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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1937, 1938
Date: 1937-1938
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BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION 1937
Calendar-1937
The Excelsior Diary For 1937 No. 5139-E524/3
National Blank Book Company Holyoke, Mass. Made in U.S.A.
Things to Remember Name R.E. Glover January 1937 Fri. 1 Holiday January 1937
Mon. 11 Sent gage to peloton water wheel co for test of Boulder relief valve casings (REG 1/18/37) Tues. 12 Worked on design of oscillograph for vibration research Grand Coulee Dam
January 1937
Fri. 15 Worked on Boulder Cooling report. Sat. 16 Worked on Boulder cooling report.
January 1937
Fri 22 am On leave in afternoon to attend Day’s funeral. Memo on Deer Creek - Provo River test well probably completed today
Sat. 23
Deer Creek No 2 Provo River Bay pump test analysis completed. January 1937
Mon. 25
Temp rise curve for Laboratory for Friant concrete with normal cement Wed. 27
Ray quick of Pelton [and] CG Crawford of South work here [and] saw USBR. Straw gage operated. Discussed relief. Valved energy absorber design and instruments to measure vibration. REG 1/29/37 January 1937
Thurs. 28
Deer Creek Dam No 2. Provo River pump test. Fri. 29
John Parmakian
Catch up to assist with computation on stress in Boulder Penstocks Monthly report forwarded today. Mon. 1 February
Deer Creek Test Well Tues. 2
On leave in AM to give talk to TAO at DU worked ford dam in PM Wed. 3
Millikan came over from Blongrens section this AM Deer Cr test wed.
February 1937 Thurs. 4
Notes
Calculating Mach A 165778. (Monroe) borrowed from Kirn Feb 8 1937. February 1937
Mon. 8
Saw sewage awarded the gold medal tonight Tues. 9
Sent back books 504-545-705-778-886 today. Wed. 10
Baldwin South work turbine - relief valve connection Boulder February 1937
Thurs. 11
Sent book 600 to Wing. (Rot’d 2/12/37 REG) Friant concrete temp stresses.
Sat. 13
Turned in leave card for Thurs AM worked on Grand Coulee vibrators. Notes
B [and] L Microscope used Monday Feb 15 1937. 16mm 8 mm 4mm 1.9 objective 2-10 x [and] 1-15 x exposure present also polarize [and] analyzer
February 1937 Mon. 15
Worked on vibrations Brand Coulee dam. Tues. 16
Water Hammer [and] speed regulation Kennett dam. Wed. 17
Pine river dam. Read books 545-705-886. February 1937
Fri 19
Sat. 20
John Parmakian leaves tonight for San Francisco. Will arrive Monday Boulder Turbines [and] relief valves.
Notes
John took additional gages, rollers and the extra telescope in box. February 1937
Mon. 22
Washington’s Birthday - Holiday. Wed. 24
Pelton valves for Boulder. February 1937
Thurs. 25 Pine river dam. Fri. 26
Read printer proofs from ASCE yesterday Pine River dam. Sat. 27
Timesheets [and] monthly report given to Mr Houk. Notes
Millikan went back Saturday to begin work on Blongren Monday. Mon. 1 March
Grand Coulee dam Vibrations. Wed. 3
Pine River dam. Two men from canals camp up to assist with Contra Costa Canal bore computations. March 1937
Mon. 8
Grand Coulee and Pine river. Wed. 10
March 1937 Notes
Adkin out all day Mar 9 and 10 to about 10 AM 1937. March 1937
Mon. 15
Telegram sent to John Parmakian to go to Boulder City REG 4/6/37 March 1937
Sat. 20 Pine River Notes
Pine river all week Wells came over Mar 15 1937 March 1937
Mon. 22
John Beard out sick today. Pine River. March 1937
Tues. 30 Pine River Wed. 31
Wells crew back temporarily today. April 1937
Thurs. 1
Mar chart 10M - 109654 delivered today. April 1937
Mon. 5
Boulder relief valves. Telegram to Naval inspector today. Wed. 7
Arrive 8:50 account blizzard Pelton castings. April 1937
Wed. 14
Pelton relief valve needle guide casting stress analyses completed today J Baird returned this morning. April 1937
Thurs. 15
Frank Allen out sick this AM Sat. 17
Grand Coulee vibrations. April 1937
Mon. 19
Contra Costa canal central alley Wed. 21
Belt stresses in Pelton valves. Letters sent air mail to Baldwin [illegible] and Pelton inspectors. April 1937
Sun. 25
Moved to New Customs house. Began 7am. Completed about 9 am. Adkins Glover Gusland Taylor [and] Seeley present.
