William M. Claypool collection, 1911-2005 1950-2005.

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William M. Claypool collection, 1911-2005 1950-2005.

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This collection is primarily related to the Colorado River, but includes many documents about the Mojave Desert, Needles, California, and surrounding areas. The collection includes historic books, historic government documents such as the Whipple Survey of the transcontinental railroad route, John Wesley Powell's survey of the Colorado River, many documents related to the Bureau of Reclamation's operation of the Colorado River and the Bureau of Land Management's maintenance of lands adjacent to the river, newspaper and magazine articles, Metropolitan Water District newsletters and brochures, and historical photos of the river.

10 file drawers.35 boxes.

California State University, San Bernardino, John M. Pfau Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8122877

California State University, San Bernardino, John M. Pfau Library

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Joseph Andrew Rowe Water Resources Archives (San Bernardino, Calif.)

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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...

California State University, San Bernardino. Water Resources Institute

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Claypool, William M.

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William M. Claypool III graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Pomona College in 1948. He was CEO of True Value Hardware, and created the first commercially successful recycling business in California in addition to running and greatly expanding the very successful department store and grocery business his grandfather began in Needles. From the description of William M. Claypool collection, 1911-2005 1950-2005. (San Bernardino Public Library). WorldCat record id: 747837219 ...

Colorado River Basin Project (U.S.)

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United States. Bureau of Land Management

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Organized within the Department of the Interior, this federal agency is responsible for the management of public lands, the majority of which are in the Western states and Alaska. Responsibilities include energy and mineral development, grazing, wildlife and fisheries habitat and land use planning. From the description of Records, 1944-1979. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 54390737 Background information on this oral history project could not be found. ...