Water and Water Rights
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Trenton Falls, New York photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0236
Abstract
The Trenton Falls, New York photograph collection contains photographs of waterfalls at Trenton Falls, N.Y., dated 14 July 1896 on back.
Dates:
1896
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0684
Abstract
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photograph collection includes color slides, color prints, and black and white prints taken in the 50s and 60s. The subjects are primarily Federal Water projects built in Utah and Colorado under the Central Utah Water Project and other programs. Some of the photographs are of drainages before major dam projects were built.
Dates:
circa 1950s-1960s
Utah Flood Survey photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0208
Abstract
The Utah Flood Survey photograph collection photographs documenting flood damage in Utah in 1933.
Dates:
1933
Utah flood survey reports
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042140923]
Identifier: MS 0208
Abstract
The Utah flood survey reports (1933) consist of two reports written as a result of serious floods in Utah in the 1920s and 1930s. They discuss watershed conditions, flood danger areas, the history of flooding, and give recommendations for flood control systems.
Dates:
1933
Utah Rivers Council records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1933
Abstract
The Utah Rivers Council records (2000-2001) contain correspondence, email message typescripts, and newsletters. The Utah Rivers Council was started circa 1995 by Zach Frankel. The Utah Rivers Council is a non-profit organization that promotes conservation of Utah rivers. It is community based and creates awareness through tours, river trips, and other methods of community outreach.
Dates:
2000-2001
Warm Springs Rapid history project
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2554
Abstract
The Warm Springs Rapid history project (1996-2010) consists of materials related to the preparation of a special research trip for June 2-6, 2008 for the purpose of bringing together as many of the people who were there at Warm Springs in June of 1965 as possible. Warm Springs Rapid, on the Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument, is one of the most difficult stretches of runnable whitewater in the United States.
Dates:
1996-2010
Edward Morris Whitesides papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0723
Abstract
The Edward Morris Whitesides papers (1892-1953) contain diaries, a ledger, a school register, and minute books.
Dates:
1892-1953
Williams family ranch home movies
Collection
Identifier: A1072
Abstract
The Williams family ranch home movies is a set of twenty films from the early 1960s. It depicts the land of the Williams family ranch in Flaming Gorge before the Flaming Gorge reservoir was created, flooding the land. It also depicts family members in various locations participating in a variety of activities.
Dates:
circa 1960s
Frederick Hoffman Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1603
Abstract
The Frederick Hoffman Wood papers (1950s-1960s) consist of a diary and loose diary pages, correspondence, clippings, brochures, and other materials that document his participation in the 1955-1956 Eggert-Hatch Expedition. The expedition was a river trip down the Green and Colorado Rivers with the purpose of making a complete film record of the river canyons before the great dams at Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon were built.
Dates:
1950s-1960s
Ralf R. Woolley papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1407
Abstract
The Ralf R. Woolley papers (1904-1930) consist of geographical surveys of the Green River for the purpose of determining water rights. Included are accounts of river trips by Woolley, H. Elwyn Blake Jr., and F. LeMoyne Page. Also inculded are a set of plate glass negatives that are part of the photo collection.
Dates:
1904-1930