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Mead (Elwood) Papers
BANC MSS C-B 1041
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Elwood Mead papers
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-B 1041
Physical Description:
25 linear feet
(20 cartons)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1907-1924
Open for research. Collection is minimally processed and may be difficult to use. The container list for this guide is derived
from a preliminary carton-level list created at the time the collection was acquired.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE:, Advance notice required for use.
Elwood Mead (1858-1936) was a professor of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. As a politician and engineer,
he is known for heading the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1924 until his death in 1936. In that capacity,
Mead oversaw the Hoover, Grand Coulee and Owyhee dams projects.
Cartons 6-7, glass plate negatives transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1966.035--NEG).
Lantern slides transferred to the Bancroft Pictorial Collections (BANC PIC 1966.036).
Photographs transferred to the Bancroft Pictorial Collections (BANC PIC 1966.033--ALB and BANC PIC 1966.040--POR).
Correspondence, research data, manuscripts and reprints of writings, photographs and slides, hearing transcripts, students'
theses, etc., relating in part to agriculture, irrigation, and engineering in California, Australia, Canada, Britain, and
Mexico. There are typed cards in many cartons or attached to folders which provide detail on the contents of the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936
University of California (1868-1952).. Dept. of Engineering
Engineers -- California -- Berkeley
Irrigation -- California -- History
Agriculture -- California -- History -- Sources
Engineering -- California -- History -- Sources
Faculty papers