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Water resources development -- Utah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Provo River and Deer Creek reclamation, 1934-1958

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

Contains correspondence from 1936 to 1950 and 1952 to 1958 and government reports from 1936 to 1949 about the Provo River in Utah. Also included are statements from 1953 by the Utah Power & Light Co., news clippings from 1937 to 1956, reports and proposals from 1934 to 1953, and information from 1937 to 1963 about the Deer Creek Project in Utah.

Dates: Other: 1934-1958

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Solano Project, 1949-1952

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 9
Scope and Contents note

Contains government reports, bills, and statements from 1949 to 1952 concerning the Solano County Project in California.

Dates: Other: 1949-1952

Arthur V. Watkins papers on the Bear River Project, 1950-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from 1951 to 1958 government documents and reports from 1951 to 1957, and reports, notes, and a compact and bills from 1950 to 1955 concerning the Bear River Project.

Dates: Other: 1950-1958

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Utah reclamation, 1914-1969

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

Contains correspondence, court records, news clippings, and other material related to reclamation projects in Utah, including projects in Provo, Ogden, and Cache County. Also includes information on a project in northern California. Materials date from between 1914 and 1969.

Dates: 1914-1969

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

Arthur V. Watkins resolution and news clippings on Pineview Reservoir and Dam, 1955-1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains a resolution from 1955 and news clippings from 1956 to 1957 regarding the Pine View Reservoir in Utah.

Dates: Other: 1955-1957

E. O. Larson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1940
Abstract

Handwritten diaries, reports, correspondence, and newspaper clippings detail the various aspects of E.O. Larson's personal and business life and accomplishments from 1933 to 1970. Some of the materials deal with water use and management in Utah.

Dates: 1933-1970

Provo Canyon water development and Provo cemetery photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235222756]
Identifier: MSS 8454
Scope and Contents This collection contains six photographs of Provo Canyon showing water development on the Provo River and two photographs of the Provo cemetery. One photograph shows the wooden flume and penstock constructed to carry water to the Nunn hydroelectric power plant and later the Olmsted power plant both located in Provo Canyon. Another photograph shows a wooden and rock diversion dam on the Provo River. The two photographs of the cemetery show headstones but the writing on the stones is not...
Dates: approximately 1897-1912

Report on the Great Salt Lake Diking Project

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236249]
Identifier: MSS SC 246
Abstract

Typewritten engineering report prepared for the Research Corporation of New York concerning the diking of the Great Salt Lake east of Antelope Island to create a fresh water embayment of particular use to Salt Lake City. Typescript was received by the Utah governor's office in January 1934.

Dates: 1933