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Center of Southwest Studies Archival Collections

 

The Center’s archival collections provide invaluable insights into the history and culture of Fort Lewis College, as well as the broader Southwest region. Our collections encompass a wide variety of materials, including letters and correspondence, photographs, slides, negatives, financial and business records, maps, audiovisual media, posters, published books and periodicals, original research data, digital files, and more. These resources are non-circulating but accessible to the broader public.

To explore our archival collections, please follow the link below. Many of the Center’s archival holdings are also cataloged at the collection level in the Fort Lewis College Library Catalog.

 

Link to Archival Database

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Archival Finding Aids

Finding aids are essential tools for exploring archival collections. They offer detailed information, including collection summaries, historical or biographical context, subject lists, and descriptions of the materials and their arrangement. Most finding aids also include a container list to help locate specific items within a collection. To learn more about using finding aids, please consult our Guide to Finding Aids

 

Our finding aids are updated on an ongoing basis. We add information to collections that are unprocessed or partially processed as we can.

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Research Guide - Water

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    Archival collections at the Center of Southwest Studies related to water in the Southwest.

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CSWS Archival Collections

Water Resources

 

Below is a select list of archival collections at the Center of Southwest Studies related to water. Please contact the Center’s Archives Manager for additional resources.

 

Manuscripts

 

M020

Western Slope water projects reports. 1 box.

M022

Colorado River Basin Pilot Project records. 5 boxes. Weather records (temperature, precipitation) compiled by Western Scientific Services, Fort Collins, CO, 1969–1975.

M032

Jim Dyer collection. Records from Jim Dyer's personal and political life, including Colorado state legislature. Index includes water-related records.

M091

Colorado Water Conservation Board publications. 2 document cases and 1 records box. Reports, publicity, and publications, 1950–1969.

M092

Animas-La Plata collection inventory. Records from several sources regarding this federal water development project near Durango, CO. Includes significant materials from project opponents, such as 11 folders of public responses to environmental impact study reports, newspaper clippings, and project legislation. Includes materials on related Dolores River Project.

M119

Snow survey and irrigation water forecast records. 4 files; 1940–1949. Covers forecasts for Colorado River Drainage, Gila and Salt River Drainages (AZ), Rio Grande Drainage, and the Missouri–Arkansas Drainage.

M154

San Luis Valley water resources collection. 1/2 document case; 1988–1991. Printed materials on American Water Development, Inc. and San Luis Valley water resources.

M161

Southwestern Water Conservation District records. 8 records boxes and 2 document cases; bulk 1930–1980. Minutes, correspondence, reports, clippings, maps, legal documents, and records on water issues in the Four Corners, especially the Rainbow Bridge National Monument and Animas-La Plata project.

M201

Montezuma Valley Water Supply Company (CO) records. 2 document cases; 1886–1889 (bulk 1887–1888). Bills and receipts, cancelled checks, financial documents, legal evidence, payrolls, stock certificates, vouchers.

M247

H.H. Ditch Company records.

Maps

 

C001-001

Animas Ditch and irrigation in Colorado map.

C004

Hayden Survey maps - Colorado and adjacent territory, mid-1870s. Two series of maps: (1) four sheets each covering the whole State of Colorado; (2) twelve sheets presenting the results of the field work of 1873–76, covering Colorado and adjacent portions of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.

C007

Southwest U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps collection. 1889–1990s (bulk 1947–1987). More than 2,500 USGS topographic maps of the Southwest, especially the Four Corners states.

Microforms

 

I011

H.H., Carracas, Animas, and Ignacio Mesa Ditch companies. Microfilmed records of irrigation disputes of the H.H., Carracas, Animas, and Ignacio Mesa Ditch companies, circa 1905–1911. Located at the end of roll 4.

I052 & M103

Pine River Irrigation District (La Plata County, CO) records. 10 document cases and 3 rolls of microfilm. Includes annual reports, operations reports, and statistics related to the construction and operation of Vallecito Reservoir (Bayfield, CO) and irrigation in La Plata County and vicinity.

I054

State water resources reports. Arizona State Water Commissioner's annual reports #s 1–11 (1921–1940, 1 roll) and New Mexico Engineering Department biennial reports #s 1–14 (1913–1932, 2 rolls).

I095

Southwest water resources records. Includes reports such as Sediment Discharge in the Colorado River near De Beque, Colorado(Butler, 1986, 1 fiche) and Adequacy of NASQAN Data...San Juan River Drainage Basin Upstream from Shiprock, NM (Goetz, 1987, 2 fiche).

Audio

 

U002

Vallecito Dam Oral History Project. 10 oral history interviews.

 

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Archival collections at the Center of Southwest Studies related to water in the Southwest.

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Collection IdentifierResearch Guide
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