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Creator: | Baker, R. Gail (Roland Gail), 1897-1965 |
Title: | Roland Gail Baker Papers |
Inclusive Dates: | 1965-1965 |
Bulk Dates: | 1944-1960 |
Quantity: | 17 Boxes (8.0 Linear Feet) |
Abstract: | The Roland Gail Baker Papers are comprised of correspondence, contracts, notes, newsclippings, reports, printed matter and trial exhibits ranging from 1865-1965. The bulk of the collection concerns Baker's engineering work in water supply and other public works projects from 1944-1960. |
Identification: | MSS-19 |
Language: | Material in English |
Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist! |
A native Arizonan, Roland Gail Baker was born in Phoenix on October 11, 1897. He was the son of Roland Claudius Baker and Lilly Mae Cromb. Between 1919 and 1922 Baker received degrees from the University of Arizona and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1933 he married Barbara Allen Clayton and they had four children.
Baker served in the U.S. Army in 1918 in Tucson. In 1919 he worked for the Pinal County Highway Department as a draftsman and computer. He was draftsman and office engineer for the Santa Cruz County Highway Department in 1920. From 1921 to 1934 he was with the Salt River Valley Water Users Association in several engineering capacities. As design engineer he had direct charge of the design and construction of several Arizona dams, power plants, canals and bridges.
From 1934 to 1935 Baker was Chief Engineer with the Verde Irrigation and Power District. He then went into private business in 1935. From 1936 to 1940 he was in the private sector and served as a consultant to a number of local firms. From 1940 to 1943, Baker was engineer and superintendent of the Water Department, City of Phoenix and in 1944 served as a consultant for the State of Arizona working with the Bureau of Reclamation and making extensive studies of the Colorado River below Lee Ferry. From 1946 to the mid 1950s Baker was Phoenix City Engineer and Chief Engineer for the Arizona Interstate Stream Commission. He resigned his state and municipal appointments due to ill heath and continued in his own engineering firm.
For his outstanding engineering contributions to the State of Arizona, Baker was awarded the Honor Medallion from the College of Engineering, University of Arizona in 1960. R. Gail Baker died in Phoenix on January 4, 1965.
The Roland Gail Baker Papers are comprised of correspondence, contracts, notes, newsclippings, reports, printed matter and trial exhibits dating from 1865 to 1965. The bulk of the collection contains Baker's engineering work in water supply and other public works projects from 1944-1960. The collection has been divided into two series: Arizona Water Supply and City of Phoenix.
The Arizona Water Supply series is composed of a variety of reports, correspondence, notes, etc. related to various aspects of Baker's work in securing water for Arizona from the Colorado River and its tributaries. Most of the pages in the series are research materials in support of the Central Arizona Project and the water rights litigation Arizona vs. California, et. al. Many of the memoranda and reports in the series were written by Perley M. Lewis. A large portion of the Arizona vs. California, et. al. materials are reviews of testimony and published trial exhibits with holograph notations by Perley M. Lewis.
The City of Phoenix series contains material documenting a variety of municipal public works projects and the purchase of local privately-owned water companies by the City of Phoenix. The public works projects include sewer and bridge construction and paving projects.
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
[Identification of item], Roland Gail Baker Papers, MSS-19, Arizona State University Library.
The Roland Gail Baker Papers were received from Mrs. P.M. Lewis in 1966.
