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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
Collection
Identifier: wpdh
Abstract
Diane Hoppe (1947-2016) served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1999 to 2006. Her service also included the Colorado Foundation for Water Education, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the South Platte Basin Roundtable. The collection consists of Hoppe's files related to these organizations, her political life, and personal artifacts, including a number of the awards she received.
Dates:
1989-2016
Collection
Identifier: UDWV
Abstract
Donald Wayne Viney is an alumnus of Colorado State University and currently is a professor of philosophy and religion at Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, Kansas). The collection contains publications, newspaper clippings, and flyers.
Dates:
1985-2005; Majority of material found within 1999-2001
Collection
Identifier: WEBJ
Abstract
E. Bruce Jones (1933-2013) spent most of his career working as a consulting engineer in Wyoming and Colorado. His areas of focus included surface and groundwater hydrology, remote sensing, water rights, snow hydrology, and weather modification. He spent many years as president of Resource Consultants (formerly M. W. Bittinger and Associates) in Fort Collins and later as senior engineer with Jacobs Engineering Group in Denver. He worked extensively on environmental cleanups, including on...
Dates:
1955-2013; Majority of material found within 1956-2000
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
Collection
Identifier: MMUR
Abstract
Earl Murray (1950-2003) was a northern Colorado author of American Western fiction. His career included over forty published novels, as well as poetry and short stories. The bulk of the collection contains research notes and draft copies of some of Murray's novels. Materials include notes, writings, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1973-2003; Majority of material found within 1980-1999
Collection
Identifier: ACNP
Content Description
The collection includes binders of training materials, brochures, photographs, publications, and subject files related to the national parks and National Park Service employees.
Dates:
1964-1993
Collection
Identifier: WEWM
Abstract
Dr. Edwin Mogren (1921-2001) was a professor in the College of Forestry at Colorado State University from 1948 to 1986 and upon his retirement was appointed professor emeritus. While teaching at CSU, he also served as a consultant and expert witness on several legal water cases. This collection consists of many of Mogren's field notes, data, maps, graphs, correspondence, photographs, and reports related to the litigation he was involved with during the 1970s and 1980s. A portion of the...
Dates:
1963-1999; Majority of material found within 1973-1996
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
Collection
Identifier: UEEE
Abstract
Elijah Evan Edwards (1831-1915) was the first president of Colorado State University from 1879 through 1882. Journals from several years he spent as a student at Asbury University (now DePauw) comprise the bulk of the collection. His work at Colorado State University is represented by six journals and a few documents. The collection includes bound journals, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, and a report.
Dates:
1846-1881
Collection
Identifier: MPEC
Abstract
Elise Claassen was a German Russian who immigrated with her family to Kansas in 1876. The collection includes family histories, photographs, genealogical research on the Claassen, Sudermann, Jantzen, and Thierstein families, and handwritten journals of Elise Claassen.
Dates:
1881-2013; Majority of material found within 1997-2005
Collection
Identifier: MEBS
Abstract
Notes relating to the history of Fort Collins, Red Feather Lakes, and other areas of Larimer County, Colorado, used in Ms. Swanson's local history books and articles. Contents include charts, diaries, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, and published histories.
Dates:
1830-1975
Collection
Identifier: WVLA
Abstract
Evan Vlachos taught as a professor of sociology and civil engineering at Colorado State University, while also working extensively with federal agencies, foreign governments, and international organizations (including the United Nations, UNESCO, and NATO) on international and national water and environmental issues. His interests also included integrated water resources planning and management and social forecasting. The collection documents Vlachos' work and interests in the fields of...
Dates:
1957-2015; Majority of material found within 1970-2013
Collection
Identifier: WEVR
Abstract
Everett Richardson (1924-2013), a graduate of Colorado State University, was an emeritus professor of civil engineering at CSU. He worked for the U.S. Geological Survey as a hydraulic engineer and associate director of research for nineteen years. He joined the CSU engineering faculty in 1968. His research interests include river mechanics, hydraulic modeling, alluvial channel flow, sedimentation, and bridge safety. Over the course of his career, he developed and taught several courses on...
Dates:
1892-2013; Majority of material found within 1963-2000
Collection
Identifier: WCUN
Abstract
Frances "Fannie" Schelt Cunningham (1872-1967) graduated from Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) in 1895. Following college, she taught in local public schools until she married Frank Cunningham in 1903. The collection documents her college studies, along with some of her later writing on topics including westward expansion, local pioneers, and the western landscape. Cunningham also photographed landscapes, rivers, canyons, and ditches in northern Colorado,...
Dates:
1892-1965; Majority of material found within 1892-1927
Collection
Identifier: UFWL
Abstract
Frances Lechleitner was a member of the faculty in the Department of Zoology from 1967 to 1989 when she retired as Emerita Professor. She specialized in the study of termite biology.Frances Weesner Lechleitner was born on March 26, 1922. She received her bachelors and masters degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in 1947 and 1948. In 1985, Lechleitner was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from CSU in recognition of her research, publication, and teaching...
Dates:
1951-1995
Collection
Identifier: WFMP
Abstract
Francis ("Frank") Raymond Milenski (1913-1998) was a farmer and irrigator in Colorado's Arkansas River Valley. He served on the Colorado Water Conservation Board from 1959 to 1966 and was on the board of directors of both the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the Catlin Canal Company for several decades. The collection includes documents related to Milenski's involvement in these organizations. Also included are documents pertaining to court cases, water law,...
Dates:
1890-2003; Majority of material found within 1970-1998
Collection
Identifier: UFPG
Abstract
Frank P. Goeder (1886-1963) was an alumnus and professor of physics at Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). The collection includes correspondence, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, writings, photographs, and certificates and diplomas.
Dates:
1907-1965; Majority of material found within 1913-1933
Collection
Identifier: UFXG
Content Description
Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, cd, medals, framed items, papers
Dates:
1935-1963
Collection
Identifier: WFBH
Abstract
Fred B. Hamilton (1911-1954) was a 1933 Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) graduate in agricultural engineering who specialized in water and erosion control issues. He worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the USDA Soil Conservation Service, and later the Diamond A Cattle Company before moving to the Soil Conservation Service at the University of Nebraska. Materials in the collection include papers, photographs, and engineering plans related to irrigation...
Dates:
1934-1946