Harold Herbert Leich papers

Harold Herbert Leich papers, 1910-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Leich, Harold Herbert, 1909-1981
Title: Harold Herbert Leich papers
Dates: 1910-1985 (inclusive)
19101985
Quantity: 6.5 linear feet
Collection Number: ACCN 1973
Summary: The Harold Herbert Leich papers (1910-1985) contain a journal, correspondence, manuscripts, publications, magazine articles, news clippings, and maps. Harold Leich worked for the Civil Service Commission and helped organize the Environmental Protection Agency. He was an active outdoorsman and took extended river trips on the Yellowstone and Colorado Rivers. He wrote articles on water pollution for a variety of magazines.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Harold Herbert Leich (1909-1981) grew up along the Ohio River which seemed to have a lasting influence on his life, as he was attracted to travel by water, manifested in an early interest in sailing ships and the nautical life, later by river trips on the Yellowstone and Colorado Rivers, and still later as an environmental writer advocating clean water supplies. At Dartmouth College (class of 1929) in New Hampshire, Leich became active with the Dartmouth Outing Club, which introduced students to the outdoor life through hiking, skiing, and other winter sports. From 1929 until 1935 he held a variety of jobs that appealed to him to some extent but were probably forced on him by the depressed economic conditions: deckhand on a coastal freighter, traveling serviceman for Sunbeam Electric, and a similar job for Sears. Between these positions he took several extended river trips in homemade boats, down the Yellowstone in 1930 and an attempt to run the Colorado from its source in the Rockies to the sea in 1933. The latter attempt ended when his boat sank in Cataract Canyon (Utah), and it took him several days to walk out to civilization. In 1935 he took a Civil Service exam and landed a job with the Civil Service Commission in Washington, D.C. With a break for service in the Navy during World War II, from which he retired as a lieutenant commander, he would spend his career with the CSC, retiring as chief of the policy division in 1972. During his time there he was awarded the Commissioner's Award for Distinguished Service and helped organize the Environmental Protection Agency. In the course of his career he authored many articles for professional journals in personnel management and public administration. In Washington he was an early president of the Ski Club of Washington, DC and was active in the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. He received a Master's in Public Administration from American University in the early 1950s. He was married in 1941 to Cora Louise McIver; they had two sons, Harold McIver Leich and Jeffrey Renwick Leich. After retiring from the Civil Service Commission he was an active writer on water pollution and the need for clean water. He contributed to BioCycle, Small Town, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Compost Science.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Harold Herbert Leich papers (1910-1985) contain a journal, correspondence, manuscripts, publications, magazine articles, news clippings, and maps. Boxes 4-14 were added in May 2003, and contain materials from Harold Herbert Leich's files, including correspondence, business materials, research materials, conference materials, articles, brochures, newsletters, and newspapers clippings.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-3 were donated by Jeffrey R. and Harold M. Leich in 2002.

Boxes 4-14 were donated in 2003.

Processing Note

Processed by Lea L. Kinikini in 2002 and 2003.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Personal MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Journal	1933
1	2	Correspondence	1948-1966

ManuscriptsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	3-6	Alone Down the Colorado	1936-1985
2	1	Alone on the Colorado	1978
2	2	Cast Away on the Colorado
2	3	Rapids and Rifles
2	4-5	Shipwrecked in Cataract Canyon	1949

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	1	Robert Follansbee, Upper Colorado River and Its Utilization	1929
3	2	A Survey of the Recreational Resources of the Colorado River Basin	1950
3	3	Magazine Articles	1948-1949
3	4	News Clippings	1969
3	5	Journal Cover and Canvas Bag
3	6	Maps This folder contains the following maps: Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, 1933 Colorado De Beque Oil Field, 1911 Colorado Glenwood Springs Quadrangle, 1930 Colorado Grand Hogback Quadrangle, 1910 Colorado Grand Valley Quadrangle, 1929 Colorado River, Lees Ferry, Arizona, to Mouth of Green River, Utah; San Juan River; Mouth to Chinle Creek, Utah and Certain Tributaries, 1922 Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park, 1915 Conoco Road Map, Colorado Montana Stillwater Sheet, 1910 Utah Henry Mountain Sheet, 1928	1910-1933

Curriculum Vitae and ManuscriptsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
4	1	Curriculum Vitae
4	2-3	Miscellaneous Notes, Book Notes, and Ideas
4	4	Book Preface Mentioning Doc Otis Marston
4	5-6	Rapids and Rifles, Early Notes, First Draft, and Semi-Final Draft

