Finding Aid to the Herbert Gaytes Papers
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Personal and Family Material 1838-1965
Diaries, 1879 and 1880 1879-1880
Diaries, 1882 and 1883 1882-1883
Diaries, 1885 and 1886 1885-1886
Diaries, 1887, 1888, and 1889 1887-1889
Diaries, 1890, 1891, and 1892 1890-1892
Diaries, 1893 and 1894 1893-1894
Diaries, 1895, 1896, and 1897 1895-1897
Diaries, 1898 and 1899 1898-1899
Diaries, 1900, 1901, and 1902 1900-1902
Diaries, 1903, 1904, and 1905 1903-1905
Diaries, 1906, 1907, and 1908 1906-1908
Diaries, 1909, 1910, and 1911 1909-1911
Diaries, 1912, 1913, and 1914 1912-1914
Diaries, 1915, 1916, and 1917 1915-1917
Diaries,1918 and 1919 1918-1919
Diaries, 1920, 1921, and 1922 1920-1922
Diaries, 1923, 1924, and 1925 1923-1925
Diaries, 1926, 1927, and 1928 1926-1928
Diaries, 1929, 1930, and 1931 1929-1931
Diaries, 1932, 1933, and 1934 1932-1934
Diary (of Mabel Bradley) 1932-1936
Diaries, 1935, 1936, and 1937 1935-1937
Diaries, 1938, 1939, and 1940 1938-1940
Diaries, 1941, 1942, and 1943 1941-1943
Diaries, 1944, 1945, and 1946 1944-1946
Diaries, 1947, 1948, and 1949 1947-1949
Diaries, 1950, 1951, and 1952 1950-1952
Diaries, 1953, 1954, and 1955 1953-1955
Diaries, 1956, 1957, and 1958 1956-1958
Diaries, 1959, 1960, and 1961 1959-1961
Diaries, 1962, 1963, and 1964 1962-1964
Diary, 1965 1965
Scrapbook, poetry clippings and notes approximately 1867
Scrapbook, clippings of obituaries and death annoucements undated
Scrapbook, various clippings organized into 50 bound envelops undated
Scrapbook, newspaper clippings from World War 1 approximately 1914
Scrapbook, newspaper clippings of poetry and other literature, Christianity, politics and news (includes clipping from the Great Chicago Fire in 1871), and health undated
Correspondence 1839-1962
Gaytes, Carol 1877-1881
Gaytes, Theresa, early letters undated
Gaytes, Theresa H. 1873-1928
Wedding announcements (incoming) 1900-1924
Gaytes, Herbert, early letters to mother 1879-1886
Gaytes, Herbert, letters to mother 1883-1928
Herbert, Theresa 1872-1893
Gaytes, Herbert, letters to grandmother 1880-1888
Herbert, George 1874-1880
Gaytes, Herbert, letters to grandfather approximately 1879
Gaytes, Herbert, letters to father undated
Bradley, Mabel 1924-1931
Gaytes, Mabel Bradley 1932-1940
Aunts and uncles 1880-1916
Gaytes, Herbert, letters to cousins 1884-1911
Cousins 1880-1942
Huntington, Ellsworth 1897-1933
Friends and classmates 1880-1922
Gaytes, Theresa H., incoming letters 1861-1898
Family, letters to Theresa H. Gaytes 1865-1946
Huntington, Ellsworth, letters to Theresa H. Gaytes from nephew 1895-1924
Gaytes, Theresa H., will and related material 1901-1932
Gaytes, Herbert and Mabel, incoming mail from relatives to 1932-1957
Gaytes, Mabel Bradley, incoming letters 1871-1964
Gaytes, Carol, letters from parents 1864-1876
Gaytes, Carol 1864-1882
Herbert, Charlotte 1867-1877
Bradley, Cornelia 1839-1887
Correspondence regarding commencement announcements, Beloit 1893
Gaytes, Herbert, incoming letters regarding death of his mother 1931-1932
General family correspondence 1866-1955
General correspondence 1861-1962
Letter copying books (2) 1890-1915
Other Personal and Family Material 1838-1959
General papers and writings 1838-1959
Newspaper clippings undated
School essays (mostly technical) 1888-1892
Examination papers, Chicago Manual Training School 1886-1887
Genealogical information 1874-1930
Purchase of cemetery plot 1882-1898
Greeting cards, invitations, and annoucements 1883-1892
Mary Smith's material (mother of Mabel Bradley Gaytes) 1862-1879
Drawings by Herbert Gaytes 1883-1892
Bradley family 1841-1900
Inventory of library approximately 1883-1884
Yearbook from Armour Institute of Technology 1898-1899
Autograph book of Carol Gates (Gaytes) 1856
Autograph book of Herbert Gaytes 1883-1885
Song book of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Gamma Chapter, Amherst College 1857
Book of quotations undated
Book of notes undated
Book with long poem likely written by Theresa Gaytes undated
Private diary of Theresa A. Herbert (Theresa H. Gaytes) 1865-1866
Personal wallets of Carol Gaytes (Carroll) approximately 1864-1867
Childhood items of Herbert Gaytes approximately 1882
Business and calling cards undated
Diplomas; fuse curve graphs; house plan approximately 1895
Newspapers: The Advance, 1882; Chicago Times, 1870, 1890; Chicago Sunday Tribune, 1898; Chicago Daily, Press and Tribune, 1858; New York Herald, 1894 1858-1898
