Morrough P. O'Brien papers

Finding aid prepared by James Ryan.

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Morrough P. O'Brien papers

Date (inclusive): 1918-1981

Collection Number: WRCA 059

Creator: O'Brien, Morrough P. (Morrough Parker), 1902-1988

Extent: 12 linear feet (26 boxes)

Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, reports, and documents, concerning sedimentation, flow of water in channels, rivers, flood control, waves and surge, beach erosion, dams and related projects, pipes, hydraulic models, and pumps.

Languages: The collection is in English.

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Morrough P. O'Brien papers (WRCA 059). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Provenance unknown.

Processing History

Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 1999.

Collection Number

Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was O'BRIEN. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019 to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Biographical Note

Morrough Parker O'Brien was born in Hammond, Indiana, on September 21, 1902. He completed high school in Toledo, Ohio, and received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1925. He did graduate work at Purdue University, 1925-1927, and in 1927-1928, as the John R. Freeman Scholar of the American Society of Civil Engineers for study of fluid mechanics at the Technische Hochschule in Danzig and The Royal College of Engineering in Stockholm. He received three honorary degrees: the D.Sc. from Northwestern University; the D.Eng. from Purdue University; and the LL.D. from the University of California.

O'Brien engaged in three fundamentally different careers. His academic career as Professor, Chairman, and Dean of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, spanned the years 1928-1959. A second career was his pioneering work in the development of coastal engineering. His third career was his service form 1949 until his death to General Electric Company, to the University of Florida and other universities, and to government agencies.

Ernest O. Lawrence and Robert J. Oppenheimer were appointed assistant professors in the same year as O'Brien, and the three became good friends. These associations greatly influenced his views regarding the importance of research in a modern engineering school. During his tenure as Dean of the College of Engineering at Berkeley he led the development of the College to its top-ranked status in many engineering disciplines. He was widely regarded as a powerful and perceptive leader in engineering education. Under his leadership, the University established the external Engineering Advisory Council, the Engineering Alumni Society, and such research units as the Institute of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, the Sanitary Engineering Research Laboratory, the University-wide Water Resources Center, and the Biomechanics Laboratory (in cooperation with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the UC Medical School in San Francisco). UC President Emeritus Clark Kerr, who had served as Chancellor during the later years of O'Brien's tenure as Dean, remembered him as "the mighty Mike" and the "builder of the College of Engineering and a builder of Berkeley" during a symposium held in O'Brien's honor in March 1987. (A record of that symposium is in Shore and Beach, July/October 1987).

O'Brien received a number of honors from the University. O'Brien Hall, which houses the Hydraulics Laboratory and the Water Resources Collections and Archives, was named for him, and a portrait of O'Brien hangs in the entry hall of this building. He was awarded a Doctor of Laws degree in 1968. In April 1988 he was awarded the Clark Kerr Award, given by the Academic Senate. Dean O'Brien was also awarded the Lamme Award for excellence in teaching by the American Society for Engineering Education.

O'Brien was the founder of modern coastal engineering. He wrote a number of papers on the subject which have had a lasting influence. He was appointed Civil Engineer for the U.S. Army Board on Sand Movement and Beach Erosion in 1929, and initiated research by this board on coastal engineering. In 1930 he made field studies along the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, and wrote a detailed seven-volume report on the results of his observations. A landmark paper on the relationship between tidal prism and entrance area was one of the results of these studies. He summarized many of his observations and thoughts on beach processes and the effects of structures on beaches in his paper "The Coast of California as a Beach Erosion Laboratory" ( Shore and Beach, July 1936). In 1938 he was appointed a member of the Beach Erosion Board, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and served on it until it was abolished in 1963. He was then appointed to its successor, the Coastal Engineering Research Board, serving there from 1963 until 1978, a total of 40 years on the two boards.

The years of World War II were extremely busy for O'Brien, serving as Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department until 1943 when he was appointed both Dean of the College of Engineering and also Chairman of the Department of Engineering. He was Executive Engineer of the Radiation Laboratory under Professor E.O. Lawrence in 1942-1943. O'Brien was asked by Lawrence and General Groves, the Director of the Manhattan Project, to recruit an engineering team to design the engineering facilities at Oak Ridge for the electromagnetic system. O'Brien said that probably the most important thing he did in his life was to convince them that there was not time to build a competent staff, that they should hire companies with an established engineering staff to do the job. He was in charge of the Statewide University of California Engineering Science and Management War Training Program, 1940-1944, when the program registered 46,000 students who worked under 1,800 instructors. He worked for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships on underwater sound, on cavitation generated by submarine propellers (the results of his research were immediately implemented by submariners), and on the design and operation of amphibious craft. He also worked with Professor H.U. Sverdrup of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography on the forecasting of waves, and he directed a program of field and laboratory studies of landing craft for the bureau. In 1950 he and Professor Joe W. Johnson started what are now known as the International Conferences on Coastal Engineering.

