Malca Chall papers
Finding aid prepared by Erica Nordmeier.
Special Collections & University Archives
© 2001
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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.
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[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
Box 1, Folder 1
Box 1, Folder 5
Box 1, Folders 8-11
Box 1, Folder 12
Box 1, Folders 14-21
Box 1, Folder 22
Box 1, Folder 23
Box 1, Folder 25
Box 1, Folders 31-34
Box 2, Folder 37
Box 2, Folder 39
Box 2, Folder 40
Box 2, Folder 41
Box 2, Folders 42-43
Box 2, Folder 44
Maps
Box 2, Folder 45
Box 2, Folder 46
Box 2, Folder 48
Box 2, Folder 49
Box 2, Folder 50
Box 2, Folder 51
Box 2, Folders 52-56
Box 2, Folder 57
Box 2, Folder 58
Box 2, Folder 59
Box 2, Folder 60
Box 2, Folder 61
Box 2, Folder 63
Box 2, Folder 64
Box 2, Folder 65
Box 2, Folder 66
Box 3, Folder 70
Box 3, Folders 72-75
Box 3, Folders 76-79