COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION
 
 
 
                                        Scope and Content Note
 
                For many years land speculators and settlers in California's Imperial Valley had
        dreamed of taming the unpredictable Colorado River.  Experiments with irrigation on a
        limited scale had shown that this arid region could be transformed into a lush garden--if
        only the river could be controlled. Disastrous floods during the early 1900's severely
        taxed the resources of the Imperial Irrigation District and led residents of the area to
        look to the federal government for aid.
 
                In an agreement., signed February 16, 1918, the Interior Department agreed to
        pay one third of the cost of an engineering survey to determine the feasibility of building
        an All-American Canal to bring water to the Imperial Valley. The agreement also
        created an All-American Canal Board. When the survey was completed, the Board
        recommended that the canal be built and that large storage reservoirs be constructed by
        the federal government along the Colorado River.  Congressman Kettner introduced
        legislation to that effect in 1919 and 1920, but the bills failed to come to a vote.
        Instead, Congress passed, on May 18, 1920, the Kinkaid Act calling for further investi-
        gation. On February 28, 1922 Reclamation Bureau Director Arthur P. Davis and
        Interior Secretary Fall submitted their report to Congress.  The Fall-Davis report, as it
        came to be known., concurred with the earlier recommendation calling for federally
        constructed storage facilities and suggested Boulder Canyon or its vicinity as the
        logical location.
 
                Most of the recommendations of the Fall-Davis report were incorporated in a
        series of bills, known as the Swing-Johnson bills, which were introduced simultaneously
        by Congressman Phil D. Swing and Senator Hiram W. Johnson between 1922 and 1928.
        The last of the Swing-Johnson bills, virtually rewritten by Secretary of Commerce
        Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Work, was enacted by Congress on December 18,
        1928 as the Boulder Canyon Project Act.
 
                Meanwhile, the seven states comprising the Colorado River drainage basin were
        conducting informal discussions concerning the development of the basin. Meetings
        were held at San Diego and Tuscon in 1918, Salt Lake City in 1919, and in Los Angeles
        and Denver in 1920. A major hurdle was cleared at the Denver meeting when Arthur
        P. Davis., Director of the U.S. Reclamation Service, assured the representatives of the
        upper basin states (Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming) that building a reservoir on
        the lower river would not endanger the water supply of the upper basin. The conferees
        approved a resolution requesting the seven states to appoint representatives to draft an
        agreement for the equitable apportionment of the water between the states.
 
                The state legislatures responded during the early months of 1921 by enacting
        legislation authorizing their governors to appoint duly authorized commissioners.
        Congress approved the drafting of the proposed compact and authorized the President
        to appoint a representative for the federal government who would also serve as
        chairman of a Colorado River Commission., as the group was to be known. On
        December 17, 1921, President Harding appointed Secretary of Commerce Herbert
        Hoover as the representative of the federal government.
 
                The first seven meetings of the Commission were held in Washington, D.C.
        from January 26-30, 1922. Three subcommittees were formed to investigate: the
        Volume of Water Available, Water Requirements of the Various States, and Legal
        Questions. The Washington meetings also served to clarify some of the basic questions
        facing the Commission and provided an opportunity for an initial exchange of opinions.
        The Commission adjourned after deciding to hold a series of meetings and public
        hearings at various locations throughout the southwest. Clarence C. Stetson, one of
        Mr. Hoover's assistants in the Commerce Department., was named Executive Secretary
        of the Commission.
 
                The first public hearings of the Commission were held on March 15-17, 1922 in
        Phoenix., and subsequent sessions were convened in Los Angeles; Salt Lake City;
        Grand Junction, Colorado; Denver; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Santa Fe., New Mexico.
        At these Santa Fe meetings the Commission seemed deadlocked until Secretary Hoover
        devised a formula which satisfied all parties.
 
                The main responsibility and problem of the Commission was to devise a means
        of dividing the water between the states in a manner that would be fair to all. The states
        of the upper basin feared that the lower basin., with its more rapidly developing
        agricultural and power demands for the water, would quickly preempt the lion's share
        of the water available under the principle of prior appropriation, leaving only a token
        amount for any future development of the upper basin. An apparent impasse was
        avoided by Mr. Hoover's suggestion that the water be divided between the upper and
        lower basins., without attempting to determine individual state quotas, and that the
        apportionment of any surplus over the estimates be deferred.  Thus the interests of the
        upper basin states were safeguarded in two respects. The lower basin could not claim,
        by right of prior appropriation., water in excess of its original alottment. Deferring
        the apportionment of surplus waters for a period of forty years also favored the slower
        developing upper basin.
 
                The final draft of the Colorado River Compact was approved by the
        Commissioners on November 24, 1922. Six of the seven states involved ratified within
        the year. Arizona, feeling that her interests were not adequately compensated, refused
        to sign until 1939. Congress, in the meanwhile., had passed the Boulder Canyon Project
        Act in 1928 with the stipulation that the Compact would become binding when six of
        the seven states agreed, provided that California was among them. The bids for the
        construction of Hoover Dam were opened on March It., 1931 and work began soon
        after.
 