Professional Material 1855-1954
General Reference and Research 1894-1953
The Cherry Circle periodical 1923
Fort Stanton, contour map of land under ditches 1915
Fort Stanton, list of army officers who have served at Fort Stanton and correspondence with them 1914-1915
Fort Stanton, list of possible witnesses other than army officers who are familiar with conditions at Fort Stanton and statement of interviews or correspondence with them 1913-1915
Fort Stanton Water Rights, daily weir observations and discharge of ditches diverting from Rio Bonito 1913
Fort Stanton Water Rights, daily weir observations and discharge of ditches diverting from Rio Hondo 1913
Fort Stanton Water Rights, daily weir observations and discharge of Rio Bonito 1913-1914
Fort Stanton Water Rights, daily weir observations and discharge of Rio Hondo, Eagle Creek, and Ruidoso River near Fort Stanton Sanatorium 1913
Fort Stanton Water Rights field books 1, 3 (United States Public Health Service) 1914
Fort Stanton Water Rights field books 4, 7 (United States Public Health Service) 1914
Fort Stanton Water Rights field books 8, 9 (United States Public Health Service) 1914
Fort Stanton Water Rights, hydrographic data of Rio Bonito 1913-1915
Fort Stanton Water Rights, measurements and data documents 1914
Fort Stanton Water Rights, notes of a stadia survey by R.B. Nichols, books no. 61 and 62 (United States Public Health Service) 1914-1915
Fort Stanton Water Rights, original tables approximately 1913
Fort Stanton Water Rights, report by Charles H. Lee (United States Public Health Service) 1916
Fort Stanton Water Rights, reports, data, recordings, and other materials 1914-1915
Fort Stanton Water Rights, weekly reports of R.B. Nichols 1914-1915
Fort Stanton Water Rights, weekly reports (United States Public Health Service) 1914-1915
Fruitvale Power Station, report of evaporative tests 1911
Fruitvale Power Station, specifications for equipment 1907-1909
Georgetown, California, book of surveys and levels in account with El Dorado Copper Mining Company 1904
Maps, Alaska, United States Geological Survey Bulletins 1911-1915
Maps, cities 1935-1953
Maps, diagrams, and specifications for equipment 1907-1912
Maps, general 1910-1953
Maps, geological sections undated
Maps, Glacier Park, Jasper Park, Banff Park, and Columbia Big Bend Highway 1930-1941
Maps, National Forests, Plumas and Lassen 1916
Maps, Navajo Country, Utah, Arizona, Colorado 1915-1923
Maps, New York City, railroad lines and highways to the 1939 Exposition undated
Maps, Oregon counties undated
Maps, physical divisions of the United States undated
Maps, road 1918-1952
Maps, Utah 1918
Maps, western half of the United States undated
Mariposa County, California, hydro-electric plant field book 1917
Resort directions, touring information, and location guides 1931-1936
San Diego, California, well records books 1914
Sierra and San Francisco Power Company, notebooks of valuation by C.J. Rhodin 1916-1917
St. Paul, Minnesota, Engineer District report on frontier 1919-1920
Travel, maps, and park information 1894-1936
Water Acts, regulations, applications undated
American Steel Foundries annual reports 1929-1934
F.E. Booth Company, Inc. annual reports 1943-1947
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company annual report 1855
General American Transportation Corporation and Subsidiaries consolidated financial reports 1935-1942
Northern Pacific Railway Company annual reports 1937-1943
Pacific Gas and Electric Company annual reports 1915-1944
Pacific Lighting Company annual reports 1939-1944
Pacific Oil Company annual reports 1925-1929
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company annual reports 1939-1940
The Pure Oil Company annual reports 1922-1934
Southern Pacific Company by-laws approximately 1904
Standard Oil Company annual reports 1944-1946
Tidewater Associated Oil Company annual reports 1926-1936
Union Pacific Railway Company annual reports 1939-1942
Numbered Project Files 1898-1913
Rubicon Water and Power Company, reports by Herbert Gaytes ("file 1") 1910
Rubicon Water and Power Company, Rubicon River map ("file 2") approximately 1906
Rubicon Water and Power Company, cost and construction documents, other data ("file 3") 1908-1910
Clackamas River Power Project, data and reports ("file 4") 1908-1910
Clackamas River Power Project, maps and blueprints ("file 5") approximately 1911
