University of Wyoming
Collection Summary | ||
| Title | Jerome Otto Ackerman papers, | |
| Dates (Inclusive) | 1930-1970 | |
| Creator | Ackerman, Jerome Otto, 1910-1971. | |
| Abstract | ||
| Collection Number | 06048 | |
| Size | 37.35 cubic feet (83 boxes) | |
| Repository | University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| Language(s) | English | |
Jerome Otto Ackerman (1910-1971), an engineer, served with the Army Corps of Engineers from 1928-1970. He joined the Corps after graduating from the University of Minnesota and worked as a construction engineer on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and later on the construction of the Missouri River Basin dams and the Strategic Air Command Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.
Collection contains correspondence (1930-1970); maps of the United States (1936-1970); newspaper clippings (1942-1970); photographs of projects; reports, contracts and plans on engineering projects on the Missouri River and Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1934-1970); and subject files on river control and water conservation.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
There are no known other archival collections created by Jerome Otto Ackerman at the date of processing.
Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Water conservation -- United States.
Water resources development -- United States.
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