Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Ely, Northcutt
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, memoranda, research notes, rough drafts of reports, printed reports and pamphlets.
- Extent:
- ca. 240 linear ft.
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, memoranda, research notes, rough drafts of reports, printed reports and pamphlets.
Collection is organized into four accessions originally treated as separate collections: M0223 (Series 1: Working files ; Series 2 : General files) ; M252 (Series 3 : Books ; Series 4 : Magazines; Series 5 : Pamphlets ; Series 6 : Reports ; Series 7 : Miscellaneous) ; M269 (Series 8 : Oil and Gas ; Series 9 : Water Irrigation ; Series 10 : Colorado River), M365, and accession 2002-112.
- Biographical / historical:
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Legal representative of various interests in disputes over water projects on the Colorado and other rivers. Ely was Executive assistant to the Secretary of the Interior during the Hoover Administration.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Northcutt Ely, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1982, and of his estate, 2002.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022