                This collection consists of five series. Two of the series, Colorado River
        Commission Executive Sessions and Public Hearings, have been assembled from parts
        of other series for the convenience of researchers. Each of these series contains both
        final printed copies and rough drafts of the proceedings of the executive sessions
        and public hearings conducted by the Colorado River Commission.  The rough draft
        material includes original typed transcripts and corrected copies returned by the
        participants. The third series, Herbert Hoover--Personal File, was created for Mr.
        Hoover's convenience and maintained until the early 1950's. Of particular interest in this
        series are papers relating to the Mexican water rights treaty of 1944-45, the restoration
        of the name Hoover Dam, 1941-53, and the Glen Canyon project on the upper Colorado
        River, 1954.
 
                The remaining series, Colorado River Commission Files and Colorado River
        Project File., are very closely related. The Commission Files relate primarily to the
        writing of the Compact whereas the Project File relates primarily to the ratification of
        the Compact.
 
                Colorado River Commission Members
                        W.S. Norviel, Arizona
                        W.F. McClure, California
                        Delph E. Carpenter, Colorado
                        J.G. Scrugham, Nevada
                        Stephan B. Davis., Jr., New Mexico
                        R.E. Caldwell, Utah
                        Frank C. Emerson, Wyoming
 
                Swing--Johnson Bills
 
                        April 25, 1922, H.R. 11449  67th Congress
                        December 10, 1923, H.R.  2903 68th Congress
                        February 27, 1926, H.R. 9826 69th Congress
                        **December 5, 1927, H.R.  5773 70th Congress
 
        ** Passed by Congress as the "Boulder  Canyon Project Act"  and signed by President
        Coolidge on December 21, 1928. Companion bill introduced on December 6. 1927 as
        S. 728.
 
                Additional Sources of Colorado River Commission Materials Papers related to
        the Colorado River Commission--Hoover Dam Project may be found in several of the
        collections in the custody of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, While none of
        these collections has been screened in its entirety; it has been determined that the
        correspondence of certain individuals in the Commerce Official File (CCF) and the
        Post Presidential Individual File (PPI) pertains to the Colorado River Commission--
        Hoover Dam Project. These individuals and       the location of their papers are listed below.
 
 
                Name of Individual--Series and Box Number
 
                Bannister, L, Ward--COP 29; PPI 5, 6
 
                Bush, George B.--PPI  15
 
                Caldwell, R. E.--CCF  46
 
                Carey, Robert D.--CCF  48
 
                Carpenter, Delph E.--COF  49; PPI 16
 
                Davis, George H.--COF  108
 
                Dobbel, Charles A.--PPI  25A
 
                Emerson,, Frank C.--CCF  117
 
                Fall, Albert B.--COF  166
 
                Hayden, Carl--PPI  43A
 
                Hunt, George W. P.--COF  162
 
                Interior Department, Bureau of Reclamation folders--COF 167
 
                Mabey, Charles R.--COF  187
 
                McClure, W. F.--COF  188
 
                Merritt, Ralph P.--COF  195; PPI 82
 
                Nickerson., J. S.--COF  213
 
                Norviel, W. S.--COF  214
 
                Scrugham, James G.--COF  263
 
                Sloan, Richard E.--CCF  274
 
 
 
 
                                        Select Bibliography
 
                All of the items listed are available at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
        A very complete bibliography of items pertaining to the Colorado River and its history
        was compiled in 1922 by the staff of the Riverside, California Public Library. While it is
        dated, it may be of interest to the researcher. It may be found in box 9 of the Collection.
 
 
 
        Colorado River Commission of the State of California, The Boulder

Canyon Project, (Sacramento ?, 1930)
 
        Colorado River Commission of the State of California, Colorado River
and the Boulder Canyon Project, (Sacramento ?, 1931)
 
        Hoover, Herbert., Memoirs
 
        Kleinsorge, Paul L., The Boulder Canyon Project: Historical and
Economic Aspects (Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1940)
 
        Senate Document No. 186, 70th Congress, 2nd Session, 1929, Colorado
River Development
 
        U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder
Canyon Project Final Reports, Part I: General History and
Description of Project
, (GPO, Washington, D.C., 1948)
 
 
 
 
                                        Description of Series
 
Box                     Series
        1-9
                        Herbert Hoover--Personal Files, 1921-54 and undated.  9 containers.
 
                        Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, and miscellaneous printed
                        materials pertaining to the drafting and ratification of the Colorado River
                        Compact and the development of the Colorado River basin. Arranged by
                        subjects alphabetically.
        9-28
                        Colorado River Commission Files, 1915-27 and undated.  20 containers.
 
