Collection Summary
Tebow, Henry J.
Henry J. Tebow papers
1917-1990
02835
14.80 cubic ft. (29 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Contains materials relating to Tebow's career as a civil
engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation and work on other projects.
Biography of Henry J. Tebow
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."
Scope and Content
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.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and
libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There is an oral history interview with Henry J. Tebow online at Heritage West
through the Denver Public Library.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Henry Tebow in 1968 with accretions from 1971 to
1990.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in February 2011.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Tebow, Henry J., My love affair with the Bureau of Reclamation.
United States. Bureau of
Reclamation.
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
(U.S.)
Dams -- United States.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Missouri River Watershed.
Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
Snake River (Colo.)
Maps.
Engineers.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Water and Water Rights
Science, Technology and Health
Technology
Energy Production
Politics, Government, and Law
Container List
Series I. Research materials
Contains printed reports, publications, maps, and other materials related to
Tebow's professional endeavors.
22
American Society of Civil Engineers, Irrigation
Division
1955 September
28
Anderson Ranch Powerplant Third Unit - Boise Project, Idaho
Feasibility Report
1981 April
23
Appendix to the Water Resources Activities of the Department of
Interior
1948 May 18
28
Archaeological Surveys Auburn-Folsom Knickerbocker Tract, Parts
I-II
undated
7
Big Lost River
1931
29
Binary program tape
1966 January
8
Boise River Investigations
1918-1939
6
Booklets and printed materials
1930-1990
22
Bureau of Reclamation - Dams and Control Works
1929, 1938
11
Bureau of Reclamation 50th Anniversary
1952
11
Bureau of Reclamation general
1936-1948
24
Bureau of Reclamation Justification for
Appropriations
1949 June 30
11
Bureau of Reclamation Region 7 planning materials
1947-1950
28
California Undersea Aqueduct Prereconnaissance Study
1969 December
28
California Undersea Aqueduct Reconnaissance Investigation Special
Report
1975 January
24
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
1937-1959
27
Colorado River
1934-1983
25
Comparison of Diversion Routes - Central Arizona
Project
1945 September
2
Computerized cost estimate
1951-1968
4
Computing correspondence and memoranda
1947-1955
3
Construction efficiency
1934-1954
22
Consumptive Use of Water for Agriculture - Robert L. Lowry, Jr.
and Arthur F. Johnson
1940 July
4
CPM and PERT Construction Management
1961-1964
4
Creative Engineering
1956-1958
2
Critical Path Method
1962-1963
5
Design data
1921-1937
11
The Development and Conservation of Land and Water Resources in
Region 7
1947 December
11
Development of Earth Dam Design in the Bureau of
Reclamation
1958 August
13
Drainage Basin Committee Report for the Pacific Northwest
Basins
1937 December
28
Earthquake Activity in Western United States
1968 April
28
"Economic Justification of Water Resource Development" by Ira A.
Watson
1964 March 25
26
Engineering Construction - Flood Control
1946
28
"Evaluation of Weather Modification" by Archie M.
Kahan
1965 April
29
F8.2 adjusted for 3400
September 8-10
23
Flood Data
1932-1936
28
"Fort Colville - The Structure of a Hudson's Bay Company Post,
1825 10 1871 and After" by David H. Chance
1972
24
Glen Canyon
1957-1967
26
Hoover/Boulder Dam
1930-1977
28
Inspection Report of Parker and Davis Dams
1954 December 3
28
Irrigation in the Soviet Union
1964
21
Law and Contemporary Problems
1957
23
Lower Cost Canal Linings
1948 June
12
Maps
1947-1957
26
Memorandum to J. L. Savage, Consulting Engineer, Yangtze Gorge
Project - China
1946 July 5
10
Missouri River Basin
1944-1952
22
National Resources Committee - Drainage Basin Problems and
Programs
1938
23
National Resources Planning Board - Long-Range Programming of
Municipal Public Works
1941 June
25
National Resources Planning Board - Regional Planning Part VI -
Upper Rio Grande
1938 February
22
National Resources Planning Board - The Economic Effects of the
Federal Public Works Expenditures
1933-1938
1
Nuclear information and correspondence
1946-1955
28
Observations and Recommendations of Mr. Goodrich W. Lineweaver on
Lajas Valley Irrigation Project
1956 December 1
24
Oregon projects
1934, 1939
28
Papers presented at Irrigation Conference, Fort Collins
Colorado
1949
7
Payette Watershed
1938 October
3
PERT
1961-1963, undated
3
Planning, Scheduling, and Expediting Engineering Projects with
the Aid of Electronic Computers
1962 May
28
Preliminary Engineer's Report on the Water Treatment Plant
Project prepared by Casitas Municipal Water District
1975 September 5
28
Preliminary Summary Report Tempisque Valley Project - Guanacaste
Province, Costa Rica
1955
13
Public Service Company of Colorado Annual Reports
1961-1962
23
Public Works Planning, National Resources Committee
1936 December
28
Radio Reporting Precipitation Gages - Central Valley Project,
California
1955 June
28
Rainbow Bridge National Monument Monitoring Program Status Report
No. 11
1978-1979
21
The Reclamation Era vol. 25
1935
29
Region 7 Fortran IV estimate
1965 December 14
12
Region 7 Progress Control Activities
1946-1950
28
Regional Summary for 1976: Environmental Quality and Improved
Appearance Program, Bureau of Reclamation, Southwest Region
1976 March
23
"The Relation of Ground Water to Irrigation" presentation by
Stanley W. Lohman
1950 March 27
26
Report on Inspections and Conferences in China by J. L.
