Papers, 1930-1970.

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Papers, 1930-1970.

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Collection contains correspondence (1930-1970); maps of the United States (1936-1970); newspaper clippings (1942-1970); photographs of projects; reports, contracts and plans on engineering projects on the Missouri River and Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1934-1970); and subject files on river control and water conservation.

37.35 cubic ft. (83 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Ackerman, Jerome Otto, 1910-1971.

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Jerome Otto Ackerman (1910-1971), an engineer, served with the Army Corps of Engineers from 1928-1970. He joined the Corps after graduating from the University of Minnesota and worked as a construction engineer on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and later on the construction of the Missouri River Basin dams and the Strategic Air Command Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. From the description of Papers, 1930-1970. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCa...

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...