Notes
MS 24
Louis Edward Cramer Papers
inventory
[4 boxes]
Box 1 of 4
folder no.
[xeroxed memoirs and other biographical and autobiographical
material from the scrapbooks in boxes 2-4]
1. 36-page memoir
2. "Incident at Boulder Dam" [from vol. 1, pt. 2, sec. 3]
3. 54-page memoir
4. "Dad's Letter to Rock, 16 August 1984 - Sept. 1984"
[from vol. 2, sec. 2]
5. "Afghanistan Projects" [from vol. 2, sec. 7]
6. 45-page memoir
7. "Bolsa Island Nuclear Power and Desalination Project, CA"
[from v. 4, pt. 1]
8. "Franchi Dam Project, Fresno River, Madera, CA"
[from vol. 4, pt. 2]
9. memoir - letter to Dr. Gene Gressley of the American Heritage
Center at the University of Wyoming in Laramie [Nov. 25, 1981
(from vol. 4, pt. 3, sec. 1)]
10. "San Vicente Dam Project, CA: Preface" [from vol. 4, pt. 4]
11. "St. Francis Dam: A Collapsed Concrete Dam in San
Francisquito Canyon, CA" [from vol. 4, pt. 10, sec. 2]
12. two Hoover Dam anniversary medallions
[50th: 1935-1985; 60th: 1935-1995]
Box 2 of 4 [scrapbooks/memoirs]
Volume 1 of 5, part 1 of 2
1. autobiographical material [including genealogy]
2. "The Beginning: Palm Springs, 1928" [includes pp. 1-9D of 36-page
memoir]
3. "Frank Crowe at Boulder Dam"
4. "Boulder Dam and Power Plant" [includes pp. 10-10A of 36-page
memoir; also includes material relative to the 31ers and the Boulder
City Museum and Historical Association]
Volume 1 of 5, part 2 of 2
1. "Yuma, Arizona, 1935-40" [All-American Canal; Imperial Dam;
Gila Canal; Parker Dam; Coachella Canal; pp. 11-14 of 36-page
memoir]
2. "Rockwell Charles Cramer" [biography]
3. "Yuma, Arizona, 1935-40" [pp. 15-17A of 36-page memoir]
4. "Shasta Dam and Power Plant" [pp. 18-19A of 36-page memoir]
5. "Lorraine Joyce Cramer" [biography]
6. "Shasta Dam and Power Plant," continued [pp. 19A-21 of 36-page
memoir]
7. "Central Valley Projects, California: Friant Dam, Friant-Kern Canal,
Madera Canal, 1943-54" [pp. 22-23 of 36-page memoir]
8. "Diane Marilyn Cramer Juarez" [biography]
9. "Gregory Scott Cramer" [biography; pp. 24-26 of 36-page memoir]
10. "Diamond Valley/Hemet, California, 1949-53" [potential
Domenigoni Valley reservoir site; pp. 27-30 of 36-page memoir]
11. "642 West Cornell Avenue, Fresno, California, 1952-61" [pp.
31-36 of 36-page memoir]
Volume 2 of 5*
1. "After 45 Years the Crack Appears, 1980" [pp. 1-5 of 54-page
memoir]
2. "Dad's Letter to Rock, 16 August 1984 - Sept. 1984" [25-page
transcript of a tape-recorded letter from Louis Edward Cramer to
his oldest son, Rockwell Charles Cramer]
3. "An Error of Judgment" [pp. 6-8 of 54-page memoir]
4. "Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1954-55" [pp. 9-18 of 54-page memoir]
5. "Los Angeles & Sacramento, 1955" [pp. 19-21 of 54-page memoir]
6. "San Francisco, California, 1956-58 (International Engineering
Company, Inc.)" [pp. 23-30 of 54-page memoir (there is no p. 22)]
7. "Afghanistan Projects"
8. "Miscellaneous Projects: Return to San Francisco, 1958-62 (Eel
River Investigations, 1958; Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project,
Oregon, 1960; Chungju Dam & Power Plant, Korea, 1961; South
Saskatchewan Dam, Canada, 1962; Camanche Dam, California,
1963; and Deep Creek Investigations, California, 1962) and
Franchi Dam, California, 1962-63" [pp. 31-38 (there is no p. 39),
40-42 of 54-page memoir]
9. "429 West Scott Avenue, Fresno, California, 1961" [pp. 43-54 of
54-page memoir]
*volume 2 also contains material relative to the following companies
and water and power projects: Feather River Project, CA;
Morrison-Knudsen Company, CA; Helmand River Projects,
Afghanistan; Arghanab Dam, Afghanistan; Boghra Canal, Afghanistan;
Girisk Power Plant, Afghanistan; Girisk-Herat Highway Bridges,
