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| Creator: | Yevjevich, Vujica M., 1913- | |
| Title: | Papers of Vujica M. Yevjevich | |
| Dates: | 1951-1985 | |
| Quantity: | 1.5+ linear feet | |
| Identification: | WVMY | |
| Abstract: | Vujica M. Yevjevich (1913-2006), a native of Yugoslavia, was a professor, lecturer, consultant, and researcher of hydrologic engineering. Yevjevich taught in Colorado State University's engineering department from 1960 until his retirement in 1979. The collection contains notes, essays, correspondence, graphs, maps and technical information on his work in hydrology, mostly international in nature. | |
| Contact Information: | Water Resources Archive Archives and Special Collections Morgan Library Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019 USA Phone: 970-491-1844 Fax: 970-491-1195 Email: specialcollections@library.colostate.edu URL: http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/water/ |
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There are no access restrictions on this collection. However, some items are stored off-site, so advanced notice is recommended.
Not all of the material in the collection is in the public domain. Researchers are responsible for addressing copyright issues.
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Colorado State University Libraries online catalog. Researchers seeking materials about related subjects, persons, organizations or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Hydrology. | ||
| Water resources development. | ||
| Persons: | ||
| Yevjevich, Vujica M., 1913- | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| United Nations. | ||
| Places: | ||
| United States. | ||
| China. | ||
| Special Document Types: | ||
| Photographs. | ||
| Charts (graphic documents). | ||
| Maps. | ||
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Vujica M. Yevjevich devoted his life to the study of hydrology. His impressive career spanned more than four decades and included projects in the United States and overseas. A professor of hydrology at Colorado State University's engineering department, Yevjevich also was an accomplished researcher, technical writer, international lecturer and consultant.
Yevjevich was born in a small town in Yugoslavia on October 12, 1913. He attended the University of Belgrade from 1932-1936, specializing in water resources engineering with a concentration on hydrology and hydraulics. Yevjevich's education was interrupted when he served in the Yugoslavian Army from 1936-1938, carrying out various engineering assignments in Belgrade. After this service, he returned to school at the University of Grenoble in France.
When Great Britain declared war on Germany in 1939, Yevjevich was in England. He returned to Yugoslavia, where he worked as an engineer and was put in charge of a special section for planning the hydraulic works on the Vardar River. During the invasion of Yugoslavia by Germany, he was taken as prisoner of war. Yevjevich was held as a prisoner of war from 1941-1943 in both Germany and Italy. After the war he returned home to Yugoslavia to work for the Ministry of Public Works and Electric Power Authority.
Yevjevich's first teaching assignment was at the University of Belgrade, Civil Engineering Department in 1946. While he was teaching at the University he also became the director of a special institute for water resources which was active in designing dams, tunnels, hydroelectric power plants and other structures in Belgrade. Shortly before leaving his job at the University of Belgrade, he earned his doctoral degree.
Yevjevich traveled to the United States in 1956 and spent the next four years working as a visiting scientist for the U.S. National Bureau of Standards and for the U.S. Geological Survey in Washington, D.C. Yevjevich traveled extensively throughout the United States and overseas. As a lecturer and consultant he visited many countries, including New Zealand, Ethiopia, India, Taiwan, China and Lebanon. Because of his water resources expertise, Yevjevich also worked as a civil consultant for the United Nations.
In 1960, Yevjevich accepted a position at Colorado State University in the engineering department. He spent the next 19 years teaching hydro-engineering, mainly to graduate students. During his life, he wrote over 200 papers and 23 books and co-founded, with his wife, a publishing company called Water Resources Publications.
Among his many accomplishments in academics and civil engineering, Yevjevich was recognized as one of the most influential engineers from Serbia and was elected to the Serbian Academy of Engineering. A museum in his hometown of Priboj, Yugoslavia, was named for him and, along with CSU and the University of Belgrade, will house many of his professional papers.
Yevjevich passed away on March 26, 2006, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was survived by his wife Mirjana and their three daughters, Vera, Branka, and Rada.
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The Papers of Vujica M. Yevjevich consists of documents dated 1951-1985. The collection consists of maps, graphs, blueprints, technical notes, correspondence, reports, and essays written on topics in the field of hydrology and water resources. This collection has little information on Yevjevich's work as a professor at CSU or on projects he may have been working on in Colorado. Much of the documentation found in the collection relates to Yevjevich's overseas consulting.
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The collection consists of three boxes arranged in four categories: countries, hydrology topics, consultations, and miscellaneous. Within each category, files have been arranged alphabetically.
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Papers of Vujica M. Yevjevich, Water Resources Archive, Colorado State University.
The Papers of Vujica M. Yevjevich was acquired by the Water Resources Archive in June 2002, after having been stored at the Engineering Research Center at the CSU Foothills Campus for a number of years.
The processing of the collection was completed in December 2005, and included removal of all metal paperclips and staples. The documents were then placed in acid-free folders and boxes. Oversized documents such as blueprints and maps have been placed in flat files. All books and journals acquired with the collection have been removed to be added to library holdings.
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In honor of his retirement in 1979, the University compiled 100 articles written by Yevjevich. These essays are available in Archives and Special Collections as Collected Papers of Vujica M. Yevjevich, call number GB653.2.Y48. The Papers of Daryl B. Simons also contains material related to hydrology. Like Yevjevich, Daryl B. Simons was a CSU professor and expert in the fields of hydraulics and hydrology.
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Note: Estimated pagination is preceded by an "e." Two identical copies of the same item are indicated by the phrase "2 copies" at the end of the entry, following the number of pages of each copy. Authored articles, books and studies are listed in bibliographic form.
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