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Northern Colorado Flood Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: WNCF
Abstract
For six days in September 2013, historic levels of rain fell over much of the Northern Colorado Front Range causing massive flooding and landslides that killed eight people and caused over $2 billion in damage to homes, businesses, farms, and irrigation structures. This collection contains oral history interviews, reports, PowerPoint presentations, newspapers, and a video documenting the 2013 floods and their aftermath. Most of the oral history interviewees were officials and professionals...
Dates:
2013-2015
Oral History Tapes
Collection
Identifier: UOHT
Abstract
Dr. James E. Hansen and several assistants created this collection of oral histories primarily to gather information for four books and a paper about Colorado State University (CSU) history: Democracy's College in the Centennial State: a History of Colorado State University (1977), "Charles A. Lory and the Challenges of Colorado's Semi-Arid Frontier" (1980), Chiron's Time: a History of the College of Veterinary Medicine and...
Dates:
1972-2005
Papers of Adrian R. Chamberlain
Collection
Identifier: UARC
Abstract
The Papers of Adrian R. Chamberlain document his 25 year association with Colorado State University, culminating in his appointment as the ninth president of the university. Materials include office files, planning for the university's centennial and Chamberlain's inauguration, speeches, budget reports, and files on Chamberlain's professional activities.
Dates:
1913-1984; Majority of material found within 1950-1980
Papers of Albert C. Yates
Collection
Identifier: UACY
Abstract
Dr. Albert C. Yates served as president of Colorado State University from 1990 to 2003. During his tenure, Dr. Yates spoke to many organizations in the city, state, and country. This collection contains the speeches Yates made to these organizations. In addition, the collection has a limited amount of office papers related to his tenure as university president.
Dates:
1988-2003
Papers of Andrew J. Mair
Collection
Identifier: AAJM
Abstract
Andrew J. Mair served in numerous capacities at local, state and federal levels of government, influencing agricultural policy, implementation and relations in the United States and around the world. Growing up on a farm in rural Colorado, Mair moved from working as a sugar beet farmer to service in the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of State. His overseas assignments included Kabul, Afghanistan; Rome, Italy; and Ankara, Turkey. The collection consists of personal...
Dates:
1931-2006; Majority of material found within 1960-1977
Papers of Anthony A. Frank
Collection
Identifier: UAAF
Abstract
The Papers of Anthony A. Frank was transferred from the office of Anthony A. Frank (Tony Frank), President of Colorado State University. Subjects include Colorado State University, CSU Commitment to Colorado, 2014 Lininger Scholarship to Jason Sydoriak, and the fall 2014 Presidential Address and Gala. Document types include reports, notes, press releases, newspaper articles, and clippings, as well as a DVD.
Dates:
2008-2014
Papers of Arthur L. Littleworth
Collection
Identifier: WLIT
Abstract
California lawyer Arthur L. Littleworth (1923-2021) served as Special Master on the Kansas v. Colorado Supreme Court case from 1987 until its conclusion in 2009. The case was tried in four parts, and Littleworth wrote five reports during the course of the case. This collection documents the case in its entirety, through trial transcripts, exhibits, and pleadings, as well as correspondence, financial papers, trial notes, report drafts, final reports, and...
Dates:
1906-2009; Majority of material found within 1985-2009
Papers of Betty P. Broadhurst
Collection
Identifier: UBPB
Abstract
From 1972 to 1985, Betty P. Broadhurst (1919-2007) taught at Colorado State University (CSU) concentrating on Human Behavior and the Environment, international social work, and field placement consultation. From 1985 until 2006, she continued her work at CSU as Professor Emerita. This collection includes material from her lifetime: high school through college, service with the Women's Reserve of the U. S. Coast Guard, studies in Austria, work with various organizations, dissertation from...
Dates:
1935-2005; Majority of material found within 1953-2004
Papers of Carey E. Vail
Collection
Identifier: ACEV
Abstract
C. E. (Carey E.) Vail came to the Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1909 as an instructor in chemistry and assistant chemist at the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. He remained at the college until his retirement in 1945, and in the last 25 years of his career served as a research chemist at the Experiment Station. This collection contains some of his professional publications and notes, family photographs, school yearbooks, and other family documents.
Dates:
1870-1966; Majority of material found within 1902-1949
Papers of Carl F. Nordin, Jr.
