John L. Savage Papers
name: label: Author
content: Savage, John L., 1879-? (civil engineer)
label: Names
content: China, Ministry of Economic Affairs
label: Names
content: China, National Resources Commission
label: Names
content: Department of the Interior, U.S.
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Names
content: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: Yangtze River (China)
topic: label: Topic
content: Civil engineering
label: Topic
content: Engineering
label: Topic
content: Hydraulic engineering and engineers
label: Topic
content: Civil engineers
label: Topic
content: Water supplies
label: Topic
content: Hydroelectric power plants
label: Topic
content: Dams
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Author
content: Savage, John L., 1879-? (civil engineer)
abstract: label: Summary
content: Papers document John L. Savage's work as a civil engineer.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Savage was a civil engineer, and Chief Designing Engineer in charge of all designing for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1924-1945.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now Division of Work and Industry), 8/7/86.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0227
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reports
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by David Stevens, 1986
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Reports -- 1940-1970
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Materials concerning dams, power plants, and materials testing in China, for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It consists of a bound volume of preliminary reports, with maps, prepared for China's National Resources Commission by John L. Savage, consulting engineer. Includes a report on the Yangtze River Gorge Project (11/1944) and several other Chinese projects: Ta-Tu-Ho and Ma-Pien-Ho projects (9/1944), Upper Ming-Kiang and Kwan-Hsien projects (9-11/1944), Lung-Chi-Ho projects (9-11/1944), and the Tang-Lang-Chuan projects (1-3/1945).