Elmer Chester Marliave papers

Finding aid prepared by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff.

Special Collections & University Archives

The UCR Library

P.O. Box 5900

University of California

Riverside, California 92517-5900

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Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu

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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.

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

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

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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

Series 1. Pacific Gas and Electric Company 1954-1967

Sub-Series 1.1. Nuclear Power Plants 1962-1967

Box 1, Folder 1.1

Papers relating to the proposed Bodega Bay Atomic Park 1962-1965

Box 1, Folder 1.2

Maps and diagrams relating to Bodega Bay Atomic Park, Bodega Bay, and Bodgea Head

Box 1, Folder 1.3

Photos and notes relating to Bodega Bay Atomic Park

Scope and Contents

Includes six loose photos, two sheets of loose notes and a small notebook with handwritten notes.

Box 1, Folder 1.4

Tocher, Don. Geologic and seismic investigation of the site for a nuclear power plant on Bodega Head, California,By Don Tocher and E.C. Marliave. Prepared for Pacific Gas and Electric Company. San Francisco 1964

Box 1, Folder 1.5

Earthquakes, the atom and Bodega Head.Berkeley, Calif., Northern California Association to Preserve Bodega Head and Harbor 1964(?)

Box 1, Folder 1.6

Housner, G. W. Intensity of ground shaking adjacent to a fault. 1964(?)

Box 1, Folder 1.7

Mc Ewen, L. H. Comments on safety aspects of nuclear reactors.San Jose, Calif., Atomic Power Equipment Dept., General Electric Co. 1964

Box 2, Folder 1.8

Newmark, N. M. Report to AEC regulatory staff: seismic effects on Bodega Bay reactor. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 1964

Box 2, Folder 1.9

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Application for construction permit for Bodega Bay nuclear power plant, before the U.S. AEC, docket no. 50-205.San Francisco, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Amendments no. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 only 1962

Box 2, Folder 1.10

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Statement with respect to its proposed Bodega Bay Atomic Park, Unit no. 1.San Francisco, P.G. 1964

Box 2, Folder 1.11

Saint-Amand, Pierre. Geologic and seismological study of Bodgea Head.Berkeley, Calif.., Northern California Association to Preserve Bodega Head and Harbor 1963

Box 2, Folder 1.12

Schlocker, Julius. Geologic and seismic investigations of a proposed nuclear power plant site on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California.Part I- Geologic investigations, by Julius Schlocker, Manuel G. Bonilla and Alfred Clebsch, Jr.. Part II- Seismic hazards evaluation, by Jerry P. Eaton. Washington, U.S. Geological Survey 1963

Box 2, Folder 1.13

Schlocker, Julius. Engineering geology of the proposed nuclear power plant site on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California,by Julius Schlocker and Manuel G. Bonilla. Washington, U.S. Geological Survey 1963

Box 2, Folder 1.14

Box 2, Folder 1.15

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Licensing. Summary analysis by the Division of Reactor Licensing in the matter of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Bodega Head Nuclear Power Plant, docket no. 50-205. Washington, the Division 1964

Box 2, Folder 1.16

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Seismicity and tsunami report, Bodega Head, California.Washington, The Survey 1964

Box 2, Folder 1.17

Wiegel, Robert L. Tsunami information in regard to proposed nuclear power plant site, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, at Bodega Head, California.Berkeley, Calif. 1964

Box 2, Folder 2.1

Papers relating to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant 1965-1967

Box 3, Folder 2.2

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Preliminary safety analysis report, before the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in the matter of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant, docket no. 50-275. San Francisco, The Company, . Supplements 1-3 only 1967

Box 4, Folder 2.3

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Preliminary site report, Diablo Canyon, San Luis Obispo County, California, September 30, 1966.San Francisco, P.G. 1966

Box 4, Folder 2.4

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Application to the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California for a certificate permitting the construction and operation of a nuclear-fueled power plant in the County of San Luis Obispo (Diablo Canyon), December 23, 1966, application no. 49051. 1966

Box 4, Folder 2.5

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Dept. of Engineering Research. Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant site preliminary geologic investigation,by M. Micheli, geologist. San Francisco, P.G.E. 1966

