J. W. Johnson papers
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Descriptive Summary
Title: J. W. Johnson papers
Date (inclusive): 1863-1999, undated
Date (bulk): 1933-1988
Collection Number: WRCA 047
Creator:
Johnson, J.W. (Joe William), 1908-2002
Extent:
57 boxes
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection consists of project files and research files compiled by J. W. Johnson during his career as Professor of Hydraulic
Engineering and as a professional consulting engineer.
Languages: The collection is primarily in English, with some documents in Portuguese and Spanish.
Access
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. J. W. Johnson papers (WRCA 047). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special
Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Gift of J. W. Johnson, date unknown.
Collection Number
Collection number updated May 2020. Legacy collection number was JOHNSON. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019 to
update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Processing History
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 2000.
Biographical Note
Joe William Johnson was born on July 19, 1908 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He grew up in Winslow, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California.
He spent his first two years of college at the University of California, Los Angeles,and then transferred to Berkeley, where
he received his B.S. degree in May 1931 and his M.S. degree in May 1934, both in civil engineering.
After graduating, Johnson spent a year at the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Stationin Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He then transferred to the U.S. Soil Conservation Servicein Washington, D.C., where he worked on sediment transportation from
1935 until 1942. During this time Johnson was instrumental in the design and operation of a research laboratory for the study
of sediment transport. This research is documented in a number of his early papers.
In July 1942, Johnson was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Division of Mechanical Engineering at the University of
California, Berkeley. He immediately became involved in the intensive study of waves and beaches, which were being undertaken
as part of the major war effort in amphibious operations during World War II. This work for the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Shipswas
conducted both at the Department of Engineering, Berkeley, under the direction of Morrough P. O'Brien,and at the Scripps Institution
of Oceanographyat La Jolla under the direction of H. U. Sverdrup. Some of Johnson's colleagues in this war work were R. G.
Folsom, J. A. Putnam, J. D. Isaacs, W. N. Bascom,and H. W. Iversen.The work was classified, but after the war a number of
technical papers were published on these studies. Johnson's involvement is evident from his papers on wave generation, wave
refraction, and impulsively generated waves (he worked on the latter at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, March-June 1944). A broad
description of the project was published in the article Wartime Research on Waves and Surf, by M. P. O'Brienand J. W. Johnson(The
Military Engineer, Vol. 39, no. 260, June 1947). The research included wave and surf forecasting and associated observations
and measurements, development and installation of wave and tide recorders, littoral currents, waves generated by underwater
explosions, and the effect of the surf on the behavior of amphibious and amphibian vehicles, and on their operation.
In 1946, Johnson was promoted to Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Division. In 1952, he was appointed Professor
of Hydraulic Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, where he remained until his retirement in 1975. His colleagues
during this time included H. A. Einstein, P. D. Trask, P. H. McGauhey, G. J. Giefer, D. K. Todd,and R. L. Wiegel(Johnson and
Hans Albert Einsteinhad been colleagues earlier when they both worked on sediment transport for the Soil Conservation Service).
During his tenure at Berkeley, Johnson was continuously active in teaching, research and administration. He served as Director
of the Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory(1959-1967), Chairman of the Division of Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering (1963-1967,
acting Chairman, 1971-1972), and Archivist, Water Resources Collections and Archives(1963-1973).
Johnson taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in hydraulics and coastal engineering and he supervised a large number
of Ph.D. students. He also believed in the value of continuing professional education for engineers, and lectured in a number
of short courses in coastal engineering given by the University of California Extension Divisionand at other universities.
His research in coastal engineering was prolific, with more than one hundred published papers and technical reports. Johnson
retired from academia in 1975 as Professor Emeritus of Hydraulic Engineering.
During the immediate post-war years, Johnson continued to work with O'Brien, together with a number of young researchers,
including R. L. Wiegel, C. L. Bretschneider, R. C. Crooke, R. C. McCamy, T. Saville, Jr., F. A. Snodgrass, and J. R. Morison.This
was the time of rapid growth in coastal engineering research and the work by the group brought a number of visiting scholars
to Berkeley to study and perform research in this field. These included Kiyoshi Horikawa, Egbert Prins,and Per Bruun.
Because of his thorough knowledge of waves and beaches, Johnson has been much sought after as a consulting engineer. He has
worked on projects as varied as beach erosion in Venezuela; an ore port in Brazil; a harbor in Puerto Rico; port developments
in Mexico, Australia, Egypt, Peru and in the Persian Gulf; small craft harbors in California; wave action at Puerto Matarani,
Peru; harbor sedimentation in Argentina; a port site study in Guatemala; sand dunes in Portugal; a wood chip port in Brazil;
a breakwater in Guam; beach and harbor studies in many parts of the coastal United States; and several projects in Canada.
Johnson's major hobby is the history of hydraulics, especially hydraulic engineering in the "Gold Country" in California.
His papers Engineering Highlights of the California Mining Days(California Engineer, May 1949), and Early Engineering Center
in California, (California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 29, no. 3, September 1950), are most interesting accounts of
this early work, well illustrated with old photographs. In his 1949 paper, Johnson states:
"To operate the various pieces of mining equipment, relatively crude water wheels called 'hurdy-gurdies' were used extensively.
These wheels operated at relatively low efficiencies, and it was not until 1880 that Lester Peltonof Comptonville developed
the improved impulse turbine bucket, which is now known as the Pelton bucket. Pelton's invention, the use of a center splitter
in the bucket, moved the impulse turbine from the class of a crude, inefficient, home-made hurdy-gurdy to that of an efficient
prime mover. One of the first types of the Pelton Wheel is now on display in the Hydraulic Court of the Mechanics Building
on the Berkeley campus. This small wheel was built from patterns supplied by Pelton and was tested in the University's hydraulic
laboratory in 1883. The results of these tests constitute Bulletin No. 1 of the Department of Engineering."
Johnson found the "hurdy-gurdy" wheel used at the Monarch Mine, Sierra City, Sierra County, California and it is now mounted
over the entrance to the Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory in O'Brien Hall at the University of California, Berkeley. The Pelton
Wheel is on loan to the Oakland Museum of California.
Johnson has also been interested in early photographs of engineering works and natural scenes in California. His report The
Early Pacific Coast Photographs of Carleton E. Watkins(Archives series report no. 8, Water Resources Center, University of
California, Berkeley, 1960) was one of the first to recognize the important work of pioneer 19th century photographer Carleton
E. Watkins(1829-1916). Johnson wrote another paper, Historical Photographs and the Coastal Engineer(Shore & Beach, Vol. 29,
no. 1, April 1961), in which he described the importance of using old photographs in estimating coastal changes. In the article,
he reproduced three sets of photographs taken in the vicinity of the mouth of the Noyo and Big Rivers near Mendocino, California.
Three photographs by C. E. Watkins,taken in 1860, are compared with three photographs taken from the exact same locations
100 years later in 1960 by Eugene Comptonof Berkeley, California.
Johnson became editor of Shore & Beach, the journal of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association,in 1974, and
remained in this capacity until his "retirement at the age of eighty" in July 1988.
Excerpted from Biographical Sketch of Joe W. Johnson, by Robert L. Wiegel(Shore & Beach, Vol. 56, no. 4, October 1988), which
also includes all of Johnson's professional activities and awards and a bibliography of key papers authored and co-authored
by Johnson.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of project files, reprints of articles, technical reports, student term papers and projects, correspondence,
photographs, maps, drawings, etc., compiled by J. W. Johnson during his career as a professional consulting engineer and professor
of hydraulic engineering. Includes material relating to wave studies, littoral drift, sedimentation, flow of water, hydroelectric
plants, harbors, breakwaters, jetties and other hydraulic structures, navigation channels, and shoreline stabilization in
California, South America, Australia, and elsewhere. Of particular significance are studies of the mouth of the Russian River,
Bolinas Lagoon, the Hawaii tsunami of April 1, 1946, the San Francisco ocean outfall at Ocean Beach, the Santa Ynez River
Bridge, and coastal projects in the United States.
The collection also includes Johnson's research files and notes compiled for his two major "hobbies:" the history of hydraulic
engineering in California and pioneer photographer Carleton E. Watkins. These files include extensive correspondence, copy
prints of photographs, research notes, articles, newspaper clippings, etc.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged into six series as follows:
- Series 1. Project Files, Reprints, Technical Reports, etc., 1901-1997
- Series 2. History of Hydraulic Engineering in California, 1879-1978
- Series 3. Materials on Carleton E. Watkins, 1863-1999, undated
- Series 4. Miscellaneous, undated
- Series 5. Wind Speed and Direction, Bodega Marine Laboratory Anemometer, undated
- Series 6. Knave Newspapers, undated
Related Collections
- J. W. Johnson Papers, 1962-1966. BANC MSS 78/119 c, Bancroft Library
- Morrough P. O'Brien Papers, (WRCA 059). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside
- Carleton E. Watkins Papers, ca. 1864-1890. BANC MSS 67/156 c, Bancroft Library
- Carleton E. Watkins Letters, 1880-1890. BANC MSS 78/92 c, Bancroft Library
- The Hearst Mining Collection of Views by C. E. Watkins, 1871-1891. BANC PIC 1905.17175-ffALB, Bancroft Library
- Mendocino Coast Photographed by Carleton E. Watkins, 1863. BANC PIC 1957.026-ffALB, Bancroft Library
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
University of California, Berkeley. Division of Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Australia
Beach erosion
Bolinas Lagoon (Calif.)
Brazil
Breakwaters -- Design and construction
Bridges -- California -- Santa Ynez River -- Design and construction
Coastal engineering
Harbors -- Design and construction
Hydraulic engineering -- California -- History
Inlets
Littoral drift
Marinas -- Design and construction
Mining engineering -- California -- History
Ocean outfalls -- California -- San Francisco -- Design and construction
Ocean waves
Peru
Photographers -- California
Photography in engineering
Sediment transport
Shore protection
Tides
Tsunamis -- Hawaii
Water waves -- Models
Water-power -- California -- History
Genres and Forms of Materials
Project files
Research notes
Series 1. Project Files, Reprints, Technical Reports, etc.
1901-1997
1933-1979
Series Scope and Contents
The series consists of materials compiled by Johnson during his career as a professional consulting engineer and as a Professor
of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Includes term papers by students supervised by Johnson.
Box 1, Folder 1
Johnson, J. W. and Robert L. Wiegel. Investigation of current measurement in estuarine and coastal waters. Berkeley
September 1958
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the State Water Pollution Control Board, Standard Service Agreement no. 12C-18.
Box 1, Folder 2
List of publications by J. W. Johnson
1934-1977
Box 1, Folder 3
Johnson, J. W. Sand movement on coastal dunes: preliminary draft. Hydraulic Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
1963
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Federal Inter-Agency Sedimentation Conference, Jackson, Mississippi, January 28 - February 1, 1963.
Box 1, Folder 4
Delta Tidewater Marina, Stockton, CA
November 1967
Scope and Contents
Includes paper titled
Wind, Wave, and Hydraulic Problems at Delta Tidewater Marina, Stockton, California, correspondence, and climatological data
for Stockton
.
Box 1, Folder 4-1
Delta Tidewater Company. Preliminary plans and engineering diagrams of Stockton's new deep water marina with direct access
to deep water channel. Stockton, CA
1967(?)
Box 1, Folder 5
Coatzacoalcos River Port, Petroleos, Mexicanos
September 1965
Scope and Contents
Includes letter report to Alberto J. Barocio, Gerente, Inspeccion y verificacion de Construccion, Petroleos Mexicanos, correspondence
from Barocio and report, Construction of the inner harbor of Pajaritos, Ver., problems to increase draughts at the petroleum
terminal of Nanchital, Ver.
Box 1, Folder 6
Johnson, J. W. and Robert L. Wiegel. Waves at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. Berkeley
December 1955
Scope and Contents
Submitted under contract NO 79349 with the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Dept. of the Navy for "A Study to Determine Effect of
Grande Island Breakwater upon Destructive Wave Action during Normal Storms in Subic Bay, P.I." Appendix I. Maximum wind waves
and swell, Subic Bay, P.I. / by David K. Todd-- Appendix II. Sea and swell data furnished by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office--
Appendix III. Excerpt from "Cubi Point Naval Air Station, Philippine Islands, hydraulic fill and revetment," Bechtel Corporation,
May 1952.
Box 1, Folder 8
Turkey Point Power Plant, Florida
1966-1967
Scope and Contents
Includes reports entitled Model studies of hurricane flooding protection, Turkey Point Power Plant, Florida and Model study
of wave action on intake structure, Turkey Point Power Plant, Florida, correspondence, photographs, drawings, data, etc.
Box 1, Folder 9
Johnson, J. W.. Sedimentation damage in the Rio Grande Valley near San Marcial, New Mexico
May 1954
Scope and Contents
Critical analysis of all available data on sedimentation damage due to the existence of Elephant Butte Reservoir.
