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Alfred R. Golzé photographs
WRCA 199  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Collection Number
  • Biographical Note
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Alfred R. Golzé photographs
    Date (inclusive): 1949-1971
    Date (bulk): 1961-1970
    Collection Number: WRCA 199
    Creator: Golzé, Alfred R., 1905-
    Extent: 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The collection consists of photographs compiled by Alfred R. Golzé. Most are California Department of Water Resources publicity stills featuring Golzé with other DWR officials, including Directors William E. Warne and William R. Gianelli, often shown inspecting features of the California State Water Project. Includes views of Oroville Dam, San Luis Reservoir, and the Tehachapi Pumping Plant. Also includes U.S. Bureau of Reclamation publicity stills and group photographs from various conferences and meetings attended by Golzé.
    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]. Alfred R. Golzé photographs (WRC 199). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Mrs. Gladys Whitney Golzé, June 1987

    Processing History

    Processed by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian, 2001.

    Collection Number

    Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was MS 98/8. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019 to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Alfred Rudolf Golzé was born July 6, 1905 in Washington, D.C., the son of Rudolph L. and Blanche W. Golzé. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1930 and later attended the University of Colorado and George Washington University. His engineering career began in Philadelphia in 1924 when he worked as an assistant draftsman on designs of the Broad Street Subway. After service with the Interstate Commerce Commission, he joined the Bureau of Reclamationin Denver as an assistant design engineer, where he studied the effect of earthquake forces on the canyon wall outlet works for Hoover Dam. He also did design work on structures for Grand Coulee Dam. In 1935 he became assistant supervising engineer for work connected with the reclamation projects carried on by 50 Civilian Conservation Corpscamps located across the West, such as dams, canals, distribution lines, etc. After one year he was placed in complete charge of the CCC reclamation work and continued this assignment until 1941.
    With the termination of the CCC program, he was made assistant supervisor of operations and maintenance in the Bureau of Reclamationand was in charge of all matters handled in Washington relating to operation of completed federal reclamation projects. In 1943 and 1944 he was with the United States Bureau of the Budgetin San Francisco. With the title of principal engineering examiner, he had the task of exploring the post-war construction potentials of the West.
    Golzé returned to the Bureau of Reclamationin 1945 as assistant director in the Division of Operation and Maintenance.During this time he was in charge of all activities concerned with technical performance of completed irrigation facilities on about 75 federal reclamation projects. From 1948 to 1958 he directed the program control, budgeting, and accounting operations of the Bureau. In 1958 he became assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamationunder Commissioner W. A. Dexheimerand remained in that position when Floyd E. Dominywas appointed Commissioner in 1959. His duties as assistant commissioner included not only the direction of the division of programs and finance but also personnel, foreign activities of the Bureau and coordination with the Corps of Engineers.
    In February 1961, Golzé was appointed Chief Engineer of California's Department of Water Resources.Reporting only to Director William E. Warne(and later, William R. Gianelli) he had full responsibility for design, scheduling, and construction of the California State Water Project,which included the design and construction of Oroville Dam, the North-South Aqueduct, and the high lift Tehachapi Crossing.
    Golzé retired from DWR in 1971 and went to work for Burns & Roe, Inc.,in Oradell, N.J. as chief water resources engineer. He served both the National Capital and Sacramento Sections of ASCE as president; was chairman of the Committee on Engineering Education,and the Committee on National Water Policy.He also served on the U.S. Committee on Large Damsand was the author Reclamation in the United States(McGraw-Hill, 1952; reprinted: Caxton Printers, 1961), which was recognized as an authoritative text and reference work on the subject.
    Alfred R. Golzé died on February 23, 1987 in Sacramento, California.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The collection consists of photographs compiled by Alfred R. Golzé. Most are California Department of Water Resources publicity stills featuring Golzé with other DWR officials, including Directors William E. Warne and William R. Gianelli, often shown inspecting features of the California State Water Project. Includes views of Oroville Dam, San Luis Reservoir, and the Tehachapi Pumping Plant. Also includes U.S. Bureau of Reclamation publicity stills and group photographs from various conferences and meetings attended by Golzé.
    Most have holograph captions and dates.

    Collection Arrangement

    The collection is arranged into two series as follows:
    • Series 1. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1949-1960
    • Series 2. California Department of Water Resources, 1961-1971

    Indexing Terms

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

    Subjects

    Dominy, Floyd E.
    Gianelli, William R.
    United States. Bureau of Reclamation
    Warne, William E.
    Oroville Dam (Calif.)
    Tehachapi Pumping Plant (Calif.)
    Water-supply engineering -- California

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Photographs