Series I: Arizona Water Supply | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | Biographical material: R. Gail Baker and Perley M. Lewis, 1965, Undated | |||||||||
1 | 2 | Colorado River water supply, 1944-1956 | |||||||||
1 | 3 | Lower Colorado River Basin -Notes and correspondence, 1953, Undated | |||||||||
1 | 4 | Underground and surface water and water pumping, 1940-1958 | |||||||||
1 | 5 | Water rights. Apportionments, dispositions, 1865-1955 | |||||||||
1 | 6 | Colorado River water budget, 1955 | |||||||||
1 | 7 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Proposed projects, 1952 | |||||||||
1 | 8 | Determining irrigation requirements, 1950-1953 | |||||||||
1 | 9 | Water in Arizona. Leigh Gardner Proposed Testimony, Undated | |||||||||
1 | 10 | Irrigated acreages and agriculture in Arizona, 1922-1956 | |||||||||
1 | 11 | Arizona water use, 1948-1957 | |||||||||
1 | 12 | Water Quality, 1937-1957 | |||||||||
1 | 13 | Arizona Watershed program, 1957 | |||||||||
1 | 14 | Tabular and graphic records of watersheds, drainage areas, etc, 1955-1957, Undated | |||||||||
1 | 15 | Salt River Valley Water Users Association, San Carlos Project, and Miscellaneous, 1927, 1956 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
2 | 1 | Indian claims on lower basin allotment, 1953-1957, Undated | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Mexican Water Treaty, 1944-1956 | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Nevada and Utah; Colorado River Tributary uses, 1953, 1956, Undated | |||||||||
2 | 4 | Lower Colorado River Basin Water Distribution to New Mexico, Undated | |||||||||
2 | 5 | Virgin River, Dixie Project, 1949-1957, Undated | |||||||||
2 | 6 | Arizona Interstate Stream Commission, minutes & correspondence, 1952, 1956-1957 | |||||||||
2 | 7 | Colorado River Compact, 1922 | |||||||||
2 | 8 | Colorado River Drainage Basin Report, 1937 | |||||||||
2 | 9 | Roosevelt Irrigation District, Engineering Report, 1950 | |||||||||
2 | 10 | Roosevelt Water Conservation District, reports, tables, 1936-1946, Undated | |||||||||
2 | 11 | Salt River Valley Water User's Assn. Miscellaneous papers, 1929-1957 | |||||||||
2 | 12 | Santa Cruz River - Reports and correspondence, 1954-1958 | |||||||||
2 | 13 | Western Area Development Conference, 1956 | |||||||||
2 | 14 | U.S. Dept. Interior, Public Lands. Codes and regulations, Undated | |||||||||
2 | 15 | Miscellaneous, 1944-1955, Undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
3 | 1 | Gila River, reports and tables, 1914-1955 | |||||||||
3 | 2 | Verde River, reports and tables, wasted flood water, 1926-1938 | |||||||||
3 | 3 | Colorado River Projects, reports and correspondence, 1922-1957 | |||||||||
3 | 4 | Boulder Canyon Project, 1944 | |||||||||
3 | 5 | Bridge Canyon Project, 1950-1954 | |||||||||
3 | 6 | Central Arizona Project: General including pamphlets etc, 1940-1955 | |||||||||
3 | 7 | Central Arizona Project Assn. Progress Reports, History, etc, 1955 | |||||||||
3 | 8 | Diversion route (Harza Engrs), 1944-1959 | |||||||||
3 | 9 | Granite Reef Aqueduct and Salt/Gila Aqueduct, 1936-1955 | |||||||||
3 | 10 | Havasu pumping plants, tables, etc, 1940-1947 | |||||||||
3 | 11 | Newsclippings, 1945-1950, 1957 | |||||||||
3 | 12 | Power generation, K.S. Wingfield & F.B. Debler Report, 1949 | |||||||||
3 | 13 | Coconino Project, Memo, 1954 | |||||||||
3 | 14 | Gila Project, Yuma Mesa Division, Report, 1956 | |||||||||
3 | 15 | Glen Canyon Project and press clips, 1956 | |||||||||
3 | 16 | Horse Mesa Dam, design plans, 1925-1927 | |||||||||
3 | 17 | Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, correspondence and tables, 1955-1956, Undated | |||||||||
3 | 18 | Imperial dam: correspondence and tabulations, 1955, Undated | |||||||||
3 | 19 | San Carlos Project, Buttes dam and reservoir ..., 1955 | |||||||||
3 | 20 | Salt River Project: Miscellaneous Papers, 1920-1956 | |||||||||
3 | 21 | Topock Marsh area report, 1958 | |||||||||
3 | 22 | CAP Legislation: H.R. 234, 1951 | |||||||||
3 | 23 | CAP Legislation: S-1175, 1947, Undated | |||||||||
3 | 24 | CAP Legislation: Miscellaneous Bills, 1949-1951, Undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
4 | 1 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Correspondence and reports, 1956 | |||||||||
4 | 2 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Defendants' exhibits and Memos by Perley M. Lewis, 1956-1957 | |||||||||
4 | 3 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Panel of witnesses, 1955-1957, Undated | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Testimony of consulting engineers Meeker and Tipton, 1956 | |||||||||
4 | 5 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Testimony of Dowd, Tabor and Weeks for California, 1957, Undated | |||||||||
4 | 6 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Testimony of Elder, 1957 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
5 | 1 | Arizona vs. California, et al: California water use: reports and tabulations, 1952-1956 | |||||||||
5 | 2 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Boundary controversy, maps, memos, reports, 1955-1958 | |||||||||
5 | 3 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Consumptive use-vs-Beneficial consumptive use of water, 1948-1957 | |||||||||
5 | 4 | Arizona vs. California, et al: California municipal water, 1950-1957 | |||||||||
5 | 5 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Imperial Irrigation District, Imperial Valley, Salton Sea, 1955-1957 | |||||||||
5 | 6 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Palo Verde Irrigation District, 1955-1957, Undated | |||||||||
5 | 7 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Miscellaneous documents and reports RE: AZ-vs-CA, 1952-1957 | |||||||||
