By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.
Title: Leland F. Skillin Collection, 1935-1973
ID: MSS Skillin
Primary Creator: Skillin, Leland F.
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet. More info below.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Leland F. Skillin Collection consists of materials generated and assembled by Skillin reflecting his work as an engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Willamette Iron and Steelworks. The Collection includes articles, correspondence, employment records, a notebook, photographs, publications, and technical drawings. Most of the materials document Skillin's work on Willamette Basin Project dams and other Oregon dams, including facilities at Fern Ridge, Dalles, Foster Reservoir, Bonneville, and McNary. The materials illustrate Skillin's calculations for a 15-ton Gantry Crane needed for dam construction, collection of wood truss/connector structure information, and a study for temporary pump facilities at the Willamette National Lumber Company pending construction of Foster Dam. A notebook includes flood data for Rainier, Oregon, that was compiled by Skillin.
Skillin's employment records include travel reports, studies, and memoranda in which Skillin describes his project work, inspection tours, and attendance at conferences. The photographic prints depict Skillin's co-workers and the construction of various dams. The photographs also include images of Wallowa Lake, the Snake River Canyon, and an unidentified bridge.
More Extent Information: 55 photographs; 1 box and 1 map folder
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center by Skillin's son, Michael Skillin, in 2012.
Related Materials: The Hoover Dam Construction Photograph Album (P 260) depicts construction of the Hoover Dam in the early 1930s.
Preferred Citation: Leland F. Skillin Collection (MSS Skillin), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.
Skillin, Leland F.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Portland District
Bonneville Dam (Or. and Wash.)
Dalles Dam (Or. and Wash.)
Dams--Oregon--Design and construction.
Dams--Washington (State)--Design and construction.
Fern Ridge Lake (Or.)
Foster Lake (Or.)
McNary Dam (Or. and Wash.)
Natural Resources
Oregon. Willamette Basin Project Committee
Skillin, Leland F.
Photographic prints.
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