Collection
Identifier: WCFN
Abstract
Carl F. Nordin, Jr., (1929-1998) was a hydraulic engineer for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Colorado State University. In 1954, he began a 30-year career with the USGS. From 1969 to 1973, he was projects chief for all USGS research on alluvial river flows conducted at Colorado State University, and from 1974 to 1984 he served as research advisor for the Water Resources Division of the USGS in Denver. After retiring from the USGS in 1984, he became a part-time professor at CSU. Nordin...
Dates:
1941-1998; Majority of material found within 1958-1997
Papers of Charles A. Lory
Collection
Identifier: UCAL
Abstract
Charles A. Lory (1872-1969) was a professor of electrical engineering and the fifth president of Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). The collection contains both personal and professional papers and includes correspondence and letters, diaries and day planners, financial records, flyers, committee minutes, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Dates:
1849-1978; Majority of material found within 1921-1962
Papers of Charles C. Fisk
Collection
Identifier: WFIS
Abstract
After retiring as an engineer, Charles Fisk researched and wrote a book about Denver's water. The materials in the collection mostly relate to the book Fisk was completing at the end of his life, The Metro Denver Water Story: A Memoir. Subjects primarily relate to the history of Denver and its water, including focus on the South Platte River and the Two Forks project. Predominant material types are photocopies, clippings, drafts, and books as well as two...
Dates:
1880-2007; Majority of material found within 1971-2004
Papers of Congressman James P. Johnson
Collection
Identifier: MJPJ
Abstract
James P. Johnson represented Colorado's Fourth District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1980 as a member of the Republican party. He served on the Agriculture and Interior Committees and was one of thirteen members of Congress chosen to investigate the Central Intelligence Agency in 1975. This collection includes personal and political papers, project files, and correspondence from Mr. Johnson's eight years in Congress.
Dates:
1969-1980; Majority of material found within 1972-1980
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 Daniel W. Working
Collection
Identifier: ADWW
Abstract
Daniel Webster Working (1862-1944) served as a Colorado State Grange master and lecturer during the 1890s and early 1900s. He wrote numerous articles and speeches concerning agriculture and Grange history and created a large file of research notes utilized by Alvin T. Steinel in writing the History of Agriculture in Colorado (1926). The majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence and research notes gathered by Working for the ...
Dates:
1852-1937; Majority of material found within 1919-1925
Papers of Daryl B. Simons
Collection
Identifier: WDBS
Abstract
Daryl B. Simons was an internationally recognized expert in the fields of hydraulics, hydrology, geomorphology, river mechanics, sediment transport and hydraulic modeling. His innovative teaching and research while professor of civil engineering at Colorado State University (CSU) and his supervision of hundreds of water-related projects around the world contributed to this international reputation. Materials in the collection relate to many of the organizations Simons worked for, including...
Dates:
1868-2005; Majority of material found within 1950-1990
Papers of David M. Freeman
Collection
Identifier: WDMF
Abstract
David M. Freeman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University. As part of his four-decade long career, Dr. Freeman began studying western water use in the 1980s, and began to focus specifically on the Platte River project in the late 1990s. The collection includes Dr. Freeman's research for Implementing the Endangered Species Act of the Platte Basin Water Commons (2010). Subject areas include the Platte River negotiations...
Dates:
1911-2011; Majority of material found within 1990-2011
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
Papers of Earl L. Mosley
Collection
Identifier: WMOS
Abstract
Earl L. Mosley (1883-1966) was an engineer and municipal administrator who worked in Colorado Springs from 1921 to 1947 and in Denver from 1947 until shortly before his death. He prepared a typescript, "History of the Denver Water System," while working for the Denver Water Board. The collection includes a copy of that work, a few newspaper clippings about Mr. Mosley and his work, and a digital copy of the typescript on compact disc. ...
Dates:
1960-2011; Majority of material found within 1960-1966
Papers of Elbert W. DeWalt
Collection
Identifier: AEWD
Abstract
Elbert DeWalt became a Colorado State Grange Deputy in 1944 and served as Master of the Boulder, Larimer, Weld, and Park County jurisdictions from 1942-1947, establishing some of the first granges in Colorado. DeWalt managed grange programming, membership, and finances through the mid-1950s and continued to be a strong advocate for farmers after his official appointments ended. The collection includes personal letters written by National and Colorado State grange representatives, Deputy...
Dates:
1920-1957
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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
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- 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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