Inventory of the Edward Hyatt Papers, 1924-1949
Processed by the Water Resources Collections and Archives staff; machine-readable finding aid created by
James Ryan
Water Resources Collections and Archives
Orbach Science Library, Room 118
PO Box 5900
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Phone: (951) 827-2934
Fax: (951) 827-6378
Email: waterarc@ucr.edu
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© 1999
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Inventory of the Edward Hyatt Papers, 1924-1949
Collection number: HYATT
Water Resources Collections and Archives
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California
Contact Information:
- Water Resources Collections and Archives
- Orbach Science Library, Room 118
- PO Box 5900
- University of California, Riverside
- Riverside, CA 92517-5900
- Phone: (951) 827-2934
- Fax: (951) 827-6378
- Email: waterarc@ucr.edu
- URL: http://library.ucr.edu/wrca
- Processed by:
- Water Resources Collections and Archives staff
- Date Completed:
- March 1993
- Encoded by:
- James Ryan, edited by Paul Atwood
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Edward Hyatt Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1924-1949
Collection number: HYATT
Creator:
Hyatt, Edward, 1888-1954
Extent:
ca. 3 linear ft. (5 boxes)
10 online items
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Repository:
Water Resources Collections and Archives
Shelf location: Water Resources Collections and Archives
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edward Hyatt Papers, HYATT, Water Resources Collections and Archives, University of California,
Riverside.
Access Points
California. Division of Water Resources
California. Division of Water Rights
California. Office of State Engineer
California State Water Plan
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
Water resources development --California
Water rights --California
Dams --California --Design and construction
Flood control --California
Saltwater encroachment --California --Delta Region
Water-power --California
St. Francis Dam (Calif.)
Biographical Information
Edward Hyatt, the son of Edward and Margaret (Gill) Hyatt, was born near San Jacinto,
Calif., on July 21, 1888. He received degrees in civil engineering from Stanford
University. He began his thirty-five year career in the service of his native state
as an engineer for the California Highway Commission. In 1916 he transferred to the State
Water Commission, an agency created to administer state laws pertaining to water rights.
In 1921 the State Water Commission became part of the Division of Water Rights of the
State Department of Public Works; Mr. Hyatt was appointed deputy chief and then chief of
that division. In 1927 he was appointed State Engineer of California. Mr. Hyatt directed
surveys which led to the development of the State Water Plan, the basis for the water
conservation program in California, and of the Central Valley Project. He was a member of
several governmental planning committees, technical associations, and honorary societies.
He was a Past-President of the Sacramento Section of the Society. Mr. Hyatt died on June
17, 1954.
From:
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 120
(1955), p. 1568-1569
Scope and Content
Articles, addresses by Hyatt, and clippings, pertaining to dams, water rights, salt water
intrusion, hydroelectric power, the California Water Plan, and other aspects of water in
California.
Container List
The supervision of dams in California. 1928-1930.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (6 items).
Salinity problem of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and upper San Francisco Bay regions and remedial measures for its solution
including a salt water barrier. 1935.
Physical Description: 24 leaves
Combating a saline invasion in California : plans are prepared for protection of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Region. 1929-1935.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (3 items).
Flood control in California. 1935-1948.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (7 items.).
Irrigation in California. 1927-1947.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (4 items).
To help stabilize the commercial phases of the use of water by encouraging and perfecting of the laws relative thereto and
by other proper means. 1929.
Physical Description: 44 leaves
Newspaper clippings on water resources development in California, 1924-1938.
Physical Description: 1 box (1 v.)
Directory of organizations and membership lists, opponents and proponents, Central Valley Project; with references to reports
and to office correspondence file numbers. [1938?].
Physical Description: 59 leaves
item 7
Gardiner, Phyllis H. (Phyllis Hyatt)
The Hyatt legacy : the saga of a courageous educator and his family in California. 1st ed. New York : Exposition Press, 1959.
item 8
Central Valley Project Association, Inc.
Central Valley Project Association, Inc. [1943?].
Physical Description: 5 leaves
Power prospects of the Central Valley Project. 1940.
Physical Description: 19 leaves
item 9.2
Hyatt, Edward, and Raymond Matthew
Economic studies for public works : their value and necessity, with specific reference to the Central Valley Project in California
/ By Edward Hyatt. 1940.
Physical Description: 4 p.
The Central Valley Project of California : an approved method of combating aridity and salt-water encroachment and of improving
navigation. 1934.
Physical Description: 5 p.
Statement of Edward Hyatt, executive officer of the Water Project Authority of the State of California, ... , with reference
to an appropriation for the Central Valley Project of California. 1942-1949.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (7 items)
Central Valley Project of California. 1934-1949.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (16 items)
Control of appropriations of water by the State Division of Water Rights. 1924. ca.
Physical Description: 25 leaves
Water rights in California. 1924-1940.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (7 items)
Water development plans in California. 1946.
Physical Description: 18 leaves
Is a state water policy either necessary or desirable? 1928.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (3 items)
Water supplies and state water plan of California. 1924-1949.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (ca. 35 items.).
Hydrology of Santa Clara Valley. 1940.
Physical Description: 16 leaves
Post war planning activities in California / report by California State Engineer Edward Hyatt. 1944-1945.
Physical Description: 1 envelope (3 items)
Authority of states to control design and construction of federal projects. 1938.
Physical Description: 7 leaves
item 14.2
Hyatt, Edward, and Raymond Matthew
Economic studies for public works. 1940.
Physical Description: 12 leaves
Endorsements, resolutions, congratulatory messages, political, etc. 1924-1938.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Summary of activities of the Office of the State Engineer of California during the last year. 1943.
Physical Description: 5 leaves; 28 cm.
item 17
California. Dept. of Public Works.
Immediate release, Department of Public Works on Edward Hyatt's retirement. 1950.
Physical Description: [8] leaves ; 28 cm.
Measuring devices and their relation to the apportionment of water among individual water users, including the use of fish
screens and screens for clarification purposes. 1928.
Physical Description: 10 leaves
Photographs of various dams and water resources development projects in California, 1927-1949.
Physical Description: 684 b&w photographs, mounted in 3 albums
