Guide to the Papers of Louis G. Carpenter
Archives and Special Collections
Morgan Library
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019 USA
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URL: https://lib.colostate.edu/water
- Education (Higher) -- Colorado -- Fort Collins.
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado.
- Irrigation water -- Colorado -- Return flow.
- Stream measurements -- Colorado.
- Meteorology -- Observations -- Colorado.
- Precipitation (Meteorology) -- Colorado -- Measurement.
- Carpenter, L. G. (Louis George), 1861-1935.
- Colorado Agricultural College. Department of Civil and Irrigation Engineering.
- Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station.
- Colorado Agricultural College.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.)
- Irrigation engineers.
- Lantern slides.
Papers of Louis G. Carpenter, Water Resources Archive, Colorado State University.
The Papers of Louis G. Carpenter was transferred from the University Archives in July 2004. Lantern slides were separated from the Ralph L. Parshall Collection and added to this collection in February 2005, since the notation "Zola Dam France L.G.C. 1892" appears on two slides (#108 and #110). In 2017, the card index in the Irrigation Photograph Collection allowed these slides to be better described. Additional materials, including data and publications, were discovered at the Engineering Research Center and transferred to the Archive in November 2011.
Processing was completed in August 2004. Materials were placed in acid-free folders, and reboxed, and metal fasteners were removed. Lantern slides were processed in February 2005 and were placed in acid-free envelopes. The materials found at the Engineering Research Center were added as Series 2 in January 2013.
Carpenter, Louis George, 1861-1935. Papers, 1881-1947. Denver Public Library Conservation Collection.
Records of the Colorado Experiment Station, Agricultural and Natural Resources Archive, Colorado State University.
Irrigation Photograph Collection. Water Resources Archive, Colorado State University.
Some materials 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: Estimated pagination is preceded by an "e."
Series 1: College papers, 1892-1910 (1.5 linear feet) |
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This series consists primarily of Louis Carpenter's routine correspondence dated 1900 to 1910. There are letters from and to manufacturers and publishers concerning equipment, materials, and books that might be needed in the department and for the new Civil and Irrigation Engineering Building. Carpenter's role as professor and chair is reflected in the letters concerning students, including letters of inquiry about the department, letters of recommendation, grade reports, and courses offered in the department. Included as well is some correspondence regarding field surveys carried out under Carpenter's direction. As director of the Colorado Experiment Station, he received requests for information and Station publications. The controversy about the focus of the college includes solicitation of information from other agricultural colleges as well as letters seeking support for his position that the college be more than a training school for farmers. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order, with approximate chronological order within folders. At the end of the series are lantern slides, depicting dams in France, Algeria, California, and Colorado. They are in order of the number on the slide. | |||||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | Civil and Irrigation Engineering Building--bids, correspondence and planning. 1901-1909. e90pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
1 | 2 | Correspondence. 1900-1902. e160pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
1 | 3 | Correspondence. 1903-1906. e120pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
1 | 4 | Correspondence. 1907. e140pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
1 | 5 | Correspondence. 1908. e170pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
1 | 6 | Correspondence. 1909. e150pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
2 | 7 | Correspondence. 1910. e110pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
2 | 8 | Dispute over future function of the college, correspondence. 1907-1908. e80pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
2 | 9-10 | Engineering--Applications and correspondence for Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. 1906. e340pp. VIEW Folder 9 Folder 10 | |||||||||||
2 | 11 | Engineering program at the college. 1904-1908. e25pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
2 | 12 | Field Camp--bills and invoices. 1904-1908. e35pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
2 | 13 | Field Camp--correspondence and associated materials. 1904-1908. e70pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
