2003_007_page6and7

Title 2003-1 Inside the Hoover Dam Scrapbooks
Creator Weber State Univesity
Contributors Utah Construction Company/Utah International
Description The WSU Stewart Library Annual UC-UI Symposium took place from 2001-2007. The collection consists of memorabilia from the symposium including a yearly keepsake, posters, and presentations through panel discussions or individual lectures.
Subject Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.); Ogden (Utah); Utah Construction Company
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 2003
Date 2003
Date Digital 2008
Temporal Coverage 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007
Item Size 8 inch x 10 inch
Medium booklet
Item Description 13 page booklet with text and black and white photos
Type Text; Image/StillImage
Conversion Specifications Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Master Quality 400 PPI
Language eng
Relation https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/212
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Source TC557.5.H6W42 2003 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University
Format application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s6a9qa2z
Setname wsu_ucui_sym
ID 97629
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6a9qa2z

Page Metadata

Title 2003_007_page6and7
Creator Stewart Library, Weber State University
Image Captions Word of the dam project flew through the grim landscape of the Great Depression, bringing workers and their families to Las Vegas long before work at the dam site commenced. Hopeful squatters threw together rough shanties and, when they were lucky, found meals in soup kitchens. Ruben and Margaret Gard are pictured outside their Ragtown home. (Used with permission.4) The project's specifications struck many builders as impossible, yet they intrigued William H. Wattis, president of the Utah Construction Company, who often teamed with Henry Morrison of Morrison Knudsen. As the estimated costs soared, the builders invited in the J. F. Shea company of Los Angeles and McDonald & Kahn of San Francisco, as well as prominent and frequent partners in building, W. A. Bechtel and Henry Kaiser.
Description The WSU Stewart Library Annual UC-UI Symposium took place from 2001-2007. The collection consists of memorabilia from the symposium including a yearly keepsake, posters, and presentations through panel discussions or individual lectures.
Subject Hoover Dam, Ogden-Utah, Utah Construction Company
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University
Date Original 2003
Date 2003
Date Digital 2008
Item Description 13 page booklet with text and black and white photos
Type Text; Image/StillImage
Conversion Specifications Archived TIFF images were scanned at 400 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Language eng
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Source TC557.5.H6W42 2003 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University
OCR Text Show
Format application/pdf
Setname wsu_ucui_sym
ID 97700
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6a9qa2z/97700