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The Water Resources Archive for Lawyers Patricia J. Rettig, Head Archivist Water Resources Archive, Colorado State University Libraries tion and water management. He worked on the Colorado - Big Thompson project and was the Project Manager for the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project in southeast Colorado. Interest- ingly, Ogilvie kept daily desk diaries, which now serve as a guide to his activities on these key Colorado water projects, giving a unique insider's perspective. Added to these are correspondence, reports, maps and photographs, rounding out the docu- mentation of Ogilvie's work. Engineering Collections As experts on the movement of water, civil engineers are es- sential for providing factual data and information about water projects. i Rettic Papers of Daryl B. Simons (collection dates: 1901 -1991) Da- ryl B. Simons (1918 -2005) was an internationally recognized expert in the fields of hydraulics, hydrology, geomorphology, river mechanics, sediment transport and hydraulic modeling, and his collection documents his work in these areas. Even while professor of civil engineering at CSU, Simons worked as an independent consultant around the world. Because of his knowledge and expertise, he was called to be an expert witness several times for different cases. Depositions he gave exist in his materials and serve as explanations of engineering concepts for non - engineers. Accompanying his testimony are additional case - related documents such as exhibit items, other depositions and background information. Papers of James L. Ogilvie (collection dates: 1944 -1992) James L. Ogilvie (1911 -1995) had a long career with the United States Bureau of Reclamation in the field of irriga- Ditch companies Materials of Colorado ditch companies can be hard to come by in publicly accessible repositories, and yet ditch companies have been key to water development in the state. Records of the Godfrey Ditch Company (collection dates: 1870 -1996) Established in 1870 as the Section No. 3 Ditch Company drawing from the South Platte River in LaSalle, the organization was re- incorporated as the Godfrey Ditch Company in 1910. The newest collection donated to the Water Resources Archive, the records consist most significantly of minute books that are continuous from 1870 through 1986. (The last two decades remain with the company.) It is rare to find organizations in the state that are more than 130 years old and that have complete records documenting their business. Records of the Iliff and Platte Valley Ditch Company (collection dates: 1884 -1997) This collection contains the financial and business records of the company which was established in 1884 and irrigated land in Logan County, Colo-