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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written, printed, or typed copies of an original text or of words originally spoken, such as of court proceedings, broadcasts, or oral histories. Transcripts are extremely accurate copies with any editorial explanations or notations clearly distinguished from the original, including indications of misspellings or editorial omissions. For less formal copying, or for short documents or single words such as in a vocabulary, use "transcriptions."

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur V. Watkins copies of reports and hearings, 1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Contains Report of the Select Committee to study censure charges on S. Res. 301 from the second session of the 83rd Congress in 1954, a resolution to censure the Senator McCarthy from Wisconsin, and an original copy of the committee print of the report on S. Res. 301 from August 2, 1954.

Dates: Other: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins hearing on Senate Res. 301 addendums and appendixes, 1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note Contains edited drafts of Addendum A and B from 1954; two copies of Laws Relating to Specifications 1 to 5 inclusive from 4 September 1954; a draft of Appendix I, an extract from part 19 of special investigations hearings (Mundt committee) pursuant to S. Res. 189, 83rd Congress, and the testimony of Robert A. Collier both from 1954; and drafts of Appendices II and III, an extract from part 20 of special investigations hearing (Mundt Committee) pursuant to S. Res. 189, 83rd Congress, and a...
Dates: Other: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins hearings, sessions, and press conferences, 1954

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

Contains various reports of proceedings in the executive session by the Select Committee from late August through early September 1954, various transcripts of proceedings, edited reports of proceedings and transcripts of proceedings from early to mid September, and two edited drafts of the executive session from September 1954.

Dates: Other: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins papers from Indian Claims Commission, 1944-1970

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

Contains correspondence, articles, news clippings, and hearings concerning the work Watkins performed in regards to the Indian Claims Commission from 1948 to 1970. Some issues include self-government, health, and education.

Dates: Other: 1944-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on American Indian affairs

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy, 1949-1959

 Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains information regarding the Joseph McCarthy trial during the 1950s. Included are pamphlets; copies of hearings, sessions, and press conferences; articles; copies of reports and hearings; Senate actions; hearings, prints, and reports relating to S. Res. 301; correspondence regarding television coverage of the hearings; correspondence supporting McCarthy; and correspondence expressing negative views of McCarthy.

Dates: Other: 1949-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers

Arthur V. Watkins papers on water resources, 1956-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Contains hearings, proposals, and statements referring to water resources from 1956 to 1958, papers concerning resource development of the United States, Soviet Union, and Red China from 1957 to 1958, brochures about world power from 1956 to 1958, and newspaper clippings on water resources, dams, power, and flooding from 1956 to 1957.

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 general papers on reclamation / Arthur V. Watkins papers on public works

Arthur V. Watkins prints, hearings, and other materials on S. Res. 301, 1951-1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note Contains various hearings relating to espionage, communist infiltration among army civilian workers, defense establishments, army personnel, Korean War atrocities, and special Senate Investigation on charges and counter charges involving the Secretary of the Army, Robert W. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr all occurring between 1953 to 1955. It also includes various correspondence with Senator Joseph McCarthy and Robert T....
Dates: Other: 1951-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

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 war hearings and correspondence, 1947-1971

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

Contains letters, addresses, transcripts, and various other material from 1947 to 1971 relating to the controversy over who has the power to declare war and the power of the Senate.

Dates: Other: 1947-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers from the Senate

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