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Otto Wallace Peterson papers, 1900-1957.
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Otto Wallace Peterson papers, 1900-1957Creator/Contributor:
Peterson, Otto Wallace., creatorAbstract:
Typed transcripts of selected entries from Peterson's diary (1906-1919), reports and photographs of the Suribong Dam project,
1918-1920, and of the Peterson's family in Korea, 1918-1919. Also contains photocopies of United States census records (1900),
signed by Peterson from Contra Costa County, Supervisors District and signed by Peterson.
Date:
1900 (issued)Subject:
Peterson, Otto Wallace -- ArchivesPeterson, Otto Wallace -- Portraits
Peterson family -- Portraits
Dams -- Korea (South) -- Pictorial works
Engineers -- California
United States -- Census, 1900
Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Census -- 1900
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COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Collection processed at folder level in 2007.
Otto Wallace Peterson papers, BANC MSS 2007/209, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Otto Wallace Peterson was born in Berkeley, California, on December 31, 1880. While a student at University of California
Berkeley he was employed as an enumerator in the summer of 1900 to canvas part of Supervisors District 1. He graduated from
the University of California, Berkeley in 1904 with a degree in engineering. After serving as chief engineer and general superintendent
for the Suribong Water Power Project in Korea, in 1920 he joined Pacific Gas and Electric Company as manager of the general
construction department.
In English.
Type:
Census records.Photographs.
Physical Description:
print
1 box, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder (1 linear foot)
Language:
English
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undeterminedCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.