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Preliminary Inventory of the Morley E. Fox Papers 1964-1997

2004-03772
2011-04479


Overview of the Collection

Creator: Fox, Morley
Title: Preliminary Inventory of the Morley E. Fox Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1964-1997
Quantity: 28 Boxes (39.83 Linear Feet)
Abstract:This collection houses correspondence, memoranda, clippings, news releases, hearings transcripts, publications, notes, reports, photographs, speeches, check registers, legislative documents, agendas, minutes, 2 phonograph albums, and mementos documenting water use, reclamation, irrigation, dam projects, the Central Arizona Project, and the Colorado River Basin Project. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Ask an Archivist for more information.
Identification: 2004-03772
2011-04479
Language: Material in English
Repository: Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
Phone: (480) 965-4932
E-Mail: archives@asu.edu
Questions? Ask An Archivist!

Biographical Note

Morley Evans Fox was born in Stamford, Connecticut on April 17, 1919. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Journalism (1947) and served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. Before moving to the District of Columbia in 1964, Fox worked as the Arizona State Director for the National Beer Wholesalers Association, ran his family's ranch near Flagstaff, and edited the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association's magazine. From 1964 until his retirement in 1993, he worked for the Central Arizona Project and edited two newsletters ("Watergram" and "Reclamation News") reporting on the Project. Fox died of Alzheimer's disease in Washington, D.C. on March 1, 2011.


Scope and Content Note

This collection houses correspondence, memoranda, clippings, news releases, hearings transcripts, publications, notes, reports, photographs, speeches, check registers, legislative documents, agendas, minutes, 2 phonograph albums, and mementos documenting water use, reclamation, irrigation, dam projects, the Central Arizona Project, and the Colorado River Basin Project. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Ask an Archivist for more information.


Arrangement

This collection consists of twenty-eight boxes divided into two series:
Series I: Accession #2004-03772
Series II: Accession #2011-04479

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.


Access Terms

Personal Name(s)
Fox, Morley.

Corporate Name(s)
Central Arizona Project (U.S.).
Colorado River Basin Project (U.S.).

Subject(s)
Dams -- Arizona.
Irrigation -- Arizona.
Water reuse -- Arizona.
Water use -- Arizona.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Morley E. Fox Papers, [Accession Number], Arizona State University Library.

Provenance

Reverend Donald and Elizabeth Fox donated these papers to the Arizona Collection in 2004 and 2011.


