Sinclair O. Harper papers

Sinclair O. Harper papers, 1852-1966 (bulk 1908-1950)

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Harper, Sinclair O.
Title: Sinclair O. Harper papers
Dates: 1852-1966 (bulk 1908-1950) (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 64.21 cubic ft. (140 boxes)
Collection Number: 02089
Summary: Contains materials relating to the career of Sinclair O. Harper, Chief Engineer of the United States Bureau of Reclamation and consulting engineer.
Repository: 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: 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

Sinclair O. Harper (1883-1966) spent 37 years with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and more with Kaiser Engineers as a consultant in water resource development as a civil and irrigation engineer. After graduating from the University of California in 1907 with a bachelor of science in civil engineering, Harper worked on the Uncompahgre Project in Colorado as a junior engineer. In 1908 he was promoted to assistant engineer on the Grand Valley Project, and managed the project for eight years. In 1925 he became general superintendent of construction in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Denver Office, then assistant chief engineer in 1930, and chief engineer in 1940. From 1935 to 1939 Harper also served as chairman and U.S. representative on the Rio Grande Compact Commission. In 1940 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Colorado. Harper retired to Oakland in 1945 to become a consultant at Kaiser Engineers, working on projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and abroad in India, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Ghana, and Egypt, as well as other countries.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains correspondence, official Bureau of Reclamation communications, notes, printed materials, subject files on water reclamation and reclamation projects, reports, specifications, maps, blueprints, ephemera, and photographs of various projects.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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

Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Sinclair O. Harper at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Genevieve Harper (wife) and Dr. John C. Harper (son) in 1966.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in July 2011.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. ProjectsReturn to Top

