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Title: Malca Chall papers
Date (inclusive): 1902-2000
Collection Number: WRCA 213
Creator:
Chall, Malca
Extent:
2.42 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of articles, brochures, correspondence, maps, news clippings, publications, research notes, reports,
etc., compiled by Malca Chall during the course of her career with the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) of the Bancroft
Library, University of California-Berkeley.
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]. Malca Chall papers (WRCA 213). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special
Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Gift of Malca Chall, 2001.
Processed by Erica Nordmeier, 2001.
Collection number updated December 2018. Legacy collection number was MS 2001/1. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
The Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library, University of California-Berkeley employed Malca Chall as an interviewer/editor
from 1967 to 2001. Over her thirty-four year career, Chall wrote nearly twenty major oral histories for the Water Resources
Center. In addition, she also directed the California Women Political Leaders series, Kaiser-Permanente series, Knight-Brown
gubernatorial era oral history project, and a three volume study of land use in California.
The collection consists of articles, brochures, correspondence, maps, news clippings, publications, research notes, reports,
etc., compiled by Malca Chall during the course of her career with the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) of the Bancroft
Library, University of California-Berkeley. Collection includes material relating to California water resources.
Of particular significance are documents concerning the 160-Acre Policy, Cargill Salt Company, Central Valley Project, the
Delta, the Department of Water Resources, the Peripheral Canal, Reclamation Policy, San Francisco Bay, and the Westlands Water
District.
Oral histories conducted by ROHO pertaining to California water resources are available at: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/oral-history-center
Creator's folder headings are arranged in alphabetical order.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
California. Department of Water Resources
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
Delta Region (Calif.)
Water resources development -- California
Water-supply -- California
Articles
Brochures
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence