Randolph Collier papers
Finding aid prepared by Xiuzhi Zhou.
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Title: Randolph Collier papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1955
Collection Number: WRCA 033
Creator:
Collier, Randolph, 1902-1983
Extent:
0.42 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, reports, legislation, and memoranda concerning the diversion of water from the
Klamath and Trinity Rivers into the Sacramento Valley, California.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. Randolph Collier papers (WRCA 033). Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 1999.
Collection number updated December 2018. Legacy collection number was COLLIER. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Randolph Collier was born in Etna, California on July 26, 1902. He was a resident of Siskiyou County his entire life, attending
Yreka grammar and high schools, and the University of California, Berkeley. In 1925, he was appointed police court judge of
the City of Yreka, serving in that capacity until his election to the California State Senate in 1938. He was re-elected in
1942, 1946, 1950, and 1954. He served as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and co-authored the Collier-Burns
Highway Act of 1947. He also served as Chairman of the Senate Interim Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges. Senator
Collier died on August 2, 1983.
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, legislation, and memoranda concerning the diversion of water from the
Klamath and Trinity Rivers into the Sacramento Valley, California.
The collection is arranged topically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
California. Department of Water Resources
California. State Water Resources Control Board
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Iron Gate Dam (Calif.)
Irrigation -- California -- Sacramento Valley
Water diversion -- California -- Trinity River
Water diversion -- Klamath River (Calif. and Or.)
Water resources development -- California, Northern
Correspondence
Memorandums
Reports
Box 1, Item 1
1945-1949
Box 1, Item 2
1949-1950
Box 1, Item 3
1947-1955