Box 1, Folder 9-1
Siltation in Rio Grande, San Marcial, N. M.: re Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co., plaintiff, vs. the United States,
defendant
February 26, 1954
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, opinion and findings of fact of Commissioner, petition, photographs, diagrams,
etc.
Box 1, Folder 10
O'Brien, Morrough P. and J. W. Johnson. Velocity-head correction for hydraulic flow
1934
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Engineering News-Record (August 16, 1934).
Box 1, Folder 11
Johnson, J. W. Rectangular artificial roughness in open channels. Institute of Engineering Research, University of California,
Berkeley
1944
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1944. (Reprint no. 25-44).
Box 2, Folder 12
Chang, Y. L. Laboratory investigation of flume traction and transportation. American Society of Civil Engineers
1939
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions, v. 104 (1939). (Paper no. 2037). Includes a discussion by J. W. Johnson.
Box 2, Folder 12-1
Laboratory investigation of flume traction and transportation, by Y. L. Chang
July 31, 1938
Scope and Contents
Typescript analysis of Chang's paper. Includes holograph notes, charts, graphs, etc.
Box 2, Folder 13
Steady uniform flow in open channels
1933-1939
Scope and Contents
Collection of notes, papers, articles, and correspondence by Johnson, Morrough P. O'Brien, and Robert E. Horton.
Box 2, Folder 14
Model accuracy
1937
Scope and Contents
Includes paper entitled Accuracy of movable-bed models, correspondence, holograph notes, photographs, charts, graphs, etc.
Box 2, Folder 15
Johnson, J. W. The importance of considering side-wall friction in bed-load investigations
1942
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Civil Engineering, v. 12, no. 6 (June 1942). Includes file of holograph notes.
Box 2, Folder 16
Johnson, J. W. Distribution graph of suspended-matter concentration. American Society of Civil Engineers
1943
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions, v. 108 (1943). (Paper no. 2199). Includes discussion by H. A. Einstein, G. C. Dobson, Thomas
R. Camp, Frank S. Bailey, and Johnson.
Box 2, Folder 17
Einstein, Hans Albert. Formulas for the transportation of bed load. American Society of Civil Engineers
1942
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions, v. 107 (1942). (Paper No. 2140). Includes discussion by Joe W. Johnson, A. A. Kalinske, O. G.
Haywood, Jr., Samuel Shulits, John S. McNown, and Hans A. Einstein.
Box 2, Folder 18
Griffith, W. M. A theory of silt transportation. American Society of Civil Engineers
1939
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions, v. 104 (1939). (Paper no. 2052). Includes discussion by J. W. Johnson, et al.
Box 2, Folder 19
Johnson, J. W. Transportation of sediment by stream: bed load
1939
Scope and Contents
Reporter's discussion of topic 8(a). Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture for the round-table discussion
on the role of hydraulic laboratories in geophysical research at the National Bureau of Standardson September 13, 1939.
Box 2, Folder 20
Johnson, J. W. Notes on the accuracy of movable-bed hydraulic models
1938
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Civil Engineering, v. 8, no. 6 (June 1938).
Box 2, Folder 21
Johnson, J. W., R. A. Fuchs, and J. R. Morison. The damping action of submerged breakwaters
1951
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 32, no. 5 (October 1951).
Box 2, Folder 22
Johnson, J. W. Ship waves in navigation channels
1957 (?)
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Proceedings of Sixth Conference on Coastal Engineering, Gainesville, Palm Beach, and Miami Beach, December
1957, edited by J.W. Johnson. Richmond, Calif. : Council on Wave Research, 1958.
Box 2, Folder 23
Johnson, J. W. and E. K. Rice. A laboratory investigation of wind-generated waves
1952
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 33, no. 6 (December 1952).
Box 2, Folder 24
Morison, J. R., J. W. Johnson, and Morrough P. O'Brien. Experimental studies of forces on piles
1954
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Proceedings of Fourth Conference on Coastal Engineering, Chicago, Illinois, October 1953. Edited by J.W. Johnson.
Berkeley, Calif. : Council on Wave Research, the Engineering Foundation, 1954.
Box 2, Folder 25
Johnson, J. W. and J. D. Isaacs. Action and effect of waves
1948
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Western Construction News (April 1948).
Box 2, Folder 26
Sibul, O. J. and J. W. Johnson. Laboratory study of wind tides in shallow water
1957
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Journal of Waterways and Harbors Division, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 83, no.
WW 1 (April 1957). (Paper no. 1210)
Box 2, Folder 27
Johnson, J. W. The characteristics of wind waves on lakes and protected bays
1948
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 29, no. 5 (October 1948).
Box 2, Folder 28
O'Brien, Morrough P. and J. W. Johnson. Wartime research on waves and surf
1947
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from The Military Engineer, v. 39, no. 260 (June 1947).
Box 2, Folder 29
Johnson, J. W. Scale effects in hydraulic models involving wave motion
1949
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 30, no. 4 (August 1949).
Box 2, Folder 30
Putnam, J. A. and J. W. Johnson. The dissipation of wave energy by bottom friction. Institute of Engineering Research, University
of California, Berkeley
1949
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 30, no. 1 (February 1949), p. 67-74. (Reprint ; no. 18-49).
Box 2, Folder 31
Johnson, J. W. Relationships between wind and waves, Abbotts Lagoon, California
1950
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 31, no. 3 (June 1950).
Box 2, Folder 32
Blue, Frank L. and J. W. Johnson. Diffraction of water waves passing through a breakwater gap
1949
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 30, no. 5 (October 1949).
Box 2, Folder 33
Johnson, J. W. and K. J. Bermel. Impulsive waves in shallow water as generated by falling weights
1949
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 30, no. 2 (April 1949).
Box 2, Folder 34
Johnson, J. W. and W. L. Minaker. Movement and deposition of sediment in the vicinity of debris-barriers
1944
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (1944).
Box 2, Folder 35
Dobson, Gilbert C. and J. W. Johnson. Studying sediment loads in natural streams: highly specialized laboratory of soil conservation
service now in second year of operation on Enoree River, S.C.
1940
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Civil Engineering, v. 10, no. 2 (February 1940).
Box 2, Folder 36
Witzig, Berard J. Sedimentation in reservoirs. American Society of Civil Engineers
1944
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions, v. 109 (1944). (Paper no. 2227). Includes discussion by Joe W. Johnson, et al.
Box 2, Folder 37
Johnson, J. W. Dynamics of nearshore sediment movement
1956
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 40, no. 9 (September 1956).
Box 2, Folder 38
Zwerner, G. A., J. W. Johnson, and E. M. Flaxman. Advance report on the sedimentation survey and suspended-matter observations
in Lake Issaqueena, Clemson, South Carolina, 1940-41. U.S. Soil Conservation Service
November 1942
Box 2, Folder 39
Johnson, J. W. Underflow studies at Lake Issaqueena
1942
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Civil Engineering, v. 12, no. 9 (September 1942).
Box 2, Folder 40
Hickox, G. H. Aeration of spillways. American Society of Civil Engineers
1944
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions, v. 109 (1944). (Paper no. 2215). With discussion by Joe W. Johnson, et al.
Box 2, Folder 41
Johnson, J. W. The aeration of sharp-crested weirs
1935
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Civil Engineering, v. 5, no. 3 (March 1935).
Box 2, Folder 42
Johnson, J. W. Littoral-drift problem at shore-line harbors. American Society of Civil Engineers
1959
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Transactions, v. 124 (1959). (Paper no. 2992). With discussion by Richard Silvester and Joe W. Johnson.
Box 2, Folder 43
Original computations for the paper
The use of mass curves in evaluating suspended-load observations on small Piedmont streams
1942
Scope and Contents
Paper published in Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (1942).
Box 2, Folder 51
Johnson, J. W. and Morrough P. O'Brien. The engineering aspects of waves in harbor design
May 24, 1949
Scope and Contents
Paper prepared for meeting of the International Association for Hydraulic Structures Research,Grenoble, France, September
5-7, 1949.
Box 3, Folder 53
Notes on model laws for hydraulic structures
1933-1934
Scope and Contents
Collection of reprints, papers, photographs, and manuscript calculations.
Box 3, Folder 56
The suspended load of small streams studied by distribution graphs of silt concentration
1941
Physical Description:
9 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes plots for distribution graphs, suspended load data, blueprints, etc., for East Fork Deep River, Highpoint, N.C.
Box 4, Folder 57
Johnson, J. W. Laboratory investigations on bed-load transportation and bed roughness: a compilation of published and unpublished
data. U.S. Soil Conservation Service
1943
Scope and Contents
Includes 6 folders (285 pieces) of manuscripts, calculations, bed load data, sieve analysis, correspondence, etc. (SCS-TP
50). Note: Library has another copy of published book: 22.6 G3-1.
Box 4, Folder 58
Johnson, J. W. Nearshore sediment movement, Central California coast
October 1965
Scope and Contents
Presented at Coastal Engineering Specialty Conference, ASCE, Santa Barbara, Calif., October 11-13, 1965. Includes newspaper
clippings, correspondence, photographs, maps, data, calculations, etc.
Box 4, Folder 59
Johnson, J. W. Estimating the importance of nearshore sediment movement in engineering problems
January 1966
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Golden Jubilee Celebration, Central Water and Power Research Station, Poona, India, January 1966.
Box 4, Folder 62
Saint Marc, G. Sauvage de and G. Vincent. Transport littoral formation de fleches et de tombolos
May 1968
Scope and Contents
Translated into English by Charles E. Gray. Draft of the original translation with J. W. Johnson's rephrasing of the translator's
work, etc. Published in 1968 by Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, as Technical report
no. HEL-2-17 (see WRCA 57 J8).
Box 4, Folder 63
Collision with wreck of the Benevolence on December 11, 1950
1950-1952
Scope and Contents
Material compiled by J. W. Johnson for use in his testimony as an expert witness in re United States vs. Tug Relief, et al.,
N.D. California, Admiralty no. 26007. Includes correspondence, data, graphs, etc.
Box 4, Folder 64
Bridge pier failure, Jefferson City, Missouri
November 1953
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, data, graphs, etc.
Box 5, Folder 65
Reports by J. W. Johnson
1951-1967
Scope and Contents
List of numbered reports inlcuded in this folder.
- No. 3. San Jose Beach trial, Monterey County, California, April 1954
- No. 9. Current forces, Carquinez Bridge Caisson, December 1955
- No. 13. Santa Cruz Seaside Co., beach stability, Santa Cruz, Calif., May 1959
- No. 16. San Mateo Bridge approach, S.F. Bay, November 1959
- No. 23. Wave action and wind tides, Lake Okeechobee, Florida, 1951-1957
- No. 25. Ala Moana Reef Development, Waianae Harbor, Kaiaka Bay Harbor, December 1961
- No. 40. Stream outlet channels, Wainanae watershed, Hawaii, July, 1962
- No. 43. Shoreline problems, South Shore Development, Alameda, California, August 1963
- No. 44. Galveston sea wall scour study
- No. 45. Harbor Land Development, Whale's Tail, Alameda, Calif., December 1963
- No. 54. Oceanographic situation, Ora Wan, Okinawa, November 1965
- No. 60. Proposed shipyard Lorain, Ohio, February 1966
- No. 62. Harbor for Santa Barbara Bayshores, Goleta, Calif., July 1965
- No. 71. Point Grey foreshore and scenic drive study, Vancouver, B.C., December 1967
- No. 77. Subic Bay inspection trip, June 1955
- No. 78. Acquisition of coastal engineering data, Okinawa, September 1961
Box 5, Folder 66
Del Oso Creek, San Luis Obispo County
July 1954
Scope and Contents
Includes report: An appraisal of the beach sediment problem at Del Oso Creek, San Luis Obispo County, California; correspondence,
photographs, graphs, etc.
Box 5, Folder 67
B. A. Nouel Projects, Caracas, Venezuela
1954-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, photographs, and other materials compiled by J. W. Johnson as consultant on the construction
of a hotel near the city of Cumana, located on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, at the mouth of the Manzanares River.
Box 5, Folder 67a
Nouel, Bernardo A. Distribution of beach material, Central Venezuela coast
March 16, 1954
Scope and Contents
Includes folded map and film.
Box 5, Folder 68
South shore of Alameda, California
1955-1958
Scope and Contents
Includes report on the effects of wave action on the proposed hydraulic fill (for the Utah Construction Company'sproposed
residential development) on the south shore of Alameda and Bay Farm Island, correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, diagrams,
beach profiles, etc.
Box 5, Folder 68-1
Bishop, William E. Alameda south shore investigation
1972 (?)
Scope and Contents
Review of the Alameda south shore beach project and erosion problems that have developed since construction in 1956-1957.
Box 5, Folder 69
Johnson, J. W. and Robert L. Wiegel. Proposed harbor, Matarani, Peru
1957
Scope and Contents
Report prepared for Tudor Engineering, C. A. Trexel, and Mac Silvert.
