Alfred R. Golzé photographs
Finding aid prepared by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian.
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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.
The collection is open for research.
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[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.
Gift of Mrs. Gladys Whitney Golzé, June 1987
Processed by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian, 2001.
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.
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.
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.
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
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
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
Photographs
Series 1. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 1949-1960
Box 1, Folder 1
Series 2. California Department of Water Resources 1961-1971
Sub-Series 2.1. Publicity Stills 1961-1971
Box 1, Folder 2
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 5
Box 1, Folder 6
1967-1968
Physical Description:
8 photographs (b w)
Includes photos of DWR Director William R. Gianelli,the U.S. Committee on Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control,the plaque
awarded to Golzé for Oroville Dam (as "one of the seven wonders of engineering achievement in California"), and Oroville Consulting
Board.
Box 1, Folder 7
Box 1, Folder 8
Box 1, Folder 9
Sub-Series 2.2. Oroville Big Bucket 1964
Box 1, Folder 10
1964
Physical Description:
11 photographs (b w)
Sub-Series 2.3. San Luis Reservoir 1964
Box 1, Folder 11
Sub-Series 2.4. Allis-Chalmers Shop 1965-1970
Box 1, Folder 12
1965-1970
Physical Description:
11 photographs (b w)
Photos taken during visits by California Department of Water Resourcesofficials to the West Allis, Wis., plant of Allis-Chalmersto
check manufacturing progress on pumps for the California State Water Project.Includes pumps for Wind Gap station and Tehachapi
Pumping Plant.
Sub-Series 2.5. San Bernardino Tunnel 1970
Box 1, Folder 13
Sub-Series 2.6. Miscellaneous