Visual Materials

Stereographs and miscellaneous notes

Description: Over 100 stereographic photographs, primarily of survey work on the Colorado River. Includes one folder of miscellaneous notes by La Rue.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1922-1923
Call number: photCL 136
Creator: La Rue, Eugene C (1879-1947)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. E. C. La Rue, 1950-1955. Transferred from Eugene Clyde La Rue papers (mssLa Rue) in approximately mid-20th century.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Eugene Clyde La Rue photographs

Visual Materials

A collection of photographs related to hydraulic engineering projects in the western United States, 1905-1940s. The majority of photographs were taken by Eugene C. La Rue during his career as an engineer and executive on major irrigation and dam projects, primarily in the Southwest. The bulk of the collection is six photograph albums of black and white snapshots with La Rue's typed captions, covering Colorado River surveys 1921-1923. Other images are stereographs, loose prints of various sizes, and a few mounted, oversize photographs. Subject matter includes: survey and project work on the Snake River (1905); Tule Lake (1920); Lafayette Dam and Reservoir (1928); Green and Colorado rivers (1921); Grand Canyon (1922-1923); Owens Valley, California (1931); and the lower Colorado River (1938). There is one folder of photographs by and of explorer Lewis R. Freeman, dating from the 1920s.

photCL 136

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Photographs

Visual Materials

7 folders of loose photographs by Eugene C. La Rue of various surveys and waterpower projects. Includes one folder of photographs by and of journalist and explorer Lewis R. Freeman, dating from the 1920s, mostly in Canada.

photCL 136

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Oversize photographs

Visual Materials

Individual prints of various subjects. Includes a panoramic group portrait of 26 men, all identified, with Eugene La Rue standing at center, 1915.

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Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters and documents (including 8 volumes) and 876 maps related to irrigation projects in the western United States. There are correspondence, reports, etc. regarding Colorado River projects (including the Colorado River-Los Angeles Gravity Flow Aqueduct); the Klamath Lake Project in Oregon; the Merced Irrigation District in California; the San Juan River, Little Colorado, and Verde projects in Arizona; and many others. Of note in the collection are diaries of La Rue's Colorado River trips from 1921, 1922, and 1924, and maps of western areas.

mssLa Rue papers

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Maps

Manuscripts

Collection of maps belonging to E. C. La Rue, presented to the Huntington Library, December 1950.

mssLa Rue papers

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Los Angeles County, miscellaneous reports, etc

Manuscripts

mssLa Rue papers

Stereographs and miscellaneous notes

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