Series I: Correspondence, 1934; 1939-1940
Content Description
The papers of the Shoshone County Flood Control Project are contained in one small file box and are not very extensive. By far the largest percentage of material is the correspondence of Harry Marsh, District #5 administrator of the Idaho Emergency Relief Administration, concerning the application for federal appropriations to finance a flood control project. Other material includes maps showing locations of flood control devices, newspapers from December 1933 and January 1934 with accounts of the flooding in Wallace and Kellogg, and newspaper clippings concerning the flood control project. The photograph file contains many mounted photographs of the 1933 flooding of Wallace and Kellogg.
Dates
- Creation: 1934; 1939-1940
Creator
- From the Collection: Marsh, Harry Webb, 1886-1964 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shoshone County Flood Control Project (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
This series is composed of the correspondence of Harry Marsh, District Administrator of District #5 of the Idaho Emergency Relief Administration, and concerns his 1935 application to the War Department for federal W.P.A. funds to implement a flood control project in Shoshone County. After being favorably acted upon at the local and regional levels, the application was denied at the national level due to lack of funds. In November 1934 a transient camp was established near Wallace and men from this camp began work on the project.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository