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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 Tom Pitts
Collection
Identifier: WTPP
Abstract
Tom Pitts worked with local, state, and federal organizations to find solutions for water usage and environmental regulatory issues. His efforts on endangered species issues resulted in multiple long-term programs benefiting both water users and endangered fish in river basins within and beyond Colorado. The collection thoroughly documents Pitts' work on the Colorado Water Congress Special Project on Threatened and Endangered Species, including work specific to the four endangered fish...
Dates:
1974-2014; Majority of material found within 1984-2000
Records of the San Luis Valley Irrigation District
Collection
Identifier: WSLV
Abstract
The San Luis Valley Irrigation District formed in 1908 to deliver water to farmers in Southern Colorado's San Luis Valley. The collection contains some records from the Farmers Union Ditch Company and the Farmers Union Irrigation Company but mostly encompasses records pertaining to district operations. Materials include meeting minutes, financial records, engineering reports, correspondence, legal documents, annual reports, election notices, contracts, clippings, maps, and photographs.
Dates:
1887-1976; Majority of material found within 1900-1930
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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- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 3
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- Photographs. 3
- Maps. 2
- Nebraska. 2
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- Platte River (Neb.) 2
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) 2
- Utah. 2
- Water -- Law and legislation. 2
- Water resources development -- Colorado. 2
- Wyoming. 2
- Arizona. 1
- Arkansas River Watershed. 1
- Arkansas River. 1
- Artifacts. 1
- Audiocassettes. 1
- Big Thompson River (Colo.) 1
- Books. 1
- Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.) 1
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 1
- California. 1
- Center (Colo.) 1
- Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colo.) 1
- Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Compact discs. 1
- Costilla County (Colo.) 1
- Denver Basin. 1
- Diaries. 1
- Ditches -- Colorado. 1
- Dolores River Valley (Colo. and Utah) 1
- Endangered species. 1
- Environmental law. 1
- Fish populations. 1
- Frontier and pioneer life. 1
- Greeley (Colo.) 1
- Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 1
- Hinsdale County (Colo.) 1
- Interstate agreements. 1
- Irrigation -- Colorado. 1
- Irrigation districts -- Colorado. 1
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado. 1
- Irrigation engineering. 1
- Kansas. 1
- La Plata River (Colo. and N.M.) 1
- Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.) 1
- Milking Shorthorn cattle. 1
- Nevada. 1
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Ogallala Aquifer. 1
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District. 1
- Rare fishes. 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado. 1
- Rio Grande County (Colo.) 1
- Rivers. 1
- Saguache County (Colo.) 1
- Saint Vrain Basin (Colo.) 1
- San Juan River (Colo.-Utah) 1
- San Juan River Watershed (Colo.-Utah) 1
- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District. 1
- Scrapbooks. 1
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans. 1
- Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 1
- Water resources development. 1
- Water rights. 1
- Water transfer. 1
- Water-supply -- Colorado. 1
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- Anderson Ditch Company. 1
- Broderick, Jim 1
- Carpenter family. 1
- Carpenter, Delph 1
- Carpenter, Delph. 1
- Carpenter, Donald A. 1
- Carpenter, Leroy S., 1843-1927. 1
- Coal Ridge Ditch Company. 1
- Colorado River Commission. 1
- Colorado State University. 1
- Colorado State University. Department of Civil Engineering. 1
- Colorado Water Congress. 1
- Colorado Water Resources Research Institute. 1
- Colorado. Department of Natural Resources. 1
- Colorado. General Assembly. 1
- Danielson, Jeris. 1
- Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners. 1
- Doesken, Nolan J. 1
- Evans, Harold G. 1
- Evans, Norman A. 1
- Farmers Union Ditch Company. 1
- Farmers Union Irrigation Company. 1
- Fort Collins (Colo.). Utilities. 1
- George, Russell. 1
- Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth), 1896-1984. 1
- Greeley-Poudre Irrigation District. 1
- Hamel, Alan C. 1
- Harmon, Dennis. 1
- Hogarty family. 1
- Hogarty, Michael J. 1
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. 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
- Mobley, Terry 1
- Ogilvie, James L. 1
- Parshall, Maxwell. 1
- Pitts, W. Tom 1
- Pitts, W. Tom. 1
- Porter, John. 1
- Pueblo Board of Water Works (Colo.) 1
- Randall, Owen. 1
- Recovery Program for Endangered Fish of the Upper Colorado River Basin. 1
- Robbins, David W. 1
- San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program (U.S.) 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District. 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
- Tom Pitts & Associates. 1
- Trout, Thomas J. (Thomas James) 1
- Union Colony of Colorado. 1
- United States. Bureau of Reclamation. 1
- United States. Department of the Interior. 1
- Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program. 1
- Ward, Robert C. 1
- Water Supply and Storage Company. 1
- Wells, Patricia. 1
- Werner, Brian 1
- Wilkinson, Eric. 1
- Wright, Kenneth R. 1 ∧ less
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