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Box 1, Item 1

Transportation of bed load 1934

Physical Description: 1 volume, holograph, bound
Box 1, Item 2

Channel contractions 1934

Physical Description: 1 folder (5 pieces)
Box 1, Item 3

Henry, Marc. Propagation of flood waves in a rectangular channel 1937

Physical Description: 25 leaves, Translated from the French by the aid of Works Progress Administration, University of Minnesota Sub-Project no. 40. Includes original copy in French
Box 1, Item 4

American Geophysical Union. Special Committee on Flood Waves. Reports and correspondence on flood waves 1935-1937

Physical Description: 1 folder (45 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: Definitions and classification of flood waves / Robert E. Horton --Rain wave trains / Robert E. Horton --A study of high velocity flow in curved channels of rectangular cross-section / A. T. Ippen and R. T. Knapp.
Box 1, Item 5

Henry, Marc. Account relative to disturbance able to propagate at a uniform velocity in an open channel 1937

Physical Description: 9 leaves

Scope and Contents

Includes copy of original in French.
Box 1, Item 6

Goodridge, R. S. A preliminary draft of report on "Deficiencies in basic hydrologic data."

Physical Description: 25 leaves

Scope and Contents

With special reference to dynamics of unsteady flow, such as flood waves and related phenomena in open channels.
Box 1, Item 7

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Discharge of the Mississippi River at Friar Point, Miss 1932

Physical Description: 1 folder (2 graphs)
Box 1, Item 8

Waves (surges) in open channels 1932-1933

Physical Description: 1 folder (79 pieces, includes photographs)

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: Translatory waves in open channels : theoretical analysis of movement caused by changing the depth of water / Horace W. King --Checks on the model law for hydraulic structures / Morrough P. O'Brien.
Box 1, Item 9

Flood waves 1935-1938

Physical Description: 1 folder (11 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial Contents: Die Wasserstandsvorhersage fur Wien = Water level forecasting for Vienna / Viktor Felber --Beitrag und Beispiel zur Schwallberechnung = Contribution and example for flood computation / Franz Vögerl --Slide rule for routing floods through storage reservoirs or lakes / Chesley J. Posey Velocity of flood crests --O'Brien's notes on these papers.
Box 1, Item 10

O'Brien's manuscript computations on "Wasserschwall und Wassersunk" by Philipp Forchheimer 1924?

Physical Description: 26 leaves
Box 1, Item 11

Karman, Theodore von. Letter to M. P. O'Brien on theory of flood waves 1937

Physical Description: 1 folder (3 pieces)
Box 1, Item 12

Kramer, E. W. Report to Federal Power Commission on persistence of waves in New and Kanawha rivers due to regulation in flow at Radford Reservoir 1936

Physical Description: 1 folder (6 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and data to M. P. O'Brien, prepared in connection with the study of waves on the Pit-Sacramento and Klamath Rivers.
Box 1, Item 13

Allen, J. Experiments on water waves of translation in small channels 1934

Physical Description: p. 754-768
Box 1, Item 14

Selim, Mohamed Ahmed. Flood waves 1940

Physical Description: 33 leaves, holograph, bound
Box 1, Item 15

Johnson, J. W. Notes on unsteady or variable flow surges in channels 1934

Physical Description: 1 folder (45 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial Contents: Checks on the model law for hydraulic structures / Morrough P. O'Brien --Velocity-head correction for hydraulic flow / Morrough P. O'Brien and Joe W. Johnson.
Box 1, Item 16

Pacific Coast photographs 1933-1937

Physical Description: 28 photographs and postcards

Scope and Contents

Includes: Santa Barbara; Ventura; Long Beach; San Francisco; Russian River (mouth); Laguna Beach; La Jolla; Del Mar; Carmel Beach; Berkeley; Ensenada (Baja California, Mexico).
Box 1, Item 17

Beach erosion Pacific Coast, San Francisco entrance and adjacent beaches, Russian River to Santa Cruz excluding Half Moon Bay 1930-1933

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound

Scope and Contents

Includes news clippings and photographs.
Box 1, Item 18

Siuslaw River, Oregon 1929

Physical Description: 17 leaves, bound : photographs, maps
Box 1, Item 19

Model of Neches Canal 1935

Physical Description: 1 folder (16 pieces), Includes correspondence with W. W. McLaughlin and E. W. Kramer on the Lower Neches Valley project and mapages
Box 1, Item 20

Centrifugal pumps (reversed flow) 1930-1932

Physical Description: 1 folder (97 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, graphs, calculations, etc. Partial contents: Reversed flow through centrifugal pumps / Morrough P. O'Brien and James E. Gosline --Reversed rotation of centrifugal pumps / Morrough P. O'Brien and James E. Gosline.
Box 2, Item 21

Surges in pipelines 1932-1939

Physical Description: 1 folder (107 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, graphs, data, etc. Partial Contents: Flow of water in 54-in. concrete conduit, Denver, Colo. / Fred C. Scobey --New emergency water supply for City of Santa Barbara / Raymond A. Hill.
Box 2, Item 22

Pine Canyon and Morris Dams, California 1937

Physical Description: 1 folder (7 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes graphs, correspondence, maps, etc.
Box 2, Item 23

Problems on Guadalupe and Calero spillways 1935

Physical Description: 1 folder (7 pieces)
Box 2, Item 24

Scobey, Fred C. Notes on conduit-capacity studies of interest to World Water Power Conference 1934

Physical Description: 1 folder (5 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: On the use of vd/1 as a parameter in the practice of hydraulics / by E. Parry.
Box 2, Item 25

Steady non-uniform flow, special structures : notes of M. P. O'Brien 1927-1933

Physical Description: 1 folder (28 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: Improved transition adds to flume capacity / J. A. Fraps --Spillway discharge capacity of Wilson Dam / Louis G. Puls --Tests of broad-crested weirs / James G. Woodburn --Pondage important factor in spillway design / Melvin D. Casler.
Box 2, Item 26

