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Irrigation -- West (U.S.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-024
Abstract The Frank Adams papers consist of files regarding his work in the subjects of irrigation, agriculture, and land settlement projects. The materials include the following formats: reports, reprints, correspondence, clippings, and notes, and historical and statistical data. The content includes materials from his projects in Palestine, the western United States with a particular focus on California. There is extensive information on University of California Irrigation Investigations in...
Dates: 1889-1962

Harry F. Blaney papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-143
Abstract

The collection consists of reports pertaining to consumptive water use by irrigated crops and native vegetation in desert areas of Southern California, Arizona, and other parts of the Southwest; to irrigation costs in California; to irrigation in Israel; and to irrigation and water supply studies of the Pecos, Colorado, and other rivers.

Dates: 1920-1970

Elwood Mead papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-055
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, addresses, reports, and press releases on land settlement and irrigation projects in the Western States, Australia, and Mexico.

Dates: 1900-1942