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Stephen W. Downey : California water and power attorney : oral history transcirpt / and related material, 1956-1957.
BANC MSS C-D 4017LOCALPhonotape 227:1 ALOCAL
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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), 1886-, creator, ive

Creator/Contributor:

Baum, Willa K., ivr

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:

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Lawyers -- California
Water-supply -- California
Flood control -- California
Inondations -- Maîtrise -- Californie
Flood control
Lawyers
Politics and government
Water-supply
California -- Politics and government
Californie -- Politique et gouvernement
California
Downey, Sheridan -- 1884-1961
Downey, Sheridan -- 1884-1961
United States -- California -- Berkeley

Note:

Stephen W. Downey ; tape recorded interviews conducted in Sacramento, Calif. by Willa K. Baum in October, 1956-January, 1957. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1956-1957 :
Phonotape 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

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-D 4017LOCAL
Phonotape 227:1 ALOCAL

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.