                        Correspondence, maps and drawings., memoranda., photographs, press
                        releases, reports, statistics and miscellaneous printed materials, Arranged
                        by subjects alphabetically.
        28-36
                        Colorado River Project File      1922-28 and undated.  13containerse
 
                        Clippings, correspondence photographs, press releases and miscellaneous
                        printed materials. Arranged by subjects alphabetically.
        36-39
                        Colorado River Commission Executive Sessions, 1922.  4 containers.
 
                        Final printed copies and rough drafts of the minutes of the executive
                        sessions of the Commission. A small quanity of correspondence and
                        telegrams pertaining to arrangements for the various sessions may be
                        found in the initial box of this series, Arranged by date of meeting.
        39-53
                        Public Hearings, 1922.  14 containers.
 
                        Final printed copies and rough drafts of the proceedings at the public
                        hearings conducted by the Commission. A small quanity of correspondence
                        and telegrams pertaining to arrangements for the hearings may be found
                        in the initial box of this series. Arranged by date of meeting.
 
 
 
 
                        Partial List of Related Materials in Other Repositories
 
        Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle Papers, 61-2668*    Huntington Library
 
        William Boone Douglass Papers, 61-3298*    Duke University Library
 
        John C. and Isabella S. Greenway Papers, 61-3632*   Arizona Pioneers' Histor-
                ical Society (Tucson)
 
        Herbert James Hagerman Papers, 65-944*   **National Archives
 
        Key Pittman Papers, 59-237*, Library of Congress
 
        [* Library, of Congress identification number as cited in the National Union Catalog
        of Manuscript Collections.]
 
        [**Formerly in RG 316]
 
 
 
 
                                        HOOVER DAM PROJECT
 
                                        Herbert Hoover: Personal Files
 
Box                     Contents
        1.
                        Accounts
 
                        Applications for Position as Secretary
 
                        Appointment of Mr. Hoover to Serve on Commission, 1921
 
                        Appropriation, 1922-23
 
                        Ashurst, Henry F.  1921
 
                        "B" Miscellaneous
 
                        Bannister, L. Ward   1922-28
 
                        Boulder Canyon, 1922
 
                        Boyle, Governor Emmet D.,   1922
 
                        Bush, George B., 1925-26
 
                        "C" Miscellaneous, 1921-27
 
                        Caldwell, R.E. 1923
 
                        Campbell, Governor Thomas E., 1922-26
 
                        Capper, Senator Arthur 1922
 
                        Carpenter, Delph E. 1922-25
 
                        Chandler, Harry 1922-26
 
                        Clapp, Paul S. 1924
 
                        Clippings
 
                                Hoover Dam
 
                                        1922-27
 
                                        1933
 
                                        1934-46
 
                                        1947 January-February
 
                                        1947 March 1-5
        2
                                        1947 March 6
 
                                        1947 March 7
 
                                        1947 March 8
 
                                        1947 March 9
 
                                        1947 March 10-15
 
                                        1947 March 16-20
 
                                        1947 March 21-31
 
                                        1947 April 1-20
        3
                                        1947 April 21-30
 
                                        1947 May 1
 
                                        1947 May 2
 
                                        1947 May 3
 
                                        1947 May 4
 
                                        1947 May 5
 
                                        1947 May 6-10
 
                                        1947 May 11-20
 
                                        1947 May 21-31
 
                                        1947 June-August
        4
                                        1947 September-December and undated
 
                                        1948-49
 
                        Colorado VS. The Pioneer Irrigation Company, 1922
 
                        Colorado River Compact
 
                                Propositions
 
                                Purposes
 
                                Technical Committee
 
                                Termination
 
                        Colorado River-Report by Secretary of the Interior, 1947
 
                        "D" Miscellaneous, 1921-28
 
                        Davis, George H. 1924-25
 
                        Durand's Comments on Colorado Project, 1922
 
                        "E" Miscellaneous, 1922-24
 
                        Economic Data-Submitted at Phoenix Meeting
 
                        El Paso
 
                        Emerson, F.C. 1921-23
 
                        "F" Miscellaneous, 1922-26
 
                        Fall, Albert B., 1922
 
                        Federal Legislation
 
                                1921-23
 
                                1924
        5
                                1925
 
                                1926
 
                                1927
 
                                1928
 
                                1937
 
                                1945
 
                                1946
 
                                1947
 
                                1954
 
                        Federal Power Commission
 
                        Federal Powers as Distinguished from State Powers
 
                        General Information, 1921-22
 
                        Girard Water Permit, 1922-25
        6
                        Glen Canyon Project
 
