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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
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
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- Aerial photographs. 1
- Arkansas River Watershed. 1
- Audiocassettes. 1
- Audiotapes. 1
- Big Thompson: Profile of a Natural Disaster 1
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 1
- Colorado. 1
- Dams -- Colorado. 1
- Larimer County (Colo.) 1
- Loveland (Colo.) 1
- Maps. 1
- Microfilms. 1
- Negatives. 1
- Northglenn (Colo.) 1
- Oral history. 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado. 1
- Slides (photographs). 1
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Standley Lake (Colo.) 1
- Water resources development. 1
- Water rights -- Colorado. 1
- Water-supply -- Colorado. 1
- Windsor (Colo.) 1 ∧ less
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- Eastman Kodak Company. 1
- Great Western Sugar Company. 1
- McComb, David G. 1
- Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff. 1
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