Bertram S. Barnes papers, 1932-1969.

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Bertram S. Barnes papers, 1932-1969.

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Collection contains Bertram S. Barnes' subject files for the water resource projects he worked on in the Midwest and West, which contain correspondence, reports (some by Barnes), government documents, hydrograph sheets, drawings, and maps. Collection also contains reports written by Barnes, papers and reprints of articles written by Barnes, government documents, and miscellaneous printed materials. Three oversized U.S. Weather Bureau hydrologic map compilations are in this collection as well.

7.92 cubic ft. (8 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...

Barnes, Bertram

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Bertram S. Barnes (d. 1975) was a hydrologist for the federal government and in the private sector during the twentieth century. He worked on water resources projects throughout the Midwestern and Western United States. Barnes joined the U.S. Weather Bureau during the 1930s and held a number of posts with this agency, including Supervisor of Hydrologic Work in Davenport, Iowa (1930s), Hydrologic Supervisor of the Upper Mississippi Region in Iowa City, Iowa (1930s), Regional Engineer in Los Angel...

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