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
5	1-4	Correspondence	1971-1981
5	5	Civil Service Retirement Correspondence	1972
5	6	Congressional Correspondence Regarding the Clean Water Act of 1977
5	7	Correspondence	1971
5	8	Letters to Editors	1972-1980
5	9	Letter to the Editor of Mazingira	1980
6		Business Correspondence, A-M	1961-1980
7		Business Correspondence, N-Z	1971-1980

Organization and Business Correspondence and Materials, A-ZReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	1	Contact List, American Non-Governmental Representatives
8	2	American Clean Water Association	1978-1981
8	3	American Standard, Inc.	1977-1979
8	4	American Water Resources Association	1978-1981
8	5	Alternative Wastewater Management Association	1978-1979
8	6	Association for Rational Environmental Alternatives	1977
8	7	Bio-Cycle	1981
8	8	Bolton Institute, Inc.	1976
8	9	The Chesapeake Bay Foundation	1972-1974
8	10	Eastern Environmental Controls, Inc.	1973-1978
8	11	Ekistics	1976
8	12-13	Environmental Forum	1974-1979
8	14-15	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	1970-1981
8	16	German Science Foundation	1976
9	1	The Institute for Local Self-Reliance
9	2	Jered Industries	1974-1976
9	3	Mansfield Sanitary, Inc.	1976
9	4	Mazingria	1975
9	5	McGill Publishing	1976
9	6	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	1973-1976
9	7	National Sanitation Foundation	1976-1979
9	8	Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.	1974-1975
9	9	New Directions	1977
9	10	Not Man Apart (NMA) and Friends of the Earth	1975-1977
9	11	Rachel Carson Trust for the Living Environment	1974
9	12	Transnational Network for Appropriate/Alternative Technologies (TRANET)	1976-1978
9	13	United States Department of the Interior	1971-1976
9	14	Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission	1973-1974
9	15	World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO)	1973-1977
9	16	Brochure, International Development Conference	1975
9	17	Brochure, Environmental Sanitation Information Center	1978
9	18	Brochure, 11th Conference of the International Association on Water Pollution Research (IAWPR)	1982
9	19	Poster, World Wildlife Fund Fourth International Congress	1976
9	20	Harold Herbert Leich, Conference Speeches	1972-1980
9	21	Harold Herbert Leich, Summary of Remarks This folder contains a summary Harold Herbert Leich's remarks at panel meeting of the Eastern Regional Conference of the Public Personnel Association.	1965
9	22	Harold Herbert Leich, Summary of Talk on Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970	1971
9	23	Dale Rogers, Talk to Silver Spring Environmental Club	1977
9	24	Guy A. Vander Jagt, Statement for the Honorable Donald Clausen, "A New Federal Direction for Water Management"	1980
9	25	Conference Summary, Urban Environment Conference, Inc.	1978
9	26	3rd and 6th Annual Composting and Waste Recycling Conference	1973-1976
9	27	6th Water and Waste Engineering for Developing Countries Conference	1980
9	28	United Nations Water Conference	1976-1977
9	29	United Nations General Assembly	1980
9	30-31	U.S. House of Representatives, 94th Congress	1975-1976
9	32	Harold Herbert Leich, Testimony for Environmental Forum at Hearings of the Environmental Protection Agency on Safe Drinking Water	1975
9	33	Booklet, Clean Water Act of 1977

Sanitation Systems Manufacturer Material, A-ZReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
10	1	Aerobic Treatment Tanks, Maryland Environmental Health Administration	1973-1980
10	2	Airvac	1975-1978
10	3	Aquarobic Home Sewage Treatment Division	1978-1979
10	4	Aquasans (Chrysler Corporation Space Division)	1972-1975
10	5	BioRecycler	1981
10	6	Brikollare	1975-1976
10	7	Canwel (Canadian Waste Management System)	1978-1979
10	8	Clivus Composting	1978-1979
10	9	Cromaglass Wastewater Treatment Systems
11	1	Ecolet	1975
11	2	Environment One Pressure Sewers	1976
11	3	Enviro-Pak, Saxton Air Systems	1976-1979
11	4	Envirovac, Colt Industries	1973-1976
11	5	Greywater Irrigation System
11	6	Jet Quality Plus Pollution Control	1973-1979
11	7	Magic Flush Sanitation System, Monogram Sanitation Products	1975
11	8	Microbio Products	1975
11	9	Microphor	1976-1977
11	10	Multi-flo, Inc.	1974-1978
11	11	Multitrum, Lindstrom, Andstor
11	12	Nayadic Science, Inc.	1972-1974
12	1	Pure Cycle	1977-1978
12	2	Pure Way Bio Flo	1974-1977
12	3	Sarmax Waterless System
12	4	Thetford Biological Recycling
12	5	List of Manufacturers
12	6-7	Miscellaneous Manufacturers	1977-1979

