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Water Resources Research Institute Records

 Collection
Identifier: UG 040

Abstract

Collected research materials on Idaho water ways, 1942-1955; material relating to the Washington Hydro Study, 1960-1969; and other reports.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942-1981

Language of Materials

English

Biographical / Historical

The University of Idaho Water Resources Research Institute was established under provisions of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (Public Law 379, 88th Congress). Its purpose is to conduct research investigations and experiments of either a basic or practical nature in relation to water resources. Included areas are hydrology, soil-water-plant relations, water quality, irrigation and drainage, ground water, recreation, hydroelectric development, fishery management, aquatic biology, and watershed management. Calvin C. Warnick was the original director of the institute; he was replaced in the late 1970s by John Gladwell who resigned in the spring of 1980.

Extent

2.0 cubic feet

Arrangement

The reports of the Water Resources Research Institute span the years 1942 to 1981. They retain their received order which was divided into three series. The first series contains typescript reports of trips on Idaho water ways which are illustrated with original photographs of the areas described. The reports in this series were removed from their original binders or notebooks and placed in file folders.

The second series contains research material collected for the Washington Hydro Study conducted at Washington State University. Included are charts and reports on stream flows, precipitation, diversions, and power potential.

The final series contains other reports such as the Clean Lakes Project, funded by a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, which included a survey of all public lakes in Idaho, reservoir capacity allocations, a river mile index, studies of the National Water Commission, and a transcript of the 1965 Wild Rivers Hearing in Lewiston.

The office files of the Water Resources Research Institute, 1961-1981, are also available in the Department of Special Collections and Archives.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Records of the Water Resources Research Institute were deposited in the University of Idaho Library in August 1990.

Title
Guide to the Water Resources Research Institute Records1942-1981
Author
Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen
Date
©1991
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is in English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository