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 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur V. Watkins laws relating to specifications 1 to 5 copies, 1954 September 4

 File — Box 51: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233278453], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 3
Dates: Other: 1954 September 4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins hearing on Senate Res. 301 addendums and appendixes

Arthur V. Watkins legislation and bills on Colorado River Storage Project, 1947-1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains bills introduced by Watkins in the 80th Congress from 1947 to 1948 and the 81st Congress from 1948 to 1949 concerning Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1947-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project / Arthur V. Watkins papers on legislation

Arthur V. Watkins legislation and laws on Colorado River Storage Project, 1937-1955

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains the Colorado Water Conservancy District Law of 1937 by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and United States Atomic Energy Commission Hearings on leasing methods and procedures from March 1955.

Dates: Other: 1937-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project / Arthur V. Watkins papers on legislation

Arthur V. Watkins papers on H.R. 3383, 1955-1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from 1956, statements from 1955 to 1956, reports from 1955, and miscellaneous information and amendments from 1957 concerning bill H.R. 3383 concerning the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1955-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project / Arthur V. Watkins papers on legislation / Arthur V. Watkins legislation and bills on Colorado River Storage Project

Arthur V. Watkins papers on irrigation, 1953-1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, government reports, bills concerning irrigation in the Colorado River Storage Project from April 22, 1954 to May 5, 1956, newspaper clippings from 1953 to 1956 and reports and papers from 1956 to 1957 concerning irrigation in the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1953-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project

Arthur V. Watkins papers on legislation, 1928-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents note Contains correspondence of legislation from 1954 to 1957, bills from 1955 to 1958, and reports from 1941 to 1959 from the House of Representatives concerning the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States. It also contains bills and reports from 1955 to 1958 concerning the Colorado River Storage Project in the Senate. In addition, contains the congressional record from 1952 to 1956 regarding the Colorado River Storage Project. Also included are congressional records from...
Dates: Other: 1928-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Ogden River Project, 1933-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from 1950 to 1955, annual reports by the Ogden River Water Users Association from 1951 to 1955, documents and bills from 1950, information and statements from 1933 to 1956, and news clippings from March 22, 1956 concerning the Ogden River Project in Utah.

Dates: Other: 1933-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Utah reclamation

Arthur V. Watkins papers on other bills, 1949-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains a memo and bill regarding bill S. 790 from February 1949, correspondence and bill concerning bill S. 863 from 1956 to 1958, a Congressional Record and reports concerning the bill S. 1555 from 1954 to 1955, and drafts of bill S. 3013, all concerning the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1949-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project / Arthur V. Watkins papers on legislation / Arthur V. Watkins legislation and bills on Colorado River Storage Project

Arthur V. Watkins papers on S. 500, 1955-1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from 1955, statements from 1955, reports and bill from 1955 to 1956, and information and amendments concerning bill S.500 and the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1955-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Colorado River Storage Project / Arthur V. Watkins papers on legislation / Arthur V. Watkins legislation and bills on Colorado River Storage Project

Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers, 1902-1972

 Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Contains papers regarding various reclamation issues in the Western United States that were handled by Watkins while working with the Bureau of Reclamation during the 1950s and 1960s. Some of the significant topics in these files are public works, water rights, watershed, Utah reclamation, the Colorado River Storage Project, natural resources, flood control, public lands, engineering, Hells Canyon, and reclamation book materials.

Dates: Other: 1902-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers

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