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Colorado Agricultural College

 Organization

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Alumni Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UAPO
Abstract The Alumni Photograph Collection consists of approximately 5,500 photographic items, film reels, correspondence, and news clippings. Subjects include athletics; aerial views of the campus and Fort Collins; buildings; campus scenes; faculty and staff; students; alumni; individuals; and student activities. The Ruth Wattles Collection, compiled by Wattles while researching for her manuscript, "The Mile High College: the History of Colorado A&M" is included as are Drama Club scrapbooks which...
Dates: 1884-1992; Majority of material found within 1900-1980

Association of Faculty Women Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: UAFW
Abstract

The Association for Faculty Women scrapbook documents the social activities of the female faculty at Colorado State University. The collection consists of one scrapbook.

Dates: 1929-1959

Campus Events Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UDSE
Abstract

The Campus Events Collection includes programs, brochures, and other materials concerning various academic, professional, and social events at Colorado State University.

Dates: 1884-1977; Majority of material found within 1960-1975

Charles L. Terrell Collection of Historic Colorado State University Campus Images

 Collection
Identifier: UCLT
Abstract

Charles L. Terrell was an alumnus of the Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now Colorado State University) and served as secretary of the State Board of Agriculture (now the Board of Governors) from 1959 to 1976. The collection consists of historic campus images of Colorado State University.

Dates: 1899-1960; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s

Collection on Early Student Groups

 Collection
Identifier: UESR
Abstract

The Collection of Early Student Groups documents some of the earliest established student groups and societies at the Colorado Agricultural College. Societies and groups represented include the Athletic Association, Columbian Literary Society, the Student Council, and the Philo-Aesthesian Society. Materials include membership rosters, letters, receipts, minutes, and secretary ledgers.

Dates: 1883-1917; Majority of material found within 1900-1916

Irrigation Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WIPC
Abstract The Irrigation Photograph Collection contains lantern slides and glass plate negatives related primarily to irrigation and agricultural subjects in Colorado and around the world. Colorado locations include the Colorado Agricultural College campus, Long's Peak, the San Luis Valley, and the Eastern Plains. Other countries significantly represented through irrigation or cultural sites include Egypt, Algeria, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Mexico. A portion of the...
Dates: 1889-1933; Majority of material found within 1898-1909

Irrigation Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WIRP
Abstract In 1911, the Irrigation Investigations Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture was established in Fort Collins in conjunction with Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). Scientists within the unit, including Ralph Parshall, Carl Rohwer, Victor M. Cone, and William E. Code, conducted irrigation-related research. They studied and designed apparatuses to measure water flow through canals and diversion structures, investigated various irrigation projects, and conducted...
Dates: 1890-1985; Majority of material found within 1920-1950

Letterbooks of Clarence P. Gillette

 Collection
Identifier: UCPG
Abstract

C.P. Gillette (1859-1941) was the first professor of entomology at Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). During his 40 years at CAC he was a professor, served as state entomologist, and was head of the Experiment Station. The collection contains copies of letters written by C.P. Gillette.

Dates: 1892-1906; Majority of material found within 1899-1904

Mid-Century Civil Service Records

 Collection
Identifier: UPER
Abstract

The Mid-Century Civil Service Records documents job classifications, salaries, job postings, and general background on civil service positions at Colorado State University. The collection includes lists of employees by job title and/or job class, salary data, correspondence, and handbooks.

Dates: 1927-1962; Majority of material found within 1943-1953

Miscellany of Colorado State University Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UCSU
Abstract

The Miscellany of Colorado State University Collection contains publications, recordings, oral histories, photographs, and other ephemera created by or for the university, and its students, faculty, and staff.

Dates: 1885-2019; Majority of material found within 1960s-2000s

Oral History Tapes

 Collection
Identifier: UOHT
Abstract Dr. James E. Hansen and several assistants created this collection of oral histories primarily to gather information for four books and a paper about Colorado State University (CSU) history: Democracy's College in the Centennial State: a History of Colorado State University (1977), "Charles A. Lory and the Challenges of Colorado's Semi-Arid Frontier" (1980), Chiron's Time: a History of the College of Veterinary Medicine and...
Dates: 1972-2005

Papers of Charles A. Lory

 Collection
Identifier: UCAL
Abstract

Charles A. Lory (1872-1969) was a professor of electrical engineering and the fifth president of Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). The collection contains both personal and professional papers and includes correspondence and letters, diaries and day planners, financial records, flyers, committee minutes, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Dates: 1849-1978; Majority of material found within 1921-1962

Papers of Fannie Cunningham

 Collection
Identifier: WCUN
Abstract Frances "Fannie" Schelt Cunningham (1872-1967) graduated from Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) in 1895. Following college, she taught in local public schools until she married Frank Cunningham in 1903. The collection documents her college studies, along with some of her later writing on topics including westward expansion, local pioneers, and the western landscape. Cunningham also photographed landscapes, rivers, canyons, and ditches in northern Colorado,...
Dates: 1892-1965; Majority of material found within 1892-1927

Papers of Frank P. Goeder

 Collection
Identifier: UFPG
Abstract

Frank P. Goeder (1886-1963) was an alumnus and professor of physics at Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). The collection includes correspondence, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, writings, photographs, and certificates and diplomas.

