Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior Records
Content Description
Spanning from 1947-1959, this collection contains farm and irrigation studies for several Idaho development projects including American Falls, Little Wood River, Michaud Flats, and Medicine Lodge. These documents are largely Bureau of Reclamation studies in manuscript form—but newspaper clippings, receipts, letters, and other special items can be found in folder 11.
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains US Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior records from various Idaho agricultural, economic, and construction projects. Within can be found computation sheets, plans, letters, memos, tax receipts, newspaper clippings, a magazine, and farm and irrigation studies.
Arrangement
Kept original order as closely as possible. Binders were removed and rehoused in archival standard folders. Items were sometimes separated into multiple folders as not to crumple items by overstuffing.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred by Utah State Library Archivist, Bob Parsons in 2005(MA 2005-08)
- Title
- Guide to Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared by Alex Elliott
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository