Eli M. Oboler Library
W.P. Havenor Collection
MC043
Scope and Content
This collection consists of W.P. Havenor's office files and covers the everyday operations of the Bannock Engineering business.
One box (Box 20) is dedicated to the operations of his personal Dairy Farm and on improving his herd.
Box 1 - 5 Ledgers
| Item 1 | Many missing pages 1921-1923 |
| Item 2 | 1909 |
| Item 3 | Cash Book 1915-1921 also containing Index pages from June 23, 1905 |
| Item 4 | 1922-1934 |
| Item 5 | 1913-1917 |
Box 2 - 2 Ledgers
| Item 1 | 1910-1916 |
| Item 2 | labeled Transfer 1909-1914 |
Box 3 - Ledger
| 1906 |
Box 4 - 18 Field Books (titles taken from the books)
| Book 1 | Telephone Lines undated |
| Book 2 | City #8 1908-1908 |
| Book 3 | Ontario Sewer 1906 |
| Book 4 | N.G. Smith's Irrigation Contract undated |
| Book 5 | N3 1906 |
| Book 6 | Courthouse Walks P.26 Grading 1909 |
| Book 7 | Pocatello/American Falls Project P25 1908 |
| Book 8 | American Falls Waterworks P21 1909 |
| Book 9 | Irrigation Work P18 1907 |
| Book 10 | Snake River Surveys 1906 |
| Book 11 | American Falls Power Co. No. 3 1906-1907 |
| Book 12 | Farson No.1 1906 |
| Book 13 | Snake River Surveys 1906 |
| Book 14 | American Falls Power Co. No.1 1905 |
| Book 15 | American Falls Power Co. No.2 1906 |
| Book 16 | Miscellaneous 1905 |
| Book 17 | N5 9 City Work 1908-1909 |
| Book 18 | H 4 1906-1907 |
Box 5 - 18 Field Books (titles taken from the books)
| Book 1 | Irrigation and Power 1911-1916 |
| Book 2 | American Falls Power Co. 51 1912 |
| Book 3 | (Unidentified) #167 1926-1927 |
| Book 4 | Pocatello Water Works #43 1911-1912 |
| Book 5 | Water Measurements #161 1921-1922 |
| Book 6 | Water Measurements #160 1920 |
| Book 7 | Water Measurements #156 1919 |
| Book 8 | Pocatello Water System 1915-1916 |
| Book 9 | Bancroft/Soda Springs Irrigation Project 1917 |
| Book 10 | Pocatello Water Works #150 1916 |
| Book 11 | Pocatello Water Works #149 1916-1917 |
| Book 12 | Pocatello Water Works #148 1916 |
| Book 13 | Pocatello Water Works #147 1916 |
| Book 14 | Pocatello Water Works #146 1916 |
| Book 15 | (Unidentified) #144 1915 |
| Book 16 | Water Measurements #54 1913-1921 |
| Book 17 | Transmission and Power #56 1916 |
| Book 18 | Pocatello Water Works 1916 |
Box 6 - Tables and Graphs
| Folder 1 | Mathematical 1906 |
| Folder 2 | Mathematical 1917 |
| Folder 3 | Patents 1912-1922 |
| Folder 4 | Mechanical/Electrical 1906-1909 |
| Folder 5 | Mechanical/Hydraulic 1906-1921 |
| Folder 6 | Report on water supply of Blackfoot River 1921 |
| Folder 7 | Mining 1905-1915 |
Box 7 - Tables and Graphs
| Folder 1 | Bridges 1907-1913 |
| Folder 2 | Roads 1906-1917 |
| Folder 3 | Waterworks 1906-1916 |
| Folder 4 | Railroad 1907-1910 |
| Folder 5 | Pavements 1907-1912 |
Box 8 - Maps
| Folder 1 | Maps of Idaho 1899-1913 |
| Folder 2 | Maps of Idaho (excluding Southeast Idaho) 1905-1912 |
| Folder 3 | Maps of Southeastern Idaho (excluding Bannock County) 1906-1917 |
Box 9 - Correspondence and related material
