Irvin J. Matthews papers, 1937-1958.

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Irvin J. Matthews papers, 1937-1958.

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The collection includes a speech by Irvin J. Matthews (1958); a 1958 autobiographical outline; a 1951 manuscript on the history of Alcova Bridge; an undated manuscript on careers in engineering; and typewritten proceedings of the 1952 annual convention of the Wyoming Engineering Society. Also included are photographs, including Pathfinder Dam, Alcova Dam, Hoover Dam, Kortes Dam, and Seminoe Dam, as well as a copy print of an 1879 buffalo hunt by Boney and Frank Earnest and others.

.25 cubic ft. (1 box)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Earnest, Boney.

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Matthews, Irvin J., 1888-

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Irvin J. Matthews (b. 1888), a construction engineer, was employed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation from which he retired in 1958. He was involved with construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, and in 1933 transferred to the Kendrick Project in Casper, Wyoming. In 1946 he was appointed district engineer in charge of Bureau of Reclamation projects on the North Platte River basin. He was president of the Wyoming Engineering Society in 1952. From the description of Irvin J. Matthe...

Wyoming Engineering Society

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North Platte Project (Wyo.-Neb.)

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