Clackamas River Power Project, Three Link Creek Development, data and reports ("file 6") 1910
Klamath Power Project, data and reports ("file 8") 1908-1911
Map of definite location of the Maxima Canal and Power House site, Klamath Power Project ("file 9") undated
Various proposed water power project documents ("file 11") 1906-1909
Various proposed water power project documents ("file 12") 1906-1913
McCloud River Water Power and Tuolumne River Power Company's projects, reports and proposals ("file 13") 1904-1909
Big Creek Power Project, San Joaquin River, graphs and notes ("file 14") 1907-1909
Eagle Creek, Tanner Creek, and Wahtum Lake Water Rights, maps and reports ("file 15") 1909
Klamath River, Bluff Creek, Trinity River, New River, Cowlitz River, Feather River power projects ("file 16") 1904-1908
Siskiyou Electric Power Company, Sierra Blue Lakes Water and Power Company, United Water and Power Company reports, costs, maps, specifications ("file 17") 1906-1913
Cascade Power Company, Bay Cities Water Company, Sur River Electric Company, and other water projects ("file 18") 1902-1912
Oakland Transit Company projects, reports and specifications ("file 19") 1898-1899
Visalia Electric Railroad test report, and letter requesting reprint of Gaytes' description of the plant of the North Mountain Power Company ("file 20") 1908-1910
Loon Lake Water and Power Company, notice of water appropriation, Little S. Fork Rubicon River and list of project reports ("file 901") 1908-1911
An act to incorporate the Southern Pacific Company ("file 902") undated
Rubicon Water and Power Company, graphs and documents on steam flow, reservoir contents, monthly discharge ("file 1001") 1909-1913
Rubicon Water and Power Company, precipitation records ("file 1003") 1910-1911
Clackamas River Power Project, Oak Grove Creek stream flow and rating curve charts, monthly discharge documents ("file 1004") 1909-1911
Klamath River water flow charts and statement reports ("file 1005") approximately 1908
Weir discharge graphs for Merced Dam, Yakima River, Colorado River, and La Grange Dam ("file 1006") approximately 1911
Water rights, rules, and regulations documents ("file 1007") approximately 1909-1911
Agreement between forest service and various power projects to work in National Forests ("file 1008") 1906-1911
Clackamas River Power Project, Grand Canal Reservoir graphs and blueprints ("file 1101") approximately 1910-1911
Rubicon Water and Power Company, graphs and blueprints for dams ("file 1102") approximately 1908-1910
Rock Fill Dam blueprints and specifications ("file 1103") approximately 1910
Clackamas River Power Project, graphs, blueprints, specifications of conduit lines ("file 1201") approximately 1910-1911
Klamath River Power Project, blueprints and specifications ("file 1202") approximately 1910-1911
Rubicon Water and Power Project, blueprints and specifications for conduit lines ("file 1203") approximately 1910
Water flow and grade reports ("file 1204") 1910-1911
Diagram for air nozzle for pumping water ("file 1303") approximately 1912
Construction costs for hydroelectric plants ("1901") 1910
Results of evaporation tests on boiler ("file 2002") 1911
Station construction diagrams and costs ("file 2902") 1911
Tractive force of locomotive, graphs and statistics ("file 3001") 1909
Classification of material (rocks, gravel) ("file 3501") approximately 1910
Rates of Pay, other costs of electric stations ("file 3802") 1912-1913
Utah Light and Railway Company, construction of power station ("file 9001") 1912
Various blueprints and notes ("file 9902") approximately 1910-1912
Other Project and Reference Material 1897-1954
Alaskan Engineering Commission, blueprints approximately 1916
Alaskan Engineering Commission, circulars 1916
Alaskan Engineering Commission, correspondence 1916-1919
Alaskan Engineering Commission, data and reports 1916-1917
Alaskan Engineering Commission, specifications and circuits 1917
Alaskan Engineering Commission, vouchers for expenses for Herbert Gaytes 1917-1918
Blueprints of electrical facilities and Black Oak Mine approximately 1900
Bureau of Mines report of investigations, 22nd semiannual motor gasoline survey approximately 1930-1931
Blueprints of a house undated
Building plans 1914-1915
Bureau of Mines report on gas pipelines approximately 1930
Business diary 1898
Business, professional, financial, and legal correspondence 1898-1954
Clippings from engineering and electrical journals approximately 1917
