Date Range: 1907-1979 (bulk 1920-1963)
Size of Collection: 27 boxes and 13 oversize items ( linear feet)
Donated by: Walter C. Carey, 1979
Terms of Access: Available to registered researchers by appointment

Engineer. Born in 1893 at New York City, Carey worked in his early years on various railroad projects in the U.S. and Canada and on subway construction in New York. His long career with the Corps of Engineers began in 1920 and was centered in the New Or leans District. Within the District he held successive positions as Assistant Chief of Operations, Chief of Operations, Chief of Construction, Chief of Design Branch, and Assistant Chief of Engineering. Carey specialized in the design, construction, and operations of flood control projects, and in river stabilization, navigation improvement, and water resources projects. During World War II he served as Engineer and Construction Officer, Eastern Base Section, England, with the rank of Lieutenant Colone l. In that position he was responsible for the design and construction of military installations, including airstrips.

From 1930-1933 he served as river stabilization expert in the Office of President, Mississippi River Commission. Following his retirement in 1963, he continued active in his fields of expertise as a consulting engineer. Throughout his career Carey prepa red numerous technical papers, many of which were published in professional journals.

The papers are arranged in the following series:

Personal Papers
Technical Papers--Articles
Technical Papers--Flood Project Files
Technical Papers--Marine Growth
Plans, Maps, Charts, etc.
Photographs
Books, Pamphlets, Journals, etc.
Oversize Materials

Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts of technical papers, maps, plans, charts, photographs, books, pamphlets, and journals relating to marine growth, flood control (particularly to the developme nt and installation of revetments on the Misissippi River), and other civil engineering topics and projects.$bAmong the photographs are visual records of flood projects in progress and shots taken on a trip to the Netherlands in 1937. Many of the printed items (mostly produced by the Mississippi River Commission and the Corps of Engineers) were marked by Carey as "rare and valuable." Correspondents include General John R. Hardin, General Harley B. Ferguson, Congressman Paul H. Maloney, Dr. P.W. Zimmerman, Herbert D. Vogel, and Bernard E. Gray.

PERSONAL PAPERS

Correspondence, Personal
Included are clippings, bills, and other materials relating to Carey's planned relocation to England in 1979

Box 1	Folder 1	1920-1930
Box 1	Folder 2	1935-1943
Box 1	Folder 3	1944-1947
Box 1	Folder 4	1948-1950
Box 1	Folder 5	1953-1956
Box 1	Folder 6	1958-1963
Box 1	Folder 7	1959-1960

Correspondence, Personal and Technical

Box 1

Folder 8

1947-1950

Correspondence, Veterans Administration
Included are letters, etc. dealing with Carey's World War I disability and insurance matters

Box 1	Folder 9	1920-1953
Box 1	Folder 10	1930-1958

Letters to the Press

Box 1

Folder 11

1952-1959

Speeches

Box 1

Folder 12

1944-1948

Journal

Box 1

Folder 13

"The matter of Turdus Migratorius Achrasteris in Audubon Park, New Orleans," 1959-1963

TECHNICAL PAPERS--ARTICLES
Drafts and/or final copies of articles written by Carey along with his research notes, original photographs, and correspondence with prospective publishers

Box 1	Folder 14	"Bank protection on the Lower Mississippi River, history and development of types and practices" (1931)--an unpublished, in-house study in three parts
Box 2	Folder 1	"The design and construction of the reinforced asphalt mattress." Published in Military Engineer (Nov.-Dec., 1935)
Box 2	Folder 2	"Some recent uses of asphalt in river and harbor construction." Paper delivered before the Royal Society of Civil Engineers, The Hague, October 29, 1937. Published in part by the Asph alt Institute (August, 1947) in their Information Series #65
Box 2	Folder 3	"Soil engineering for the military engineer." Lecture delivered to Airfield Construction Groups, 21st Army Group, England. Published in Military Engineer (April, 1944)
Box 2	Folder 4	"Some notes on river stabilization." Paper read before the Baton Rouge Chapter, American Society of Civil Engineers, May 5, 1950
Box 2	Folder 5	"Military construction uses of sand and gravels." Unpublished paper, 1950
Box 2	Folder 6	"Comprehensive water resources and conservation planning in the U.S." Published in Military Engineer (Nov.-Dec., 1954)
Box 3	Folder 1-4	"The state concept of multi-purpose river improvement and valley development." Unpublished paper, 1955 (includes earlier version under the title "The stage conception of comprehensiv e river improvement, ca. 1952)
Box 3	Folder 5	"Asphalt mixtures for resisting the attacks of water in motion." Paper delivered before the Association of Asphalt Pouring Technologists, New Orleans, February 7, 1955 and published in the Proceedings of the association
Box 3	Folder 6	"Asphalt in river and harbor work." Paper delivered before the First Western Conference on Asphalt in Hydraulics, Salt Lake City, September 26, 1955 and published in the Proceedings of the conference
Box 3	Folder 7	"The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway." Unpublished paper, 1955
Box 3	Folder 8	"Systematic changes in the beds of alluvial rivers." Paper delivered beforethe American Society of Civil Engineers, Jackson, Mississippi, February 20, 1957 and published in Hydrauli cs Journal (August, 1957), paper #1331
Box 4	Folder 1	"Brief history of trade development in the Mississippi River System." Published in Business and Economic Review [University of Missouri] (July-August, 1960)
Box 4	Folder 2	"Field profiles mechanically plotted to scale." Published in Military Engineer (Jan.-Feb., 1962)
Box 4	Folder 3	"Turn mechanisms of alluvial streams." Published in Military Engineer (Jan.-Feb., 1963)
Box 4	Folder 4	"The effect of temperature on river-bed configurations (its possible state-discharge relationship)" Paper delivered before the Second Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Jack son, Mississippi, Jan.-Feb., 1963 and published in Proceedings (Miscellaneous publication #970), Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Box 4	Folder 5-11	"Comprehensive river stabilization." Paper delivered before the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, March 8, 1965 and published in the Society's Waterways and H arbors Journal (Feb., 1966), paper #4672
Box 4	Folder 12	"Hot Jetty Mix--a jetty construction material." Published in Military Engineer (July-Aug., 1967)
Box 4	Folder 13	"Formation of flood plain lands." Published in Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers (May, 1969)

