Milton N. Nathanson papers

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Milton N. Nathanson papers
Date (inclusive): 1855-1995
Date (bulk): 1965-1985
Collection Number: WRCA 214
Creator: Nathanson, Milton N.
Extent: 9.42 linear feet (10 boxes)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The Milton N. Nathanson papers consists of files Nathanson compiled during his work as an attorney specializing in Colorado River water issues, including his employment at the Department of Interior as Assistant Regional Solicitor and Field Solicitor and as special consultant to the Department of Interior and the Coachella Valley Water District, as well as notes and drafts written by Nathanson while he was authoring the book, Updating the Hoover Dam Documents, and materials related to his involvement in the Colorado River Board of California.
Languages: The collection is in English.

Access

The collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Milton N. Nathanson papers (WRCA 214). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Law Offices of Redwine and Sherrill, 2001.

Processing History

Processed by David Uhlich, 2008.

Collection Number

Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was MS 2001/2. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019 to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Biographical Note

Milton Norman Nathanson (1910-2000) was a prominent water rights attorney, specializing in Colorado River water issues, specifically "The Law of the River." Born on December 19, 1910 in Philadelphia, Nathanson attended college in his home state at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from its Wharton School of Finance and Commerce in 1932 before receiving his Juris Doctorate from Penn Law in 1935. In 1941, Nathanson joined the Office of the Solicitor at the United States Department of Interior in Washington, D.C. after briefly practicing law in the private sector; he served in the counterintelligence division of the United States Army during the Second World War from 1943-1945 before returning to Washington, D.C. following the war.
Nathanson transferred to the Department of Interior's Los Angeles office in 1947, where he served as Assistant Regional Solicitor until the early 1970s, and then Field Solicitor until his retirement in 1975. During his time at the Department of Interior's Los Angeles office, Nathanson was involved in many important projects and cases regarding Colorado River water issues, including the protracted Arizona versus California litigation, the authorization and construction of the Central Arizona Project, and the passage of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act.
Nathanson continued to act as a special consultant to the Department of Interior after his retirement, and later served as legal consultant to the Coachella Valley Water District for nearly two decades during its protracted litigation with the Imperial Irrigation District and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California regarding their respective Colorado River water rights and allotments. In addition to his consulting work, Nathanson was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown as a Public Member of the Colorado River Board of California, a position he held from 1975 until 1981; he also served as a technical expert for the United Nations, and as Water Rights Expert for the State Department of Guyana, helping to draft the country's water code.
Demonstrating his stature as one of the leading experts of "The Law of the River" of his time, Nathanson was commissioned by the Department of the Interior to author the book Updating the Hoover Dam Documents, which he completed in 1978 for publication in 1980. Nathanson died on October 29, 2000.

Collection Scope and Contents

The Milton N. Nathanson Papers consists of files Nathanson compiled during his work as an attorney specializing in Colorado River water issues. The bulk of the collection is comprised of files documenting Nathanson's employment at the Department of Interior as Assistant Regional Solicitor and Field Solicitor, as well as his work as special consultant to the Department of Interior and the Coachella Valley Water District after his retirement from government service; also prominent in the collection are Nathanson's notes and drafts written while he was authoring the book, Updating the Hoover Dam Documents, and materials related to his long involvement in the Colorado River Board of California. The collection encompasses a range of materials--including correspondence, contracts, legal works, manuscripts, maps, periodicals, clippings and ephemera--documenting such Colorado River projects and issues as: the construction and maintenance of the All American Canal; Colorado River Basin Project operating and filling criteria; the Arizona versus California legal battle; the Central Arizona Project; the Bureau of Reclamation's acreage limitation law and related litigation; the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act; and the numerous legal battles and agreements between the Coachella Valley Water District, the Imperial Irrigation District and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California regarding their respective Colorado River water rights and allotments.

Collection Arrangement

The Milton N. Nathanson Papers are subdivided into four series:
  • Series 1. Department of Interior, 1855-1983
  • Series 2. Private Consulting, 1920-1995
  • Series 3. Updating the Hoover Dam Documents, 1900-1990
  • Series 4. Colorado River Board of California, 1964-1993

Separated Material

Some maps have been transferred to the Map Collection of the Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

All-American Canal System (U.S.)
Central Arizona Project (U.S.)
Coachella Valley Water District (Calif.)
Colorado River Board of California
Colorado River Salinity Control Program (U.S.)
Imperial Irrigation District (Calif.)
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Water rights
Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)

Genres and Forms of Materials

Drafts (documents)
Notes
Project files


 

Series 1. Department of Interior 1855-1983

Series Scope and Contents

This series consists of files Nathanson compiled during his employment at the Department of Interior as Assistant Regional Solicitor and Field Solicitor.

