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Water resources development -- California

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Augustus Kempkey papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-049
Abstract

The collection consists of economic and engineering reports written by Augustus Kempkey, a consulting civil engineer; design of structures, preparation of detailed plans and specifications, supervision and administration of construction and operation, appraisals as to value for rate fixing, taxation, sale, and other purposes.

Dates: 1915-1955

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

R.B. Marshall papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WRCA-085
Abstract

The collection consists of materials compiled by R.B. Marshall, former chief geographer of the U.S. Geological Survey, related to Hetch Hetchy Valley, Mississippi River Basin, water rights, and the Marshall Plan for irrigation of California's Central Valley.

Dates: 1911-1947

Collection of Newspaper Articles on California Water Issues

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WRCA-076
Abstract

The collection consists of handwritten transcipts of newspaper articles on California water related issues published in the late 1800s.

Dates: 1864-1891

Owen G. Stanley papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-067
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, documents, and clippings pertaining to Amador Power Project, Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel Project, Eel River investigation, Kern River water rights and storage agreement, and the Isabella Project.

Dates: 1924-1960

Fred H. Tibbetts and E.E. Blackie papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-078
Abstract

This collection consists of engineering reports on water development in California.

Dates: 1910-1940

William E. Warne papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-070
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1961-1966

Theodore C. Wellman papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-127
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, draft reports, papers, and news clippings pertaining to water resources development issues regarding State of California, Marin County, and San Francisco Bay Area.

Dates: 1970-1985