United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Carl J. Hoffman
Collection
Identifier: WCJH
Abstract
Carl J. Hoffman (1908-2004) was a CSU civil engineering graduate (1932) who spent nearly thirty years working for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation designing dams and spillways. His accomplishments include helping to design the Hoover Dam and the Grand Coulee Dam, as well as many smaller dams throughout the West. The collection includes engineering books, manuals, design data, reports, notes, memoranda, maps, and project design summaries, focusing especially on small dams.
Dates:
1915-2002; Majority of material found within 1940-1968
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 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
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- Photographs 4
- Arkansas River 2
- Arkansas River Watershed 2
- Artifacts 2
- Colorado 2
- Diaries 2
- Fryingpan River (Colo.) 2
- Fryingpan River Watershed (Colo.) 2
- Hydrology 2
- Videotapes 2
- Water resources development 2
- Water resources development -- Colorado 2
- Water-supply -- Colorado 2
- Avalanches 1
- Books 1
- Catlin Canal (Colo.) 1
- Charts (graphic documents) 1
- Colorado -- Water rights 1
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Concrete 1
- Dams 1
- Dams -- Colorado 1
- Dams -- West (U.S.) 1
- Groundwater -- Colorado 1
- Groundwater flow 1
- Hydraulics 1
- Interstate agreements -- Arkansas River 1
- Kansas 1
- Kansas -- Water rights 1
- Mathematics 1
- Mekong River Valley 1
- Mekong River Watershed 1
- Negatives 1
- Purgatoire River (Colo.) 1
- Reservoirs 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado 1
- Sediment transport 1
- Sedimentation and deposition 1
- Slides (photographs) 1
- Snow 1
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 1
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Water districts -- Colorado 1
- Water resources development -- West (U.S.) 1
- Watershed management 1
- Watersheds -- Colorado 1
- West (U.S.) 1 + ∧ less
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