This series contains materials generated by Harper while working on projects for the Bureau of Reclamation and as a consulting engineer in the U.S. and internationally.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. Domestic Contains materials related to projects Harper worked on with the Bureau of Reclamation and as a consulting engineer in the domestic United States.
Box
23	All-American Canal Project	1920-1943, 1953
23	American Falls Reservoir Project	1925 July 20
23	Arizona-California contracts	1948-1958
129	Big Bend Reservoir documentation	1957-1959
139	Black Canyon, Colorado River - photo	undated
11	Blue-South Platte Project	1948 June
139	Boulder Dam & Power plant illustrations	1942
139	Bridge Canyon Dam & Power Plant illustrations	1942
139	Central Valley Project diorama	undated
11	Central Valley Project	1935-1956
12	Central Valley Project	1936-1957
13	Cherry Creek Dam Project	1949 April
13	Colorado - Big Thompson Project	1932-1958
13	Colorado River Aqueduct	1930-1962
14	Colorado River Basin - Bridge Canyon	1941-1944
14	Colorado River Basin	1922-1963
15	Colorado River Basin	1923-1958
14	Colorado River Compact	undated
14	Colorado River Project - Boulder Canyon Project	1928-1944
15	Colorado River Project - Boulder Canyon Project	1922-1944
14	Colorado River Project - Boulder Dam	1934-1938
15	Colorado River Project - Boulder Dam	1928-1942
16	Colorado River Project - Boulder/Hoover Dam	1929-1955
16	Colorado River Project - Colorado-Verde Project	1942
16	Colorado River Project - Imperial Valley Project	1917, 1950
16	Colorado River Project - Lake Mead	1940
17	Columbia River Basin Project - Bonneville Dam	circa 1933-1937
17	Columbia River Basin Project - Grand Coulee Dam	1934-1950
71	Columbia River Basin Project	1925-1943
17	Columbia River Basin	1936-1950
13	Conchas Dam Project - New Mexico	1937, 1939
139	Dam model photo (unlabeled)	undated
19	Davis Dam Project	1941-1950
139	Davis Dam spillway & outlets illustration	1942 May 15
19	Delhi Project - California	circa 1925
19	Elephant Butte Dam	undated
19	Elk River Bridge	1906
19	Fort Peck Dam	1938-1944
139	Fort Randall Reservoir documentation	1948
127	Garrison Dam & Reservoir documentation	1946-1952
128	Garrison Dam & Reservoir documentation	1947-1953
129	Garrison Dam & Reservoir documentation	1947-1964
138	Garrison Dam & Reservoir documentation	1952
139	Garrison Dam & Reservoir documentation	1953
140	Garrison Dam & Reservoir documentation	1947-1952
127	Gavins Point Reservoir - Design Memorandum MG-36 Spillway	1952 December
126	Gavins Point Reservoir - Specifications	1952 December
138	Gavins Point Reservoir general drawings	1952 December
19	Glen Canyon Dam	1942-1961
139	Grand Coulee Dam Vista House illustration	undated
20	Grand Valley Project	1908-1950
21	Grand Valley Project	1908-1925
21	Green Mountain Dam	undated
22	Gunnison Tunnel	1905 June 16
22	Hanford Project	1944 April 21
138	Harlan County Dam - Plans for Completion of Earth & Concrete Dam	1947 December
130	Harlan County Dam and Reservoir - Agenda & minutes of consultants meeting	1949 November 17-18
22	Harlan County Dam and Reservoir	1945-1950
22	Harvey Gap Reservoir	1911-1925
22	Hetch Hetchy Project	undated
22	Humboldt Project	1944 February 5
22	Huntley Project	1925 November 25
23	Idaho-Minidoka Project	1935, 1941
71	Index to California Exhibits, Vol. X	undated
23	John Martin Reservoir Project	1940 October 1
23	King Hill Project	1926-1936
23	Kings River Project	1939-1943
23	Klamath Project	1926-1927
23	Laramie River Project	undated
23	Madden Dam	1931-1932
13	Map of Colorado - Present & Potential Reclamation development	undated
138	Map of the Oil Shale Area - Garfield, Rio Blanco, & Mesa Counties of Colorado	1955
23	McKay Dam	1925 July 23
23	Milk River Project	1925 November 19
138	Misc. photo - construction	undated
139	Misc. photos - dams & related	undated
24	Missouri River Basin - Big Bend & Oahe Dams	1957-1960
25	Missouri River Basin - Conservation, Control, and Use of Water Resources…	1944
24	Missouri River Basin - Ft. Randall Reservoir	1946-1950, 1960
26	Missouri River Basin - Garrison Dam & Reservoir	1953, 1961
24	Missouri River Basin - Garrison Dam	1945-1953
26	Missouri River Basin - Gavins Point	1948-1953
25	Missouri River Basin - Oahe Dam & Reservoir	circa 1955-1959
26	Missouri River Basin - Oahe Dam & Reservoir	1948-1960
24	Missouri River Basin	1943-1961
25	Missouri River Basin	1939-1949
25	Missouri Valley Authority	1945-1949
25	Modesto Legislation District - California	1913
25	Moffat Tunnel	1923-1940
139	Monterey Harbor, California topography map	1852
25	Moon Lake Dam	circa 1930s
139	Mount Shasta valley photos & articles	1949, 1955
27	North Platte Project	1925-1948
126	Oahe Dam & Reservoir documentation	1946-1948
27	Orland Project	1926-1927
27	Owyhee Project	1932 March 5
27	Parker Dam	1934-1941
