Columbia Basin Project joint investigations collection, 1932-1943.

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Columbia Basin Project joint investigations collection, 1932-1943.

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Collection contains miscellaneous published and unpublished reports on the Columbia Basin Project joint investigations, the goal of which was to provide a general plan for the development and settlement of the Columbia Basin area as a whole, and detailed plans for areas to be irrigated. They were collected by Frank Adams, head of the University of California Division of Irrigation Investigations and Practice, who also served as a consulting engineer and economist to the Bureau of Reclamation.

1 lin. ft. (2 boxes) ; 27 x 13 x 40 cm.

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United States. Bureau of Reclamation

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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation Service) was a bureau of the Department of the Interior which oversaw water development projects in the western United States. In July of 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act 32 Stat. 388, approved June 17, 1902 (also known as the Newlands Act), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the Reclamation Service within the Geological Survey. The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western stat...

Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)

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Adams, Frank, 1875-1967

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Edward F. Adams was a farmer and businessman who settled in California. In California, he farmed in Santa Cruz County, was an organizer of farm cooperatives, and eventually agricultural editor and writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. He was also instrumental in the founding of the Commonwealth Club of California. Frank Adams was a distinguished professor of irrigation at the University of California Berkeley and an international consultant on agriculture. He was key t...