United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Frank Milenski
Collection
Identifier: WFMP
Abstract
Francis ("Frank") Raymond Milenski (1913-1998) was a farmer and irrigator in Colorado's Arkansas River Valley. He served on the Colorado Water Conservation Board from 1959 to 1966 and was on the board of directors of both the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the Catlin Canal Company for several decades. The collection includes documents related to Milenski's involvement in these organizations. Also included are documents pertaining to court cases, water law,...
Dates:
1890-2003; Majority of material found within 1970-1998
Papers of James L. Ogilvie
Collection
Identifier: WJLO
Abstract
James L. Ogilvie (1911-1995) had a long career with the United States Bureau of Reclamation in the field of irrigation and water management. He worked on the Colorado-Big Thompson Project and was the project manager for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project in southeast Colorado. The collection contains professional files related to Ogilvie's career as well as desk diaries, which serve as a guide to his daily activities, and photographs. A portion of the collection is digitized and ...
Dates:
1889-1992; Majority of material found within 1955-1980
Papers of Marvin E. Jensen
Collection
Identifier: WMEJ
Abstract
A significant contributor to the development of improved methods in estimating irrigation water requirements, Marvin E. Jensen (1926-2022) had a diverse career in civil engineering. This collection documents Jensen's consulting and writings with special emphasis on two consulting projects in which Jensen evaluated water distribution and usage along the lower Colorado River. Materials include data, correspondence, handwritten notes, news clippings, photographs and negatives, drafts, reports,...
Dates:
1957-2011; Majority of material found within 1985-2004
Papers of Robert and Daphne Illeman
Collection
Identifier: WIFP
Abstract
Daphne Illeman (1921-2016) and Robert Illeman (1917-2003), a married couple, worked as civil engineers for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on multiple projects, including what became the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project in Colorado. The collection includes two sets of reports produced by the Bureau for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, a transmountain diversion, along with other reports, maps, and drawings related to water resources development projects and research. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1938-1968; Majority of material found in 1948-1950
Papers of Robert E. Glover
Collection
Identifier: WREG
Abstract
A civil engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Geological Survey, and Colorado State University, Robert Glover (1896-1984) conducted significant research on concrete cooling, dam construction, groundwater flow, and more. The focus of the collection is on the extensive work he did on these subjects. A smaller portion of the collection reflects Glover's personal life in terms of family activities and hobbies, including birding, photography, and environmentalism. Predominant...
Dates:
1896-2000; Majority of material found within 1922-1984
Papers of Whitney M. Borland
Collection
Identifier: WWMB
Abstract
As a civil engineer with a long and distinguished career, Whitney McNair Borland (1905-2001) focused his research on sedimentation, hydraulics, avalanches and other aspects of hydrology. He was employed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation for over forty years, spending some of that time conducting model sedimentation studies in Fort Collins, working in the Colorado State University engineering lab designed by Ralph Parshall. The collection consists of documents either collected or...
Dates:
1828-1997; Majority of material found within 1930-1979
Water Oral Histories Collection
Collection
Identifier: WOHC
Abstract
The Water Oral Histories Collection consists of interviews and reminiscences covering the work of some of Colorado's distinguished civil engineers, irrigators, and water leaders. Subjects include Northern Colorado's irrigation history, irrigation engineering and research in Colorado, large water storage projects, groundwater issues, and the personal and professional lives of some of Colorado's water leaders. A portion of the collection is digitized and ...
Dates:
1986-2022
Filtered By
- Subject: Colorado. X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Photographs 5
- Arkansas River Watershed 4
- Maps 4
- Water resources development -- Colorado 4
- Arkansas River 3
- Colorado 3
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 3
- Fryingpan River (Colo.) 3
- Fryingpan River Watershed (Colo.) 3
- Water-supply -- Colorado 3
- Artifacts 2
- Diaries 2
- Hydrology 2
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 2
- Videotapes 2
- Water resources development 2
- West (U.S.) 2
- Audiocassettes 1
- Avalanches 1
- Big Thompson River (Colo.) 1
- Books 1
- Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.) 1
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 1
- California -- Imperial County 1
- Catlin Canal (Colo.) 1
- Charts (graphic documents) 1
- Colorado -- Water rights 1
- Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colo.) 1
- Concrete 1
- Dams 1
- Dams -- Colorado 1
- Denver Basin 1
- Dolores River Valley (Colo. and Utah) 1
- Groundwater -- Colorado 1
- Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- Colorado 1
- Groundwater flow 1
- Gunnison River (Colo.) 1
- Hydraulics 1
- Interstate agreements -- Arkansas River 1
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado 1
- Kansas 1
- Kansas -- Water rights 1
- Mathematics 1
- Mekong River Valley 1
- Mekong River Watershed 1
- Negatives 1
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Ogallala Aquifer 1
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District 1
- Purgatoire River (Colo.) 1
- Reservoirs 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado 1
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 1
- Saint Vrain Basin (Colo.) 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District 1
- Sediment transport 1
- Sedimentation and deposition 1
- Slides (photographs) 1
- Snow 1
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado 1
- Water consumption -- Data processing 1
- Water districts -- Colorado 1
- Water use 1
- Water-supply -- Accounting 1
- Watershed management 1
- Watersheds -- Colorado 1 + ∧ less
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