Series 200

Governor Clyde Upper Colorado River project case files, 1957-1964.

6.65 cubic feet and 17 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

The records in this series document Utah's role in the Upper Colorado River Commission, and the subsequent work that took place in the state through the Upper Colorado River Storage Project. The series contains a variety of records that passed between the Utah Upper Colorado River Commission office and the office of Utah Governor George Clyde. Records include copies of meeting minutes, technical reports, correspondence, memorandum of understanding, publicity material, maps, newspaper clippings, and other assorted documents that detail the planning and work associated with the Upper Colorado River Storage Project.

Scope and Content

The records in this series document the history of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project in the state of Utah, which authorized the construction of reservoir and hydroelectric facilities within the Upper Colorado River Basin.
The authority for the Colorado River Storage Project was founded on the Colorado River Compact of 1922, which divided the states that draw on water from the Colorado River between an upper division and a lower division. The upper division included Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico, while the lower division was comprised of Arizona, Nevada, and California. The Colorado River Compact of 1922 was meant to address concerns between the states on how water from the Colorado River would be allocated and managed. The Colorado River Compact has served as the basic framework upon which the "Law of the River" has developed over time.
In 1948, the Upper Basin states entered into the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, and the Upper Colorado River Commission wasformed as an administrative agency and tasked with serving as the water master for the Upper Basin states. The Upper Colorado River Commission today is comprised of one Commissioner from each state who is appointed by the governor of said state, as well as one federal Commissioner appointed by the President of the United States.
In 1956 the Upper Colorado River Commission began work on an Upper Basin-wide development plan for the Upper Basin states. This plan grew into the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, and was meant to better utilize each states Colorado River allocation through reclamation, flood control, and hydroelectric power production.
The records in this series document Utah's role in the Upper Colorado River Commission, and the subsequent work that took place in the state through the Upper Colorado River Storage Project. The series contains a variety of records that passed between the Utah Upper Colorado River Commission office and the office of Utah Governor GeorgeClyde. Records include copies of meeting minutes, technical reports, correspondence, memorandum of understanding, publicity material, maps, newspaper clippings, and other assorted documents that detail the planning and work associated with the Upper Colorado River Storage Project. Researchers will find records that detail western reclamation efforts in the mid-20th century, as well as dynamic historical moments in the history of conservation, such as the decision to construct Glen Canyon Dam, as well as efforts to establish Canyonlands National Park.

Research Note

Researchers will note that each record in this series is stamped with a document number. This was once a common method for maintaining collection control at the Utah State Archives. In the event that a document number is found missing in the physical holdings, it is possible that it will appear on the microfilm. In this way, provenance of these records can be traced and upheld.

Arrangement

Numerical by document stamp number.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

Microfiche holdings require staff assistance due to fewer reference copies. Handle masters under supervision.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

This series was processed by Jim Kichas in February 2013.
Microfiche processed by Rebekkah Shaw under the National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant to the Utah State Archives and Records Services for the Utah Microfiche Backlog Project (Grant No.: NAR10-RB-50086-10). July 2010 - December 2011

Related Material

Colorado River Commission case files from the Attorney General's Office, Series 165, contains assorted legal records, correspondence, and reports pertaining to Utah's role in the Colorado River Commission.
Colorado River Compact subject file from the Governor Dern, Series 206, document the history of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project in the state of Utah, which authorized the construction of reservoir and hydroelectric facilities within the Upper Colorado River Basin.
Correspondence from the Governor Lee, Series 211, contains correspondence from Governor Lee's office that document the development of water resources in Utah (especially the Colorado River).
Correspondence from the Water and Power Board, Series 2561, contains records that discuss the Upper Colorado River storage project and Echo Park dam proposal.
Colorado river basin transcripts from the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, Series 11926, contains administrative records related to the construction of dams and other works constructed as part of the Upper Colorado River Project.
Colorado River project records from the Department of Natural Resources. Division of Water Rights, Series 13912, contains administrative records related to the construction of dams and other works constructed as part of the Upper Colorado River Project.
Interstate compacts from the Lieutenant Governor, Series 20221, contains Utah's version of the original Colorado River Compact of 1922.
Colorado River correspondence from the Governor Blood, Series 22918, contains correspondence concerning the Colorado River and the distribution of its water.
Official photographs: video documentation of construction projects from the Department of Transportation. Communications Division, Series 25239, may contain photo and/or video of construction projects related to the Upper Colorado River Storage Project.

