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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 575 Collections and/or Records:

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 / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers

Arthur V. Watkins report on the Provo Reservoir, 1914

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

Contains findings of facts and conclusions of law concerning Provo Reservoir Company vs. Provo City case of 1914.

Dates: Other: 1914
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

Assessments and licenses, 1910

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197231207009], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 278
Dates: 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 278, Knight Investment Company records / Taxes

Assignment of Octavia Ancarana and Ercole Sfondrati, 1591?

 Item — Folder 2.1: [Barcode: 31197235217723]
Identifier: Vault MSS 523 Item 1
Dates: 1591?
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 523, Sfondrati family papers

Assignment of Octavia Ancarana and Ercole Sfondrati

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS523_F2_I1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Assorted documents, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1509 Series 6
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: From Lucille Pratt's report: Most of the documents in this register are dated within the 19th century, with a substantial portion from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a small portion from the 20th century. The documents pertain to the area now known as the state of New Mexico of the United States of America. Many of the documents were created when this area was part of the Presidencia of Nueva Galicia under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, as a part of the overseas empire of the European...
Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1509, Collection on New Mexican territorial history

Atti avanit la Curia Eccles.a di Madrid tra il Sr. D. Ercole Sfondrati, Conte della Riviera, Caval.o dell'Ordine di Santiago e il Conte della Niebla D. Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno per la commenda sulla villa di Guadalcanal concessa al D. Conte della Riviera, e contrastata dal D. Conte della Niebla

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS516_F2_I1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Almon W. Babbitt legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244078]
Identifier: MSS SC 625
Scope and Contents

Holographs. The collection includes legal documents concerning various cases in which Babbitt represented clients in the Hancock County, Illinois, courts.

Dates: 1844-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Almon W. Babbitt legal documents

Battle of Powder River map, 1876 March 17

 Item — Oversize 10: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232509767], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Map of the Battle of Powder River . . . March 17th, 1876 / drawn by Anson Mills. 1 map ; 34 x 43 cm. Pencil annotations. Blueprint.

Dates: 1876 March 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 782, Robert Spurrier Ellison papers / Oversize

John R. Baxter territorial complaint

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227606354]
Identifier: MSS 3891
Scope and Contents

Report written by John R. Baxter describing a trial in Spring City, Utah in 1890. Describes the case and the sentence, holding James W. Crisp responsible for allowing his animals to graze in someone else's fields.

Dates: 1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John R. Baxter territorial complaint

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