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Photographs of the Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company
Collection
Identifier: WAVS
Abstract
The Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company combined eastern wealth, optimism, and engineering skill to irrigate Colorado's arid southeastern plains. Beyond initial attempts at growing and processing sugar beets, the company established the Amity Canal Model Dairy Farm about 1914. The collection consists chiefly of photographic materials along with a set of engineering letters. Photographic subjects are mainly the company's irrigation facilities and related construction or...
Dates:
1898-1925; Majority of material found within 1902-1920
Photographs of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Colorado Snow Survey Program
Collection
Identifier: WCSS
Abstract
In 1935, Congress passed legislation funding a federal Snow Survey Program after a severe drought in the western United States. The purpose of the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Snow Survey Program is to provide mountain snowpack data and water supply forecasts for the western United States. The collection includes images of snow survey sites and equipment, agency employees, and public outreach events. Materials include slides, photographs,and film reels.
Dates:
1951-1996; Majority of material found within 1964-1991
Records of Colorado Cooperative Extension
Collection
Identifier: AEXT
Abstract
For nearly a century, the Colorado Cooperative Extension has served as the agricultural and home management outreach arm of Colorado State University, a land-grant institution, by bringing the results of university research to rural populations. The organization has its roots in early farmers' institutes conducted off-campus starting in 1879. The passage of the Smith-Lever Act in 1914 officially established Extension as a cooperative effort between the USDA, land-grant institutions, and...
Dates:
1906-2000; Majority of material found within 1916-1998
Records of Colorado State University Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi
Collection
Identifier: USSX
Abstract
Sigma Xi, established in 1886, is the international honor society of science and engineering and has over 500 chapters at colleges and universities, industrial research centers, and government laboratories. The Colorado State University Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi was chartered in 1953. The collection contains memos, correspondence, membership lists, and event information for the CSU chapter, as well as general histories for the Society of Sigma Xi.
Dates:
1911-1992; Majority of material found within 1970-1986
Records of DARCA
Collection
Identifier: WDAR
Abstract
The Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance (DARCA) was created in November 2001 in Silverthorne, Colorado. DARCA is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to assisting Colorado's ditch and reservoir companies, lateral ditch companies, irrigation districts, and all other types of private ditch associations. The collection includes meeting minutes, brochures, convention programs, and newsletters.
Dates:
2001-2018
Records of Friends of the Poudre
Collection
Identifier: WFOP
Abstract
Friends of the Poudre, like its predecessor Preserve Our Poudre, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the Cache la Poudre River and prevention of large dam projects in Poudre Canyon. Preserve Our Poudre (1980-1986) generated local support for designating the upper portion of the Poudre a Wild and Scenic River. Friends of the Poudre formed in 1986 to oppose the Grey Mountain Reservoir project and enhance the Poudre River's recreational, historic, and educational...
Dates:
1965-2003; Majority of material found within 1980-1986
Records of GASP
Collection
Identifier: WGAS
Abstract
The Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte River Basin, Inc. (GASP) was a non-profit well-augmentation company, the first organization of its kind in Colorado. Founded in 1972, its purpose was to offset depletions to the South Platte River caused by pumping of the South Platte valley-fill aquifer. At its peak, GASP served more than 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado. As state regulation of this activity was modified, the company ceased operations in 2003 and sold the last of its...
Dates:
1912-2007; Majority of material found within 1970-2007
Records of Phi Beta Kappa, Delta of Colorado Chapter
Collection
Identifier: UPBK
Abstract
Founded on December 15, 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest undergraduate honor society, and following its motto "the love of learning is the guide of life," the society embraces learning through the liberal arts and sciences. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta of Colorado Chapter was initiated November 15, 1973, at Colorado State University. The collection documents Delta of Colorado's history and activities. Materials include by-laws, annual reports, meeting agendas and minutes, directories and...
Dates:
1968-2008
Records of Phi Kappa Phi
Collection
Identifier: UPKP
Abstract
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi was established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education ". It is the oldest all-discipline honor society and third academic society in the United States for academic excellence. The charter of the Phi Kappa Phi chapter at Colorado Agricultural College (CAC) was signed on May 5, 1927. The founding members included President Charles M. Lory, Viginia...