Series Arrangement

Arranged by subject or type of material into nine sub-series: Arizona versus California; Central Arizona Project; Colorado River Basin Project Operating and Filling Criteria; Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act; Reclamation Law Acreage Limitation; Colorado River Basin Power Plants and Energy Issues; Colorado River Basin Tribal Water Rights Issues; California Water and Irrigation Districts; and Publications and Ephemera
 

Sub-Series 1.1. Arizona versus California 1923-1983

Box 1, Folder 1

Finding Committee Correspondence 1968

Box 1, Folder 2

Draft Stipulation 1966

Box 1, Folder 3

Department of Interior Solicitor Statements 1968

Box 1, Folder 4

United States Objections 1967

Box 1, Folder 5

Stipulation of Settlement 1972

Box 1, Folder 6

Department of Interior Correspondence and Notes 1967

Box 1, Folder 7

Valley Division, Yuma Project 1967

Box 1, Folder 8

Reservation Division, Yuma Project, Arizona 1967

Box 1, Folder 9

Yuma Mesa Division, Gila Reclamation Project, Arizona 1967

Box 1, Folder 10

Correspondence and Filing Suggestions 1967

Box 1, Folder 11

Nevada Objections 1967

Box 1, Folder 12

Engineering Analysis of Colorado River Water Wasted into the Salton Sea, 1956

Box 1, Folder 13

Correspondence and Tables 1967

Box 1, Folder 14

Palo Verde's Answer to Nevada and Arizona 1969

Box 1, Folder 15

Palo Verde's Answer to the United States 1969

Box 1, Folder 16

California's Answer to the United States 1966-1969

Box 1, Folder 17

Imperial Irrigation District's Answer to the United States and Arizona 1969

Box 1, Folder 18

Imperial Irrigation District Water Diversion Correspondence and Tables 1923-1969

Box 1, Folder 19

Correspondence 1964-1965

Box 1, Folder 20

Statements and Summaries circa 1963-1965

Box 1, Folder 21

Case Law and Journal Articles 1964-1983

 

Sub-Series 1.2. Central Arizona Project 1944-1977

Box 1, Folder 22

Report on Central Arizona Project Prepared for Central Arizona Project Association Re-examination Committee by W. S. Gookin and Associates 1960

Box 1, Folder 23

Report on Central Arizona Project Prepared for Central Arizona Project Association Re-examination Committee by W. S. Gookin and AssociatesCorrespondence 1960-1961

Box 1, Folder 24

United States Secretary of Interior Correspondence 1965

Box 1, Folder 25

Contracts - United States and Arizona 1944-1961

Box 1, Folder 26

Contracts - United States and Central Arizona Water Conservation District 1972

Box 1, Folder 27

Contracts - United States, Central Arizona Water Conservation District and Agricultural Subcontractor 1972

Box 1, Folder 28

Contracts - United States, Central Arizona Water Conservation District and Municipal and Industrial Subcontractor 1927-1974

Box 1, Folder 29

Contracts - United States, Central Arizona Water Conservation District and Industrial Subcontractor 1974

Box 1, Folder 30

Contracts - Central Arizona Water Conservation District Resolution 1972-1973

Box 1, Folder 31

Contracts - Repayment of Costs Correspondence 1971-1974

Box 1, Folder 32

Contracts - Subcontractor Correspondence 1973-1974

Box 1, Folder 33

Contracts - Proposed Arizona Legislation 1974

Box 1, Folders 34-38

Indian Water Allocation - Correspondence 1964-1975

Box 1, Folder 39

"Notice of Proposed Allocation of Project Water for Indian Irrigation Use, " 1975

Box 1, Folder 40

Proposed Legislation 1975

Box 1, Folder 41

News Clippings 1972-1974

Box 1, Folder 42

City of Phoenix Effluent Correspondence 1963-1975

Box 1, Folder 43

The Central Arizona Project: A Staff Report to the Metropolitan Utilities Management Agency Board and the Mayor and Council of the City of Tucson Comments and Correspondence 1974