Afghanistan; Marga Canal System, Afghanistan; Kajakai Dam,
Afghanistan; Darweshan Dam and Canal, Afghanistan; Tarnak Canal,
Afghanistan; Shamalan Canal, Afghanistan; Kandarhar International
Airport, Afghanistan
Volume 3 of 5*
1. "Assignment at Sacramento, 1963-67" [pp. 1-2 of 45-page memoir]
2. "Edna's Reluctance to Move, 1963-67" [pp. 3-8 of 45-page memoir]
3. "Settling In On State Water Project, 1963-67" [pp. 9-13 of 45-page
memoir]
4. "State Water Project, California" [SWP]
a. "Oroville Dam and Power Plant, 1963-67" [pp. 14-17 of
45-page memoir]
b. "California Aqueduct, 1963-67" [pp. 18-21 of 45-page memoir]
c. "Robert A. Skinner, 1963" [biography; pp. 21A-24 of 45-page
memoir]
d. "William E. Warne, 1963" [biography; pp. 25-27 of 45-page
memoir]
e. Alfred Golze, 1963" [biography; pp. 28-29 of 45-page memoir]
f. "Peripheral Canal, 1963" [pp. 30-32 of 45-page memoir]
g. "Tehachapi Pump Lift, 1963-71" [pp. 33-38 of 45-page memoir]
h. "Assignment in SWP Completed, 1968" [pp. 39-43 of 45-page
memoir]
i. "Location Maps and Bulletins on SWP System, 1963-68"
5. "Central Valley Projects, California, 1941-91" [pp. 44-45 of
45-page memoir]
*volume 3 also contains materials relative to the following water and
power projects: Delta Pumping Plant, CA; South Bay Aqueduct, CA;
North Bay Aqueduct, CA; Thermolito Dam, CA; Thermolito
Afterbay Dam, CA; Thermolito Power Plant, CA; Delvalle Dam, CA;
Patterson Dam, CA; South Bay Pumping Plant, CA; Bethany Dam,
CA; San Luis Dam, CA; San Luis Power Plant, CA; Castaic Dam, CA;
Mile 18 Pumping Plant, CA; Buena Vista Pumping Plant, CA;
Wheeler Ridge Pumping Plants, CA; Perris Dam, CA; East Branch
Aqueduct, CA; Cottonwood Power Plant, CA; Pearblossom Pumping
Plant, CA; Devil's Canyon Pumping Plant, CA; Cedar Springs Dam,
CA; West Branch Pumping Plant, CA; Ruby Canyon Pumping Plant,
CA; Pyramid Lake, California; Pyramid Power Plant, CA; Sawtooth
Pumping Plant, CA; Polonio Pumping Plant, CA; San Luis Obispo
Pumping Plant, CA
Volume 3 of 5 [addition]
1. "Plan for Automatic Operation of California Aqueduct," presented
by L. E. Cramer and Glen Smith" [1966; reprinted December 1999]
Volume 4 of 5. part 1 of 12
1. "Bolsa Island Nuclear Power and Desalination Project, California"
a. "Leaving Sacramento" [page 1 of 29-page memoir]
b. "The Search for Water" [pp. 2-3 of 29-page memoir]
c. "Eel River Investigations" [pp. 4-6 of 29-page memoir]
d. "State Water Project Looms" [pp. 7-18 of 29-page memoir]
e. "The Uncertain Future" [pp. 19-29 of 29-page memoir]
Volume 4 of 5, part 2 of 12
1. "Franchi Dam Project, Fresno River, Madera, California"
"Basic Design Criteria and Controls, Fresno River Diversion Project"
[duplicate in Box 2 of 4, volume 4 of 5, part 2 of 12]
Box 3 of 4 [scrapbooks/memoirs]
Volume 4 of 5, part 3 of 12
1. biographical and autobiographical material on Cramer and his family
[includes numerous photographs; much duplication of material in
previous volumes]
2. family photographs and notes
3. miscellaneous photographs and notes
Volume 4 of 5, part 4 of 12
1. "San Vicente Dam Project, California"
"Proposal for Engineering Services: San Vicente Dam Spillway Gates
Project" [duplicate in Box 3 of 4, volume 4 of 5, part 4 of 12]
Volume 4 of 5, part 5 of 12
1. "The Afghanistan Venture" [duplicate of "Afghanistan Projects" in
Volume 2 of 5]
2. "Prelude to Disaster: Being a Discussion On a Proposed
Concrete-Lined Flood Control Channel in Tia Juana River Valley,
San Diego County, California"
3. "The River" [the unedited draft of a foreword and first two chapters
of a book Cramer planned writing on the geology and "human"
history of the Colorado River]