Dates:
1927-2006; Majority of material found in 1980-1987
Records of Professional and Academic Organizations
Collection
Identifier: UPAO
Abstract
The Records of Professional and Academic Organizations consists primarily of records from the Colorado State University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Records from the Colorado Library Association and the Faculty Women's Caucus are included as well. Two speech transcripts by William E. Morgan and Milton S. Eisenhower are also included.
Dates:
1930-1977; Majority of material found within 1950-1969
Records of Project Promise
Collection
Identifier: UPPR
Abstract
Project Promise (Professionals with a Mission in Education) was an accelerated post-bachelor's degree secondary teacher licensure program offered from 1989-2007 by Colorado State University's School of Education. The collection documents the history of the program. Materials include administrative files, program curriculum, subject files, placement information for schools at which Project Promise...
Dates:
1988-2007; Majority of material found in 1989-2007
Records of the American Public Works Association, Colorado Chapter
Collection
Identifier: WAPW
Abstract
The American Public Works Association is an international educational and professional association that provides goods and services related to public works. The organization was created in 1937 by a merger of the American Society of Municipal Engineers, the International Association of Street Sanitation Officials, and the International Association of Public Works Office. The collection pertains mainly to activities of the association's Colorado Chapter, founded in 1962. Materials consist of...
Dates:
1864-1988; Majority of material found within 1973-1985
Records of the American West Program
Collection
Identifier: UAWP
Abstract
The American West Program at Colorado State University was a cross-disciplinary program designed to bring together scientists, humanists, engineers, and artists to explore a common theme: the American West. Drs. Joseph Angell and Arthur Wilcox began the program in 1972 with a Thomas Moran art exhibit in conjunction with the hundredth anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. The program evolved to include many thematic aspects of western Americana. The program ceased in 2005...
Dates:
1969-1978
Records of the Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company
Collection
Identifier: WAVX
Abstract
Formed in 1901 to take over several earlier companies, the Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company operated the Amity Canal System in southeastern Colorado. The company became a subsidiary of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1910, went through several lawsuits that mutualized the system, and dissolved in 1966. The collection documents the company through materials accumulated in the New York office, including meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, legal and financial...
Dates:
1883-1979; Majority of material found within 1901-1950
Records of the Bridges to the Future Initiative
Collection
Identifier: UBTF
Abstract
"Bridges to the Future: American History and Values in Light of 9/11" was a yearlong, statewide initiative, led by Colorado State University and the University of Denver, that brought international speakers and events to challenge and inspire conversations regarding leadership, engagement, and the future of the United States. The collection contains information regarding program planning and events, publications, and press releases.
Dates:
2002-2003
Records of the Cache la Poudre River History and Culture Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: MCLP
Abstract
Pioneer School, an expeditionary learning academy (now Polaris Expeditionary Learning School) embarked on an oral history project from 2005 to 2006. Noting a gap in oral histories of myriad people with connections to the Poudre River, teacher Matt Strand created an assignment for his seventh and eighth grade students to conduct oral history interviews. The 36 citizens interviewed included water commissioners, members of historic families, activists, farmers, and recreation specialists. The...
Dates:
2005-2006
Records of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District
Collection
Identifier: WCCW
Abstract
The Central Colorado Water Conservancy District (CCWCD), established in 1965, aids in the development, management, and protection of water resources within the South Platte Basin of Northeastern Colorado. This collection consists primarily of bound copies of meeting minutes from 1965-1974. Also included are newsletters, an annual report, fact sheets, and bylaws. Subject areas covered include surface and groundwater quality research, groundwater storage projects, irrigation well development,...
Dates:
1965-2015; Majority of material found in 1965-1974
Records of the Classified Personnel Council
Collection
Identifier: UCPC
Abstract
The Classified Personnel Council (CPC) at Colorado State University (CSU) was formed in 1973 and serves to represent state classified personnel at CSU by promoting, improving, and protecting their role within the University System. Its goal is to promote better communication between classified personnel and the University as a whole. The organization also publicizes contributions of state classified personnel and presents special recognition awards. The collection contains records of the...