Steady non-uniform flow, backwater curves : notes of M. P. O'Brien 1932-1937

Physical Description: 1 folder (48 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: Analyzing hydraulic models for effects of distortion / Morrough P. O'Brien Un'osservazione elementare nel calcolo dei canali / Francesco Marzolo --Computing backwater curves for surface slopes in streams / J. C. Stevens.
Box 2, Item 27

Analyzing hydraulic models for effects of distortion 1932

Physical Description: 1 folder (5 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Julian Hinds on free overfall at the end of a horizontal channel, 1933.
Box 2, Item 28

Notes on velocity distribution in open channels 1933-1937

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, graphs, and computations.
Box 2, Item 29

Notes on circular and triangular weirs 1927-1934

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound

Scope and Contents

Includes papers, graphs, and computations.
Box 2, Item 30

Memorandum re checks on the model law for hydraulic structures 1932

Physical Description: 11 leaves, holograph
Box 2, Item 31

Models of estuaries 1935

Physical Description: 18 leaves
Box 2, Item 32

Discussion of "The motion of water through sluices and scale models" by Hurst and Watt undated

Physical Description: 10 leaves, holograph
Box 2, Item 33

Rangoon tidal model : correspondence with J. G. Brown, of Sir Alexander Gibb Partners, London 1933-1934

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces)
Box 2, Item 34

Speeches on hydraulic engineering 1929

Physical Description: 1 folder (2 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Presented at Student Chapter, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Box 2, Item 34-1

Photographs of model tests of Pine Canyon Dam and Los Angeles County Flood Control District Dams no. 1 and no. 2

Physical Description: 1 folder (13 photographs and 6 pieces)
Box 2, Item 35

Siphon spillway at the Oakdale development of the Indiana Hydro Electric Power Company 1925-1935

Physical Description: 1 folder (10 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, graphs, etc. Partial contents: Results of tests on siphon spillways for large flume / T. J. Corwin and A. W. Kidder --Siphon-spillway models tested against prototypes / Herbert H. Wheaton.
Box 2, Item 36

Siphon tests 1932-1935

Physical Description: 1 folder (25 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes calculations on siphons, correspondence with Libby's Canal Ranch, etc.
 

Skin friction of rough surfaces 1930

Physical Description: 1 folder (8 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: "Experimental investigations on the problem of roughness" by H. Schlichting, translated by Josef Staufer; and O'Brien's calculations on both papers.
Box 3, Item 38

Surges in hydraulic pipe 1929?

Physical Description: 1 folder (16 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: Gibson method of measurement in pipes of variable areas --Vibration and extension of a ring under hydraulic pressures --Pressures in penstocks caused by the gradual closure of gates / Norman R. Gibson.
Box 3, Item 39

Surge tanks 1915-1932

Physical Description: 1 folder (30 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: The investigation of the surge tank problem by model experiments / A. H. Gibson --Johnson differential surge tank at Allens Falls, N. Y. --The differential surge tank / R. D. Johnson --Penstocks and surge tank problems / Minton M. Warren.
Box 3, Item 40

Forthmann, E. About turbulent diffusion of flow lines 1934

Physical Description: 12 leaves

Scope and Contents

Translated from the German; originally published in Ingenieur Archiv, Vol. 5, no. 1 (February 1934), pages 42-54.
Box 3, Item 41

Notes on turbulence theory : miscellaneous notes to September 1935 1935

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents

(28 pieces) Partial contents: Review of the theory of turbulent flow and its relation to sediment-transportation / M. P. O'Brien --The present state of the turbulence problem / Walter Tollmien.
Box 3, Item 42

Von Karman, Theodore. Similarity of turbulent flow 1935

Physical Description: 4 leaves
Box 3, Item 43

Small eddies : correspondence and diagrams for Klamath County Chamber of Commerce 1937

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces, includes 1 photograph)
Box 3, Item 44

Notes on turbulence data to September 1935 1935

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces, approximately 30 leaves)
Box 3, Item 45

Liceni, Franco. On the influence of Reynold's number on the turbulent flow in the tubes 1935

Physical Description: 132 leaves, holograph

Scope and Contents

Includes original paper in Italian "Sopra l'influenza del numero di Reynolds sull'efflusso turbolento nei tubi."
Box 3, Item 46

Schmidt, Wilhelm. Mass-exchange in free air and related phenomena; translated from the German by Jos. Staufer 1936

Physical Description: 118 leaves, bound

Scope and Contents

Translation of: Der massenaustausch in freier luft und verwandte erscheinungen. Originally published in Probleme der Kosmischen physik, Vol. 7 (1925).
Box 3, Item 47

Burgers, E. M., and M. A. Velikanov. The study of correlation of velocity pulsations in various points of a stream; translated from the Russian by Soomii 1934

Physical Description: 6 leaves
Box 3, Item 48

Gebelein, Hans. Turbulence : physical statistics and hydrodynamics 1935

Physical Description: 163 leaves

Scope and Contents

Translation of: Turbulenz : physikalische statistik und hydrodynamik.
Box 3, Item 49

American Geophysical Union. Special Committee on Flood Waves. Sub- committee II. Flood waves : bibliography 1937

Physical Description: 1 envelope
Box 3, Item 50

Miscellaneous reports on flood waves 1932-1937

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Contents: The use of models in hydraulic laboratories / M.P. O'Brien --Flood waves / L. B. Wilby --Surging in harbors / C. R. Broshous --Surges and oscillatory waves in open channels / R. G. MacDonnell.
Box 3, Item 51

O'Brien, M. P., and Richard G. Folsom. The axial adjustment of deepwell turbine pumps. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1940. (University of California publications in engineering ; v. 4, no. 2).