Container List

Series I: Accession #2004-03772
BoxFolder
71 CAP, 1965
72 CAP, 1966
73 CAP, 1966
74 Preliminary Proposals for a Public Relations Program for the Central Arizona Project Association, 1966
75 Joint Statement of Reps. John J. Rhodes and Morris K. Udall, 1966
76 Colorado River Basin Project and CAP, 1966
77 Colorado River Basin Project and CAP, 1966
78 Colorado River Basin Project and CAP, 1966
79 Colorado River Basin Project and CAP, 1966
710 Colorado River Basin Project and CAP, 1966
711 Colorado River Basin Project and CAP, 1966
712 Colorado River Basin Project and CAP, 1966
713 CAP, 1972
714 Statement of Governor Jack Williams of Arizona in Support of Appropriation of Funds for the CAP, 1971
715 CAP, 1970-1971
716 CAP, 1969
717 CAP, 1968
718 CAP, 1966
719 CAP, 1965
720 CAP, 1964
721 Watergram, 1989
722 Watergram, 1988
723 Watergram, 1987
724 Watergram, 1986
725 Watergram, 1985
726 Watergram, 1984
727 Watergram, 1983
728 Watergram, 1982
729 Watergram, 1981
730 Watergram, 1980
731 Watergram, 1979
732 Watergram, 1976
BoxFolder
81 Watergram, 1978
82 Watergram, 1977
83 Watergram, 1975
84 Watergram, 1974
85 Watergram, 1973
86 Watergram, 1972
87 Watergram, 1971
88 Watergram, 1970
89 Watergram, 1969
810 CAP Newsletter, 1965-1966
811 CAP, 1976
812 CAP, 1973
813 CAP, 1977
814 CAP, 1978
815 CAP, 1979
816 Sierra Club, 1965-1966
817 CAP and Colorado River Basin, 1966-1967
818 Imports: Anti, 1965-1966
819 Press Information: Conservation Bridge and Marble Issue, 1966
820 Imports: Pro, 1965-1966
821 Pacific Southwest Project Act, 1965
822 SB 502 Hr 9752, 1964
823 SB1131 Water Rights, 1965-1966
824 California: Gov. Brown, Ely, MWD, Colorado River Assn., 1965
825 Upper Basin: Pre-Hearing Exchanges: Gov. Johnson Statement, Aspall and Sparks Remarks, 1965
826 Acreage Limitation Policy, 1965
827 Jewel of the Colorado, 1965
828 National Wildlife Federation, 1965-1966
829 Legislative Reports: National Wildlife Federation, 1966
830 National Recreation and Parks Assn., 1965
831 Izaak Walton League, 1964
832 Wildlife Management Institute, 1965-1966
833 Sport Fishing Institute, 1965
834 National Press
Box
9 CAP Artifacts and Rolodex
91 Bill S.752, 1983
92 Watergram, 1984
93 Public Works Appropriations: Historical Records, 1977
94 Budget: Arizona Water Projects, 1969
95 CAP Issues, 1978
96 CAP Events, 1969
97 CAP Events, 1969
98 CAP Events, 1969
99 Salt River Project, 1980
910 Water Supply, 1965
911 House Committee: Colorado River Basin Project Act, 1966
912 House Hearings, 1966
913 Power, 1964
914 Governmental Reports, 1965-1983
915 S1019, 1965
916 SB 75, 1965
917 Answering Correspondence, 1965
918 "Saving Water" in Arizona, 1966
919 Press Releases: Colorado River Project, 1965
920 Underground Water, 1965
921 HB 4671, 1966
922 HB 4671, 1966
923 HB 4671, 1966
924 Preservationists Material, 1965
925 Reader's Digest, 1966
926 Head Count for Bill HR 4671, 1966
Box
11 Materials Regarding Water Resources (Watergram) in Arizona and the Central Arizona Project, 1984-1995
Includes Congressional statements, records, reports, news releases, bills, photos, correspondence, and news clippings.
Box
12 Materials Regarding Water in the Southwest, Colorado River, Salt River Project, Roosevelt Dam, and Water Resources Council, 1965-1968
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and documents.
BoxFolder
131 Water Resources Development of 1983, 1983
132 Western Resources Wrap-Up, 1993
133 Central Arizona Project, 1982
134 Central Arizona Project, 1982
135 Central Arizona Project, 1981
136 Central Arizona Project, 1980
137 Central Arizona Project, 1981
138 Central Arizona Project, 1982
139 Central Arizona Project
1310 Central Arizona Project, 1982
1311 Central Arizona Project, 1982
1312 Central Arizona Project, 1982
1313 Central Arizona Project, 1981
1314 Central Arizona Project, 1981
1315 News Clippings: CAP Board Oks Proposal to Sell Surplus Power, 1987
1316 Ensuring City's Water Needs is Official's Goal, 1986
1317 CAP "Works Bill Veto Required to Stop Project", 1977
1318 Central Arizona Project, 1982
1319 The Colorado River Board of California, 1967
1320 Central Arizona Project, 1989
1321 L29, 1991 February
1322 Coolidge Dam, Safety of Dams, 1991
1323 Picacho Pumping Plant, 1986
1324 Photos from U.S. Department of Interior: Bureau of Reclamation, 1980-1984
1326 Photos from U.S. Department of Interior: Bureau of Reclamation, 1983-1984
1327 Photos from U.S. Department of Interior: Bureau of Reclamation, 1983-1988
1328 Photos from U.S. Department of Interior: Bureau of Reclamation, 1989
1329 Photos from U.S. Department of Interior: Bureau of Reclamation, 1985-1989
1330 Photos from U.S. Department of Interior: Bureau of Reclamation, 1985
1331 Photos from U.S. Department of Interior: Bureau of Reclamation, 1984-1985
1332 Photos from U.S. Department of Interior: Bureau of Reclamation, 1984
Box
14 Materials Regarding Water in the Southwest, Indian Tribes, Water Rights, Colorado River, Orme Dam, McMicken Dam, Central Arizona Project, 1965-1982
