Carpenter (Delph E. and Family) Papers

 

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  • Greeley-Poudre Irrigation District 

    Contributor:Tew, Charles F.Carpenter, Delph;
    Date:1912
    Letter from Charles F. Tew and Delph Carpenter to the Honorable J. C. Gunter answering questions about the Laramie-Poudre Tunnel, the Greeley-Poudre Irrigation District, and the completion of a map showing the Laramie River ...

  • Colorado Water Users Association, folder 1 of 2 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph
    Date:1916
    Delph Carpenter's correspondence with R. G. Hosea, Lyman E. Bishop, H. G. Clark, A. H. Cutler, and others and financial transactions directed to Carpenter for the Colorado Water Users Association of the South Platte and ...

  • Colorado Water Users Association, folder 2 of 2 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph
    Date:1917
    Delph Carpenter's correspondence with R. G. Hosea, Lyman E. Bishop, Charles A. Lory, A. H. Cutler, and others for the Colorado Water Users Association of the South Platte and Its Tributaries concerning The Western Irrigation ...

  • Colorado State Water Users Protective Association 

    Contributor:Sabin, Fred A.Pointer, Vena; Carpenter, Delph;
    Date:1920-1921
    Correspondence between Delph Carpenter, Fred A. Sabin, and Vena Pointer regarding potential legislation and various meetings concerning Colorado's watersheds

  • Service as commissioner 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph
    Date:1923
    Letter from Delph Carpenter to Senator Charles Colwell regarding payment for services

  • Rio Grande -- "S. 1501" 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph
    Date:1929-1930
    Correspondence between Delph Carpenter and various state and federal government officials regarding S. 1501, the bill for approval of the Rio Grande Compact

  • South Platte River 

    Contributor:McCune, Addison J.
    Date:1922
    Letter from Colorado state engineer Addison J. McCune to George A. Jones regarding the South Platte River and the beginning of compact discussions

  • Service as commissioner 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph
    Date:1928
    Letter from Delph Carpenter to Colorado Governor William Adams regarding compensation for services

  • Hoover, Herbert 

    Contributor:Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964Carpenter, Delph;
    Date:1922-1934
    Herbert Hoover's congratulations to Delph Carpenter for the Colorado River Compact and Carpenter's thanks. Later letters include Carpenter's request that Hoover "act in a paternal capacity" while Carpenter's son Donald A. ...

  • Stone, Clifford 

    Contributor:Stone, Clifford H., 1888-
    Date:1940
    Letter from Clifford Stone enclosing his January 8, 1940, address to the Denver Bar Association entitled, "Federal v. State Control of Water Resources" and Delph Carpenter's reply urging Stone to publish the speech

  • Federal Land Bank of Wichita 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph; Federal Land Bank of Wichita
    Date:1919
    Documents and letters regarding purchasing land through the Federal Land Bank of Wichita

  • Davis, Stephen B. 

    Contributor:Davis, Stephen B. (Stephen Brooks), 1874-1933
    Date:1927
    Letter from Secretary of Commerce Steven B. Davis to Delph Carpenter in which Davis encloses a check and provides his new address in New York City

  • Legal, miscellaneous 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph; American Society of Civil Engineers
    Date:1910-1921
    Correspondence collected by Delph Carpenter concerning legal matters, such as miscellaneous cases with which Carpenter was associated, payment of bills, the American Society of Civil Engineers Special Committee on a National ...

  • Wyoming vs. Colorado 

    Contributor:Carpenter, DelphBrooks, Franklin E.; Wright, Fred R.;
    Date:1912-1914
    Letter from Fred R. Wright to Delph Carpenter regarding two briefs of defendants (Colorado) upon demurrer, and correspondence between Carpenter and Franklin E. Brooks concerning whether an 1898 decision in U.S. Freehold ...

  • Cahill, Luke 

    Contributor:Cahill, LukeBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917;
    Date:1913-1918
    Letter from National Indian War Veterans National Commander Luke Cahill to Colorado State Senator Delph Carpenter which introduces an accompanying December 3, 1918, letter written in pencil by Cahill to U.S. Senator John ...

  • Rio Grande 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph
    Date:1926-1927
    Correspondence between Delph Carpenter and others regarding the Rio Grande and applications for the Vega-Sylvester Reservoir and the Conejos Reservoir in particular. Main correspondents are Ralph Carr, Pearce Rodey, New ...

  • Diamond Creek 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph
    Date:1923-1925
    Documents, a copy of bill H.R. 2903, letters, and notes regarding James B. Girand's application for a potential power project at Diamond Creek on the Colorado River

  • DEC statement 

    Contributor:Carpenter, Delph
    Date:1928?
    Statement by Delph Carpenter, read by Colorado Attorney General William L. Boatright, asking Congress to abstain from authorizing construction of large water projects on the Colorado River until the lower basin states ...

  • Department of the Interior press releases 

    Contributor:Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926; Work, Hubert, 1860-1942; Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866-1924; United States. Department of the Interior
    Date:1924
    Two memoranda for the press and a letter to Chairman of the House Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation Addison T. Smith concerning proposed legislation for reclamation projects on the Colorado River, including the Boulder ...

  • Data analysis, chart and table by R. I. Meeker 

    Contributor:Meeker, R. I. (Ralph Inman), 1878-
    Date:1922
    Report by R. I. Meeker, "Colorado Data -- Colorado River Basin," chart "Colorado River Basin" showing irrigated acres and water supply needs in the Colorado River Basin, and table "Irrigated and Irrigable Area, Colorado ...

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