Warren A. Hall papers, 1940-1969
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Title: Warren A. Hall papers
Collection number: 1619
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 linear ft.
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1940-1969
Abstract: Warren Acker Hall was born on Aug. 12, 1919 in Hot Springs, SD. After receiving his Ph.D in engineering from UCLA in 1952,
he went on to faculty positions in universities across California, including UCLA, UC Davis, and UC Riverside. His work is
related to water resources systems and agricultural engineering. This collection consists of research notes, reports and manuscripts,
and correspondence.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Warren A. Hall Papers (Collection 1619). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
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Processing Information
Biography/History
Warren Acker Hall was born on Aug. 12, 1919 in Hot Springs, SD; BS, California Institute of Technology, 1942; Ph.D in engineering,
UCLA, 1952; lecturer in engineering (1947-48), instructor (1948-50), lecturer (1950-52), asst. professor (1952-53), UCLA;
asst. professor of engineering, UC Davis, 1953-56; from asst. professor to professor of engineering (1955-66), asst. dean
of engineering (1956-60), and director of Water Resources Center (1961-66), UCLA; professor, UC Riverside, 1966-69; technical
asst., water resources, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, 1969-71; professor of soil science
and agricultural engineering, UC Riverside, 1971-72; assoc. director and acting director (1972-73) and director (1973-77),
Office of Water Resources Research, Dept. of the Interior; in 1977 became professor of Engineering Resources Center, Colorado
State University; publications include Water resources systems engineering (with John A. Dracup, 1970).
Scope and Content
This collection consists of research notes, reports and manuscripts, and correspondence related to water resources systems
and agricultural engineering.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence: U.C. Davis.
1958-1960.
Biography/History
Warren Acker Hall was born on Aug. 12, 1919 in Hot Springs, SD; BS, California Institute of Technology, 1942; Ph.D in engineering,
UCLA, 1952; lecturer in engineering (1947-48), instructor (1948-50), lecturer (1950-52), asst. professor (1952-53), UCLA;
asst. professor of engineering, UC Davis, 1953-56; from asst. professor to professor of engineering (1955-66), asst. dean
of engineering (1956-60), and director of Water Resources Center (1961-66), UCLA; professor, UC Riverside, 1966-69; technical
asst., water resources, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, 1969-71; professor of soil science
and agricultural engineering, UC Riverside, 1971-72; assoc. director and acting director (1972-73) and director (1973-77),
Office of Water Resources Research, Dept. of the Interior; in 1977 became professor of Engineering Resources Center, Colorado
State University; publications include Water resources systems engineering (with John A. Dracup, 1970).
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence: Review Committee.
1959.
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence: Research.
1957-1960.
Box 1, Folder 4
Research Grants.
1956-1959.
Box 1, Folder 5
Research Projects: U.C. Hydraulics, Sanitary, Irrigation, and Water Resources.
1956-1959.
Box 1, Folder 6
Senate Interim Committee on Proposed Water Projects.
1958.
Box 1, Folder 8
Surface Irrigation.
1957-1958.
Box 1, Folder 9
Surface Irrigation Research and Needs.
1957.
Box 1, Folder 10
Thermocouple Apparatus.
1958.
Box 1, Folder 11
Water Pollution Problem.
1956-1957.
Box 1, Folder 12
Water Resources.
1956-1960.
Box 1, Folder 13
Water Spreading.
1956-1957.
Box 2, Folder 1
UCLA Engineering Curriculum.
1959-1960.
Box 2, Folder 2
Meeting Minutes: Berkeley Committee on Study Lists.
1959.
Box 2, Folder 3
Water Resources, Promotional.
1960.
Box 2, Folder 4
Notes: Sprinkler Testing.
undated.
Box 2, Folder 7
Notes: Vermillion Valley Project.
circa 1960.
Box 2, Folder 8
Reports and Proposals: Institute of Geophysics.
1959-1960.
Box 2, Folder 9
Reports: Agriculture Production Costs.
1940s-1950s.
Box 2, Folder 10
Research: Water Measurements.
c. 1957.
Box 2, Folder 11
Hall PhD Thesis: "An Analysis of Some Theories of Sand Filtration".
1952.
Box 2, Folder 12
Ground Water Recharge.
1956-1959.
Box 2, Folder 13
Irrigation Equipment.
1958.
Box 2, Folder 14
Kern County Land Company.
1956-1960.
Box 2, Folder 16
Correspondence: Dr. Ivan Lee.
1958.
Box 2, Folder 17
Meeting Minutes.
1960-1961.
Box 2, Folder 19
UCLA College of Engineering Classes.
1957-1962.
Box 3, Folder 1
Manuscript: "A Practical Method for Predicting the Rate of Water Down an Irrigation Border".
1955.
Box 3, Folder 2
Border Maker Drawings.
undated.
Box 3, Folder 3
Manuscript: Perched Water Tables Under an Artificial Ground Water Recharge System.
c. 1957.
Box 3, Folder 4
Irrigation Equipment Brochures.
c. 1955.
Box 3, Folder 5
Irrigation Equipment Photographs.
1955.
Box 3, Folder 6
U.C. Davis: Alumni Records Suggestions.
c. 1955.
Box 3, Folder 7
Notes: Infiltration Theory.
c. 1955.
Box 3, Folder 8
Notes: Infiltration Mechanics.
c. 1955.
Box 3, Folder 9
Research Jet Analysis.
1955.
Box 3, Folder 10
Research: Strain Tensiometer.
1954.
Box 3, Folder 11
Notes: Standardization of Irrigation Evaluation Parameters.
c. 1955.
Box 3, Folder 12
Capillary Irrigation.
1954.
Box 3, Folder 13
Research: Irrigation Machinery.
1955.
Box 3, Folder 14
Research: Water Spreading.
1955-1956.
Box 3, Folder 15
Well Recharge.
1955-1956.
Box 3, Folder 17
Correspondence: Forest Fire.
1954.
Box 3, Folder 18
Paper on Filtration.
undated.
Box 3, Folder 19
J.R. Philip Review.
1956.
Box 3, Folder 21
Research: Alfalfa Spreading, Kern County Land Co..
1955.
Box 3, Folder 22
Water Spreading and Penetration.
1953-1956.
Box 3, Folder 24
Western Water News.
1960.
Box 3, Folder 25
Course Notes: Statistics.
1958.
Box 3, Folder 26
Department Administration.
1960.
Box 3, Folder 27
UCLA Engineering Schedule of Classes.
1960.
Box 3, Folder 29
Miscellaneous.
1950s-1960s.
Box 4, Folder 1
Institute of Geophysics.
1956-1960.
Box 4, Folder 2
Intercampus Committee for Irrigation Engineering.
1954-1955.
Box 4, Folder 3
Textbook Manuscript: Irrigation Hydraulics.
undated.
Box 4, Folder 4
Flat Ridge Shaper.
undated.
Box 4, Folder 5
Irrigation Curriculum Committee.
1955.
Box 4, Folder 6
Irrigation 119 Lecture Notes.
1953.
Box 4, Folder 7
Irrigation Economy Problems.
c. 1950s.
Box 4, Folder 8
Reports: Curriculum.
1953.
Box 4, Folder 9
UCLA Laboratories.
1952-1953.
Box 5, Folder 1
Perched Water Tables Under an Artificial Ground Water Recharge System.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 2
Performance Parameters of Irrigation Systems.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 3
Hydraulics of Surface Irrigation.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 4
Foliage Interception.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 5
Optimization of a Complete Water Resource.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 6
Irrigation Instrumentation.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 7
Optimizing Irrigation Efficiency.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 9
Border Irrigation.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 12
Design of Border Checks.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 13
Flat Ridge Border Design.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 14
Foundations and Financial Support.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 15
Irrigation Districts Association of California.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 16
Induced Polarization.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 17
Manuscript: Alfalfa Spreading Study.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 18
Manuscript: Irrigation Engineering and Maintenance.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 19
Manuscript: Recent Developments.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 20
Manuscript: Permeability-Infiltration Relationship.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 21
Manuscript: Noncircular Orifices.
1950s.
Box 5, Folder 22
Manuscript: Analytical Derivation of the Darcy Equation.
1954.
Box 5, Folder 23
Course Grades.
1956-1957.
