Eugene C. Lee papers

Finding aid prepared by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian.
Special Collections & University Archives
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Eugene C. Lee papers
Date (inclusive): 1953-1986
Collection Number: WRCA 125
Creator: Lee, Eugene C.
Extent: 1.0 linear feet (1 box)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists chiefly of newspaper clippings covering various California water issues, including the proposed Peripheral Canal and the Mono Lake controversy.
Languages: The collection is in English.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Eugene C. Lee collection (WRCA 125). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Provenance unknown.

Processing History

Processed by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian, 2000.

Collection Number

Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was MS 86/8. 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

Professor of political science, University of California, Berkeley.

Collection Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of newspaper clippings covering various California water issues, including the proposed Peripheral Canal and the Mono Lake controversy.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged topically.

Indexing Terms

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

Subjects

Dunning, Harrison C. (Harrison Case), 1938-
Delta Region (Calif.)
Droughts -- California
Mono Lake (Calif.) -- Water rights
Peripheral Canal (Calif.)
Water resources development -- Political aspects -- California
Wild and scenic rivers -- California

Genres and Forms of Materials

Clippings (information artifacts)


Box 1, Folder 1

California water - General 1953-1962

Scope and Contents

Includes news clippings, correspondence, speech by Clair Engle on ownership of the Central Valley Project, articles, etc.
Box 1, Folder 2

California Water Forum 1983

Scope and Contents

Script and notes for a videotaped television production hosted by Lee and aimed at a high school audience.
Box 1, Folder 3

San Joaquin Valley Water Management Tour 1983 July 14-15

Scope and Contents

Packet of materials for tour participants prepared by University of California Cooperative Extension.
Box 1, Folder 4

Lee, Eugene C., Harrison C. Dunning,and Laura Lake. Competition for California's water : alternative resolutions, political dynamics and decision making 1981 August 17

Scope and Contents

Notes, drafts, correspondence, reviews, etc. for Background paper no. 9 for a conference sponsored by the University of California, September 30-October 2, 1981.
Box 1, Folder 5

Federal-State relations 1980-1985

Scope and Contents

News clippings and journal articles.
Box 1, Folder 6

Hazardous wastes, salinization 1972-1986

Scope and Contents

Includes materials on Kesterson Reservoir and San Francisco Bay pollution.
Box 1, Folder 7

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California water pricing 1983-1985

Scope and Contents

News clippings, correspondence, etc. Includes information on water surpluses and water marketing.
Box 1, Folder 8

Delta 1981-1986

Scope and Contents

News clippings, journal articles, etc. Includes research proposal to University of California Cooperative Extension by L. T. Wallace, George E. Goldman, and Marion O'Regan: "Analysis of public policies designed to protect agricultural land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta."
Box 1, Folder 9

Drought 1976-1982

Scope and Contents

News clippings.
Box 1, Folder 10

Federal water projects/subsidy 1979-1986

Scope and Contents

News clippings. Includes materials on the Colorado River and Hoover Dam.
Box 1, Folder 11

Mono Lake controversy 1974-1986

Scope and Contents

News clippings.
Box 1, Folder 12

Wild and scenic rivers 1977-1986

Scope and Contents

News clippings.
Box 1, Folders 13-21

Peripheral Canal 1975-1986

Scope and Contents

Chiefly news clippings. Includes correspondence, notes, and text of speeches made by Lee in 1982: "The political environment of the referendum on SB 200," presented at a conference on The Peripheral Canal, UCLA Extension, Santa Monica, March 5, 1982; and, "Politics and water : the referendum on SB 200," presented to the Berkeley Breakfast Club, April 16, 1982 and to the U.C. Riverside Extension Conference on Water Policy, May 1, 1982.
Box 1, Folder 22

Miscellaneous 1972-1986

Scope and Contents

News clippings.