Box 1, Folder 44

Statement of Congressman Morris K. Udall to Departmental Water Projects Review Team, 1977

Box 1, Folder 45

Correspondence 1967-1972

Box 1, Folder 46

Publications 1968-circa 1971

Box 1, Folder 47

News Release and Clippings 1974-1975

Box 1, Folder 48

"Legislative History of the Colorado River Basin Project Act Authorizing Construction of the Central Arizona Project and Others," 1967

Box 1, Folder 49

"Legislative History of the Colorado River Basin Project Act Authorizing Construction of the Central Arizona Project and Others" (continued) 1968

Box 1, Folder 50

"Appendix A to Legislative History of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 9/30/68," 1967-1968

 

Sub-Series 1.3. Colorado River Basin Project Operating and Filling Criteria 1960-1977

Box 2

"Explanation of Proposed Procedures for Computing Deficiencies in Firm Power Generation at Hoover Dam During Filling of Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs," 1961

Box 2

"General Principles to Govern, and Operating Criteria for, Glen Canyon Reservoir (Lake Powell) and Lake Mead During the Lake Powell Filling Period," 1962

Box 2

"Questions Re. Glen Canyon Filling Criteria," 1962

Box 2, Folders 4-9

Glen Canyon Filing Criteria - Correspondence 1960-1965

Box 2

"Blue Envelope" Correspondence, 1965-1971

Box 2, Folders 11-17

Colorado River Basin Operating Criteria - Correspondence 1968-1976

Box 2

Correspondence and Notes 1977

Box 2

Advisory Travel Reports 1961-1970

Box 2

Glen Canyon Filling Criteria Meetings' Notes, Statements, and Transcripts 1960-1964

Box 2

Colorado River Basin Operating Criteria Meetings' Notes, Itineraries and Addresses 1968-1969

Box 2, Folders 22-25

"Colorado River Basin Project (Operating Criteria)" File 1969-1971

Box 2

Department of Interior News Releases 1960-1970

Box 2

News Clippings 1976

 

Sub-Series 1.4. Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act 1952-1975

Box 2

International Treaties Correspondence 1965-1975

Box 2

Land Acquisitions Correspondence 1973-1974

Box 2

Ground Water Correspondence 1964-1975

Box 2

Correspondence and Notes 1952-1975

Box 2

"Recommendations on the Colorado River Salinity Problem," 1965

Box 2

Statements Before the House Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources 1974

Box 2

"Arizona's Ground Water Law: Preliminary Comments," 1975

Box 2

Imperial Dam Advisory Board Minutes 1974

Box 2

Legal Aspects of Ground Water Problems by Wells A. Hutchins circa 1956

Box 2

A Brief Description and History of the Colorado River by Maurice N. Langley 1972

Box 2

The Agreement for a Permanent and Definitive Solution to the Colorado River Salinity Problem with Mexico by Herbert Brownell, 1973

Box 2

The International Problem of the Salinity of the Lower Colorado River and the Agreement with Mexico for Its Solution by Delbert McNealy 1974

Box 2

The 1973 Agreement on Colorado River Salinity Between the United States and Mexico by M. B. Holburt 1977

Box 2

Options for Resolution of the United States-Mexico Colorado River Salinity Problem, Federal Interagency Task Force 1972

Box 2

Resolution of the United States-Mexico Colorado River Salinity Problem: Special Report on Negotiations with Involved Water User Organizations in United States , United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 1973

Box 2

Department of Interior News Releases 1965-1972

Box 2

Legislation 1968-1974

 

Sub-Series 1.5. Reclamation Law Acreage Limitation 1930-1974

Box 3

Excess Lands Correspondence 1930-1968

Box 3

United States Versus Imperial Irrigation District Litigation Correspondence 1971

Box 3

Ben Yellen Litigation Correspondence 1970-1973

Box 3

United States Versus Tulare Lake Canal Company Litigation Correspondence 1972

Box 3, Folders 5-8

Gary Weatherford Correspondence 1966-1971

Box 3

"Information on Imperial Valley Acreage Limitation Problem," 1967

Box 3

Department of Interior Meeting Roster 1969

Box 3

Notes circa 1966-1974

Box 3, Folders 12-13

United States vs. Imperial Irrigation District - Opinion 1971-1973

Box 3

United States vs. Imperial Irrigation District - Order Allowing Intervention 1973

