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The Archives of Harza Engineering Company: A Guide
Collection Number: MS-4-253
Collection Level Description | ||
| Title: | Harza Engineering Company fonds | |
| Dates: | 1955-1976, predominant 1960-1976 | |
| Extent: | 1.1 m of textual records; 12 photographs | |
Administrative History
The Harza Engineering Company was founded by Leroy F. Harza in 1920 with its main office in Chicago, Illinois. An independent engineering and consulting firm, it specialized in the development and use of water, power, and land resources. Among its areas of expertise were regional planning, specifically water control, power, irrigation flood control, agricultural production, and transportation. It worked extensively in both the energy and environmental sectors of the engineering industry, and the company is perhaps best known for its work on hydroelectric power development.
During the period covered by the records in this collection, Calvin V. Davis served as the chairman of the company. E. Montford Fucik became the President of Harza and Arthur P. Gauss the Executive Vice President in 1963. Charles MacLennan, donor of these papers, served as a Vice President as well. From the 1950s to 1970s Harza employed over 400 people, most of whom were graduate engineers, scientists, and registered professional engineers.
On October 6, 2000, Harza Engineering and Montgomery Watson announced their intent to merge. The company is now called MWH, and based in Pasadena, California.
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Custodial History
The collection was originally maintained by Charles MacLennan and donated by Chesley Haliburton on September 14, 1981.
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Scope and Content
The records in this collection deal primarily with the energy sector, and, more specifically, hydroelectric power. Many records detail the company's attempts to start a hydroelectric project on the Bay of Fundy. Some records pertain to projects in the rest of Canada and generally to Harza itself.
Correspondence / 1955-1976, predominant 1966-1968
Harza Administrative Records / 1955-1976, predominant 1960-1976
Tidal Power Consultants / 1965-1976
Atlantic Provinces / 1966-1976
Letters to the Editor / 1970-1971
Arrangement
During processing, the Archives imposed thematic and chronological order on the records, whose original order was not consistent.
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Combined Series and File Level Descriptions | ||
| Date: | 1955-1976, predominant 1966-1968 | |
| Extent: | 17 cm of textual records | |
| Scope and Content: | ||
| This series contains general correspondence between Harza employees and between Harza and government officials, as well as correspondence to and from other engineering companies. | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| The files ordered by date are maintained in the order in which they arrived. The other files are organized by the individual or company with which the correspondence took place. | ||
File Level Descriptions | ||
| Folder - 1.1-3 | 1966 | |
| Folder - 1.1 | A-L | |
| Folder - 1.2 | M-N | |
| Folder - 1.3 | O-Z | |
| Folder - 1.4-6 | 1967-1968 | |
| Folder - 1.4 | A-L | |
| Folder - 1.5 | M-N | |
| Folder - 1.6 | O-Z | |
| Folder - 1.7 | Haliburton, E. D. - 1963-1967 | |
| Folder - 1.8 | New England - 1963-1967 | |
| Folder - 2.1 | North-East Utilities - 1963-1965 | |
| Folder - 2.2 | Tidal Power, Government Officials - 1964-1967 | |
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| Date: | 1955-1976, predominant 1960-1976 | |
| Extent: | 9 cm of textual records; 1 photograph | |
| Scope and Content: | ||
| This series contains administrative records, including a considerable amount of internal correspondence and memos the majority of which pertain to Charles MacLennan's activities with Harza. The specific project files in this series are valuable for their insight into the administration of various Harza projects. These records serve as examples as to how the company was organized and maintained. | ||
File Level Descriptions | ||
| Folder - 2.3 | Personnel related materials and organizational chart - 1968-1974 | |
| Folder - 2.4 | Correspondence - 1971-1974 | |
| Folder - 2.5 | Personnel records and organizational charts - 1972-1973 | |
| Folder - 2.6 | Financial Consultants - 1965-1966 | |
| Folder - 2.7 | Bank of Montreal - 1964-1965 | |
| Folder - 2.8 | Merrimac Pumped Storage Records and photograph - 1965 | |
| Folder - 2.9 | Belville Project Estimates - 1964 | |
| Folder - 2.10 | English Electric - 1965-1971 | |
| Folder - 2.11 | Canada (General) - 1964-1970 | |
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| Date: | 1965-1974 | |
| Extent: | 8 cm of textual records | |
| Scope and Content: | ||
| This series deals with the Canadian corporation created by Harza, referred to as both HARCAN and Harza of Canada. The records mainly detail the creation of the Canadian company, as well as the development of policies and procedures. Information about HARCAN's fate is difficult to find, although records in the collection hint that it was an unsuccessful venture. | ||
File Level Descriptions | ||
| Folder - 2.12 | Proposed Canadian Corporation - 1965-1969 | |
| Folder - 2.13 | HARCAN - Letters, patent shareholders, directors meetings - 1965-1968 | |
| Folder - 2.14 | Regularizing HARCAN and Office Procedures - 1968-1969 | |
| Folder - 2.15 | Future of HARCAN - 1968-1969 | |
| Folder - 3.1 | Canadian Office, HARCAN - 1968 | |
| Folder - 3.2 | HARCAN - 1969 | |
| Folder - 3.3 | HARCAN - 1970 | |
| Folder - 3.4 | HARCAN - 1971-1974 | |