                                General 1940-54 and undated
 
                                Documents 1-20
 
                                Documents 21-29
 
                        Government Publications List
 
                                Re: Colorado River
 
                        Gish, J.L.  1926
 
                        "H" Miscellaneous, 1923-26
 
                        Hamele, Ottamar 1922
 
                        Harding, Warren G., 1922
 
                        Hayden, Senator Carl 1923
 
                        Heard, Dwight B. 1922-23
 
                        Herter, Christian 1922
 
                        History and Background of the Colorado River
 
                        Hoover Dam
 
                                Miscellaneous, 1948-1951
 
                                Name Controversy
 
                                        1946 and undated
 
                                        1947 January-March
 
                                        1947 April-August
 
                                        1949-53
 
                        Hunt, Governor George W.P. 1922
        7
                        "Imperial Valley and Vicinity, Problems of"
 
                                Report
 
                                        Correspondence, 1922-23
 
                                                Vol. I Abridged Version, 1922
 
                                                Vol. I With Appendices, 1922
 
                                                Vols. II & III (Appendices), 1922
 
                                                Vols. IV and V (Appendices), 1922
 
                        "J-K-L" Miscellaneous 1924-27
 
                        List of Interested Individuals and Organizations
 
                        "M" Miscellaneous  1922-27
 
                        Mabey, Governor Charles R. 1923
 
                        McClure, W.F., 1923-26
 
                        Maxwell, George H., 1922
 
                        Mexican Treaty
 
                                Hoover's Opposition to  1944-45
 
                                Index to Congressional Record   1944-45
 
                        Mullendore, W.C.   1922
 
                        Nelson, Senator H.C.   1925
 
                        Nickerson, J.S.  1922
 
                        Norviel, W.S.  1926
        8
                        Olson, Revel Leslie
 
                        Permit: Palo Verde Joint Levee Dist., 1918
 
                        Pittman, Senator Key  1925
 
                        Publicity
 
                                General
 
                                        1920-26
 
                                        Undated
 
                                Stetson Article
 
                                        (1)
 
                                        (2)
 
                                        (3)
 
                                Stetson Statement of December, 1922
 
                        "R" Miscellaneous, 1926
 
                        Ratification of Compact, 1923-29
 
                        Report of Federal Representative to Congress 1923
 
                        Requa, Mark  1925
        9
                        Returns from Agriculture, Undated
 
                        Richey, Lawrence 1927
 
                        Robinson, Henry M. 1923
 
                        Rose, Mark  1925
 
                        "S" Miscellaneous, 1926-27
 
                        Smith, Addison T.  1922
 
                        Statements and Speeches by Mr. Hoover
 
                                1922
 
                                1925-29
 
                        Stetson, Clarence C. 1922-23
 
                        Story of the Hoover Dam, Vol. 1-5
 
                        Sweet, Governor W.E. 1923
 
                        Swing, Phil D. 1927
 
                        "T" Miscellaneous 1924-26
 
                        Taylor, Edward T. 1927
 
                        Telegraphic appeals for support Johnson Bill, California 1927-28
 
                        Ward, J. Hudson 1923
 
                        Wilhelm, Donald 1922
 
                        Winsor, Mulford
 
                        Work, Hubert  1926
 
                        "Y" Miscellaneous 1926
 
                        Young, George G. 1925-27
 
                        Miscellaneous Printed Material
 
 
 
 
                                HOOVER DAM PROJECT
 
                                Colorado River Commission File
 
Box                     Contents
        9
                        "A" Miscellaneous 1922-23
 
                        Accounts
 
                                1922
        10
                                1923
 
                                1924-25
 
                        Applications for Position Engineer
 
                        Application for Position of a General Nature
 
                        Application for Position Secretary
 
                        Appropriation, Congressional
 
                                1922-23
 
                                1923-24
 
                        Arizona
 
                                H.B. 47, 1923
 
                                House Concurrent Resolution No. 1
 
                                        Ratification of Colorado River Compact, 1923
 
                                        March 11, 1925 (Mr. Wisener)
 
                                House Resolution No. 15, 1923
 
                                Senate Bill 33,  1923
 
                                Senate Bill 35,  1923
 
                                Senate Bill 57, 1923
 
                                Senate Bill 60, 1923
 
                                Senate Bill 136, 1923
 
                                Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3, 1923
 
                                Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, 1923
 
                                Senate Joint Resolution No. 1, 1923
 
                                Senate Resolution No. 4, 1923
 
                                Senate Resolution No. 5, 1923
 
                                Substitute House Resolution No. 15, 1923
 
                        Arizona Industrial Congress
 
                                Bulletins, 1921-23
 
                        "Arizona Plan" 1923
 
                        Ashurst, Senator Henry F., 1923
 
                        Authorization to Sign as Executive Secretary Colorado River Commission, 1922
 
                        "B" Miscellaneous
 
                                1922 January-May
 
                                1922 June-December
 
                                1923-25
 
                        Bailey, Paul  1922-23
        11
                        Bancroft, George J. 1922
 
                        Bannister, L. Ward
 
                                1922 January-March
 
                                1922 April-July
 
                                1922 August-December
 
                                1923
 
                        Bibliography on Colorado River
 
                        Blake, Harry E. 1922
 
                        Boulder Canyon 1921-22
 
                        Boyle, Governor Emmett D. 1922
 
                        Bursam, Senator Holm 0.  1922
 
                        "C" Miscellaneous
 
                                1922 February-May
 
                                1922 June-December
 
                                1923 January-March
 
                                1923 April-September
 
                                1924-26
 
                        Caldwell, R.E.
 
