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Title: Wells A. Hutchins Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1917-1967
Collection number: MS 79/6
Creator:
Hutchins, Wells A. (Wells Aleck), 1888-1970
Extent: 15 linear ft. (13 cartons)
Repository:
Water Resources Collections and Archives
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Shelf location: This collection is stored off-campus at NRLF. Please contact the Water Resources Collections and Archives staff for access
to the materials.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Water Resources Collections and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives. Permission for publication is given on
behalf of the Water Resources Collections and Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or
imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Wells A. Hutchins Papers, MS 79/6, Water Resources Collections and Archives, University of California,
Riverside.
Papers organized into four sections:
- I. Published and unpublished writings of Hutchins.
- II. Conference papers and other public addresses.
- III. Correspondence.
- IV. Report and other research materials grouped by state.
Correspondence, writings, speeches, and report materials. Hutchins served for 62 years in various bureaus and offices of the
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; his major work dealt with water laws and water rights in the Western States. He also lectured on
water law and institutions at the University of California.
Water rights -- West (U.S.)
Irrigation laws -- West (U.S.)
Water -- Law and legislation -- West (U.S.)
Irrigation -- Economic aspects -- West (U.S.)
Water districts -- Law and legislation -- West (U.S.)
Drainage -- Law and legislation -- West (U.S.)
Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- West (U.S.)
Wells A. Hutchins, a nationally recognized authority on Western water laws, had completed over 62 years of service with the
Department of Agriculture at the time of his death in Berkeley, California, on September 19, 1970. As an employee of Natural
Resource Economics Division, he was completing the final draft of his comprehensive, multi-volume work,
State Water Rights Laws of the Nineteen Western States.
Mr. Hutchins began his government career in 1908, when he joined the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Soils as an irrigation
economist. Over the years he worked with a number of other agencies in the Department, including the Office of Extension Service,
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, Bureau of Public Roads, Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, Soil Conservation
Service, and lastly, Economic Research Service and predecessor agencies. After reaching retirement age in 1958, following
nearly 50 years of Federal service, Mr. Hutchins was reemployed each year so that he could complete his important book on
the law of water rights in the Western States. He received recognition for 60 years of Federal service in 1968. The occasion
was marked by special recognition from the Secretary of Agriculture.
Mr. Hutchins wrote dozens of books, papers, and articles on water laws and water rights in the Western States. His
Selected Problems in the Law of Water Rights in the West has been a classic in its field since 1942. Another major work,
California Law of Water Rights, has been widely acclaimed as a masterpiece of exposition and analysis. He also wrote studies of water laws of Hawaii, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Texas, and Utah. He helped many states draw up improved water laws and in the
1940's served as chairman of the National Reclamation Association's committee to formulate desirable water law principles
for the West. He also lectured on water law and institutions at the University of California at Davis and Berkeley.
Wells A. Hutchins's eminent career with the Department of Agriculture culminated with the publication of "Water Rights Laws
in the Nineteen Western States,"* a three-volume work which began to appear a year after his death in 1970. The collection
of primary materials described in this key was amassed over a period spanning approximately half a century, and it includes
much of the data used in
Water Rights Laws in the Nineteen Western States. It also includes Mr. Hutchins's own earlier publications and addresses, work-related documents, and correspondence. Altogether
this collection amounts to thirteen cartons of materials. Most of the printed materials collected by Hutchins in the course
of his work are not described in this key; they are, however, cataloged into the collection of the Water Resources Collections
and Archives (Berkeley) and can be accessed through the card catalog at the Archives.
The collection has been organized into five sections. The first section contains both published and unpublished writings by
Hutchins; the published materials include virtually all of the works cited in Hutchins's own listing of publications (see
File No. 1), with only a few exceptions. Variant states of many of these works, such as type-written drafts, proofs, and reprints,
are also found here. The items are in alphabetical order by title.
The second section contains Hutchins's prepared public addresses. These are, for the most part, papers read at various conferences
and meetings. Some were published and others are closely related to separate publications found in the first section. These
also are arranged alphabetically by title.
A vast amount of correspondence occupies the third section of the collection. Many items of small significance, such as requests
for publications and acknowledgements of publications received, are to be found here. Some important documents, however, are
also present; these deal with questions of law, the drafting of legislation, the development of publications, Hutchins's personal
affairs, etc. This correspondence serves to supplement materials found in other sections. The arrangement of correspondence
dealing with water law is alphabetical by state; other correspondence is grouped by specific topic. Within each folder, the
correspondence is placed chronologically.
