Colorado State University.
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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: Arkansas River Watershed. X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 2
- Maps. 2
- Photographs. 2
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 2
- Water resources development -- Colorado. 2
- Arkansas River. 1
- Artifacts. 1
- Audiocassettes. 1
- Big Thompson River (Colo.) 1
- Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.) 1
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colo.) 1
- Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Colorado. 1
- Dams -- Colorado. 1
- Denver Basin. 1
- Diaries. 1
- Dolores River Valley (Colo. and Utah) 1
- Flumes. 1
- Fort Collins (Colo.) 1
- Fryingpan River (Colo.) 1
- Fryingpan River Watershed (Colo.) 1
- Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 1
- Groundwater. 1
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado. 1
- Irrigation engineering. 1
- Irrigation engineers. 1
- Irrigation pumps. 1
- Irrigation water. 1
- Negatives. 1
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Ogallala Aquifer. 1
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District. 1
- Parshall flumes. 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado. 1
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 1
- Saint Vrain Basin (Colo.) 1
- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District. 1
- Snow surveys. 1
- Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Videotapes. 1
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 1
- Water current meters. 1
- Water-supply -- Colorado. 1
- Watersheds -- Colorado. 1
- Weirs. 1
- Wells. 1 + ∧ less
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