Missouri River Improvement Project Collection
name: label: Creator
content: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Missouri River Division
topic: label: Topic
content: Dikes
label: Topic
content: Piers
label: Topic
content: Rivers -- Missouri
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Acquired from United States Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Division, through Doran Topolosky, between October 1966 and July 1968.
creator: label: Creator
content: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Missouri River Division
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content: Missouri River Improvement Project Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the construction of dikes and piers along the Missouri River.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .5 Cubic feet (1 box )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1895-1901
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1548
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Cyanotypes
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Reports
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in four series. 


Series 1, Photographs for Progress Reports, 1895-1896


Series 2, Loose Photographs, 1897-1901, undated


Series 3, Blue Prints of All Views and Photographic Negatives, 1899 


Series 4, Photographs by Location, 1900
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is processed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Cyanotypes
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of black and white and cyanotype photographic prints documenting the construction of dikes and piers along the Missouri River. The photographs were created by the engineering division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,  Missouri River Division and date from 1895-1901. Some of the prints were used for progress reports and most were taken on almost a day to day basis. Locations documented include: Chamois Reach; Glasgow Reach; Howard's Reach; Huntsdale Reach; Jefferson City Reach; Little Blue Reach; Nebraska City Reach; Osage Point; Pelican Bend Reach; Portland Island; Randolf Bend; Rocheport Reach; Rulo Reach and St. Joseph Reach. Only a very few of the photographs are undated.  Materials are arranged in four series and in choronogical order: series one, photographs for progress reports, 1895-1896; series two, loose photographs, 1897-1901, undated; series three, blue prints of all views and photographic negatives, 1899; and series four, photographs by location, 1900.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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Waldo R. Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel Papers, NAA.1990-20

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J. N. Nicollet's Notes, Reports, and Catalogues, SIA.FA84-176