Box 6, Folder 70
Reports and correspondence with J. H. Pomeroy Company
1958-1967
Scope and Contents
Folder includes following list of numbered reports.
- No.11. Navy fuel terminal, Los Angeles Harbor
- No.15. Mouth of Upper Truckee River
- No.17. Ras al Khafji, Persian Gulf
- No.57. Aminoil small craft harbor, Persian Gulf
- No.58. Aquarium, Trinidad, Calif.
- No.59. Port of Doha, Persian Gulf
- No.67. Moss Landing Power Plant
- No.68. Abu Dhabi, Persian Gulf
Box 6, Folder 71
Basic oceanographic data for the California coast at the mouth of the Russian River
1959
Scope and Contents
Folder includes correspondence, data, draft copies, photographs (1944-1957), etc and the following list of numbered documents.
- A-1. Wave measurements along the California coast / Robert L. Wiegeland J. Kukk
- A-2. Summary of wave data for San Francisco Bay and vicinity
- A-3. Summary of wave data for Cape Mendocino, California.
Box 6, Folder 71-2
Gravel mining operation, mouth of Russian River, Jenner by the Sea
1964-1967
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, data, graphs, surveys, etc. Prepared for Utah Construction and Mining Company.
Box 6, Folder 71-3
Russian River Project, hydrographic surveys studies
1967
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Utah Construction and Mining Company as part of the Russian River sand and gravel project, report on hydrographic
surveys, studies and analysis at the mouth of the Russian River.
Box 6, Folder 71-4
Northern California aggregates, Jenner hearings
1970
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and miscellaneous data on the gravel extraction from the mouth of the Russian River.
Box 6, Folder 71-5
Seasonal beach changes, Jenner, California, Sonoma County: Russian River (five ranges), Wrights Beach (two ranges)
1967-1969
Scope and Contents
Beach profiles prepared by Hogan, Schoch & Associates, Inc.for Utah Construction and Mining Company.
Box 7, Folder 72
Martinez small craft harbor
1959-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes report entitled Basic data for proposed small craft harbor Martinez, California, news clippings, correspondence,
calculations, data, supplementary reports, etc.
Box 7, Folder 73
Waterfront development, Columbia-Geneva Steel Plant, San Joaquin River, California
1959-1960
Scope and Contents
Includes report entitled Waves, tide and channel conditions, San Joaquin River, Antioch, California, correspondence, data,
graphs, etc.
Box 7, Folder 74
Johnson, J. W. Wave and littoral drift conditions at Marina Embarcadero, Santa Barbara, California
June 29, 1960
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Mac Silvert; includes correspondence, data, graphs, etc.
Box 7, Folder 75
Shoreline of south Monterey Bay
1961-1968
Scope and Contents
Contents: v. 1. A. The shoreline of south Monterey Bay, July 1961 -- B. Monterey Sand Companycase correspondence -- C. Neap
tide calculations, Monterey and San Francisco -- v. 2. People vs. Monterey Sand Company, et al.
Box 7, Folder 76
Tubarão Ore Port, Vitória, Brazil
1962-1963
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, photographs, maps, etc.
Box 7, Folder 77
Marina del Rey, California
1962-1963
Scope and Contents
Includes news clippings, correspondence, notes, data, photographs, etc. Bound with Johnson's report: Considerations in the
interim protection of Marina del Rey from undesirable wave action.
Box 8, Folder 78
Gashouse Cove, yacht harbor, San Francisco
1961-1962
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, letter reports, manuscript calculations, blueprints, etc.
Box 8, Folder 79
Johnson, J. W. Shoreline processes on the Brazilian coast near Vitória
January 22, 1962
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Cia. Internacional de Engenharia e Construções, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Ore and Coal Terminal Project.
Includes maps and photographs.
Box 8, Folder 79-1
Sea, swell, wind, and surface current data for Vitória, Brazil
1969
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, wind tabulations, photostats, etc.
Box 8, Folder 79-2
Companhia Internacional de Engenharia. Porto de Tubarão, estudo de ventos e agitação do mar: Relatório final. Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
June 1972
Scope and Contents
Materials iIn Portuguese
Box 8, Folder 80
Johnson, J. W. and Robert Y. Hudson. Wave conditions at the proposed port at Ponta do Tubarão
April 11, 1963
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Cia. Vale do Rio Doce S.A.,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Includes articles from Dock & Harbour Authority, November
1972 and September 1974.
Box 8, Folder 81
Wave action, Chimbote, Peru
1962
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, calculations, etc.
Box 8, Folder 82
Johnson, J. W. Wave, surge and sediment problems, Chimbote, Peru
December 1962
Scope and Contents
Report on the proposed Chimbote fish facilities, Ferrol Bay, Peru, prepared for Tudor Engineering Company. Includes correspondence.
Box 8, Folder 83
Port of Pisco and Coishco Harbor, Peru
1962-1964
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Tudor Engineering Company. Includes correspondence, reports, notes, etc.
Box 8, Folder 84
Boat waves, Vallejo Marina, California
1962
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Creegan and D'Angelo. Includes correspondence, etc.
Box 8, Folder 85
Waves, surge, and sediment problems, Sechura Bay, Peru
1963-1964
Scope and Contents
Includes report submitted to Minera Bayovar S.A., correspondence, etc.
Box 8, Folder 86
Green Lake, Seattle, Washington
1961
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, calculations, comments on the Sylvester and Anderson report on Green Lake by Ray B. Krone, etc.
Box 9, Folder 87
Kaunaoa Beach, Hawaii
1961-1976
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, notes, photographs, diagrams, etc., pertaining to the design and construction of Mauna Kea Beach
Hotel, near Kawaihae.
Box 9, Folder 88
Johnson, J. W. Shoreline processes near the mouth of the upper Truckee River
October 28, 1959
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2 includes correspondence, manuscript calculations, photographs, news clippings, etc.
Box 9, Folder 89
Wave and sediment problems Port Hedland and vicinity, N.W. Australia
1963
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, correspondence, diagrams, etc.
Box 9, Folder 89-1
Port Hedland Port Authority. Port Hedland port information. Port Hedland, Western Australia
1973
Box 9, Folder 89-2
Port Hedland Port Authority. Annual reports. Port Hedland, Western Australia, 1971/72-1972/73
1971-1973
Box 9, Folder 89-3
Hydrographic Service. Port Hedland, Western Australia
1974
Scope and Contents
Map, scale 1:7,500. Filed in Map Case.
Box 9, Folder 89-4
Paul, M. J. and T. L. Lustig. Sediment movement in Port Hedland Harbor
December 1975
Scope and Contents
Prepared for submission to 2nd Australian Conference on Coastal Engineering, Surfers Paradise, April 27-May 1, 1975.
Box 9, Folder 90
Mount Goldsworthy Mining Associates, Los Angeles meeting
June 1963
Scope and Contents
Includes report, Wave and sediment problems, Port Hedland and vicinity, Western Australia, by J. W. Johnson, meeting agenda,
minutes, budget information, data, etc.
Box 9, Folder 91
Wave conditions, Dry Harbor, Jamaica
1964
Scope and Contents
Includes report, data, calculations, etc.
Box 9, Folder 92
Berkeley Marina, California
1964
Scope and Contents
Includes hydraulic program, hydraulic report, Berkeley Marina, and correspondence. Johnson participated in the review of the
proposed program, observation of preliminary tests and review of the final draft of the report.
Box 9, Folder 93
Tarapur Nuclear Project
1963-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes report entitled Progress report on circulating water system design for the Tarapur Nuclear Project, by G.A. Spanne,
Bechtel Corporation,1964, correspondence, data, calculations, etc.
Box 9, Folder 94
Johnson, J. W. Study of high water levels in San Francisco Bay. Berkeley, CA
November 1964
Scope and Contents
Made for Parsons Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel, San Francisco. Includes appendix: Highest tides observed annually at the Presidio,
San Francisco, 1898 to 1963, inclusive. Accompanied by file of correspondence, graphs, data, and diagrams.
Box 10, Folder 95
Proposed ore port, Cooke Point, Western Australia
1964
Scope and Contents
Includes report of International Engineering Company, San Francisco, review of the report, and related data on the proposed
ore port.
Box 10, Folder 96
Johnson, J. W. Duas Irmãs Terminal: wave and sediment conditions. Rio de Janeiro: Cia. Internacional de Engenharia e Construções
July 1965
Box 10, Folder 97
Johnson, J. W. Silting problem, Piti Power Plant, Guam
January 1965
Scope and Contents
Report to Bureau of Yards, Contracts, Pacific, San Bruno, Calif. Includes correspondence, maps, calculations, etc.
Box 10, Folder 98
High water levels, Drake's Bay, California
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes report entitled Study of high water levels in Drake's Bay, California, correspondence, maps, calculations, etc.
Box 10, Folder 99
Wave action in the Point Sur area
1965-1966
Scope and Contents
Report to summarize the character of wave action in the Pt. Sur area in California in connection with the design, operation,
and maintenance of an offshore load plant. Includes correspondence, calculations, etc.
Box 10, Folder 101
Marine facility, Laguna de las Mareas, Puerto Rico
1965-1966
Scope and Contents
Prepared for J. H. Pomeroy and Company, Inc., San Francisco. Includes correspondence, data, etc.
Box 10, Folder 102
Beach erosion, Port Angeles, Washington
1967
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Crown Zellerbach Corporation, Seattle. Includes report, Shoreline erosion, Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Washington;
correspondence, data, blueprints, etc.
Box 10, Folder 103
Ripple tank study, Port D'Arzew, Algeria
1966-1967
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Swindell-Dressler Company, Pittsburgh. Includes report, Ripple tank study of wave diffraction, Port D'Arzew,
Algeria; correspondence, calculations, etc.
Box 10, Folder 104
Argentina port study, Bahía Blanca, Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos
1967-1974
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc., New York. Includes reports, Sedimentation conditions at the Argentine
ports of Bahía Blanca, Santa Cruz, and Río Gallegos, by J. W. Johnsonand L. R. A. Capurro, Sedimentation at the ports in Bahía
Blanca, Argentina, by J. W. Johnson,correspondence, photographs, reports, diagrams, etc.
Box 10, Folder 105
Wave and sediment problems, Bezout Island, Western Australia
1968
Scope and Contents
Includes report to Mac Silvert, maps, calculations, etc.
Box 10, Folder 106
Cape Cuvier Port, Western Australia
1968
Scope and Contents
Includes report, Wave exposure, Cape Cuvier Port, Western Australia, correspondence, calculations, maps, etc.
Box 11, Folder 107
Model study of dissipating structures for California Division of Highways
1965-1967
Scope and Contents
Includes proposal to State of California, Division of Highways for a research program on energy dissipators, progress reports
on model studies of energy dissipators for large culverts, original data, contracts, drawings, photographs, and correspondence.
Box 11, Folder 108
Venezuela coastal problems for Nouel and Font
1968
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Juan B. Font, Caracas, Venezuela, news clippings, photographs, etc.
Box 11, Folder 109
Waves, surge, and sediment problems, Sechura Bay, Peru
1962-1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Marcona Mining Company, San Francisco. Includes reports, Waves and surge in San Nicolas Bay, Peru, by J. W. Johnson,
San Nicolas Bay ore-loading pier, Peru, by B. W. Wilson, correspondence, data, photographs, news clippings, calculations,
etc.
Box 11, Folder 109-2
Marine Advisers, Inc. A revised proposal to measure and describe the harbor oscillations in San Nicolas Bay, Peru. La Jolla,
CA
November 17, 1967
Scope and Contents
Prepared for John A. Blume & Associates, San Francisco.
Box 11, Folder 110
Coastal erosion in the United Arab Republic
1964-1969
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Bureau of Operations & Programming, United Nations Development Programme. Includes reports, comments on 'Assistance
in studying problems of coastal erosion in the United Arab Republic', by J. W. Johnson, Request to the United Nations special
fund for assistance in studying the problems of coastal erosion in the U.A.R., correspondence, news clippings, etc.
Box 11, Folder 111
Damietta Harbor, Nile River, United Arab Republic
1966
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and photographs
Box 11, Folder 111-1
Seminar on Nile Delta Coastal Processes (1976 : Alexandria, Egypt)
October 1976
Scope and Contents
Lectures presented before the Seminar on Nile Delta Coastal Processes, with emphasis on hydrodynamical factors. Sponsored
by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo University,and the Coastal Protection Project, UNESCO. Contents:
- Closure of tidal lagoons / J. W. Johnson
- Model studies of the closure of tidal inlets / J. W. Johnson
- Low-cost shore protection / J. W. Johnson
- Coastal protections and improvements / Ev. Nielsen
- Shore evolution / Ev. Nielsen
- Sediment distribution as flow indicator on the Nile continental shelf / Ev. Nielsen
- The evolution of the eastern part of the Nile Delta / Ev. Nielsen
- Current computation and analysis / E. W. Bijker
- Sand transport and sand budget / E. W. Bijker
- Effect of reservoir storage on beaches / Osman A. ElGhamry
Box 11, Folder 111-2
Inman, Douglas L., David G. Aubrey, and Steven S. Pawka. Application of nearshore processes to the Nile Delta
1976
Scope and Contents
Paper presented at the UNESCO Project Area Coastal Erosion Study Seminar, Alexandria, Egypt.
