Descriptive Summary
Texas Tech
University
Civil Engineering- Water
Records,
1910-1988
Records of the Water
Resources Center, established by the Texas Tech University Board of Regents in
1965.
U 205.2
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
5 boxes (5.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
The use of water resources was of great concern to many departments at
Texas Tech, civic government, and private industry. To meet their needs for
research and water resources advancement, the Texas Tech University Board of
Regents established the Water Resources Center in 1965. Members from civic
government, chemical and civil engineering and the College of Agricultural
Sciences (to name just a few) serve an advisory function.
Scope and Contents
The collection pertains to water use and practice throughout Texas and
the United States. The collection was originally the subject files of Robert V.
Thurmond, Associated County Agricultural Agent out of Texas A & M in the
1950s. Dr. Marvin J. Dvoracek acquired the papers, adding his own materials to
the collection. Dr. Marvin J. Dvoracek is Associate Professor of Civil
Engineering, Emeritus, 1962-1994 at Texas Tech.
Organization
The periodicals, government studies, and other printed materials were
organized in subject files. Topics include irrigation, water use and policy,
soil suitability, tillage practices, wells, ground water development, water
law, fertilizers, hydrology, pipeline materials, etc. There was also one
object, a Compact Whirling Hygrometer/Sling Psychrometer with Instructions.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Dvoracek, Marvin
J.--Archives
Thurmond, Robert
V.
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas Technological
College. Water Resources Center
Texas Tech University.
College of Agricultural Sciences
Texas Tech University.
College of Engineering--Faculty
Texas Tech University.
Water Resources Center
Subjects
Fertilizers
Groundwater
Integrated water
development
Irrigation
Irrigation--Texas
Irrigation water
Water-supply
Water use--Texas
Water resources
development--Texas
Collection accession #(s):
94-0386-B, 97-0189-B
Gifts, 1994-1997
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, July 1998
Preferred Citation
Civil Engineering- Water Records, 1910-1988, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Additional Sources
Land, Larry F.
U.S. Geological Survey Ground-Water Studies in
Texas Microform. U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior: Books
and Open-File Reports Section, distributor, 1988.
Texas. Dept. of Water Resources.
Water planning projections for Texas,
1980-2030. Austin, Tex.: The Dept., 1982.
Water use, Projected Water Requirements, and
Related Data and Information for the Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Texas.
Austin, Tex.: Texas Dept. of Water Resources, 1985.
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Ingle Forrest Lea Papers, 1932-1984, 1960-1984
- League of Women Voters of Texas Water collection,
1948-1967
Collection Inventory
Conveyances
1
1
Conveyance: Aluminum,
1949-1957 and Undated
1
2
Conveyance: Canals,
1947
1
3
Conveyance: Concrete Pipe,
1932-1956 and Undated
1
4
Conveyance: Concrete Pipe Standards,
1955-1957
1
5
Conveyance: Ditches,
1947-1957 and Undated
1
6
Conveyance: Linings,
1946-1957 and Undated
1
7
Conveyance: Plastic,
1953-1957 and Undated
1
8
Conveyance: Seepage Investigations,
1948-1955 and Undated
1
9
Conveyance: Steel,
1954
1
10
Conveyance: Transite,
Undated
1
11
Compact Whirling Hygrometer / Sling Psychrometer with
Instructions,
Undated
1
12
Farming and Ranching Risk as Influenced by Rainfall,
1956-1957
fertility
1
13
Fertility- Fertilizers: General,
1922-1958 and Undated
1
14
Fertility- Fertilizers: Irrigation and Fertility,
1944-1958 and Undated
1
15
Fertility- Fertilizers: Soil Test,
1948-1951
1
16
Garden Irrigation,
1917-1953, and Undated
2
1
General,
1933-1958
2
2
High Plains Irrigation Survey,
1965-1968
2
3
Hydrology, Snow Survey and Silt Control,
1930-1953 and Undated
2
4
Infiltration and Permeability,
1948-1951 and Undated
2
5
Inventory: Miscellaneous,
Undated
Irrigation
2
6
Irrigated Acreage in Texas,
1939-1948
2
7
Irrigated Crops: Vegetables,
1938-1956
2
8
Irrigated lands of Nevada,
1949
2
9
Irrigation General in U.S.,
1941-1958 and Undated
2
10
Irrigation History,
1910-1952
2
11
Irrigation Institutions and Organizations,
1936-1953
2
12
Irrigation Practices,
1950 and undated
2
13
Irrigation Projects,
1949
2
14
Irrigation Projects: Texas,
1932-1946
2
15
Irrigation Projects in U.S.,
1930-1949 and Undated
2
16
Irrigation in States,
1936-1958 and undated
2
17
Legal Aspects Relating to Irrigation,
1956
Moisture
2
18
Moisture: General,
1927-1957 and undated
2
19
Moisture: Methods of Measuring,
1940-1957 and undated
2
20
Moisture: Water Holding Capacities,
1922-1955
3
1
Pasture,
1942-1957 and undated
3
2
Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers,
1960-1974
3
3
Proceedings 1961 Biennial Conference on Ground Water
Recharge,
1962
3
4
Quality,
1934-1955 and undated
3
5
Report of Committee for the Study of Land Use and
Environmental Control,
1969
3
6
Reprint of Portions of the Revised General Irrigation Act
of 1917
3
7
Saline and Alkali,
1925-1958 and undated
3
8
Saline-Water Resources of Texas,
1956
3
9
Soil Surveys,
1926-1956 and undated
3
10
Sprinkler Irrigation,
1942-1955
4
1
Supplemental Irrigation,
1952-1956 and undated
4
2
Texas General Sanitation Law,
1945
4
3
Texas Water Problems,
1946-1956 and undated
4
4
Tillage Practice: Conversation,
1941-1958 and undated
4
5
Tillage Practice: Miscellaneous,
1927-1952 and undated
Water
4
6
Water,
1937-1954 and undated
4
7
Water: Miscellaneous,
1918-1957
4
8
Water: Miscellaneous,
1946-1974 and undated
4
9
Water: Miscellaneous,
1955-1988 and undated
4
10
Water: Miscellaneous,
1964-1971 and undated
4
11
Water Analysis Forms,
undated
4
12
Water Laws,
1950-1951
4
13
Water Rates,
1940
4
14
Water Supply and Sewerage,
1915-1950
4
15
Water Supply and Storage: Dams and Ponds,
1937-1957 and undated
4
16
Water Supply and Storage: Farm Water System - Domestic,
1940-1956 and Undated
5
1
Water Supply and Storage: Ground Water,
1954
5
2
Water Supply and Storage: Storage Reservoirs,
1944-1956 and undated
5
3
Water Supply and Storage: Water Supply,
undated
5
4
Water Supply and Storage: Reservoir Lining,
1948-1958 and undated
5
5
Water Quality in Texas,
1941-1950
5
6
Weed Control and Maintenance,
1948-1958 and undated
5
7
Wells,
1957-1958
5
8
Wells: Chemical Treatment,
1945-1958 and undated