Physical Description: 7 pages
Box 3, Item 52

Model study of hydraulic forces on caisson for Pier 5, Tacoma Narrows Bridge 1939

Physical Description: 31 leaves, bound : photographs and 1 folder (1 notebook and 21 pieces) Folder contains background materials, photographic negatives, data, graphs, correspondence, news clippings, etc
Box 4, Item 52-1

Smith, Frederick C., and George S. Vincent. Aerodynamic stability of suspension bridges, with special reference to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Part II, Mathematical analysis : a report of an investigation conducted by the Structural Research Laboratory, University of Washington, under direction of the Washington Toll Bridge Authority, in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce. Seattle : University of Washington Engineering Experiment Station, 1950. (Bulletin ; no. 116, pt. 2).

Physical Description: 63 pages
Box 4, Item 53

Models of estuaries 1934

Physical Description: 35 leaves
Box 4, Item 54

Proposed design, T-10 armored amphibian tank 1942

Physical Description: 100 leaves, bound and 1 envelope of drawings : photographs
Box 4, Item 55

O'Brien, M. P., and Richard G. Folsom. The transportation of sand in pipe lines. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1937. (University of California publications in engineering ; v. 3, no. 7).

Physical Description: p. 343-383
Box 4, Item 56

Gosline, James E., and M. P. O'Brien. The water jet pump. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1934. (University of California publications in engineering ; v. 3, no. 3).

Physical Description: p. 167-190 and 2 notebooks of data and 1 folder (14 pieces) of background material WRCA has another copy: 68.2 F4
Box 5, Item 57

O'Brien, M. P., and Joe W. Johnson. The velocity-head correction 1934?

Physical Description: 12 leaves
Box 5, Item 58

O'Brien, M. P., and James E. Gosline. The hydraulic ram. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1933. (University of California publications in engineering ; v.3, no. 1).

Physical Description: 58 pages and 2 folders (ms. copy and background materials)
Box 5, Item 59

A report on sand movement and beach erosion along the Pacific Coast of the United States. 1931.

Physical Description: 17 volumes, bound

Scope and Contents

Includes portions of the original 7 volumes; see O'Brien 63 for photocopy of published report. Contents: Pt. II. Beach erosion (California): 1. Half Moon Bay; 2. Sand samples, 1930; 3. San Luis Obispo; 4. Santa Barbara Channel; 5. Santa Monica Bay; 6. Point Fermin to Newport --Pt. III. Harbors: 1. Gray's Harbor; 2. Willapa Bay, Washington; 3. Columbia River; 4. Nehalem River, Oregon; 5. Tillamook Bay, Oregon; 6. Yaquina Bay; 7. Umpqua River; 8. Coos Bay; 9. Coquille River, Oregon; 10. Columbia River (mouth); 11. San Diego Bay.
Box 6, Item 60

O'Brien, M. P., and George H. Hickox. Elements of fluid mechanics with applications to hydraulics. Berkeley : University of California, 1934.

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 200 leaves), bound
Box 6, Item 61

Roles of hydraulic laboratories in geophysical research 1936

Physical Description: 4 leaves
Box 6, Item 62

Forest Service program : transient conditions, storage in banks, flood waves on steep gradients 1938-1940

Physical Description: 1 folder (20 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Work done for California Forest and Range Experiment Station, San Dimas; includes correspondence, reports, data, maps, etc. Partial contents: Recreational use of forest waters / C. A. Betts --On the theory of the chemical method for gauging discharge / V. M. Makkveyev --A new method for determining the flow in natural and artificial water courses / J. Aastad and R. Sognen --The San Dimas stream gaging flume : a code for dimensions, installation and operation as developed by the California Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1938? --"The San Dimas stream-gaging flume" by Munson and Bermel / comments by H. G. Wilm.
Box 6, Item 63

A report on sand movement and beach erosion along the Pacific Coast of the United States 1931

Physical Description: 3 volumes, bound (photocopy)

Scope and Contents

Contents: Pt. 1, Sect. 1. General data and conclusions --Pt. 1, Sect. 2. Model tests --Pt. 2. Beaches (California) --Pt. 3. Tidal inlets.
Box 6, Item 64

Studies of inlets 1969

Physical Description: 5 leaves, bound

Scope and Contents

Includes holograph and typescript drafts.
Box 6, Item 65

Coefficient of discharge, inlets 1971

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 30 leaves), holograph, bound
Box 6, Item 66

Notes on tidal inlets on sandy shores. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory, 1971. (Technical report ; HEL-24-5).

Physical Description: 52 leaves WRCA has another copy: 25.6 K1
Box 6, Item 66-1

Tidal inlets on sandy shores 1971

Physical Description: 10 volumes, bound

Scope and Contents

Notes and drafts for O'Brien's Notes on tidal inlets on sandy shore. Contents: Vol. 1, pt. 1. Introduction; pt. 2. Equilibrium flow area; pt. 3. Elements of the hydraulic regimen --Vol. 2, pt. 4. Energy dissipation in a tidal basin --Vol. 3, pt. 5. Power available for maintenance of flow area --Vol. 4, pt. 6. Value of tidal prism in maintaining interior channels --Vol. 5, pt. 7. Stable channels and stable inlets --Vol. 6, pt. 8, Velocity at the throat of a tidal inlet; pt. 9. Friction slope at throat section --Vol. 7, pt. 10. Duration of tide; pt. 11. Tide wave engineering a wide deep inlet --Vol. 8, pt. 12. Setup in a lagoon by wave action; pt. 13. Wave refraction by currents at an inlet; pt. 14. Inlets as traps for littoral transport --Vol. 9, pt. 15. Suggested studies of tidal inlets --Vol. 10, pt. 16. Laboratory study of the effect of an uncontrolled inlet on the adjacent beaches.
Box 6, Item 67

Biographic material, reprints of articles by and bibliography of the works of Osborne Reynolds 1853-1970

Physical Description: 1 folder (9 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: Excerpt from "Osborne Reynolds and engineering science today," edited by D. M. McDowell and J. D. Jackson --Publications of Osborne Reynolds --Los modelos hidr ulicos y Osborne Reynolds.
Box 6, Item 68

Semi-monthly progress reports of the field party at Long Branch, New Jersey, May to July, 1929 : report to Beach Erosion Board 1929

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 40 leaves), bound
Box 8, Item 69

Fellenius, Wolmar. International Cooperation for Experimental Work in Hydraulics 1935

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Translation of "Internationale Zusammenarbeit fur das wasserbauliche Versuchswesen." This organization was the predecessor of the International Association for Hydraulic Research.
Box 8, Item 70

A critical review of the E. I. Brown analysis of "Inlets on sandy coasts." Berkeley : Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory, University of California, 1971. (Technical report ; HEL-24-10).

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 40 leaves)

Scope and Contents

With: Inlets on sandy coasts / Earl I. Brown --The stability of tidal inlets / Francis F. Escoffier. WRCA has another copy: 57 K1-1
Box 8, Item 71

Newspaper clippings on dredging at Santa Barbara Harbor, April 1938-August 1939 1938-1939

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound
Box 8, Item 72

Miscellaneous notes on tidal inlets 1972

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 240 leaves), bound
Box 8, Item 73

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Tidal prism and entrance channel area data, Morro Bay, Calif 1967?

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound
Box 8, Item 74

Empirical hydraulic relationships for tidal inlets 1971

Physical Description: 1 volume (14 leaves), bound
Box 8, Item 75

Tendency for tidal currents to move sand into or out of an entrance 1971

Physical Description: 1 volume (50 leaves), holograph, bound
Box 8, Item 76

Original basic data on equilibrium areas of inlets 1966

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound
Box 9, Item 78

Notes on hydraulic machinery : for Mechanical Engineering 126, University of California, Berkeley 1938

Physical Description: 3 volumes, bound

Scope and Contents

Contents: Hydraulic machinery problems --Reaction turbines --Hydrology, Stream flow.
Box 9, Item 79

O'Brien, M. P., and R. G. Folsom. Notes on the theory of pumping machinery : for Mechanical Engineering 127, University of California, Berkeley 1934-1942

Physical Description: 2 volumes, bound
Box 9, Item 80

Studies of sand movement and beach erosion 1930

Physical Description: 14 leaves, bound
Box 9, Item 81

Characteristics of ocean waves 1936

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 20 leaves), bound
Box 9, Item 82

O'Brien, M. P., and R. G. Folsom. Fixed plant for interception dredging and beach restoration, Santa Barbara, Calif 1940

Physical Description: 3 leaves, bound : drawings
Box 10, Item 83

River and harbor hydraulics : lecture notes for Mechanical Engineering 275, Fall 1938, University of California, Berkeley 1938

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound and 1 folder (5 pieces)
Box 10, Item 84

Dorton, R. M. Supplemental report no. 2 on economic advantages of breakwater for Monterey Harbor 1928

Physical Description: 23 leaves, bound and 1 folder (4 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of correspondence
Box 10, Item 85

Woolley, J. A. Report on proposed harbor development for recreational and defense areas at Anaheim Bay, Seal Beach, California 1941

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps, photographs

Scope and Contents

Includes: Report on protection of ocean shore between Anaheim Bay entrance channel and easterly city limits of the City of Seal Beach, California.
Box 10, Item 86

Sonderegger, A. L. Report on plans and specifications prepared by J. A. Woolley, consulting engineer, on dredging, timber groins, stone jetty, beach fill and appurtenances at Anaheim Bay entrance 1941

Physical Description: 6 leaves, bound

Scope and Contents

Prepared for the City of Seal Beach, California.
Box 10, Item 87

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Committee on Tidal Hydraulics. San Francisco Bay, California, disposal of dredge spoil. Vicksburg, Miss. : Committee on Tidal Hydraulics, 1965.

Physical Description: 35 pages : maps

Scope and Contents

Includes BCDC progress report, 1967.
Box 10, Item 88

Grant, Ulysses S., and W. B. Myers. Preliminary geological report on a portion of Terminal Island and the Seaside Park area, Long Beach, California 1940

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 100 leaves), bound : maps, photographs (including aerial photos)
Box 10, Item 89

Grant, Ulysses S., and W. B. Myers. Preliminary report on a geological investigation of the Long Beach tidelands 1939

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 20 leaves), bound : maps, photographs
Box 10, Item 90

Grant, Ulysses S., and W. B. Myers. Preliminary report on the lower part of the old San Gabriel River channel, Long Beach, California 1939

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 40 leaves), bound : maps, photographs
Box 11, Item 91

Board of Harbor Commissioners, Long Beach, California : regarding Long Beach tidelands 1939-1949

Physical Description: 2 volumes, bound : maps

Scope and Contents

Contents: Technical material to March 15, 1939 --Correspondence to May 1, 1940.
Box 11, Item 92

Long Beach tideland litigation 1939

Physical Description: 3 volumes, bound Contents: v. 1. Geology, U.S.C. G.S. -- v. 2. Tides to end of technical notes -- v. 3. Survey of Bancroft Library beach erosion reports

Scope and Contents

Includes reports, memorandum, correspondence, diagrams, etc., regarding Long Beach tideland litigation.
Box 12, Item 93

Harbor maintenance and beach restoration at Santa Barbara, California 1938-1941

Physical Description: 3 volumes, bound and 2 folders (42 pieces) Contents: To September 12, 1938 -- January 31-October 5, 1940 -- October 5, 1940-May 9, 1941

Scope and Contents

Includes file of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, etc., regarding Santa Barbara harbor.
Box 12, Item 94

Maintenance dredging and beach restoration at Santa Barbara, California 1935-1938

Physical Description: 3 volumes, bound Contents: May 1935-October 1937 -- Correspondence to December 16, 1937; Report of Leeds, Verrill and Fitzgerald; Information on dredges and dredging costs -- Correspondence to April 8, 1938