2 | 14 | Uncategorized. 1908. e40pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
3 | Lantern slides. | ||||||||||||
Original wrapper labeled "Zola Dam" | |||||||||||||
3 | 1-11 | 101-111: Zola Dam. 1892. 11 slides VIEW 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 | |||||||||||
3 | 12-17 | 112-117: Hamiz Dam. undated. 6 slides VIEW 112 113 114 115 116 117 | |||||||||||
3 | 18 | 119: Carpentras Canal. undated. 1 slide VIEW | |||||||||||
3 | 19-24 | 120-125: Tlelat Dam. undated. 6 slides VIEW 120 121 122 123 124 125 | |||||||||||
3 | 25-28 | 126-128 and 131: Highline Canal Platte Canyon. undated. 4 slides VIEW 126 127 128 131 | |||||||||||
3 | 29-30 | 134-135: Roanne Dam. undated. 2 slides VIEW 134 135 | |||||||||||
3 | 31-43 | 136, 138-139, 141-150: [Miscellany and devices]. undated. 13 slides VIEW 136 138 139 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 | |||||||||||
Includes France and California |
Series 2: Research papers, 1888-1919 and undated (2 linear feet) |
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Materials in this series primarily relate to Louis Carpenter's research interests, including the duty of water, stream seepage, weather observation, and the Cache la Poudre River. The files related to the study of the duty of water contain register charts and data for farms in the Arkansas River Valley. The seepage files contain data from multiple rivers across Colorado. The Poudre River reports are all by Carpenter, reporting weekly on the flow of the river and comparing to previous years. The files are mostly arranged alphabetically by folder title, with the duty of water files grouped by geography. Materials types include publications, data, charts, and letters. | |||||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
5 | 1 | Canal construction in Colorado, by Harvey H. Griffin. 1888. 18pp., 10 x 14 inches, handwritten VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | Duty of water. | ||||||||||||
4 | 1 | Duty of water at B. F. Rockafellow's farm, Canon City, Colo. 1898. e40pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 2 | Duty of water at Canon City Colo on the farm of B. F. Rockafellow. 1899. e40pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 3 | [Duty of water on B. F. Rockafellow's farm (?)]. 1899, undated. e40pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 4 | [Rockafellow farm charts]. 1900. 15pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 5 | [Charts from Phil Sheridan, Canon City]. 1898-1900. 12pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 6 | [Frederica Mesa charts]. 1900. 17pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 7 | Duty of water on Capt Wm Post's meadow. 1899. 5pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 8 | Duty of water on the Experiment Station Farm, Rocky Ford, Colorado. 1899. e40pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 9 | Duty of water on the farm of W. F. Crowley, Holly, Colo. 1899. e20pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 10 | [Crowley charts, Holly]. 1900. 8pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 11 | [Unfiled charts]. 1900-1902. e30pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 12 | Irrigation notes. 1898-1899. e25pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 13 | Meteorological observations, Walden, Colorado. 1912-1913. e20pp. | |||||||||||
4 | Poudre River reports. | ||||||||||||
4 | 14 | Report. 1896. 1p. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 15 | Reports. 1898. e40pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 16 | Bulletins. 1899. e40pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | Seepage. | ||||||||||||
4 | 17 | Arkansas River seepage. 1901. 8pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 18 | Cache la Poudre River seepage. 1900-1909. e60pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 19 | Conejos River seepage. 1902. 2pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 20 | Left Hand Creek seepage. 1901-1903. 6pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 21 | Rio Grande seepage. 1902. 4pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 22 | South Platte River seepage. 1895. 5pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 23 | Uncompahgre River seepage. 1900-1902. e20pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
5 | 2 | Groundwater and seepage measurements. 1902. 7pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 24 | [Seepage notes?]. undated. 10pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 25 | Carpenter, L. G. Seepage or return waters on Boulder and South Boulder Creeks. Fort Collins, Colo.: Agricultural Experiment Station. Press bulletin no. 14. 1902 December. 2pp. VIEW | |||||||||||
4 | 26 | Victorian Water Supply, Loddon River weir and dam. undated. 9pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 27 | Victorian Water Supply, Western Irrigation Channel, Goulburn District. undated. e20pp. | |||||||||||
4 | 28 | Weather records. 1906-1919. e40pp. |