BYU Library - Special Collections

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Contains correspondence, news clippings, press releases, pamphlets and brochures, statements, reports and memos, and information from 1954 to 1958 regarding pro-Colorado River Storage Project views.

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Contains correspondence, news clippings, press releases, statements by Watkins, statements and addresses, reports, government information, pamphlets and brochures, and notes and information from 1902 to 1958 on conservation within the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

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Folder contains press releases, newspaper clippings, statements, legislative acts and bills, reports, correspondence, and congressional records from 1960 to 1964 that pertain to the authorization of the Dixie Project in Washington County, Utah as well as appropriations to fund an early start in the project construction.

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Folder contains legislative acts and bills, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, congressional records, press releases, pamphlets, maps, and statements from 1956 and 1963 to 1964 pertaining to details, plans, and authorization of the Dixie Project in Utah. Much of the correspondence comes from proponents of the long-awaited passage of the Dixie Project bill which would help develop the water resources of the Virgin and Santa Clara Rivers in the Western United States.

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Folder contains reports, legislative bills, correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, congressional records, statements, maps, and pamphlets from 1963 to 1965 which provide information about the appropriations and benefits of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project in Utah and the progress of the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Scope and Contents note Folders contain press releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, congressional records, pamphlets, reports, and legislative bills from 1956 to 1965 that provide information about concerns, construction, and plans for establishment of recreational areas for the Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge Units of the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States. Also provided are Anthropological Papers from September 1959 which outline the history of the Glen Canyon Region from 1776 to...