Box 12, Folder 111-3
Seminar on Nile Delta Coastal Processes (1976 : Alexandria, Egypt). Proceedings of Seminar on Nile Delta Coastal Processes,
with emphasis on hydrodynamical factors, held in Alexandria, 2-9 October 1976. Cairo: UNESCO Project under the Academy of
Scientific Research Technology
September 1977
Scope and Contents
Organized by the UNDP/UNESCO Project of Coastal Protection Studies & Department of Civil Engineering, Cairo University.
Box 12, Folder 111-4
Manohar, Madhav. Coastal processes at Nile Delta coast
1981 (?)
Box 12, Folder 112
Hay Point coal loading facility, Utah Construction and Mining Co.
1968-1969
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, data, report, calculations, etc., for a coal loading facility at Hay Point, Queensland, Australia.
Box 12, Folder 114-1
Proposed harbor, Tres Palos Lagoon, Acapulco, Mexico
1968-1969
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Dr. Leonardo Zeevaert, Cimentaciones-Estructuras, Laboratorio de Mecánica de los Suelos, México, D.F. Includes
correspondence, data, maps, etc.
Box 12, Folder 114-2
Gutiérrez, M. en C. Limón. Heavy mineral study; beach and river sediments, Acapulco, Mexico, State of Guerrero. México, D.F.
1969
Language
Materials in Spanish
Box 12, Folder 115
Johnson, J. W. Bulk loading facility, Cape Flattery, Queensland, Australia
April 1969
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Richard J. Laird, Senior Project Engineer, Utah Construction and Mining Company, Palo Alto, CA
Box 12, Folder 116
Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia
1970
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Mac Silvert. Includes correspondence, data, maps, etc.
Box 12, Folder 1117
Star Harbor, Lake Tahoe
1970
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, data, diagrams, maps, etc. Johnson reviewed and commented on the various plans, computations, etc,
of the proposed Star Harbor by Earl G. Hagadorn.
Box 12, Folder 118
Silvert, Mac. Report on berthing facilities for Australian United Steel Industries at Jervis Bay, Australia. San Francisco
August 1, 1970
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Kaiser Engineers; includes report by J. W. Johnson.
Box 13, Folder 119
Bolinas Harbor District, reports and correspondence
1963-1969
Box 13, Folder 119-1
Johnson, J. W. Stabilization of the Bolinas Lagoon inlet
September 1969
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Bolinas Harbor District.
Box 13, Folder 119-2
Bolinas Bay wave gage
1969
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, bids, and agreements.
Box 13, Folder 119-3
Bolinas Bay wave gage data
February 20 - August 23, 1969
Scope and Contents
Includes description of recorder rolls, graphs of significant heights, dominant periods, and average periods, tabulations
of periods and heights.
Box 14, Folder 119-4
Coastal Engineering Research Center printouts of Littoral Environment Observations (LEO) wave data for Stinson State Park
Beach and Bolinas, California
May 1, 1968 - June 30, 1969
Box 14, Folder 119-5
Bolinas Harbor District observations of wave period and wave direction by A. A. Goldsberry at Brighton Avenue, Bolinas, Calif
May 10, 1968 - March 15, 1969
Box 14, Folder 119-6
Tide gage data, tidal relationships, tidal prism data, Bolinas Bay and Bolinas Lagoon
1968-1969
Box 14, Folder 119-7
U.S. Geological Surveystudy of the littoral movement of beach sand by fluorescent tracers, Bolinas and Stinson Beach, California
July - October 1968
Box 14, Folder 119-8
Topographic maps, Bolinas Lagoon, Bolinas Harbor District
1968
Box 14, Folder 119-9
Newspaper clippings Bolinas Lagoon
1966-1974
Box 14, Folder 119-10
California beach erosion studies, Bolinas Bay, Corps of Engineers beach ranges
1961-1969
Scope and Contents
Surveyed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersin 1961; surveyed by the State of California in 1969.
Box 14, Folder 119-11
Bolinas Harbor District, large figures in report
September 1969
Scope and Contents
Black line prints. Set consists of Figures 6-11 and 15-24 from Stabilization of the Bolinas Lagoon Inlet report by J. W. Johnson,
September 1969. Report title and date handwritten on list of figures. Figures 15-19 prepared by R. M. Towill Corporation of
San Francisco, Calif.; annotated, possibly by J. W. Johnson. Collection also includes "Originals" for Figures 15-21 (actually
black line prints). Contents: Fig. 6-11. Wave refraction diagrams -- Fig. 16-19. Hydrographic survey of Bolinas Bay for Bolinas
Harbor District 1968-69 -- Fig. 20-24. Comparison of bottom contour maps, 1968-1969. Note: Filed in Map Case.
Box 15, Folder 119-12a
Johnson, J. W. Bolinas Lagoon inlet, California. Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
February 1973
Scope and Contents
(HEL 24-15). Library also has typescript, which includes original data and photographs for report.
Box 15, Folder 119-12b
Beach and surf observation, Littoral Environmental Observation program (LEO), California: Prairie Creek Beach, Manchester
Beach, Wright's Beach, Stinson Beach
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence
Box 15, Folder 119-12c
Tabulations of wave power for Stinson Beach, Bolinas, Bolinas wave gage, Wright's Beach, Prairie Creek (LEO data)
1968-1973
Box 15, Folder 119-12d
Deep water wave power reaching various locations on the Pacific Coast as derived from hindcast wave statistics
1973
Box 15, Folder 119-13
Winzler Kelly Consulting Engineers. Engineering study of the restoration of Bolinas groin. Eureka, Calif.
October 1984
Box 15, Folder 120
Proposed pier, Makar Cove, Phillipine Islands
1964
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Dames and Moore. Includes photographs, correspondence, maps, and supplemental materials: Tide and current tables,
Philippines, for the year 1964; Coast charts for Philippine Islands, Mindanao, South Coast, Sarangani Bay to Mayo Bay; Comments
on proposed pier for Dole Corporation, Mindanao, Philippine Islands.
Box 15, Folder 121
Shoreline development along the Venezulean coast east of La Guaira Harbor
1954-1960
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Oficina Tecnica Bernardo Nouel, Ingenieros C.A., Caracas, Venezuela. Includes three reports by J. W. Johnson,
Shoreline development along the Venezulean coast east of La Guaira Harbor, Recommendations for additional shoreline studies,
and Harbor improvement at Laguna 'Urbanizacion Caribe', correspondence, photographs, drawings, maps, data, etc.
Box 16, Folder 122
Expansion of Tubarão Port, Vitória, Brazil
1969-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, Proposed expansion of Porto de Tubarão, by J. W. Johnson and R. Y. Hudson, Surge analysis for Tubarão, Brazil,
by B. W. Wilson, correspondence, notes, diagrams, maps, blueprints, etc.
Box 17, Folder 123
Chapultepec, S. A. Ingenieros Constructores. Estudio sobre el Puerto de El Pichi, Michoacán. Ensenada, Baja California
1957
Language
Materials in Spanish
Box 17, Folder 124
Johnson, J. W. Shoreline changes at Ensenada, Baja California
March 1957
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Gen. Jose De J. Clark, Chapultepec S.A.Chiefly maps; includes some correspondence.
Box 17, Folder 125
Seasonal beach changes
1970
Scope and Contents
Includes standard treatises on shoreline processes and original computations, plots, etc.
Box 17, Folder 126
The significance of seasonal beach changes in tidal boundaries
1970
Scope and Contents
Includes original draft, plotting, data, etc. and State Lands data on seasonal variations of mean high water shorelines at
Stinson Spit.
Box 18, Folder 127-1
Brief, Utah Construction Mining Co., in support of its application, dated pursuant to the Pollution Control Act, 1967, to
discharge mill tailings from its Island Copper operation into Rupert Inlet
October 2, 1969
Scope and Contents
Includes Johnson's review of the report Current measurements in Rupert Inlet, prepared by B.C. Research of Vancouver, Measurement
of the water density profile in Rupert Inlet, B.C. for Utah Construction & Mining Co, by Ralf Carter.
Box 18, Folder 127-2
Port Hardy hearings, tailings disposal system, Rupert Inlet, B.C., December 2, 1970, Utah Construction and Mining Co., before
the British Columbia Pollution Control Branch
1969-1970
Box 18, Folder 127-3
Submarine tailings disposal system, Rupert Inlet, B.C.
1970
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Utah Construction and Mining Company. Includes correspondence, color photographs, drawings, etc.
Box 18, Folder 127-4
Evans, J. B., D. V. Ellis, and C. A. Pelletier. The establishment and implementation of a monitoring program for underwater
tailing disposal in Rupert Inlet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
1972
Scope and Contents
Paper presented at the International Tailing Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, November 1972.
Box 18, Folder 128
Emeryville Marina
1969-1973
Scope and Contents
Report prepared for George S. Nolte & Associates. Includes correspondence, plans, maps, news clippings, etc.
Box 18, Folder 129-1
Thompson, Warren B. Tide heights in Monterey Harbor, California, covering the neap tide intervals from June 1963 through October
1967
May 1968
Box 18, Folder 129-2
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey data on tides at San Francisco and Monterey, California
1933-1967
Scope and Contents
Contents: Tidal benchmark and statement describing tidal datum planes at Monterey and San Francisco, California, from records
-- Tide tabulations for San Francisco, California, during the period June 1963 - October 1967 from records -- Tide tabulations
for San Francisco, California, during the periods May - October 1933 and June 1934 - January 1935 from records -- Tide tabulations
for Monterey, California, during the periods May - October 1933 and June 1934 - June 1935 from records. Certified copies of
tidal benchmark data.
Box 18, Folder 130
Breakwater, Macuto-Sheraton Hotel, Venezuela
1960-1964
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Bernardo A. Noueland Juan B. Font, photographs, drawings, etc.
Box 18, Folder 131
New port development, north coast of Estado do Espírito Santo, Brazil
1970
Scope and Contents
In English and Portuguese. Includes correspondence, photographs, notes, plans, color postcards, blue line prints, etc.
Box 19, Folder 132
Original data for "Tidal inlets on the California, Oregon and Washington coasts"
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript of report published by University of California Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory as Technical report HEL-24-12.
"Submitted under the Tidal Inlet Contract (No. DACW-72-71-C-005) with the Coastal Engineering Research Center, Corps of Engineers,
U.S. Army."
Box 19, Folder 133
Basic data on East and Gulf Coast inlets
1972
Box 19, Folder 134
Original data for Summary of annual wave power for ten deep water stations along the California, Oregon and Washington coasts
1971
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript of report published by University of California Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory as Technical report HEL-24-9.
"This compilation was completed on research projects on coastal inlets (Contract DACW 72-71-C-005) and nearshore sediments
(Contract 72-67-C-0015) with the Coastal Engineering Research Center, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army."
Box 20, Folder 135
Moore, Jon T. and Edwin B. Orrett. Annual wave power, seven deep-water stations along the California coast
August 1971
Scope and Contents
Computed at Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 20, Folder 136
Moore, Jon T. and Edwin B. Orrett. Annual wave power, three deep-water stations along the Oregon-Washington coast
August 1971
Scope and Contents
Computed at Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 20, Folder 137
Monthly wave power of sea and swell, station 3, California (off Golden Gate)
1971
Scope and Contents
Calculated by Jon T. Moore and Edwin B. Orrett from hindcast wave data as compiled by National Marine Consultants, 1960.
Box 21, Folder 138
Johnson, J. W. Bonny River Terminal, Nigeria
February 1970
Scope and Contents
Letter report to H. M. Eichstaedt, Santa Fe - Pomeroy, Inc., San Francisco.
Box 21, Folder 139
Original data of "The influence of bed material size on the tidal prism-area relationship in a tidal inlet," by Richard C.
Delmonte and J. W. Johnson,
1971
Scope and Contents
Original data and manuscript of report published by University of California Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory as Technical
report HEL 24-8. "Submitted under Contract DACW72-71-C0005 with the Coastal Engineering Research Center, Corps of Engineers,
U.S. Army."
Box 21, Folder 140
Original data for Tidal prism-area relationship in a model inlet, by I. V. Nakak
1970
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript of report published by University of California Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory as Technical report HEL-24-1.
Includes photographs and comments on Nayak's report by R. C. Delmonte, P. F. Castañer, and Morrough P. O'Brien.