The fourth section contains research materials bearing on water law in the West. Items here are in order by state and are
then further gathered into one of six possible categories, as follows:
- I. Laws, statutes, legislative bills, court proceedings
- II. Agency rules, regulations, by-laws, articles of incorporation
- III. Articles, circulars, reports, newspaper clippings, memoranda, conference proceedings, etc.
- IV. Maps, sketches, photographs, diagrams, tables
- V. Hutchins's notes, drafts, summaries, manuscript corrections
- VI. Miscellaneous items
Not all states have items for all categories and, consequently, numbering of sub-sections (I-VI) is not always consecutive.
Arrangement within categories is chronological except in certain instances (e.g., Valmont case, #472A-S) where it appeared
advisable to follow a single proceeding through.
The final section of the collection contains general and/or miscellaneous items not included in the other sections. It is
divided into the same categories as those for the individual states in the fourth section.
Throughout sections three through five of the collection, loose items which were initially attached together with paper clips
(presumably by Hutchins) have been stapled together in order to preserve their integrity. An
item, in collation statements, refers to a single unit: either one document or a number of documents which are attached. For example,
a folder of correspondence which contains
9 items could conceivably have 20-30 documents gathered into nine bundles. This may be useful to remember.
Note
*Completed by Harold H. Ellis and J. Peter DeBrall, Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Economics
Division, 1971-1977, 3 v.
References are to file numbers.
Albonico v. Madera Irrigation District
156
Alhambra (City of)
168
Alves, John F. and Mary
154
American Association for the Advancement of Science
90
American Farm Bureau Federation, Institute of Irrigation Agriculture
591
American Institute of Mining Engineers
60,
88
American Petroleum Institute
614
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
62,
91
American Society of Civil Engineers
69,
87
American Water Works Association, California Section
170
Anderson, Ralph P.
522
Arizona. State Land Department
135
Arizona. State Engineer
130,
136
Arizona. State Water Commission(er)
129,
131,
132
Arkansas. State Department of Public Utilities
145
Arkansas River Valley
202
Association of Western State Engineers
68,
71,
82
Baker, Donald M.
168
Barlowe, Raleigh
271,
272,
273,
274
Baumann, J. H. and Marquerite Marie Jacobson v. Robert V. Smrha
251
Bennett, James S.
162
Bennett, N. B., Jr.
578
Bishop, L. C.
566,
570
Blalock, W. R.
468A,
472B
Bliss, John H.
340
Bond, J. B.
226
Boquillas Land and Cattle Company, New Mexico
363
Boyd, George R.
586
Boyden, John S.
524
Brannan, Charles F.
592
Burns, C. V.
265
Busby, M. W.
265
California. Coast Roads Conference Committee
160
California. Conservation Commission
180
California. Department of Natural Resources
597,
600
California. Department of Public Works. Division of Water Resources
165
California. Division of Land Settlement
163
California. Railroad Commission
96.7
California. State Engineer
6
California. State Water Rights Board
176
California. University. Agricultural Experiment Station
29,
30
California. University. Agricultural Extension Service
80
California. University. College of Agriculture
27
California. University. Division of Agricultural Sciences
64
California-Michigan Land and Water Company
153
California Sprinkler Irrigation Conference, San Luis Obispo, California
1956,
77
Cameron County Water Control and Improvement District, Texas
468B,
472Q
Canales, J. T.
479
Canyon County, Idaho
232
Carey Act
235,
240,
241,
242,
434,
504,
509,
510
Carlsbad Mutual Water Company, New Mexico
348
Cartwright, L. J., et al v. Public Service Company of New Mexico
343
Chandler, A. E.
307
Chase, Marvin
529,
531,
533
Chilson, Hatfield
196
Chuck, Spasoje N....[et al] v. John F. Alves and Mary Alves
154
Clark, Robert Emmet
359,
360,
361,
362,
371
Cochran, George T.
439
Codding, G. A.
