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ADMINISTRATION

Administration Subject File

• General administration
• Organization:
  Establishment of Commission
  Committees and subcommittees
  Commission staff
• Relationship of Commission:
  Meetings with President and White House Staff
  Relations with Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
  Relations with House Committee on the Judiciary
• Meetings of Commissioners
• Commissioners' correspondence with Chairman
• Chairman's speeches
• Commissioner Renne's article on the Commission in Land Economics
• Press releases and conferences

General Subject File

• Benefits and costs
• Bibliography
• Conservation
• Costs

• Dams
• Drainage
• Economic justification
• Education
• Erosion
• Farm production increase
• Federal-Government participation
• Federal-State division of authority
• Federal-State relations
• Fisheries
• Flood control and forecasting
• Forests

• Ground water
  
  Council of State Government investigations, by Frank Vane
  Overdeveloped and neglected, by Harold E. Thomas
• Great Plains Council
• Historical
• Inventory of natural resources
• Investment appraisal
• Irrigation
• Land use and management
• Legislation
  Congressional expression
  Desirable legislation
  Proposals, comments on
• Minority groups
• Multiple purpose
• Navigation
• New York City water shortage
• Origin, cosmic, of water on earth
• Policy

• Power
• Pollution
• Priority
• Project feasibility
• Rainfall, artificial
• Rating of resources: people, water, land
• Reclamation projects, vermego, etc.
• Recreation
• Regional development
• Reservoirs
• Sea water
• Sedimentation
• Soil conservation
• State agency organization
• Supply
  General
  Industrial
  Municipal
• Taxes
• Watershed management
• Wildlife

Alphabetical Name File

• A to L

• M to Z

General

• Background information received from the Bureau of the Budget:
  Historical background
  Policy Questions, general
  Policy questions, particular projects
• Commissioners' attendance at meetings of other organizations

Commission's Field Conferences

• General:
  General correspondence
  Correspondence with Governors and Senators
  Itinerary
• Atlanta, Georgia:
  Correspondence

Proceedings
Statistical data on Southern Company and its affiliates

• Berkeley, California:
  Correspondence
  Proceedings, Volume I

Proceedings, Volume II
• Columbus, Ohio:
  Correspondence
  Proceedings

• Denver, Colorado:
  Correspondence
  Proceedings

• Fayetteville, Arkansas:
  Correspondence
  Proceedings, Volume I
  Proceedings, Volume II

• Sioux City, Iowa:
  Correspondence
  Proceedings, Volume I
  Proceedings, Volume II
• Spokane, Washington:
  Correspondence
  Proceedings, Volume I

Proceedings, Volume II
Proceedings, Volume III
Proceedings, Volume IV
• Springfield, Massachusetts:
  Correspondence

Proceedings

Surveys by Questionnaire and Correspondence, General

• Letters to various groups and individuals requesting cooperation
• Questionnaire of March 17, 1950

Survey of Federal Government Agencies: Correspondence with the Commission

• General
  Commission letters to agencies
  Federal Interagency River Basin Committee
• Agriculture, Department of:
  General:
  Reports
  Office of the Secretary
  Bureau of Agricultural Economics
  Agricultural Research Administration
  Forest Service
  Soil Conservation Service
  

• Army, Department of:
  Office of the Secretary
  Office of Chief of Engineers
• Atomic Energy Commission
• Commerce, Department of:
  General:
  Reports
  Census Bureau, Public Roads Bureau, Bureau
  of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau
  of Standards, Weather Bureau
• Executive Office of the President
  Bureau of the Budget
  Council of Economic Advisers
• Federal Power Commission
• Federal Reserve Board
• Federal Security Agency
  Office of Education
  Public Health Service
  Reports
• General Services Administration
• Housing and Home Finance Agency
• Interior, Department of:
  General:

Reports
Office of the Secretary
Bonneville Power Administration
Fish and Wildlife Service
Geological Survey
Indian Affairs Bureau
National Park Service
Reclamation Bureau
Re basis for formulating a water resources program for New Mexico
Southwestern Power Administration
Water and Power Division

• International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico
• International Joint Commission
• International Monetary Fund
• Interstate Commerce Commission
• Justice, Department of
• Labor, Department of
• Library of Congress
• Naval Research Laboratory
• National Security Resources Board
• Reconstruction Finance Corporation
• Smithsonian Institution
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Treasury Department