                                1921 December-1922 April
 
                                1922 May-June
        12
                                1922 July-December
 
                                1923 January-March
 
                        California Assembly-Daily Journal, 1923
 
                        California Assembly-Joint Resolution No. 3, 1923
 
                        California Reclamation Board Report, 1924
 
                        California-Senate Daily Journal, 1923
 
                        Campbell, Governor Thomas E. 1921-23
 
                        Carey, Governor Robert D. 1922
 
                        Carpenter, Delph E.
 
                                1921 December-1922 March
 
                                1922 April-July
 
                                1922 August-December
 
                                1923 January-March and 1924
 
                        Chambers, Edward 1923
 
                        Clark, Walter G. 1922-23
 
                        Colorado and Red River Land Co., 1922
 
                        Colorado River Compact
 
                                Correspondence
 
                                        1922 December-1923 January
 
                                        1923 February
 
                                        1923 March-April
        13
                                        1923 May-October
 
                                        1924 and undated
 
                                Address by Hoover, Phoenix
 
                                Apportionment
 
                                Apportionment, Second
 
                                Approval and Consent
 
                                Certified Copies
 
                                Confirmation of Existing Rights and Preservation of
 
                                Courts
 
                                Definitions
 
                                Division of Basin
 
                                International Relations
 
                                Interstate Adjustments
 
                                Preamble
 
                                Preference in Use of Water
 
                                Preliminary Drafts
 
                                        (A)
 
                                        (B)
 
                                        (C)
        14
                                Principles
 
                                Printed Copies
 
                                Propositions
 
                                Purposes
 
                                Technical Committee
 
                                Termination
 
                        Commissioners of Colorado River Commission
 
                        Colvin, Milton 1923
 
                        Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, U.S. House of Representatives, 1922
 
                        Committee on Volume of Water, Colorado River Commission, 1922
 
                        Compilation of State Statistics
 
                        Coombs, Arthur W. 1922
 
                        Credentials and Appointments of Commissioners, 1921-22
 
                        Croghan, Mr. P.J. 1922
 
                        Crop Statistics
 
                        Davis, Stephan B. Jr.
 
                                1921 December-1922 March
 
                                1923 January--February
 
                                1922 April-August
 
                                1922 September-December
 
                                1923 May-July and 1925
 
                        "E" Miscellaneous
 
                                1922
 
                                1923 January-1926
 
                        Economic Data Submitted at Phoenix Meeting
 
                        El Paso
 
                        Emerson, Frank C.
 
                                1921 December-1922 March
 
                                1922 April-July
 
                                1922 August-December
 
                                1923 January-February
 
                        Engineering Aspects 1921-22
 
                        Exhibits "A"-"L" (Amendments presented at 1st to 7th Meetings, Inclusive)
 
                        "F" Miscellaneous
 
                                1921 December-1922 December
 
                                1923-25
        16
                        Fall, Albert B. 1922
 
                        Federal Power Commission
 
                                1922 January-June
 
                                1922 July-December
 
                                1923 January-June
 
                        Federal Reclamation by Irrigation-Senate Document No. 92, 1924
 
                        Federal (Water) Power Act
 
                        Feiker, Frederick M. 1922-23
 
                        Fetzer, Frank L. 1922
 
                        Flynn, John T. 1922
 
                        "G" Miscellaneous
 
                                1921-24
 
                                1923-26
 
                        General Federation of Women's Clubs
 
                        General Information
 
                        Geological Survey
 
                                Correspondence, 1922
 
                                Birdseye, C.H.
 
                                Grover., N.C.
 
                                Holbrook, George F.
 
                                Hoyt, John C.
 
                                LaRue, E.C.
 
                                Map of Glen Canyon Sites
 
                                Rizer, H.C.
 
                                Smith, George Ottis
 
                                Smith, Phillip S.
        17
                        Girand, James B. 1922-23
 
                        "H" Miscellaneous
 
                                1921 December-1922 April
 
                                1922 May-June
 
                                1922 July-December
 
                                1923
 
                                1924-26
 
                        Hamele, Ottamar 1923
 
                        Harper, S.O.  1922
 
                        Hayden, Hon. Carl 1922-23
 
                        Hinkle, Governor J.F. 1923
 
                        History
 
                                Hearings before State Legislatures & Congress, 1922
 
                                Statutes Creating Commission, 1922
 
                        Hoover, Herbert  1922-23 and undated
        18
                        House of Representatives
 
                                        Bills and Resolutions
 
                                        1921-22
 
                                        1923-25
 
                                        Hearings Re:
 