5 | 8 | Arizona vs. California, et al: California Defendants Exhibits: 1-43 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
6 | 1 | Arizona vs. California, et al: California Defendants Exhibits: 44-126 | |||||||||
6 | 2 | Arizona vs. California, et al: California Defendants Exhibits: 127-169 | |||||||||
6 | 3 | Arizona vs. California, et al: California Defendants Exhibits: 170-240 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
7 | 1 | Arizona vs. California, et al: California Defendants Exhibits: 241-356 | |||||||||
7 | 2 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Arizona Exhibits: 1-118 | |||||||||
7 | 3 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Arizona Exhibits: 119-158 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
8 | 1 | Arizona vs. California, et al: Arizona Exhibits: 159-221 | |||||||||
8 | 2 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Bridge Canyon Project, 1942 | |||||||||
8 | 3 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Colorado River Diversion, U S Bureau of Reclamation, 1944 | |||||||||
8 | 4 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Treaty w/Mexico - Utilization of Colorado River et al, 1944 | |||||||||
8 | 5 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Central Arizona Project - Big Sandy Tunnel, 1946 | |||||||||
8 | 6 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Central Arizona Project - Bridge Canyon Route [Preliminary Report], 1947 | |||||||||
8 | 7 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Geology and Groundwater Resources of the Wellton-Mohawk Area, Yuma County, AZ, 1947 | |||||||||
8 | 8 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Report on Central Arizona Project, 1947 (Volume 1) | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
9 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Report on Central Arizona Project, 1947 (Volume 2) | ||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
10 | 1 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Central Arizona Project, Bridge Canyon Route, 1947 | |||||||||
10 | 2 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Virgin River Basin, 1948 | |||||||||
10 | 3 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Gila River Flood Control Below Gillespie Dam, 1948 | |||||||||
10 | 4 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Green River Water Supply, 1948 | |||||||||
10 | 5 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission Engineers, 1948 | |||||||||
10 | 6 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Upper Colorado River Basin: Arizona Contributions Above Lee Ferry, 1948 | |||||||||
10 | 7 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Summary Lower Colorado River Water Supply Below Lee Ferry, 1949 | |||||||||
10 | 8 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Virgin River Basin, 1949 | |||||||||
10 | 9 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: San Diego Project - Metropolitan Connection Enlargement, 1951 | |||||||||
10 | 10 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Consumptive Use and Irrigation Requirements for Crops in Arizona, 1951 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
11 | 1 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Dixie Project, Utah, 1953 | |||||||||
11 | 2 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Mohave Reach of the Colorado River, 1954 | |||||||||
11 | 3 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Mohave Reach [Supplemental Report], 1954 | |||||||||
11 | 4 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Yuma Reach of the Colorado River, 1954 | |||||||||
11 | 5 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Channel Changes of the Colorado River from Lighthouse Rock to the Mexican Boundary, 1954 | |||||||||
11 | 6 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Colorado River Boundary Changes - Parker Dam to Lighthouse Rock, 1954 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
12 | 1 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Colorado Reach of the Colorado River, 1954 | |||||||||
12 | 2 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Mosaic of the Colorado River from Nevada Oblique Boundary to Mexico, 1954 | |||||||||
12 | 3 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Unauthorized Use of Water and Trespass on Government Land Along Lower Colorado River, 1955 | |||||||||
12 | 4 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Provisional Report on Indians of Arizona, 1955 | |||||||||
12 | 5 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: The Colorado River Indian Reservation, 1955 | |||||||||
12 | 6 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Estimated Virgin Flow of the Gila River at Dome, 1929-1950, 1956 | |||||||||
12 | 7 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: The Colorado - Verde Project and Arizona, 1956 | |||||||||
12 | 8 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Beneficial and Consumptive Use of the Flow of the Colorado River Compact, 1957 | |||||||||
12 | 9 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: The Colorado River and the Little Colorado River, 1957 |
Series II: City of Phoenix | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
12 | 10 | City of Phoenix, Public Works Dept., Division of Engineering memos, and reports, 1957-1961 | |||||||||
12 | 11 | Arizona Consulting Engineers Association, minutes, 1960 | |||||||||
12 | 12 | Canal Crossings, Correspondence, 1957-1958 | |||||||||
12 | 13 | Water expansion program and municipal water companies, acquisition of, 1948-1955 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
13 | 1 | Consulting Engineers Coordinating Committee. Minutes, 1960-1961 | |||||||||
13 | 2 | Engineering agreements, 1957-1959 | |||||||||
13 | 3 | Fire hydrant location specifications, 1959 | |||||||||
13 | 4 | Map of Storm drainage system, PHX, 1943 | |||||||||
