W. C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1968.

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W. C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1968.

Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to land use and soil and water conservation, primarily in China and Japan.

14 ms. boxes, 3 envelopes.

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United States. Soil Conservation Service

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Reports were prepared by various engineers with the Soil Conservation Service. From the description of Reports of a land management survey, Navajo Indian Reservation, 1930-1938. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31277347 Formed in 1935, the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Its function was to promote and lead efforts to protect against soil and watershed degradation as part of a broader concern fo...

Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay), 1888-1974

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W.C. Lowdermilk (1888-1974) was a soil conservationist. He worked with the Belgian Relief Effort after World War I, in China in the 1920s to help avert famine, in Palestine planning land and water use in support of the formation of Israel, and served as Assistant Chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. From the description of W.C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1961. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 78383531 From the description of W.C. Lowdermilk pape...