TECHNICAL PAPERS--FLOOD PROJECT FILES
Correspondence, reports, articles, etc. on various flood control and related projects

Box 5	Folder 1	Shearer patent suit, ca. 1920-1927 Reports of experimental board
Box 5	Folder 2	Explosives, 1926 W. B. Alford's report on the Rodney Cutoff plug, March 23
Box 5	Folder 3	Experimental concrete revetment, ca. 1926-1934
Box 5	Folder 4	Articulated concrete mattress, 1929 Proposed improvements
Box 5	Folder 5	Rock fill groins for river bank protection, 1930-1944 New Madrid, Missouri and Osceola, Arkansas
Box 5	Folder 6	Underwater survey of bank revetments, ca. 1931-1932 Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans
Box 5	Folder 7-8	Miscellaneous material on asphalt mattress design and production, ca. 1932-1942
Box 6	Folder 1	Miscellaneous material on asphalt mattress design and production, ca. 1932-1942 (continuation of Box 5, Folders 7-8)
Box 6	Folder 2	Channel stabilization data, ca. 1932-1945
Box 6	Folder 3	Design data, asphalt mattress plant, ca. 1933-1935
Box 6	Folder 4	Miscellaneous materials on asphalt mattresses, ca. 1933-1963 Plans, specifications, photographs, correspondence, etc.
Box 7	Folder 1	Miscellaneous materials on asphalt mattresses, ca. 1933-1963 (continuation of Box 6, Folder 4)
Box 7	Folder 2	Miscellaneous data on asphalt mattresses, ca. 1934-1947
Box 7	Folder 3	Album, photographs of asphalt plant operations, 1935
Box 7	Folder 4	Miscellaneous data on asphalt levee paving, ca. 1935-1946
Box 7	Folder 5	Hardscrabble Bend, 1936 Intercepting drain perforated pipe
Box 8		Specifications for asphalt mattress, 1936-1942
Box 9	Folder 1-12	Specifications for asphalt mattress, 1936-1942 (continuation of Box 8)
Box 9	Folder 13	Miscellaneous data on asphalt cement and asphalt mixture, ca. 1936-1951
Box 9	Folder 14	Manual of Bank Protection Survey Equipment and Methods, 1937
Box 9	Folder 15	Sand, 1937-1938 Miscellaneous data
Box 9	Folder 16	Revetment Board, 1937-1941
Box 9	Folder 17	Plaquemine revetment, 1941
Box 9	Folder 18	Military construction in Eastern Base Section, England, 1941-1942
Box 9	Folder 19	Area memorandums, 1942 Issued by Carey as Major, Area Engineer, U. S. Engineer Office
Box 9	Folder 20	Military construction in Eastern Base Section, England, 1943
Box 10	Folder 1	Military construction in Eastern Base Section, England, 1944-1945
Box 10	Folder 2	Pipe coverings for projected Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, ca. 1945-1958
Box 10	Folder 3	Underwater survey of concrete revetment, White Castle, ca. 1947
Box 10	Folder 4	Disaster plan for New Orleans, 1948 New Orleans Reserve Officers Association
Box 10	Folder 5	Concrete revetments, 1949-1958 Miscellaneous data on materials, etc.
Box 10	Folder 6	Airboats for inspections, surveys, etc., 1950
Box 10	Folder 7	Arkansas-White-Red Office, 1950-1952
Box 10	Folder 8	Old River Closure, ca. 1950-1954
Box 10	Folder 9	Miscellaneous correspondence on technical subjects, 1950-1958
Box 11	Folder 1	Sediment papers, 1951 Arkansas-White-Red Office
Box 11	Folder 2	Comprehensive stabilization for Red River, ca. 1952-1956
Box 11	Folder 3	Foreshore erosion problem on the Lower Mississippi, 1955-1956
Box 11	Folder 4	Articulated concrete mattress, 1955-1958 New developments
Box 11	Folder 5	Studies, 1957-1961 Sonoprobe, cable cutters, Copperweld, earth resistivity, cone penetrometer, sonor thumper
Box 11	Folder 6	Articulated concrete mattress, ca. 1959-1961 Miscellaneous material
Box 11	Folder 7	Bank Revetment Board, 1960-1961 Minutes
Box 11	Folder 8	Magdalena River, 1962 Consultant work in Colombia for the Corporacion Autonoma Regional de los Valles des Magdelena y del Sinu (CVM)
Box 11	Folder 9	Sonar pinger in surveying condition of revetments, 1962-1963
Box 11	Folder 10	Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1925-1979 (No obvious connection to Carey, but retained anyway)

