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Water resources development -- California

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Joe S. Bain papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-099
Abstract

The collection consists of notes, reports, memoranda, interviews, news clippings, financial statements, Bank of America data, etc., used as background materials for the book, Northern California's Water Industry: The comparative efficiency of public enterprise in developing a scarce natural resource, by Joe S. Bain, Richard E. Caves, and Julius Margolis (Published for Resources for the Future, Inc. by The Johns Hopkins Press, c1966).

Dates: 1931-1964; Majority of material found within 1958-1962

Frank E. Bonner papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-139
Abstract

This collection is the result of Frank E. Bonner's work as a consulting engineer for four California water agencies. The materials in this collection consist of water and hydroelectric power studies, maps, designs, computations, drawings, photographs, and reports on various constructed or proposed water developments in the Sierra Nevada.

Dates: 1886-1967

Ralph M. Brody papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-121
Abstract

The collection consists of reports, meeting minutes, agendas, notes, speeches, legal documents, contracts, and other materials related to California water issues in the 1960s and 1970s.

Dates: 1959-1981

Malca Chall papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-213
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1902-2000

Colorado River Board clippings

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-144
Abstract

The collection consists of newspaper clippings related to Colorado River and western states water matters collected by California's Colorado River Board.

Dates: 1943-1955

Bernard A. Etcheverry papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-037
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, hydrological data, maps and memoranda pertaining to reservoirs, canals, water delivery systems, flood control and irrigation projects, water supply and land appraisals throughout California and southern Oregon, with particular reference to units of the Central Valley Project.

Dates: 1903-1954

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

William R. Gianelli speeches

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-040
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1958-1973

Sidney T. Harding papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-041
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence; technical reports on various aspects of irrigation; reports and surveys of specific irrigation projects throughout California, and in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota; and miscellaneous material relating to water costs and requirements, water rights, groundwater and surface water supply, flood control, legislation, dendroclimatology, enclosed lakes, and the Central Valley Project and Feather River Project in California.

Dates: 1912-1969

Edward Hyatt papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-045
Abstract

The collection consists of articles, addresses by Hyatt, and clippings, pertaining to dams, water rights, salt water intrusion, hydroelectric power, the California Water Plan, and other aspects of water in California.

Dates: 1924-1949