Scope and Contents

Includes: Report of Board of Engineers on restoration and maintenance of beaches and harbor, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 30, 1936 / by Charles T. Leeds, G. E. Verrill, and Gerald C. Fitzgerald.
Box 13, Item 95

Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works : specifications for dredging, Santa Barbara harbor, California. Los Angeles : U.S. Engineer Office 1940

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 25 pages), bound and 1 folder (38 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of correspondence and photographs regarding Santa Barbara dredging.
Box 13, Item 96

Correspondence regarding Surfside Colony beach protection 1941

Physical Description: 1 folder (17 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Alfred Barstow and J. A. Woolley.
Box 13, Item 97

Fixed pumping plant, Santa Barbara, California : correspondence, January- June, 1942 1942

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps and 1 folder (4 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes copy of report on preliminary design, longhand notations on report, priorities critical list, notice to applicant for preference rating, plan of maintenance considered.
Box 13, Item 98

River and harbor hydraulics : lecture notes for Mechanical Engineering 275-A, University of California, Berkeley 1938

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound
Box 14, Item 99

California Beaches Association. Transcript of meeting of the California Beaches Association held March 28 and May 16, 1936 1936

Physical Description: 1 volume (loose-leaf, approximately 165 leaves)
Box 14, Item 100

California Beaches Association. California Beaches Association monthly bulletin 1936-1937

Physical Description: 1 folder (13 volumes) Contents: Vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1936)-v. 2, no. 1 (January-February 1937)
Box 14, Item 101

Shoreline Planning Association of California, Inc. California coast 1949-1950

Physical Description: 1 folder (6 volumes) Contents: Vol. 3, no. 3 (August 1949)-v. 4, no. 4 (December 1950)
Box 14, Item 102

American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. Our national shoreline : a priceless heritage 1940-1964

Physical Description: 1 folder (11 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: Our national shoreline and preservation --History of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association --Our shrinking shoreline.
Box 14, Item 103-1

Saving the American beach : a position paper by concerned coastal geologists; results of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Conference on America's Eroding Shoreline: the need for geologic input into shoreline management, decisions and strategy, 25-27 March, 1981, Savannah, Georgia / Orrin H. Pilkey, Jr. and James D. Howard, conveners. 1981?.

Physical Description: 16 leaves, bound WRCA has another copy: 25.82 M1
Box 14, Item 103-2

Memorandum on the objectives of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association 1981

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 30 leaves), bound

Scope and Contents

Partial Contents: Memorandum covering a document entitled "Saving the American beach: a position paper by concerned coastal geologists" / M. P. O'Brien --Healthful recreation of the people versus environmental restraint / Richard O. Eaton --Structures and sandy beaches / M. P. O'Brien and J. W. Johnson.
Box 15, Item 104

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Anaheim Bay Harbor, Calif. : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated November 30, 1953, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and an illustration, on a preliminary examination and survey of the Harbor at Anaheim Bay, Calif., with a view to shore protection, authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved on July 24, 1946. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1954. (House document (United States. Congress (83d, 2d session : 1954). House) ; no. 349).

Physical Description: 56 pages : mapages
Box 15, Item 104-1

Moore, A. T. W. Beach erosion report on preliminary examination of harbor at Anaheim Bay, Calif. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1947.

Physical Description: 55 pages : map, photographs
Box 15, Item 104-2

Shuler, W. R. Shore-protection report on survey of Anaheim Bay Harbor, Calif. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1952.

Physical Description: 154 pages

Scope and Contents

Includes appended materials regarding the U.S. Beach Erosion Board action on the subject report.
Box 15, Item 105

Port Hueneme, Calif. : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated November 10, 1950 .. on a preliminary examination and survey of harbor at Port Hueneme Washington : U.S. U.S. GPO, 1954. (House document (United States. Congress (83d, 2d session : 1954). House) ; no. 362).

Physical Description: 51 pages : mapages
Box 15, Item 105-1

Port Hueneme Harbor, California : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated June 3, 1968 on a review of the report on Port Hueneme Harbor .. Washington : U.S. U.S. GPO, 1968. (House document (United States. Congress (90th, 2d session : 1968). House) ; no. 362).

Physical Description: 56 pages : mapages
Box 15, Item 105-2

Moore, A. T. W. Shore protection report on survey of harbor at Port Hueneme, Calif. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1948.

Physical Description: 2 volumes, bound : map and 1 folder (18 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes revisions made April 29, 1949 and correspondence relating to U.S. Beach Erosion Board action on the subject report.
Box 16, Item 106

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Redondo Harbor, Cal. : letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Redondo Harbor, Cal. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1913. (House document (United States. Congress (62nd, 3rd session : 1913). House) ; no. 1192).

Physical Description: 8 pages : mapages
Box 16, Item 106-1

Moore, A. T. W. Review of reports on Redondo Beach Harbor, Calif. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1949.

Physical Description: 4 volumes, bound : maps and 1 folder (3 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes supplementary enclosures and revisions made for U.S. Beach Erosion Board members.
Box 16, Item 106-2

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Redondo Beach Harbor, Calif. : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated July 18, 1949 on a review of reports on Redondo Beach Harbor .. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1949. (House document (United States. Congress (81st, 1st session : 1949). House) ; no. 303).

Physical Description: 37 pages : maps
Box 16, Item 107

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Playa del Rey inlet and basin, Venice, Cal. : letter from the Secretary of War transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Playa del Rey inlet and basin, Venice, Cal. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1917. (House document (United States. Congress (64th, 2d session : 1917). House) ; no. 1880).

Physical Description: 8 pages
Box 16, Item 107-1

Moore, A. T. W. Report on survey navigation harbor at Playa del Rey, Calif. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1948.

