George Dewey Clyde papers
Scope and Contents
The following collection deals with George Dewey Clyde's world as a federal employee with the Soil Conservation Service and is a collection of reports and inter-departmental memoranda covering a wide scope of irrigation, drainage, reclamation, and soil conservation materials. Most of the reports, etc. contained are unpublished typescripts and/or preliminary drafts of reports. The collection is arranged alphabetically according to subject or geographical location. Therefore, reports dealing with irrigation, for instance, are filed under irrigation followed by the title as it appears on the report. For reports dealing with irrigation in specific locations, they are filed under the location.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-1955
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the George Dewey Clyde papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Biographical Note
Born on July 21, 1898, in Mapleton, Utah County, Utah, George Dewey Clyde graduated from Utah State Agricultural College in 1922. As an agricultural engineer, he served on the staff of both the Experiment Station and the college, becoming a full professor in 1928. He served as dean of the School of Engineering from 1936 through 1945. Following World War II, Mr. Clyde left the employ of the college to assume the duties of chief of the Division of Irrigation Engineering and Water Conservation for the Soil Conservation Service, Research Branch under the United States Department of Agriculture. He also was a director of Utah Water and Power Board. He played an important role in approval of the Upper Colorado River Basin Storage Project in 1956. A long-standing member of the Utah Republican Party, he left civil service and ran successfully for the governorship of Utah that same year, serving eight years. George Clyde was the tenth governor of Utah. He focused on the economic development of Utah while in office. Clyde returned to civil service in 1965. He and his wife, Ora Packard Clyde, raised five children. George D. Clyde died on April 2, 1972.
Extent
14 boxes (7 linear feet)
Abstract
Miscellaneous reports, memoranda, and addresses collected by Clyde during his employ as chief of irrigation with the United States Soil Conservation Service.
Arrangement
The collection is organized alphabetically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was acquired by USU Special Collections and Archives in three installments, the last of which was transferred from the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming in 2001. The papers were donated to the American Heritage Center in 1972 by Jerald R. Clyde, son of George Clyde.
Processing Information
Guide prepared by: Special Collections and Archives staff.
Geographic
Topical
- Drainage--California.
- Drainage--Idaho--Gem Valley.
- Drainage--Utah--Millard County.
- Erosion--Idaho--Five Mile Creek.
- Hydraulic measurements--Bear River.
- Irrigation engineering--West (U.S.)
- Reservoirs--Utah--Cache County.
- Reservoirs--Utah.
- Water and Water Rights
- Water resources development--Utah.
- Water resources development--West (U.S.)
- Water rights--Idaho--Gentile Valley.
- Title
- Guide to the George Dewey Clyde papers 1919-1954
- Author
- Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives.
- Date
- ©2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- August 8, 2008.: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
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