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Following the cattle king : oral history transcript : a lifetime of agriculture, water management, and water conservation
in California's Central Valley / 2002.
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Following the cattle king : oral history transcript: a lifetime of agriculture, water management, and water conservation in California's Central Valley / 2002Creator/Contributor:
Nickel, George Wilmarth, 1917-2004, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Faulhaber, Jamy O., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Nickel, Adele, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Parrott, William G., interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Moody, Douglas, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Roe, Benson B., interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Resor, Nancy Nickel, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Childhood and family background in San Francisco and the Central Valley; reflections on great grandfather Henry Miller, including
Miller-Haggin Agreement, 1888; UC Berkeley B.A., 1939; history of Miller & Lux; early career at Miller & Lux, 1940s; building
Monterey Airport during World War II; uncle James Leroy Nickel, Jr., mismanagement of Henry Miller Trust and Miller & Lux;
Nickel v. Nickel, 1954 and other lawsuits; San Luis Canal Company and San Joaquin Canal Company; flood control, water rights,
agriculture, and land development in the San Joaquin Valley; development of Buena Vista Lake and Rio Bravo; California State
Reclamation Board, 1959-1966; environmental issues on the Kern River, Nickel Family LLC; travel and flying adventures.
Interview with Nancy Nickel Resor, not transcribed. Shelved as Phonotape 3531 C:16.
Date:
2002 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caRanchers -- California -- Interviews
Agriculture -- California -- San Joaquin Valley
Water rights -- California -- San Joaquin Valley
Flood control -- California -- San Joaquin Valley
Water rights -- California
Water conservation -- California -- San Joaquin Valley
Ranchers -- Californie -- Entretiens
Agriculture -- Californie -- San Joaquin, Vallée du
Droits sur les eaux -- Californie -- San Joaquin, Vallée du
Inondations -- Maîtrise -- Californie -- San Joaquin, Vallée du
Droits sur les eaux -- Californie
Eau -- Conservation -- Californie -- San Joaquin, Vallée du
Water rights
Water conservation
Ranchers
Flood control
Agriculture
Buena Vista Lake (Calif.)
Kern River (Calif.) -- Environmental aspects
Kern (Calif. : Rivière) -- Aspect de l'environnement
California -- San Joaquin Valley
California -- Kern River
California
Miller & Lux.
California. -- State Reclamation Board.
San Luis Canal Company.
San Joaquin Canal Company.
Rio Bravo Resort (Bakersfield, Calif.)
Nickel Family LLC.
Miller & Lux.
Miller, Henry -- 1827-1916
Nickel, James Leroy
Nickel, James Leroy
Miller, Henry -- 1827-1916
Note:
George Wilmarth Nickel, Jr. Interviews conducted by Jamy O. Faulhaber in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. Regional Oral History
Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Includes interviews with Adele Nickel, William G. Parrott, Douglas Moody, and Dr. Benson Roe.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3531 C:1-15.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (vii, 184 pages) : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
15 audiocassettes
1 audiocassette
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaClassification:
F866.4.N535 N53 2003B
Copyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.