[Records from the Michigan Geological Survey Division], 1931-1951.

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[Records from the Michigan Geological Survey Division], 1931-1951.

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Series 5-7 of record group 75-61 consist of three sets of records from the Michigan Department of Conservation, Geological Survey Division. The first set of records is stream control publicity (1942-48), containing clippings from Michigan newspapers with stories concerning water control programs, floods, droughts, and other water control problems. The next set of records is general correspondence (1949-51) from the office of the Chief of the Surface Water Branch, concerned with proposals presented to the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey Section. The final set of records is correspondence of the Stream Control Commission (1931-42), dealing with state-federal cooperation in investigating water resources of the state.

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Michigan. Geological Survey Division

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Geological Survey (U.S.). Surface Water Branch

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Michigan. Stream Control Commission

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