O'Brien was a member of the Army Scientific Advisory Panel, 1954-1965, serving as its chairman, 1961-1965; a member of the Defense Science Board, 1961-1965; member of the Board of the National Science Foundation (a Presidential appointment), 1958-1960; and he served on numerous committees of the National Research Council. He was twice awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal.

He was a leader in several fields of engineering, including pumps and air compressors. The compressor design for the first American axial flow jet engine was laid out exactly in accordance with the method presented in the paper by O'Brien and Folsom entitled "The Design of Propeller Pumps and Fans." It was incorporated in what became the J47 engine with a production run of thousands. He was elected to the General Electric Company Propulsion Hall of Fame in 1984.

In 1988, his oral history, Morrough P. O'Brien: Dean of the College of Engineering, Pioneer in Coastal Engineering, and Consultant to General Electric, was published by the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library.

Professor O'Brien died on July 28, 1988, at his home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, at the age of 85.

Excerpted from: In Memoriam, by R. E. Connick, H. D. Eberhart, J. W. Johnson, J. R. Whinnery, and R. L. Wiegel, 1988.

Collection Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, and documents, concerning sedimentation, flow of water in channels, rivers, flood control, waves and surge, beach erosion, dams and related projects, pipes, hydraulic models, and pumps.

Collection described in: Dictionary Catalog of the Water Resources Collections and Archives, University of California, Berkeley (G.K. Hall and Co., 1970).

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged topically.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

American Shore and Beach Preservation Association

University of California, Berkeley. College of Engineering

Beach erosion

Channels (Hydraulic engineering)

Hydraulic engineering

Hydraulic laboratories

Hydraulic models

Hydraulics

Inlets

Tides

Genres and Forms of Materials

Correspondence

Documents

Reports

Box 1, Item 1

Transportation of bed load 1934

Box 1, Item 2

Channel contractions 1934

Box 1, Item 3

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

Box 1, Item 4

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

Box 1, Item 5

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

Box 1, Item 6

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

Box 1, Item 7

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

Box 1, Item 8

Waves (surges) in open channels 1932-1933

Box 1, Item 9

Flood waves 1935-1938

Box 1, Item 10

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

Box 1, Item 11

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

Box 1, Item 12

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

Box 1, Item 13

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

Box 1, Item 14

Selim, Mohamed Ahmed. Flood waves 1940

Box 1, Item 15

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

Box 1, Item 16

Pacific Coast photographs 1933-1937

Box 1, Item 17

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

Box 1, Item 18

Siuslaw River, Oregon 1929

Box 1, Item 19

Model of Neches Canal 1935

Box 1, Item 20

Centrifugal pumps (reversed flow) 1930-1932

Box 2, Item 21

Surges in pipelines 1932-1939

Box 2, Item 22

Pine Canyon and Morris Dams, California 1937

Box 2, Item 23

Problems on Guadalupe and Calero spillways 1935

Box 2, Item 24

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

Box 2, Item 25

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

Box 2, Item 26

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

Box 2, Item 27

Analyzing hydraulic models for effects of distortion 1932

Box 2, Item 28

Notes on velocity distribution in open channels 1933-1937

Box 2, Item 29

Notes on circular and triangular weirs 1927-1934

Box 2, Item 30

Memorandum re checks on the model law for hydraulic structures 1932

Box 2, Item 31

Models of estuaries 1935

Box 2, Item 32

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

Box 2, Item 33

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

Box 2, Item 34

Speeches on hydraulic engineering 1929

Box 2, Item 34-1

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

Box 2, Item 35

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

Box 2, Item 36

Siphon tests 1932-1935

Skin friction of rough surfaces 1930

Box 3, Item 38

Surges in hydraulic pipe 1929?

