Water Resources Research Institute Records

Water Resources Research Institute Records, 1942-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Water Resources Research Institute
Title: Water Resources Research Institute Records
Dates: 1942-1981 (inclusive)
19421981
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet
Collection Number: UG040 (collection)
Summary: Collected research materials on Idaho water ways, 1942-1955; material relating to the Washington Hydro Study, 1960-1969; and other reports.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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.

Acquisition Information

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

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Typescript Reports , 1942-1955Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Decreed water rights, District 36, Snake River, Idaho 1 item	1942
1/2	Reclamation development in Idaho, June 22 1 item	1944
1/3-4	The flight of the "Salmon Fly"; a reconnaissance trip down the "River of No Return", Salmon River, Idaho, June 20 to July 2 1 item	1944
1/5	Report on reconnaissance: Clearwater River and tributaries, Idaho 1 item	22 September to 8 October 1944
1/6	Report on reconnaissance: Upper Snake River and tributaries, Wyoming and Idaho 1 item	16 to 25 October, 1944
1/7-12	Report on reconnaissance: Upper Salmon River and tributaries, Idaho, main stem above Indianola 2 items	1945-1946
1/13	Columbia River Basin report -- Clearwater River -- Preliminary power estimates 2 items	November 1947
1/14	Columbia River Basin report -- Salmon River -- Preliminary power estimates 1 item	December 1947
1/15	Report on flow and diversions: Bear River, district 5, Idaho for the irrigation season 1 item	1948
1/16	The problem of stream control and utilization, Upper Snake River Basin 4 items	1948-1955

Series II. Washington Hydro Study , 1960-1969Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/17	Summary 4 items	1970
1/18	Elwha River 9 items	1961-1968
1/19	North Fork Skokomish River 8 items	1961-1968
1/20	South Fork Skokomish River 11 items	1961-1968
1/21	Climatological Data 4 items	1962
1/22	Diversions 6 items	1963
1/23	Mean yearly flows 3 items	1945-1963
1/24	Precipitation data 2 items	undated
1/25	Watershed precipitation report 1 item	1969
1/26	Power projections: Columbia River near The Dalles, Oregon 1 item	1960
2/27	Power projections: Columbia River at Grand Coulee, Washington 1 item	1960
2/28	Power projections: Snake River near Clarkston, Washington 1 item	1960

Series III. Other Papers , 1957-1981Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/29-46	Clean Lakes Project: public lakes survey 64 items	1981
2/47	Historic diversion Records -- Upper Snake River Canal 1 item	1972
2/48	Index to evaluate lake restoration 4 items	1980
2/49-52	Lake-reservoir-pothole limnological inventory identification forms 418 items	1978
2/53	Preliminary power studies: Salmon River potential 1 item	1957
2/54	"Recreation carrying capacity and wild rivers: a case study of the Middle Fork of the Salmon" 1 item	1972
2/55-56	Reservoir capacity allocations 46 items	1978
2/57	River mile index 1 item	1970
2/58	US Dept. of Agriculture "Guide to making appraisals of potentials for outdoor recreation developments" 1 item	1966
2/59	National Water Commission. Studies (EES) 10 items	1970
2/60	National Water Commission. Studies (Legal) 32 items	1970
2/61	National Water Commission. Studies (SBS) 12 items	1970
2/62	National Water Commission. Planning panel 34 items	1970-1971
2/63	Idaho Water Research Board. Transcript of hearing on wild rivers bill at Lewiston, Idaho 1 item	October 1965

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