Mon. 26
Adkins absent today Tues. 27
Adkins absent. Deer creek dam. Wed. 28
Turned keys for MSN 1025-1026 over to Adkins to deliver to Daniel deer creek dam. May 1937
Mon. 3
May 1937 Thurs. 6
Contra Costa Canal Fri. 7
Contra Costa Canal May 1937
Mon. 10
Cooling report boulder. Tues. 11
Book #600 frustration plays table musing today. (returned by Houk) REG 5/28/37 May 1937
Fri. 14
Stresses in muet area dam due to abutment deformation or settlement. Sat. 15
Stresses in muet arch dam due to settlement. May 1937
Mon. 17
Pelton valve for Boulder Tues. 18
Pelton valve for Boulder. May 1937
Adkins absent today. Boulder tunnels (Adkins returned in the afternoon) May 1937
Mon. 24
Tues. 25
Contra Costa Canal. Wed. 26 Bartlett dam May 1937 Thurs. 27 Bartlett Dam. Fri. 28 Bartlett dam. Sat. 29 Bartlett dam. Tues. 1 June
Bartlett camp completed.
Wed. 2 Revise arch formulas for use by Kirn in Trail load analysis on Bartlett. June 1937
Fri. 4
Looked up data on percolation pressures. June 1937
Thurs. 10
Belle Fourche dam reinforcement. Fri. 11 Belle Fourche Sat. 12 Belle Fourche. June 1937 Sat. 19
June 1937 Mon. 21
Mr Ryan of TVA came in today (Warrington Hiways and dam) Tues. 22 Deer creek June 1937 Thurs. 24 Belle Fourche. June 1937 Wed. 30 Belle Fourche. July 1937 Fri. 2 Kennett dam Sat. 3 Kennett dam July 1937 Mon. 5 Holiday Tues. 6
Strain energy equation Casper Alcora. July 1937
Thurs. 8
Strain energy equations. Casper Alcora Fri. 9
July 1937 Thurs. 15
Grand Coulee pumping plant Fri. 16
Grand Coulee pumping plant. July 1937
Mon. 19 Sick Leave. Tues. 20
Boulder turbine tests. July 1937
Thurs. 22 Sick Leave Fri. 23
Grand Coulee pumping plant slab analysis. Sat. 24 On annual leave. July 1937 Tues. 27 Belle Fourche Wed. 28
Boulder turbine tests July 1937
Thurs. 29
Kennett dam railroad relocation. Fri. 30
Belle Fourche Sat. 31 Belle Fourche. August 1937 Mon. 2 Out leave August 1937
On leave Aug 2 to Aug 14 incl (11 days) August 1937
Mon. 16
Analysis of Norris temp [and] deft data. August 1937
Sat. 21
Norris temp data. August 1937 Mon. 23
Gage for overspeed tests - Boulder penstocks - Boulder project. Tues. 24
Gages for over speed tests. August 1937
Tues. 31
Mr Schmidt of Allis - Chalmers here today. Boulder Turbine Casing reinforcement at Servo Motor p [and] d.