TECHNICAL PAPERS--MARINE GROWTH

Box 11	Folder 11	Marine growth, general, 1947-1959
Box 12	Folder 1	Agricultural chemical herbicides and aquatic plant growth in general, ca. 1947-1961 Includes material relative to Carey's article, "Engineer uses of chemical herbicides," published in Military Engineer (May-June, 1952)
Box 12	Folder 2	Zimmerman, Dr. P. W., 1948-1950 Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Box 12	Folder 3	Tulane University, 1948-1950 Contract for marine growth control research
Box 12	Folder 4	Water hyacinths, etc., 1948-1950 Interim report
Box 12	Folder 5	Water hyacinth bulletin, 1949
Box 12	Folder 6	Log, 1949 Chemical treatments at Bonnet Carre
Box 12	Folder 7	Experiments with helicopter in spraying water hyacinths, ca. 1949-1950
Box 12	Folder 8	Water hyacinths, 1949-1954 Correspondence
Box 12	Folder 9	Marine growth, general, 1950

PLANS, MAPS, CHARTS, ETC.

Box 12	Folder 10	Crib dike plans and plans for framed willow mattresses, ca. 1907-1923
Box 12	Folder 11	Deer Park, Louisiana, ca. 1918-1929 Cross sections and maps
Box 12	Folder 12	Shearer patent suit, ca. 1921-1928 Plans of mattress designs
Box 13		Miscellaneous, ca. 1919-1963 [See also oversize material listing at the end of this finding aid]

PHOTOGRAPHS

Floodworks
4" x 6" prints compiled into "mini-albums" by Carey. Each album is identified by name of photographer (Carey), roll number, date, and camera used. Each album includes a table of contents that provides the date that each photograph was taken and a bri ef description of the scene depicted therein. View a sample of the Carey photographs.

Box 14	1935-1936
Box 15	1936-1937
Box 16	1937-1939 Includes photographs of Carey's trip to Holland, Oct.-Dec., 1937
Box 17	1941; 1944-1945
Box 18	1948-1951; 1954
Box 19	1955; 1959; 1961 Box also includes water hyacinth project photographs, 1949; 1955 and asphalt capping and jetty repair photographs, 1937-1959

Box 20

Box 21

Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Boxes 22-23 (part)

Box 23 (part)

Box 23 (part)

Box 24

Box 25

Box 26

Box 27

1. Map of the Atchafalaya Floodway
2. Plans, wire line earth coring device, modified oil field type (file #H-4-16558/3)
3. Map, Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River, Northern Sheet, Memphis District (Mississippi River Commission, 1939)
4. Graph survey (hydrologic), flood of 1945--cross sections, Old River, Torras, La., Atchafalaya River, Simmesport, Krotz Springs, Morgan City, Wax Lake, and Calumet, La.
5. Blueprints--asphalt plant drawings, 8/9/1950 (contents listed on outer wrapper)
6. Tracings--asphalt plant drawings, 8/9/1950 (contents listed on outer wrapper)
7. Atchafalaya River Study, 1951 (maps, charts, and drawings--in one volume)
8. Mississippi River Commission maps (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama)--incomplete
9. Aerial photographs, Mississipi River from Concordia Parish to Head of Passes
10. Fine grained alluvial deposits and their effects on Mississippi River activity, Harold N. Fisk (Waterways Experiment Station, July, 1947, vol. 11)
11. Comprehensive review of Red River and tributaries--preliminary locations, channels, locks, and dams, 8/1962
12. Maps of Red River, Index, Arkansas to Mississippi River (Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, 2nd edition, January, 1958)
13. Hydrologic Survey, Mississippi River, Angola, La. to Head of Passes (Corps of Engineers, New Olreans District for the Mississippi River Commission, 7/1952)

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Coded: October 5, 1998
Coded by: Wayne Everard