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.

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.

The collection consists primarily of speeches by Warne during his tenure as Director of the California Dept. of Water Resources, 1961-1966; also includes miscellaneous correspondence and articles written by Warne during this period.