View XML QR Code

Central Utah Project: Capturing Utah's share of the Colorado River, 2012-2013

Overview of the Collection

Title
Central Utah Project: Capturing Utah's share of the Colorado River
Dates
2012-2013 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.25 linear feet, (3 boxes )
31.11 gigabytes
Collection Number
UUS_Folk Coll 56
Summary
In this digital collection of 71 interviews (with 74 people), stakeholders from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Central Utah Project Completion Act, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Ute Nation, join with Utah water users, members of the environmental community and Utah's political establishment to tell the complex and oftentimes controversial story of the Central Utah Project.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use.

Languages
Material in English
Return to Top

Biographical Note

The Central Utah Project captures the excess flow of the Duchesne River and its tributaries in the Colorado River Basin of eastern Utah and transfers it to the Wasatch Front through a trans-mountain diversion consisting of pipelines, tunnels and reservoirs. Originally under the purview of the Bureau of Reclamation, Congress transferred authority to complete the project to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District when it passed the unprecedented Central Utah Project Completion Act (P.L. 102-575) on 30 October 1992, which created the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission to assure environmental compliance. As a result of this legislation the Interior Department created the Central Utah Project Completion Act office for oversight.

Return to Top

Content Description

In this digital collection of 71 oral histories (with 74 people), stakeholders from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Central Utah Project Completion Act, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Ute Nation, join with Utah water users, members of the environmental community and Utah's political establishment to tell the complex and oftentimes controversial story of the Central Utah Project.

Return to Top

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Central Utah Project must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: UUS_FOLK COLL 56; Central Utah Project; Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations: UUS_FOLK COLL 56, USUSCA.

Return to Top

Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection was born digital (recorded interviews, word document of interview transcript, images); it is presented in a digital collection, sorted by interviewee names.

Preservation Note

Collection consists of born digital materials

Processing Note

Processed in September 2014.

Acquisition Information

Commissioned by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District and Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA) office, the oral history project is an effort by Utah State University Library's Special Collections and Archives to preserve and present this fascinating story. Randy Williams, USU Fife Folklore Archives Curator and oral history specialist, conducted the interviews (June 2012 - September 2013). Ross Peterson helped Williams with five interviews. This effort augments research for the forthcoming book on the CUP by Utah historians Craig Fuller, Robert Parson and Ross Peterson.

Related Materials

USU Special Collections Book Collection 26; Palmer DeLong Reclamation Collection

Custodial History

In cooperation with Utah State University, Randy Williams conducted the interviews for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District and Central Utah Project Completion Act office. Each interviewee released his/her interview to Utah State University for digital archiving. Copies of CUP interviews (sound and transcript) were given by USU to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District Archive and Utah State History.

Return to Top

Detailed Description of the Collection

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Water and Water Rights
Loading...
Loading...