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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.)

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Drought and Water Conservation collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WRCA-086
Abstract

The collection consists of miscellaneous reprints, newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets, etc., covering drought and water conservation in California and the western U.S.; materials produced by California Dept. of Water Resources, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, North Coast County Water District, Alameda County Water District, East Bay Municipal Utility District, etc.

Dates: 1976-1978

Irwin E. Farrar papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-282
Abstract The collection contains materials related to Irwin E. Farrar, a former 30 year member of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and founding member of the Eastern Municipal Water District and Riverside County Flood Control District. Items in the collection consist mainly of articles written about Farrar, most notably concerning his retirement from the Metropolitan Water District. Also included is a published transcript of an oral history interview...
Dates: 1974-1982

Joseph Barlow Lippincott papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-052
Abstract Correspondence, reports, documents, news clippings, and several descriptive photograph albums, pertaining to projects on dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, and other water supply works, groundwater and streamflow, in California, in particular for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and in Arizona and other Western States. Collection described in: Water Resources Reports and Papers in the J. B. Lippincott Collection,compiled by Gerald J. Giefer and...
Dates: 1882-1942

Milton N. Nathanson papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-214
Abstract The Milton N. Nathanson papers consists of files Nathanson compiled during his work as an attorney specializing in Colorado River water issues, including his employment at the Department of Interior as Assistant Regional Solicitor and Field Solicitor and as special consultant to the Department of Interior and the Coachella Valley Water District, as well as notes and drafts written by Nathanson while he was authoring the book, Updating the Hoover Dam Documents, and...
Dates: 1855-1995; Majority of material found within 1965-1985

Andrae B. Nordskog papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-058
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, notes, news clippings, etc., related to Nordskog's water interests. Includes materials related to "water frauds" in the Owens Valley (including notes and an outline for his unpublished manuscript on the Owens Valley controversy), the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Boulder Dam, San Gabriel Dam, sea water conversion, California water problems, the Feather River Project, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,the Colorado River, etc.

Dates: 1903-1962; Majority of material found within 1920-1961

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Subject
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Correspondence 2
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.) 2
Notes 2
Owens Valley (Calif.) 2