27	Pecos River Basin	1942 June
135	Photographs - Dams - Altus	undated
135	Photographs - Dams - Anderson Ranch	undated
135	Photographs - Dams - Avalon	circa 1907
135	Photographs - Dams - Black Canyon, Colorado River	undated
135	Photographs - Dams - Boulder (Hoover) - scrapbook	1930 July
135	Photographs - Dams - Boulder (Hoover)	1931-1933, undated
135	Photographs - Dams - Bridge Canyon	1942
135	Photographs - Dams - Friant	1941
135	Photographs - Dams - Grand Coulee	1936, undated
135	Photographs - Dams - Keswick	1942 April 1
135	Photographs - Dams - Santee	1948 May, undated
135	Photographs - Dams - Shasta	circa 1938-1948
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Big Thompson Tunnel	undated
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Columbia River Basin	1956, undated
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Denver Laboratories	1940 July
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Grand Valley - Colorado River Siphon	1923
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Grand Valley - Grand River Dam	1915, undated
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Grand Valley - Orchard Mesa	1923-1925, undated
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Grand Valley - Uncompahgre	undated
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Grand Valley	1912-1913, undated
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Jerry Creek	1913
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Kennett Division	1939 November 15
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Missouri River Basin	undated
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Palisade & Mesa County Irrigation District	circa 1909-1910
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Rio Grande	1912, 1937
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Stubb Price Pumping (Utah)	undated
139	Pit River Canyon Bridge photo & info	undated
134	Proceedings of the Meeting of the Colorado River Basin States	1938
132	Proceedings of the Meeting of the Committees of Fourteen & Sixteen of the Seven States of the Colorado River Basin & the Power Allottees	1942-1943
134	Report of East Canyon Water Study Committee	1949 December
132	Rio Grande Compact Conference/Commission documentation	1928-1939
27	Rio Grande Project	1925-1956
28	Salt Lake Basin Project	1930s
28	Salt River Project	1920, 1957
28	San Luis Valley Project	1940, 1957
28	Santee-Cooper Project	1940-1946
139	Shasta Dam contractors model photo	undated
139	Shasta Dam right abutment illustration	1943 April
28	Shoshone Project	1924, 1943
14	Specifications No. 519 - Hoover Dam, Power Plant and Appurtenant Works	1930
18	Specifications No. 570 - Grand Coulee Dam and Power Plant	1934
28	Sun River Project	1925 November 19
30	Tennessee Valley Authority	circa 1928-1949
30	Umatilla Project	1925-1926
30	Uncompahgre Project	circa 1907-1930
30	Upper American River Project	1958 January 18
30	Vallecito Dam	undated
30	Verde Project	1934 September 6
30	Wheeler Dam	1938 May 7
30	Yakima Project	1931-1943
30	Yuma Project	1925, 1949
	Sub-series 2. International Contains materials generated and used by Harper as a consultant in engineering projects abroad.
Box
30	Akosombo Power Division - West Africa	1963 October
10	Aswan Dam - Egypt	1945-1947
57	Brakra Dam - India	1945
71	China - projects	1945, 1954
28	Damodar Valley Corporation - India	1948-1960
139	Damodar Valley Corporation Maithon Undersluice Service Gate General Plan - India	circa 1953 January
18	Dokan Dam - Iraq	1952-1953, 1955
57	First Report of the Iron & Steel (Major) Panel - Government of India	1948
22	Hirakud Dam Project - India	1951 November
57	India & Afghanistan projects	1945-1953
23	Litani River Project - Karaoun Dam - Lebanon	1953
135	Photographs - Dams - Damodar Valley - Panchet Hill Project	1955 January
135	Photographs - Dams - Madden	undated
136	Photographs - Reclamation projects - Afghanistan & India	1945 September
57	Presidential Address of Shri B. P. Kapadia at the Third All India Conference of Building & Civil Engineering Contractors	1956 February 25
139	Proposed General Plan of Irrigation & Hydroelectric Development in Palestine illustration	1943 December 18
57	Quinquennial Report - Government of India - Ministry of Works, Mines, & Powers	1945 April - 1950 March
57	Ramapadasagar Dam - India	1947
57	Ramapadasagar Reservoir Project Goavari River - India	1946-1947
19	Report No. 1003 - Site Investigation of Dokan Gorge Dam Project in Iraq	1952 July
57	Report of the American Technical Mission to India	1942 August
29	Rhodia-Damodar Valley Project - India	circa 1947-1957
134	Volta River Project - Ghana	1963-1964
71	Water Resources Development - Lebanon - Interim Report on Karaoun Damsite, Bisri Tunnel & Bisri Damsite, Vol. I	1953 June
30	Yangtze Gorge Dam - China	1946