Container List

ReelBoxFolderDocumentsDateDescription
N/A11262-5291960-1962Upper Colorado River Commission - Correspondence, memorandum, Reports, Clippings, Minutes, and Resolutions
N/A12530-6431960-1962Upper Colorado River Commission
N/A13645-7271960-1962Upper Colorado River Commission
214728-8071960-1962Upper Colorado River Commission
215808-9331960-1962Upper Colorado River Commission
22 (Missing)1934-10001963-1964Water and Power Board - Correspondence
22 (Missing)21001-10471961-1962Water and Power Board - Whitney Reservoir
22 (Missing)31048-11011961-1962Water and Power Board - Woodruff Narrows Dam
22 (Missing)41102-11261961-1962Water and Power Board - North Sanpete Gooseberry Project and Uintah Basin Water Filings
2/32 (Missing)51127-14851961-1964Water and Power Board - North Sanpete Watershed Project
32 (Missing)61486-14871964 OctWater and Power Board - Summary of Report on Porcupine Dam
32 (Missing)71488-15661961-1964Water and Power Board - Porcupine Dam
32 (Missing)81567-15701962-1964Water and Power Board - Little Dell Dam
32 (Missing)91571-15851963Water and Power Board - Big Sand Wash Reservoir
32 (Missing)1015861963Water and Power Board - Senate Bill 1111
3311587-17061963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Meeting Minutes
3321707-18111961-1962Upper Colorado River Commission - Financial Statements
3331812-19351960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Financial Statements
3/4341936-20621961-1963Water Resource Planning Act (S. 1111)
4352063-20701961Upper Colorado River Controversy (Steve McNichols)
4362071-21411961White House Conference on Water Resources
4412142-23211962Bureau of Reclamation - Power Flow Diagrams
4422322-23941960-1962Reclamation Appropriation Hearings
4432395-24201964Upper Colorado River Commission - Appropriations
4442421-24821959-1964Arizona Power Authority
4452483-26391959-1964Arizona Power Authority
4462640-27191963Upper Colorado River Commission - Information Packet
4472720-27321963Subcommittee on Public Works of the House Committee on Appropriations
4/5482733-27621963Upper Colorado River Commission - Conference (Cheyenne, Wyoming)
5512763-27751954-1963Statements by Colorado Commissioner E.C. Johnson
5522776-28011962-1963Upper Colorado River Commission - Engineering Committee
5532802-283119635-State Regional Lower Basin Water Plan
5542832-28491961 May 6Upper Colorado River Hearings (Washington D.C.)
5552850-28511960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Legislation
5562852-28561960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Legislation
5572857-28581963Lower Colorado River basin - Report on the Water Supply
5582859-31201960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Marble Canyon Project
5593121-31621962Upper Colorado River Commission - Meeting (Page, Arizona)
55103163-33411960-1962Upper Colorado River Commission - Minutes
55113342-33731963 NovBriefing on Pacific Southwest Water Plan
5613374-34441963Pacific Southwest Water Plan Summary
5623445-34681957-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Budgets
5633469-35221957-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Wallace F. Bennett
5/6643523-35821957 Oct 21-Oct 30Upper Colorado River Project Meeting (Denver, Colorado)
6653583-36311957-1959Lower Colorado River - Bridge Canyon Project
6663632-36951958-1961Upper Colorado River Project Meeting
6673696-36991957-1958Upper Colorado River Commission - William A. Dawson
6683700-37031957-1958Upper Colorado River Commission - H.A. Dixon
6693704-37221949-1959Dixie Project - Minutes, Governor's Meeting, and Memorandum of Understanding
66103723-37281957-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Emery County Project
66113729-37341957Upper Colorado River Commission - Echo Park Dam
66123735-38271957-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Engineering Committee
66133828-38401957-1958Upper Colorado River Commission - Evaporation Stations
66143841-38461958Flaming Gorge Dam
66153847-39261958-1959Upper Colorado River (Final Reports)
6713927-39301957Upper Colorado River Commission - Aqualantes
6723931-40851958-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Correspondence
6/7734086-42481957-1960Upper Colorado River Commission - Dinosaur National Monument
7744249-43291957Upper Colorado River Commission
7754330-43521959-1960Appropriations Hearings - Washington, D.C.
7764353-43951957Upper Colorado River Commission - Conference with Assistant Secretary Aandahl
