Henry J. Tebow papers, 1917-1990
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Tebow, Henry J.
- Title
- Henry J. Tebow papers
- Dates
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1917-1990 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 14.80 cubic ft. (29 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 02835
- Summary
- Contains materials relating to Tebow's career as a civil engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation and work on other projects.
- 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 Note
Henry J. Tebow was a civil engineer who worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other federal agencies, 1933-1964. His service included: Interstate Commerce Comission, Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Chief Engineer's office and Region 7 office, based in Colorado. His work included engineer use of high speed computers in development of cost estimates and other data processing activities. In 1964 he became a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1985 Tebow published his autobiography, "My Love Affair with the Bureau of Reclamation."
Content Description
The collection contains files on Tebow's work on Boise-Weiser-Payette, Colorado-Big Thompson, Boulder Dam (Hoover), Missouri River Basin, Glen Canyon Dam, Snake River Basin, Salt River, and Upper Rio Grande projects. Also included are: correspondence and memoranda (1947-1959), charts, computerized construction estimates, computerized cost estimates and program descriptions, and computer printouts of civil engineering techniques. There are 33 Critical Path Method (CPM) and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) construction computer programs and maps of the Colorado-Big Thompson project.
Use of the Collection
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 Information
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere is an oral history interview with Henry J. Tebow online at Heritage West through the Denver Public Library.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Henry Tebow in 1968 with accretions from 1971 to 1990.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in February 2011.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Container List
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Series I. Research materials
Contains printed reports, publications, maps, and other materials related to Tebow's professional endeavors.
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Description: American Society of Civil Engineers, Irrigation DivisionDates: 1955 SeptemberContainer: Box 22
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Description: Anderson Ranch Powerplant Third Unit - Boise Project, Idaho Feasibility ReportDates: 1981 AprilContainer: Box 28
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Description: Appendix to the Water Resources Activities of the Department of InteriorDates: 1948 May 18Container: Box 23
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Description: Archaeological Surveys Auburn-Folsom Knickerbocker Tract, Parts I-IIDates: undatedContainer: Box 28
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Description: Big Lost RiverDates: 1931Container: Box 7
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Description: Binary program tapeDates: 1966 JanuaryContainer: Box 29
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Description: Boise River InvestigationsDates: 1918-1939Container: Box 8
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Description: Booklets and printed materialsDates: 1930-1990Container: Box 6
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Description: Bureau of Reclamation - Dams and Control WorksDates: 1929, 1938Container: Box 22
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Description: Bureau of Reclamation 50th AnniversaryDates: 1952Container: Box 11
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Description: Bureau of Reclamation generalDates: 1936-1948Container: Box 11
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Description: Bureau of Reclamation Justification for AppropriationsDates: 1949 June 30Container: Box 24
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Description: Bureau of Reclamation Region 7 planning materialsDates: 1947-1950Container: Box 11
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Description: California Undersea Aqueduct Prereconnaissance StudyDates: 1969 DecemberContainer: Box 28
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Description: California Undersea Aqueduct Reconnaissance Investigation Special ReportDates: 1975 JanuaryContainer: Box 28
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Description: Colorado-Big Thompson ProjectDates: 1937-1959Container: Box 24
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Description: Colorado RiverDates: 1934-1983Container: Box 27
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Description: Comparison of Diversion Routes - Central Arizona ProjectDates: 1945 SeptemberContainer: Box 25
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Description: Computerized cost estimateDates: 1951-1968Container: Box 2
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Description: Computing correspondence and memorandaDates: 1947-1955Container: Box 4
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Description: Construction efficiencyDates: 1934-1954Container: Box 3
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Description: Consumptive Use of Water for Agriculture - Robert L. Lowry, Jr. and Arthur F. JohnsonDates: 1940 JulyContainer: Box 22
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Description: CPM and PERT Construction ManagementDates: 1961-1964Container: Box 4
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Description: Creative EngineeringDates: 1956-1958Container: Box 4
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Description: Critical Path MethodDates: 1962-1963Container: Box 2
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Description: Design dataDates: 1921-1937Container: Box 5
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Description: The Development and Conservation of Land and Water Resources in Region 7Dates: 1947 DecemberContainer: Box 11
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Description: Development of Earth Dam Design in the Bureau of ReclamationDates: 1958 AugustContainer: Box 11
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Description: Drainage Basin Committee Report for the Pacific Northwest BasinsDates: 1937 DecemberContainer: Box 13