Physical Description: 2 volumes, bound : maps and 1 folder (6 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes supplementary enclosures and revisions made for U.S. Beach Erosion Board members.
Box 16, Item 107-2

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Playa del Rey inlet and basin, Venice, Calif. : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated August 8, 1952 on a preliminary examination and survey of harbor at Playa del Rey inlet and basin .. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1954. (House document (United States. Congress (83d, 2d session : 1954). House) ; no. 389).

Physical Description: 46 pages : map WRCA has another copy: G4609 H4
Box 16, Item 107-3

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Plaza del Rey Harbor, Venice, California : specifications for dredging and revetment. Los Angeles : The District, 1959.

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 50 pages) and 17 maps
Box 17, Item 108

Report on proposed improvements at Santa Barbara Harbor 1934

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 35 leaves), bound
Box 17, Item 108-1

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Beach erosion at Santa Barbara, Calif. : letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated March 12, 1938 on studies and investigations of beach erosion at Santa Barbara .. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1938. (House document (United States. Congress (75th, 3rd session : 1938). House) ; no. 552).

Physical Description: 51 pages : maps
Box 17, Item 108-1 Suppl

United States. Beach Erosion Board. Supplementary report, beach erosion study at Santa Barbara, California. Washington : The Board, 1941.

Physical Description: 15 leaves, bound : mapages

Scope and Contents

Supplement to "Beach erosion at Santa Barbara, Calif.," published as House Document 552, 75th Congress, 3d Session, March 18, 1938.
Box 17, Item 108-2

United States. Beach Erosion Board. Beach erosion study at Santa Barbara, California. Washington : The Board, 1938.

Physical Description: 55 leaves, bound : maps
Box 17, Item 108-3

Fixed pumping plant, Santa Barbara, California : correspondence; enabling legislation for California Beach Erosion Board and California Shore Protection Board 1940-1941

Physical Description: 2 volumes, bound : maps

Scope and Contents

Contents: April-December 1940 --January-December 1941.
Box 17, Item 108-4

Preliminary design of a fixed pumping plant for harbor maintenance and beach restoration at Santa Barbara, California 1940

Physical Description: 13 pages, bound and 1 folder (6 pieces)
Box 17, Item 108-5

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Santa Barbara Harbor, Calif. : letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 9, 1941 on reexamination of Santa Barbara Harbor .. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1941. (House document (United States. Congress (77th, 1st session : 1941). House) ; no. 348).

Physical Description: 17 pages : mapages
Box 17, Item 108-6

Hunter, R. C. Report on cooperative beach erosion study at Santa Barbara, Calif. Los Angeles : War Dept., U.S. Engineer Office, 1946.

Physical Description: 56 leaves, bound and 1 folder (18 leaves)

Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum for U.S. Beach Erosion Board.
Box 17, Item 108-7

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Santa Barbara Harbor, California : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated July 6, 1962 on a review of the reports on the Santa Barbara Harbor .. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1962. (House document (United States. Congress (87th, 2d session : 1962). House) ; no. 518).

Physical Description: 74 pages : mapages
Box 17, Item 108-8

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles Engineer District. Review report for navigation, Santa Barbara Harbor, Santa Barbara, California (with appendixes). Los Angeles : The District, 1961.

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps
Box 18, Item 109

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Santa Cruz County, Calif., beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated February 26, 1957 on a cooperative beach erosion study of Santa Cruz .. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1958. (House document (United States. Congress (85th, 1st session : 1958). House) ; no. 179).

Physical Description: 91 pages : 4 maps and 1 folder (15 pieces and 6 photographs)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of preliminary drafts and correspondence.
Box 18, Item 110

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Beach erosion study, Orange County, Calif. : letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated February 13, 1940 on a beach erosion study, Orange County .. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1940. (House document (United States. Congress (76th, 3rd session : 1940). House) ; no. 637).

Physical Description: 41 pages : maps
Box 18, Item 110-1

United States. Beach Erosion Board. Beach erosion study, Orange County, Calif 1938-1939

Physical Description: 1 folder (58 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Draft and preliminary materials to report published (title as given above) as House Document 637, 76th Congress, 3d Session, 1940.
Box 18, Item 110-2

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Orange County, California, Appendix V, Phase I, Beach Erosion Control Study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated May 9, 1960 .. on a cooperative beach erosion control study of shore from Newport Bay to San Mateo Creek Washington : U.S. GPO, 1960. (House document (United States. Congress (86th, 2nd session : 1960). House) ; no. 398).

Physical Description: 67 pages : maps
Box 18, Item 110-3

Newton, C. T. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Orange County, California (Contract no. W-04-193-ENG.-5196, Appendix V, Phase I). Los Angeles : U.S. Army Engineer District, Los Angeles, Corps of Engineers, 1959.

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps
Box 19, Item 111

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Beach erosion study, Coronado, Calif. : letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated September 30, 1941 on a beach erosion study, Coronado Washington : U.S. GPO, 1942. (House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 77th Congress, no. 636).

Physical Description: 25 pages : maps
Box 19, Item 111-1

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Oceanside, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, and Coronado, San Diego County, Calif., beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated February 28, 1956 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of Oceanside, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, and Coronado Washington : U.S. GPO, 1957. (House document (United States. Congress (84th, 2d session : 1956). House) ; no. 399).

Physical Description: 56 pages : maps
Box 19, Item 111-2

Frye, Arthur H., Jr. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Oceanside, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, and Coronado, San Diego County, California. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1955.

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps and 1 folder (14 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of supplementary material developed by U.S. Beach Erosion Board in preparation of this report.
Box 19, Item 112

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Effect of proposed breakwater extension on adjacent shore line, Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif. : Appendix 8. Los Angeles : The Corps, 1948.

Physical Description: 82 pages, bound : maps and 1 folder (6 pieces)

Scope and Contents

"To accompany review of reports, navigation, Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif., with a view to extending the existing breakwater and to improving Bixby Slough and Laguna Dominguez, dated July 1, 1948." Includes file of material accompanying report: Draft "Beach erosion study, Long Beach, California," January 16, 1942, U.S. Beach Erosion Board; plates showing changes in offshore depths, existing and proposed structures, and vicinity map.
Box 19, Item 113

Luplow, W. D. Shore-protection report on preliminary examination of harbor at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1950.