Survey of Federal Government Agencies: River Basin Reports from Agencies

• Alabama-Coosa River Basin:
  Agriculture, Department of
  Office of Chief of Army Engineers
  Federal Power Commission
  Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
  Interior, Department of
  Pubic Health Service
  

• Arkansas-White River Basin:
  Office of Chief Army Engineers
  Federal Power Commission
  Interior, Department of
  Public Health Service
• Central Valley Basin of California
  Office of Chief of Army Engineers (Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basin)
  Agriculture, Department of
  Federal Power Commission
  Forest Service
  Interior, Department of
  (North Fork King's River Development)
  (Central Valley Federal Reclamation Project)
  (Solano County Project, California)
  (Tentative cost allocation and financial analysis)

(Comprehensive report)
Federal Security Agency
• Colorado River Basin:
  Agriculture, Department of
  Forest Service
  Federal Power Commission
  Interior, Department of
  Office of Army Engineers
  Public Health Service

• Colombia River Basin:
  Agriculture, Department of
  Federal Power Commission
  Forest Service
  Interior, Department of
  
  (Modification of earlier report)
  (Data on projects in coordinated plan)
  (Bonneville Power Administration)
  (Bureau of Reclamation)
  Office of Chief of Army Engineers
  Public Health Service

• Connecticut River Basin:
  Agriculture, Department of
  Federal Power Commission
  Forest Service
  Interior, Department of
  Office of Army Engineers
  Public Health Service
• Delaware River Basin:
  Federal Power Commission
  Interior, Department of
  Office of the Army Engineers
  Public Health Service
• Missouri River Basin:
  Agriculture, Department of
  Federal Power Commission
  Forest Service
  Interior, Department of
  
  (Progress report, March 1950)
  (Progress report, June 1950)
  (Report, July 1950)
  (Report on sufficiency of water supply)
  (Putting the Missouri to work)

Office of Army Engineers
Public Health Service
• Ohio River Basin:
  Agriculture, Department of
  Federal Power Commission
  Interior, Department of
  Public Health Service
  Office of the Army Engineers
  State of Ohio, Department of Public Works
  State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources

• Potomac River Basin:
  Agriculture, Department of
  Federal Power Commission
  Forest Service
  Interior, Department of
  Office of Chief of Army Engineers
  Public Health Service
• Rio Grande Basin:
  Agriculture, Department of
  Federal Power Commission
  Interior, Department of
  Office of Chief of Army Engineers
  Public Health Service
• Tennessee River Basin:
  Federal Power Commission
  Forest Service
  Office of Chief of Army Engineers
  Tennessee Valley Authority
  (Annual Report, 1948)

Survey of Federal Government Agencies: Topical Reports of Federal Agencies

• Education, Office of:
  "Material for the section on educational implications of the report being prepared by the PWRPC."

• Federal Interagency River Basin Committee:
  "Adequacy of basic data in hydrology and sedimentation."
• Federal Power Commission:
  "Potential hydroelectric power in the United States."
• Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau of:
  "Current river basin activities."
• Forest Service:
  "Watershed management, with particular reference to forest and range lands."
• Geological Survey:
  "Water facts in relation to a national water-resources policy."
  "A summary of the water situation in the United States with special reference to surface water."
• Interagency group:
  "The effects of land management upon runoff, erosion, and related factors."
• Public Health Service:
  "A summary report on public water supply problems in the United States for communities with populations 1,000 to 50,000 and 50,000 and above."
  "Information on water pollution."
  "Statement as to the elements of a sound water resources policy for the nation."
  "A suggested State water pollution control act."
• Public Roads, Bureau of:
  "Answer to request of March 18, 1950."
  "Water conservation in highway design and development."
• Tennessee Valley Authority:
  Answer to questionnaire
• U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey:
  "Development of national water resources."
• Weather Bureau:
  "Weather Bureau functions in water resource development."

Survey of State and Local Government Agencies: Correspondence and Statements

• Alabama
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
  Los Angeles
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho

• Illinois
  Decatur, City of
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan

• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico (1)
• New Mexico (2)
• New York

• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas (1)
• Texas (2)

• U.S. Territories and Possessions:
  Alaska
  Hawaii
  Puerto Rico
  Virgin Islands
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Survey of State and Local Government Agencies: Digest of Recommendations

Survey of Trade and Industry Associations, Conservation Groups and Societies, Industrial Firms and Individuals: Correspondence and Statements

• A

• Academy of natural science
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• American Federation of Labor
• American Public Power Association
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Water Works Association
• American Waterways Operators

• Arkansas Power and Light Company
• Association of American Railroads
• B
• Brandywine Valley Association
• C
• Chamber of Commerce, U.S.

