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The fate of Madame La Tour : a tale of Great Salt Lake
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Great Salt Lake is the first in a series of publications by Fazal Sheikh examining the effects of climate change and extraction in the western United States. It charts the destruction of the lake by industrialization and its pollution by chemical waste; the loss of natural wildlife habitats, the siphoning off of rivers that feed it, and the toll taken by rising temperatures and long periods of drought, all of which have brought the lake to crisis point. Sheikh reveals the condition of the lake in visceral images that provide a record of Great Salt Lake at its lowest ebb.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters and documents (including 8 volumes) and 876 maps related to irrigation projects in the western United States. There are correspondence, reports, etc. regarding Colorado River projects (including the Colorado River-Los Angeles Gravity Flow Aqueduct); the Klamath Lake Project in Oregon; the Merced Irrigation District in California; the San Juan River, Little Colorado, and Verde projects in Arizona; and many others. Of note in the collection are diaries of La Rue's Colorado River trips from 1921, 1922, and 1924, and maps of western areas.
mssLa Rue papers
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