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George D. Clyde research materials, 1911-1971
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- George D. Clyde research materials
- Dates
- 1911-1971 (inclusive)19111971
- Quantity
- 17 boxes, (7 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 279
- Summary
- This collection consists of the research files of George D. Clyde, including reports, writings, correspondence, papers, notes, speeches, and subject files.
- Repository
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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
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Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Born on July 21, 1898, in Mapleton, Utah County, Utah, George Dewey Clyde graduated from Utah State Agricultural College in 1922. As an agricultural engineer, he served on the staff of both the Experiment Station and the college, becoming a full professor in 1928. He served as dean of the School of Engineering from 1936 through 1945. Following World War II, Mr. Clyde left the employ of the college to assume the duties of chief of the Division of Irrigation Engineering and Water Conservation for the Soil Conservation Service, Research Branch under the United States Department of Agriculture. He also was a director of Utah Water and Power Board. He played an important role in approval of the Upper Colorado River Basin Storage Project in 1956. A long-standing member of the Utah Republican Party, he left civil service and ran successfully for the governorship of Utah that same year, serving eight years. George Clyde was the tenth governor of Utah. He focused on the economic development of Utah while in office. Clyde returned to civil service in 1965. He and his wife, Ora Packard Clyde, raised five children. George D. Clyde died on April 2, 1972.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of the research files of George D. Clyde, including reports, writings, correspondence, papers, notes, speeches and subject files. Boxes 1 and 2 contain biographical information on Clyde and correspondence, box 3 contains notes and reports, and box 4 folders 1-7 contain speeches. The remainder of Box 4 (Folders 8-9) through Box 11 contain files on various subjects and organizations, such as research on foreign trade, irrigation, water law and resources, soil conservation, and several engineering councils. Boxes 12 through 16, contain some of Clyde's writings on various subjects. Box 17 contains certificates and awards presented to Governor Clyde.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the George D. Clyde research materials must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
George D. Clyde research materials, 1911-1971. (COLL MSS 279). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is organized by type, and then alphabetically.
Acquisition Information
This material was transferred to USU Special Collections and Archives from the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming, which decided to deaccession it. The papers were donated to the AHC in 1972 by Jerald R. Clyde, the son of George Clyde.
Processing Note
Guide prepared by: Special Collections and Archives staff.
Related Materials
George D. Clyde papers Coll MSS 176
George D. Clyde speeches COLL MSS 255
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
BiographicalReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Biographical: George Dewey Clyde: Certificates, Awards |
undated |
| 1 | 2 | Biographical: George Dewey Clyde: Inspirational, Career, Utah |
undated |
| 1 | 3 | Biographical: George Dewey Clyde: Political Campaigns |
undated |
| 1 | 4 | Biographical: George Dewey Clyde: National Water Commission |
1967 |
| 1 | Book: Geotechnical Bulletin. Woodward, Moorhouse and Associates, Inc |
undated |
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence: American Society of Civil Engineers |
undated |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence: American Society of Civil Engineers |
undated |
| 1 | 7 | Correspondence: Consulting Engineers Council: committee reports, water |
1965-1967 |
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence: Consulting Engineers Council: committee reports, water |
1968-1969 |
| 2 | 2 | Correspondence: Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada |
1969-1970 |
| 2 | 3 | Correspondence: General/ Professional |
undated |
| 2 | 4 | Correspondence: National Reclamation Association |
undated |
| 2 | 5 | Correspondence: National Reclamation Association |
undated |
| 2 | 6 | Correspondence - National Reclamation Association: Committee on Research in Water and Agriculture (Letters, Notes, Documents) |