13 | 5 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: PHX Metro sewage plan, Proposed, north and south of Salt River, 1956 | |||||||||
13 | 6 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Road improvement. Paving, urban extensions, 1956-1961 | |||||||||
13 | 7 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Sanitary sewer Improvement Districts, general procedures, etc., 1958-1961 | |||||||||
13 | 8 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Standard Details. Specifications, revisions, 1960-1961 | |||||||||
13 | 9 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Well descriptions and water level measurements, 1948 | |||||||||
13 | 10 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Maps, tabulations, contracts and miscellaneous, 1957-1958 | |||||||||
13 | 11 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Study of Trunk sewer cost, S-5724, S5730, S5739 & S5743, 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 12 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Tabulation of bids for Jobs S5641. S5709, S5726, W58107, W5801, W59132, W59134 and price list, 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 13 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S-5545 area 32nd St and McDowell Road, 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 14 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S5628 area 200' north of Pierce to Earll Drive, 1956-1957 | |||||||||
13 | 15 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: S-5640 Area Oak St. to Thomas Road from 40th St. to 44th St., 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 16 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S-5710 area Oak St. to Osborn Road from 24th St. to 44th St., 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 17 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S-5711 area 24th St. to 32nd St. from Osborn Road to Campbell Av., 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 18 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S-5713 area around Black Canyon Hwy from Van Buren St. to Fillmore St., Undated | |||||||||
13 | 19 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S5722 area around McDowell Road, Encanto Blvd, Thomas Road, 27th Av. to 39th Av., 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 20 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S5730 Glendale Av. to 35th Av., 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 21 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S5740 40th St. from Osborn Road to the Arizona Canal, 1957 | |||||||||
13 | 22 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S-5753 40th St. east to the Arizona Canal from Indian School north to Arizona Canal, 1958-1960 | |||||||||
13 | 23 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S-5831, 32nd St. and 40th St., Camelback Road sewer crossings, | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
14 | 1 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job S-59071 Bethany Home Road to Maryland Av. from 19th Av. to Black Canyon road, 1959-1960 | |||||||||
14 | 2 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job W-59220 water distribution main extension, Roosevelt St. to Oak St. from 24th St. to 40th St., 1960 | |||||||||
14 | 3 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Geology and Groundwater Resources of the Verde Valley near Ft. McDowell, 1946 | |||||||||
14 | 4 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Installation of Gates in Spillway to Enlarge Horseshow Reservoir, 1949 | |||||||||
14 | 5 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Preparatory Work for Enlargement of Horseshow Reservoir, 1949 | |||||||||
14 | 6 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job W-506 - Proposal/Specifications, 1950 | |||||||||
14 | 7 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Job W-521 (BI) - Verde Supply Line, Proposal/Specifications, 1952 | |||||||||
14 | 8 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Sewerage Problems of Phoenix and Suburbs, 1953 | |||||||||
14 | 9 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Sanitary District #1 - Engineering Report, 1953 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
15 | 1 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Acquisition of Suburban Pump and Water Co., Valley Water Co. and Mariposa Water Co., 1953 | |||||||||
15 | 2 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Modified Counter Proposal to the Spector Private Water Companies Purchase Plan, 1953 | |||||||||
15 | 3 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: North Phoenix Sanitary District - Sanitary Survey, 1954 | |||||||||
15 | 4 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Review of Headman, Ferguson & Carollo Long Range Report, 1954 | |||||||||
15 | 5 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Plan for Acquiring privately-owned water companies in Phoenix Area, 1955 | |||||||||
15 | 6 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Evaluation of Water Properties of Suburban Pump and Water Co., Valley Water, Co., Mariposa Water Utilities, 1956 | |||||||||
15 | 7 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Phoenix Storm Drainage Report, 1956 | |||||||||
15 | 8 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Project S-5753 - Specifications/Contracts, 1959 | |||||||||
15 | 9 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Dept. of Public Works - Standard Details and Specifications, 1960 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
16 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Dept. of Public Works - Standard Details and Specifications, 1960 | ||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
17 | Miscellaneous Bound Reports: Surveying Notes/Records; Field Tables, 1913, 1935, 1959 (16 Volumes) |