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Wallace F. Bennett papers of South Davis, Upper Colorado River, Vernal, and Weber Basin water projects
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_20_B421_F1-5
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Wallace F. Bennett papers of state water (S. 1416)
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_20_B241_F1-2
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Wallace F. Bennett papers of state water (S. 1416), 1956-1960
File — Box: 241, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 20 Series 2 Sub-Series A
Scope and Contents note
Folders contain correspondence, legislative bills, statements, congressional records, reports, and newspaper clippings from 1956 to 1960 in the United States pertaining to the necessity of States' rights to control water within their boundaries as well as the Federal Government's recognition of those rights. Folder 1 also contains letters from residents of Utah in 1959 protesting confiscation of state decreed water in Utah by Federal Agencies. In addition, the second folder contains two...
Dates:
1956-1960
Wallace F. Bennett papers on Colorado River salinity
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_20_B620_F4
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Wallace F. Bennett papers on Colorado River salinity, 1962-1965
File — Box: 620, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 20 Series 2 Sub-Series A
Scope and Contents note
Folder contains congressional records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, maps, and reports from 1962 to 1965 that pertain to the salinity of the Colorado River in the Western United States and its negative affects on irrigation and agriculture in the Southwestern United States and Mexico. Information includes recommendations to reduce the salinity problem and keep enough water for the Colorado River Basin States while maintaining a good relationship with Mexico.
Dates:
Other: 1962-1965
Wallace F. Bennett papers on South Davis, Upper Colorado River, Vernal, and Weber Basin water projects, 1955-1959
File — Carton: 421, Folder: 1-5
Identifier: MSS 20 Series 3 Sub-Series B
Scope and Contents note
Folders contain reports, correspondence, congressional records, maps, bills, resolutions, and newspaper articles from 1955 to1959 dealing with different water projects in the Western United States. The material provides information about appropriations, legislation and progress concerning the South Davis Counter Water Improvement District in Utah, the Upper Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States, and the Vernal and Weber Basin water projects in Utah. Also included are...
Dates:
Other: 1955-1959