| Folder 1 | Lava Hot Springs grades and lines - also grading and boundaries 1909-1920 |
| Folder 2 | Lava Hot Springs Sewer 1908-1921 |
Box 10 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Receipts 1916-1921 |
| Folder 2 | Receipts 1908-1917 |
| Folder 3 | Receipts 1909-1920 |
| Folder 4 | Receipts 1915-1920 |
| Folder 5 | Receipts 1913-1921 |
| Folder 6 | Receipts 1916-1921 |
| Folder 7 | Receipts 1910-1918 |
| Folder 8 | Rules and Regulations for irrigation w/table 1919 |
| Folder 9 | American Falls Natatorium w/estimates and design 1912-1920 |
| Folder 10 | Reservoir for West Pocatello 1916 |
| Folder 11 | Proposed irrigation North and West of Soda Springs 1921 |
| Folder 12 | Design for reservoir for Pocatello 1917-1918 |
| Folder 13 | Correspondence to/from Mr. W.B. Scoville 1919-1920 |
Box 11 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Data showing relative quantities of land and water 1915 |
| Folder 2 | Registration lists 1912-1913 |
| Folder 3 | Pamphlets re; commission, government, etc. 1912-13 |
| Folder 4 | Commission Government Committee minutes 1913 |
| Folder 5 | Presbyterian Church, Pocatello 1913-1917 |
| Folder 6 | Office supply catalogs and sample books 1917 |
| Folder 7 | Legal 1920-1921 |
| Folder 8 | National Short Ballot Organization 1917 |
| Folder 9 | Commission Government Campaign 1913-1915 |
| Folder 10 | Pavements 1912 |
| Folder 11 | Railroad Timetables (undated) |
| Folder 12 | Surveys 1917 |
| Folder 13 | National Public School System 1916 |
| Folder 14 | Associates 1912-1913 |
| Folder 15 | Land, private ownership/city lots 1913-1916 |
| Folder 16 | Franchises 1916 |
| Folder 17 | County divisions 1917 |
Box 12 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Campaign publicity/Pocatello elections-"The Democrat" 1911-1913 |
| Folder 2 | Democratic Party Organization (Pocatello) 1913 |
| Folder 3 | Miscellaneous correspondence 1913-1921 |
| Folder 4 | Article "The Lighter Side of Engineering and Contracting" undated |
| Folder 5 | Sewers 1915 |
| Folder 6 | Waterworks Investigation/Duty of water for sprinkling lawns 1912 |
| Folder 7 | Waterworks (general) 1908-1918 |
| Folder 8 | Maps 1908 and 1917 |
| Folder 9 | Projects 1919-1921 |
| Folder 10 | History/John C. Fremont 1913 |
| Folder 11 | Water Commission 1915-1921 |
Box 13 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Report on Fort Hall Irrigation Project 1917 |
| Folder 2 | Maps/irrigation 1910-1918 |
| Folder 3 | Maps/sewer 1912-1917 |
| Folder 4 | Maps/office equipment/sheriff's office 1908 |
| Folder 5 | Building plans 1909-1917 |
| Folder 6 | Maps/grain elevators 1916 |
| Folder 7 | Maps/United States (national) 1906 and 1916 |
| Folder 8 | Maps/road eastern states 1906-1917 |
| Folder 9 | Maps/road/eastern states Idaho excluded 1897-1916 |
Box 14 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Hailey, Idaho projects |
| Folder 2 | Bridges 1911-1914 |
| Folder 3 | Mining 1908-1918 |
| Folder 4 | Irrigation 1913-1917 |
| Folder 5 | Pavements (including sidewalks) 1910-1917 |
| Folder 6 | Waterworks |