417
Colorado. State Engineer
195
Colorado. State University. Experiment Station
200
Colorado Bar Association
199
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
198
Colorado River Basin Water Quality Control Project
602
Columbia Interstate Compact
282,
543
Commonwealth Club of California
173,
174
Conference of Technical Workers of the Division of Irrigation and Water Conservation, Logan, Utah
1948,
76
Conference on the California Ground Water Situation, Berkeley, California
1956,
70
Conference on Water for Texas
1958,
73
Conkling, Harold
87
Connally, John (Governor of Texas)
493
Conservancy Act of Colorado
189
Cook, Alma S., et al v. Robert H. Evans, et al
445
Craig, Gavin M.
169
Cuba (Republic of)
596
Cunningham, Fred J.
536,
551
Cupper, Percy A.
416,
431
Davenport, Harbert
479,
480
Delhi State Land Settlement, Merced County, California
163
Dent, O. F.
488
Denver-St. Vrain Municipal Irrigation District, Colorado
194
Dille, J. M.
198
Dority, Bert Troy
340
Dunbar, Robert G.
288
Ellis, Harold H.
245,
605
Ely, Northcutt
171
Emerson, Frank C.
560,
562
Enersen, Burnham
601
Ettleman, W. I.
363
Evans, Robert H.
445
Farm Credit Administration
22,
36,
41
Farmer, Edward J.
200
Feather River, California
171,
186
Fellows, A. L.
75
Ferrier, Hugh W.
172
Field, John E.
595
Fischer, Harry O.
473
Four States Irrigation Council
201
Furness, L. W.
265
Gaffney, M. Mason
604
Gebhardt, A. E.
417
Grand Valley Project, Colorado
188
Grimes, Elwood
232
Grimes, J. W.
449
Hale, Heber Q.
235
Halseth, Odd S.
137
Hanson, Ivan
406
Harris, Charles D.
356
Hart, Donald H.
552
Hart, R. A.
586
Hawaii. Board of Water Supply
20,
210,
218,
222
Hawaii. Irrigation Authority
205
Hawaii. University. Legislative Reference Bureau
214
Hawaii. Water Authority
208,
216,
217
Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association
211,
212,
213,
220
Hawthorne case
326
Hemingway, Ambrose D.
576
Hesston and Sedgwick (cities of), et al v. R. V. Smrha
254
Hewes, L. I.
179
Hidalgo County Water Improvement District, Texas
468,
472Q
Hindman, A. C.
225
Holsinger, Henry
170,
176
Honnold, A. R.
188
Houston, Virginia Taylor
472C,D
Howell, I. M.
530
Howser, Fred N.
167
Hughes, William F.
483,
484
Hydroelectric Act of Oregon
425
Idaho. Department of Finance. Blue Sky Bureau
238
Idaho. Irrigation and Drainage Code Commission
225
Idaho. Public Utilities Commission
237
Idaho. State Board of Land Commissioners
224,
235
Idaho. State Department of Reclamation
21,
227,
228,
229,
231,
232
Idaho. State Engineer
223,
236
Imperial Northside Water Company
2
Imperial Water Company No.
3,
2
Institute of Irrigation Agriculture
591
International Law Association
122
Irrigation Districts Association of California
66,
77.1,
78
167
Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. All Parties
156
Jabelmann, Louise
580
Jacobson, Marguerite Marie
251
Jensen, Dallin W.
59
Jones, Lewis A.
598
Kansas. Board of Irrigation, Survey, Experiment and Demonstration
246
Kansas. State Board of Agriculture
247,
248,
251,
254,
258,
261
Kansas. Water Resources Board
262,
263,
265
Kansas (State of) v. Kansas State Board of Agriculture, et al
247
King, Keith Creighton
175
Knapp, George S.
248,
258
Knight, W. W. v. J. W. Grimes, et al
449
Lambert, Hubert C.
523
Lanning, S. A.
340
Laylin, John G.
599
Lea, Samuel H.
454
Legal Problems in Water Resources [conference], Berkeley, California, 1957
72
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District, Alberta, Canada
587
Lewis, John H.
432,
435
Lewis and Clark County, Montana
289
Little River Drainage District, Missouri
598
Luper, Rhea
419,
421,
422
Luttes, J. W., et al v. State of Texas
471
McBride, Don
391
McClintock, A. G.
564
McMahon, George H.
385
Madera Irrigation District, California
156
Magee, A. C.
483,
484
Mann, Dean E.
139
Mann, Fred L.
245
Mead, Elwood
437
Mexico. General Archives of the Nation
472C
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico
369
Midwestern States Flood Control Conference, East Lansing, Michigan, 1954
79
Miller, David J.
