R.M. Sensintaffar papers 1898-1972

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R.M. Sensintaffar papers 1898-1972

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Contains papers related to the career of R.M. Sensintaffar,an electrical engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in the mid-20thcentury.

6 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United States. Bureau of Reclamation

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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation Service) was a bureau of the Department of the Interior which oversaw water development projects in the western United States. In July of 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act 32 Stat. 388, approved June 17, 1902 (also known as the Newlands Act), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the Reclamation Service within the Geological Survey. The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western stat...

North Platte Project (Wyo.-Neb.)

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Sensintaffar, R. M.

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Robert M. Sensintaffar was an electrical engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation between the 1930s and 1970s. Born in Linn County, Missouri in 1910 and educated at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Sensintaffar joined the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as an Assistant Electrical Engineer at the agency's Denver Office in 1933. He proceeded to rise through the ranks, serving as an Electrical Engineer at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's offices in Casper and Guernsey, Wyoming (1940-1...