Local Water Resources History Collection

The Local Water Resources History Collection was created by the Water Resources Archive through several donations. The pictures of Bangkok as well as the photographs of Bellevue Hydraulic Laboratory were donated on August 30, 2005, by the CSU Department of Civil Engineering (2005015). The 1897 map of Sanborn Draw Reservoir and Outlet Canal was donated on May 26, 2006, by Henry H. Kugeler, Jr. (2006025). The Mesa County Historical Society and Front Range Water audio cassettes were donated by Dr. Mark Fiege on June 1, 2009 (2009013). Other materials were collected from various sources, including conferences, and compiled on September 1, 2009 (2009032). Additional materials were added to the collection in October 2011, including published water reports from Ayres Associates (2011023) and newsclippings and legal documents related to the Fort Bent Ditch Company from Rick Brase (2011002). Fryingpan-Arkansas Project clippings (2012059) were donated by the Bureau of Reclamation in October 2012. Materials added in June 2014 include several maps (2012022, 2012023), calendars, and event programs, along with additional reports and studies. Also, more materials on the Fort Bent and Fort Lyon ditches from Rick Brase (2014046) were added. Materials added in April 2016 include Colorado River pamphlets (2015022), textual materials, and calendars. Materials added in September 2016 include two flood-related slide presentations (2016057) and Big Thompson flood music (2016058). In January 2017, Dr. Jared Orsi donated his reference materials on the Los Angeles River. In March 2018, Dr. David Freeman donated a few maps and a poster. In October 2018, Ron Sladek of Tatanka Historical Associates donated reports on the Cache la Poudre River. In June 2017, Dr. Mark Fiege donated his research materials related to water in Idaho (2017027) (box 17). In 2022, Lamp Rynearson donated reports and studies collected in their library (2022020) (boxes 20-21).