1968-1969 |
| 2 | 7 | Correspondence - Public Land Law Review Commission |
1964 |
| 2 | 8 | Correspondence - Water Resources Planning Act |
1963 |
NotesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Notes (cards): Irrigation and water supply |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | Notes: Miscellaneous - Water Policy, Military Engineers, Speeches |
1966-1967 |
| 3 | 3 | Notes (cards): Speeches on Water Topic |
undated |
ReportsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 4 | Report: Bear Lake Irrigation |
1934 |
| 3 | 5 | Report: To Governor on Boy scouts, LDS Explorers |
1960-1963 |
| 3 | 6 | Report: California brief of Colorado River |
undated |
| 3 | 7 | Report: Community experience with the disposal of major governmental facilities |
1962 November |
| 3 | 8 | Report: Freeport Analysis |
1962 |
| 3 | Report: Report Manual |
June 1961 | |
| 3 | Booklet: Basic Issues in the Utah School Controversy |
1964 July | |
| 3 | Booklet: Report by Utah School Study Committee to George D. Clyde |
1964 December | |
| Folder | |||
| 3 | 9 | Report: Utah State Park and Recreation Commission |
1959 |
| 3 | 10 | Report: To Governor Clyde: Organization and Activities of Emergency Water Conservation Committee |
1961 May 1 |
| 3 | 11 | Weekly Newspaper Reports from the Governor (Clyde) |
1958 |
| 3 | 12 | Report: Water for All" Western Water Project |
1963-1964 |
SpeechesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Speeches: In preparation |
1964-1965 |
| 4 | 2 | Speeches: Governor |
1959-1965 |
| 4 | 3 | Speeches: Lectures: Irrigation, Water Resources and Measurement, Mormon Pioneers |
1935-1938 |
| 4 | 4 | Speeches: Water and Man, The Engineer in Public Service, Water Supply |
1961-1967 |
| 4 | 5 | Speeches: Water, Irrigation |
1962-1966 |
| 4 | 6 | Speeches: Water, Irrigation |
1962-1968 |
Subject FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 7 | Subject File: American Public Works Association: Speech, Correspondence |
1965-1967 |
| 4 | 8 | Subject File: American Society of Agricultural Engineers Letters, Reports, Speeches |
1963-1968 |
| 4 | 9 | Subject File: American Society of Civil Engineers: Special Conventions |
1964-1969 |
| 5 | 1 | Subject File: American Society of Civil Engineers: Utah Section |
1966-1967 |
| 5 | 2 | Subject File: American Society of Public Administration, University of Utah |
1966 February 25 |
| 5 | 3 | Subject File: Articles for Distribution: Colorado, Volume II (Reclamation Politics) |
1954 |
| 5 | 4 | Subject File: Atomic Energy: Nevada Test Site: Correspondence brochure |
1964 |
| 5 | 5 | Subject File: Articles for Distribution - Colorado, vol. I (reclamation politics) |
1940-1959 |
| 5 | 6 | Subject File: Canyonlands National Park. Part 1 |
1962 |
| 5 | 7 | Subject File: Canyonlands National Park. Part 2 |
1962 |
| 5 | 8 | Subject File: Central Utah Project. Letters, documents, speeches, pamphlets, photographs, etc |
1956-1964 |
| 5 | 9 | Subject File: Bonneville Unit - Central Utah Project. Senate and House testimony by George Clyde and others |
1965 May 19-1966 |
| 6 | 1 | Subject File: Central Utah Water Conservancy District |
1965 |
| 6 | 2 | Subject File: Consulting Engineer Council: Water Resources Research - 10th Anniversary Convention, Tulsa Oklahoma |
1966 May |
| 6 | 3 | Subject File: Colorado River Basin Project position statements |
1966-1967 |
| 6 | 4 | Subject File: Consulting Engineers Council notes, correspondence, manuals: National and Colorado |
1964-1971 |
| 6 | 5 | Subject File: Consulting Engineers Council of Utah |
undated |
| 6 | 6 | Subject File: Desert Research Institute reports, leaflets |
1968-1969 |
| 6 | 7 | Subject File: Economic Development pamphlets |
1960-1962 |
| 6 | 8 | Subject File: Education - NEA Crisis |
undated |
| 6 | 9 | Subject File: Committee on National Water Resources |
1959 |
| 7 | 1 | Subject File: Engineers' Council for Professional Development - letters, presentations, minutes |
1967 |
| 7 | 2 | Subject File: Foreign Trade - England |
1962 July 14-August 5 |
| 7 | 3 | Subject File: Foreign Trade - Japan |
1963 October 12-28 |
| 7 | 4 | Subject File: Foreign Trade - Russia - Notes, clippings |
1959 |
| 7 | 5 | Subject File: Foreign Trade - Soviet Union: Khrushchev, Clyde notes and speech |
1959 June 24 - July 17 |
| 7 | 6 | Subject File: Imperial Irrigation District Technical Guide, Imperial California |
1948 January |
| 7 | 7 | Subject File: Interstate Conference on Water Problems, Dallas Texas |
1962 January 14-16 |
| 7 | 8 | Subject File: Irrigation, "Men on Irrigation"
Photos Included.
