Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 40
Banks, F. A. (Frank Arthur), 1883-1957
Frank Arthur Banks Papers
1913-1957
15 Linear feet of shelf space
30 Boxes
The papers of Frank Arthur Banks, an engineer who
worked on Bureau of Reclamation projects in the Northwest, such as the Owyhee, Deadwood,
and Grand Coulee Dams.
Collection materials are in English
Frank Arthur Banks, 1883-1957, was born in Saco, Maine and received degrees from the
University of Maine and the State College of Washington. He was a Bureau of
Reclamation engineer who worked on various large projects throughout the Pacific
Northwest. Notably, he supervised the construction of the Owyhee Dam in Oregon, and
the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State.
The papers primarily consist of Frank Arthur Banks' correspondence, notes, memoranda,
official project histories, design and technical reports, specifications,
photographs and printed material for Bureau of Reclamation projects he directed in
the Pacific Northwest. Also included are similar material acquired through private
consultation on hydroelectric dams and public works in Washington State, British
Columbia, Venezuela, and Punjab, India, notably the Bhakra Dam.
The papers are arranged in a loosely chronological order.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Frank Arthur Banks Papers, 1913-1957 (Cage 40)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers were donated to the Washington State University Library in 1958 by John V. Banks.
Clifford R. Koester Papers, 1927-1972 (Cage 709)
Papers on Columbia River Basin Shipping and Development, 1934-1936 (Cage 755)
Paul C. Pitzer Papers, 1990-1992 (Cage 852)
Ralph J. Kugelman Grand Coulee Dam Construction Photographs, 1930s (Cage 5149)
North Central Washington, Columbia Basin, and Grand Coulee Reclamation, Irrigation and Farming Photographs, 1905-1954 (PC 91)
Grand Coulee Dam and Columbia Basin Project Photographs, 1935-1950 (PC 182)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Banks, F. A. (Frank Arthur), 1883-1957 -- Archives
United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) -- History
Owyhee Dam (Or.) -- History
Concrete dams -- Design and construction
Dams -- Northwest, Pacific
Washington (State)
Energy Production
Public Works
1
Jackson Lake Enlargement, Project History,
includes photographs
1913-1916
3 volumes.
2
Owyhee Project History, includes
photographs
1927-1931
5 volumes.
3
Owyhee Project History
1932
1 volume.
3
Boise Project History (Deadwood Dam), includes
photographs
1930-1932
3 volumes.
Columbia Basin Project History (Grand Coulee
Dam), includes photographs
4
1933-1935
3 volumes.
5
1936-1937
2 volumes.
6
1938-1939
2 volumes.
7
1940-1944
3 volumes.
8
1942-1943
3 volumes.
9
1944-1945
2 volumes.
10
1946
2 volumes.
11
1947
2 volumes.
12
1948-1949
2 volumes.
13
1949-1951
2 volumes.
14
Grand Coulee Dam Laboratory Control Tests, v.
1-3.
15
Grand Coulee Dam Laboratory Control Tests, v.
4-5, index.
16
Columbian, MWAK Company newspaper, v.
1-3
1935-1937
16
Columbia Basin Project Safety News, Bureau of
Reclamation
1946, 1949, 1950
3 items.
17
Engineering reports on Columbia and Snake
River hydrology, ms. and printed.
13 items.
18
Dam construction and fisheries development,
printed.
5 items.
19
Grand Coulee Project reports, Wenatchee
Project reports, transcript of Upper Colorado Basin Compact negotiations,
printed.
4 items.
20
Columbia Basin Project reports and
investigations, printed.
26 items.
Consultation correspondence and
papers
21-22
High Gorge Dam (Seattle City
Light)
1953-1954
100 items.
23
Rocky Reach Dam (Chelan County Public
Utility District)
1955-1957
10 items.
23
Kenney Dam (British Columbia)
1950
10 items.
23
Coroni River and Orinoco River
Hydroelectric Projects(Venezuela)
1954
15 items.
24-29
Bhakra Dam, Punjab, India: Consultation
correspondence, papers, design reports, specifications,technical reports,
printed memoranda, and other papers
1950-19-55
200 items.
30
Supervisor's notebooks, printed copies of
Banks' speeches and addresses, photographs of Banks, his family, and of dam
construction
1913-1950
60 items.