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WRCA 079
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Title: Erwin Cooper papers
Date (inclusive): 1950-1965
Collection Number: WRCA 079
Creator:
Cooper, Erwin
Extent:
5.42 linear feet
(13 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of press releases, speeches (many by former DWR Directors), news clippings, reports, photographs,
and miscellaneous memoranda on California water resources development during the period 1950-1965.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Erwin Cooper papers (WRCA 079). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special
Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Gift of Erwin Cooper, 1973.
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 1999.
Collection number updated December 2018. Legacy collection number was MS 76/10. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Erwin Cooper was a former information officer for the California Department of Water Resources, also known for writing a book,
Aqueduct Empire: A Guide to Water in California, its Turbulent History and its Management today,published in 1968.
The collection consists of press releases, speeches (many by former DWR Directors), news clippings, reports, photographs,
and miscellaneous memoranda on California water resources development during the period 1950-1965. Some of the material was
used as source material for Cooper's book,
Aqueduct Empire: A Guide to Water in California, its Turbulent History and its Management today,published in 1968. The collection is particularly outstanding in its coverage of the California State Water Project (Feather
River Water Project).
- Box 1
- 1 -- 1-60
- Box 2
- 1-61 -- 1-120
- Box 3
- 1-121 -- 1-188
- Box 4
- 1-189 -- 1-259
- Box 5
- 1-260 -- 1-338
- Box 6
- 1-339 -- 1-445
- Box 7
- 1-446 -- 1-529
- Box 8
- 1-530 -- 3
- Box 9
- 4 -- 21
- Box 10
- 22 -- 27
- Box 11
- 28 -- 32
- Box 12
- 33 -- 37
- Box 13
- 38 -- 42
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
California. Department of Public Works
California. Department of Water Resources
California State Water Project
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
Delta Region (Calif.)
Feather River Project (Calif.)
Water resources development -- California -- Kern County
Water resources development -- California -- Riverside County
Water resources development -- California -- San Bernardino County
Water-power -- California
Water-supply -- California
Weber Plan
Clippings (information artifacts)
Memorandums
Photographs
Reports