Finding Aid to the A.L. Harris Water Project Papers MS.1351

Mallory Furnier

Library and Archives at the Autry

2015 April 10

210 South Victory Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91502

rroom@theautry.org

URL: https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives

Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry

Title: A.L. Harris Water Project Papers

Creator: Harris, Archie Lee

Identifier/Call Number: MS.1351

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Date (inclusive): 1919-1922

Language of Material: English .

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Scope and Contents

The A.L. Harris Water Project Papers contain photographs, correspondence, and memorandums of agreement related to water projects Harris worked on in the early 1920s. Projects include the Paradise Verde Irrigation District (1920-1922), Lotus Valley Water Users Association Project (1921-1922), Southwest Cotton Company near Avondale, Arizona, Manhattan Beach Pier (1921), Granite Reef Dam, and the Houdo Project in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Correspondence is primarily between A.L. Harris and F.H. Newell. There are also photographs of Panama from 1900-1901, newspaper clippings related to Theodore Roosevelt, and unidentified photographs of a substation in Arizona.

Processing History

Processed by Mallory Furnier, 2015.

Preferred Citation

A.L. Harris Water Project Papers, 1919-1921, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS 1351; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Irrigation

Agua Fria (El Mirage, Ariz.)

Panama Canal (Panama)

Water

Costa Rica

Arizona

California

Water use -- Arizona

Photography of water

Correspondence

Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)

Civil engineering

Southwest Cotton Company

Photographs