• Congress of Industrial Organizations
• Conservation Foundation
• Council of State Governments
• D
• E
• Edison Electric Institute
• Electrical World
• Engineers Joint Council
• F
• G
• Georgia Power Company
• Greeley and Hansen

• H
• I
• Incodel
• International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade
• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
• Irving Trust Company
• Izaak Walton League of America, Inc.
• J
• K
• L

• M
• Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
• N
• National Association of Electric Companies
• National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
• National Committee on Policies in Conservation Education
• National Planning Association
• National Reclamation Association
• National Rural Cooperative Association
• National Wildlife Federation
• O

• P
• R
• S
• Soil Conservation Society of America
• T
• Taylor, Paul S.
• U
• United Nations
• Upper Colorado River Commission
• Upper Mississippi Waterway Association
• V
• W
• West Texas Chamber of Commerce and West Texas Domestic Water Association
• Wilderness Society
• Y
• Z

Survey of trade and industry association, conservation groups and societies, industrial firms and individuals: Digest of recommendations, summary memoranda, memo. re Missouri River quantity of water controversy

Survey of trade and industry associations, conservation groups and societies, industrial firms and individuals: Correspondence re industrial water use: (letters sent to users)

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• K
• L
• M
• N
• P
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W

Survey of Universities: Questionnaire and Replies

• Volume I Alabama to Montana

• Volume II Nebraska to Wyoming

Survey of Universities: Digest of Replies

Legal Data: Correspondence with Federal Government Agencies

• Agriculture, Department of
• Army, Department of
• Atomic Energy Commission
• Commerce, Department of
• Federal Power Commission
• General Services Administration
• Housing and Home Finance Agency
• Indian Affairs, Bureau of, Interior
• International Joint Commission
• Interstate Commerce Commission
• Interior, Department of
• International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and Mexico
• Justice, Department of
• Labor, Department of
• National Park Service, Interior
• National Security Resources Board
• Navy Department
• Public Health Service
• Public Health Service re pollution control laws
• Reclamation, Bureau of, Interior
• Reconstruction Finance Corporation
• Smithsonian Institute
• Soil Conservation Service
• Soil Conservation Service, Berkeley, Cal. (Wells Hutchins)
• State Department
• Tennessee Valley Authority

Legal Data: General Subject File

• Agency reports, legal
• Anti-monopoly and anti-speculation provisions
• Basic data
• Bibliography
• Bond financing
• Compacts
  Columbia River Compact
  Pacific Northwest Compact Committee
• Costs, allocation of
• Flood control laws
• Flood control act (message of President)
• Ground water
• Jasper v. King
• Land-use memoranda
• Matched funds
• Memoranda, miscellaneous
• Mining laws
• Reimbursement
• Staff meetings, memoranda re
• State water resources legislation
• State law regulating timber-cutting, constitutionality
• Transportation
  H. Doc 159 Public aids to domestic transportation
  S. Res. 50 Investigation of land and water transportation

Legal data: Data re U.S. laws

Legal Data: Data re State Laws

• Alabama
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana

• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Legal Data: Legal Reports from Federal Government Agencies

• Vol. I Army, Department of the
• Vol. II Federal Power Commission
• Vol. III Bureau of Reclamation
  Reports 1-3
• Vol. IV Bureau of Reclamation
  Reports 4-8

• Vol. V Bonneville Power Administration
  Southwestern Power Administration
  Southeastern Power Administration
• Vol. VI Bureau of Indian Affairs
  National Park Service
  U.S. Geological Survey
  Bureau of Land Management
  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Vol. VII Department of Agriculture
  Department of Commerce
  International Boundary Commission
  International Joint Commission
  Public Health Service
• Vol. VIII Tennessee Valley Authority
  National Security Resources Board
  Atomic Energy Commission
  Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  Interstate Commerce Commission
  General Services Administration

Committees of the Commission

• General

Policy Formulation Committee

• Minutes and memoranda

Committee on Coordination of Planning and Project Selection

• Organization, minutes, program, etc.
• Committee report

Committee on Domestic Water Navigation Projects and National Transportation Policy

• Organization, minutes, program, etc.
• Committee report

Committee on Evaluation of Constructed Projects

• Organization, minutes, etc.