Box 3

United States vs. Imperial Irrigation District - Appellants' Brief 1972

Box 3

Ben Yellen, et al. Versus Rogers C. B. Morton, et al. circa 1973

Box 3

Legislation 1970

Box 3

Case Law and Decision 1964-1966

Box 3

Periodicals and News Clippings 1972-1974

 

Sub-Series 1.6. Colorado River Basin Power Plants and Energy Issues 1928-1980

Box 3

Department of Interior Correspondence 1928-1929

Box 3

The Economics of the Boulder Canyon Project as Related to Community Development in the Southwest by E. F. Scattergood 1929

Box 3

Department of Interior Power Policy 1953

Box 3

Statement by Clarence A. Davis Before the Subcommittee of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee 1954

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Information on Permits and Leases for Business Enterprises and Residences in Page, Arizona" circa 1956

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - Legal and Negotiating Committee Meeting Notes 1970

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - Coordinating Committee Meeting Notes 1970

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Proposed Navajo Project" File 1969

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Legal Issues" File 1966-1973

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Budget Memo--Central Arizona Project Power" File 1969

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Background and Status--Navajo Project" File 1971

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Summary--Contracts Interim Sale" File circa 1970

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Navajo Station Coal Supply Agreement" File 1969

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Supplemental Statement of Co-Tenancy Agreement" File circa 1969

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Southern Transmission Progress Report" File 1972

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Federal Contracts and Agreements for Coal-Fired and Thermal-Electric Powerplants--Colorado Plateau" File 1969-1970

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Coordinating Committee" File 1972

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Employment at Page" File 1972

Box 3

Navajo Power Project - "Joint Navajo Project Managers' Report" File 1972

Box 3, Folders 39-44

Navajo Power Project - Correspondence 1965-1974

Box 3

Department of Interior Correspondence 1936

Box 3

"Standing to Sue" Essay circa 1970

Box 3

"Spring 1966 Letters of Understanding" File 1966

Box 3

Otter Tail Power Company Antitrust Case Correspondence 1973

Box 3

Report on Water for Energy in the Lower Colorado River Basin Correspondence, News Release, and Clippings 1974-1975

Box 3

Statistical Compilation of Storage Dams and Reservoirs on Bureau of Reclamation Projects, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 1972

Box 3, Folder 51

Statistical Compilation of Diversion Dams on Bureau of Reclamation Projects, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 1972

Box 3, Folder 52

Summaries of Bureau of Reclamation Carriage Facilities and Pumping Stations 1972

Box 3, Folder 53

Correspondence and PLS Listing: Power Facilities Operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 1973-1974

Box 3, Folder 54

Understanding the "National Energy Dilemma", United States Senate Joint Committee on Atomic Energy 1973

Box 3, Folder 55

General Power Contract Provisions 1961-1975

Box 3, Folder 56

Arleigh B. West Statement at Glen Canyon Power Plant Meeting 1964

Box 3, Folder 57

Kenneth E. Payne Address at the Southwest Energy Conference 1974

Box 3, Folder 58

We Need More Nuclear Power by Irving S. Shapiro 1980

Box 3, Folder 59

Colorado River Water Users Association Meeting Brochures, News Releases and Presentation 1974

Box 3, Folder 60

"Water Requirements for Lower Colorado Basin Energy Needs" Symposium Announcement and Brochure 1975

Box 3, Folder 61

Directory of Public Power, January-February 1973

Box 3, Folder 62

"Cost Allocation for Multiple-Purpose Water Projects" by Newcomb B. Bennett 1956

Box 3, Folder 63

Department of Interior Correspondence 1974-1975

Box 3, Folder 64

Department of Interior Publications 1954-1973

Box 3, Folder 65

News Clippings 1973-1974

 

Sub-Series 1.7. Colorado River Basin Tribal Water Rights Issues 1855-1977

Box 4, Folders 1-14

Correspondence 1960-1976

Box 4

Federal Encroachment on Indian Water Rights and the Impairment of Reservation Development by William H. Veeder 1969

Box 4

A Study of Administrative Conflicts of Interest in the Protection of Indian Natural Resources, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 1971

Box 4

"Preparation of Indian Wills" by William M. Wirtz 1974

Box 4

Reid Peyton Chambers Statement to the Indian Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 1975