|
1948-1953 |
| 7 | 9 | Subject File: Irrigation and Water Rights. Miscellaneous essays including one by Clyde |
1957-1960 |
| 8 | 1 | Subject File: Irrigation Research: Agriculture Experiment Station, Logan, Utah |
1925-1945 |
| 8 | 2 | Subject File: Miscellaneous: Promotional Graphics for Water |
undated |
| 8 | 3 | Subject File: National Guard: Free Academy, "Americanism Up Front", Gov. Clyde statement |
1964 |
| 8 | 4 | Subject File: National Reclamation Association, Agricultural Research Committee |
1966 November 14-15, 1967 March |
| 8 | 5 | Subject File: National Reclamation Association Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Research Committee, Program, Etc.) |
1966 November 13-19 |
| 8 | 6 | Subject File: National Reclamation Association Convention, Oklahoma City |
1968 November 17-22 |
| 8 | 7 | Subject File: National Reclamation Association Convention, Palm Springs |
1964 November 8 |
| 8 | 8 | Subject File: National Reclamation Association Convention, Portland, Oregon |
1962 October 18 |
| 8 | 9 | Subject File: National Reclamation Association Convention, Spokane, Washington |
1969 October 19-21 |
| 8 | 10 | Subject File: National Reclamation Association Convention, Twin Falls, Idaho |
1967 June 15-16 |
| 8 | 11 | Subject File: National Reclamation Association - Western Water Executives |
1968-1970 |
| 8 | 12 | Subject File: National Society of Professional Engineers. Utah, Minnesota, Letters |
1960-1969 |
| 8 | 13 | Subject File: National Water Research Symposium |
1961 March 28-30 |
| 8 | 14 | Subject File: North American Water and Power Alliance |
1963-1965 |
| 8 | 15 | Subject File: Oroville Dam, California State Water Project |
1964 October 5 |
| 8 | 16 | Subject File: Power Rate Reduction: Upper Colorado River Commission |
1964 |
| 9 | 1 | Subject File: Resource Development, clippings |
1961-1964 |
| 9 | 2 | Subject File: Scofield Gooseberry Water Project, Utah Water and Power Board |
1964 |
| 9 | 3 | Subject File: Soil Conservation Society of America, Speech, Correspondence |
1964-1970 |
| 9 | 4 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission. George D. Clyde and others |
1964 |
| 9 | 5 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission |
1965 |
| 9 | 6 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission |
1966-1968 |
| 9 | 7 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission |
1969 |
| 10 | 1 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission operating criteria meeting, Colorado River System |
1969 July 25 |
| 10 | 2 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission |
1970 |
| 10 | 3 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission, Rainbow Bridge - Lake Mead controversy |
1970 December 4 |
| 10 | 4 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission, Rainbow Bridge - Lake Mead controversy |
1971 January 13 - May 5 |
| 10 | 5 | Subject File: Upper Colorado River Commission |
1971 |
| 10 | 6 | Subject File: Utah State Engineer Progress Report, Salinity, Gov. Clyde |
1964 |
| 10 | 7 | Subject File: Utah Water Research Lab Advisory Panel, Utah Water Research Center |
1970-1971 |
| 11 | 1 | Subject File: Water - General |
undated |
| 11 | 2 | Subject File: Water - some articles by George D. Clyde |
1950 |
| 11 | 3 | Subject File: Water for peace International Conference, Washington DC |
1967 May 23-31 |
| 11 | 4 | Subject File: Water Law - E.J. Skeen and B.F. Logren papers |
1935-1938 |
| 11 | 5 | Subject File: Water Law - important water rights cases in Utah |
undated |
| 11 | 6 | Subject File: Water Law - review of water rights cases in Utah |
