Abstract The Harvey O. Banks papers consist of files dating from his work as a consultant for water control, on water quality and management projects, in various water rights hearings and court cases, as well as allocation and planning / projections within communities. The materials include the following formats: articles, correspondence, contracts, reports, legal transcripts, papers, publications, photographs, photographic slides and negatives, graphs, maps, blueprints, notes, and legal documents...

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The collection consists of articles, brochures, correspondence, maps, news clippings, publications, research notes, reports, etc., compiled by Malca Chall during the course of her career with the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) of the Bancroft Library, University of California-Berkeley.

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The collection consists of press releases, speeches (many by former DWR Directors), news clippings, reports, photographs, and miscellaneous memoranda on California water resources development during the period 1950-1965.

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The colleciton consists of reports on the activities of the Department and speeches relating to the construction and financing of the State Water Project and particular sub-projects, and to the growing political controversy surrounding state water policy.

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The collection consists chiefly of newspaper clippings covering various California water issues, including the proposed Peripheral Canal and the Mono Lake controversy.

Abstract This collection contains correspondence, technical reports, publications, transparencies, compact discs and maps of the engineering consulting work of Dr. B.J. (William J.) Miller for the California/Federal (CALFED) Bay Delta Program. His work focused on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the near-extinction of the fish species smelt, steelhead, salmon and sturgeon. Miller received his B.E. in Civil Engineering and M.S. in Sanitary Engineering from Vanderbilt University and his Ph.D. in...

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The collection consists of the working papers for the Task Force's final report, published in 1982 by the California Commission for Economic Development. Includes report materials pertaining to levees, hydrology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and the Peripheral Canal.

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This collection contains legal documents, depositions and correspondence from the law offices of Susan M. Trager in regard to the Bay-Delta Hearings. Trager was a longtime water rights and environmental attorney.