Papers, 1927-1966.

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Papers, 1927-1966.

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Collection contains materials relating to Herdman's career as an engineer including correspondence files containing reports, plans and newspaper clippings, mostly regarding the Litani River Project in Lebanon and his trip to Korea (1950-1954); speeches by Herdman on water reclamation and dam construction (1945-1950); maps of Korea (1950); a diary of his trip in Korea (1950); subject files on dam designs, Yellowtail Dam, the Litani River Project and Korea (1927-1957); reports by Herdman on water reclamation, Yellowtail Dam, the Litani River Project and hydroelectric power in Korea (1942-1960); photographs of Yellowtail Dam (1966) and Bartlett Dam during construction (1937-1939); and manuscripts by Herdman, "The Development of the Reclamation Service" and "History of Yellowstone National Park."

16 cubic ft. (16 boxes)

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...

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (U.S.). Yellowtail Unit.

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Herdman, Robert F., 1890-

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Robert F. Herdman (1890- ), an engineer, worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1913-1923 and 1933-1954. He was in charge of construction of Bartlett Dam in Arizona and Yellowtail Dam in Montana from 1936-1938. Herdman also went to Korea in 1950 to study the country's hydroelectric potential and served as project engineer for the Litani River Project in Lebanon from 1952-1954. Herdman retired from the Bureau of Reclamation in 1954 and worked as an engineering consultant to International ...

Litani River Project (Lebanon)

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