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Irrigation Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: WIRP
Abstract
In 1911, the Irrigation Investigations Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture was established in Fort Collins in conjunction with Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). Scientists within the unit, including Ralph Parshall, Carl Rohwer, Victor M. Cone, and William E. Code, conducted irrigation-related research. They studied and designed apparatuses to measure water flow through canals and diversion structures, investigated various irrigation projects, and conducted...
Dates:
1890-1985; Majority of material found within 1920-1950
Papers of Louis G. Carpenter
Collection
Identifier: WLGC
Abstract
Louis G. Carpenter (1861-1935), irrigation engineer, was appointed professor and head of engineering and physics at the Colorado Agricultural College in 1888. He became director of the Colorado Experiment Station at that institution in 1899 and remained at the college until 1911. Carpenter initiated the first systematic instruction in irrigation engineering, consulted widely on irrigation and hydraulic construction projects, and was also consulted for his expertise in water law. The...
Dates:
1888-1919; Majority of material found within 1898-1910
Papers of Raymond L. Anderson
Collection
Identifier: WRLA
Abstract
Natural resource economist Raymond L. Anderson (1927-2018) spent nearly three decades working jointly for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service and Colorado State University (CSU). He focused on irrigated agriculture and the associated organizations and issues arising in modern contexts. The collection contains biographical material, correspondence, publications, and data.
Dates:
1950-2008; Majority of material found within 1961-1984
Papers of Robert A. Young
Collection
Identifier: WRAY
Abstract
Agricultural economist Robert A. Young (1931-2013) was a professor at Colorado State University (CSU) who offered insightful analysis related to water management and policy. He published extensively about economics as related especially to water issues in Colorado, the western United States, and the world. The collection consists mainly of his research, publications, and presentations.
Dates:
1965-2009; Majority of material found within 1978-1996
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- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 2
- Colorado. 2
- Fort Collins (Colo.) 2
- Irrigation engineers. 2
- Irrigation water -- Economic aspects. 2
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) 2
- Water resources development -- Economic aspects. 2
- Water transfer -- Economic aspects. 2
- Water-supply -- Economic aspects. 2
- West (U.S.) 2
- Aerial photographs. 1
- Arizona. 1
- Arkansas River Watershed. 1
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Education, Higher -- Colorado -- Fort Collins. 1
- Egypt. 1
- Flumes. 1
- Groundwater. 1
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado. 1
- Irrigation engineering. 1
- Irrigation pumps. 1
- Irrigation water -- Colorado -- Return flow. 1
- Irrigation water. 1
- Irrigation. 1
- Lantern slides. 1
- Maps. 1
- Meteorology -- Observations -- Colorado. 1
- Negatives. 1
- Pakistan. 1
- Parshall flumes. 1
- Photographs. 1
- Precipitation (Meteorology) -- Colorado -- Measurement. 1
- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) 1
- Snow surveys. 1
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 1
- Spain. 1
- Stream measurements -- Colorado. 1
- Water current meters. 1
- Weirs. 1
- Wells. 1 ∧ less
- Language
- Spanish; Castilian 1
- Names
- Colorado Agricultural College. 2
- Colorado Agricultural College. Department of Civil and Irrigation Engineering. 2
- Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. 2
- Anderson, Raymond Lloyd, 1927- 1
- Carpenter, L. G. (Louis George), 1861-1935 1
- Carpenter, L. G. (Louis George), 1861-1935. 1
- Code, W. E. (William E.), 1891- 1
- Colorado A & M College. 1
- Colorado State University. 1
- Colorado State University. Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics. 1
- Colorado State University. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 1
- Cone, Victor M. 1
- Parshall, Ralph L. (Ralph Leroy), 1881-1959. 1
- Rohwer, Carl. 1
- United States. Bureau of Irrigation Investigations. 1
- United States. Department of Agriculture. 1
- United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. 1
- United States. Soil Conservation Service. Division of Irrigation and Water Conservation. 1
- United States. Soil Conservation Service. Division of Irrigation. 1
- Western Agricultural Economics Association. 1
- Young, Robert A. (Robert Alton), 1931-2013 1
- Young, Robert A. (Robert Alton), 1931-2013. 1 ∧ less
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