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and documents.
Box
15 Materials Regarding the Central Arizona Project, National Water Commission, Colorado River Basin, and Pacific Southwest Water Plan, 1966-1978
Includes correspondence, reports, and documents.
Box
16 Materials Regarding the Central Arizona Project and Water and Power Issues in Arizona, 1982-1987
Includes Congressional records, reports, briefings, meetings, appropriations bills, correspondence, proposals, plans, and papers.
Box
17 Materials Regarding Water in the Southwest, Central Arizona Project, Hoover Dam Act, 1965-1968
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and documents.
BoxFolder
181 Water Pollution, 1983
182 Desalination, 1983
183 National Water Commission, 1970
184 Colorado River Salinity Control, 1983
185 Colorado Salinity Control, 1983
186 Colorado Salinity Control, 1982
187 Colorado Salinity Control, 1982
188 Cliff Dam, 1987
189 Plan 6, 1986
1810 National Water Alliance, 1986
1811 National Water Alliance, 1985
1812 Colorado River Storage Project (Central Utah Project), 1988
1813 Animas La Plata Project, 1987
1814 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Water Rights, 1988
1815 Endangered Species, 1978
1816 Reclamation Reform Act (Oversight Hearing), 1987 October 1
1817 Water Yield, 1975
1818 Augmentation Update Hearing, 1981 March 25
1819 Weather Modification, 1987
1820 Buttes Dam San Carlos I & D
1821 CAP Review Hearing, 1977
1822 CAP Review Hearing, 1977
Box
19 Materials Regarding the Department of the Interior, Congressional Recognition Dinner, Central Arizona Project, Big Park Armstrong Sale, Energy and Water Development, "The Ridge", World War II, and the Korean War, 1968-1997
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and documents.
BoxFolder
201 Senate Reports
202 Senate Reports
203 Senate Reports
204 House of Representatives Report
205 Washington Office Financial Records, 1982
206 Washington Office Financial Records, 1981
207 Washington Office Financial Records, 1980
208 Washington Account with National Capital Bank, 1981
209 Washington Account with National Capital Bank, 1978
2010 Washington Account with National Capital Bank, 1977
2011 National Capital Bank of Washington, 1976
2012 National Capital Bank of Washington, 1975
2013 National Capital Bank of Washington, 1973
2014 National Capital Bank of Washington, 1972
2015 National Capital Bank of Washington, 1974
2016 National Capital Bank of Washington, 1971
2017 Expense Accounting, 1970
2018 Expense Reporting, 1969
2019 Expense Report National Capital Bank, 1968
2020 Farm Surplus, 1967
2021 Financial Statement, 1966
2022 Financial Statements, 1965
2023 Financial Statements, 1964
2024 Land Use - Senate S632 (Jackson) S992 (Admn), 1972
2025 Land Use - Senate S632 (Jackson) S992 (Admn), 1974
2026 Water for Energy, 1978
2027 Environmental Protection Agency, 1971
2028 Cost Sharing, 1983
2029 Cost Sharing, 1979
2030 Research and Technology, 1978
2031 Small Projects, 1979
2032 Indian Water Rights, 1974
2033 Indian Water Rights, 1977
2034 Indian Water Rights, 1974
2035 Acreage Limitation, 1979
2036 Acreage Limitation, 1979
2037 Acreage Limitation, 1977
2038 Acreage Limitation, 1979
2039 Colorado Projects and Hooke Dam, 1966
2040 Excess Lands: Acreage Limitation, 1982
2041 Excess Lands: Acreage Limitation, 1976
Box
21 Materials Regarding California, Central Arizona Project, CAP Background Material, and Public Affairs, 1970-1976
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and documents.
Box
22 Materials Regarding Water and Power Issues, 1983-1994
Central Arizona Project and Arizona water and power resources photos, annual meetings, appropriations, congressional records, bills, news releases, history records, correspondence, and news clippings.
Box
23 Materials Regarding Water and Power Issues, 1964-1993
Legislative Activity of 102nd Congress, papers and pamphlets concerning church, IRA account, Congressional records, reports, correspondence, statements, news releases, and appropriation hearings concerning Arizona Watergram and water and power resources.
Box
24 Materials Regarding the Central Arizona Project, the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation, and Water Supply Issues in Arizona, 1972-1996
Includes correspondence, reports, news clippings, news releases, pamphlets, Congressional records, bills, requests, and proposals.
Box
25 Materials Regarding Water and Power Resources, Environmental Impact, and the Central Arizona Project, 1968-1988
Includes correspondence, reports, bills, Congressional records, statements, proposals, news releases, news clippings, and photos.
Box
26 Materials Regarding Water and Power Issues, 1971-1993
Includes Congressional records, reports, statements, proposals, correspondence, news releases, and the Big Park property sales, Clay Park, the Central Arizona Project, and other water and power issues in Arizona.
Series II: Accession #2011-04479
Box
1 Correspondence, Pen, and Photographs Regarding Signing of Central Arizona Project Enabling Legislation, 1968