Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Access Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Northcutt Ely Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1982
Collection number: M0223
Creator:
Ely, Northcutt
Extent:
ca. 240 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, research notes, rough drafts of reports, printed reports and pamphlets.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
Northcutt Ely Papers. M0223. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Northcutt Ely, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1982, and of his estate, 2002.
Biography
Legal representative of various interests in disputes over water projects on the Colorado and other rivers. Ely was Executive
assistant to the Secretary of the Interior during the Hoover Administration.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Correspondence, memoranda, research notes, rough drafts of reports, printed reports and pamphlets.
Collection is organized into four accessions originally treated as separate collections: M0223 (Series 1: Working files ;
Series 2 : General files) ; M252 (Series 3 : Books ; Series 4 : Magazines; Series 5 : Pamphlets ; Series 6 : Reports ; Series
7 : Miscellaneous) ; M269 (Series 8 : Oil and Gas ; Series 9 : Water Irrigation ; Series 10 : Colorado River), M365, and accession
2002-112.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
Water conservation -- United States.
Water use -- Taxation -- Law and legislation.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)