone Project.
- United States. Bureau of Reclamation.
Form or Genre Terms
- Diaries.