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Description: Earthquake Activity in Western United StatesDates: 1968 AprilContainer: Box 28
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Description: "Economic Justification of Water Resource Development" by Ira A. WatsonDates: 1964 March 25Container: Box 28
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Description: Engineering Construction - Flood ControlDates: 1946Container: Box 26
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Description: "Evaluation of Weather Modification" by Archie M. KahanDates: 1965 AprilContainer: Box 28
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Description: F8.2 adjusted for 3400Dates: September 8-10Container: Box 29
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Description: Flood DataDates: 1932-1936Container: Box 23
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Description: "Fort Colville - The Structure of a Hudson's Bay Company Post, 1825 10 1871 and After" by David H. ChanceDates: 1972Container: Box 28
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Description: Glen CanyonDates: 1957-1967Container: Box 24
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Description: Hoover/Boulder DamDates: 1930-1977Container: Box 26
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Description: Inspection Report of Parker and Davis DamsDates: 1954 December 3Container: Box 28
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Description: Irrigation in the Soviet UnionDates: 1964Container: Box 28
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Description: Law and Contemporary ProblemsDates: 1957Container: Box 21
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Description: Lower Cost Canal LiningsDates: 1948 JuneContainer: Box 23
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Description: MapsDates: 1947-1957Container: Box 12
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Description: Memorandum to J. L. Savage, Consulting Engineer, Yangtze Gorge Project - ChinaDates: 1946 July 5Container: Box 26
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Description: Missouri River BasinDates: 1944-1952Container: Box 10
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Description: National Resources Committee - Drainage Basin Problems and ProgramsDates: 1938Container: Box 22
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Description: National Resources Planning Board - Long-Range Programming of Municipal Public WorksDates: 1941 JuneContainer: Box 23
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Description: National Resources Planning Board - Regional Planning Part VI - Upper Rio GrandeDates: 1938 FebruaryContainer: Box 25
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Description: National Resources Planning Board - The Economic Effects of the Federal Public Works ExpendituresDates: 1933-1938Container: Box 22
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Description: Nuclear information and correspondenceDates: 1946-1955Container: Box 1
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Description: Observations and Recommendations of Mr. Goodrich W. Lineweaver on Lajas Valley Irrigation ProjectDates: 1956 December 1Container: Box 28
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Description: Oregon projectsDates: 1934, 1939Container: Box 24
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Description: Papers presented at Irrigation Conference, Fort Collins ColoradoDates: 1949Container: Box 28
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Description: Payette WatershedDates: 1938 OctoberContainer: Box 7
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Description: PERTDates: 1961-1963, undatedContainer: Box 3
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Description: Planning, Scheduling, and Expediting Engineering Projects with the Aid of Electronic ComputersDates: 1962 MayContainer: Box 3
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Description: Preliminary Engineer's Report on the Water Treatment Plant Project prepared by Casitas Municipal Water DistrictDates: 1975 September 5Container: Box 28
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Description: Preliminary Summary Report Tempisque Valley Project - Guanacaste Province, Costa RicaDates: 1955Container: Box 28
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Description: Public Service Company of Colorado Annual ReportsDates: 1961-1962Container: Box 13
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Description: Public Works Planning, National Resources CommitteeDates: 1936 DecemberContainer: Box 23
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Description: Radio Reporting Precipitation Gages - Central Valley Project, CaliforniaDates: 1955 JuneContainer: Box 28
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Description: Rainbow Bridge National Monument Monitoring Program Status Report No. 11Dates: 1978-1979Container: Box 28
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Description: The Reclamation Era vol. 25Dates: 1935Container: Box 21
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Description: Region 7 Fortran IV estimateDates: 1965 December 14Container: Box 29
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Description: Region 7 Progress Control ActivitiesDates: 1946-1950Container: Box 12
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Description: Regional Summary for 1976: Environmental Quality and Improved Appearance Program, Bureau of Reclamation, Southwest RegionDates: 1976 MarchContainer: Box 28
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Description: "The Relation of Ground Water to Irrigation" presentation by Stanley W. LohmanDates: 1950 March 27Container: Box 23
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Description: Report on Inspections and Conferences in China by J. L. SavageDates: 1946 May 17Container: Box 26
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Description: Report on Problems of the Eden, Seedskadee, Savery-Pot Hook, Kendrick, Lyman, and other Reclamation projects in WyomingDates: 1963Container: Box 28
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Description: Report on Progress Conference Water on Water Conservation - Committee on Conservation of WaterDates: 1935 DecemberContainer: Box 22
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Description: Report on the Western Energy Expansion StudyDates: 1977 FebruaryContainer: Box 28
