Wells A. Hutchins papers, 1917-1967.

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Wells A. Hutchins papers, 1917-1967.

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Correspondence, writings, speeches, and report materials. Hutchins served for 62 years in various bureaus and offices of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; his major work dealt with water laws and water rights in the Western States. He also lectured on water law and institutions at the University of California.

15 lin. ft. (13 cartons).

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Hutchins, Wells A. (Wells Aleck), 1888-1970

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Biography Wells A. Hutchins, a nationally recognized authority on Western water laws, had completed over 62 years of service with the Department of Agriculture at the time of his death in Berkeley, California, on September 19, 1970. As an employee of Natural Resource Economics Division, he was completing the final draft of his comprehensive, multi-volume work, State Water Rights Laws of the Nineteen Western States. Mr. Hutchins be...