Box 21, Folder 141
Original data for The influence of bed material size on the tidal prism-area relationship in a tidal inlet, by Jon T. Moore
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript of report published by University of California Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory as Technical report HEL
24-13. "Submitted under the Tidal Inlet Contract (No. DACW72-71-C-0005) with the Coastal Engineering Research Center, Corps
of Engineers, U.S. Army."
Box 21, Folder 142
Original data for Closure of a two-dimensional tidal inlet with a steady ebb flow, by Jon T. Moore and J. W. Johnson
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript of report published by University of California Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory as Technical report HEL
24-11 and original profile tracings. "Submitted under the Tidal Inlet Contract (No. DACW72-71-C-0005) with the Coastal Engineering
Research Center, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army."
Box 21, Folder 144-1
Moore, Jon T. A case history of Santa Cruz harbor, California. Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory, University of California,
Berkeley
June 1972
Scope and Contents
Report produced under Contract DACW 72-71-C-0005 with the Coastal Engineering Research Center. (Technical report HEL 24-14)
Box 21, Folder 144-2
Moore, Jon T. Case history investigation: Santa Cruz Harbor, California
June 1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs, drawings, etc. Original manuscript of report published as A case history of Santa Cruz harbor, California,
Technical report HEL 24-14, University of California Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory.
Box 21, Folder 145
Wave records of Waglan Island and Kwun Mun, Government of Hong Kong
July - October 1971
Scope and Contents
Wave records assembled as part of specifications for the High Island Water Scheme contract by Binnie and Partners for the
Government of Hong Kong. Includes correspondence.
Box 21, Folder 146
Delmonte, Richard C. Model study of a breakwater constructed of closely packed uniform spheres
April 1971
Scope and Contents
Paper prepared for CE201C, Geological Oceanology, Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory, College of Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley. Includes photographs and revised drafts of same paper submitted for publication.
Box 21, Folder 148
Moore, Jon T. Preliminary model study of tidal inlet hydraulics for comparison with known theories
May 1972
Scope and Contents
Includes original holograph draft and graphs.
Box 22, Folder 149
Report on scour below dams
June 10, 1947
Scope and Contents
Report for CE 299, University of California, Berkeley, by El Samni, McKenzie, Schilling, Medusky, Pothier, and Crocker. Includes
portfolio of notebooks, photographs of hydraulic model, notes, correspondence, etc.
Box 22, Folder 150
Model studies of spillways
1945
Scope and Contents
Includes paper, Spillway coefficients, data, graphs, notes, etc.
Box 22, Folder 151
Clarke, George L. How to make a wave
1944 (?)
Scope and Contents
Address delivered at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutemeeting, ca. 1944.
Box 22, Folder 152
Macdonel, J. G., A. Corichi, and H. Lopez. Establishment of a small craft and fishing port at Punta Banda Inlet in Todos Santos
Bay, Baja California
1965
Scope and Contents
Term project for Coastal Engineering course, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
Box 23, Folder 153
Informations [sic] on the site of the proposed port of Uruçuquara
1970
Physical Description:
2 folders
Scope and Contents
Compiled by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Brazil. Includes report, Geotechnical survey in Uruçuquara, ES, Brazil, prepared by
Geologia e Sondagens Ltda.,in Portuguese and translated into English, minutes of a meeting concerning natural conditions at
Uruçuquara, glossary of Portuguese terms, sounding bulletins, and maps.
Box 23, Folder 154-1
Wind and wave conditions, National Lead Companynorth dike, Great Salt Lake
1971-1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the National Lead Co., Salt Lake City, Utah; includes photographs, news clippings, correspondence, etc.
Box 23, Folder 154-2
ENGEO, Inc. Study of wave forces at solar evaporation ponds, north dike, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Berkeley, Calif.
June 1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the National Lead Co., Salt Lake City, Utah
Box 23, Folder 155
Twain Harte Lake, Tuolumne County, California
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Twain Harte Improvement Association, Twain Harte, Calif. Inlcudes reports by J. W. Johnson, Sedimentation in
Twain Harte Lake, 1972, and Inundation downstream from Twain Harte Dam, 1973, correspondence, photographs, maps, data, etc.
Box 23, Folder 155-1
Twain Harte Lake, Tuolumne County, California
1967-1997
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, A brief history of Twain Harte Lake, by Elwood Johnson (updated by Robert Laurence, 1989), The Twain Harte
story, and The fence at Twain Harte Lake, by William L. Shattuck, 1978, maps, photographs, correspondence with Gerald J. Giefer,
Elwood E. Johnson, and others, etc.
Box 23, Folder 156
Rice, Merritt Peter. The mouth of the Russian River
June 1974
Scope and Contents
Master's thesis, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Division of Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
(CE 299); includes envelope of miscellaneous photographs and negatives.
Box 24, Folder 157-1
Oceanographic engineering factors, Lost River marine terminal, Alaska
1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Carr & Donald Associates, Toronto. Partial contents: Appendix A. Earthquake history of the United States, Alaska,
by R. A. Eppley-- Appendix C. Magnitude, energy, and generation mechanisms of tsunamis and a catalogue of earthquakes associated
with tsunamis, by Kumizi Iida. Includes correspondence, photographs, data, etc.
Box 24, Folder 157-2
Carr & Donald Associates, Ltd. Regional marine terminal study, Lost River, Alaska. Toronto
March 1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Lost River Mining Corp. Ltd., Toronto. Includes supplemental report, Preliminary study of wave heights at Lost
River and Brevig Lagoon, Alaska, January 1971.
Box 24, Folder 157-3
Carr & Donald Associates Ltd. Shipping facilities study. Toronto
May 1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Lost River Mining Corp. Ltd., Toronto.
Box 24, Folder 157-4
Pullen, T. C. Report to the Lost River Mining Corp. concerning environmental and ice conditions as they might influence shipping
operations to the Lost River area of Alaska. Ottawa
January 31, 1971
Box 24, Folder 157-5
Montreal Engineering Company, Ltd. Preliminary water supply study for the Lost River Mine at Lost River, Alaska. Montreal
November 9, 1971
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Carr & Donald & Associates, Ltd., Toronto.
Box 24, Folder 157-6
German Milne, Marine Transportation Consultants and Naval Architects. Transportation study, fluorite shipment from Lost River,
Alaska. Montreal
April 30, 1971
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Lost River Mining Corp., Ltd., Toronto.
Box 24, Folder 157-7
North, Wheeler J. Report on a marine biological survey off Lost River, Alaska and prediction of effects of constructing a
terminal and dispersing mine tailing wastes
November 15, 1972
Box 24, Folder 158
Johnson, J. W. Coastal sediment problems
1967
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Water Resources Engineering Extension Series, Program III: sediment problems.
Box 24, Folder 159
James A. Roberts Associates, Inc. Eighteenth hole, Pebble Beach shoreline erosion study. Carmichael, Calif.
March 15, 1974
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Del Monte Properties Company, Pebble Beach, Calif. Includes photographs.
Box 24, Folder 160
Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant, Veracruz, Mexico
1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Prof. José Luis Sánchez, Instituto de Ingenieria, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F. Includes correspondence,
photographs, maps, etc.
Box 24, Folder 161
Reconnaissance of port sites, Pacific coast of Guatemala
1971-1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for International Engineering Company, Inc., San Francisco. Includes correspondence, maps, notes, aerial photographs,
etc.
Box 25, Folder 162
Field report on the tsunami of by University of California subgroup of the Oceanographic Section of Joint Task Force One (Pearl
Harbor), May 3, 1946
April 1, 1946
Physical Description:
370 photographs
Scope and Contents
"On April 1, 1946, the Hawaiian Islands were subjected to a series of high waves of extremely long period, apparently originating
in the Aleutian trough. Investigation of the tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands was undertaken by two groups of interested engineers
and scientists who were in the Islands at the time. The first group was from the University of California at Berkeley and
was in the charge of Prof. H. W. Iversenof the Department of Mechanical Engineering ... The second group was from the United
States Geological Survey at Honolulu and was headed by Dr. F. P. Shepard of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla,
California ... The following report is based primarily on the data of the Berkeley party. However, most of the information
on the islands other than Oahu was obtained from the data by Dr. Shepard. None of the Berkeley party witnessed the tsunami,
but Dr. Shepard personally observed all of the major waves that struck Oahu." Report (HE-116-216) written by John D. Isaacs,
Research Engineer. Includes maps, charts (annotated to index the photographs), news clippings, and correspondence. Contents:
Section 1. Ahua Point to Maunalua Bay; Section 2. Maunalua Bay to Waimanalo Bay; Section 3. Waimanalo Bay to Kaneohe Bay;
Section 4. Kaoio Point to Punaluu; Section 5. Punaluu, Kahuku to Waimea Bay; Section 6. Waimea Bay to Mokuleia; Section 7.
Mokuleia, Kaena to Kepuhi Point; Section 8. Kepuhi to Browns Camp; Section 9. Browns Camp to Pearl Harbor; Section 10. Miscellaneous
photographs.
Box 26, Folder 163
Kelley, W. L., J. W. Johnson, and R. S. Samuelson. Steel mill coastal protection, final report. International Engineering
Co.
October 1974
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Siderúrgica Lázaro Cárdenas,Las Truchas, S.A., México. Includes photographs.
Box 26, Folder 163-1-6
Reports on the construction of the steel mill at the mouth of the Rio Balsas on the Pacific coast of Mexico, prepared by Siderúrgica
Lázaro Cárdenas, Las Truchas, S.A., México
1972-1974
Physical Description:
6 folders
Scope and Contents
Text in Spanish, with some English abstracts. Contents: 1. Problemas relacionados con Sismos, Ciclones y Avenidas /SICARTSA
--2. Estudio estadistico de los tsunamis observados en la costa Mexicana del Pacifico / Augusto G. Villarreal, Octavio A.
Rascon--3. Analisis comparativo teorico, practico de marea de tormenta--4. Estudio en canal de olas de la obra de proteccion
de la planta Siderúrgica Lázaro Cárdenas, Las Truchas, S.A. --5. Caracteristicas de un tren de oleaje ciclonico en la desembocadura
del Rio Balsas--6. Marea de tormenta en la zona de desembocadura del Rio Balsas /CIFSA.
Box 27, Folder 164-1
Selection of superport for iron ore export, northern Brazil
1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Valuec Servicos Técnicos Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Includes correspondence, news clippings, photographs,
postcards, maps, charts, etc.
Box 27, Folder 164-2
Current measurements, northern Brazil
1972
Scope and Contents
Data on direction and strength of currents for the Guarás Channel (Para River), Vila do Conde (Para River), and Ponta da Maderia
(San Marcos Bay). Prepared for Valuec Servicos Tecnicos Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Box 27, Folder 164-3
Annual and monthly summaries of wind data for Belem Airport, Brazil: 1961/65 and São Luiz, Brazil
1961/65, 1972
Scope and Contents
Compiled by HIDROLEV for Rio Doce Engenharia E Planejamento, S.A., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Box 27, Folder 164-4
Kempf, Marc, P. Nóbrega Coutinho, and Jader Onofre de Morais. Plataforma continental do norte e nordeste do Brasil
1968 (?)
Scope and Contents
. Study of bottom materials along the north and northeast coast of Brazil.
Language
Materials in Portuguese.
Box 27, Folder 164-5
Sand waves in Guarás Channel, Para River mouth, northern Brazil
1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Valuec Servicos Técnicos Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Includes correspondence, data, etc.
Box 27, Folder 164-6
Superport, northern Brazil, winds, currents, tides, and waves
1961-1984
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes HIDROLEV reports on winds, currents, tides, and waves at the three locations for the port (Ponta da Madeira, Ilha
dos Guarás, and Vila do Conde), marigrams of the three sites, copies of fathograms of echo sounding surveys in the areas of
Ilha dos Guarás, Salinópolis, and São Marcos Bay, and 11 drawings of the area of Ilha dos Guarás, which show the instability
of the region.
Box 28, Folder 165-1
Beach erosion on Lake Michigan near Zion, Illinois
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, Ill. Includes correspondence from Commonwealth Edison Company, photographs,
maps, reports and miscellaneous data re: Lake Michigan shoreline, Illinois.
Box 28, Folder 165-2
Johnson, J. W. Appraisal of shoreline erosion, Lake Michigan: Wisconsin state line to Waukegan Harbor
September 1973
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, Ill. Includes correspondence and photographs.
Box 28, Folder 165-3
Brown Root, Inc., Engineers, Consultants. Commonwealth Edison Company, Waukegan Plant, beach erosion study. Oak Brook, Ill.
February 1973
Box 28, Folder 165-4
Beach erosion study at the Waukegan Plant, Commonwealth Edison Plant
1973
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence to Commonwealth Edison Company, data, designs, and supplemental material from Brown & Root, Inc.,
re: their beach erosion study.
Box 28, Folder 166
Kirkland, William B. and J. W. Johnson. Sierra Point, Brisbane, California: tidal currents and estimates of sedimentation.
