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Mead (Elwood) Papers

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Table of contents

Carton 1

Correspondence~-incoming and outgoing together, A-O 1922

Carton 2

Correspondence-- P-Z 1922

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Correspondence 1923

Carton 4

Australia 1906-1923

Scope and Contents

Reports, maps and other material on Australian irrigation work and related coreespondence (1907-1915) and 1923 visit. Material on rural settlement of soldiers in Australia.

Carton 5

Hawaii approximately 1920s

Scope and Contents

Material on Mead's work with the Hawaii Homes Commission in putting native Hawaiians back on the land. Reports by Mead and various companiess and individuals, some correspondence, maps etc.

Carton 5

Land settlement in foreign countries approximately 1920s

Scope and Contents

Reports and other material on land settlement work in Canada, Great Britain, and Mexico. Questionaire sent to foriegn countries and replies.

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California approximately 1920s

Scope and Contents

Berkeley Land Settlement Conference, 1922--speeches and reports, correspondence; miscellaneous reports on land reclamation, etc.; Articles of Incorporation of the Dehli Co-operative Association; Walter Packard's Report of Proposed Settlement, Inyo, Calif., 1924; articles and clippings regarding California reclamation; Dehli and Durham projects; periodicals, etcetera regarding land settlement in California.

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Clippings concerning the Dehli and Durham settlements 1917-1923

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Tracts of land offered to the State for settlement projects

Scope and Contents

Reports of investigations and related correspondence.

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Farm Tenancy Survey

Scope and Contents

Survey done in Turlock district on farm conditions; individual questionaires.

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Farm Tenancy Survey

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Articles and speeches by Mead 1905-1922

Scope and Contents

Primarily on land settlement, irrigation add soldier settlement. These are arranged chronologically according to a list included.

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Assorted other articles and speeches by Mead

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Assorted non-California land material

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Manuscript and revisions of Irrigation Institutions (book) and other irrigation materials

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Davis residential community settlement project planning, correspondence

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Soldier land settlement

Scope and Contents

Proposed legislation regarding soldier land settlement and rehalbilitation; reports, etcetera, on soldier land settlement; problems of the returned soldier and rural settlement in foreign countries and the United States.

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United States land settlement miscellany

Scope and Contents

Notebook containing material for 1923 Land Settlement Conference and other correspondence and miscellany; report of the Committee on Co1onization; Official Report to the Jewish Colonization Assiation; On Two Years' Experimental Work in Agriculture, by Amran Khazanoff; North Carolina--papers on rural credits; Land settlement miscellany.

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Orland Project

Scope and Contents

Reports, data, correspondence and statements of settlers on the Orland Federal Reclamation project.

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Clippings

Scope and Contents

On soldier settlement, agriculture , rural credits, farm tenancy, irrigation and Mead himself.

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Commercial land settlement investigations

Scope and Contents

Reports of investigations into the policies and conditions of land settlement ventures of commercial land companies in California. These include the statements of companies, of settlers of the land, advertisements, and reports of the investigators to Mead.

Carton 17

Commercial land settlement investigations, continued

Scope and Contents

Includies the Imperial Valley and Kerman land colony.

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Madera Survey

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Correspondence of the U.S. Reclamation Service Board of Review

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Proposed legislation on reclamation

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Material on Arizona reclamation and irrigation

Scope and Contents

Reports and correspondence. Also North Platte project.

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Orland, Calif., Federal Reclamation project, report of local board

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Miscellaneous papers regarding hearings by Board of Review on California lands

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Milk production and marketing in Bay area

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Food marketing in Australia, Germany, and United States, particuarly California

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Miscellaneous reports on agriculture, irrigation (not by Mead)

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Maps of Madera district and other irrigation projects in California

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Transcripts of the proceedings of the California State Rural Credit Commission September 29-October 23, 1915

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Hilgardia

Scope and Contents

vol. 6, no. 1, 5; vol. 10, no. 1-10.

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Proceedings of the 1945 California Water Conference and other publications dealing with irrigation

Carton 19

Kansas Agricultural publications

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Agricultural publications from various state institutions, Kansas-Wyoning

Carton 21

Student theses 1908-1925

Scope and Contents

From the College of Mechanics, of Civil Engineering etcetera, dealing with storage batteries, engines, power plants, pumps etcetera.

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Student theses and reports, continued 1908-1925

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