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 collection consists of press releases, speeches (many by former DWR Directors), news clippings, reports, photographs, and miscellaneous memoranda on California water resources development during the period 1950-1965.

The collection consists of miscellaneous reprints, newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets, etc., covering drought and water conservation in California and the western U.S.; materials produced by California Dept. of Water Resources, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, North Coast County Water District, Alameda County Water District, East Bay Municipal Utility District, etc.

The Ronald B. Robie papers consist of files and documents assembled by Robie during his years with the Assembly Committee on Water, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the California Department of Water Resources. The collection contains materials whose dates span from 1963-1982; the majority, however, are concentrated in the period from 1967-1979.