Waterfront Design Associates
April 1975
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 28, Folder 166-1
Kirkland, William B. Proposed marina development, Sierra Point, Brisbane, California
April 15, 1975
Scope and Contents
Preliminary draft of report on tidal currents and sedimentation for Johnson's review and comments.
Box 28, Folder 167
Johnson, J. W. and J. A. Putnam. Fluid mechanics data (parts I and IV only). University of California Press
March 1944
Scope and Contents
University of California syllabus series syllabus PB (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
Box 28, Folder 168-1
Huntington Harbor, California, silting and circulation
1973-1975
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Huntington Harbour Corporation, Huntington Beach, Calif. Includes report, Analysis of circulation in proposed
channel adjacent to tract 7850, Huntington Harbor, by Gram/Phillips Associates, Inc., correspondence to Huntington Harbour
Corporation and Gram/Phillips Associates, Inc., aerial photographs, etc.
Box 28, Folder 168-2
Moffatt Nichol, Engineers. Tide and current survey in portions of the Huntington Harbor waterway system, 14 May through 17
May, 1973. Long Beach, Calif.
June 5, 1973
Box 28, Folder 169-1
Pioneers in coastal studies: I, George Davidson
1973-1975
Scope and Contents
"First of a proposed series of brief biographical sketches of early day scientists and engineers who contributed greatly to
our knowledge of the characteristics of the coasts." Includes miscellaneous views from U.S. Coast Survey charts, portrait
of Davidson, news clippings, notes, articles and selected works by and about George Davidson. Article published in Shore and
Beach, v. 43, no. 1 (April 1975).
Box 28, Folder 169-2
Pioneers in coastal studies: IV, James B. Eads
1977
Scope and Contents
"Fourth in a series of brief biographical sketches of early-day scientists and engineers who contributed to the solution of
coastal problems." Includes other articles on James B. Eads. Article published in Shore and Beach, v. 45, no. 3 (July 1977).
Box 28, Folder 170
Rice, Merritt Peter. Closure conditions, mouth of the Russian River
1974 (?)
Scope and Contents
Includes aerial photograph.
Box 28, Folder 171
Johnson, J. W. Hydraulic laboratory manual. Rev ed. 1959. Dept. of Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Laboratory, University of
California, Berkeley
1959
Scope and Contents
Prepared for course CE 161.
Box 28, Folder 172
Leidersdorf, Craig. The development of Crescent City Harbor, California
September 9, 1975
Scope and Contents
Prepared for J. W. Johnson, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 29, Folder 173-1
Seacliff, Ventura County, California
1969-1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for California Division of Highwaysre proposed Route 101 freeway. Includes correspondence and reports.
Box 29, Folder 173-2
Beach monitoring, Punta Gorda to Pitas Point, Ventura County, Seacliff area, California
1975
Scope and Contents
Includes article: The significance of seasonal beach changes in tidal boundaries, Shore and Beach (April 1971); and correspondence
between Johnson and T. Inuzuka, California Dept of Transportation, Los Angeles District.
Box 29, Folder 173-3
Cramer, A. J., R. D. Pauly, and R. D. Allen. Beach monitoring report, Punta Gorda to Pitas Point in the vicinity of the Ventura
Freeway construction at Seacliff. District 7, California Department of Transportation
September 1975
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 29, Folder 173-4
Beach profiles, Seacliff, Ventura County, California
1963-1973
Scope and Contents
Compiled by the California Division of Highways. Includes profiles for the years 1963, 1968, 1969, 1971, and 1973.
Box 29, Folder 173-5
Beach photographs, Seacliff, Ventura County, California
1969-1972
Scope and Contents
Documents on beach erosion along proposed Route 101 freeway; taken by California Division of Highways, Los Angeles, during
field inspections; collected by J. W. Johnson. Contents: March 14, 1969: 25 photographs + 1 map - November 9, 1971: 11 col.
slides - December 1, 1971: 27 photographs + 1 map - December 30, 1971: 28 photographs - January 28, 1972: 28 photographs -
February 25, 1972: 28 photographs.
Box 29, Folder 173-6
Reports on steps taken to protect natural environment
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Prepared by California Division of Highways. First (January 19, 1972) and second (March 8, 1973) periodic progress reports
of construction of Route 101 freeway, Ventura County.
Box 29, Folder 174
Jen, Yuan. A model study of harbor surging at Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, California
January 2, 1962
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 299, under J. W. Johnson, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 29, Folder 175
Johnson, J. W. Littoral processes at some California shoreline harbors
1975
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs. Prepared for publication in Shore and Beach, October 1975.
Box 29, Folder 176
Esfandiar, Fatolah. The present and future of the Persian Gulf, with special attention to the Iranian ports
1973
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 299, under J. W. Johnson, Fall 1973, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 177-1
Closure of tidal entrances
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, notes by Morrough P. O'Brien, aerial and ground photographs, data, notes, report, Preliminary model
study of tidal inlet hydraulics for comparison with known theories, by Jon T. Moore, etc.
Box 30, Folder 177-2
Johnson, J. W. Closure conditions of northern California lagoons
May 1976
Scope and Contents
Summary of closure conditions at six lagoons in the Point Reyes area (Bolinas Lagoon, Drakes Estero, Abbotts Lagoon, Tomales
Bay, Bodega Harbor, and the Russian River) and four lagoons in the extreme northern California region (Lake Earl near Crescent
City and Big Lagoon, Stone Lagoon, and Freshwater Lagoon near Trinidad). Includes data for annual wave power at each location.
Box 30, Folder 177-3
Shigemura, Toshiyuki. Closure of tidal inlet with a steady ebb flow. Case 1, Tidal inlet with twin jetties
1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 299, under J. W. Johnson, Fall Quarter 1972, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 177-4
Refraction diagrams for Bolinas Bay, Drakes Bay, Bodega Bay
1971
Scope and Contents
Compiled by Jon T. Moore and Edwin B. Orrett; includes notes by J. W. Johnson.
Box 30, Folder 178
Harbor surge, Crescent City, California
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and data re: litigation involving weather and wave action at Crescent City Harbor, December 14-15,
1962.
Box 30, Folder 179
Awadalla, Nabil Mohamed Ismail, Spyros Stephanou, and David Dykstra. Theory, experimental procedures and analysis of results
for the Ballena Bay breakwater model
June 1975
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 208, under J. W. Johnson, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 180
Awadalla, Nabil Mohamed Ismail. Coastal problems along the Nile Delta shores
1975
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 299, under J. W. Johnson, Spring Quarter 1975, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 181
Adams, Clark. Case study of Ventura Harbor
1975
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 299, under J. W. Johnson, Spring Quarter 1975, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 182
Sakata, Hiroe. A case history of Port Hueneme, California
1972
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 299, under J. W. Johnson, Winter Quarter 1972, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 183
Williams, John A. Wind tides and the salt water barrier heights on the San Francisco Bay: an approximate determination of
the heights of the salt water barriers in San Francisco as dictated by wind generated waves and tides
July 30, 1954
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 299A, under J. W. Johnson, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 184
Belly, Pierre Y. Noyo Harbor model
1962
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 208, under J. W. Johnson, Spring 1962, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 185
Quatannens, Louis S. Model study of Noyo Harbor
April 1962
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 208, under J. W. Johnson, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 186
Moellering, John H. Maintenance dredging in the San Francisco Bay system
April 13, 1962
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 290M, under J. W. Johnson and R. L. Wiegel, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 30, Folder 187
Gutiérrez, Héctor López, J. G. Macdonel Martinez, and Agustin Corichi Flores. Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico
1965
Scope and Contents
Study of wave characteristics and design problems of Progreso, a small fishing port on the Yucatan coast of Mexico. Prepared
for Coastal Engineering Course, under J. W. Johnson and R. L. Wiegel, University of Mexico, 1965.
Box 30, Folder 188
Cruickshank, Carlos. Navigation channel for Alvarado Harbor, Mexico
1965
Scope and Contents
Study of harbor on the south coast of the Gulf of Mexico between Veracruz and Puerto México (Coatzacoalcos). Prepared for
Coastal Engineering Course, under J. W. Johnson and R. L. Wiegel, University of Mexico, 1965.
Box 31, Folder 189
Beach and surf atlas photographs, graphs, and photostats
1940-1945
Physical Description:
3 folders
Scope and Contents
Original illustrations for Beach and surf atlas, by J. W. Johnson and W. N. Bascom, published by University of California
Dept. of Engineering, 1945?, as Report no. HE-116-174. Copy of published report filed in WRCA as f25.5 X-3 no. 174.
Box 31, Folder 190
Nouel C., Bernardo A.Consideraciónes sobre mares de fondo en el mar Caribe
February 6, 1968
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1 is typescript text; v. 2 contains maps and charts.
Language
Materials in Spanish.
Box 31, Folder 191-1
Wave conditions, Samarco Port, Brazil
1975-1976
Scope and Contents
Prepared for International Engineering Company, Inc., San Francisco. Includes correspondence, photographs, data, etc.
Box 31, Folder 191-2
Wilde, Pat and Charles W. Case. Longshore transport in the vicinity of Ubu, Brazil, based on heavy mineral studies
November 26, 1975
Box 31, Folder 191-3
A. H. Glenn and Associates. Meteorological-oceanographic conditions affecting proposed Samarco Port facilities, vicinity Meaipe,
offshore east Brazil. New Orleans, La.
June 19, 1973
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Marcona Corp., San Francisco.
Box 31, Folder 193-1
B.C. Research. Current measurements in Rupert Inlet, project report. Vancouver
June 11, 1970
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Utah Mining and Construction Company, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.
Box 31, Folder 193-2
Wilde, Pat. Submarine discharge of tailings into Rupert Inlet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from the island copper
mine
February 2, 1971
Scope and Contents
Oceanographic and marine geologic considerations and findings. Prepared for the Utah Construction and Mining Company, Ltd.,
Vancouver, B.C.
Box 31, Folder 193-3
Carter, Ralf. Review of the Rupert Inlet current study
May 28, 1970
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Utah Construction and Mining Company, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.
Box 31, Folder 193-4
Carter, Ralf. Measurement of the water density profile in Rupert Inlet, B.C.
June 22, 1970
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Utah Construction and Mining Company, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.
Box 31, Folder 194
Ore transfer terminal, Sines, Portugal. Gabinete da Área de Sines
1975
Scope and Contents
Brochure prepared by Soros Associates International, Inc. Includes report, Análise do clima de Sines (Analysis of the climate
of Sines), data on precipitation, winds, waves, humidity, temperatures, etc. In Portuguese, with some English translations.
Box 31, Folder 194-2
Johnson, J. W. Exploitation of coastal dunes for construction materials, Sines, Portugal
June 16, 1977
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and photographs.
Box 32, Folder 195
Aracruz Harbor Terminal, Rio Riacho, Brazil
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Norconsult A/S, Oslo, Norway. Includes correspondence and photographs.
Box 32, Folder 196
Karp, Lawrence Blum. Review of coastal changes at Bodega Harbor inlet
1975
Scope and Contents
Prepared for CE 299, under J. W. Johnson, Spring quarter 1975, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 32, Folder 197
Moffatt and Nichol, Engineers. Field and feasibility study of the Larkspur ferry boat wave and mitigation measures. Long Beach,
Calif.
April 25, 1977
Scope and Contents
Preliminary report; subject to review by J. W. Johnsonand others.
Box 32, Folder 198
Dames Moore. Stabilization plan for Omaha Beach sandspit for Broadlands Properties, Limited New Zealand. San Francisco
December 16, 1975
Scope and Contents
Letter report to McCarthy, Smirk and Associates, Auckland.
Box 32, Folder 200
Ripple tank studies
1978
Scope and Contents
Studies of Dos Bocas Harbor, Mexico, by J. W. Johnson and Morrough P. O'Brien, March 15, 1978, and Dos Bocas approach channel,
by J. W. Johnson, April 17, 1978. Includes correspondence, photographs, data, etc.
Box 32, Folder 200-1
A. H. Glenn and Associates. Normal wind conditions, vicinity 18º30'N, 93º10'W, Gulf of Campeche, offshore Tabasco, Mexico.
New Orleans, La.
February 27, 1978
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Brown & Root, Inc., Houston, Tex.
Box 32, Folder 200-2
Diagramas de lenz, Frontera, Tabasco, México
1970-1975
Language
Materials in In Spanish.
Scope and Contents
Wind data for Frontera, Tabasco State, Mexico.
Box 32, Folder 200-3
Analisis estadistico del oleaje
1977-1978
Language
Materials in Spanish.
Scope and Contents
Wave statistics, Gulf of Campeche, offshore, Tabasco State, Mexico.
Box 33, Folder 201
Intersea Research Corporation. Preliminary report of current measurements, November 18 - December 20, 1975, at Tiner Point
oil dock site. La Jolla, Calif.