Box 4

"Practical Aspects of Western Water Problems From Standpoint of Private Practitioner" by Clyde O. Martz circa 1975

Box 4

Excerpt From "Report Upon the Indian Tribes" by A. W. Whipple, Thomas Ewbank, and William M. Turner 1855

Box 4

Proposed Legislation 1977

Box 4

Department of Interior Fact Sheet and News Releases 1973-1975

Box 4

Publications 1971-1972

Box 4

Journal Articles 1960-1974

Box 4

News Clippings 1973-1975

 

Sub-Series 1.8. California Water and Irrigation Districts circa 1954-1974

Box 4

All-American Canal Project Correspondence circa 1954

Box 4

City of San Diego and Coachella Valley Irrigation District Correspondence 1960

Box 4

Palo Verde Irrigation District Correspondence 1974

Box 4

Metropolitan Water District Correspondence 1966

Box 4

Metropolitan Water District Contract 1966

Box 4

Correspondence and Elmer F. Bennet and Edmund G. Brown Addresses to the Irrigation Districts Association of California 1957-1958

Box 4

Lands Division Journal, July, 1964

Box 4

Case Law and Journal Articles, circa 1965

 

Sub-Series 1.9. Publications and Ephemera 1950-1974

Box 4

The Water Industry by Harris, Upham and Company 1965

Box 4

Federal Property Boundary Survey Problems by Clark L. Gumm 1968

Box 4

A Review of the 1944 Water Treaty Operations Relating to the Colorado Riverby J. F. Friedkin 1969

Box 4

"Bureau of Reclamation: Origin and Background," circa 1970

Box 4

Department of Interior News Release 1965

Box 4

Bureau of Reclamation Brochures 1950-1972

Box 4

Colorado River Brochures circa 1963-1974

Box 4

California Water Brochures circa 1961-1972

Box 4

Dam and Power Plant Brochures 1950-1974

Box 4

Desalination and Cloud Seeding Brochures 1962-1972

Box 4

Correspondence and Notes circa 1965-1973

Box 4

Periodicals 1958-1974

Box 4

News Clippings 1973-1974

 

Series 2. Private Consulting 1920-1995

Series Scope and Contents

This series consists of files Nathanson compiled during his work as a legal consultant for the Department of Interior, Coachella Valley Water District and the City of Henderson, Nevada.

Series Arrangement

Arranged by client or type of material into four subseries: Department of Interior; Coachella Valley Water District; City of Henderson, Nevada; and Publications and Ephemera
 

Sub-Series 2.1. Department of Interior 1963-1983

Box 4

Arizona vs. California - Present Perfected Rights Correspondence 1973-1976

Box 4

Arizona vs. California - Present Perfected Rights Summary Statement 1976

Box 4, Folders 49-50

Colorado River Basin Operating Criteria - Correspondence 1969-1976

Box 4

Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects: Sixth Annual Report, United States Department of the Interior 1963

Box 4

Lower Colorado River Management Program Correspondence 1976

Box 4, Folders 53-54

United States and Coachella Valley County Water District - Repayment Contract 1975-1978

Box 4, Folders 55-58

San Diego Gas and Electric Company Water Diversion and Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant 1971-1978

Box 4

Salt River Project File 1975

Box 4

Virgin River File 1970-1983

Box 4

Publications 1977-1979

 

Sub-Series 2.2. Coachella Valley Water District 1920-1994

 

Sub-Series 2.2.1. All-American Canal 1928-1992

Box 5, Folders 1-9

Lining - Correspondence 1975-1992

Box 5

Lining - Notes circa 1976-1990

Box 5

"Canal Lining Update," May 1989

Box 5

Correspondence and Final Environmental Assessment: Coachella Canal In-Place Lining Prototype, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 1988

Box 5

All-American Canal Lining Project: Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and Imperial Irrigation District 1991

Box 5

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act Legislation, 1974

Box 5, Folders 15-25

Correspondence 1929-1992

Box 5, Folders 26-31

Boulder Canyon Project Contract Validation Lawsuit 1933-1934

Box 5, Folders 32-33

All-American Canal Supplemental Contract 1952-1955

Box 5

All-American Canal Rehabilitation Proposal and Contract: Coachella Valley County Water District 1961-1963