Dates:
1977-1991; 2010-2020
Records of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Collection
Identifier: UDVM
Abstract
The College of Veterinary Medicine was founded in 1907. Now operating as the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, it is comprised of four undergraduate programs: Biomedical Sciences, Environmental Health, Microbiology, and Neuroscience. There are also four graduate programs: Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, and Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology. The collection includes class notes, books, history materials,...
Dates:
1901-2007; Majority of material found within 1910-1960, 2006-2007
Records of the Colorado 4-H
Collection
Identifier: ACFH
Abstract
The Colorado 4-H, an educational program of the Colorado Extension, is Colorado State University's youth outreach in agriculture, mechanic arts, and home economics. The Colorado 4-H manages events, members, leaders, and agents of the National 4-H program in Colorado. This collection contains documents and artifacts from the 4-H office of Colorado Extension, including meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, site and program planning documents, reference documents, pamphlets and booklets,...
Dates:
1921-2007; Majority of material found within 1970-1999
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- Photographs. 86
- Colorado. 55
- Slides (photographs). 34
- Maps. 32
- Fort Collins (Colo.) 28
- Audiocassettes. 26
- Water resources development -- Colorado. 26
- Negatives. 24
- Videotapes. 24
- Water-supply -- Colorado. 24
- Artifacts. 22
- Scrapbooks. 19
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 16
- Water resources development. 16
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 14
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 12
- Oral history. 12
- Arkansas River Watershed. 11
- Ditches -- Colorado. 11
- Wyoming. 11
- Motion pictures (visual works). 10
- Weld County (Colo.) 10
- Audiotapes. 9
- DVDs. 9
- Irrigation -- Colorado. 9
- Irrigation engineering. 9
- Larimer County (Colo.) 9
- Minutes. 9
- Reservoirs -- Colorado. 9
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) 9
- Arkansas River. 8
- Compact discs. 8
- Nebraska. 8
- New Mexico. 8
- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) 7
- Agriculture -- Colorado. 6
- Big Thompson River (Colo.) 6
- Books. 6
- California. 6
- Groundwater -- Colorado. 6
- Hydrology. 6
- Newspaper clippings. 6
- Water -- Law and legislation. 6
- Water rights -- Colorado. 6
- West (U.S.) 6
- Aerial photographs. 5
- College presidents -- Colorado -- Fort Collins. 5
- Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) 5
- Dams -- Colorado. 5
- Denver (Colo.) 5
- Groundwater. 5
- Kansas. 5
- Posters. 5
- Utah. 5
- Wells -- Colorado. 5
- Agricultural extension work -- Colorado. 4
- Arizona. 4
- Cache la Poudre River Watershed (Colo.) 4
- Charts (graphic documents). 4
- Colorado State University -- Faculty. 4
- Diaries. 4
- Egypt. 4
- Greeley (Colo.) 4
- Irrigation canals and flumes -- Colorado. 4
- Irrigation farming. 4
- Irrigation. 4
- Lantern slides. 4
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 4
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 4
- Sediment transport. 4
- Sugar beet industry -- Colorado. 4
- Water use -- Colorado. 4
- Water-supply. 4
- Beef cattle. 3
- Blueprints. 3
- College presidents. 3
- Colombia. 3
- Colorado -- Water rights. 3
- Colorado State University -- History. 3
- Dams. 3
- Education, Higher. 3
- Farm life -- Colorado. 3
- Floods -- Colorado -- Big Thompson River. 3
- Hydraulics. 3
- International education. 3
- Interstate agreements. 3
- Microfilms. 3
- Nevada. 3
- Oral history -- Colorado. 3
- Pakistan. 3
- Platte River (Neb.) 3
- Russian Germans -- Colorado. 3
- San Juan River Watershed (Colo.-Utah) 3
- Sedimentation and deposition. 3
- Snow. 3
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 3
- Student activities -- Colorado -- Fort Collins. 3
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 3
- Watershed management. 3
- Agriculture. 2 ∧ less