January 1976
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Eastern Designers-Swan Wooster, A Joint Venture. Includes correspondence, background reports and data (4 folders),
etc.
Box 33, Folder 202-1
Oceanographic data, San Francisco ocean out
1974-1977
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc., San Francisco. Includes correspondence, data, maps, etc.
Box 33, Folder 202-2
Shoreline characteristics, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
1977
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, Dept. of Public Works, City & County of San Francisco. Includes photographs
of inspection of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, April 13, 1977, Coastal dunes of California, by William S. Cooper, diagrams,
newspaper clippings, notes, etc. Partial Contents: Appendix: A. The significance of seasonal beach changes in tidal boundaries
/by J. W. Johnson-- Appendix B. Beaches near San Francisco, California, 1956-1957- Appendix C. Beaches near San Francisco,
California, 1957-1958 /by Parker D. Traskand David T. Snow.
Box 33, Folder 202-3
Wave power off Ocean Beach, San Francisco (Lat. 38ºN, Long. 124ºW)
1975-1978
Scope and Contents
Data for periods October 1975 to April 1976, incl., October 1976 to April 30, 1977, incl., and October 1977 to April 20, 1978,
incl.
Box 33, Folder 202-4
Littoral processes at Ocean Beach, San Francisco
1978-1979
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, news clippings, etc. Partial contents: Long-period variations in secular, sea level trends-- On the
classification and trends of long period sea level series / Steacy D. Hicks-- Recession of marine terrace, with special reference
to the coastal area north of Santa Cruz, California / Robert M. Sorensen-- Equilibrium sand slopes in front of sea walls /
Gilbert Keding Dorland-- Review of public works plan and specific projects proposed by San Francisco Wastewater Management
Program-- Compilation of facts relating to a coastal study of Ocean Beach, San Francisco / Cyril Galvin.
Box 33, Folder 202-5
Ocean Beach, San Francisco
1978
Scope and Contents
Compiled by Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, City of San Francisco. Contents: I. Variation of location of beach face contours
for period from April 7, 1977 to August 21, 1978, at Lincoln Way, Rivera Street, Taraval Street, Vicente Street-- II. Contour
map of Ocean Beach from Sloat Boulevard to Fulton Street on April 8, 1978.
Box 33, Folder 202-6
Materials pertaining to the Ocean Beach Erosion Conference, held at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco
August 1-3, 1978
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, background materials, etc.
Box 34, Folder 202-7
Galvin, Cyril J. Ocean Beach, San Francisco
March - April 1979
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Wastewater Program with assistance from the California Coastal Commission. Contents: Report
1. Compilation of facts relating to a coastal study of Ocean Beach, San Francisco-- Report 2. Coastal processes and sediment
budget at Ocean Beach, San Francisco-- Report 3. Predicted shorelines at Ocean Beach, San Francisco-- Report 4. Design recommendations
for Ocean Beach.
Box 34, Folder 202-8
Olmsted, Roger R. and Nancy Olmsted. Ocean Beach study: a survey of historic maps and photographs. San Francisco Wastewater
Program
1979
Box 34, Folder 202-9
Michael Painter Associates and Tudor Engineering Co. Redesign plan for the Great Highway. San Francisco
September 1977
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Wastewater Management Program. Includes file of correspondence, news clippings, etc.
Box 34, Folder 202-10
Michael Painter Associates. Ocean Beach, Great Highway, 1979 redesign plan: recommendations on the maintenance and control
of the beach and dunes. San Francisco
May 1979
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Wastewater Management Program.
Box 34, Folder 202-11
Highway redesign: jury report findings of the Great Highway Redesign Plan Jury
May 1979
Box 34, Folder 202-12
Taylor, Henry T. Consultation re: potential for groundwater barrier or liquifaction, west side transport project. Harding-Lawson
Associates
February 9, 1979
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Wastewater Management Program.
Box 34, Folder 202-13
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Francisco District. Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California: feasibility report,
beach erosion control study. San Francisco
July 1979
Box 34, Folder 202-14
Olmsted, Roger R. and Nancy L. Olmsted. San Francisco waterfront: report on historical resources for the North Shore and Channel
Outfalls Consolidation Projects. Techni-Graphics
December 1977
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Wastewater Management Program.
Box 34, Folder 202-15
Ecker, R. M. Ocean Beach sand replenishment program. Towill, Inc.
October 1980
Scope and Contents
Prepared for City and County of San Francisco Clean Water Program.
Box 35, Folder 202-16
Ecker, R. M. Ocean Beach littoral processes monitoring program. Towill, Inc.
December 1980
Scope and Contents
Prepared for City and County of San Francisco Clean Water Program.
Box 35, Folder 202-17
Holton Associates. Ocean Beach study: recommended interim sand management plan
August 31, 1984
Scope and Contents
Prepared for San Francisco Clean Water Project.
Box 35, Folder 202-18
Wave data, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California
1984-1985
Scope and Contents
Compiled by Paul D. Berrigan. Includes article: Variations of wave attacka along Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, by
Paul D. Berriganand J. W. Johnson (published in Shore and Beach, October 1985), correspondence, tabular data, maps, etc. Accompanied
by 3 tape reels by U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center bearing pertinent Pacific Ocean wave data recorded in period
January 1977-August 1984.
Box 35, Folder 202-19
Original data on Ocean Beach profiles, City of San Francisco
1977-1984
Scope and Contents
Includes aerial photographs and negatives, etc. Data used for article published in Shore and Beach, October 1985.
Box 35, Folder 202-20
Ocean Beach, San Francisco, correspondence of General Paul D. Berrigan
1984-1985
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding erosion protection, seawall construction within the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation
Area, etc.
Box 35, Folder 202-21
Berrigan, Paul D. 1. The Taraval vertical sea wall. 2. Seasonal beach changes at the Taraval sea wall
1985
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of articles published in Shore and Beach, January 1985 and April 1985. Includes charts, graphs, photographs, etc.
Box 35, Folder 202-22
Report by San Francisco Citizens Advisory Committee on Wastewater to California Coastal Commission re Ocean Beach. San Francisco
July 18, 1985
Scope and Contents
Includes news clippings.
Box 35, Folder 202-23
National Park Service policy on structures on beaches applied to Ocean Beach and Crissy Field, San Francisco
1984-1985
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, photocopies of Federal legislation, public notices, etc.; compiled by J. W. Johnson.
Box 35, Folder 202-24
Newspaper clippings on Ocean Beach sewer, San Francisco, California
1980-1986
Box 35, Folder 202-25
Statement of Paul D. Berrigan at public hearing of California Coastal Commission on Ocean Beach sand replenishment
1986
Scope and Contents
Includes reprints of articles regarding erosion protection, seawall construction within the boundaries of the Golden Gate
National Recreation Area, etc.
Box 35, Folder 202-26
San Francisco Clean Water Program. Ocean Beach, beach nourishment plan. San Francisco
August 1986
Box 35, Folder 202-27
Public Works Plan amendment (PW-A) condition compliance, City and County of San Francisco, pursuant to Public Works Plan and
Specific Project approvals, Clean Water Program, Ocean Beach
August 29, 1989
Scope and Contents
Memorandum to California Coastal Commission, North Coast Area, San Francisco, from Noah Tilghman, Coastal Program Manager,
and Michael Buck, Coastal Planner, recommending that "the Commission not approve the Beach Nourishment Plan as it is inadequate
to comply with the condition established in the amendment."
Box 36, Folder 203
Wave conditions for a proposed breakwater at Pier 45, San Francisco, California
1961-1981
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Port Commission. Includes report, correspondence, agreement for consulting services, newspaper
clippings, etc.
Box 36, Folder 204
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Alternative policies for protecting barrier islands along the Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts of the United States and draft environmental statement. U.S. Dept. of the Interior
1979
Scope and Contents
Prepared in conjunction with National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Coastal Zone Management, and
Council on Environmental Quality. Includes Johnson's file of correspondence and newspaper clippings. WRCA has another copy:
85 K9-2.
Box 36, Folder 205
Primer on beach erosion and beach sand-o-meters
1974-1980
Scope and Contents
Compiled by T. John Carey, Ocean City, N.J. Includes correspondence with J. W. Johnson and newspaper clippings.
Box 36, Folder 206
O'Brien, Morrough P. and J. W. Johnson. Structures and sandy beaches
1980
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Coastal Zone 80, Hollywood, Florida, November 18, 1980.
Box 36, Folder 207
Johnson, J. W. Fifty years of experience with littoral drift at southern California harbors
1981
Scope and Contents
Presented at the Taiwan Fifth Ocean Engineering Conference, Hualien, Taiwan, October 1, 1981. File includes Chinese translation.
Box 36, Folder 208
Restoring Berkeley's beach and waterfront planning
1966-1986
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Contents
Compiled by Berkeley Beach Committee. Includes report, The reconstruction of Berkeley beach, by Curt Manning, brochures, news
clippings, correspondence between Johnson and the committee, newsletters, etc.
Box 36, Folder 209
Photographs of Donnells Reservoir and Stanislaus Falls, Tuolumne County
August 1956
Physical Description:
21 color slides
Scope and Contents
Includes views of flumes and Donnells Flat Dam.
Box 36, Folder 210
Hyde Street wave studies
1980-1982
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Bechtel Corp. and the City of San Francisco. Includes correspondence, news clippings, background reports, etc.
Box 36, Folder 211-1
South Beach small boat harbor and park: site conditions and regulatory framework. San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
February 1982
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Rincon Point - South Beach Project, contract RPSB: E-3, by Winzler and
Kelly, Consulting Engineers, et al.
Box 36, Folder 211-2
South Beach small boat harbor and park: development alternatives. San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
February 1982
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Rincon Point - South Beach Project, contract RPSB: E-3, by Winzler and
Kelly, Consulting Engineers, et al.
Box 36, Folder 211-3
South Beach small boat harbor and park: feasibility report. San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
June 1982
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Rincon Point - South Beach Project, contract RPSB: E-3, by Winzler and
Kelly, Consulting Engineers, et al.
Box 36, Folder 211-4
Dornhelm, Richard B. South Beach small boat harbor breakwater
December 1982
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence.
Box 37, Folder 212
Seaport Centre, Redwood Creek, Redwood City, California
1981-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes report: Background information on proposed amendment 82-1 to the San Francisco Bay Plan related to Seaport Centre,
by Blayney-Dyett, Urban and Regional Planners, San Francisco, correspondence, maps, etc.
Box 37, Folder 213
Scour failure, Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge, Santa Ynez River, Surf, California
1949-1978
Scope and Contents
Compiled by International Engineering Company, San Francisco, and J. W. Johnson. Includes correspondence, maps, preliminary
report, Scour problems at the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge near Surf, California, and background reports: Mechanics of
local scour, June 1966 , by H. W. Shen, V. R. Schneiderand S. S. Karaki; Mechanics of local scour supplement: methods of reducing
scour, June 1966, by H. W. Shen, V. R. Schneider and S. S. Karaki; Why bridges fail in floods: model tests of erosion around
bridge piers indicate depth of scour in erodible material, by C. J. Posey (from Civil Engineering, February 1949); Local scour
around cylindrical piers, by H. N. C. Breusers, G. Nicollet,and H. W. Shen (from Journal of Hydraulic Research, v. 15:3, 1977).
Box 37, Folder 213-1
International Engineering Company. Engineering study of the Santa Ynez River Bridge Structure 301.88, Surf, California. San
Francisco
December 1978
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
Box 37, Folder 213-2
Reconstruction of Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge, Santa Ynez River, Surf, California
1983
Scope and Contents
Compiled by T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco, and J. W. Johnson. Includes correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes,
maps, notes, etc.
Box 37, Folder 214
Tide gages on the outer coast of California
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and data compiled from National Ocean Survey sources.
Box 37, Folder 215
Ecker, R. M. and G. Whelan. Littoral processes: U.S. Coast Guard Station, Fort Point, San Francisco. Pacific Northwest Laboratory
October 1983
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the U.S. Coast Guardunder contract DE-AC06-76RL0 1830. (PNL-4845). Includes file of comments by J. W. Johnson.
Box 37, Folder 216
Johnson, J. W. Comments on the proposed Aminoil small craft harbor, Kuwait
February 1962
Scope and Contents
Johnson's comments focus on wave conditions, breakwater alignment, and harbor silting. Includes maps and plans.
Box 37, Folder 217
Ocean outfall, South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District
1975-1977
Scope and Contents
Prepared for Jenks and Harrison, Palo Alto, Calif.. Includes correspondence, data, blueprints, and report, Predesign oceanographic
report for the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitary District, October 1975, conducted by ECOMAR.
Box 37, Folder 218
The Presidio of San Francisco
1981-1986
Scope and Contents
Includes meeting notes, background information, reports, maps, brochures, etc. Project involved creation of a cooperative
decision-making framework for future use and management of the natural and cultural resources of the Presidio. Materials collected
by J. W. Johnson during his tenure as a member of the Design Committee, American Society of Landscape Architects, Community
Assistance Team Project, 1986.