| Folder 7 | Dubois Townsite 1917 |
| Folder 8 | Surveying, mechanical and electrical 1910 |
Box 15 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | U.S. Departments, regulations and decisions 1907-1916 |
| Folder 2 | News clips re: Ordinances (undated) |
| Folder 3 | Articles of Incorporation 1916-1918 |
| Folder 4 | Surveying 1907-1909 |
| Folder 5 | Post Office 1913 |
| Folder 6 | Surveying/leveling 1915-1916 |
| Folder 7 | Field notes/surveys (undated) |
| Folder 8 | Surveys of town sites 1911-1917 |
| Folder 9 | Land surveying 1906-1917 |
| Folder 10 | Map making and sales 1913-1921 |
| Folder 11 | Geology 1916 |
| Folder 12 | Patents 1915-1917 |
| Folder 13 | Engineering applications 1915-16 |
| Folder 14 | Engineering test 1914-1915 |
| Folder 15 | Roads 1911-1917 |
| Folder 16 | Applications for permits 1908-1920 |
Box 16 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Funds and accounts 1911-1912 |
| Folder 2 | Electric 1912-1916 |
| Folder 3 | Power 1908-1916 |
| Folder 4 | Accounts 1909-1915 |
| Folder 5 | Office Equipment 1916-1918 |
| Folder 6 | Waterworks 1907-1917 |
| Folder 7 | Automobile 1916 |
| Folder 8 | Systems and lighting 1915 |
| Folder 9 | Agriculture 1909-1917 |
Box 17 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Land descriptions and surveys 1911-1921 |
| Folder 2 | Surveying/official field notes (undated) |
| Folder 3 | Invoices (A) 1909-1917 |
| Folder 4 | Invoices (B) 1910-1921 |
| Folder 5 | Invoices (C) 1915-1917 |
| Folder 6 | Invoices (D) 1906-1921 |
| Folder 7 | Invoices (E) 1914-1917 |
| Folder 8 | Invoices (F) 1909-1920 |
| Folder 9 | Invoices (G) 1910-1921 |
| Folder 10 | Invoices (H) 1910-1920 |
| Folder 11 | Invoices (I) 1908-1921 |
| Folder 12 | Invoices (J) 1910-1918 |
| Folder 13 | Invoices (K) 1910-1917 |
| Folder 14 | Invoices (L) 1906-1921 |
| Folder 15 | Invoices (M) 1908-1919 |
| Folder 16 | Invoices (N) 1906-1917 |
Box 18 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Projects not in Pocatello 1907-1917 |
| Folder 2 | Sewerage works 1911-1916 |
| Folder 3 | Accounts 1906-1916 |
| Folder 4 | Accounts received 1907-1916 |
| Folder 5 | Accounts paid 1917 |
| Folder 6 | Accounts received 1909-1914 |
| Folder 7 | General Fireproofing C. 1911-1916 |
| Folder 8 | Advertising 1914-1916 |
| Folder 9 | Plumbing 1913 |
| Folder 10 | Building 1910-1916 |
| Folder 11 | Paint 1914 |
| Folder 12 | Architecture 1914 |
| Folder 13 | Grain elevators 1910-1911 |
| Folder 14 | Drafting 1913-1914 |
Box 19 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Dairy farm/livestock 1930-1944 |
| Folder 2 | Farm irrigation/water supply 1929-1932 |
| Folder 3 | State Fair/Bannock County 1930-1945 |
| Folder 4 | Fort Hall water users irrigation project 1921 |
Box 20 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau 1909-1912 |
| Folder 2 | Dairy-leasing/bull 1931-32 |
| Folder 3 | Dairy/4-H Club 1931-1932 |
| Folder 4 | Dairy Bulletins 1914-1927 |
| Folder 5 | Herd record books 1929 |
| Folder 6 | Bannock County Holstein herd 1929-1931 |