• Data re RFC loans
• Data re projects in
  Idaho
  Montana
  Nebraska
  Nevada
  New Mexico
  Oklahoma
  Oregon
  South Dakota
  Utah
  Wyoming
  Washington
• Statements re projects submitted by Bureau of Reclamation
• Committee report
• Appendices to Committee Report
  Volume I

Volume II

Committee on Power Policy as Related to Water Resources

• Organization, minutes, etc.
• Correspondence
• Data re typical residential electric bills, cities of 2,500 population, and more submitted by Federal Power Commission

• Data re Electrification in Rural America, submitted by REA
• Statements on specific items of policy by committee members
• Selected material relating to committee draft

Committee on Recreation

• Organization, minutes, etc.
• Correspondence, memoranda, etc.

• Report on recreational aspect of civil works water resource developments of the Corps of Engineers
• Preliminary draft of committee report
• Report ont he conservation and development of outdoor recreational resources:
  Volume I Report
  Volume II Appendices

Committee on Reimbursement

• Organization, minutes, etc.
• Correspondence, memoranda, etc.
• Summary of views of committee on major issues of reimbursement policy
• Reimbursement policy, by Horace M. Gray and Jewell J. Rasmussen

Committee on River Program Analysis

• Organization, minutes, etc:
  Volume I
  Volume II

• Correspondence:
  General
  With E.A. Ackerman
  Answers to letters of inquiry
• Outline for investigative procedure
• Data re Missouri Basin
• Maas studies
• Committee report

Committee on Water Resources Policies involving Land Use Economics

• Organization, minutes, etc.
• Miscellaneous memoranda, etc.
• Population studies, by Joseph S. Davis

• Source Book of material to be used in preparing final report
• Draft of report re Agricultural Production and Water Resources, by Commissioners Burgess and Renne
• Committee report on Agricultural Production and Water Resources

Committee on Standards for Basic Data

• Organization, minutes, etc.
• Subcommittee on
  Basic Economic Data
  Land Classification including Soil Analysis
  Effects of Land Management upon Runoff, Erosion, and related factors
  Sedimentation
  Hydrology

• Miscellaneous memoranda and studies
• Correspondence
• Statements by States
• Committee progress report
• Source Book of Material to be used in preparation of report
• Committee report

Consultants' Studies

• Etter, K.G.:
  "Enjoyment of Our Water Resources"
• Fisher, J.L. and W.H. Stead:
  "Economic and Social Framework for Water Resources Development Policy"
• Mac Kaye, Benton:
  "Water Policy and Wilderness Policy"
• McKinley, Charles:
  "Regional Development and Stabilization"

• Munns, E.N.:
  "Public Lands and Water Resource"
• Perloff, H.S.:
  "The Planning of Water Resources Development"
  "Evaluation of Water Resources Projects"
• Person, Harlow S.:
  "Conservation of Ground Water"
  "The Nation's Water Resources Problems and Maintenance for Optimum Benefit

Conference of Economists

Proposed Conference of Economists

COMMISSION REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Preparation and Release of Report

• Preparation of Report
  Staff memoranda; quotations
  Chairman Cooke's correspondence with Commissioners

• Presentation and release of report:
  Chairman Cooke's correspondence with Commissioners
  Presentation to President and release to Press
• Commission News Bulletin

Mid-year draft of report

Final Report of Commission

• General:
  Summary of recommendations
  White House press releases
• Volume I A Water Policy for the American People

• Volume II Ten Rivers in America's Future
• Volume III Water Resources Law

• Excerpt from Volume II:
  No.1- The Columbia
  No.2- The Central Valley of California
  No.3- The Missouri
  No.4- The Rio Grande
  No.5- The Colorado
  No.6- The Connecticut
  No.7- The Alabama-Coosa
  No.8- The Potomac
  No.9- The Ohio
  No.10- The Tennessee
• Proposed language for State of the Union message
• Proposed "Water Resources Act of 1951":
  Attorneys' drafts
  Recommendations of Commission

• President's statements on Water Resources
• Correspondence and newsclips re Morris L. Cooke, Chairman of the PWRPC, 1950-51
• Newspaper clippings of the conference held by the President's Water Resources Power Commission
• Press clippings: periodicals and publications
• Press clippings: December 7-17, 1950
• Press clippings: December 18, 1950
• Press clippings: December 19, 1950
• Press clippings: December 20-31, 1950
• Press clippings: January, 1951
• Press clippings: February, 1951

• Miscellaneous newspaper clippings re President's Water Resources Power Commission
• Publications: American City (Jan., 1951)- Delaware River Basin Water Project

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