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Los Angeles County Flood Control District papers

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Description: Collection of correspondence and reports related to Frank E. Trask's work with water resource and flood control projects in Southern California from 1931 to 1936. Topics covered include the Los Angeles County Flood Control District's 1927-1931 comprehensive flood control plan, which included the creation of permanent flood channels, reservoirs, and debris basins throughout Los Angeles County; the construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct, which was funded by a $220,000,000 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California bond in 1931; and the funding for various flood control and water resource projects in Southern California from the Fulmer Act (of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration) and the Clarke-McNary Fund. In addition to Trask, notable correspondents include C.H. Howell (Chief Engineer for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District), Senator Hiram Johnson, Senator William G. McAdoo, John Anson Ford, and George Harris Collingwood (American Forestry Association). Also includes correspondence relating to the Municipal League of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the National Recovery Administration, the Santa Monica Mountains Fire Prevention Association, the Venice Flood Relief Association, the American Forestry Association, and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
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Production date

1931-1936.

Call number

mssHM 73000-73025

Creator

Trask, Frank E(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Purchased from D. Lawyer, February 25, 1948.

Associated people

Arnoll, Arthur G., (1890-1958,)

Beasley, O. N., (1866-1945,)

Beatty, Mame B., (1890-1961,)

Blackman, J. W. B., (1853-1930,)

Buckman, Henry Holland,

Collingwood, G. H.

Ford, John Anson,

Hagen, Vivian,

Howell, C. H.,

Johnson, Hiram,

Legg, Herbert C.,

Malone, George W.

McAdoo, William,

Pratt, Anthony,

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