| Folder 7 | Idaho State Dairymen's Association 1931-1942 |
| Folder 8 | National Herd Honor Roll and Gopatis Roster 1929-1930 |
| Folder 9 | Milk Ordinance 1931-1932 |
| Folder 10 | Dairy/Rio Vista miscellaneous 1931-1932 |
| Folder 11 | Dairy/soft curd milk 1931-1932 |
| Folder 12 | Dairy supplies/miscellaneous 1931-1933 |
| Folder 13 | Maps/general 1927-1935 |
Box 21 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Miscellaneous 1924-1925 |
| Folder 2 | Mining/mine surveying/mineral land surveying 1907-1921 |
| Folder 3 | Norton Power 1907 |
| Folder 4 | Mining/miscellaneous 1906-1907 |
| Folder 5 | Bear Lake Power Company/new plant 1907-1909 |
| Folder 6 | Ontario sewerage system 1906-1911 |
| Folder 7 | Pocatello sewer 1907-1908 |
| Folder 8 | Miscellaneous sewerage 1908 |
| Folder 9 | 2 United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. Year Books 1928 & 1929 |
Box 22 - (OTMA) Oregon Trail Memorial Association
| Folder 1 | Miscellaneous/Fort Hall 1928-1953 |
| Folder 2 | News clips 1930-1931 |
| Folder 3 | Old Oregon Trail/Bannock County to Fort Hall 1936-1945 |
Box 23 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Ashton project 1912-1913 |
| Folder 2 | Ashton project 1912-1913 |
| Folder 3 | Ashton project 1912-1913 |
| Folder 4 | Ashton project 1912-1913 |
| Folder 5 | Ashton project 1912-1913 |
| Folder 6 | Downy materials 1910 |
| Folder 7 | Waterworks 1908-1909 |
| Folder 8 | Wood and iron pipe 1905-1910 |
| Folder 9 | Hailey waterworks 1906-1908 |
| Folder 10 | News clips re: waterworks 1908 |
| Folder 11 | Waterworks 1906-1907 |
| Folder 12 | Montpelier waterworks 1907-1909 |
| Folder 13 | Excavation and drainage 1907 |
| Folder 14 | Bear Lake Power Company 1909 |
| Folder 15 | Miscellaneous 1917-1924 |
| Folder 16 | Miscellaneous 1920-1924 |
| Folder 17 | Miscellaneous agencies 1913-1925 |
| Folder 18 | Miscellaneous agencies 1919-1921 |
| Folder 19 | Valves and meters 1916 |
| Folder 20 | Pipe 1915-1916 |
| Folder 21 | Estimates and specifications 1916-1922 |
| Folder 22 | Miscellaneous 1916-1917 |
| Folder 23 | Contractors 1915 |
| Folder 24 | News clips 1906-1908 |
| Folder 25 | Permits and affidavits 1907-1909 |
| Folder 26 | Miscellaneous 1906-1909 |
| Folder 27 | Water diversion 1906-1909 |
| Folder 28 | Irrigation 1908-1910 |
Box 24 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Waterworks 1909 |
| Folder 2 | Miscellaneous 1909 |
| Folder 3 | Accounts 1909 |
| Folder 4 | Miscellaneous |
| Folder 5 | Shipments 1909 |
| Folder 6 | Waterworks 1909 |
| Folder 7 | Emmett waterworks 1907-1910 |
| Folder 8 | City officials/Emmett waterworks 1907-1909 |
| Folder 9 | American Falls waterworks 1904-1918 |
| Folder 10 | American Falls waterworks 1908-1909 |
| Folder 11 | Billing 1909 |
| Folder 12 | Miscellaneous 1909 |
| Folder 13 | Hailey sidewalks 1909 |
| Folder 14 | Nampa projects 1909 |
| Folder 15 | Nampa projects 1907-1909 |
| Folder 16 | Ontario sewerage 1906 |
| Folder 17 | Miscellaneous 1909 |
| Folder 18 | Notice of Quartz Locations with cover letter 1909 |