September 1937 Thurs. 2
September 1937 Sat. 11
Accelerometer design Grand Coulee. September 1937
Mon. 13 Leave
September 1937 Thurs. 16
Adkins last design office. Went to M.I.T. Kennett dam [illegible] Fri. 17
Ranniers last day in office. Went to U of Mich at atom Arbor (Attribution ½ holiday) Sat. 18
½ day leave. September 1937 Wed. 22
Boulder penstock report. September 1937
Thurs. 23
J. Parmakian came up today to work on Boulder Penstock report. Sat. 25
Vallecito dam. Pine River Proj. September 1937
Mon. 27
Boulder Penstocks. Tues. 28
Fri. 1 October
On leave in afternoon. Pressure gage for Boulder Penstocks. Sat. 2
On leave October 1937 Mon. 4
Boulder penstocks stiffener ring supports. Report. Tues. 5
Boulder penstocks stiffener supports report [and] Fresno dam. October 1937 Thurs. 7 Boulder Penstocks. Fri. 8 Fresno dam. October 1937 Mon. 18 Fresno dam. Tues. 19 Boulder Penstocks. Wed. 20
Marshall farm gates.. Defect in casting. October 1937
Tues. 26
W. H. Jurneys resignation effective at close of business today. Wed. 27
October 1937 Thurs. 28
Percolation pressure gage delivered to lab today. Mon. 1 November
Boulder Penstocks. Tues. 2
Pole top assembly. Sat. 6
Pole top assembly. November 1937 Thurs. 11
Grouting of gravity dam Fri. 12
Boulder penstocks. November 1937 Sun. 14
Surge tanks for Uncompahgre Mon. 15
On leave today to move. Tues. 16
Uncompahgre powerplant surge tank. Wed. 17
Shasta power plant regulation. November 1937
Tues. 30
Gilbertsville dam. Stability during an earthquake. Wed. 1 December
Gilbertsville. December 1937 Thurs. 2
Quam assisted today on Gilbertsville. Shasta water hammer. December 1937
Mon. 6
Gilbertsville analysis completed today. Quam and Newell returned to Hawks action. December 1937
Sat. 11
On leave in AM. Shasta turbine regulation. Mattice began work on Shasta. December 1937
Tues. 14
Sanders began on Shasta today. December 1937
Sat. 18
Mattice left off on Shasta today December 1937
Mon. 20
Contra-Costa Canal in AM. Shasta penstocks in P.M. December 1937
Thurs. 23
Contra Costa Canal Fri. 24
Holiday Sat. 25 Holiday
December 1937 Tues. 28
Lauders off sick today. Contra Costa. December 1937
Thurs. 30 Contra-Costa.
Vest Pocket Diary and Expense Book 1938
Criterion Diary and Expense Book 1938
Contents
Name Robert E Glover
Residence 1936 So Lincoln Drive
Business Address Room 481 Customs H. Tel. No. (Home) Pe 8757 (Bus.) KE 4151 January 1938
1 Holiday 6
First film run through oscillograph elements show expected natural frequency [and] sensitivity. Contra Costa.
January 8
Contra Costa Oscillograph taken to lab for use. 12
Wed. Figures prepared for Smiths paper today. Contra Costa camps completed. 13
Out 2 ½ hours in PM Shasta regulation [and] water hammer. 17
Monday. On leave all day. (worked in Afternoon). 18
Contra Costa memo on surges completed today. 19
Shasta 20
Yuma AW Canal drawing out through Beauty PM Canal today. Sandres returned today after been absent 17, 18, [and] 19 Th.
22
Revised Yuma Air Cond. Spee’s given to Mr Beatty this morning. Carbon pile pressure cells sent to Boulder City today.
27 Out sick 28 Out sick 29 Out sick 30 Sunday 31
Returned to office today. Shasta. February
3
Turned in cards for sick leave today. Grand Coulee gate leaf 102” RF February
Memo on 102” dia. RF [and] Paradox gates for Gr. Coulee dam written today. 9
Boulder penstocks report on stiffener rings. February
14
Lawrenson came up this AM Boulder penstocks with earthquake. 16
Boulder Penstocks with earthquakes Wade Taylor transferred to elect section. J Parmakian transferred to English section
February 19
Doug Seeley worked today on Gr. Coulee gate casting. 21
[crossed out] Lawrenson came up this A.M. Paved penstocks with earthquakes. February
26
Boulder penstocks earthquake effects. March
7
Earthquake stresses in the Boulder Penstocks. March
25
Sanders went back today Boulder Penstocks. 28
Seminar dam testing at abutments today. April
4
On leave in afternoon today. Concrete thermal [illegible] report in AM April
13
Accelerometer completed and tested today. April
15
Reinforcement of openings in 102” dia [illegible] Gr. Coulee 16
Oscillograph taken by Thomas [and] Willsie for use in measuring velocity in cluster. (Gr. Coulee Reinf.) 17
Sunday 18
Colo Big Thompson tunnel 19
Colo Big Thompson tunnel 20 Boulder Penstocks April 28 On leave in PM 29
On leave all day officially returned to work at 1:30 PM Boulder [illegible] May
2
John Parmakian returned to office today. May
9
MJ Smith came in today Boulder Penstocks. May
16
Colo Big Thom. heat flow from rock. May
21
Colo Big Thompson 23
Colo Big Thom flow of heat from rock 24
[illegible] in lower Boulder penstocks decided on today. June
4
Letter author was construction of earthquake anchors (10) in leaves tunnels sent today. 6
Stress in formation seminal dam. 9
Hear flow from tunnel Colo Big Thom June
11
Length of conduits grand Coulee dam 15
Out sick 16 Out sick June
23
Vibration of beam for lab June
24
Vibration of beams for lab. New Merchant agent took old Monroe no 165711. 28
Swain came to work today. Boulder Penstocks. Use of cylinder in terrain [illegible] axial load [and] hydrostatic pressure suggested to Stubbs for tri axial testing REG.
