Register of the Howard Voorheis Canan papers

1918-1954

1946-1954

"Art of Command," lecture for non-commissioned officers schools co. "C" 11th Engineers 1927

"Panama Canal," talk before Kiwanis Club, Golden Colorado 1930

"Expenditure of N.I.R.A. Funds for River and Harbors on Lake Superior," talk for various civic clubs, Duluth, Minnesota 1933

"The U.S. Lake Survey," address before the Federal Business Association, Detroit, Michigan 1934

"Work of the U.S. Lake Survey Office, Corps of Engineers," address before the civil society, Civil Engineering Dept., University of Detroit 1934

"The General Staff Aspects of Tactical Interpretation of Aerial Photographs," presentation of Engineer School, Ft. Belvoir 1941

"The G-Z Interest in Camouflage Activities," presentation for assault course, Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia April 15, 1941

"The General Staff Aspect of Tactical Interpretation of Aerial Photographs," presentation at Engineer School, Ft. Belvoir July 8, 1941

Talk before members of the Barbourville Chamber of Commerce, Barbourville, Kentucky December 20, 1946

"Report on the Midwest Flood Control Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana," talk given before the Tennessee Conservation Commission 1947

Notes for a talk to be given before the Lions Club of Burnside, Kentucky February 24, 1947

"Highway and Bridge Relocations, Center Hill Dam and Reservoir," an address before the Annual Highway Conference at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee April 18, 1947

Talk before the Cookeville Lions Club at the Center Hill Dam and Reservoir April 21, 1947

"Recreational Program of the Corps of Engineers within Reservoir Areas," Cincinnati, Ohio April 28, 1947

"Land Utilization, Center Hill Reservoir," address for the Lions Club, Smithville, Tennessee May 22, 1947

"Center Hill Dam and Reservoir," address before the Carthage Rotary Club at Center Hill Reservoir May 27, 1947

"Center Hill Dam and Reservoir," address before the Cookville Rotary Club at Center Hill Reservoir May 28, 1947

"Flood Control in the Upper Cumberland Valley," Upper Cumberland Flood Control Association, Pineville, Kentucky July 3, 1947

Talk before the Nashville Chamber of Commerce Navigation Committee August 26, 1947

"Dam Construction on the Cumberland River," talk before Engineer Club September 29, 1947

"The Functioning of an Engineer District," presentation for visiting student officers, Nashville, Tennessee 1948

"Work of the Nashville District," address before the Tennessee Military District February 9, 1948

"National Security," talk given before the Rotary Club at Martin, Tennessee April 7, 1948

"Necessity for Timely and Adequate Appropriations of Funds for Major Construction Projects," talk before the Ohio Valley Improvement Association April 12, 1948

Address before engineer aviation group April 26, 1948

Talk before Livingston Rotary Club at Standing Stone Park April 27, 1948

"Land Utilization and Recreational Activities - Wolf Creek Reservoir," address before the Lions Club, Jamestown, Kentucky May 20, 1948

"Functions of the Corps of Engineers in Recreation," talk before the Kiwanis Club of Hartsville, Tennessee July 2, 1948

"Land Management and Recreational Activities on the Wolf Creek Reservoir," address given before the combined Civic Clubs of Somerset, Kentucky July 15, 1948

"Functions of the Corps of Engineers in Recreation," talk before the Rotary Club, Cookville, Tennessee August 17, 1948

"Center Hill Reservoir and Land Utilization," talk before the Chamber of Commerce, Lebanon, Tennessee October 19, 1948

"Address before the Chattanooga Chapter, Associated General Contractors, Chattanooga, Tennessee October 21, 1948

"Work of the Nashville District," talk before the Reserve Officers of Knoxville, Tennessee October 28, 1948

"The Mission of the Corps of Engineers as Adapted to the Cumberland River Basin," talk before the Old Hickory Engineer's Club, Old Hickory, Tennessee November 17, 1948

"The Wolf Creek Project," talk to be given before the Business Men's Club, Stearns, Kentucky January 19, 1949

"Flood Control for the City of Chattanooga," an address before the Chamber of Commerce, Chattanooga, Tennessee January 25, 1949

"Flood Control for the City of Chattanooga," address before members of the Engineer Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee February 14, 1949

"Comprehensive Improvement of the Cumberland River," talk before American Society of Civil Engineers February 24, 1949

"Corps of Engineers and the Sportsman," address to the League of Kentucky Sportsmen, Frankport, Kentucky May 16, 1949

"Civil Works of the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army," talk before Kiwanis Club, Florence, Alabama July 29, 1949

"The Wolf Creek Project," talk before the Wayne County, Kentucky Farm Bureau Meeting August 17, 1949

Miscellaneous speech material

"Differential Leveling on the Great Lakes," by H. V. Canan with Sherman Moore 1935

"Effects of Master Gauges, Lake Superior - Lakes Huran and Michigan and the Desirability of Changing Datum of Master Gauge on Lake Superior," by H.V. Canan 1935

"Usual Water Fluctuations on Lake Superior, " by H. V. Canan, 1935 1935

"Regulation of Lake Superior," by H.V. Canan and members of the board appointed by Division Engineer October 26, 1934

"Historical Report, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers European Theater of Operations"; Troops, Report No. 4, by H. V. Canan August 1945

"Chief Engineers Report on Camouflage Activities in the European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, " prepared by the Office of the Chief Engineer, November 15, 1945 June 1942 to May 1945

"Report of Navigation Possibilities of Port of Monroe, " by H. V. Canan, 1955 1955

Honors and Awards

Miscellany

123 photos of H.V. Canan and others at U.S. Military Academy, West Point 1916-1917

Photos of war damage, pictures of interest and cultural sites in Western Europe 1919

32 photos depicting H.V. Canan during his military career and miscellaneous and duplicate photos undated

191 postwar scenes of Belgium, France and Germany including photos of European tour, 1919; 58 photos of 11th Engineer Regiment in Panama Canal Zone, 1925-1928; 259 photos of Corps of Engineer activities and techniques; Various pictures of vacation and travel

2 troop and 3 portrait photos undated

2 troop portrait photos undated