Box 5

Reclamation Reform Act Amendatory Contract: Coachella Valley Water District 1984

Box 5

"Colorado River Commission Report," 1928

Box 5

Key Pittman Brief 1929

Box 5

Boulder Canyon Project Contract Legislation 1930

Box 5

"Imperial Irrigation District Official Notice of Sale of Electric Revenue Bonds," 1949

Box 5

"Inventory of Problems of All-American Canal System," 1950

Box 5

Imperial Irrigation District Crop Production Report 1985

Box 5

News Clippings 1930-1932

 

Sub-Series 2.2.2. Validity of Compromise Agreement Between Imperial Irrigation District and Coachella Valley Water District 1930-1993

Box 5

Correspondence, News Clippings and Notes 1930-1933

Box 5, Folders 44-53

Correspondence 1930-1993

Box 5, Folders 54-55

Notes circa 1985-1992

Box 5

News Clippings 1932

 

Sub-Series 2.2.3. Water Conservation and Transfer Between Imperial Irrigation District and Metropolitan Water District 1958-1989

Box 6

Transfers of Colorado River Water Within California Correspondence and Notes 1985

Box 6

Memorandum of Understanding Correspondence 1985

Box 6, Folders 3-5

Imperial Irrigation District Water Conservation 1979-1988

Box 6, Folders 6-7

Environmental Impact Report - Correspondence 1985-1986

Box 6, Folder 8

Environmental Impact Report - Notes 1986

Box 6

Notice of Determination 1986

Box 6, Folder 10-12

Meyers Opinion 1977-1988

Box 6

Weinberg Opinion Correspondence 1986-1987

Box 6

Transfer Agreements 1988-1989

Box 6, Folders 15-16

Agreements - Correspondence 1988-1989

Box 6, Folder 17

Agreements - Notes circa 1988-1989

Box 6

Water Conservation Opportunities: Imperial Irrigation District Special Report, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 1984

Box 6

Imperial Irrigation District Draft Water Conservation Plan prepared by D.A. Twogood, et al. 1985

Box 6

Water Requirements and Availability Study for Imperial Irrigation District, Parson Water Resources, Inc. 1985

Box 6

Colorado River Board of California Meeting Agenda 1990

Box 7

Case Law circa 1985-1990

Box 7

Journal Articles 1963-1988

Box 7

Publications and News Clippings 1958-1989

 

Sub-Series 2.2.4. Bureau of Reclamation Right-of-Ways 1923-1987

Box 7, Folders 4-8

Three Flags Ranch 1984-1987

Box 7, Folders 9-16

Ritter-Bunn Decision 1923-1983

Box 7, Folders 17-20

Correspondence 1952-1979

Box 7

Case Law circa 1985

 

Sub-Series 2.2.5. Water Supply Agreement Between Imperial Irrigation District and International Technology Corporation 1987

Box 7

Correspondence 1987

Box 7

Notes 1987

Box 7

Colorado River Water Supply Compromise Agreement With Imperial Irrigation District Correspondence 1991

 

Sub-Series 2.2.6. Colorado River Water Charges to Metropolitan Water District 1985

Box 7

Correspondence 1985

Box 7

Notes circa 1985

 

Sub-Series 2.2.7. Bureau of Reclamation 1929-1934

Box 7

Colorado River Storage File 1929

Box 7

Colorado River Sale of Power and Water Files 1929-1931

Box 7

Sale of Power to Metropolitan Water District File 1930-1932

Box 7

Sale of Power to City of Los Angeles and Southern California Edison Company 1930

Box 7

Sale of Power to Palo Verde Irrigation District File 1930-1932

Box 7

Imperial Irrigation District File 1930-1934

 

Sub-Series 2.2.8. Colorado River Water Allocation for Metropolitan Water District 1930-1987

Box 7, Folders 33-36

Correspondence 1930-1987

Box 7

Metropolitan Water District Sale of Power to Citizens Utilities Company Correspondence 1938

Box 7

"Seven Party Water Agreement: History of Accumulative Storage Provision," undated

Box 7

Colorado River Board of California Meeting Agenda 1991

Box 7

Colorado River Basin Resolution and Law Excerpt 1930-1974

 

