Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Blote, Martin H.
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of notes, memoranda, correspondence, speeches, reports, maps, photographs, and records relating to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Region, salinity, the Delta hearings, water rights, acreage limitations, the Reber Plan, fish and wildlife, USBR/CVP contracts and leases, floods and flood control, and miscellaneous power and energy issues.
- Extent:
- 8.0 linear feet (8 boxes)
- Language:
- The collection is in English .
- Preferred citation:
-
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Martin H. Blote papers (WRCA 028). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of notes, memoranda, correspondence, speeches, reports, maps, photographs, and records relating to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Region, salinity, the Delta hearings, water rights, acreage limitations, the Reber Plan, fish and wildlife, USBR/CVP contracts and leases, floods and flood control, and miscellaneous power and energy issues.
- Biographical / historical:
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Martin H. Blote served in numerous positions related to water resources and development, including as the Superintendant of Operations for the Central Valley Project, the Supervisor of Irrigation and Power for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and for the Sacramento Region as a consultant.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian, 1998.
Collection number updated December 2018. Legacy collection number was BLOTE-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.
- Arrangement:
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The collection consists of eleven series as follows:
- Series 1. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - General, 1931-1959
- Series 2. Central Valley Project - General, 1939-1969
- Series 3. California Department of Water Resources, 1962-1966
- Series 4. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 1962-1969
- Series 5. Miscellaneous U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Projects, undated
- Series 6. Water Rights, 1920-1969
- Series 7. Fish and Wildlife, 1949-1971
- Series 8. Contracts, Laws, etc. - Specific, undated
- Series 9. Contracts, Laws, etc. - USBR General, undated
- Series 10. Floods, 1940-1963
- Series 11. Hydroelectric Power, 1939-1964
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Martin H. Blote papers (WRCA 028). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Riverside - Special Collections and University ArchivesPO Box 5900Riverside, CA 92517-5900, US
- Contact:
- (951) 827-3233