7774396-44181957 Apr 23Upper Colorado River Commission Meeting (Denver, Colorado)
7784419-44251958Upper Colorado River Commission - Stream Gaging Station Program
7794426-44681956-1957Upper Colorado River Commission - Virgin River Project
7814469-45141958 AugWater and Power Board
7824515-45371957-1958Upper Colorado River Commission - Arthur V. Watkins
7834538-45431959Upper Colorado River Commission - Weather Modification Program
7844544-46881963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Ival Goslin Correspondence
7/8854689-48341963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Ival Goslin Correspondence
8864835-49131963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Ival Goslin Correspondence
8874914-50111958-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Ival Goslin Reports
8915012-51121957-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Glen Canyon
8925113-51381959Glen Canyon Strike
893 (Missing)5139-51451957Upper Colorado River Commission - Gooseberry Project
8945146-52621957 Sep 23Upper Colorado River Commission - Governor's Conference
89552631958Upper Colorado River Commission - Juniper Unit (H.R. 13837)
8965264-52971958-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - E.O. Larson
8975298-53071958-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Legal Committee
8985308-53231958-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Legislation Pertaining to Colorado River
8995324-53281958-1959Lower Colorado - Marble Canyon Project
89105329-53991957-1959Upper Colorado River Commission - Minutes
89115400-54011958Paonia Project
89125402-54201957-1959Upper Colorado River Project - Navajo Project
89135421-54291957Upper Colorado River Project - R.J. Newell
89145430-54371958-1959Upper Colorado River Project - Pine River Unit
89155438-54451957-1959Upper Colorado River Project - Public Relations Correspondence
8/99165446-55651957-1959San Juan Land Withdrawals
91015566-57071960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Arizona/California Controversy
91025708-57201960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Basin Account
91035721-57621964Upper Colorado River Storage Project Power Rate Reduction
91045763-57961963-1964Utah Power and Light - Power Rate Reduction
91055797-59011964Upper Colorado River Commission - Bonneville Power Administration
91065902-59201960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Bridge Canyon Project
91075921-59751960-1965Upper Colorado River Commission - Budgets
91085976-60801961Bureau of Reclamation - Investor-owned Utilities
91096081-61661963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Confidential Staff Report
910106167-62901963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Confidential Staff Report
91116291-63261962Governor's State Agency Committee on Canyonlands National Park - C.J. Olsen (Chairman)
9/101126327-63931961-1964Canyonlands - Miscellaneous Correspondence
101136394-64481960-1962Canyonlands - Miscellaneous Citizen Correspondence
101146449-65741959-1963Canyonlands National Park
101156575-66531961-1963Canyonlands National Park
101166654-67021963Canyonlands National Park - Kennecott Tailings Report
101176703-67401963Canyonlands National Park
101186741-67461963Canyonlands National Park - Public Lands
101196747-68341962Canyonlands National Park - Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall
1011106835-68511962Canyonlands National Park - Newspaper Clippings
101216852-69361960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Construction Budget
101226937-69631960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - COOP Research
101236964-69811962Upper Colorado River Commission - Conference on Land and People Speeches
10/111246982-71521962Upper Colorado River Commission - Correspondence
111257153-71691962-1963Colorado River Basin - Governor Edmund Brown
111267170-72081964Central Utah Project - Hearings
111277209-73821960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Central Utah Project Information
111287383-74151964 Apr 29Central Utah Project - Congressional Hearings
111297416-74441960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Dinosaur National Monument
111317445-75111963 Oct 3Dixie Project Hearings (St. George, Utah)
111327512-76101960-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Dixie Project
11/121337611-77971960-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Dixie Project
