Description
Correspondence, reports, hydrological data, maps and memoranda pertaining to reservoirs,
canals, water delivery systems, flood control and irrigation projects, water supply and
land appraisals throughout California and southern Oregon, with particular reference to
units of the Central Valley Project.
Background
Bernard Alfred Etcheverry served the University of California, Riverside, continuously for
forty-six years and for a total of forty-seven years. His first appointment was as
Instructor in Civil Engineering, held during the academic year 1902-1903. After two years
as Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Physics at the University of Nevada, he
returned to Berkeley in 1905 to serve successively as Assistant Professor, Associate
Professor, and Professor of Irrigation and Drainage until his retirement in 1951.
Throughout that time he acted first as Chairman of the Department, later the Division of
Irrigation.
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Water Resources Collections and Archives. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Water Resources Collections and Archives as the owner of
the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Availability
Collection is open for research.