Savage
1946 May 17
28
Report on Problems of the Eden, Seedskadee, Savery-Pot Hook,
Kendrick, Lyman, and other Reclamation projects in Wyoming
1963
22
Report on Progress Conference Water on Water Conservation -
Committee on Conservation of Water
1935 December
28
Report on the Western Energy Expansion Study
1977 February
28
Republic of Argentina - Buried Membrane Canal Linings - A Report
on Possible Uses of Buried Linings for Low-Cost Seepage Control in
Hydraulic Construction
1971
8
Snake River
1935-1944
7
Snake River
1935 June
24
Spillway Requirements - Salt River Project Dams
1934 December 28
13
State of Ohio, The Miami Conservancy District, Technical
Reports
1917-1921
28
Supplement to Index to Laboratory and Other Numbered Reports
(Preliminary Edition) 1957-1962
1965 November
10
Taylor Park Dam - Denver Post photo
1938 February
11
Technical Memorandum No. 389 - Saturation of Existing Earth
Dams
1934 June 25
25
Texas Basin Project memoranda and planning materials
1961
28
Thesaurus of Descriptors - Keywords and Cross-References for
Indexing and Retrieving the Literature of Water Resources
Development
1965 October
23
Use of Water on Federal Irrigation Projects
1952 August
28
Value Engineering Study of Indoor versus Outdoor Pumping Plants
and Hydropower Plants
1971 October
28
"Vandalism to Cultural Resources of the Rocky Mountain West" by
Lance Robert Williams
1977
13
Water Resources Activities in the U.S.
1959-1960
13
Water Resources and Economic Development of the West
Reports
1951-1957
28
Water Resources Data Water Year 1981
1983
26
Wu Sheh Project - China
1953-1955
Series II. Specifications
Contains the published specifications, schedules, and drawings of various
Bureau of Reclamation projects.
16
Boulder Canyon Project
1933-1935
14
Casper-Alcova Project
1933
18
Casper-Alcova Project
1935
17
Colorado River Project
1936
19
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
1938-1939
17
Ephraim and Spring City Divisions Sampete Project
1935
15
Grand Coulee Dam
1934-1937
19
Missouri Basin Project
1945-1953
17
Ogden River Project
1934-1935
14
Owyhee Project
1928-1933
17
Parker Dam Project
1934
17
Rio Grande Project
1936
18
Uncompahgre Project
1935-1936
17
Upper Snake River Project
1935
Series III. Personal
Contains manuscripts, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
1
Biographical material
1957-1966
6
Correspondence
1941, 1983
11
Manuscript: "The Social Aspects of the Bureau of
Reclamation,"
1949 November 30
6
Manuscript: "The World in One Country - South
Africa,"
1983
6
"My Love Affair with the Bureau of Reclamation"
1985
21
Office notes
1934-1938
22
Program Execution - Federal Construction (thesis)
1949-1960
14
Scrapbook - news clippings
1935-1937
20
Tebow collection of electrical power notes
1955-1964
20
Tebow collection of USBR speeches and notes
1956-1963