July 6 Earthquake machine 7 Earthquake machine July 8 Aeration of flow. 9 Aeration of flow. 10 Sunday. 11
Aeration of flow in drops. July
15
Talked with Dr Durad about flow in chutes. 16
18
Sutterland here today. 19
Pit river bridge 20
Pit river bridge 21
Pit river bridge July
22
Current shortage formula J Baird here all day. 25
Colo Big Thompson Tunnel 26
Tunnel 27
Import on gage for Br. Coulee 28
Impact on pole for grand coulee August
4
Talked with McMillan Sr Carlson [and] McMillan Jr yesterday Boulder penstocks. August
5
John Bard here today. August
Stress analysis of penstocks stiffener rings sent out for typing today. Boulder penstocks. Ted Hommett reports watch missing. (watch recovered)
12
Colo Big Thom. Baird here today. 15 On leave 16 On leave 17 On leave 18 On leave August 19 On leave 20 On leave 21 (Sunday) 24
Pit river [illegible] 25
Boulder Balloting August
26
On leave 1/2 day (PM) Boulder penstock 27
1 September Boulder penstocks September 2 Boulder penstocks 7
Boulder penstock report 8
Colo Big Thom. Tunnel [and] canals September
10
John Baird resigned effective today. Size of grout hole investigation 12 Boulder penstocks 13 “ “ 14 Boulder (grouting) September 19
Theory of earth dove stability planned to Huntington of Univ of Illinois today at Mr Houk’s request . (19th)
20
Boulder Penstocks. Four Boulder films shown at Univ Park School to Tr 5 in evening. Returned to Knutson in morning of 21st.
21
September 23
Ontario-Niagara pumping plant surge tank design Owyhee. 9/29/38 26
Heading of river valve for grand coulee dam 9/29/38 29
Grand Coulee [illegible] plates 9/29/38 October
3
Ontario-Niagara surge tank design completed. 4
Boulder penstock report. October
7
Computation of permeability of foundation at Granby (out “ 38 REG) 8
Seepage under cofferdam for Granby dam. Colo Big Thom. 10
Pit river Bridge 11
Pit river bridge October 17
Pit River bridge 18
Pit River bridge
19
TW Lawrenson returned today worked all day. October
26
Gr coulee turbines
Conference with Terry [and] Moorhead on Turbines for Gr Coulee 27
Gr Coulee turbines.
Conference with Terry [and] Moorehead October
29
Operated on [illegible] table for [illegible] time today REG. 11/2/38. 1 November
Talked with Robinson of Australia Today REG 1/2/38 November
7
Grand Coulee vibrations
Cylinder lenses delivered by Edstrom today. Select case delivered today. Report on Stiffener rings given to ED Smith Nov 7 1938
November 19
Pit river bridge 20
Sunday 23
Boulder penstocks 24
November 25
Boulder refunding 30
Keystone dam. Moment distribution memo sent along today. December
15
Report on Keystone completed today. December
20
Mr Erikson came in this morning. Radio batteries rec’d today. December
27
On leave ½ day, pit river bridge 28
On leave ½ day today (P.M.) END TRANSCRIPTION