121347798-78741961-1963Upper Colorado River Commission - Engineering Committee
121357875-78941961Upper Colorado River Commission - Fifth Annual Report to Congress
121367895-78981964Upper Colorado River Commission - Sixth Annual Report to Congress
121377899-79251960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Flaming Gorge Dam
121417926-81111961-1963Frying Pan (Arkansas) and Chama (San Juan) Projects
121428112-81491960-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Glen Canyon
121438150-81621963-1964Glen Canyon/Lake Powell Land Withdrawals
121448163-82131964 May 20Special Upper Colorado River Commission Meeting (Denver, Colorado)
121458214-82671964 May 15Upper Colorado River Commission Meeting with Interior Secretary Stewart Udall
121468268-83531964 Apr 15Glen Canyon Filling Meeting with Interior Secretary Stewart Udall
12/131478354-84611964 Apr 14Upper Colorado River Commission Meeting (Denver, Colorado)
131488462-84931964Filling Glen Canyon
131498494-85341964Filling Glen Canyon
1314108535-88441960-1964Lake Powell Filling Criteria
131518845-90251963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Reports
131529026-91511963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Reports
13/141539152-92341963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Reports
141549235-94141963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Reports
141559415-94371956National Reclamation Association Convention - Newspaper Clippings
141619438-94901951Utah State Agricultural College (Logan, Utah) - Proposed Water management Research Institute and Laboratory
141629491-95081960-1963Upper Colorado River Commission - Navajo Project
141639509-95571962-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Pacific Southwest Water Plan
141649558-96921963-1964Upper Colorado River Commission - Pacific Southwest Water Plan
14/151659693-97181959-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Power Market Resolution
151669719-97731960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Utah Preference Customers
151679774-98021960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Repayment Schedules
151689803-98071961Upper Colorado River Commission - Rainbow Bridge
151699808-98831961-1963Upper Colorado River Commission - San Juan River Basin
1516109884-98981960-1961Savery-Pot Hook Water Supply Analysis
151719899-99871961-1963Upper Colorado River Commission - Transmission Lines
151729988-101411962Transmission System - Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director F.M. Clinton
1517310142-101471962Colorado River Trip - Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall
1517410148-101971960Upper Colorado River Commission - Virgin River Project
1517510198-101991964Desalinization - Sea Water Conversion
1517610200-102701964Mexico Colorado River Salinity
1517710271-103041961-1962Upper Colorado River Commission - Transmission Line Analysis
1517810305-103631962 Aug 8Upper Colorado River Commission Meeting (Vernal, Utah)
15/1617910364-104781961Upper Colorado River Commission - Transmission Line Analysis (4th Version)
1618110477-106881961U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Yardstick Transmission Lines
1618210689-107261962 Feb 20Upper Colorado River Project - Interior Secretary Udall's Decision on transmission Lines
1618310727-107931962Upper Colorado River Commission - Drought Report
1618410794-109011961-1962Upper Colorado River Commission - Secretary's Report
1618510902-109221961Upper Colorado River Commission - Engineering Committee Special Reports
1618610923-110421961 Dec 30Study on Transmission Lines System by W.L. Newmeyer
1618711043-112981961-1964Mexico Colorado River Water Salinity
16/1719111299-115761962-1963Mexico Colorado River Water Salinity
1719211577-117151963 FebSpecial Studies - Delivery of Water to Mexico
1719311716-118071961Parks and Wilderness Committee - Elroy Nelson
1719411808-118371961-1964Wilderness Area
1719511838-119521961-1964Wilderness Bill - Analysis
17/1819611953-119741961-1962Wilderness Bill - Comments
1820111975-120711960-1961Upper Colorado River Commission - Wilderness Act
1820212072-121131962Resource Development in Utah National Parks, national Monuments, and Wilderness Areas
Fiche cardDateDescription
1961"News Releases" Water-Utah
1963-1964Water and Power Board - Correspondence
1963-1964Water and Power Board - Correspondence
1963-1964Water and Power Board - Correspondence