Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Charles C. Fisk
Collection
Identifier: WFIS
Abstract
After retiring as an engineer, Charles Fisk researched and wrote a book about Denver's water. The materials in the collection mostly relate to the book Fisk was completing at the end of his life, The Metro Denver Water Story: A Memoir. Subjects primarily relate to the history of Denver and its water, including focus on the South Platte River and the Two Forks project. Predominant material types are photocopies, clippings, drafts, and books as well as two...
Dates:
1880-2007; Majority of material found within 1971-2004
Papers of Earl L. Mosley
Collection
Identifier: WMOS
Abstract
Earl L. Mosley (1883-1966) was an engineer and municipal administrator who worked in Colorado Springs from 1921 to 1947 and in Denver from 1947 until shortly before his death. He prepared a typescript, "History of the Denver Water System," while working for the Denver Water Board. The collection includes a copy of that work, a few newspaper clippings about Mr. Mosley and his work, and a digital copy of the typescript on compact disc. ...
Dates:
1960-2011; Majority of material found within 1960-1966
Papers of Hamlet J. "Chips" Barry, III
Collection
Identifier: WHJB
Abstract
Hamlet J. "Chips" Barry, III, served as the manager of Denver Water for nearly twenty years. The documentation of Barry's employment with the Micronesian Legal Services Corporation, the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, law firm Calkins, Kramer, Grimshaw and Harring, and Denver Water is representative but not comprehensive. A 30-year span of his calendars gives a sense of his daily appointments and activities. Additionally, files of his speeches and writings on typical...
Dates:
1951-2011; Majority of material found within 1973-2010
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
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: Water resources development -- Colorado. X
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- Denver (Colo.) 3
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) 3
- Water resources development -- Colorado 3
- Arkansas River Watershed 2
- Artifacts 2
- Colorado 2
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 2
- Photographs 2
- Videotapes 2
- Water resources development -- Colorado -- Denver 2
- Water-supply -- Colorado 2
- Waterworks -- Colorado -- Denver 2
- Alaska 1
- Arkansas River 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Aurora (Colo.) 1
- Big Thompson River (Colo.) 1
- Books 1
- Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.) 1
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 1
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.) 1
- Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colo.) 1
- DVDs 1
- Dams -- Colorado 1
- Denver Basin 1
- Diaries 1
- Dolores River Valley (Colo. and Utah) 1
- Fryingpan River (Colo.) 1
- Fryingpan River Watershed (Colo.) 1
- Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- Colorado 1
- History of the Denver Water System 1
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado 1
- Land use 1
- Maps 1
- Marshall Islands 1
- Micronesia (Federated States) 1
- Mines and mineral resources 1
- Municipal water supply -- Colorado -- Denver -- Management 1
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Ogallala Aquifer 1
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District 1
- Public interest law 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado 1
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 1
- Saint Vrain Basin (Colo.) 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District 1
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 1
- The Metro Denver Water Story 1
- Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado 1
- Water rights -- Colorado 1
- Water-supply -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Watersheds -- Colorado 1 + ∧ less
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