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Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Charles H. Lee papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-071
Collection Scope and Contents

This collection contains reports, correspondence, documents, maps, photographs, clippings, etc., pertaining to projects in hydraulics, sanitation, irrigation, municipal water supply, surface water and groundwater hydrology, and soil in California and other Western states, particularly for the City of Los Angeles regarding water supply from the Owens Valley.

Dates: 1905-1959

Charles H. Lee photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-99/1
Collection Scope and Contents Collection of 3 x 5.5-in. black-and-white photographic prints taken by Charles H. Lee, covering a wide range of water resources development projects in California and New Mexico in which Lee was involved. Major projects documented include the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, construction of various dams and reservoirs in San Diego County and other Southern California locations, water development in Inyo County and Mono County, and construction of Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico....
Dates: 1905-1959; Majority of material found within 1905-1938

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

Kenneth M. Turner papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-246
Abstract

Assorted materials and documents relating to water rights including Tahoe basin, Hetch-Hetchy, and Glen Canyon Dam.

Dates: 1936, 1958-1959, 1981-1983