Harold Herbert Leich, ArticlesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
13	1	Article Submission to Harper's Weekly	1976
13	2	Idea Material for Future Columns
13	3	Unsold Articles	1972-1974
13	4	First Article, "The Sewerless Society"	1971
13	5	Second Article, "The Terrible Toilet"	1973
13	6	Fourth Article, "Can New Technology Relieve the Sewer Moratorium"	1975
13	7	Fifth Article, "Water Saving Sanitation Shows Progress in Sweden"	1975
13	8	Sixth Article, "Aerobic Tank Test in Kentucky As Alternatives	1976
13	9	Compost Science Articles
13	10	"Appropriate Sanitation for Human Settlements in Africa"
13	11	"Camp 22 in the Twenties"
13	12	"Canwel Can Do?"	1976
13	13	"A Challenge to the Environment Pro"	1971
13	14	"The Coming Sanitary Revolution"
13	15	"Composting Toilets vs. Flush Toilets"
13	16	"Dickerson Dispute Points to Sewerless Alternatives"	1976
13	17	"The Flush Toilet, Water Waster of the Dry Country"	1974
13	18	"The Future is Now in Capitol Heights"	1977
13	19	"A Look Ah The Sewerless Society"	1974
13	20	"Model for Non-Polluting Technology"	1975
13	21	"More About the Problem of Sewage Treatment"
13	22	"New Concepts in Urban Sanitation"
13	23	"New Effluent System Tested by University of Maryland Center"	1976
13	24	"New Guidance for On Site Systems"	1981
13	25	"New Sanitation Outlook for Small Towns"	1980
13	26	"Norwegians Test 21 Composting Toilets"	1981
13	27	"Protecting Water Supplies Through Sewerless Sanitation"	1977
13	28	"Rank in Man or Job? Both!"	1960
13	29	"Sanitation for Developing Nations"	1977
13	30	"Sewerless Sanitation Advances"	1978
13	31	"The Sewerless Society"	1975-1976
13	32	"Sewers May Go Down the Drain"	1979
13	33	"A Sewerless Sanitation System"	1977
13	34	"U.N. Experts Ignore Waterless Sanitation Devices"	1977
13	35	"Wastewater Treatment for Lake Shores"	1980
13	36	"Water Shortage Stimulates Sanitary Innovations"
13	37	"White Water on the Potomac"	1954

Research Material, Articles, Newsletters, NewsclippingsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
14	1	Viruses in Water	1973-1977
14	2	Waterford Virginia Flood	1974
14	3	Cat Litter for People
14	4	Costs of Sewers and Highways	1977
14	5	Research Materials
14	6	Al Andrews, Report of Findings Demonstration Project Boyd County, Kentucky	1978
14	7	Tom Bender, Living Lightly: Energy Conservation in Housing
14	8	R. R. Colwell, et al., Articles	1972-1974
14	9	O. B. Conway, Currents and Soundings	1975
14	10	Howard E. Duesing, A Treatise on Water, Sewerless Toilents, Gray Water and Reused Water
14	11	Daniel Lutten, Forgotten Wilderness, and The Use and Misuse of a River	1967-1969
14	12	Robert F. McMahon, Non Sewered Alternatives	1977
14	13	Robert P. Neale, A Study of On Site Sewage Disposal Systems in the Greater Anchorage Area
14	14	Daniel A. Okun, Alternatives in Water Supply	1969
14	15	Uno Winblad, Evaluation of Waste Disposal Systems for Urban Low Income Communities in Africa	1974
14	16	Miscellaneous Articles	1971-1978
14	17	Small Town Bulletin	1975
14	18	Rain Monthly Bulletin	1979
14	19	London and Great Britain Tourist Pamphlets	1979
14	20	Glen Canyon Dam and Colorado River Storage Project Pamphlets	1964-1966
14	21	Lane Bryant Clothing Catalogue	1982
14	22	Water Resources Bulletin, American Water Resources Association	1977
14	23	Newsletters	1977-1982
14	24	Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles	1977-1982
14	25	Chester Lsich, Obituary	1978
14	26	Ruth torr can Arsdale, Obituary	1981

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