Box 3, Item 39

Surge tanks 1915-1932

Box 3, Item 40

Forthmann, E. About turbulent diffusion of flow lines 1934

Scope and Contents

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

Box 3, Item 41

Notes on turbulence theory : miscellaneous notes to September 1935 1935

Box 3, Item 42

Von Karman, Theodore. Similarity of turbulent flow 1935

Box 3, Item 43

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

Box 3, Item 44

Notes on turbulence data to September 1935 1935

Box 3, Item 45

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

Box 3, Item 46

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

Scope and Contents

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

Box 3, Item 47

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

Box 3, Item 48

Gebelein, Hans. Turbulence : physical statistics and hydrodynamics 1935

Box 3, Item 49

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

Box 3, Item 50

Miscellaneous reports on flood waves 1932-1937

Box 3, Item 51

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

Box 3, Item 52

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

Box 4, Item 52-1

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

Box 4, Item 53

Models of estuaries 1934

Box 4, Item 54

Proposed design, T-10 armored amphibian tank 1942

Box 4, Item 55

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

Box 4, Item 56

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

Box 5, Item 57

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

Box 5, Item 58

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

Box 5, Item 59

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

Box 6, Item 60

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

Box 6, Item 61

Roles of hydraulic laboratories in geophysical research 1936

Box 6, Item 62

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

Box 6, Item 63

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

Box 6, Item 64

Studies of inlets 1969

Box 6, Item 65

Coefficient of discharge, inlets 1971

Box 6, Item 66

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

Box 6, Item 66-1

Tidal inlets on sandy shores 1971

Box 6, Item 67

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

Box 6, Item 68

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

Box 8, Item 69

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

Box 8, Item 70

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

Box 8, Item 71

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

Box 8, Item 72

Miscellaneous notes on tidal inlets 1972

Box 8, Item 73

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

Box 8, Item 74

Empirical hydraulic relationships for tidal inlets 1971

Box 8, Item 75

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

Box 8, Item 76

Original basic data on equilibrium areas of inlets 1966

Box 9, Item 78

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

Box 9, Item 79

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

Box 9, Item 80

Studies of sand movement and beach erosion 1930

Box 9, Item 81

Characteristics of ocean waves 1936

Box 9, Item 82

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

Box 10, Item 83

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

Box 10, Item 84

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

Box 10, Item 85

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

Box 10, Item 86

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

Box 10, Item 87

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

Box 10, Item 88

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

Box 10, Item 89

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

Box 10, Item 90

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

Box 11, Item 91

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

Box 11, Item 92

Long Beach tideland litigation 1939

Box 12, Item 93

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

Box 12, Item 94

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

Box 13, Item 95

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

Box 13, Item 96

Correspondence regarding Surfside Colony beach protection 1941

Box 13, Item 97

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

Box 13, Item 98

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

Box 14, Item 99

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

Box 14, Item 100

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

Box 14, Item 101

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

Box 14, Item 102

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

Box 14, Item 103-1

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

Box 14, Item 103-2

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

Box 15, Item 104

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

Box 15, Item 104-1

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

Box 15, Item 104-2

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

Box 15, Item 105

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

Box 15, Item 105-1

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

Box 15, Item 105-2

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

Box 16, Item 106

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

Box 16, Item 106-1

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

Box 16, Item 106-2

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

Box 16, Item 107

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

Box 16, Item 107-1

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

Box 16, Item 107-2

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

Box 16, Item 107-3

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

Box 17, Item 108

Report on proposed improvements at Santa Barbara Harbor 1934

Box 17, Item 108-1

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

Box 17, Item 108-1 Suppl

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

Box 17, Item 108-2

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

Box 17, Item 108-3

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

Box 17, Item 108-4

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

Box 17, Item 108-5

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

Box 17, Item 108-6

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

Box 17, Item 108-7

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

Box 17, Item 108-8

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

Box 18, Item 109

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

Box 18, Item 110

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

Box 18, Item 110-1

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

Box 18, Item 110-2

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

Box 18, Item 110-3

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

Box 19, Item 111

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

Box 19, Item 111-1

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

Box 19, Item 111-2

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

Box 19, Item 112

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

Box 19, Item 113

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

Box 19, Item 114

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

Box 20, Item 115

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

Box 20, Item 116

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

Box 20, Item 117

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

Box 20, Item 118

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

Box 20, Item 119

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

Box 20, Item 120

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

Box 21, Item 121

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

Box 21, Item 121-1

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

Box 22, Item 122

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

Box 22, Item 123

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

Box 22, Item 123-1

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

Box 22, Item 124

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

Box 22, Item 125

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

Box 22, Item 126

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

Box 22, Item 127

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

Box 23, Item 128

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

Box 23, Item 129

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

Box 23, Item 130

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

Box 23, Item 131

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

Box 23, Item 132

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

Box 23, Item 133

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

Box 23, Item 134

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

Box 23, Item 135

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

Box 23, Item 136

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

Box 24, Item 137

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

Box 24, Item 138

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

Box 24, Item 139

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

Box 24, Item 140

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

Box 24, Item 141

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

Box 24, Item 142

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

Box 24, Item 143

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

Box 24, Item 144

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

Box 24, Item 145

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

Box 25, Item 146

Bibliography, river hydraulics, sediment transport. 1918

Box 25, Item 147

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

Box 25, Item 148

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

Box 25, Item 149

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

Box 25, Item 150

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

Box 25, Item 151

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

Box 26, Item 152

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

Box 26, Item 153a

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

Box 26, Item 153b

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

Box 26, Item 154

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

Box 26, Item 155

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