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Frank Adams, University of California, on irrigation, reclamation and water administration : transcript, 1958.
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Frank Adams, University of California, on irrigation, reclamation and water administration : transcript, 1958History of science and technology collection
Creator/Contributor:
Adams, Frank, 1875-1967, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Baum, Willa K., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Interviews conducted, 1958, by Willa K. Baum for the Regional Cultural History Project, University of California Library,
Berkeley. Portrait photographs of Mr. Adams and several of his associates, and related printed items inserted. Notes on his
family, particularly his father, Edward Francis Adams, Fruit Exchange organizer and agricultural writer; education, including
Stanford University experiences and work with Edward A. Ross; association with Elwood Mead; investigations for reclamation,
irrigation, soil conservation and flood control projects in California and elsewhere (including Palestine); water rights controversies;
the Commonwealth Club. Copies of various pertienent letters and papers and a list of Adams' publications, appended.
Date:
c1959 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caReclamation of land -- California
Irrigation
Water rights -- California
Soil conservation -- California
Flood control -- California
Améliorations foncières -- Californie
Irrigation
Droits sur les eaux -- Californie
Sols -- Conservation -- Californie
Inondations -- Maîtrise -- Californie
irrigation systems
Water rights
Soil conservation
Reclamation of land
Irrigation
Flood control
California
Stanford University.
University of California (1868-1952). -- College of Agriculture.
Commonwealth Club of California.
University of California (1868-1952). -- College of Agriculture.
Stanford University.
Commonwealth Club of California.
Adams, Edward -- 1839-
Mead, Elwood -- 1858-1936
Ross, Edward Alsworth -- 1866-1951
Ross, Edward Alsworth -- 1866-1951
Mead, Elwood -- 1858-1936
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Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection.
Phonotape (excerpt) also available.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
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Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.
Type:
Oral histories.Physical Description:
print
507 leaves (1 v.)
1 sound reel (310-543 ft.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 1 track ; 7 in.
Language:
English
Publisher:
California unknown place Berkeley, Calif : University of CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC