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David McComb Big Thompson Flood Collection
Collection
Identifier: WBTF
Abstract
On July 31, 1976, the Big Thompson Canyon, just west of Loveland, Colorado, was the scene of a flash flood which claimed 144 lives. The collection consists of oral history tapes and transcripts along with photographs, slides, audiotapes, newspaper clippings, and other material Colorado State University history professor Dr. David McComb compiled when researching for his book Big Thompson: Profile of a Natural Disaster.
Dates:
1975-1985; Majority of material found within 1976-1978
Local Water Resources History Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLOC
Abstract
The Local Water Resources History Collection is an aggregation of items acquired from many different sources. Combining a wide range of materials including maps, blueprints, brochures, programs, posters, reports, photographs, newsletters, audiotapes, CDs, and DVDs, the collection touches on various topics related to Colorado water issues, people, and organizations. Topics include ditches and irrigation systems, as well as various rivers and reservoirs. Some materials go beyond the state of...
Dates:
1875-2021; Majority of material found within 1960-2008
Records of the Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and Reservoir Company
Collection
Identifier: WCHS
Abstract
Formed in 1882 in Loveland, Colorado, the Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and Reservoir Company (CHS) delivers water for agricultural purposes through its system of ditches and reservoirs located in Larimer and Weld counties. The company and its system, which draws from the Big Thompson River, are well documented through minute books, water records, and files of recent secretaries. Supplementing these are stock, financial, and legal records, as well as photographs, maps, plans, and drawings....
Dates:
1874-2012; Majority of material found within 1950-2005
Records of the Reorganized Farmers Ditch Company
Collection
Identifier: WRFD
Abstract
The Reorganized Farmers Ditch Company was created in 1983 as a mutual ditch company in the state of Colorado from unusual circumstances. The predecessor organization was the Farmers Irrigating Ditch and Reservoir Company. The main purpose of both companies has been to store and deliver water for irrigation, drawn from the Big Thompson River. Legal and financial materials dominate the collection, but comprehensive sets of meeting minutes exist, along with fairly complete sets of early stock...
Dates:
1878-2020; Majority of material found within 1970-2000
Records of Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
Collection
Identifier: WWWE
Abstract
Wright Water Engineers, Inc., is a Colorado-based water resources consulting firm founded by Kenneth R. Wright. Since 1961 the company has undertaken projects concerning agricultural and irrigation engineering, water rights, flood control and drainage, dams, and groundwater in Colorado as well as other states and countries. The collection contains files from select Colorado projects. Also present are the records of Wright-McLaughlin Engineers (1964-1982), a closely associated engineering...
Dates:
1882-2006; Majority of material found within 1974-1993
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.
Dates:
1986-2022
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- Photographs. 5
- Maps. 4
- Water-supply -- Colorado. 4
- Audiocassettes. 3
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 3
- Ditches -- Colorado. 3
- Floods -- Colorado -- Big Thompson River. 3
- Irrigation -- Colorado. 3
- Larimer County (Colo.) 3
- Negatives. 3
- Arkansas River Watershed. 2
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.) 2
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 2
- Colorado. 2
- DVDs. 2
- Floods -- Colorado -- Big Thompson Canyon. 2
- Loveland (Colo.) 2
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 2
- Water resources development -- Colorado. 2
- Weld County (Colo.) 2
- Aerial photographs. 1
- Arkansas River. 1
- Audiotapes. 1
- Berthoud (Colo.) 1
- Big Thompson: Profile of a Natural Disaster 1
- Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.) 1
- Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colo.) 1
- Dam failures -- Colorado -- Roaring River Valley. 1
- Dams -- Colorado. 1
- Denver Basin. 1
- Dolores River Valley (Colo. and Utah) 1
- Floods -- Colorado -- Roaring River Valley. 1
- Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 1
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado. 1
- Lawn Lake Dam (Colo.) 1
- Microfilms. 1
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Northglenn (Colo.) 1
- Ogallala Aquifer. 1
- Oral history. 1
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District. 1
- Posters. 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado. 1
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 1
- Saint Vrain Basin (Colo.) 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District. 1
- Slides (photographs). 1
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Standley Lake (Colo.) 1
- Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Videotapes. 1
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 1
- Water resources development. 1
- Water rights -- Colorado. 1
- Windsor (Colo.) 1 ∧ less
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- Water Supply and Storage Company. 2
- Wright, Kenneth R. 2
- Anderson Ditch Company. 1
- Broderick, Jim 1
- Coal Ridge Ditch Company. 1
- Colorado State University. 1
- Colorado State University. Department of Civil Engineering. 1
- Colorado Water Resources Research Institute. 1
- Colorado. Department of Natural Resources. 1
- Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and Reservoir Company 1
- Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and Reservoir Company. 1
- Danielson, Jeris. 1
- Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners. 1
- Doesken, Nolan J. 1
- Eastman Kodak Company. 1
- Evans, Harold G. 1
- Evans, Norman A. 1
- Farmers Irrigating Ditch and Reservoir Company. 1
- Fort Collins (Colo.). Utilities. 1
- George, Russell. 1
- Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth), 1896-1984. 1
- Great Western Sugar Company. 1
- Hamel, Alan C. 1
- Harmon, Dennis. 1
- Home Supply Ditch Company. 1
- Home Supply Reservoir Company. 1
- Johnson, Harvey G. 1
- Kuhn, Eric. 1
- Left Hand Ditch Company. 1
- Longenbaugh, R. A. (Robert A.) 1
- Lower Boulder Ditch Company. 1
- Luecke, Daniel. 1
- McComb, David G. 1
- Mobley, Terry 1
- Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff. 1
- Ogilvie, James L. 1
- Parshall, Maxwell. 1
- Porter, John. 1
- Pueblo Board of Water Works (Colo.) 1
- Randall, Owen. 1
- Reorganized Farmers Ditch Company 1
- Reorganized Farmers Ditch Company. 1
- Robbins, David W. 1
- Scanga, Ralph. 1
- Schmidt, Max. 1
- Sharp, Thomas R. 1
- Shimmin, Mike. 1
- Shoemaker, Jeff 1
- Smith, MaryLou M., 1950- 1
- Smith, Travis. 1
- Spencer, Herb. 1
- Stulp, John. 1
- Trout, Thomas J. (Thomas James) 1
- United States. Bureau of Reclamation. 1
- Ward, Robert C. 1
- Wells, Patricia. 1
- Werner, Brian 1
- Wilkinson, Eric. 1
- Wright Water Engineers 1
- Wright Water Engineers. 1
- Wright-McLaughlin Engineers. 1 ∧ less
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