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3. Interview of Howard W. Crooke

Topic:
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Secretary manager for the Orange County Water District.

4. Interview of Robert Lee

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series made possible by a grant from the Division of Water, Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power, complements the earlier University of California series “Oral History of California Water Resources Development."
Biographical Note:
Assistant to the general manager for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. General manager for the Colorado River Association.

5. Interview of J. Ralph Shoemaker

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Water consultant and engineer. Active in the campaign for the annexation of the Pomona Valley to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the construction of the San Gabriel Dam.

6. Interview of Clayburn C. Elder

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Chief hydrographic engineer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

7. Interview of Joseph Jensen

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Chief petroleum engineer and assistant to the western general manager for the Tidewater Oil Company.

8. Interview of William H. Jennings

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Attorney and water expert on Southern California water development problems and initiatives.

9. Interview of Harry F. Blaney

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Irrigation engineer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. UCLA research associate in the Department of Irrigation Research and Soil Science.

10. Interview of Robert B. Diemer

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
General manager and chief engineer for the construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct. Representative for the city of Pasadena on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.