- Language
- Spanish; Castilian 3
- French 1
- German 1
- Portuguese 1
- Names
- Colorado State University. 30
- Colorado Agricultural College. 9
- Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College. 8
- Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. 6
- Colorado State University. Department of Civil Engineering. 6
- Colorado Water Conservation Board. 6
- United States. Bureau of Reclamation. 6
- Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners. 5
- Colorado State University. Libraries 4
- Great Western Sugar Company. 4
- Water Supply and Storage Company. 4
- Colorado A & M College. 3
- Colorado Agricultural College. Department of Civil and Irrigation Engineering. 3
- Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 3
- Colorado State University. Cooperative Extension Service. 3
- Colorado State University. Extension. 3
- Colorado Water Congress. 3
- Colorado Water Resources Research Institute. 3
- Geological Survey (U.S.) 3
- Longenbaugh, R. A. (Robert A.) 3
- North Poudre Irrigation Company 3
- Ward, Robert C. 3
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. Northern Colorado Chapter. 2
- Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company 2
- Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company. 2
- Carpenter family. 2
- Carpenter, Delph. 2
- Carpenter, L. G. (Louis George), 1861-1935. 2
- Carpenter, Leroy S., 1843-1927. 2
- Code, W. E. (William E.), 1891- 2
- Colorado River Commission. 2
- Colorado Springs (Colo.). Department of Public Utilities. 2
- Colorado State College (Fort Collins, Colo.) 2
- Colorado State Grange. 2
- Colorado State University. College of Engineering. 2
- Colorado State University. Department of Civil Engineering 2
- Colorado State University. Germans from Russia in Colorado Study Project. 2
- Colorado State University. Graduate School. 2
- Colorado State University. Libraries. 2
- Colorado. Department of Natural Resources. 2
- Colorado. Office of the State Engineer. 2
- Evans, Harold G. 2
- Evans, Norman A. 2
- Farr, W. D. (William Daven), 1910-2007. 2
- Fort Collins (Colo.). Utilities. 2
- Fryingpan-Arkansas Project (U.S.) 2
- Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth), 1896-1984. 2
- Heitman, Sidney. 2
- Johnson, Harvey G. 2
- Ogilvie, James L. 2
- Recovery Program for Endangered Fish of the Upper Colorado River Basin. 2
- Robbins, David W. 2
- United States. Department of the Interior. 2
- United States. National Park Service. 2
- United States. Soil Conservation Service. 2
- United States. Supreme Court. 2
- Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program. 2
- Wright, Kenneth R. 2
- American Guild of Organists. 1
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. 1
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. Northern Colorado Chapter 1
- American Public Works Association. Colorado Chapter 1
- American Public Works Association. Colorado Chapter. 1
- Ammons, Theodosia Grace 1
- Ammons, Theodosia Grace. 1
- Anderson Ditch Company. 1
- Anderson, Brett. 1
- Anderson, Raymond Lloyd, 1927- 1
- Aspinall, Wayne N. 1
- Axtell, Mildred T. 1
- Barry, Hamlet J., III, 1944-2010 1
- Barry, Hamlet J., III, 1944-2010. 1
- Bauer, Ron 1
- Bernath, Elemer. 1
- Bittinger, Morton W. 1
- Blatchley Associates. 1
- Blatchley, Ronald K. 1
- Bolen, Kenneth R. (Kenneth Ray), 1940- 1
- Borland, Whitney McNair 1
- Borland, Whitney McNair. 1
- Boy Scouts of America. 1
- Boyle Engineering Corporation 1
- Boyle Engineering Corporation. 1
- Braiden, William A. 1
- Bridges to the Future Planning Committee 1
- Broadhurst, Betty P. 1
- Broderick, Jim 1
- Brower, David Ross, 1912-2000. 1
- Calkins, Kramer, Grimshaw & Harring. 1
- Carhart, Arthur Hawthorne, b. 1892. 1
- Carpenter, Delph 1
- Carpenter, Donald A. 1
- Carpenter, L. G. (Louis George), 1861-1935 1
- Cavarra, Barbara. 1
- Cavarra, Robert 1
- Cavarra, Robert. 1
- Central Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Cermak, J. E. (Jack E.) (1922-2012) 1
- Cermak, J. E. (Jack E.), 1922-2012 1
- Chadwick, Don K. 1 ∧ less
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