                                        H.R. 11449, 1922-23
 
                                        H.R. 2903, 1924 Parts 1,2,4,5,6
 
                                        H.R. 2903, 1924 Part 8 (index) and supplements
 
                                        H.R. 6251 & 9826, 1926-27
 
                                        Public Laws, 1921-25
 
                                        Reports Re:
 
                                        H.R. 9826, 1926
 
                                        H.R. 11903, 1922
 
                                        H.R. 13480, 1923
 
                        "I" Miscellaneous., 1922-24
 
                        Imperial Valley Development, 1922
 
                        Imperial Valley Defensive System (Abbott)
 
                        International Legal Aspects; Treaties with Mexico
 
                        Irrigation in Arizona-Blake Reports
 
                                c. 1921-22
        19
                        Johnson-Swing Bill
 
                        "K" Miscellaneous
 
                                1922
 
                                1923
 
                        Kinkaid, M.P.  1922-23
 
                        Klein, Julius 1921-22
 
                        "L" Miscellaneous
 
                                1921 December-1922 May
 
                                1922 June-November
 
                                1923 January-October and 1924
 
                        La Revista Agricola Article, 1922
 
                        LaRue, E.C., 1921-23
 
                        League of Southern Section California Municipalities
 
                        Lewis, C.C.
 
                        Libby, E.W. 1922-25
 
                        Los Angeles
 
                                Bureau of Power and Light
 
                                Chamber of Commerce, 1922-23
 
                                City Government 1922
 
                                Los Angeles Times, 1922
 
                        Lower Colorado Conservancy Board
 
                        "Mc" Miscellaneous  1922-23
        20
                        "M" Miscellaneous
 
                                1921 December-1922 June
 
                                1922 July-December
 
                                1923 January-August
 
                        Mabey, Governor Charles R., 1922
 
                        McClure, W.F.
 
                                1921 December-1922 February
 
                                1922 March-July
 
                                1922 August-December
 
                                1923
 
                        McKisick, R.T. 1923
 
                        Maps-Miscellaneous
        21
                        Maps, Exhibits A-D
 
                        Mechem, Governor M.C. 1922
 
                        Meeker, R.I.  1922
 
                        Merritt., Ralph P. 1922-23
 
                        Mexican Relations to Colorado River 1922
 
                        Mineral Production in the U.S., 1915-18
 
                        Mullendore, William C., 1923
 
                        "N" Miscellaneous 1922-24
 
                        Nevada Assembly's Joint Resolution No. 1
 
                        Norviel, W.S.
 
                                1921 December-1922 May
 
                                1922 June-July
 
                                1922 August-December
 
                                1923 January-May and 1924
 
                        "O" Miscellaneous, 1922-23
 
                        Olson, Revel L., 1922-26
 
                        "P" Miscellaneous, 1921-23
 
                        Permits-Palo Verde Joint Levee District, 1918
 
                        Power License - Applications, 1923
 
                        Press Releases
 
                                1921 December 21
 
                                1922 January
 
                                1922 November-December
 
                        Publicity
 
                                Correspondence
 
                                        1921-22
 
                                        1923 January
 
                                        1923 February
        23
                                Commerce Department Articles and Press Releases
 
                                List of Newspaper Articles
 
                                        1923 January-March
 
                                Magazine and Newspaper Articles
 
                                        1920-21
 
                                        1922
 
                                        1923
 
                                        1924-25 and undated
 
                                Mailing Lists
 
                                Newspaper Editors
 
                                        Index of
 
                                        B-C
 
                                        E-G
 
                                        H-J
        24
                                        K-R
 
                                        S-Y
 
                                Pressure Groups
 
                        "Q"Miscellaneous., 1922
 
                        "R" Miscellaneous
 
                                1921
 
                                1922
 
                                1923
 
                                1926
 
                        Ratification of Compact
 
                                Arizona
 
                                California
 
                                Colorado
 
                                Nevada
 
                                New Mexico
 
                                Utah
 
                                Wyoming
 
                                Miscellaneous
 
                        Reclamation Record, 1922 December
 
                        Reclamation Service
 
                                Beadle, J.B.
 
                                        1921
 
                                        1922  January-August
 
                                        1922  September-December
 
                                        1923
 
                                Davis, A.P.
 
                                        1921
 
                                        1922-23
        25
                                Hamele, Ottamar, 1922-23
 
                                Miscellaneous-1922-25
 
                        Report of Colorado River Commissioner
 
                                Arizona
 
                                California, 1923
 
                                Colorado, 1922
 
                                Nevada, 1923
 
                                New Mexico, 1923
 
                                Utah
 
                                Wyoming, 1923
 
                        Report of Federal Representative to Congress, 1923
 
                        Report of State Engineer-Colorado, 1923-24
 
                        Report of State Engineer-Wyoming, 1915-16
 
                        Reports on Engineering, Agricultural Feasibility of Reclamation Projects,
                                1925
 
                        Requa, Mark  1921 and 1925
 
                        Requests for Information
 
                        Requests for State Maps
 
                        Requisitions for Duplicating Hearings
 
                        Returns from Agriculture - Colorado River Basin
 
                        "S" Miscellaneous
 
                                1921
        26
                                1922 January-May
 
                                1922 June-August
 
                                1922 October-December
 
                                1923
 
                                1925-26
 
                        Scrugham, James G.
 
                                1921
 
                                1922 January-March
 
                                1922 May-August
 
                                1922 September-December
 
                                1923
 
                        Secretary of State, 1922-25
 
                        Senate
 
                                Bills and Resolutions, 1921-22, 1925
 
                                Hearings, 1924-25
 
                                Reports, 1922,1926
 
                        Shoup, Governor, 1922
 
                        Sloan, Hon. Richard E., 1922-23
 
                        Smith, Addison T., 1924
 
                        Smith, G.E.P., 1922
 
                        Smith-McNary Bills
 
                        Smoot, Reed, 1922
        27
                        Southern California Edison Co., 1922-23
 
                        State Water Laws, 1921-22
 
                        Status of Federal Representatives on Colorado River Commissions,
                                1921-22
 
                        Stetson, Clarence C.
 
                                1922 June-August
 
                                1922 September-December
 
                                1923
 
                                1924-25
 
                        Strother, French  1922-23
 
                        Summary of Whistler and Boulder Canyon Reports, Undated
 
                        Sutherland, Dan A., 1923
 
                        Swing, Phil D. 1922
 
                        "T" Miscellaneous
 
                                1922
 
                                1923
 
                        Taylor, Edward 1923
 
                        Tobin, Senator John J., 1922
 
                        "U" Miscellaneous,, 1922
        28
                        "V" Miscellaneous., 1922-25
 
                        "W" Miscellaneous
 
                                1921-22
 
                                1923
 
                                1924-26
 
                        Walker, T.H. (Associated Press)
 
                        Water Rights
 
                        Western Invitations to Speak
 
                        Wilhelm, Donald  1922
 
                        Winsor, Senator Mulford 1922-23
 
                        Widtsoe, Dr. John A., 1923 February-March
 
                        Wyoming vs. Colorado 1922
 
                        "X,Y,Z" Miscellaneous, 1922-26
 
                        Photographs
 
 
 
 
 
                                        Colorado River Project File
 
Box                     Contents
        28
                        "A" Miscellaneous,  1926-28 and undated
 
