Register of the Walter Clay Lowdermilk papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Walter Clay Lowdermilk papers

Date (inclusive): 1914-1968

Collection Number: 70049

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 14 manuscript boxes, 3 envelopes, 1 oversize folder (6.0 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to land use and soil and water conservation, primarily in China and Japan.

Creator: Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay), 1888-1974

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box FH18 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Walter Clay Lowdermilk papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1888, July 1	Born, Liberty, North Carolina
1914	B.A., School of Geology, Oxford University
1914-1915	Served with the Commission for Relief in Belgium
1917-1919	Military service -Timber acquisition officer
1919-1922	Research officer in Region One of the United States Forest Service
1922	Master's Degree, Oxford University
1922-1927	Made five agricultural expeditions into Northwestern China
1933	Associate Chief of the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture
1937	Chief of Research
1939-1947	Assistant Chief of the Soil Conservation Service
1944	Author, Palestine, Land of Promise
1974	Died

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Agriculture -- China

Agriculture -- Japan

Soil conservation -- China

Soil conservation -- Japan

Water conservation -- China

Water conservation -- Japan

United States. Soil Conservation Service

box 1

CORRESPONDENCE 1914-1952

SUBJECT FILE 1920-1968

China

box 1

Agriculture, land-use and farming

box 2

Agriculture, land-use and farming

box 2

Forestry

box 3

Forestry (cont.)

box 4

Water erosion, soil and water conservation, rivers and flood control

box FH18