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Stephen W. Downey : California water and power attorney : oral history transcirpt / and related material, 1956-1957.
BANC MSS C-D 4017; Phonotape 227:1 A
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Title:

Stephen W. Downey : California water and power attorney : oral history transcirpt: and related material, 1956-1957

Creator/Contributor:

Downey, Stephen W. (Stephen Wheeler), b. 1886, creator, Interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Baum, Willa K., Interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Regional Cultural History Project (University of California, Berkeley)

Abstract:

Notes on his early life and family; law practice in Sacramento; California State Reclamation Board; various reclamation districts and projects; irrigation districts and their Association; water problems; the legal profession; California politics and politicians (including his brother, Sheridan Downey) Small portrait pasted in.

Date:

1956 (issued)

Subject:

Downey, Sheridan -- 1884-1961
Lawyers -- California
Water-supply -- California
Flood control -- California
California -- Politics and government

Note:

Stephen W. Downey; tape recorded interviews conducted in Sacramento, California by Willa K. Baum in October, 1956-January, 1957. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1956-1957 :
Phonotape (excerpts) also available.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available on microfilm.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

[vi] 316 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 615:16) and positive.
1 sound tape reel (1-123 ft.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 1 track ; 5 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-D 4017
Phonotape 227:1 A

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.