Series II. Bureau of Reclamation workReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. Reports Contains reports on Bureau of Reclamation projects, some with Harper contributing.
Box
60	Alternate Plans & Estimates for Grand Coulee Dam	1934 March 8
133	Annual Report of River Control Work & Investigations - Lower Colorado River Basin	1946
60	Cement Content for the Mass Concrete in Grand Coulee Dam	1937 April 7
68	Cracks Observed in Dams	1930 July 8
67	Design of Cross Section, Gravity Analyses, & Twist Studies for Norris Dam	1933 November 11
133	Eighth Annual Report on Retrogression Observations, Salinity Studies, & Suspended Load Investigations - Colorado River Basin	1943 July 1
55	Erosion of concrete by clear water flowing at high velocities in open concrete channels & on concrete surfaces, Hoover Dam Research, Boulder Canyon Project	1931 October 5
68	Erosion of concrete by clear water flowing at high velocity in closed concrete conduits, Hoover Dam Research, Boulder Canyon Project	1931 October 3
130	Existing Rock-Fill Weirs on Pervious Foundations	1935 November 12
130	Field Methods for Pressure Grouting Foundations of Boulder Dam & Appurtenant Structures	1936 October 1
66	Final Report of Design & Construction of Rye Patch Dam & Reservoir	1938 October
67	Final Report of Design & Construction of Taylor Park Dam & Reservoir	1938 June
56	Final Report on Design & Construction of Alamogordo Dam & Reservoir	1939 February
59	Final Report on Design & Construction of Deadwood Dam	1932 March
60	Final Report on Design & Construction of Echo Dam & Reservoir	1934 November
58	The Future Silt Load in the Colorado River & its Effect on the Operation of the All-American Canal	1935 June 18
55	Geologic Features of the Foundations of Boulder Dam	1933 June 24
63	Grand Valley Project - Data Prepared for Committee of Special Advisers on Reclamation	1924 January 15
61	Grand Valley Project Feature History, 1915 Vol. I	1915
61	Grand Valley Project Feature History, 1915 Vol. II	1915
60	Grand Valley Project History to December 31, 1913 Vol. I	1913
61	Grand Valley Project History to December 31, 1913 Vol. II	1913
61	Grand Valley Project History, 1914 Vol. I	1914
61	Grand Valley Project History, 1914 Vol. II	1914
61	Grand Valley Project History, 1914 Vol. III	1914
62	Grand Valley Project History, 1916 Vol. II	1916
130	Grand Valley Project History, 1916 Vols. I & II	1916
62	Grand Valley Project History, 1917 Vol. I	1917
62	Grand Valley Project History, 1918 Vol. I	1918
62	Grand Valley Project History, 1918 Vol. II	1918
62	Grand Valley Project History, 1919 Vol. I	1919
62	Grand Valley Project History, 1919 Vol. II	1919
62	Grand Valley Project History, 1920 Vol. I	1920
63	Grand Valley Project History, 1920 Vol. II	1920
63	Grand Valley Project History, 1921	1921
63	Grand Valley Project History, 1922	1922
63	Grand Valley Project History, 1923	1923
63	Grand Valley Project History, 1924	1924
68	Gravity & Trial Load Analyses of Stresses in Enlarged Hetch Hetchy Dam	1935 January 15
67	Hydraulic Model Experiments for the Design of the Hyrum Spillway	1934 May 2
68	Hydraulic Model Studies for the Design of Canal Chutes	1935 May 25
55	Hydrology of the Boulder Canyon Reservoir	1930 January 31
55	Illustrated Lecture on Boulder Canyon Project	1932 March 31
56	Illustrated Lecture on Boulder Canyon Project	1932 March 31
133	Index of Reports & Technical Memoranda - Hydraulic Laboratory, Engineering & Geologic Control, & Research Division	1945 January 25
130	Information of Earth's Surface Due to Weight of Boulder Reservoir	1934 December 26
130	Laboratory Compaction Study	1934 October 19
68	Laboratory Procedure in Testing Earth Dam Materials	1936 September 1
65	Lake Mead Density Currents Investigations 1937-1940, Vol. I	1941 October 1