| Folder 19 | Miscellaneous/unidentified figures
Item 1 Box with index file of land descriptions 1922-1923 |
Box 25 - Correspondence and related material (Office Files)
| Folder 1 | Land scales and fillings 1908 |
| Folder 2 | Advertising 1906-1908 |
| Folder 3 | Municipal ordinances 1906-1907 |
| Folder 4 | Books and miscellaneous 1907-1909 |
| Folder 5 | Railroads 1906-1909 |
| Folder 6 | Machinery 1904-1909 |
| Folder 7 | Miscellaneous 1908-1909 |
| Folder 8 | Roads and pavements 1906-1909 |
| Folder 9 | Miscellaneous 1905-1910 |
| Folder 10 | County precincts, rural free delivery routes, city fire limits and school districts 1906-1909 |
| Folder 11 | Miscellaneous 1908-1910 |
| Folder 12 | Municipal work 1906-1909 |
| Folder 13 | Profiles and plans 1903-1906 |
| Folder 14 | Teton bridge 1906-1909 |
| Folder 15 | Bridges 1910-1911 |
| Folder 16 | Bridge over Bear River near Montpelier 1906-1907 |
| Folder 17 | Basalt Bridge 1908-1909 |
| Folder 18 | Swan Valley, Porterville, Idaho Falls highway bridges 1906 |
| Folder 19 | Progress reports 1903-1908 |
| Folder 20 | Petition for the organization of the American Falls Reservoir District (undated) |
| Folder 21 | Background material re: mining and equipment 1909 |
| Folder 22 | Projects (A) 1907 |
| Folder 23 | Projects (B) 1906-1907 |
| Folder 24 | Projects (C) 1907 |
| Folder 25 | Projects (E) 1907 |
| Folder 26 | Projects (G) 1907 |
| Folder 27 | Projects (H) 1907 |
| Folder 28 | Projects (I-J) 1907 |
| Folder 29 | Projects (N-0) 1906-1907 |
| Folder 30 | Projects (S) 1907 |
| Folder 31 | Projects (W) 1907 |
| Folder 32 | Planning Board 1936 |
| Folder 33 | Miscellaneous 1917-1918 |
| Folder 34 | Lot descriptions and abstracts 1915-1918 |
| Folder 35 | Miscellaneous projects 1907-1921 |
| Folder 36 | Irrigation and buildings 1919-1918 |
| Folder 37 | Grading and graveling 1921-1923 |
| Folder 38 | Fairview project 1921-1923 |
| Folder 39 | Correspondence to/from H.L. Finch Company 1916-1917 |
| Folder 40 | Idaho State Planning Board 1934-1936 |
| Folder 41 | Planning News 1934-1936 |
Box 26 - Publications and Photographs
| Folder 1 | Item 1 Corrugated Bars for Reinforced Concrete 1906
Item 2 Kahn System Standards Trussed Concrete Steel Co. 1908 Item 3 How to Use "Red Devil" Portland Cement 1906 Item 4 Trussed Concrete Illustrated 1908 Item 5 Slab Girder and Beam Reinforcement (undated) Item 6 Roof and Floor Slabs 1908 Item 7 Trussed Concrete Illustrated 1908 Item 8 Trussed Concrete Illustrated 1907 Item 9 Some of the Users of Triangle Mesh Concrete Reinforcement and their Structures 1909 |
| Folder 2 | Item 1 Bar, Mesh & Fabric Reinforcement (undated)
Item 2 The Fireproofing Handbook 1912 Item 3 Expanded Metal and Its Uses in Fire-Proof Construction 1903 Item 4 Concrete Bridges (undated) |
| Folder 3 | Item 1 United Steel Sheet Piling 1907
Item 2 Steel Sheet Piling (undated) Item 3 Spring Lock Steel Sheet Piling 1909 Item 4 The American Steel Scraper Co. 1909 Item 5 Standard Practice/Structural Steel and Ornamental Iron 1920 Item 6 Lackawanna Steel Sheet Piling 1909 Item 7 Steelcrete (undated) Item 8 Steelcrete Expanded Metal1914 |