Physical Description: 50 pages, bound : maps and 1 folder (6 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of material accompanying report: "Interim report on harbor-entrance improvement, Camp Pendleton, California," March 25, 1953. WRCA has another copy: MS 97/1 C42 1950.
Box 19, Item 114

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Francisco District. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Humboldt Bay (Buhne Point), Pacific coastline of California : report and appendices. San Francisco : The District, 1956.

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 75 leaves), bound and 1 folder (8 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of correspondence and a U.S. Engineer Office map, "Jetties at entrance to Humboldt Bay, Cal.," dated August 29, 1919.
Box 20, Item 115

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Coast of Southern California - special interim report on the Ventura area, cooperative beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated May 4, 1962 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of the coast of Southern California Washington : U.S. GPO, 1962.

Physical Description: (House document (United States. Congress (87th, 1st session : 1962).House) ; no. 458). 80 pages : mapages
Box 20, Item 116

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Special interim report on Ventura area : beach erosion control report on coast of Southern California, Appendix VII .. (with appendixes). Los Angeles : The District, 1961.

Physical Description: 1 volume (approximately 75 leaves), bound
Box 20, Item 117

United States. Beach Erosion Board. Study at Ventura and Hueneme, California 1940

Physical Description: 26 leaves, bound
Box 20, Item 118

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Appendix I, coast of California, Carpinteria to Point Mugu, beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 6, 1952 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of the Pacific Coast line of the State of California Washington : U.S. GPO, 1953.

Physical Description: (House document (United States. Congress (83rd, 1st session : 1952). House) ; no. 29). 145 pages : maps
Box 20, Item 119

Shuler, W. R. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Pacific coast line of the State of California, Carpinteria to Point Mugu. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1951.

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound
Box 20, Item 120

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Appendix II, coast of California, Point Mugu to San Pedro breakwater, beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 5, 1952 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of the Pacific Coast line of the State of California Washington : U.S. GPO, 1954.

Physical Description: (House document (United States. Congress (83rd, 2nd session : 1953). House) ; no. 277). 202 pages : maps
Box 21, Item 121

Luplow, W. D. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Pacific coast line of the State of California, Point Mugu to San Pedro breakwater. Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1950.

Physical Description: 3 volumes, bound : maps
Box 21, Item 121-1

United States. Beach Erosion Board. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Pacific coast line of the State of California : correspondence, endorsements, corrections to appendices I and II, Point Mugu to San Pedro breakwater 1950-1951

Physical Description: 1 folder (12 pieces)
Box 22, Item 122

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Gabriel River to Newport Bay, Orange County, California, Appendix V, Phase II, beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated August 8, 1962 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of the shore from San Gabriel River to Newport Bay Washington : U.S. GPO, 1962. (House document (United States. Congress (87th, 2d session : 1962). House) ; no. 602).

Physical Description: 167 pages : maps
Box 22, Item 123

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Diego County, Calif., Appendix IV, Phase 2, beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated August 25, 1960 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of San Diego County Washington : U.S. GPO, 1960. (House document (United States. Congress (86th, 2d session : 1960). House) ; no. 456).

Physical Description: 169 pages : maps
Box 22, Item 123-1

Newton, C. T. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of San Diego County, California : (Contract no. W-04-193-ENG.-5196, Appendix IV, Phase 2). Los Angeles : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1960.

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps
Box 22, Item 124

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Special study of City of San Diego (Sunset Cliffs) : beach erosion control report on coast of Southern California, Appendix VII (Contract no. W-04-193-ENG.- 5196, with appendixes). Los Angeles : The District, 1965.

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps
Box 22, Item 125

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Umpqua River and entrance, Oregon : letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination of Umpqua River and entrance, Oreg. Washington : U.S. GPO, 1928. (House document (United States. Congress (70th, 1st session : 1928). House) ; no. 317).

Physical Description: 19 pages : mapages
Box 22, Item 126

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Portland District. Report on beach erosion studies, Tillamook Bay, Oregon, with reference to Bay Ocean. Portland, Or. : The District, 1940.

Physical Description: 104 leaves : maps, photographs

Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum to the Shore Protection Board on the report, December 17, 1940.
Box 22, Item 127

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Portland District. Report on Coos Bay tidal current survey : appendix A 1932

Physical Description: 25 leaves : 10 folded maps
Box 23, Item 128

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Washington : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated August 21, 1972 on Ediz Hook, Port Angeles Washington : U.S. GPO, 1973. (House document (United States. Congress (93d, 1st session : 1973). House) ; no. 93-101).

Physical Description: 178 pages : maps
Box 23, Item 129

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Seattle District. Report on survey Port Angeles Harbor, Washington. Seattle : The District, 1940.

Physical Description: 2 volumes : maps, photographs and 1 folder (2 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of supplementary material by U.S. Shore Protection Board dated December 17, 1940.
Box 23, Item 130

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Seattle District. Review of reports on Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, Washington (South Jetty). Seattle : The District, 1956.

Physical Description: 27 pages : mapages
Box 23, Item 131

United States. Shore Protection Board. Grays Harbor, Washington 1945

Physical Description: 26 leaves, bound : maps
Box 23, Item 132

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Seattle District. Review of reports on Willapa River and Harbor, Washington. Seattle : The District, 1956.

Physical Description: 29 pages : 4 maps
Box 23, Item 133

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Seattle District. Review of reports on Neah Bay, Washington. Seattle : The District, 1949.

Physical Description: 2 volumes, bound : maps, photographs and 1 folder (3 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of material by the U.S. Beach Erosion Board dated April 17, 1950, which accompanies report.
Box 23, Item 134

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Waikiki Beach, Island of Oahu, T.H., beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated January 23, 1953 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of Waikiki Beach Washington : U.S. GPO, 1953. (House document (United States. Congress (83d, 1st session : 1953). House) ; no. 227).