Sub-Series 2.2.9. Palo Verde Irrigation District 1931-1993

Box 7

Location of Lower Palo Verde Mesa Correspondence 1985

Box 7

Correspondence and Press Release 1965-1967

Box 7, Folders 43-44

Correspondence 1990-1993

Box 7

"History of the Palo Verde Valley," 1978

Box 7

Notes, Journal Articles, and Maps circa 1931-1985

Box 7

Imperial Irrigation District Summary of Water Diversions 1984

 

Sub-Series 2.2.10. Excess Colorado River Water Desert Storage 1979-1988

Box 7, Folders 48-49

Correspondence 1979-1988

 

Sub-Series 2.2.11. East Mesa Pilot Groundwater Recovery Well Project 1990-1991

Box 7

Correspondence 1990

Box 7

Correspondence and Notes 1991

 

Sub-Series 2.2.12. Reclamation Reform Act 1982-1991

Box 7, Folders 52-54

Correspondence 1985-1991

Box 7

Case Law 1982-1988

Box 7

Journal Articles and News Clippings 1984-1990

 

Sub-Series 2.2.13. Reclamation Land Withdrawals 1920-1989

Box 8, Folders 1-4

Correspondence 1920-1985

Box 8

Maps and Tables circa 1964-1985

Box 8

Agreement and Case Law circa 1980-1989

Box 8

Issue Papers and Journal Articles circa 1965-1984

 

Sub-Series 2.2.14. Tribal Water Rights Issues circa 1975-1988

Box 8

Case Law and Court Transcripts circa 1975-1985

Box 8

Case Law 1988

Box 8

News Clippings 1976-1983

 

Sub-Series 2.2.15. Proposed Colorado River Basin Storage Act Amendment 1990

Box 8

Correspondence 1990

Box 8

Hearing Statements and Testimony 1990

Box 8

Correspondence and On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency: Special Technical Report, Coachella Valley Water District, Boyle Engineering 1993

Box 8

Correspondence and Special Critique On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency: Special Technical Report, Coachella Valley Water District, JMLord, Incorporated 1993

Box 8

Bureau of Reclamation Correspondence, 1992-1993

Box 8

"Water Use Assessment: Imperial Irrigation District and Coachella Valley Water District," 1993

 

Sub-Series 2.2.16. Salton Sea 1992-1994

Box 8

The Salton Sea: A Review of the Sea's History with an Outline of Several Proposals to "Save" it and Some Suggestions About Preserving its Beneficial Uses, Coachella Valley Water District 1992

Box 8

Salton Sea Authority Agreement and Meeting Minutes 1993

Box 8

Salton Sea Fact Sheet, Symposium Brochure, and News Clippings 1993-1994

 

Sub-Series 2.2.17. Colorado River Basin Endangered Fishes 1993

Box 8

Overview of the Proposed Critical Habitat for the Colorado River Endangered Fishes, by Henry R. Maddux, et al. 1993

Box 8

Correspondence and Summary: Habitat Requirements of the Endangered Fishes of the Colorado River Basin, by Thomas R. Haglund, et al. 1993

Box 8

Draft Economic Analysis of Proposed Critical Habitat in the Colorado River Basin for the Razorback Sucker, Humpback Chub, Colorado Squawfish, and Bonytail, Volume I by David S. Brookshire, et al. 1993

 

Sub-Series 2.2.18. Other 1926-1994

Box 8

"Comments on and Proposed Revisions to Draft Regulations for Administering Entitlements to Colorado River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin," 1994

Box 8

Correspondence 1989-1992

Box 8

Imperial Irrigation District Correspondence and Annual Reports 1926-1949

Box 8

Metropolitan Water District Publications circa 1985-1993

Box 8

John H. Lauten Addresses 1973-1974

Box 8

Maps and Diagrams circa 1967-1985

Box 8

Publications and Brochures 1975-1985

Box 8

News Clippings 1975-1993

 

Sub-Series 2.3. City of Henderson, Nevada 1951-1990

Box 8, Folders 31-37

Correspondence 1965-1990

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Contracts and Agreements 1951-1967

Box 8

Notes circa 1989

 

Sub-Series 2.4. Publications and Ephemera 1966-1995

Box 9

Mono Lake File 1976-1983

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Pupfish File 1974-1975

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Water Conservation File 1975-1984

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Flood Control File 1984-1990

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Hydroelectric Power File circa 1979-1990

Box 9

Environmental Issues File 1975-1990

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Peripheral Canal File circa 1975-1977

