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Water and Water Rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

William R. Halliday papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1458
Abstract

The William R. Halliday papers (1960) contain correspondence regarding the geological features of the Glen Canyon reservoir area. Included are letters between Senator Henry Jackson and Fred G. Aandhal (Secretary of the Interior), Aandhal and John Hazle (president, The Mountaineers), and Hazle and William R. Halliday. Also included is an "Index to Glen Canyon Files."

Dates: 1960

LaPhene "Don" Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2881
Abstract The LaPhene "Don" Harris papers (1938-1998) consist of his diaries of boat trips, as well as a dairy written by Mary Beckwith, in which Harris was a boatmen on the journey to Glen Canyon. Also included are two interviews by Roy Webb and Gary Topping and Linda Thatcher. Don "River Rat" Harris gained his Civil Engineering degree at U.S.U. and has been piloting boats down the Colorado as a commercial guide since 1938, starting Harris-Brennan River Expeditions (one of the first three commercial...
Dates: 1938-1998

Lillian Hayes papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2704
Abstract

The Lillian Hayes papers (1970-1995) contains correspondence, pamphlets, project data, news releases, and news clippings pertaining to the Central Utah Project (CUP).

Dates: 1970-1995

Historical sketch of Salt Lake Valley and watershed

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2802
Abstract

The historical sketch of Salt Lake Valley and watershed (circa 1940s) covers all of the canyons that ring the Salt Lake Valley and the Jordan River. Each chapter is a different canyon.

Dates: circa 1940s

Herm Hoops papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2673
Abstract The Herm Hoops papers (2009-2018) consists of writings and a compilation of scanned historical documents as supplemental materials to Hoops writings entitled The History of Rubber Boats and How They Saved Rivers and The Dream Builders - Supplement. Included is information regarding rubber fabricators for inflatable boats such as B.F. Goodrich, Rubber Crafters, DIB, NRS, and others. Additionally contained are detailed...
Dates: 2009-2018

Orson Winso Israelsen curriculum vitae

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2269
Abstract

The Orson Winso Israelsen curriculum vitae (circa 1939) details Israelsen's educational and professional record. Israelsen (1887-1968) was a consulting engineer for various water projects in Utah.

Dates: circa 1939

Joseph Jenson papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0671
Abstract

The Joseph Jenson papers (1916-1930) contain a photocopy of a page from the Utah Evening Standard and a carboncopy of an essay written by Jenson while county engineer for Klamath County, Oregon titled "Source, Occurence and Recovery of Under-Ground Water for Irrigation."

Dates: 1913-1930

Thomas Evans Jeremy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0315
Abstract The Thomas Evans Jeremy papers (1847-1869) hold three documents. The first is a copy of a poem by Jeremy, "A Voice of the Prophet." The second is the trial proceedings of Ethan Pettit vs. Lorenzo Brower and Ezra Pettit, a case heard by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints High Council, of which Jeremy was a member. The proceedings concerned water rights and fishing privileges on the Jordan River in Salt Lake County. The third is a list of the letters, diaries, and accounts held by...
Dates: 1847-1869

Beverly Kuhns digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1054
Abstract

The Beverly Kuhns digital photograph collection consists of 80 digital scans taken from 35mm color transparencies. The original slides were taken by Ruth Pieroth, a retired schoolteacher from Escalante, Utah, during a series of visits to the Glen Canyon damsite from 1957 through about 1962.

Dates: 1957-1962

Harold Herbert Leich photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1049
Abstract The Harold Herbert Leich photograph collection consists of black and white images taken by Leich during his traverse of the Colorado River in the summer of 1933. The photos are mostly snapshots with some enlargements, and some duplicates. They cover the stretch of the Colorado River from its source in Grand Lake, Colorado (with some taken in the mountains above the source) through western Colorado and into...
Dates: 1933

Daniel McCool papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2435
Abstract

The Daniel McCool papers (1888-2008) contain correspondence, research files, published and unpublished articles, news clippings, legal documents, government publications, pamphlets, brochures, and interview transcripts. Daniel McCool has taught at the University of Arizona, Texas A&M University, and the University of Utah. Formerly the Director of the American West Center at the University of Utah, McCool is currently the Director of Environmental Studies.

Dates: 1888-2008

Frank E. Moss papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0146
Abstract

The Frank E. Moss papers (1931-1992) contain congressional papers of Senator Frank E. Moss, 1959-76, covering the 86th-93rd Congress, and personal files, 1935-76. Besides the congressional files the papers include biographical information, photographs, plaques, certificates, honors, etc. represetative of his eighteen years as U.S. Senator.

Dates: 1931-1992

Music Temple visitors registers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0661
Abstract

The Music Temple visitors registers (1938-1961) consists of notebooks, notepads, and miscellaneous scraps of paper upon which were written names and (usually) dates of members of river parties who stopped at Music Temple in Glen Canyon of the Colorado River before its inundation by Lake Powell in the 1960s.

Dates: 1938-1961

National Reclamation Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0205
Abstract

The National Reclamation Association records (1945-1946) consist mainly of correspondence to and from Ora Bundy, president of the association from 1944-1946.

Dates: 1945-1946

Lloyd M. Pierson papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1706
Abstract

The Lloyd M. Pierson papers (1998) consist of reminiscences of an archeological survey trip through Glen Canyon

Dates: 1998

Pleasant View Irrigation Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2475
Abstract

The Pleasant View Irrigation Company ledger (1877-1916) consists of board meeting minutes, shareholder's lists and other ephemeral materials such as handwritten notes, receipts, correspondence and news clippings.

Dates: 1877-1916

Powell Society records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2486
Abstract The Powell Society was incorporated in 1969 in order to promote the general study of the canyons of the American West, the study of the Colorado River Basin, and the study of John Wesley Powell and his work, and also to facilitate the publication of materials generated by these studies. These are their official records, as collected by Dr. Henry W. Toll during his time as president of the society (1969-2008). Materials cover all aspects of the society's activity, whether administrative,...
Dates: 1956-2008

Preston Nutter Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0289
Abstract

The Preston Nutter Corporation records (1876-1981) document over one hundred years of ranching in Colorado, Arizona, and Utah. The records cover virtually every aspect of cattle ranching, from the buying, selling and shipping of cattle; to the acquisition of land, water, and grazing rights; to the wages and injuries of ranch hands. Also covered are many aspects of the private lives of the Nutter family.

Dates: 1876-1981

Don M. Rees photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0521
Abstract This collection contains materials related to the mosquito control activities of Donald M. Rees. The majority of the collection deals with his activites in Utah, primarily with the success of mosquito abatement activities and the influences of climatic changes on these efforts. The collection also contains materials concerning his involvement with mosquito control activities at the Panama Canal and in Indonesia. A small portion of the collection relates to his activites at the University of...
Dates: 1934-1960

Report on Blacksmith Fork hydro electric development near Hyrum, Utah

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0708
Abstract

The collection consists of a typewritten report giving a technical description of the plant as well as statistics on water flow down the Blacksmith Fork of the Logan River. Included is a blueprint chart of mean monthly discharge, 1901-1910.

Dates: 1913