Physical Description: 55 pages : mapages
Box 23, Item 135

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated June 4, 1964 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of Waikiki Beach Washington : U.S. GPO, 1965. (House document (United States. Congress (89th, 1st session : 1965). House) ; no. 104).

Physical Description: 55 pages
Box 23, Item 136

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Honolulu District. Report on cooperative study for beach erosion control at Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, T.H. Honolulu : The District, 1950.

Physical Description: 2 volumes : maps
Box 24, Item 137

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Francisco District. Report on cooperative study for beach erosion control at Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, T.H. San Francisco : The District, 1950.

Physical Description: 2 volumes : maps
Box 24, Item 138

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Honolulu District. Cooperative beach erosion control study : Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Honolulu : The District, 1963.

Physical Description: 62 pages, bound : maps
Box 24, Item 139

Kaneohe-Kailua area, Oahu, Hawaii : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated November 23, 1970 on Kaneohe-Kailua area, Oahu Washington : U.S. GPO, 1971.

Physical Description: (House document (United States. Congress (92d, 1st Session : 1971). House) no. 92-141). 104 pages : mapages
Box 24, Item 140

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Honolulu District. Cooperative beach erosion control study : Haleiwa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Honolulu : The District, 1962.

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps
Box 24, Item 141

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Haleiwa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated May 15, 1964 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of Haleiwa Beach, Oahu Washington : U.S. GPO, 1965. (House document (United States. Congress (89th, 1st session : 1965). House) ; no. 107).

Physical Description: 110 pages : maps
Box 24, Item 142

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Waimea Beach and Hanapepe Bay, Island of Kauai, T.H., beach erosion control study : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated April 25, 1956 on a cooperative beach erosion control study of Waimea Beach and Hanapepe Bay Washington : U.S. GPO, 1957. (House document (United States. Congress (84th, 2d session : 1956). House) ; no. 432).

Physical Description: 44 pages : maps
Box 24, Item 143

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Francisco District. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Waimea Beach and Hanapepe Bay, Island of Kauai, T.H. San Francisco : The District, 1955.

Physical Description: 2 volumes, bound : maps and 1 folder (4 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes file of supplementary memoranda and a summary report by the U.S. Beach Erosion Board.
Box 24, Item 144

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Beach erosion : pertinent data for inspection by Beach Erosion Board, 25, 26, 27 July 1955. Los Angeles : The District, 1955.

Physical Description: 34 leaves, bound : maps
Box 24, Item 145

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Beach erosion : pertinent data for inspection by Beach Erosion Board, 26, 27, 28, 29 April 1960. Los Angeles : The District, 1960.

Physical Description: 80 leaves : maps
Box 25, Item 146

Bibliography, river hydraulics, sediment transport. 1918.

Physical Description: approximately 400 leaves, bound

Scope and Contents

Bibliography assembled for unidentified "investigation" which presumably was published. Includes both the citations "referred to in parts I and II of the text" as well as those from which quotations were not taken. Emphasis on China, Grand Canal, Yellow River and Mississippi River.
Box 25, Item 147

Cost estimates of by-passing sand at selected inlets. 1949.

Physical Description: 1 folder (7 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes data made available to the U.S. Beach Erosion Board on Santa Barbara and Port Hueneme Harbors, Calif.; Lake Worth Inlet, Florida; Cold Spring Inlet, New Jersey; and Fire Island Inlet, N.Y.
Box 25, Item 148

Santa Monica beach problems, littoral drift: correspondence, news clippings, photographs 1936-1937

Physical Description: 1 folder (9 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Correspondence addressed to Morrough P. O'Brien, Dean, College of Engineering, University of California at Berkeley.
Box 25, Item 149

O'Brien, M. P., and Bruce D. Rindlaub. Report on transportation of bed load in channels. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Hydraulic Laboratory, 1934.

Physical Description: approximately 120 leaves
Box 25, Item 150

Correspondence with Joe W. Johnson regarding coastal engineering investigations 1967-1974

Physical Description: approximately 250 leaves, bound
Box 25, Item 151

Miscellaneous materials pertaining to U.S. Beach Erosion Board studies and reports 1944-1947

Physical Description: 8 folders (approximately 175 pieces) Includes correspondence, news clippings, reports, memoranda, etc

Scope and Contents

Contents: Miscellaneous locations --California studies --Grand Isle, Louisiana --Galveston, Texas --Jones Beach, New York --Connecticut studies --Pacific coast, general information, clippings --Technical reports and memoranda, miscellaneous.
Box 26, Item 152

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Seattle District. Review of reports on Shilshole Bay, Seattle, Washington. Seattle : The District, 1949.

Physical Description: 2 volumes, bound : maps, photographs
Box 26, Item 153a

Kodiak seismic wave : earthquake pictorial. Kodiak, Alaska : Island Publishing Co., 1964?.

Physical Description: 32 pages and 5 photographs (col. and b
Box 26, Item 153b

Bell, Roscoe E. Letter, 1964 June 19, Anchorage, Alaska, to Maj.Gen. J.S. Seybold, Washington, D.C. : regarding the March 27, 1964 seismic wave and earthquake effect on shorelines in vicinity of Kodiak, Alaska.

Physical Description: 1 folder (2 pieces) and 18 photographs
Box 26, Item 154

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of coast of Southern California, Point Conception to Mexican boundary : Appendix VII, Interim report (Contract no. W-04-193- ENG.-5196). Los Angeles : The District, 1960.

Physical Description: 60 pages, bound : maps
Box 26, Item 155

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District. Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of coast of Southern California, Cape San Martin to Mexican boundary : Appendix VII, Final report (Contract no. W-04-193-ENG.- 5196). Los Angeles : The District, 1967.

Physical Description: 1 volume, bound : maps