Description
Container list
Box 5-A
Bureau of Reclamation
General
2016 Note: Objects marked "D" below are on display in a special exhibit in the Museum theater room
990.4.73
ax/mallet, wood handle, U.S.B.R.
990.4.79
wrench, 34/ "/3/16" U.S.B.R.
D 993.23.2
Babcock and Wilcox badge, bronze with pin on back, # 702
D 994,17a
Bureau of Reclamation photo badge, bronze frame, with pin on back, # R303, Dee Town
D 994.17b
Bureau of Reclamation photo badge, bronze frame with pin on back, # R477, Lloyd "Shorty Morrison"
D 995.40.37
Bureau of Reclamation photo badge, bronze frame with pin on back, # C89, Lester Swanson
D 988.5b
Bureau of Reclamation badge, bronze with pin on back, #46
988.9.1
Bureau of Reclamation badge
988.9.2
Bureau of Reclamation badge
988.10.1
Bureau of Reclamation badge
988.43.30.1
Bureau of Reclamation badge no. 5220
988.43.30.2
Bureau of Reclamation badge no. 1359
LL 998.048.1
Bureau of Reclamation employee badge with Tommy Nelson's photograph [c.
1940s-50s]
995.8
Bechtel badge no. 81
995.26:
Bureau of Reclamation employee badge with sticker which reads "Bechtel #26" [1985
(from the 1985 Hoover Dam 50th anniversary Thirty-Oners meeting)]
998.22.7
binoculars w. leather case [Bifort; latching case strap broken]
D 000.15.1
Babcock and Wilcox badge, bronze with pin on back, # 19, Carl Butin
D 001.141a-b
Asa Gray Boynton's slide rule and case, c. 1920s-30s
002.055.1
Bureau of Reclamation employee badge with sticker which reads, "Bechtel #102"
[1985 (from the 1985 Hoover Dam 50th anniversary Thirty-Oners meeting)]
002.083.22a-d
four Bureau of Reclamation patches [c. 1980s-905]
002.083.23
plastic Bureau of Reclamation decal [c. 1980s-90s]
002.083.24
Bureau of Reclamation guard patch [c. 19405-60s]
002.083.25
Bureau of Reclamation coin wrappers [c. 1950s-70s]
002.083.27
Bureau of Reclamation uniform tie clasp [c. 1980s-90s]
002.083.28
Ella Bell's name tag, worn while she was Hoover Dam tour cashier [1960s-70s]
002.116.19a-b
pin worn by Reclamation guides at Hoover Dam ["U. S." in metal with
attachments brads, in 1" x 1" x .5" blue and clear plastic box; c. 1950s-70s]
002.116.20
pin, U. S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation [1.5" diameter; metal,
with enamel embossing and Hoover Dam (?) set in a drop of water on a blue
background; c. 1980s]
002.152.4
Lillian Morrison's Boulder Canyon Project employee badge [rubber with metal clasp
and photo ID; blue print on white; 2" x 3.51
003.071.22
Department of the Interior commendable service pin [bronze; .5" diameter]
003.071.23
lapel pin, "U, 5," [perhaps worn by Hoover Dam guides (metal; 1" diameter)]
003.071.24
lapel pin, "U. S." [bar-style; perhaps worn by Hoover Dam guides (metal; .5" x 1")]
LL 003.072.3
Boulder Canyon Mail bag [heavy white cotton canvas; "Boulder Canyon Mail"
stenciled on in black; some mildew discoloration; 27" x 29"; c. 1930s-50s?] [stored
outside the box]
003.075.1
sucky cup produced by the Bureau of Reclamation [white plastic, blue USBR logo and
text, blue lid; 7.75" tall x 2.75" diameter; obtained on June 7, 2003 at the National
Trails Day groundbreaking of a portion of the River Mountains Loop Trail at
Railroad Pass, Henderson, NV]
LL 004.048.1
Hoover Dam/U. S. Bureau of Reclamation press kit, c. 1990s
LL 004.048.13a-c
three U. S. Department of the Interior/Bureau of Reclamation logo patches [cloth;
blue and white oval; 4" x
004.056.1
(object labeled 004.049.1) badge: "Bureau of Reclamation Special Police," badge no. 6
[gold metal with blue enamel lettering and enamel Dept. of Interior logo, surmounted
by an eagle; shield-shaped, 2.25" x 3"]
004.056.2
(object labeled 004.049.2) badge: "Guard/United States Department of the
Interior/Bureau of Reclamation," badge no. 266 [silver metal embossed with
lettering and the Dept. of the Interior buffalo logo, surmounted by an eagle;
shield-shaped, 2.5" x 3.25"]
004.056.3
(object labeled 004.049.3) badge: "Department of the Interior Special Police;" [gold
metal surmounted by an eagle; blue lettering with enamel Dept. of the Interior logo;
2.75" x 2-5/8"]
005.112
Lloyd "Shorty" Morrison's Reclamation Guide badge, c. 1960s-70s [engraved plastic;
"Lloyd Morrison/Supervisor/Reclamation Guides;" 1.25" x 3"]
006.1.2
Willis Bywater's Bureau of Reclamation LCDPO [Lower Colorado Dams Project
Office] Hoover Dam employee identification pin [blue and white plastic; 1" x
006.130.8
hat: Hoover Dam Guide Service 50th anniversary, 1937 — 1987 [blue cotton and plastic,
adjustable size band; guide service logo patch on front; manufactured in Korea]
006.135.1. Ella Bell's Reclamation Guide identification badge [blue and white plastic; rectangular,
1" x 3"]
006.135.2
pin, U. S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation [1.5" diameter; plastic,
with paper logo of Hoover Darn (?) set in a drop of water on a blue background; c.
1960s-70s]
006.135.3
pin, U. S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation [1.5" diameter; metal,
with enamel embossing and Hoover Dam (?) set in a drop of water on a blue
background; c. 1980s (Ella Bell)]
D 018.005.1
Vintage tally counter used at Hoover Dam
LL 019.025.2
USBR brass badge # 15, Clifford Wahl
LL 019.057.5
Cassette tape: Hoover Dam Suite soundtrack
LL 019.057.6
Souvenir medallion, Central Arizona Project
LL 019.057.7
Compact disc: Bureau of Reclamation History Symposium
025.004a-h
drafting set complete with seven instruments and lead container in wooden case; 9" x 3.5"; velvet lined; initials RCT imprinted on cover; one hinge of cover is broken and cover is fragile; owned and used by Rufus C. Thaxton, Bureau of Reclamation Service Engineer during construction of Hoover Dam; Keuffell & Esser Co.; c. 1930s; good condition overall
D No #
John Phillips Construction Company badge, bronze with pin on back, # 15
No #
Bureau of Reclamation photo identification badges . . . [with list of names of some that
were identified as of January 2000 (note: additional badges are added to this collection as
they are received by BCMHA)]
No #
ziplock bag with assorted badges
D No #
Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder Canyon Project, photo ID badge (card), # R159, George M. Wright, Project Manager
D No #
Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder Canyon Project, photo ID badge (card), # R38, Robert C. Clark, Project Manager
D No #
Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder Canyon Project, photo ID badge (card), # R73, Trent C. Hamman, Project Manager
No #
two round magnets, blue on white; "90th Anniversary, 1902-1992; Bureau of Reclamation June 17, 1992"