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BANC MSS 87/20 c
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: David Weeks papers
Creator:
Weeks, David
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 87/20 c
Physical Description:
6.5 Linear Feet
(5 cartons, 1 volume)
Date (bulk): approximately 1912-1967
Abstract: Papers of David Weeks, agricultural economist and University of California, Berkeley faculty member.
Location of Materials: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material: Collection materials are mostly in English.
Collection is open for research.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The David Weeks papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Mary Weeks in 1986.
[Identification of item], David Weeks papers, BANC MSS 87/20 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Processed by Lara Michels in February 2015.
Photographs transfered to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1987.002).
David Weeks (1890-1986) was born in Aurora, Nebraska and educated at the University of Nebraska and Iowa State College. He
received his doctoral degree from the University of California, where he served as a faculty member in Agricultural Economics
for most of his career. Weeks focused his research on land and water development and held research appointments with the California
Agricultural Experiment Station and the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. In addition to his academic work, Weeks
served in the following consulting positions: consultant to the California Department of Water Resources during the 1950s;
advisor to the President of Bolivia; member of the President's Water Resources Policy Commission in 1950; consultant in the
development of a master plan for El Dorado County in 1962; advisor in the Hydraulics Works Department of the Turkish government
in 1964-1965; and water policy consultant for the sheikdom of Kuwait in 1965 and the Corporacion Venezolao de Guyana in Venezuela
in 1966-1967.
Collection consists of biographical materials, a file documenting Weeks' professional experience, one file of professional
correspondence, a professional chronological file (consisting of materials on various projects and writings, mostly on land
and water policy); and a small number of other papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Weeks, David--Archives
University of California (1868-1952). Division of Agriculture
University of California, Berkeley. College of Agriculture
California Division of Water Resources
Agriculture -- Economic aspects
Land use--United States
Land use--California
Land use -- Law and legislation
Land use -- Latin America
Water use--United States
Water use--California
Water utilities
Irrigation--California
Land settlement--California
Delhi Land Settlement (Calif.)
El Dorado County (Calif.)
Faculty papers