Carpenter, Delph
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Daniel Tyler
Collection
Identifier: WDTP
Abstract
Daniel Tyler (b. 1933), emeritus professor of history at Colorado State University, has taught and written extensively on western water history. This collection documents his research, including that for the biography of W.D. Farr, a Greeley, Colorado, water pioneer, cattleman, and businessman; the biography of Delph Carpenter, a Greeley water lawyer and interstate river commissioner; a book of Carpenter's parents' courtship correspondence; and Mexican land grant rights in relation to New...
Dates:
1950-2011; Majority of material found within 1985-2010
Papers of Delph E. Carpenter and Family
Collection
Identifier: WDEC
Abstract
The "Father of Interstate River Compacts," Delph E. Carpenter (1877-1951) served the state of Colorado as a lawyer, state senator, and river commissioner. He wrote, negotiated, and promoted the Colorado River Compact, among others, following his service as lead counsel in the Wyoming vs. Colorado suit. The collection documents these and other professional activities (including cattle breeding), as well as Carpenter's personal life and family....
Dates:
1827-1992; Majority of material found within 1870-1951
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- Arizona 1
- Arkansas River 1
- Artifacts 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Beef cattle 1
- Books 1
- California 1
- DVDs 1
- Diaries 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Kansas 1
- La Plata River (Colo. and N.M.) 1
- Land grants 1
- Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.) 1
- Maps 1
- Microfilms 1
- Milking Shorthorn cattle 1
- Nebraska 1
- Nevada 1
- North Platte River 1
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Platte River (Neb.) 1
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 1
- Rivers 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Utah 1
- Water rights 1
- Water transfer 1
- Water-supply -- Colorado 1
- Wyoming 1 + ∧ less
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