Contract between the United States and the University of California providing for laboratory tests in connection with concrete research work for Hoover Dam, 1931-1933.

Boulder Canyon Project (U.S.)

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The box that the original nitrate film is housed in has a return address of Metropolitan Industrial Pictures, of 1040 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood, CA. It was addressed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada. A second and third name on the box are those of Alan MacDonald and Felix Kahn, of MacDonald and Kahn, Financial Center Bldg., San Francisco. From the description of Boulder Dam (aka Hoover Dam) : film of construction, ca. 1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 8613042...

University of California (System)

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Davis, Raymond Earl, 1885-1970

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Biographical Information Raymond Earl Davis was born in Gorham, Maine, on June 13, 1885, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Gray Davis. His interests in civil engineering projects were deep rooted at an early age so that even before completing his basic engineering education he spent several years in the field as a topographer and engineering inspector. Returning to the University of Maine, he received his B.S. in 1911 and C.E. in 1914. During ...