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"Project Independence: The Strategic Role of the Great Rockies" Conference File 1975

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John D. Vanderhoof Address 1973

Box 9

Thomas M. Stetson Address 1983

Box 9

Groundwater/ Surface Water Issues in the Interstate Context: The Bureau of Reclamation's Draft Colorado River Operation Management Regulations by David E. Lindgren 1995

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Accounting for Water Use Along the Colorado River, Hoover Dam to Mexico by Sandra J. Owen-Joyce circa 1990

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"The Yuma Desalting Plant: A Status Report," 1989

Box 9

"Overview of the Law of the River," 1990

Box 9

The Colorado: Still a Problem River by Myron B. Holburt circa 1975

Box 9

Correspondence circa 1975-1993

Box 9

Maps 1969-1979

Box 9

Department of Interior Press Releases 1973-1980

Box 9

Periodicals 1978-1994

Box 9

Tour and Symposium Itineraries 1979-1990

Box 9

Publications and Brochures circa 1977-1985

Box 9

Case Law and Journal Articles circa 1975-1991

Box 9

The Register, "Special Report: The Water Squeeze" Newspaper Section, November 6 1983

Box 9, Folders 24-26

The Orange County Register 1986-1988

Box 9

News Clippings 1966-1993

 

Series 3. Updating the Hoover Dam Documents 1900-1990

Series Scope and Contents

This series consists of files Nathanson compiled and wrote while authoring Updating the Hoover Dam Documents, as well as some materials collected later in relation to the book.
Box 9

The Law of the River Files circa 1975-1980

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Colorado River Compact Files circa 1923-1980

Box 9

Boulder Canyon Project Act Files circa 1975-1980

Box 9

California Seven Party Project Act Files circa 1975-1980

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Water Delivery Contracts for Colorado River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin Files circa 1975-1980

Box 9

The Mexican Water Treaty Files circa 1975-1980

Box 9

The Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Files circa 1975-1980

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The Colorado River Storage Project Act" Files circa 1975-1980

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Arizona v. California Files circa 1975-1980

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The Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. California Files circa 1975-1980

Box 9

Present Perfected Rights Files circa 1975-1980

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Filling Criteria Files circa 1975-1980

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The Colorado River Basin Project Act Files circa 1975-1980

Box 9

Operating Criteria Files circa 1975-1980

Box 9

Mexican Salinity Problems Files circa 1975-1980

Box 9

The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act Files circa 1975-1980

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Storage of Water on Gila River, Arizona by Joseph B. Lippincott 1900

Box 9

California Water Rights to the Colorado River by Milton N. Nathanson 1985

Box 9

"Extracts From The Hoover Dam Documents by Ray L. Wilbur and Northcutt Ely," 1948

Box 9

Correspondence and White House Water Policy Message 1978

Box 9

Correspondence 1973-1975

Box 9

Notes circa 1975

Box 9

Legislation 1923-1968

Box 9

Periodicals 1978

Box 9

Maps and Tables 1962-1989

Box 9

Book Excerpts and Journal Articles 1975-1988

Box 9

New Clippings 1990

 

Series 4. Colorado River Board of California 1964-1993

Series Scope and Contents

This series consists of files Nathanson compiled in relation to his service and membership in the Colorado River Board of California.
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Summary of Board Polices 1978

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The Colorado River Basin--Its Water Resources and Current Problems" by Myron B. Holburt 1974

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International Problems of the Colorado River by Myron B. Holburt 1974

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The 1983 High Flows on the Colorado River and Their Aftermath by Myron B. Holburt 1984

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"Water Resources Conservation and Efficiency Act" File 1982

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Senate Bill 343 File 1983

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Perepheral Canal Proposition File 1982

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Central Arizon Project File 1981-1982

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"Water Quality Act" File 1988

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Colorado River Annual Operating Plan File 1989-1990

Box 10

Colorado River Salinity Control File 1988-1993

Box 10

Correspondence 1982-1988

Box 10, Folders 13-14

Annual Reports 1964-1981

Box 10

Annual Report Appendix 1973

Box 10

Publications and Brochures 1967-1987

Box 10

Notices and Press Releases 1988-1990

Box 10

Executive Director's Monthly Reports 1989-1993

Box 10

Meeting Announcements, Agendas, and Minutes 1989-1993

Box 10

News Clippings circa 1976