4. "The 31-er's Club" [a Boulder City-based organization of men and
women who built Hoover Dam and Boulder City, founded in 1956,
which meets annually in Boulder City]
5. "Draft Script of Proposed Testimony" [in an aborted lawsuit
concerning construction of a concrete-lined flood control channel in
the Tia Juana River Valley, San Diego County, California]
6. "Upper Stillwater Dam"
Volume 4 of 5, part 5 of 12 [addition]
1. "Prelude to Disaster" [duplicate of section 2 in volume 4 of 5, part 5
of 12 (2 copies)]
Volume 4 of 5, part 6 of 12
1. Correspondence with Dr. Gene Gressley of the American Heritage
Center at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, 1964-97 [includes
inventories of Cramer's deposits in the Center]
Volume 4 of 5, part 7 of 12
1. "Auburn Dam, California"
Volume 4 of 5, part 8 of 12
1. "Comment Report on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
Tijuana River 'Flood Control' Project," by Cramer Corporation
[1974]
2. "Comment Report on Draft Environmental Impact Statement and
Tijuana River Valley Plan," by Cramer Corporation [1976]
Volume 4 of 5, part 8 of 12 [addition]
1. Battle of the Tia Juana Valley [1973-80]
Box 4 of 4 [scrapbooks/memoirs; books]
Volume 4 of 5, part 9 of 12
1. "Teton Dam: An Account of Bursting of Teton Dam ... ," by L. E.
Cramer
2. "Manicouagan Dam ... and Manic-Outardes Project" [Quebec,
Canada]
3. "James Bay Project" [Quebec, Canada]
Volume 4 of 5, part 10 of 12
1. "Rodriguez Dam" [Rio de las Palmas River, Mexico]
2. "St. Francis Dam: A Collapsed Concrete Dam in San Francisquito
Canyon, California"
3. "Ft. Peck Dam: An Earth Dam On Missouri River Watershed,
Montana"
4. "Henshaw Dam: A Rehabilitated Earth Dam On San Luis Rey
River, California"
5. "La Playa Beach: A Beach Erosion Phenomenon" [San Diego,
California]
"Advance Preliminary Report On Design & Construction Feasibility
for a Protective Seawall at La Playa Beach ... " [July 1977
(duplicate in Box 4 of 4, volume 4 of 5, part 10 of 12)]
"Thomas R. Parker Memorial Plaque" [1994 (2 copies)]
"Letters From Vietnam and Elsewhere" [correspondence and
biographical information from and about Cramer's estranged son,
Rockwell Charles Cramer]
"Itinerary for Inspection Trip of the State Water Facilities by the
Board of Directors and Staff [of] the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California, March 25-26-27, 1965"
"Battle of the Tia Juana Valley, 1965 - 1973," volume 1 of 3
"Battle of the Tia Juana Valley, 1973 - 1980," volume 2 of 3
"Battle of the Tia Juana Valley, 1974 - 1993," volume 3 of 3
"Smoke From This Altar: Poems by Louis L'Amour" [New York, NY:
Bantam Books, 1990 (inscribed to Cramer by his son, Gregory
Scott, and daughter-in-law, Dang at Christmas 1990)]
"Ecological Fantasies: A Defense of Innovation ... ," by Cy A. Adler
[New York, NY: Green Eagle Press, 1975 (underlined and
highlighted by Cramer, with news clippings and documents glued in
among the pages)]
"The Orator," by Peter Nivio Zarlenga [New York, NY: Books in
Focus, Inc., 1981 (metaphysical and political poetry and essays,
underlined and highlighted by Cramer)]
"John Wesley Powell—Voyage of Discovery: The Story Behind the
Scenery," by Dan Murphy, with photography by Gary Ladd [Las
Vegas, NV: KC Publications, 1991 (inscribed to Cramer by his son,
Gregory Scott, on Father's Day 1998)]
"Two Guys, Four Corners: Great Photographs, Great Times, and a
Million Laughs," by Don Imus and Fred Imus [New York, NY:
Villard Books, 1997 (inscribed to Cramer by his son, Gregory Scott,
on Father's Day 1997; includes a copy of a June 22, 1997
thank-you letter from Cramer to Gregory)]
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