Papers, 1904-1981.

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Papers, 1904-1981.

Collection contains biographical information (1937-1974); correspondence (1950-1976); speeches on farming and water reclamation (1946-1978); newspaper clippings (1944-1973); maps of South Dakota and the Missouri River Basin (1950-1959); research notes and a report on the Belle Fourche Irrigation Project (1904-1955); and materials relating to the South Dakota Reclamation Association, including correspondence, financial records, minutes of meetings, annual reports and the National Water Resources Association (1937-1981); 5 reel-to-reel audio tapes of the 1973 South Dakota Water Development Association annual meeting; and 1 reel-to-reel audio tape on water resources development in South Dakota entitled "Challenge for Today, Water for Tomorrow" (1965).

75.5 cubic ft. (76 boxes)

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Lund, Raymond F.

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Raymond F. Lund (b. 1901) graduated from the South Dakota School of Agriculture in 1922 and worked as a county extension agent in Rapid City from 1934-1942. From 1944-1955 he was an agricultural agent for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway and from 1959-1962 for the South Dakota Water Resources Commission. Lund joined the South Dakota Reclamation Association in 1937 and served as its secretary, president and director. The Association changed its name to the South Dakot...

South Dakota Water Development Association.

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National Water Resources Association (U.S.)

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The National Water Resources Association (NWRA) is comprised of the water users of seventeen western states. It was known as the National Reclamation Association from 1932 until 1970. J. R. "Bob" Barkley served as the Colorado Director of the NWRA from 1966 to 1974, when he became its president. The collection includes papers from the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Board and the personal files of Barkley while he served on the National Reclamation Association (1934-1969), the NWRA (1970-197...

Belle Fourche Irrigation Project (U.S.)

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