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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 5048 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers

Arthur V. Watkins papers on government conservation, 1954-1957

 File — Box 29: Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233276382], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 8
Dates: Other: 1954-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project / Arthur V. Watkins papers on conservation and conservation groups

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers

Arthur V. Watkins papers on public lands, 1956-1958

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

Contains correspondence from 1954 to 1958, news clippings from 1952 to 1957, statements and notes from 1954 to 1956, and reports and bills S. 2067, S. 2629, H.R. 1254, H.R. 9131, and H.R. 10837 from 1954 to 1956 concerning public lands in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1956-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers

Arthur V. Watkins papers on reclamation, 1939-1970

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

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. It also contains the 1968 Commissioner's Report by the Bureau of Reclamation.

Dates: 1939-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers for reclamation book

Arthur V. Watkins papers on table construction, 1958

 File — Box 40: Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233278396], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 7
Dates: Other: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on engineering

Arthur V. Watkins papers on the Lower Basin, 1955-1956

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

Contains correspondence from 1955 to 1956, news clippings from January to June 1956, and statements, reports, and information referring to the Lower Basin of the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1955-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project

Arthur V. Watkins papers on the pros and cons of reclamation, 1903-1969

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains various correspondence, congressional records, reports, news clippings, brochures, and miscellaneous notes and information originating between 1903 and 1969 concerning the pros and cons of reclamation.

Dates: Other: 1903-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers for reclamation book

Arthur V. Watkins papers on water conservation, 1936-1970

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, news clippings, a congressional record and statements concerning water conservation. It also contains notes, brochures, and reports and hearings before the Joint Committee on the Economic Report concerning conservation. All materials originate between 1936 and 1970.

Dates: Other: 1936-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers for reclamation book

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Weber River Basin Project, 1969, 1948-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains general correspondence from 1948 to 1958, a loan application from October 31, 1957, briefs from 1951 to 1952, documents on bills from 1949, statements from 1949 to 1957, news clippings from 1949, 1952 to 1958, and 1969, press releases from 1952 to 1958, and notes concerning the Weber River Basin Project in Utah. Also included is a published pamphlet from December 1952.

Dates: Other: 1969; Other: 1948-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Utah reclamation

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