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| Date: | 1965-1976 | |
| Extent: | 46 cm of textual records; 7 photographs | |
| Scope and Content: | ||
| Tidal Power Consultants Limited was a corporation created to carry out studies concerning the Bay of Fundy Tidal Power Project for the Atlantic Tidal Power Engineering and Management Committee as necessary. Four sponsoring firms all have abundant experience in the utilization of electrical power and water resources: Montreal Engineering Company Limited, The Shawnigan Engineering Company Limited, Harza of Canada Limited, and Balfour Beatty Power Consultants Canada Limited. Dr. E. L. Wilson from Sheffield University is a special consultant to the group, since he has done extensive studies on tidal power projects in Britain. | ||
| The series contains notes, correspondence, and clippings concerning Tidal Power Consultants (TPC). There are some administrative records of the organization itself, but the majority concern records about various projects that TPC were involved in or were researching. | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| The records are in their original chronological rather than thematic order. | ||
File Level Descriptions | ||
| Folder - 3.5 | 1965, September - December | |
| Folder - 3.6 | 1968, January - June | |
| Folder - 3.7 | 1968, July - October | |
| Folder - 3.8 | 1968, September - December | |
| Folder - 4.1 | 1969, January - April | |
| Folder - 4.2 | 1969, May - December | |
| Folder - 4.3 | 1970, January - April | |
| Folder - 4.4 | 1970, April - June | |
| Folder - 4.5 | 1970, July - September | |
| Folder - 4.6 | 1970, September - December | |
| Folder - 4.7 | 1973, January - March | |
| Folder - 4.8 | 1973, March - June | |
| Folder - 4.9 | 1973, July - September | |
| Folder - 4.10 | 1973, September - December | |
| Folder - 5.1 | 1974, January - February | |
| Folder - 5.2 | 1974, February - April | |
| Folder - 5.3 | 1974, April - June | |
| Folder - 5.4 | 1974, July - 1975, January | |
| Folder - 5.5 | 1975-1976 | |
| Folder - 5.6 | Administrative Records - 1967 | |
| Folder - 5.7 | Administrative Records - 1967-1968 | |
| Folder - 5.8 | Proposal for Consulting Engineering Services to the Atlantic Tidal Power Programming Board - 1967 | |
| Folder - 5.9 | Technical Opinion on the Development of Tidal Power on the Bay of Fundy - 1972 | |
| Folder - 5.10 | Inter-company Agreement - 1967 | |
| Folder - 6.1 | Miscellaneous Tidal Power Schemes - 1964-1967 | |
| Folder - 6.2-3 | Minas Basin Project - 1967 | |
| Folder - 6.4 | Tidal Power Consultants Limited - [1967] | |
| Folder - 6.5 | Memorandum on Tidal Power in the Bay of Fundy - 1970 | |
| Folder - 6.6 | Cape Split - 1968 | |
| Folder - 6.7 | Minas Area Schemes - Preliminary Assessment - 1967 | |
| Folder - 6.8-9 | Miscellaneous Data - 1963-1967 | |
| Folder - 6.10 | Information File RE Jan. 31 Bay of Fundy Meeting - 1966-1967 | |
| Folder - 6.11 | Bay of Fundy Tidal power, Minas Area, Phase 'A' Study - 1967 | |
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| Date: | 1966-1976 | |
| Extent: | 4 cm of textual records; 4 photos | |
| Scope and Content: | ||
| These are general records relating to miscellaneous projects in the Atlantic Provinces. | ||
File Level Descriptions | ||
| Folder - 6.12 | Soil Conservation for the Atlantic Provinces - 1968 | |
| Folder - 7.1 | Agricultural Engineering Services - 1968-1970 | |
| Folder - 7.2 | Atlantic Provinces Energy Seminar, 1975-1976 | |
| Folder - 7.3 | Department of Forestry and Rural Development - 1967-1968 | |
| Folder - 7.4 | Labrador - Gull Island - 1974 | |
| Folder - 7.5 | Musquodoboit Valley Reclamation (includes photographs) - 1966 | |
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| Date: | 1962-1975 | |
| Extent: | 19 cm of textual records | |
| Scope and Content: | ||
| These are general records relating to tidal power in the Bay of Fundy and attempts to gain approval and funding for the project. | ||
File Level Descriptions | ||
| Folder - 7.6-9 | Fundy, Articles and Miscellaneous - 1966-1974 | |
| Folder - 7.10 | An Electrical Analogue for Investigating Phenomena in a Tidal System - 1973 | |
| Folder - 7.11 | Appraisal of Tidal Power in the Bay of Fundy - 1962 | |
| Folder - 7.12 | Power Market - North East and Fundy - 1971-1973 | |
| Folder - 7.13 | Integral Can.-U.S. Power Supply Schemes - 1966 | |
| Folder - 7.14 | Coordinated Power Development of Eastern Canada - 1967 | |
| Folder - 7.15-16 | Project Meeting Notes - 1965-1967 | |
| Folder - 7.17 | Salt and Coal Mining, Energy Storage in Fundy - 1971-1972 | |
| Folder - 8.1-2 | Aid Memoir - The Fundy Study I - 1965-1973 | |
| Folder - 8.3 | Aid Memoir - Fundy Study - 1971 | |
| Folder - 8.4 | Notes on Meetings re: Fundy - July 1971 | |
| Folder - 8.5 | Atlantic Canada Activities - 1973-1974 | |
| Folder - 8.6 | Winds - Bay of Fundy - 1967 | |
| Folder - 8.7 | Russian Comments on Bay of Fundy - 1966 | |
| Folder - 8.8 | Chignecto Canal - 1960-1969 | |
| Folder - 8.9 | Cape Split - 1968-1972 | |
| Folder - 8.10 | Feasibility of Fundy Development in Light of the 1970 International Tidal power Committee - 1971 | |
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| Date: | 1970-1971 | |
| Extent: | 3 cm of textual records | |
| Scope and Content: | ||
| This series contains letters by Charles MacLennan to the editors of the Chronicle Herald and the Atlantic Advocate , with regard to Fundy Tidal Power Development. There is also a small amount of correspondence about these letters. | ||
File Level Descriptions | ||
| Folder - 8.11-12 | 1970-1971 | |
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