201
Modig, Merlyn E.
28
Moffat Tunnel Improvement District, Colorado
190
Montana. Agricultural Experiment Station
33,
287,
289
Montana. Irrigation Commission
285
Montana. Public Service Commission
278
Montana. State Engineer
287,
289,
290
Montana. State Planning Board
287
Montana. State Water Conservation Board
280,
287,
289,
292
Morgan, Edward J.
219
Motl v. Boyd (Texas)
482
Mower, S. Clare v. J. B. Bond
226
National Reclamation Act
239
National Reclamation Association
15,
84,
86,
601
Nebraska. Bureau of Irrigation, Water Power and Drainage
311
Nebraska. Department of Public Works
300,
301,
302,
303
Nebraska. Department of Roads and Irrigation
304,
313
Nebraska. State Board of Irrigation
295,
296
Nebraska. State Board of Irrigation, Highways and Drainage
297,
298,
299,
310
Neches River Conservation District (Texas) v. Brigadier General L. E. Seeman, et al
473
Nelson, Gilbert F.
197
Nevada. Department of Conservation and natural Resources
332
Nevada. Division of Water Resources
327,
328
Nevada. State Engineer
38,
314,
315,
316,
318,
320,
321,
322,
325,
326,
331
Nevada. University. Agricultural Experiment Station
330
Nevada Water Conference (10th)
331
New Mexico. Board of Water Commissioners
335,
336
New Mexico. Stater Corporation Commission
334
New Mexico. State Engineer
39,
336,
340,
342,
344,
346,
347,
349,
350,
351,
352
New Mexico A & M College. Agricultural Experiment Station
356
New Mexico Water Conference (2nd) 1957
356
New Mexico Water Conference (3rd) 1958
357
New Mexico Water Conference (4th) 1959
47,
358,
371
Noe, Warden L.
248,
258
Norman, L. A., Jr.
597
North Dakota. State Engineer
384
North Dakota. State Water Conservation Commission
377,
379,
380,
381,
382,
383
Northern Colorada Water Conservancy District
198
Oklahoma. Division of State Planning
390
Oklahoma. Planning and Resources Board
40,
390,
391,
392,
393
Oklahoma. State Water Study Committee
404
Oklahoma. Water Resources Board
398,
402,
403,
405,
407
Onate, Santiago
472G
Oregon. Agricultural Experiment Station
56
Oregon. Conservation Commission
436
Oregon. Hydroelectric Commission
425
Oregon. State Committee on Natural Resources
430
Oregon. State Engineer
416,
419,
421,
422,
423,
428,
429,
431,
432,
433,
435,
438
Oregon. State Land Board
434
Oregon. State Water Board
412,
413,
414,
431
Ostrander, R. E.
537
Osuna, Benjamin
353,
354
Parmelee, Edward M.
589,
590
Parshall, A. J.
557
Pasadena (City of) v. California-Michigan Land and Water Company
153
Pasadena (City of) v. City of Alhambra (1950)
168
Payette-Boise Water Users' Association
239
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
221
Peaslee, J. H.
165
Pillsbury, George
160
President's Water Resources Policy Commission
54
Price River area, Utah
28
Public Utilities Commission Act of Utah
511
Rank, Everett G., et al v. (Krug) United States of America, et al
155
Regional Water Resources Committee
81
Reynolds, S. E.
342,
344
River Basin Development, Symposium
4
Roe, J. W.
179
St. David Cooperative Commercial and Developing Association, New Mexico
363
St. Germain Irrigation Company v. Hawthorne Ditch Company, et al
456
Sanders, T. T.
371
Santa Barbara County Water Agency v. All persons
156
Santo Domingo de Hoyos
472D
Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce
365
Santa Genoveva Community Acequia, New Mexico
345
Sargent, Frederic O.
485,
489
Scofield W. C. U. Project
28
Seeman, L. E.
473
Shamberger, Hugh A. (Nevada State Engineer)
326
Sharkoff, M.
276
Shaw, Arvin B.
167
Shawver, C. D.
561
Slaughter, James T.
474
Smith, G. E. P.
591
Smith, Garland F.
472Q
Smith, Robert L.
31
Smrha, Robert V.
