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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
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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
-
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
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 Sinclair O. Harper at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Genevieve Harper (wife) and Dr. John C. Harper (son) in 1966.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe 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 |
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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Sub-series 1. Reports
Contains reports on Bureau of Reclamation projects, some with Harper
contributing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.