Dates: 1907-1965; Majority of material found within 1913-1933

Papers of Herbert A. Black

 Collection
Identifier: UHAB
Abstract

Herbert A. Black (1875-1971) was a graduate of the Colorado Agricultural College in 1895. The collection includes family photographs, his CAC diploma, a newspaper, and drafting tools.

Dates: 1894-1906

Papers of Louis G. Carpenter

 Collection
Identifier: WLGC
Abstract Louis G. Carpenter (1861-1935), irrigation engineer, was appointed professor and head of engineering and physics at the Colorado Agricultural College in 1888. He became director of the Colorado Experiment Station at that institution in 1899 and remained at the college until 1911. Carpenter initiated the first systematic instruction in irrigation engineering, consulted widely on irrigation and hydraulic construction projects, and was also consulted for his expertise in water law. The...
Dates: 1888-1919; Majority of material found within 1898-1910

Papers of Robert B. Broad

 Collection
Identifier: URBB
Abstract

Robert B. Broad was a herdsman at Colorado Agricultural College beginning in 1916. He specialized in the care and judging of swine and was an active participant in stock shows. The collection includes letters, expenditures, receipts, and information on state, regional, and national stock shows and fairs, writings, and a small box of glass plates negatives on various animals and animal anatomy.

Dates: 1910-1951; Majority of material found within 1920-1935

Photographs of Alton Sanderson

 Collection
Identifier: UPAS
Abstract

Alton Sanderson was an alumni of Colorado Agricultural College, studying forestry. The collection contains photographs of forestry students in 1923 working at Pingree Park, now the Colorado State University Mountain Campus.

Dates: 1923

Photographs of Antoine Jacob

 Collection
Identifier: UJAC
Abstract

The collection contains photographs belonging to Antoine Jacob, member of the class of 1901 of the Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). Photographs are of the class of 1901, the San Juan Club, the class of 1899, and the class of 1902.

Dates: 1897-1900

Ralph L. Parshall Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WRLP
Abstract Ralph Parshall contributed significantly to the field of irrigation engineering with the development of a flow-measuring device that became commonly known as the Parshall flume and continues to be widely used. Materials in the collection include Parshall's patent on his "Venturi flume water stage recording instruments," awards that Parshall received, publications, copies of talks he presented on KOA radio in Denver, and a number of lantern slides depicting flumes, weirs, plans, and...
Dates: 1888-1992; Majority of material found within 1921-1961

Additional filters:

Subject
Photographs 12
Fort Collins (Colo.) 7
College students 4
Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 3
Irrigation engineers 3
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Lantern slides 3
Negatives 3
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Student activities 3
Colorado 2
Flumes 2
Irrigation engineering 2
Motion pictures (visual works) 2
Parshall flumes 2
Scrapbooks 2
Snow surveys 2
South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 2
Universities and colleges 2
Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae 2
Universities and colleges -- Faculty 2
Universities and colleges -- Professional staff 2
Veterinary medicine 2
Water resources development -- Colorado 2
Weirs 2
Academic libraries 1
Academic libraries -- Administration 1
Agricultural extension work -- Colorado 1
Agriculture 1
Algeria 1
Alumni and alumnae 1
Animal culture 1
Arkansas River Watershed 1
Artifacts 1
Audiocassettes 1
Building specifications 1
Civil service 1
Civil service system 1
College athletes 1
College employees 1
College graduates 1
College presidents 1
College sports 1
College sports for women 1
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 1
Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) 1
Colorado State University. Department of Facilities Management 1
Commencement ceremonies 1
Dam failures 1
Dams 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher -- Colorado -- Fort Collins 1
Egypt 1
Engineering -- Study and teaching 1
Entomology -- Study and teaching 1
Exhibitions 1
Facility management 1
Faculty 1
Flash drives 1
Forest management 1
Forestry schools and education 1
France 1
Greek letter societies 1
Groundwater 1
Irrigation 1
Irrigation canals and flumes 1
Irrigation canals and flumes -- Colorado 1
Irrigation engineering -- Colorado 1
Irrigation farming 1
Irrigation pumps 1
Irrigation water 1
Irrigation water -- Colorado -- Return flow 1
Italy 1
Larimer County (Colo.) 1
Library buildings 1
Livestock 1
Maps 1
Meteorology -- Observations -- Colorado 1
Newspaper clippings 1
Oral history -- Colorado 1
Precipitation (Meteorology) -- Colorado -- Measurement 1
Reclamation of land -- Colorado 1
Special events 1
Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
Stream measurements -- Colorado 1
Student activities -- Colorado -- Fort Collins 1
Surveying 1
Universities and colleges -- Colorado 1
Universities and colleges -- Departments 1
Water current meters 1
Wells 1
Women college graduates 1
Women in higher education 1
Women teachers 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
Zoology -- Study and teaching 1
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