| Folder 4 | Item 1 8 LALLIE catalogs 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919 |
| Folder 5 | Item 1 5 Solar Ephemeris 1906, 1907, 1914, 1919, 1921 |
| Folder 6 | Item 1 Automatic Air Valves 1917 Item 2 Air Washer 1917 |
| Folder 7 | Items 1-6 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Bulletins 1916, 2 for 1918, 1919, 2 for 1921 |
| Folder 8 | Items 1-4 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Bulletins 2 for 1917, 2 for 1918, 1923 |
| Folder 9 | Item 1 Concrete Bridges -Roads and Curbs 1913
Item 2 Petrolithic Construction 1912 Item 3 Refined Asphalt for Municipal Paving Plants (undated) Item 4 Open Paving Specifications 1912 Item 5 Imperial-Roads are not like this 1909 Item 6 Tarvia Preserves Roads Prevents Dust 1916 |
| Folder 10 | Item 1 Fans and Blowers 1915
Item 2 Minneapolis Heat Regulator Co. (undated) Item 3 The Dunham System of Heating 1917 Item 4 One-Register Furnaces (Pipeless Furnaces) 1920 |
| Folder 11 | Item 1 15 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletins 1913, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921 |
| Folder 12 | Item 1 The Tornado Silo (undated)
Item 2 The Pit Silo (undated) |
| Folder 13 | Item 1 Browning Automatic Bucket 1909
Item 2 Hayward Buckets 1912 |
| Folder 14 | Item 1 Simplex Jacks 1913
Item 2 Bethlehem Structural Shapes 1911 Item 3 Stevens Long Dist Distance Water Stage Recorder 1917 Item 4 Tarvia Specifications 1916 |
| Folder 15 | Item 1 Glutrin 1910
Item 2 Stark Orchard and Spray Book 1914 |
| Folder 16 | Item 1 The Rat-Arguments for its Elimination 1919
Item 2 Insect Pests-How to Control Them 1907 Item 3 A Trapper's Guide 1909-1910 |
| Folder 17 | Item 1 Untitled ledger (undated) |
| Folder 18 | Item 1-3 Untitled ledgers (undated) |
| Folder 19 | Item 1 Untitled ledger (undated)
Item 2 Ledger-Irrigation 1909 |
| Folder 20 | Item 1 Ogden Sewer Pip and Clay Co. catalog 1920
Item 2 C.C. Filson Co. catalog (undated) Item 3 Record of Bids (undated) Item 4 General Specifications for Steel Railway Bridges 1910 |
| Folder 21 | Item 1 The Idaho Technical Institute Bulletin 1918
Item 2 Electric Power from the Mississippi 1913 |
| Folder 22 | Item 1-6 U.S. Department of the Interior Bulletins 1920-21 |
| Folder 23 | Item 1-3 Triangle Review 1921 |
| Folder 24 | Item 1-2 International Conciliation 1921 |
| Folder 25 | Item 1-2 Dept. of the Interior/United States Geological Survey 1920 |
| Folder 26 | Item 1-6 Bank Statements with canceled checks 1920
Item 7 Bank Statement with canceled checks 1921 |
| Folder 27 | Item 1 Application for license as Civil Engineer without examination 1920 |
| Folder 28 | Item 1 Idaho Chapter/American Association of Engineers 1920 |
| Folder 29 | Photographs
Item 1 Kodak Camera Catalog 1919 Item 2 24 Miscellaneous small photos (train wreck and construction) Undated Item 3 24 negatives 1920 Item 4 6 Large photos/5 train wreck 1 nude woman |