Guide to the James Wallace Beardsley Papers,
1848-1934

Collection Number: 2768

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
E. Engst
Date completed:
September 1983
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
James Wallace Beardsley papers, 1848-1934, 1906-1934 (bulk).
Collection Number:
2768
Creator:
James Wallace Beardsley, 1860-1944
Quantity:
.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, reports, maps and charts, plans and clippings.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, maps and charts, plans and clippings concerning irrigation engineering; includes material relating to Puerto Rican dams, and various U.S. dam and irrigation projects. Includes 1848 background report concerning Puerto Rico.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, reports, maps and charts, plans and clippings concerning irrigation engineering; includes material relating to Puerto Rican dams, and various U.S. dam and irrigation projects. Includes 1848 background report concerning Puerto Rico.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Beardsley, James Wallace, 1860-1944.

Subjects:
Irrigation engineering.
Irrigation.
Civil engineers.

Places:
Latin America.
Puerto Rico.

Form and Genre Terms:
Reports.
Maps.
Charts.
Clippings.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
James Wallace Beardsley papers, #2768. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1906-1909
Irrigation reports, U.S.
Box 1 Folder 1
1909
Mandalay Canal - maps
Box 1 Folder 2
1909
Mandalay Canal - maps
Box 1 Folder 3
1909
Mandalay Canal - maps
Box 1 Folder 4
1913
Puerto Rico irrigation (reports)
Box 1 Folder 5
1910-1913
Puerto Rico irrigation projects (correspondence, reports)
Box 1 Folder 6
1913
Coama Dam, Puerto Rico (maps)
Box 1 Folder 7
1915
Notes on Puerto Rican Irrigation Service
Box 1 Folder 8
1914-1915
Sugar beets, Colorado (report)
Box 1 Folder 9
1912-1926
Sugar cane projects
Box 1 Folder 10
1917
Irrigation Project Reports, U.S.
Box 1 Folder 11
1921
Panama Road Specifications
Box 1 Folder 12
1921
Philippine Report
Box 1 Folder 13
1927
Dominican Republic Project - reports
Box 1 Folder 14
1926-1928
Dominican Republic Project - reports
Box 1 Folder 14
1922-1923
Dominican Republic Project - maps and pamphlet
Box 1 Folder 14
1926-1927
Dominican Republic Project - blueprints
Box 1 Folder 15
1910-1933
Misc. correspondence
Box 1 Folder 18
1915-1934
Clippings
Box 1 Folder 19
Published maps
Box 1 Folder 20