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Shore Erosion Control in the United States collection
WRCA 135  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Collection Number
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Related Collections
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Shore Erosion Control in the United States collection
    Date (inclusive): 1922-1974
    Collection Number: WRCA 135
    Source: O'Brien, Morrough P. (Morrough Parker), 1902-1988
    Extent: 11.0 linear feet (11 boxes)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The collection consists of materials authored mainly by the various District Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and by U.S. Beach Erosion Board. Reports by the District Offices are generally accompanied by reports, correspondence and revisions made by the reviewers of the Beach Erosion Board.
    Languages: The collection is in English.

    Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Shore Erosion Control in the United States collection (WRCA 135). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were collected by Morrough P. O'Brien, who served as member of the U.S. Beach Erosion Board and the U.S. Coastal Engineering Research Center Board, 1938-1978.

    Processing History

    Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 1999.

    Collection Number

    Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was MS 89/3. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019 to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The collection consists of materials authored mainly by the various District Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and by U.S. Beach Erosion Board. Reports by the District Offices are generally accompanied by reports, correspondence and revisions made by the reviewers of the Beach Erosion Board.

    Collection Arrangement

    The collection is arranged into 24 series, based on location.

    Related Collections

    Morrough P. O'Brien papers (WRCA 059)

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    O'Brien, Morrough P. (Morrough Parker), 1902-1988
    Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)
    United States. Beach Erosion Board
    Beach erosion -- United States
    Coast changes -- United States
    Coastal engineering -- United States
    Shore protection -- United States

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Correspondence
    Drafts (documents)
    Reports