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W.C. Lowdermilk papers, circa 1912-1969.
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Title:
W.C. Lowdermilk papers, circa 1912-1969Walter Clay Lowdermilk papers
Creator/Contributor:
Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay), 1888-1974, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Schenck, Hubert G. (Hubert Gregory), 1897-1960, correspondent.Abstract:
Collection includes correspondence, diaries and field notes, articles on soil erosion and land reclamation, reports, and many
photographs documenting Lowdermilk's trips to the Middle East, Europe, and China.
Date:
1912 (issued)Subject:
n-us--- -- a-cc---Reclamation of land
Soil erosion
Améliorations foncières
Sols -- Érosion
Reclamation of land
Soil erosion
China -- Surveys
China
United States. -- Department of Agriculture. -- Land Use Survey.
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Forestry.
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Forestry.
Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay) -- 1888-1974 -- Archives
Anderson, Clinton Presba -- 1895-1975 -- Correspondence
Hayden, Carl Trumbull -- 1877-1972 -- Correspondence
Schenck, Hubert G. (Hubert Gregory) -- 1897-1960 -- Correspondence
Anderson, Clinton Presba -- 1895-1975
Hayden, Carl Trumbull -- 1877-1972
Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay) -- 1888-1974
Schenck, Hubert G. (Hubert Gregory) -- 1897-1960
Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.
Container list available in the library.
Forms part of the History of Science and Technology Collection.
Gift; Of Mrs. Walter Lowdermilk; in 1972.
Related collection: W.C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1961 (BANC MSS 69/36 c).
Negatives transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library.
W.C. Lowdermilk (1888-1974) was a soil conservationist. He worked with the Belgian Relief Effort after World War I, in China
in the 1920s to help avert famine, in Palestine planning land and water use in support of the formation of Israel, and served
as Assistant Chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.
In English and Hebrew.
Preferred citation: W.C. Lowdermilk papers, circa 1912-1969, BANC MSS 72/206 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
manuscripts for publication.faculty papers.
Archives.
Personal correspondence.
Surveys.
Photographs.
Letters.
Diaries.
Field notes.
Physical Description:
14.1 (14 2
Language:
English
Hebrew
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.