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W.C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1961.
BANC MSS 69/36 c portfolio 1; BANC MSS 69/36 c carton 1; BANC MSS 69/36 c carton 2; BANC MSS 69/36 c carton 3; ...
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Title:
W.C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1961Walter Clay Lowdermilk papers
Creator/Contributor:
Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay), 1888-1974, creatorAbstract:
Material relating to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Land Use Survey in Europe and Africa, 1938-1939, including copies
of letters written by him, itinerary, log, photographs and preliminary reports; letters written from China, 1942-1943, while
on a mission for the U.S. Dept. of State as adviser on soil erosion and conservation; manuscripts and printed copies of his
articles on conservation, forestry and land reclamation. Also included: copy of Mrs. Lowdermilk's reminiscences of travels
with her husband, The Heavens Cooperate.
Date:
1914 (issued)Subject:
a-cc---Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay) -- 1888-1974 -- Archives
United States. -- Dept. of Agriculture. -- Land Use Survey in Europe and Africa.
United States. -- Department of State.
Soil conservation
Reclamation of land
Forests and forestry
Conservation of natural resources
Land use -- China
China -- Description and travel
Note:
Forms part of the History of Science and Technology Collection.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.
W.C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1961, BANC MSS 69/36 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Related collection: W.C. Lowdermilk papers, circa 1912-1969 (BANC MSS 72/206 c).
W.C. Lowdermilk (1888-1974) was a soil conservationist. He worked with the Belgian Relief Effort after World War I, in China
in the 1920s to help avert famine, in Palestine planning land and water use in support of the formation of Israel, and served
as Assistant Chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.
Type:
Letters.Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Faculty papers.
Physical Description:
3 cartons, 1 portfolio (3 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 69/36 c portfolio 1
BANC MSS 69/36 c carton 1
BANC MSS 69/36 c carton 2
BANC MSS 69/36 c carton 3
BANC MSS 69/36 c
BANC MSS 69/36 c
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.