Box 4, Folder 3.1

Papers relating to the Montezuma/Collinsvile Nuclear Plant site 1966

Sub-Series 1.2. Other Projects 1954-1966

Box 4, Folder 4.1

Correspondence 1964

Box 4, Folder 4.2

Micheli, M. Belden project geologic investigation.San Francisco, P.G..E. Department of Engineering Research 1964

Box 4, Folder 5.1

Bullards Bar Dam letter/report with loose photos 1965

Box 4, Folder 6.1

Big Bend Transmission Line correspondence 1964

Box 4, Folder 7.1

Caribou Land Slide correspondence 1958-1959

Box 4, Folder 8.1

Drum Forebay correspondence 1964-1965

Box 4, Folder 8.2

Photos (12)

Box 4, Folder 9.1

Eureka Plant (Humbolt Bay Power Plant) Papers 1958-1961

Box 4, Folder 9.2

Diagrams and logs relating to Buhne Point, Eureka

Box 4, Folder 9.3

Geologic reconnaissance of ground water conditions, Buhne Point, Eureka, Calif.Sacramento 1958

Box 4, Folder 10.1

Geyser Power Plant, Unit No. 3 papers 1964-1965

Box 4, Folder 11.1

Iron Canyon Dam correspondence 1964-1965

Box 4, Folder 12.1

Correspondence and reports (with photos) relating to the quarry site for the Lake Almanor Dam 1962

Box 5, Folder 13.1

Pit-McCloud Projects papers 1961-65

Box 5, Folder 13.2

Maps, diagrams and "technical data" 1955-1964

Box 5, Folder 13.3

McCloud damsite logs

Box 5, Folder 13.4

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Amended application for a license for the Pit No. 7 Project on Pit River, California (Project no. 2137-California), before the Federal Power Commission. 1954

Box 5, Folder 13.5

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Amended application for a license for the Pit No. 6 Project on Pit River, California (Project 2104), before the Federal Power Commission. 1957

Box 5, Folder 13.6

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Amended application for a license for the McCloud-Pit Development on McCloud and Pit Rivers, California (Project 2106), beforethe Federal Power Commission. 1957

Box 5, Folder 14.1

Point Arena papers 1965-1966

Box 5, Folder 15.1

Tiger Creek Slide letter and folded graph 1965

Box 5, Folder 16.1

PG 1964 July-August

Series 2. Other Work in California 1951-1967

Box 6, Folder 17.1

Central Basin Municipal Water District papers 1959-1964

Box 6, Folder 17.2

San Gabriel Basin "data"

Box 6, Folder 18.1

City of Carlsbad papers 1959

Box 6, Folder 19.1

Leeds, Hill and Jewett papers, Correspondence and reports most relating to the case of Orange County Water District vs. City of Chino et al. 1967

Box 7, Folder 19.2

Maps of San Bernardino Basin groundwater levels 1966

Box 7, Folder 20.1

Nevada Irrigation District / EBASCO correspondence and reports regarding Jackson Meadow Dam site 1952-1958

Box 7, Folder 20.2

Maps and plans

Box 7, Folder 20.3

Photos. 7 aerial photos of Texas Fall Creek area, Bowman-Weaver area, and Jackson Meadow

Box 7, Folder 21.1

Rollins Dam Site report and maps, Preliminary geologic report by Marliave and W. W. Peak 1951-1952

Box 7, Folder 22.1

Sacramento Municipal Utility District papers 1963

Box 7, Folder 22.2

Physical condition at borrow areas, Union Valley Dam and Reservoir, El Dorado County, Calif.s.1., Marliave 1963

Box 7, Folder 22.3

Maps and loose photos relating to Union Valley Dam

Box 7, Folder 22.4

Photos, 14 8x10 uncaptioned and 22 3x4 photos with captions 1962

Box 7, Folder 23.1

San Benito County Water Conservation and Flood Control District papers 1967

Series 3. Miscellaneous 1954-1964

Box 7, Folder 24.1

Preliminary reconnaissance geologic report: Mantaro Bend Project, Peru.Sacramento, Marliave 1957

Box 7, Folder 25.1

Short reports by the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Division of Water Resources on the availability of juvenile water and the wells located by Stephen Reiss 1954?

Box 7, Folder 26.1

Letter form Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to the California Division of Water Resources about the Tehachapi pumping lift (1964), accompanied by a table of California Aqueduct capacities

Box 7, Folder 27.1

The geology of the San Fernando Valley area