31,
251,
254
South Dakota. State Engineer
441,
453,
458
South Dakota. State Planning Board
444
South Dakota. State Water Conservation Commission
451
South Dakota Irrigation Committee
455
South Dakota Reclamation Association
452,
455
Southern Canal Company v. State Board of Water Engineers (Texas), et al
469
Southern Pacific Company
161
Southwestern Social Science Association
67
Southwestern Water Company, Arkansas
145
Stahl, Elmer G.
173
Stanley, Lewis A.
428,
429
Steele, Harry A.
4,
125
Stewart, Edwin T.
132
Stricklin, Charles E.
423,
438
Sturrock, J. E.
481
Swezey, J. A.
213
Talent Irrigation District, Oregon
56
Taylor, S. D.
241
Teele, R. P.
584
Texas. Agricultural Experiment Station
483,
484
Texas. Attorney General
472H
Texas. Governor. John Connally
493
Texas. Planning Board
478
Texas. State Board of Water Engineers
57,
459,
469,
474,
475,
476,
500,
501
Texas. Water Commission
477
Texas Agricultural Workers Association
89
Texas Research League
491
Texas (State of) v. Hidalgo County Water Control and Improvement District No. 18, et al
468
Texas (State of) v. Valmont Plantations
472
Texas Water Conservation Association
463,
464,
465,
499
Texas Water Law Conference, Austin, Texas, 1956
85
Thomas v. Lacotts (1953)
148
Thurtell, Henry
330
Tracy, Joseph M.
514,
515
Trelease, Frank J.
603
True, Gordon H.
330
True, James B.
558
Tyson, L. R., Jr.
566,
569
Uintah Basin, Utah
63
U. S. Department of Agriculture
11,
14,
18,
24,
25,
26,
26.1,
34,
43,
49,
51,
55,
406,
585,
586
U.S. Department of Agruculture. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
22,
56
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farm Economics Research Division
31,
33
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations
454
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Natural Resource Economics Division
59
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Information. Radio Service
75
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Production Economics Research Branch
21,
38,
39,
40
U.S. Department of the Interior
151
U.S. Geological Survey. Water Resources Division
552
U.S. Office of Experiment Stations
50,
180
U.S. Office of Public Road and Rural Engineering
2
U.S. Reclamation Service
188
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
26.1,
45,
53,
76
U.S. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers
437
U.S. (Army). Corps of Engineers
473
United States of America v. States of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
470
Upper Missouri River Basin Water Users Association
201
Utah. Agricultural Experiment Station
37
Utah. State Board of Land Commissioners
504
Utah. State Engineer
59,
513,
514,
515,
517,
518,
519,
520
Utah. State Land Commissioner
509,
510
Utah Water Storage Association
521
Valmont Plantations
472
Wadsworth, H. A.
211,
212,
213
Wagner, Ed, et al v. Elwood Grimes
232
Walker, A. W., Jr.
494
Walker, H. B.
202
Ward, Ethelbert
188,
588
Warren, Earl, Jr.
175
Washington. Department of Conservation and Development
534,
536,
540,
550
Washington. Department of Conservation and Development. Division of Hydraulics
538,
539
Washington. Department of Conservation and Development. Division of Water Resources
533,
541,
544,
545,
547
Washington. Department of Public Works.
537,
554
Washington. Office of the State Hydraulic Engineer
529,
531
Washington. Secretary of State
530
Washington. Water Code Commission
528
Washington Irrigation Institute
549
Washington State Land Settlement Association
548
Water Conservation Conference, 1935
87
Water Law Conference on Riparian and Appropriative Rights, Austin, Texas, 1954
74
Water Law Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah
52,
83
Watson, Ed H.
514
Watson, Henry G.
574
Welles, P. I.
161
Welling, Milton H.
512
Western Farm and Home Hour
75
Western Resources Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1960
92
Western State Engineers Convention, Seattle, Washington, 1957
523
White, A. A.
482
Whiting, John A.
563
Widtsoe, John A.
587
Wiley, Loman
340
Williams, A. B. v. City of Wichita, Kansas
251A
Wilson, Will
482
Wyoming. State Board of Control
580
Wyoming. State Engineer
555,
556,
557,
558,
559,
560,
561,
562,
563,
567,
568,
569,
570,
571,
579
Wyoming Reclamation Association
565
Wyoming (State of) v. State of Colorado
191
Yeo, Herbert W.
364
Yohe, H. S.
585