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Title: Howard Voorheis Canan papers
Date (inclusive): 1918-1955
Collection Number: 74032
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 album box, 3 envelopes
(1.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, orders, reports, speeches, certificates, and photographs, relating to military engineering in the U.S. and
in the European Theater during World War II.
Creator:
Canan, Howard Voorheis, 1894-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1983.
[Identification of item], Howard V. Canan Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1894 August 6 | Born, Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1918 | B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1919 | A.E.F., France and Germany |
| 1925-1928 | 11th Engineers, Panama Canal Zone |
| 1932-1936 | District Engineer, U.S. Lake Survey |
| 1938-1941 | War Department General Staff (G-2 Div.) |
| 1943-1946 | Office of the Chief Engineer, European Theater of Operations |
| 1946-1949 | District Engineer, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 1952-1953 | Engineer Inspector General |
| 1953-1954 | Assistant Chief of Engineers for Real Estate for Army, Air Force, and Atomic Energy Commission |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
Military engineering
United States. Army
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers