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: Elmer Chester Marliave papers
Date (inclusive): 1954-1967
Collection Number: WRCA 102
Creator:
Marliave, E.C. (Elmer Chester), 1910-1967
Extent:
2.92 linear feet
(7 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection includes correspondence, reports, drafts, notes, legal documents, maps, diagrams, and photographs relating
to geologic investigation done for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and other firms and agencies. The more important projects
include Bodega Bay Atomic Park, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, and Union Valley Dam. Also includes material on water disputes
in Southern California.
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]. Elmer Chester Marliave papers (WRCA 102). Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Elmer C. Marliave.
Processing History
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 1999.
Collection Number
Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was MS 80/10. 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
Elmer Chester Marliave (1910-1967) was an engineering geologist with interest in California water resources development. After
receiving his A. B. from the University of California in 1932, he worked for the California Division of Water Resources from
1935 to 1956, being Chief Engineering Geologist from 1939 on. His work there included studies of dams and reservoirs, tunnels,
power plants, ground water and water quality problms. As a consulting geologist in private practice after 1956 he worked on
similar projects.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, reports, drafts, notes, legal documents, maps, diagrams, and photographs relating
to geologic investigation done for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and other firms and agencies. The more important projects
include Bodega Bay Atomic Park, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, and Union Valley Dam. Also includes material on water disputes
in Southern California.
Collection Arrangement
The arrangement of the collection is basically that used by Marliave. The PG & G material is broken down by project. The rest
is arranged by company and/or project. In most cases the arrangement of papers within the folders has been maintained as he
left it. Longer reports and important documents, however, have been listed individually
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Bonilla, Manuel G., 1920-
Central Basin Municipal Water District (Calif.)
Housner, G. W. (George William), 1910-2008
Mantaro Valley Project (Peru)
Nevada Irrigation District
Northern California Association to Preserve Bodega Head and Harbor
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Department of Engineering Research
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Calif.)
Saint-Amand, Pierre, 1920-
San Benito County Water Conservation and Flood Control District (Calif.)
San Luis Rey Water Conservation District (Calif.)
Schlocker, Julius
Tocher, Don, 1926-
Wiegel, Robert L.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Development
Bodega Bay Atomic Park (Calif.)
Bodega Head (Calif.)
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Powerplant (Calif.)
Electric power-plants -- Location -- California
Geothermal power plants -- California -- Geysers, The
Humboldt Bay Power Plant (Calif.)
Hydroelectric power plants -- California -- Pit River
Lake Almanor Project, Calif
Montezuma Nuclear Power Plant (Calif.: Proposed)
Nuclear power plants -- Earthquake effects -- California
Nuclear power plants -- Location -- California
Pt. Arena Nuclear Power Plant (Calif.: Proposed)
Union Valley Dam (Calif.)
Genres and Forms of Materials
Correspondence
Maps
Photographs
Reports