TY  - GEN
AU  - Burr,Edward
TI  - Edward Burr papers,
KW  - Collingwood, Francis,
KW  - Craighill, Wm. P.
KW  - Dennis, William B.,
KW  - Handbury, Thomas H.
KW  - Mendell, George H.
KW  - Newcomer, Henry Clay,
KW  - Powell, Charles Francis,
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Corps of Engineers
KW  - Office of the Engineer Commissioner D.C
KW  - United States Military Academy
KW  - Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)
KW  - Canals
KW  - Columbia River
KW  - Oregon
KW  - Harbors
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Norfolk
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
KW  - Cascade Locks
KW  - Municipal engineering
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - River engineering
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Engineers
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Correspondence, military papers, scholastic records, printed materials, memorabilia, and photographs, relating chiefly to Burr's career in the U.S. Army Engineer Corps (1882-1898).  Documents his service as assistant engineer of canal construction on the Columbia River (Portland and Cascade Locks, Or.), as inspector of the construction of lock gates (Cascade Locks, Or.), as supervisor of river and harbor improvements (Norfolk, Va.), and as assistant to the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia.  Also includes Burr's records while a student at Washington University, Saint Louis, Mo., and West Point Military Academy.  Correspondents include Francis Collingwood, Wm. P. Craighill, William B. Dennis, Thomas H. Handbury, George H. Mendell, Henry Clay Newcomer, and Charles Francis Powell
ER  -