65	Lake Mead Density Currents Investigations 1937-1940, Vol. II	1941 October 1
69	List of Technical memoranda - Denver Office	circa 1933-1940
130	Load Formulas Required for Arch Computation	1930 March 12
130	Memorandum on Boulder Dam Construction Railroad	1930 May
69	Miscellaneous Cost Data	1930 November
62	Operation & Maintenance Report - Grand Valley Project	1917
67	The Percolation of Water through Earth Dams	1934 June 1
68	Photo-Elasticity Laboratory Equipment Technique-Theory	1934 December 5
58	Preliminary Designs & Estimates for Upper Sacramento River Reservoirs	1936 December 8
66	Preliminary Report on Middle Rio Grande Valley Project - New Mexico	1941 July
68	Procedure for Field Control Methods of Placing Embankment & Making Field Tests of Embankment Material	1934 December 8
67	Progress Report No. 1 on Study of Non-Silting, Non-Scouring Canal Sections for the All-American Canal	1933 September 7
131	Progress Report of Friant & Shasta Dam Mass-Concrete Test Blocks, Results of Tests on 22" Diameter Drill Cores & Companion Control Cylinders (Up to two-year age) - Central Valley Project	1945 March 31
58	Progress Report on Model Studies of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Central Valley, California	1944 April 10
130	Progress Report on Studies of the Flow of Water in Open Channels with High Gradients	1938 July 27
58	Progress Report on Study of the Silt Problem of the All-American Canal & Related Problems	1934 March 1
67	Properties, Uses, & Specifications for Metals	1933 November 11
134	Report of Pecos River Investigations (co-authored by Harper)	1927 July
58	Report of River Control Work & Investigations Lower Colorado River Basin	1946-1947
60	Report of the Feasibility of Gila Valley Project - Ariz.	1936 February
55	Report on Blue River-South Platte Project Colorado	1940 April
56	Report on Canby Project - Oregon	1940 October
58	Report on Colorado River Project in Texas (2)	1935 October 29
58	Report on Columbia Basin Project	1934 December 22
134	Report on Drainage & Soil Conditions - Frannie Division - Shoshone Project, Wyo. (Harper, Board member)	1923 November 15
64	Report on Las Vegas Pumping Project	1936 February
65	Report on Missouri River Investigations - Montana-North Dakota-South Dakota	1942 February
65	Report on Mountain Home Project - Idaho	1941 October
67	Report on Partial Reconstruction & Extension to the Irrigation System of the Westland Irrigation District - Umatilla Project, Oregon	1924 July 11
66	Report on Power Development at Elephant Butte Dam with Storage in Caballo Reservoir	1936 August
66	Report on Power Market Investigation - Great Salt Lake Region	1941 March
59	Report on Proposed Columbia Basin Project	1932 January 7
67	Report on Reconstruction of the Irrigation System of the Stanfield Irrigation District - Umatilla Project, Oregon	1924 June 18
66	Report on Silt Project - Colorado	1940 December
64	Report on the Geology of the Hoover Dam Site & Vicinity	1931 November 30
64	Report on the Kings River Project - California	1940 January
56	Report on Upper San Joaquin Relief Project (2)	1933 August 25
66	Report on Upper Snake River Storage Investigations - American Falls Enlargement	1935 July
70	Report on Water Supply for City of Ogden, Utah & Adjacent Areas	1942 October
64	Report Upon Methods of Removing Excess Heat from the Mass Concrete in the Dam	1930 December 1
68	Saturation of Existing Earth Dams	1934 June 25
133	Second Annual Report on Retrogression Observations below Boulder Dam with Notes on Other Silt Investigations on the Colorado River & the Alamo Canal	1937 May 27
67	Security of Masonry Dams on Earth Foundations from Underseepage or Piping	1932 September 9
70	Semi-Annual Progress Report Project Planning, Vol. I	1942
70	Semi-Annual Progress Report Project Planning, Vol. II	1942
66	Snake River Basin - Above Lewiston, Idaho	1940 March
