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Trask, Frank E. Los Angeles County Flood Control District papers, 1931-1936.

Title: Los Angeles County Flood Control District papers, 1931-1936.

Collection of correspondence and reports related to Frank E. Trask's work with water resource and flood control projects in Southern California from 1931 to 1936. Topics covered include the Los Angeles County Flood Control District's 1927-1931 comprehensive flood control plan, which included the creation of permanent flood channels, reservoirs, and debris basins throughout Los Angeles County; the construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct, which was funded by a $220,000,000 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California bond in 1931; and the funding for various flood control and water resource projects in Southern California from the Fulmer Act (of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration) and the Clarke-McNary Fund. In addition to Trask, notable correspondents include C.H. Howell (Chief Engineer for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District), Senator Hiram Johnson, Senator William G. McAdoo, John Anson Ford, and George Harris Collingwood (American Forestry Association). Also includes correspondence relating to the Municipal League of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the National Recovery Administration, the Santa Monica Mountains Fire Prevention Association, the Venice Flood Relief Association, the American Forestry Association, and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/635577730 View

Brown, William Robinson, 1875-1955. William Robinson Brown papers, 1907-1957(inclusive).

Title: William Robinson Brown papers, 1907-1957(inclusive).

Business correspondence, articles, speeches, and the manuscripts of Brown's book, Our Forest Heritage: a History of Forestry and Recreation in New Hampshire (1958), forestry studies, and Congressional bills. Includes papers relating to the Brown Company of Berlin, New Hampshire(manufacturer of paper products, chemicals, and other wood-using products), the American Forestry Association, New Hampshire Disaster Emergency Council, New Hampshire Forestry Commission, North East Forest Research Council, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Society of American Foresters, and the Timber Lands Mutual Insurance Company.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft. (20 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167032 View

William Robinson Brown papers, 1907-1958

Title: William Robinson Brown papers 1907-1958

Business correspondence, articles, speeches, and the manuscripts of Brown's book, (1958), forestry studies, and Congressional bills. Includes papers relating to the Brown Company of Berlin, New Hampshire (manufacturer of paper products, chemicals, and other wood-using products), the American Forestry Association, New Hampshire Disaster Emergency Council, New Hampshire Forestry Commission, North East Forest Research Council, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Society of American Foresters, and the Timber Lands Mutual Insurance Company.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet (20 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0107 View

Gray, Kittredge C. Mercer, Maine, 1934-1935.

Title: Mercer, Maine, 1934-1935.

Typescript copy of ms. sketch by William Allen about Mercer, Me., copied by Kittredge C. Gray, along with newspaper clippings and correspondence between Gray and G.H. Collingwood, forester for the American Forestry Association in Washington, D.C., about the "Mercer Elm."

ArchivalResource: 8, [6] leaves ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/687945870 View