| | 5 | Author: | Murdock, John
Robert | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | John R. Murdock
papers,
1937-1952 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1937-1952 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, records of committee meetings, bills, hearings,
reports, clippings, reprints of Murdock's remarks in Congress, printed and
typescript material relating chiefly to the Colorado River and the water rights
for Arizona including the Central Arizona Project, the Gila Project, and the
proposed Bridge Canyon Dam. Also included are drafts of articles on political
questions; newspaper clippings concerning his wife, Myrtle; and correspondence
relating to the death of his son, David, in World War II. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Legislators -- Arizona | Water supply -- Arizona | Water power -- Arizona | Water resources development -- Arizona | Bridges -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) | | | | Matches:
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| 7 | Author: | August, Jack. L., Jr. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Dr. Jack L. August, Jr. papers,
1959-2017 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1959-2017 | | | | Abstract: | Dr. Jack L. August, Jr. (1954-2017) was an expert in Arizona
water-related politics, senators, and other historical subjects. His collection includes
his personal materials, professional files, research files, writings, audiovisual
materials, and memorabilia he collected throughout his life. August taught at several
different institutions and held various positions at colleges, universities, and other
history-focused institutions. He served as an expert witness on key pieces of water
rights legislation in the state of Arizona. He researched several prominent Arizonan
politicians including Barry Goldwater, Dennis DeConcini, and Evan Mecham. He also did
several research projects surrounding Wade Church, Jim Chilton, the New Mexico Bar
Association, and John R. Norton III, amongst others. A large portion of his research
files are dedicated to water politics of Arizona including, but not limited to ANSAC,
the CAP, the Colorado River Controversy, Native American/indigenous water rights, the
Santa Cruz River, the Salt River, the Gila River, and others. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Water conservation -- Arizona | Water -- Law and legislation -- Arizona | Water rights -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) | Water rights -- Arizona | Water resources development -- Law and legislation --
Arizona | Teachers -- Arizona | Law | DeConcini, Dennis | Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 | Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972 | Castro, Raul H., 1916-2015 | Mecham, Evan | McCain, John, 1936-2018 | New Mexico Bar Association | Herberger Theater Center (Phoenix, Ariz.) | Colorado River -- Navigation | | | | Matches:
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| 8 | Author: | Cotton Land
Company | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Cotton Land
Company records,
1909-1970 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1909-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Contains official records of the Cotton Land Company, and the
Cotton Water and Irrigation Company, 1909-1970, relating to land development
and water rights to company lands located in Mohave County, Arizona, on the
east side of the Colorado River. Includes articles of incorporation, minutes,
stockbooks, correspon-dence, maps, legal and financial documents, and
photographs documenting the activities of the companies, especially in the
periods between 1910-1930 and 1945-1965. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Water rights -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) | Business enterprises -- Arizona -- Archives | Business enterprises -- California --
Archives | Real estate development -- Arizona -- Mohave
County | Floods -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) | | | | Matches:
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| 9 | Author: | Hatch, D. Spencer (Duane
Spencer)
Hatch, Emily Gilchriest, 1897- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Duane Spencer Hatch papers,
1912-1982
(bulk 1940-1982) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1912-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Duane Spencer Hatch (1888-1963) was an agriculturalist,
researcher, and pioneer in rural reconstruction and community development. This
collection contains materials pertaining to the life and work of Duane Spencer Hatch.
Hatch conducted research in Costa Rica, India, Sri Lanka (formally known as Ceylon),
Mexico, and in Parker, Arizona. The collection contains research materials such as field
notes, diaries, correspondence, and reports, along with photographic materials
concerning these rural locations. Personal materials in the collection from Hatch, and
his wife Emily Hatch, include bibliographic and biographic materials, correspondence,
publicly files, and photographs. Audio and visual materials in the collection include
movies created by Hatch in movie reel and DVD format and talks given by Hatch in record
and CD format. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Rural development -- Research | Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian
Reservation, Arizona and California -- Rural conditions | | | | Matches:
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| 10 | Author: | Blachly, Lou | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Papers of Lou
Blachly,
1827-1965 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1827-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Includes correspondence, reports, manuscripts,
diaries, photographs, poetry, souvenir ephemera, and newspapers of the Bradley
and Blachly families. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico | Women pioneers -- Colorado | Missions, Medical -- Thailand -- History -- 19th century | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Africa, North | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany | Wild flowers -- Arizona | Bird watching -- United States -- Guidebooks | Birds -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Africa, North | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Germany | World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany | | | | Matches:
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| 11 | Author: | Shantz, H.L. (Homer LeRoy), 1876-1958 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Homer Leroy Shantz
papers,
1903-1958 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1903-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Field notebooks, reprint articles, speeches,
survey abstracts, photographs, diaries, and correspondence pertaining to
Shantz's interests in worldwide agriculture and botany. Shantz's various trips
to Africa resulted in extensive field notes, including those for the
Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919 to 1920, and the African Education
Commission, 1923 to 1924. Background material he collected about Africa
encompasses maps; postcards; dictionaries and primers on languages, including
Swahili; also, articles on the people, the areas they inhabited, and specific
problems, such as the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, forced labor, and race
relations. Photographs of his travels from the Cape to Cairo depict the Nile,
Egyptian ruins, wild and domestic animals, vegetation and the landscape,
villages and cities, and people in tribal dress. Communal activities documented
include cultivation, thatching roofs, building a road, and weaving a large
bamboo mat to cover a bridge walkway. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Plant ecology -- Africa | Plant ecology -- United States | Vegetation surveys -- South America | Vegetation surveys -- Colorado | Vegetation surveys -- Africa | Swahili language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Swahili | Agriculture -- Africa | Soils -- Africa | Agriculture -- United States | Soils -- United States | Africa -- Description and travel | | | | Matches:
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