Guide to the Colorado Water Congress Collection
Archives and Special Collections
Morgan Library
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019 USA
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- Water resources development -- Colorado.
- Water-supply -- Government policy -- Colorado.
- Water -- Law and legislation.
- Colorado Water Congress.
- Videotapes.
Colorado Water Congress Collection, Water Resources Archive, Colorado State University.
The Colorado Water Congress Collection was compiled in 2008 from various sources, including the Colorado Water Congress, the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, and the Papers of Charles C. Fisk. Additional materials from accession 2011049 were added in 2013. A videotape was added in 2017. Also, materials were gathered from conferences over the years.
Processing of this collection was completed in April 2008. Materials were placed in acid-free folders and stored in an acid-free box. Metal fasteners were removed and replaced with plastic clips. VHS tapes were placed in archival cases. Some additional items were incorporated in October 2011. Series 4 was added in May 2013, along with additions to Series 2 and 3. The videotape received in 2017 was added in 2018, as were materials from recent conferences.
Materials in the Water Resources Archive related to this collection include the Papers of Charles C. Fisk, who served as editor of the Colorado Water Congress newsletter during the 1960s. Also related is the Richard D. MacRavey collection; MacRavey served the Congress for 26 years after becoming the organization's executive director in 1979. Also related is the Papers of Tom Pitts, who worked extensively on the Colorado Water Congress Special Project on Threatened and Endangered Species. Additionally, the University of Colorado Boulder has a collection of Colorado Water Congress records.
Several videos and all of the newsletters in this collection, as well as additional issues not in the collection, have been scanned and are available through the Colorado State University Libraries website. In the electronic version of this document, direct links appear in context.
Note: Title information supplied by the archivist is bracketed. Estimated pagination is preceded by an "e." Two identical copies of the same item are indicated by the phrase "2 copies" at the end of the entry, following the number of pages of each copy.
Series 1: Newsletters, 1958-1970 and 1982-2007 (1.5 linear feet) VIEW newsletters |
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This series consists of newsletters published by the Colorado Water Congress. Over the years, the newsletter has addressed a variety of critical Colorado water issues, including interstate water debates such as the administration of the Colorado River Compact and the management of reservoirs along this river, disputed in-state water development proposals such as Two Forks Reservoir and Narrows Dam, groundwater use and management, as well as water-quality and environmental issues. During the 1960s, the newsletter was edited by Charles C. Fisk, a prominent Denver water engineer. | |||||||||||||
In 1982, the title of the newsletter was changed from Colorado Water Congress Newsletter to Colorado Water Rights. At that time, the format was converted to tabloid style, issues were published quarterly or biannually instead of monthly, and the volume and issue numbers were restarted at 1. Volumes between the years 1971 and 1981 are not included in this collection. Missing or incomplete issues are indicated in the item inventory. The newsletters are arranged in chronological order. | |||||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 1. 1958. e30pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 2 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 2 [no. 6 missing]. 1959. e50pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 3 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 3. 1960. e50pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 4 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 4. 1961. e50pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 5 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 5 [no. 4 incomplete]. 1962. e50pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 6 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 6 [no. 6 missing]. 1963. e50pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 7 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 7 [no. 1-3 only]. 1964. e20pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 8 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 10 [no. 2 only]. 1967. 12pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 10 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 11 [no. 8, 10-12]. 1968. 41pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 11 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 12 [no. 1-3]. 1969. 30pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 9 | Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volume 13 [no. 4, 6, 7]. 1970. 24pp. | |||||||||||
Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, volumes 14-23. 1971-1980. | |||||||||||||
2 | 1 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 1 [no. 1 only, 2 copies]. 1982. 8pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 2 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 2. 1983. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 3 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 3 [no. 1-2 only]. 1984. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 4 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 4 [no. 2-3 only]. 1985. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 5 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 5. 1986. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 6 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 6. 1987. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 7 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 7. 1988. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 8 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 8. 1989. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 9 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 9 [2 copies of no. 1]. 