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Description: Republic of Argentina - Buried Membrane Canal Linings - A Report on Possible Uses of Buried Linings for Low-Cost Seepage Control in Hydraulic ConstructionDates: 1971Container: Box 28
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Description: Snake RiverDates: 1935-1944Container: Box 8
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Description: Snake RiverDates: 1935 JuneContainer: Box 7
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Description: Spillway Requirements - Salt River Project DamsDates: 1934 December 28Container: Box 24
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Description: State of Ohio, The Miami Conservancy District, Technical ReportsDates: 1917-1921Container: Box 13
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Description: Supplement to Index to Laboratory and Other Numbered Reports (Preliminary Edition) 1957-1962Dates: 1965 NovemberContainer: Box 28
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Description: Taylor Park Dam - Denver Post photoDates: 1938 FebruaryContainer: Box 10
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Description: Technical Memorandum No. 389 - Saturation of Existing Earth DamsDates: 1934 June 25Container: Box 11
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Description: Texas Basin Project memoranda and planning materialsDates: 1961Container: Box 25
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Description: Thesaurus of Descriptors - Keywords and Cross-References for Indexing and Retrieving the Literature of Water Resources DevelopmentDates: 1965 OctoberContainer: Box 28
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Description: Use of Water on Federal Irrigation ProjectsDates: 1952 AugustContainer: Box 23
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Description: Value Engineering Study of Indoor versus Outdoor Pumping Plants and Hydropower PlantsDates: 1971 OctoberContainer: Box 28
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Description: "Vandalism to Cultural Resources of the Rocky Mountain West" by Lance Robert WilliamsDates: 1977Container: Box 28
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Description: Water Resources Activities in the U.S.Dates: 1959-1960Container: Box 13
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Description: Water Resources and Economic Development of the West ReportsDates: 1951-1957Container: Box 13
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Description: Water Resources Data Water Year 1981Dates: 1983Container: Box 28
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Description: Wu Sheh Project - ChinaDates: 1953-1955Container: Box 26
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Series II. Specifications
Contains the published specifications, schedules, and drawings of various Bureau of Reclamation projects.
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Description: Boulder Canyon ProjectDates: 1933-1935Container: Box 16
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Description: Casper-Alcova ProjectDates: 1933Container: Box 14
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Description: Casper-Alcova ProjectDates: 1935Container: Box 18
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Description: Colorado River ProjectDates: 1936Container: Box 17
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Description: Colorado-Big Thompson ProjectDates: 1938-1939Container: Box 19
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Description: Ephraim and Spring City Divisions Sampete ProjectDates: 1935Container: Box 17
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Description: Grand Coulee DamDates: 1934-1937Container: Box 15
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Description: Missouri Basin ProjectDates: 1945-1953Container: Box 19
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Description: Ogden River ProjectDates: 1934-1935Container: Box 17
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Description: Owyhee ProjectDates: 1928-1933Container: Box 14
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Description: Parker Dam ProjectDates: 1934Container: Box 17
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Description: Rio Grande ProjectDates: 1936Container: Box 17
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Description: Uncompahgre ProjectDates: 1935-1936Container: Box 18
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Description: Upper Snake River ProjectDates: 1935Container: Box 17
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Series III. Personal
Contains manuscripts, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
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Description: Biographical materialDates: 1957-1966Container: Box 1
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1941, 1983Container: Box 6
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Description: Manuscript: "The Social Aspects of the Bureau of Reclamation,"Dates: 1949 November 30Container: Box 11
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Description: Manuscript: "The World in One Country - South Africa,"Dates: 1983Container: Box 6
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Description: "My Love Affair with the Bureau of Reclamation"Dates: 1985Container: Box 6
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Description: Office notesDates: 1934-1938Container: Box 21
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Description: Program Execution - Federal Construction (thesis)Dates: 1949-1960Container: Box 22
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Description: Scrapbook - news clippingsDates: 1935-1937Container: Box 14
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Description: Tebow collection of electrical power notesDates: 1955-1964Container: Box 20
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Description: Tebow collection of USBR speeches and notesDates: 1956-1963Container: Box 20
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Dams -- United States.
Corporate Names
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)
- United States. Bureau of Reclamation.
Geographical Names
- Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
- Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
- Missouri River Watershed.
- Snake River (Colo.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Maps.
Occupations
- Engineers.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Tebow, Henry J., My love affair with the Bureau of Reclamation.
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