undated |
| 11 | 7 | Subject File: Water Law - Utah Supreme Court decisions regarding underground water |
1935 |
| 11 | 8 | Subject File: Water Policy |
undated |
| 11 | 9 | Subject File: Western Interstate Water Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada |
1964 September 16-17 |
WritingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Writings: Benefits and Justification of Research - Division of Irrigation |
1950-1959 |
| 12 | 2 | Writings: Booklets and Pamphlets - State of Utah (Governor) |
1957-1964 |
| 12 | 3 | Writings: Booklets and Pamphlets - Water Irrigation |
1953-1967 |
| 12 | 4 | Writings: Irrigation - General |
undated |
| 12 | 5 | Writings: Irrigation - General |
1934-1936 |
| 12 | 6 | Writings: Irrigation |
1940 |
| 12 | 7 | Writings: Miscellaneous papers |
1949-1970 |
| 13 | 1 | Writings: Miscellaneous papers vol. 2 |
1955 |
| 13 | 2 | Writings: Miscellaneous papers on irrigation and runoff |
1911-1930 |
| 13 | 3 | Writings: Miscellaneous papers on snow surveys |
1920-1949 |
| 13 | 4 | Writings: Outlines of papers, speeches vol. 1 |
1953-1955 |
| 13 | 5 | Writings: Outlines of papers, speeches vol. 2 |
1955-1971 |
| 13 | 6 | Writings: Papers and speeches presented by George D. Clyde, vol. 1 (1-30) |
1954-1955 |
| 13 | 7 | Writings: Papers and speeches presented by George D. Clyde, vol. 2 (31-42) |
1955-1956 |
| 14 | 1 | Writings: Papers, book no. 1, part 1 (irrigation) |
1930-1959 |
| 14 | 2 | Writings: Papers, book no. 1, part 2 (irrigation) |
1930-1959 |
| 14 | 3 | Writings: Papers, book no. 2, part 1 (irrigation, water) |
1940-1959 |
| 14 | 4 | Writings: Papers, book no. 2, part 2 (irrigation, water, God) |
1940-1959 |
| 14 | 5 | Writings: Papers on Civil Engineering. Water flow, forecasting, development |
1967 |
| 14 | 6 | Writings: Papers on irrigation and drainage, soil and water conservation |
1950-1959 |
| 14 | 7 | Writings: Report, Federal Land Bank of Berkley. Ground water depletion in the Escalante Valley |
1933 September 7 |
| 15 | 1 | Writings: Report, Federal Land Bank of Berkley. Physical and agricultural conditions of the Bonneville Irrigation District |
1939 December 20 |
| 15 | 2 | Writings: Report - Russian trip vol. 1 |
1959 |
| 15 | 3 | Writings: Report - Statement for Appropriations Committees |
1952 January 7 |
| 15 | 4 | Writings: Report - Summary of research in irrigation and drainage |
1945-1953 |
| 15 | 5 | Writings: Report - War production training program |
1945 August 2 |
| 15 | 6 | Writings: Research Papers - Water Forecasting, irrigation, glossary of water terms |
1937-1938 |
| 15 | 7 | Writings: Russia Trip (part 1) |
June-July 1959 |
| 16 | 1 | Writings: Russia Trip (part 2) |
1959 June-July |
| 16 | 2 | Writings: Utah Budget Crisis |
1964 November 24 |
| 16 | 3 | Writings: Utah Historical Quarterly, "History of Irrigation in Utah", "Utah After Statehood" |
1958-1964 |
| 16 | 4 | Writings: Water papers |
1952-1970 |
| 16 | 5 | Writings: Publications on snow cover measurements and water supply forecasting by George D. Clyde |
1929-1936 |
| 16 | 6 | Writings: Report of water conservation program and drought situation in Utah |
1934 May |
AwardsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 1 | Certificates and Awards of George D. Clyde |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture--West (U.S.)--History--Sources.
- Governors--Utah--Records and correspondence.
- Water resources development--West (U.S.)--History--Sources.
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2008
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