John A. Beemer Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Beemer , John A., 1879-
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
place: label: Place
content: Soviet Union
topic: label: Topic
content: Dams
label: Topic
content: Dams -- California
label: Topic
content: Civil engineering
label: Topic
content: Civil engineers
label: Topic
content: Dams -- Wyoming
label: Topic
content: Irrigation
label: Topic
content: Dams -- Idaho
label: Topic
content: Dams -- Utah
label: Topic
content: Public works
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Beemer , John A., 1879-
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content: John A. Beemer Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Papers document Beemer's engineering activities as a civil engineer who worked on irrigation and dam related projects.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Arthur Beemer (b. 1879) was born in Fincastle, Virginia.  He earned a B.S. in Engineering from the Case School of Applied Science (now known as Case Western Reserve) in 1907.  

Beemer, a civil engineer, joined the United States Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior as a junior engineer in 1907. He worked for the Department until 1913, and again from 1933-1943, on a number of reclamation and irrigation dam projects. Between 1913 and 1933, Beemer worked as an engineer for the Philippines government, 1913-1916; consulting engineer in Idaho, 1916-1917; captain in the Army Engineer Corps, 1917-1918; engineer for the U.S. Indian Service, 1918-1921; engineer for projects in Nevada and California, 1921-1929; and as a consulting engineer for the Russian government, 1929-1931.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Cubic feet (4 boxes; 3 oversize folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1907-1956
label: Date
content: bulk 1919-1931
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Centerfrom Division of Work and Industry, 2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0957
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1: Professional Materials. 1907-1956

Series 2: Projects, 1910-1948

Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1915-1946
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2016.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers document Beemer's engineering activities. Includes correspondence, reports, plans, drawings, blueprints, and specifications concerning reclamation and irrigation dams in the Philippines, 1913-1918; Idaho, 1916-1917, 1941-1943; California, 1921-1926; the Soviet Union, 1929-1931; Wyoming, 1935-1938; and Utah, 1938-1941. Also includes data on metal gates, lifts, weirs, rating flumes, and gauging stations; and employment records for Beemer.