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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur V. Watkins general papers on reclamation, 1902-1965

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains newspaper articles, records, and notes regarding debates concerning the Bureau of Reclamation and their various water projects, especially in the Western United States, between 1902 and 1965.

Dates: Other: 1902-1965

Arthur V. Watkins papers for reclamation book, 1939-1970

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents note

Contains materials intended for a book about reclamation. It contains notes by Watkins for a book to be written on reclamation, correspondence, news clippings, notes, information, reports, and brochures from 1939 to 1970 concerning reclamation in the Western United States. Also includes information on the Colorado River Storage Project.

Dates: Other: 1939-1970

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Arizona vs. California, 1954-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 10 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from March to April 1956 and news clippings from 1954 and 1956 to 1958 concerning the Arizona vs. California case of 1954. It also contains a copy and notes of the testimony of Paul D. Christensen given in August 1956 and government reports and record from the Supreme Court concerning the Arizona vs. California case of 1954.

Dates: Other: 1954-1958

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Boulder Canyon Project, 1941-1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 10 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from 1955 to 1957 and statements concerning the Boulder Canyon Project in the Western United States on the Nevada-Arizona border. It also contains bills and notes from 1955 to 1957, a report by the Bureau of Reclamation done on May 20, 1941 and notes from 1955 concerning the Boulder Canyon Project.

Dates: Other: 1941-1957

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Central Utah Project, 1947-1972

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 10 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from 1947 to 1956 and 1965 to 1972, news clippings from 1954 to 1971, and statements and addresses from 1946 to 1956 concerning the Central Utah Project as part of the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States. In addition, contains reports and pamphlets from 1966 to 1968, congressional records and bills from 1948 to 1958, and miscellaneous notes and information from 1955 to 1970 also referring to the Central Utah Project.

Dates: Other: 1947-1972

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project, 1920-1969

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains general correspondence, reports, statistics, government reports, news clippings, statements, bills, notes, brochures and pamphlets from 1920 to 1968 concerning the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1920-1969

Arthur V. Watkins papers on conservation and conservation groups, 1902-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: Other: 1902-1958

Arthur V. Watkins papers on economics, 1954-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from 1954 to 1958, news clippings from 1955 to 1958, statements from 1954, reports from 1955 to 1958, congressional reports from 1954 to 1958, and notes and brochures regarding the economic issues of the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1954-1958

Arthur V. Watkins papers on engineering, 1951-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note Contains correspondence concerning engineering from 1956 to 1958; news releases by the Department of Defense concerning the Corps of Engineers from 1955 to 1958; government reports and bills S. 2374, S. 497, H.R. 4783 concerning engineering from 1953 to 1958; a report on the Federal Civil Works Program as administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, appendix A-D, G-L from 1951; reports by the Corps of Engineers from 1953 to 1958; a Civil Works six year program, from the Department of...
Dates: Other: 1951-1958

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Hells Canyon Project, 1950-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents note Contains correspondence from 1951 to 1958, news clippings from 1954 to 1958, statements from 1955 to 1957, and general reports from 1954 to 1957 concerning the Hells Canyon Project in Oregon and Idaho. It also contains reports from 1957 concerning power sources in the Hells Canyon Project and reports on bills about the Hells Canyon Project from 1950 to 1957. Also included are financial reports and maps, a letter from the Secretary of the Army and Hearings from the Senate concerning the Hells...
Dates: Other: 1950-1958