58	Storage on Sacramento River	1936 December 8
58	Stream Flow of Lower Colorado River & its Tributaries	1934 December
64	Structural Design Studies & Model Tests of Hoover Dam Spillways	1931 October 2
133	Tenth Annual Report on Retrogression Observations, Salinity Studies, & Suspended Load Investigations - Colorado River Basin	1945 July 1
	Sub-series 2. Specifications Contains specifications plans for Bureau of Reclamation projects, some with Harper's contributions and approvals.
Box
72	Nos. 430-528	1924-1931
73	Nos. 534-584	1932-1934
74	Nos. 590-632	1935
75	Nos. 636-674	1935-1936
76	Nos. 689-749	1936-1937
77	Nos. 757-776	1937-1938
139	No. 780	1938
78	Nos. 782-810	1938
79	Nos. 825-909	1938-1940
80	Nos. 941-991	1940-1941
81	Nos. 1000-1077	1941-1944
82	Nos. 1089-1183	1944-1946
83	Nos. 1188-1231	1946
84	Nos. 1243-1325	1946
85	Nos. 1358-1410	1946
86	Nos. 1416-1627	1946-1947
87	Nos. 1667-1824	1947
88	Nos. 1825-1999	1947
89	Nos. 2007-2053	1947
90	Nos. 2054-2221	1947-1948
91	Nos. 2279-2396	1948
92	Nos. 2411-2432	1948
93	Nos. 2460-2477	1948
94	Nos. 2479-2488	1948
95	Nos. 2518-2603	1949
96	Nos. 2613-2648	1949
97	Nos. 2649-2688	1949
98	Nos. 2689-2732	1949
99	Nos. 2735-2804	1949
100	Nos. 2808-2857	1949
101	Nos. 2863-2896	1949
102	Nos. 2902-2951	1950
103	Nos. 2954-2976	1950
104	Nos. 2983-3072	1950
105	Nos. 3081-3151	1950
106	Nos. 3155 - DC-3371	1950-1951
107	Nos. DC-3394 - DC-3482	1951
108	Nos. DC-3510 - DC-3657	1951-1952
109	Nos. DC-3662 - DC-3675	1952
110	Nos. DC-3691 - DC-3713	1952
111	Nos. DC-3783 - DC-3840	1952
112	Nos. DC-3844 - DC-3890	1953
113	Nos. DC-3892 - DC-3915	1953
114	Nos. DC-3923 - DC-3953	1953
115	Nos. DC-3954 - DC-4255	1954
116	Nos. DC-4256 - DC-4551	1954-1955
117	Nos. DC-4648 - DC-4831	1956-1957
118	Nos. DC-4898 - DC-4986	1957
119	Nos. DC-5047 - DC-5161	1958-1959
120	Nos. DC-5181-5650	1959-1961
121	No. DC-5900	1963
123	Miscellaneous supplements	1903-1966, undated
124	Miscellaneous supplements	1929-1966
122	Miscellaneous supplements	1950-1961
	Sub-series 3. General information Contains subject files pertaining to Bureau of Reclamation topics.
Box
31	Agriculture	circa 1942-1962
31	Alkalies	1940-1943
31	American Society of Civil Engineers	1921-1964
31	Awards	1944
42	Binder/notes	circa 1909-1924
49	Biographical - A de Vajda	undated
49	Biographical - Bashore, Harry	1943-1944
49	Biographical - Blomgren, Walter E.	1944
49	Biographical - Bona, Bishop S. V.	1943 July 8
49	Biographical - Bull, George M.	undated
49	Biographical - Carstarphen, F. C.	1944
49	Biographical - Cotton, John S.	undated
49	Biographical - Davis, Arthur P.	1903
49	Biographical - Day, Charles	1937
49	Biographical - Employees - Miscellaneous	circa 1936-1964
49	Biographical - Guernsey, Charles	undated
49	Biographical - Haskell, William N.	undated
49	Biographical - Henny, David Christian	1935
49	Biographical - Hoffman, Paul G.	undated
49	Biographical - Hopkins, Harry	undated
49	Biographical - Ickes, Harold	circa 1935-1952
49	Biographical - Kaiser, Henry	1941-1945
49	Biographical - Leonard, James	undated
49	Biographical - Lory, Dr. Charles A.	undated
49	Biographical - McCormick, C. J.	undated
49	Biographical - McQuaird, Dan J.	1946 June 23
49	Biographical - Mead, Elwood	circa 1932-1936
49	Biographical - Mitchell, L. H.	1906, 1945-1946
49	Biographical - Nelson, Donald	1943 November 22
49	Biographical - Newell, Frederick	1943
49	Biographical - Newell, R. L.	1945
49	Biographical - Nickell, Dr. F. A.	1945
49	Biographical - Page, John C.	1926-1957
49	Biographical - Preston, Porter J.	undated
49	Biographical - Raushenbush, H. S.	undated
49	Biographical - Rogers, Will	1934, 1940
49	Biographical - Roosevelt, F. D.	1937-1940
49	Biographical - Savage, J. L.	1937-1950
49	Biographical - Schnurr, Mol	1934
49	Biographical - Taylor, Ed T.	1938, 1941