                        All American Canal.,  1925-26
 
                        "B" Miscellaneous., 1923-27 and undated
 
                        Bannister, L. Ward
 
                                1922-26
        29
                                1927-28
 
                        Boulder Canyon Dam
 
                                1923-25
 
                                1926-28 and undated
 
                        Boulder Dam
 
                                Telegrams
 
                                        1928 May 5
 
                                        1928 May 6
 
                                        1928 May 7
 
                                        1928 May 8
 
                                        1928 May 9
 
                                        1928 May 10-14 and undated
 
                        "C" Miscellaneous"  1922-27
 
                        California, 1922-27
 
                        Carpenter, Delph E. 1924-27
 
                        Clippings
 
                                1922-23
 
                                1924 January
 
                                1924 February
 
                                1924 March
 
                                1924 April
 
                                1924 May
 
                                1924 June
 
                                1924 July
 
                                1924 August
 
                                1924 September
        30
                                1924 October
 
                                1924 November
 
                                1924 December
 
                                1925 January
 
                                1925 February
 
                                1925 March
 
                                1925 April
 
                                1925 May
 
                                1925 July
 
                                1925 August
 
                                1925 September
 
                                1925 October
 
                                1925 November
 
                                1925 December
 
                                1926 January
 
                                1926 February
        31
                                1926 March
 
                                1926 April
 
                                1926 May
 
                                1926 June
 
                                1926 July
 
                                1926 August
 
                                1926 September
 
                                1926 October
 
                                1926 November
 
                                1926 December
        32
                                1927 January
 
                                1927 February
 
                                1927 March
 
                                1927 April
 
                                1927 July
 
                                1927 August
 
                                1927 September
 
                                1927 October
 
                                1927 November
 
                                1927 December
 
                                1928
 
                                1929-40
        33
                                Undated
 
                        Colorado River Compact
 
                                1922
 
                                1923-27
 
                        Conferences, 1924-27 and undated
 
                        "D" Miscellaneous, 1925-27
 
                        Davis, Arnold P. 1923
 
                        "E" Miscellaneous, 1922-27
 
                        "F" Miscellaneous,  1926-27
 
                        Financial, 1924-26
 
                        "G" Miscellaneous,  1922-27
 
                        Girand Water Permit,  1925
 
                        "H" Miscellaneous, 1923-26
 
                        Hayden, Senator Carl 1924-26
 
                        Heard, Dwight B., 1922-28
 
                        Hearings, 1922-28
 
                        "I" Miscellaneous, 1926
 
                        Imperial Valley, 1922-27
        34
                        Irrigation Projects
 
                        "K" Miscellaneous, 1923
 
                        "L" Miscellaneous
 
                        Legislation
 
                                1921-23
 
                                1924
 
                                1925
 
                                1926
 
                                1927
 
                                1928
 
                        Letters of Appreciation, Etc.,
 
                                A-C
 
                                D-H
 
                                I-R
 
                                S-Z
 
                        Lower Colorado
 
                        "M" Miscellaneous, 1922-27
 
                        McClure, W.F., 1922-25
 
                        Maxwell, George H. 1922-26
 
                        Merritt, Ralph  1922-26
 
                        Mexico
 
                        "N" Miscellaneous
 
                        Press Releases
 
                                1921 December 21
 
                                1922
        35
                                1925-26
 
                        "R" Miscellaneous,, 1926
 
                        Ratification
 
                                Arizona
 
                                        1922
 
                                        1923
 
                                        1924-25
 
                                        1926-27
 
                                California
 
                                        1922-24
 
                                        1925 March 15
 
                                        1925 April-December
 
                                        1926-27
 
                                Colorado
 
                                        1922-25
 
                                New Mexico
 
                                        1922-25
 
                                Nevada
 
                                        1922-27
 
                                Utah
 
                                        1922-27 and undated
 
                                Wyoming
 
                                        1922-25
 
                        Reports On Work of the Colorado River Commission
 
                                1922-24 and undated
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                        Requa Pamphlet, 1925
 
                        Rose, Mark   1925
 
                        Salt Contamination, 1924
 
                        "S" Miscellaneous, 1922-29
 
                        Swing, Phil D. 1922-27
 
                        "T-U" Miscellaneous, 1927
 
                        Turley Water Rights, 1926 and undated
 
                        "W" Miscellaneous, 1923-26
 
                        "Y" Miscellaneous, 1926
 
                        Photographs
 
 
 
 
                        Colorado River Commission Executive Sessions
 
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                        Arrangements, etc.
 
                                1st Meeting
 
                                2nd Meeting
 
                                3rd Meeting
 
                                4th Meeting
 
                                5th Meeting
 
                                6th Meeting
 
                                7th Meeting
 
                                10th Meeting
 
                                        1922 April-July
 
                                        1922 August
 
                                        1922 September-December
 
                        Printed Minutes
 
                                Meetings 1-7
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                                Meetings 8-14
 
                                Meetings 15-18
 
                                Meetings 19-20  (interfiled 4/21/75)
 
                                Meetings 21-22  (interfiled 4/21/75)
 
                                Meetings 23-24  (interfiled 4/21/75)
 
                                Meetings 25-27  (interfiled 4/21/75)
 
                        Rough Drafts of Minutes
 
                                Meeting 1
 
                                Meeting 1
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                        Rough Drafts of Minutes
 
                                Meeting 1
 
                                Meeting 2
 
                                Meeting 3
 
                                Meeting 4
 
                                Meeting 5
 
                                Meeting 6
 
                                Meeting 7
 
                                Meeting 8
 
                                Meeting 9
 
                                Meeting 11
 
                                Meeting 12
 
                                Meeting 13
 
                                Meeting 14
 
                                Meeting 15
 
                                Meeting 16
 
                                Meeting 17
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                                Meeting 18
 
                                Meeting 19
 
                                Meeting 20
 
                                Meeting 21
 
                                Meeting 22
 
                                Meeting 23
 
                                Meeting 24
 
                                Meeting 25
 
                                Meeting 27
 
                        Correspondence Re: Hearings
 
                                Phoenix
 
                                        1922 February-April
 
                                        1922 May-June
 
                                        1922 July-August
 
                                Los Angeles, 1922
 
                                Salt Lake City, 1922
 
                                Grand Junction, 1922
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                                Denver
 
                                        1922 March-April
 
                                        1922 May-August
 
                                Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1922
 
                                Printed Hearings
 
                                        Phoenix
 
                                        Los Angeles
 
                                        Salt Lake City
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                                        Grand Junction
 
                                        Denver
 
                                        Cheyenne
 
                                        Santa Fe
 
                        Rough Drafts of Hearings
 
                                Phoenix
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                                Phoenix
        43
                                Phoenix
        44
                                Phoenix
        45
                                Phoenix
 
                                Los Angeles
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                                Los Angeles
        47
                                Salt Lake City
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                                Salt Lake City
 
                                Grand Junction, Colorado
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                                Grand Junction, Colorado
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                                Grand Junction, Colorado
 
                                Denver, Colorado
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                                Denver, Colorado
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                                Denver, Colorado
 
                                Cheyenne
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                                Cheyenne
 
                                Santa Fe