Box 38, Folder 219
Coastal projects around the United States
1980
Physical Description:
10 folders
Scope and Contents
Contains information on coastal projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Includes names of projects, location, purpose,
principal features, status, dates and cost information, maps, and color slides. Materials were collected for use of Shoreline
Erosion Advisory Panel (SEAP), whose deliberations resulted in Low cost shore protection, a report on the Shoreline Erosion
Control Demonstration Program (Section 54 Program) published in 1981 by the Office, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Arranged by Corps Divisions: Pacific Ocean Division, South Atlantic Division, Southwestern Division, North Pacific
Division, Lower Mississippi Valley Division, New England Division, North Central Division, South Pacific Division, and North
Atlantic Division.
Box 38, Folder 220
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. San Francisco entrance. Washington, D.C.
1963
Physical Location: Filed in Map Case
Scope and Contents
Copy of Chart 5532 (29th ed., 1963) annotated by J. W. Johnson to show refraction of waves approaching over the San Francisco
Bar and into the Bay; diffraction from Ft. Point to Aquatic Park.
Box 38, Folder 221
Debris barriers in the arid Southwest
1901-1944
1937-1941
Physical Description:
11 folders
Scope and Contents
Materials compiled by J. W. Johnson for study of low dams constructed in arroyos, primarily to act as barriers behind which
sediment would deposit. Johnson used a barrier in Norcross Wash near the Navajo Experiment Station in northern New Mexico
as a case study. Includes notes, correspondence, memoranda, reprints, maps, graphs, runoff records, references, and photographs.
Box 38, Folder 222
Woodward-Clyde Consultants. Sedimentation studies, Ponta do Ubu Iron Ore Terminal. Walnut Creek, Calif.
February 14, 1986
Scope and Contents
Presents the findings of an investigation on the shoaling of the dredged basin at the iron ore terminal located in the state
of Espirito Santo, Brazil. Prepared for Utah International, Inc., San Francisco. Includes tables of data on waves for the
coast of Peru.
Box 38, Folder 223
Limantour Spit, Drakes Bay, Pt. Reyes National Park
1965-1972
Scope and Contents
File of statements, news clippings, notes, and correspondence compiled by J. W. Johnson regarding the trial (United States
of America, plaintiff, vs. 100 acres of land, more or less, in Marin County; Drake's Beach Estates, Inc., a corporation, et
al., defendants, Civil no. 41861) to condemn Spit land (Drakes Bay) for inclusion in Point Reyes National Seashore.
Box 38, Folder 224
Procedure for suspended load studies, flood control surveys
1937-1940
Physical Description:
2 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, memoranda, correspondence, graphs, photographs, etc., documenting suspended sediment studies for western
U.S. rivers.
Series 2. History of Hydraulic Engineering in California
1879-1978
Series Scope and Contents
The series consists of research files and notes compiled by Johnson for his study of the history of hydraulic engineering
and hydraulic mining in California.
Box 39, Folder 225-1
Johnson, J. W.
The birthplace of engineering in California
June 1947
Physical Description:
2 folders
Scope and Contents
Draft of article published as "Early engineering center in California" in California Historical Society Quarterly, v. 29,
no. 3 (September 1950). Includes copy prints of photographs by Carleton E. Watkins.
Box 39, Folder 225-2
Notes for publication, illustrations, photographs, etc., for
The birthplace of engineering in California
1883-1950
Scope and Contents
Includes copy prints of photographs by Carleton E. Watkins.
Box 39, Folder 226
Log book on history of hydraulic engineering in California
1945-1950
Physical Description:
Holograph spiral-bound notebook
Box 39, Folder 227
Johnson, J. W.
Engineering highlights of the California mining days
1949
Scope and Contents
Published in California Engineer (May 1949). Includes images by Carleton E. Watkins.
Box 39, Folder 228
Johnson, J. W.
Early engineering center in California
1950
Scope and Contents
Reprint. Originally published in California Historical Society Quarterly, v. 29, no. 3 (September 1950). Includes images by
Carleton E. Watkins.
Box 39, Folder 229
Johnson, J. W.
Early history of hydrometry in the United States
1960
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of article published in Journal of the Hydraulics Division (American Society of Civil Engineers), v. 86, no. HY4
(April 1960).
Box 39, Folder 230
Johnson, J. W.
Historical photographs and the coastal engineer
1961
Scope and Contents
Published in Shore and Beach, v. 29, no. 1 (April 1961). Includes images by Carleton E. Watkins and Eugene Compton.
Box 39, Folder 231
Johnson, J. W.
English Reservoir, Nevada County, California (constructed 1856-58)
June 1972
Scope and Contents
Includes copy prints of photographs by Carleton E. Watkins and David Pirtz.
Box 39, Folder 232
Smedberg, James R. Report of trip to quicksilver mines
December 16-27, 1879
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of holograph account of a trip to the quicksilver mines of Napa and Lake counties taken by J. R. Smedbergin
1879. In addition to describing some of the early mines, Smedberg describes what he considers to be the first Knox furnace
built for the reduction of quicksilver in California. Includes letter from J. W. Johnson to the California Historical Society,
dated 20 July 1946, describing the report and photographic copies of portions of the original. Note: Original housed in The
Bancroft Library.
Box 39, Folder 233
North Fork Ditch Company. History of the North Fork Ditch Company
December 9, 1948
Scope and Contents
Includes file of correspondence between J. W. Johnson and L. K. Jordan, Manager, North Fork Ditch Co., Sacramento, 1949-1950.
Box 39, Folder 234
Correspondence with water companies in California
1949
Box 39, Folder 235
California water projects, miscellaneous materials
1930-1945
Scope and Contents
Includes physical data on hydro-electric plants and steam electric plants in California, maps, notes, etc.
Box 39, Folder 236
Index of maps of ditches and canals in California to be found in the State Mining Bureau's Register of Mines and Minerals,
1903; with title of canal or ditch and pagination in the Register
1898-1905
Box 39, Folder 237
Compilation of historical data on California mining ditches
1949-1950
Scope and Contents
Annotated holograph bibliography on hydraulic mining. Includes Historical background of the Nevada Irrigation District, compiled
by Johnson, 1949.
Box 40, Folder 238
Histories of some California power plants
1905-1953
Scope and Contents
Includes brochures, journal articles, annual reports, newspaper clippings, etc. Power plants include selected PG & E facilities,
Big Creek, Bear River, San Joaquin, Feather River, Shasta Dam, Folsom Dam, and Stanislaus.
Box 40, Folder 239
Correspondence on the history of engineering
1945-1965
Physical Description:
3 folders
Box 40, Folder 240
Engineering History Committee
1953-1955
Scope and Contents
Minutes of meetings, notes, correspondence, etc.
Box 40, Folder 241
Hunter Rouse correspondence
1911-1978
Scope and Contents
Includes material on the Pelton water wheel, biographical information of Frederick Godfrey Hesse, etc.
Box 40, Folder 242
Pelton water wheel
1953-1960
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, articles, etc.
Box 40, Folder 243
Water wheels and other hydraulic mining equipment
1946-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, articles, etc.
Box 40, Folder 244
Hydraulic mining, miscellaneous materials
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, news clippings, etc.
Box 40, Folder 245
Early history of Mechanics Dept., University of California, Berkeley
1929-1958
Scope and Contents
Includes paper "Notes on the early history of the Mechanics Department", by Joseph N. LeConte, correspondence, etc.
Series 3. Materials on Carleton E. Watkins
1863-1999, undated
Series Scope and Contents
The series consists of research files, notes, and copy photographs compiled by Johnson for his study of pioneer photographer
Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916).
Box 41, Folder 246-1
Johnson, J. W. The Hearst collection of photographs by C. E. Watkins, pioneer Pacific Coast photographer
1956
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Includes copy prints of photographs by Carleton E. Watkins. Note: Library has multiple copies.
Box 41, Folder 246-2
The Hearst collection of photographs by C. E. Watkins
undated
Physical Description:
150 photographs
Scope and Contents
Copy prints of photographs by Carleton E. Watkins. Includes U.C. number, Watkins' number, and Bancroft Library negative number.
See Appendix to Johnson's paper for descriptions of photographs.
Box 41, Folder 247
Log book of C. E. Watkins photographs in various locations
undated
Scope and Contents
Spiral bound notebook of Johnson's notes made during his research of Carleton E. Watkins.
Box 41, Folder 248-1
Notes on C. E. Watkins, rough drafts
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-2
Notes on C. E. Watkins, Bancroft Library
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-3
Notes on C. E. Watkins, California Historical Society
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-4
Notes on C. E. Watkins, California State Library
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-5
Notes on C. E. Watkins, Huntington Library
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-6
Notes on C. E. Watkins, Kern County and Mariposa County
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-7
Notes on C. E. Watkins, Provincial Archives of British Columbia,Victoria, B.C.
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-8
Notes on C. E. Watkins, Stanford University
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-9
Notes on C. E. Watkins, Southern Pacific Company and California Society of Pioneers
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-10
Notes on C. E. Watkins, University of Washington, Seattle
undated
Box 41, Folder 248-11
Notes on C. E. Watkins, miscellaneous
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes notes on Watkins photographs in the Nevada State Museumand the Murphys Hotel, bibliographic citations, etc.
Box 42, Folder 248-12
Notes on C. E. Watkins, articles, book reviews, pamphlets, etc
1867-1983
Scope and Contents
Partial contents: An early California photographer: C. E. Watkins, by C. B. Turrill, 1918; Carleton E. Watkins: California's
expeditionary photographer, by Helen S. Giffen, 1954. Includes directory advertisements (1867-1873), several issues of Yosemite
Nature Notes, etc.
Box 42, Folder 248-13
Notes on C. E. Watkins, newspaper clippings
1954-1999
Scope and Contents
Partial contents: Mendocino memories (Oakland Tribune, December 3-4, 1956); One man's view of the West (California Living
Magazine, November 18, 1979); Watkins: he photographed the Old West on glass (Times Journal, July 23, 1980); The case of the
purloined photos (California Living Magazine, January 23, 1983). Includes miscellaneous book reviews, exhibit notices, etc.
Box 42, Folder 249
Correspondence on C. E. Watkins
1952-1986
bulk 1955-1959
Physical Description:
4 folders
Box 42, Folder 250
Julia Watkins interview
undated
Scope and Contents
Notes and photographs (taken by Eugene Compton) of Johnson's visit to the Oakland, California, home of Carleton E. Watkins'
daughter, Julia. The exact date of the interview is unknown, but it most likely occurred between 1956 and 1965. File includes
Johnson's recollections of the interview, recorded January 1, 2000.
Box 42, Folder 251
Description of C. E. Watkins' pictures of the Mendocino Coast
1956
Box 42, Folder 252
Miscellaneous
1863-1963
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, newspaper clippings, etc., relating to the history of photography, Watkins' contemporaries, etc.
Box 42, Folder 253
Johnson, J. W.
Carleton E. Watkins, pioneer Pacific Coast photographer, Hearst Mining Building, University of California, Berkeley
April 1956
Physical Description:
1 pamphlet
Scope and Contents
File includes drafts, notes, etc.
Box 42, Folder 254
Johnson, J. W.
The early Pacific Coast photographs of Carleton E. Watkins, Water Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley
February 1960
Scope and Contents
(Archives series report no. 8. Note: Another copy filed as G402 X no. 8.
Box 42, Folder 255
Johnson, J. W.
The early Pacific Coast photographs of Carleton E. Watkins, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
1976
Scope and Contents
Reprint series no. 1
Box 42, Folder 256
Hickman, Paul.
Carleton E. Watkins, 1829-1916: Southwestern photographer, Art Dept., Arizona State University, Tempe
1977
Scope and Contents
Northlight no. 1
Box 42, Folder 257
Photographs of Hearst Mining Building hallway
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs taken by Eugene Compton showing the original Carleton E. Watkins photographs on display in the Hearst Mining Building,
University of California, Berkeley.
Box 42, Folder 258
Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins
undated
Physical Description:
42 photographs
Scope and Contents
Copy prints (8 x 10 and mounted)
Box 43, Folder 259
Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins
undated
Physical Description:
175 photographs
Scope and Contents
Copy prints (5 x 7 and smaller)
Series 4. Miscellaneous
undated
Series Scope and Contents
The series consists of research files on various non-technical topics.
Box 44
Miscellaneous
undated
Physical Description:
7 folders
Scope and Contents
Research files on various topics, including: the Gold Country/Mother Lode region; Lyman Gilmore, pioneer aviator; railroads
and trains.
Series 5. Wind Speed and Direction, Bodega Marine Laboratory Anemometer
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Materials in this series are unprocessed.
Scope and Contents
The materials in this series consist of individually boxed rolls of graph paper with readouts.
Series 6. Knave Newspapers
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Materials in this series are unprocessed.