49	Biographical - Walter, Raymond	1930-1940
49	Biographical - Warden, O. S.	1951 April 12
49	Biographical - Warren, Charles	undated
49	Biographical - Weeks, Ben	1935 April
49	Biographical - West, Roy O.	1928 November 11
49	Biographical - Young, Walker R.	undated
31	Bridges	1906-1961
41	Bureau of Reclamation - operations/misc.	1907-1954
31	Bureau of Reclamation	1918-1964
32	California Water Plan	1955-1961
32	Canals	1906-1916
32	Cement & concrete	1926-1958
33	Colorado Society of Engineers	1936-1966
41	Communications (binder)	circa 1944-1951
33	Construction	1935, 1940
33	Contract forms - rules & regulations	1926-1942
33	Cost Engineering Committee - minutes of meeting	1944
33	Cost report forms	1906-1915
34	Dams	1913-1964
44	Denver Office	circa 1926-1942
34	Droughts	1936 August
35	Economics	circa 1925-1960
35	Employment - Civil Service	circa 1935-1944
35	Engineering	1939-1960
36	Farming projects	1926-1962
36	Flood control	1934-1944
36	Idaho St. Reclamation Association	1941
36	Irrigation - Arid lands	1910-1944
36	Irrigation - Drainage	1904-1940, 1953-1964
36	Irrigation	1917-1964
37	Kaiser Engineers Inc.	1951-1963
37	Labor	circa 1937-1946
37	Legislation - Bills	circa 1924-1944
37	Manpower	1942-1943
37	Mexican Water Treaty	1944-1945
38	"Mineral Info. Service,"	1955-1963
37	"Mineral Info. Service,"	1956-1963
37	Minerals	1940-1960
38	National Reclamation Association	1936-1966
39	"The New Deal,"	circa 1936-1942
39	No. Pacific vs. United States	circa 1940s
39	Organization	circa 1929-1944
39	Painting	1929-1941
45	Pamphlets - Western Water News	circa 1959-1964
136	Photographs - General Reclamation	1915, 1946-1947, undated
39	Plans - Denver Office Standard Designs	1919-1950
39	Post-War Plans	1942-1944
40	Power - Atomic	circa 1946-1958
40	Power - Electric	1940-1963
40	Power - Water	circa 1923-1957
40	Power	circa 1937-1957
43	Reclamation - "Washington Report,"	1960-1964
43	Reclamation Policies	circa 1929-1953
43	Reclamation Projects - Maps	circa 1932-1944
41	Reclamation Projects	circa 1915-1935, 1945
42	Reclamation Projects	circa 1906-1944
43	Reclamation Projects	circa 1912-1945
40	Reclamation	circa 1916-1960
44	Rubber	circa 1942
44	Six Companies	undated
44	Storms - Weather	circa 1925-1962
44	Technical Club - Denver Office	1948-1949
44	Tennis - Reclamation	1930-1960
44	Timber & wood	1927-1930
44	U.S. Committee on Large Dams - Newsletters	1958-1966
50	Unidentified photographs	undated
44	Wages & salaries	1936
44	War Time - Food Program & Productions	circa 1918-1945
45	Water Development - Commonwealth Club of California	circa 1940-1964
45	Water Development	circa 1930-1964
45	World War II	circa 1940-1954
	Sub-series 4. Printed materials Contains materials printed by the Bureau of Reclamation, some used by Harper in his daily work and others to which he contributed.
Box
133	Annual Reports of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation	1929, 1940-1943
133	Hearings before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department - House of Representatives - Eightieth Congress- Second Session (feat. Remarks by Harper)	1948
133	Manual of the Bureau of Reclamation Edition of 1938	1927, 1939
125	Map & charts	1919-1949
137	Maps, blueprints, & charts	circa 1901-1941
50	Miscellaneous graphs & plans	circa 1909-1934
54	New Reclamation Era	1925-1928
131	Operation & Maintenance Use-book	1914 June
132	Proceedings of Conferences for Discussion of Problems Related to Alkalies in Cement & Their Effect on Aggregates & Concretes	1941 February 14-15
131	Proceedings of Informal Conferences on Concrete & Earthwork	1937
131	Proceedings of the Denver Conference	1929 March 13-15
51	Reclamation Record	1908-1914
52	Reclamation Record	1915-1918
53	Reclamation Record	1919-1923
54	Reclamation Record	1924
70	Safety Manual	1944 June
131	Service Directory	1943 September