Colorado River Report, graphs and maps, clippings included 1925
General documents and materials for projects 1907-1912
General Electric Works bulletins 1927-1931
Generators, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, specifications and equipment information 1907
Grand View Gold Mining Company, by-laws, transfer of stock, and related material 1900-1921
Grand View Gold Mining Company, correspondence 1916-1946
Grand View Gold Mining Company, other materials 1914-1934
Grand View Gold Mining Company, tax receipts 1914-1951
Graphs of energy generated by California power companies 1918-1920
Illinois and Smith Rivers, investigation for the California and Oregon Coast Railway Company report 1913-1916
Invention of Herbert Gaytes, ice cutter 1917-1918
Invention of Herbert Gaytes, valve controlling mechanism 1914
Newspaper clippings related to Gaytes' professional projects 1922-1929
Newspaper clippings, chiefly in connection with Oakland Transit Company 1897-1900
Oakland Transit Company, Alameda-Oakland Subway Committee 1911
Oakland Transit Company, data on trains 1907-1909
Oakland Transit Company, car test graphs undated
Oakland Transit Company, reports made as engineer 1899-1900
Pelton Water Wheel Company, specifications and equipment information 1910
Power Administration data 1913-1921
Roosevelt Irrigation District, papers and correspondence of A.E. Lee 1948
Power plant plans approximately 1900
"Scrap paper", measurements, data, notes approximately 1929
Statements of experience, Herbert Gaytes undated
Telephone directory, Anchorage, Alaska 1917-1918
Truckee River Power Company 1928
Turbines and impulse wheels, Allis-Chalmers Company, specifications and blueprints 1906-1907
Turbines, specifications 1906
Turkey Hill mine, specifications, equipment, and other documents 1900
Various maps and equipment blueprints; includes Rubicon River, McCloud River Power Project, Fort Stanton approximately 1906-1915
Various data on California power companies 1918-1919
Various maps, California topography approximately 1899-1905
Various maps, county and regional; includes western United States 1907-1918
Various maps, Oregon land classification approximately 1901
Various maps, regional; includes western and south western United States approximately 1906-1908
Various maps, state and regional; includes western United States and New Hampshire approximately 1898, undated
Various maps, state, regional, city; includes Rio Bonito, western United States and Wisconsin 1892-1921
Engineering Notebooks 1895-1918
Engineering notebook, Armour Institute of Technology (includes graphs) 1895
Engineering notebook, Armour Institute of Technology (includes graphs and tables) approximately 1895
Engineering notebook, Armour Institute of Technology bulletins, strength of materials (laboratory notes) approximately 1896
Engineering notebook, dynamo characteristics, dynamo data, integrating meters, transformers (contains graphs) approximately 1896
Engineering notebook, galvanometers, galvanometer suspensions ("from thesis by Clarance Everett Freeman, June 1897, Armour Institute of Technology" 1897
Engineering notebook, phtometry, calibration of instruments, various blueprints, impedance factors, various tables, Oakland Transit Company data approximately 1897
Engineering notebook, lecture notes approximately 1897
Engineering notebook, diagrams approximately 1897
Engineering notebook, power plants, overhead, bar tests, controllers, track, steel rails (includes blueprints and graphs) approximately 1898
Engineering notebook, specifications, contracts, digest of proposals and bids approximately 1898
Engineering notebook, with cost summaries and statistics (also contains notes by Mabel Gaytes) approximately 1899, undated
Engineering notebook, data (arranged alphabetically 1905-1908
Engineering notebooks (2) approximately 1907-1911, undated
Engineering notebook, hydro-electric developments with maps 1918
Expense and Income Material 1880-1965
Camp expenses for trips 1934, undated
Daily expenses, diary of Herbert Gaytes 1884
Expense books, Bank of Alaska account book 1902-1931
Expense books, Herbert Gaytes 1886-1953
Expense books, Herbert and Mabel Gaytes approximately 1943-1965
Expense books, Theresa Herbert Gaytes 1884-1902
Income and account listings, Herbert Gaytes 1898-1920
Income listing, professional notes, and receipts, Herbert Gaytes 1916-1939
Receipts, primarily for photograph and engineering supplies 1889-1898