1990. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 10 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 10. 1991. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 11 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 11. 1992. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 12 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 12. 1993. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 13 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 13. 1994. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 14 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 14. 1994-1995. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 15 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 15. 1996. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 16 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 16. 1997. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 17 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 17. 1998. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 18 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 18. 1999. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 19 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 19. 2000. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 20 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 20. 2001. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 21 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 21. 2002. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 22 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 22 [2 copies of no. 1]. 2003. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 23 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 23. 2004. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 24 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 24. 2005. e20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 25 | Colorado Water Rights, volume 25 [no. 1 only]. 2006. 20pp. | |||||||||||
2 | 26 | Colorado Water Congress, January 2007 Newsletter [volume number not indicated]. 2007. e10pp. |
Series 2: Conference materials, 2002-2017 (0.25 linear feet) |
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This series consists of assorted Colorado Water Congress conference materials, including agendas, presentation materials, and brochures. Materials are arranged alphabetically by folder title. | |||||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
1 | 12 | [45th Annual Convention]. 2002-2003. e20pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 13 | [49th Annual Convention]. 2007. e30pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 14 | [50th Annual Convention]. 2008. e10pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 15 | [51st Annual Convention]. 2009. e20pp. | |||||||||||
Includes 2008 annual report | |||||||||||||
5 | 1 | [53rd Annual Convention]. 2011. 20pp. | |||||||||||
5 | 2 | [54th Annual Convention]. 2012. 20pp. | |||||||||||
5 | 3 | [55th Annual Convention]. 2013. 27pp. | |||||||||||
5 | 9 | [Annual conventions]. 2014-2017. e50pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 16 | [Summer Convention]. 2006. e20pp. | |||||||||||
1 | 17 | [Summer Convention]. 2008. 2pp. | |||||||||||
5 | 10 | [Summer conferences]. 2010-2016. e30pp. |
Series 3: Videotapes, 1988, 1996-2005 (1 linear foot) |
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This series consists of VHS tapes concerning Colorado water law and history. Videos were filmed at CWC annual conferences or workshops and cover topics such as transmountain diversions, law and legislation, water conservation and ethics, and water leaders. Researchers might find talks by or about Aspinall Award recipients Ralph Adkins, Sam Maynes, Bill Miller, W. D. Farr, John Sayre, John Fetcher, Ralph Curtis, and Gale Norton particularly interesting. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Four DVDs containing digital versions of most VHS tapes in this series are stored in Box 3. | |||||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
4 | Cooperative Conservation at Work in the West. 2005. 1 VHS video cassette VIEW | ||||||||||||
4 | Co. Water Congress: the Federal Process - Lobbying the Congress. 1996. 1 VHS video cassette VIEW | ||||||||||||
4 | A Dialogue on Transferring Water from West Slope to East Slope and Rural to Urban - What are the Solutions?, parts 1 and 2. 2005. 2 VHS video cassettes Part 1 Part 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Historical Perspective by Aspinall Recipients, featuring Ralph Adkins, Sam Maynes, and Bill Miller. 2005. 1 VHS video cassette | ||||||||||||
4 | Historical Perspective by Aspinall Recipients: W.D. Farr, J.R. Fetcher and J. Sayre. 1998. 1 VHS video cassette VIEW | ||||||||||||
3 | Historical Water Law in an Ocean of New Technology - Glenn G. Saunders. 1988. 1 VHS video cassette VIEW | ||||||||||||
4 | Perspectives on the Colorado River, parts 1 and 2. 1995. 2 VHS video cassette Part 1 Part 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Colorado Water Congress - Revisiting Colorado Water Law Issues (The School of Hard Knocks in Water Law, 11/03), parts 1 and 2. 2003. 2 VHS video cassettes | ||||||||||||
4 | Should the Water Buffalo Be Listed as an Endangered Species?. 1993. 1 VHS video cassette VIEW | ||||||||||||
4 | Tribute to Sam Maynes. 2005. 1 video cassette VIEW | ||||||||||||
4 | Water and Citizenship: Ethics and Ethos for the 21st Century. 2005. 1 video cassette VIEW |
Series 4: Publications, 1983-1994 (0.5 linear feet) |
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Two annual compilations of laws pertinent to water and three CWC member directories comprise this series. Materials are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
5 | 4 | Colorado laws enacted in 1983 of interest to water users. 1983. 155pp. | |||||||||||
5 | 5 | Colorado laws enacted in 1984 of interest to water users. 1984. 190pp. | |||||||||||
5 | 6 | 1989 directory for Colorado water users. 1989. 76pp. | |||||||||||
5 | 7 | Colorado water almanac and directory, 1992-1993 edition. 1992-1993. 106pp. | |||||||||||
5 | 8 | Colorado water almanac and directory, 1993-1994 edition. 1993-1994. 107pp. |