Series III. PersonalReturn to Top

This series contains personal items generated by Harper including correspondence and other communications, daybooks, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
134	Address by Harper at Convention of American Society of Civil Engineers published in The Reclamation Era, Vol. 30	1940 September
47	Biographical	circa 1907-1961
9	Bureau of Reclamation - communications	1942-1944
46	Chi Epsilon Fraternity	circa 1940-1962
1	Correspondence	1908-1927
2	Correspondence	1928-1939
3	Correspondence	1940-1942
4	Correspondence	1943-1944
5	Correspondence	1945-1951
6	Correspondence	1952-1957
7	Correspondence	1958-1966, undated
47	Cosmo Club	circa 1945-1966
48	Daybooks	1911-1924
130	Film - S.O. Harper Denver Boulder Dam Spilling	undated
46	Handwritten notes	circa 1937-1961, undated
47	Itineraries - trips	circa 1945-1961
131	Low Dams, A Manual of Design for Small Water Storage Projects	1938
8	Memoranda and subject letters	1913-1941
9	Memoranda and subject letters	1942-1951, undated
47	Misc. notes & manuscripts	circa 1946, undated
50	Miscellaneous newspaper clippings	circa 1937-1957
50	Miscellaneous	circa 1921-1959
49	Personal	circa 1925-1962
136	Photographs - misc.	1945, undated
135	Photographs - People - S. O. Harper & others	circa 1908-1961
134	Proceedings - Irrigation War Food Conference & 12th Annual Meeting - National Reclamation Association (feat. presentation by Harper)	1943 October
7	Staff Information newsletter	1955-1964
46	Statements & bills	circa 1925-1952
1	Telegrams	1949-1955, undated
46	Testimony of S. O. Harper (binder)	1922-1957
48	Thesis - "Improvement of Water Supply in Oakland, California,"	1907 May
47	Trips & travels	circa 1945-1962

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Civil engineering -- Afghanistan.
Civil engineering -- Egypt.
Civil engineering -- India.
Civil engineering -- United States.
Irrigation engineering -- Afghanistan.
Irrigation engineering -- Egypt.
Irrigation engineering -- India.
Irrigation engineering -- United States.
Water resources development -- Afghanistan.
Water resources development -- Egypt.
Water resources development -- India.
Water resources development -- United States.

Corporate Names

Kaiser Engineers.
United States. Bureau of Reclamation.

Form or Genre Terms

Blueprints.
Engineering maps.
Photographs.

Occupations

Civil engineers.
Irrigation engineers.

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