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Ben Day: Rogue Basin Project

Notes

Folder: 1951 memorial to U.S. Congress requesting revision of mining laws; circa 1950 photos of Ben Day ceremonially “crowning” woman on open-air dais as accordion band looks on
Folder 2: “Levenson” 1969-72 correspondence from Leo Levenson, Portland attorney

Folder 3: “Packwood”: 1970-72 correspondence with Bob Packwood regarding politics, Vietnam War, Rogue Basin Project

Folder 4: 1956 presidential report on water resources policy
1952 “Oregon: Prize of Discovery, Exploration and Settlement,” written for unveiling of statues of John McLoughlin and Jason Lee at state capitol; with 1953 dedication program
1950 Rogue River Basin Project Report of the Regional Director and Substantiating Materials
1966 Rogue River Basin Project report, Medford Division
“Politics” folder: 1948 correspondence with Kenneth G. Denman regarding dams on Rogue River; 1951-54 political autobiography of Ben Day, political correspondence regarding Christopher Day, spray bill, school reorganization, water resources; mimeographed humorous glossary of legislative terms; Oregon Report of the Interim Committee on Natural Resources; senate bill regarding Department of Natural Resources; diagram of committees of Rogue River Basin organization; brochure on Montana irrigation projects

Folder 5:“Mining” folder: 1951-53 correspondence, press releases, clippings, bills, memorials regarding mining and mining claims in national forests

Folder 6: “O&C” folder: 1965-71 correspondence, reports, clippings regarding timber on O&C lands

Folder 7: “Rogue Basin 1974-75” folder: 1973-75 correspondence regarding Rogue Basin Project, Bob Packwood's statement before Senate Appropriations subcommittee on same

Folder 8: “Rogue Basin Petitions 1972” folder: 1972 breakdown of petition signers, statement on flow augmentation, response to accusations of Citizens League for Emergency Action on the Rogue (CLEAR)

Folder 9: [Rogue] Basin (1972)” folder: 1972 correspondence, reports, signed petition, flow augmentation diagram, CLEAR questions, clippings regarding Lost Creek Dam project; list of 1969-70 directors, Rogue Basin Flood Control & Water Resources Association

Folder 10: Correspondence related to Flow Augmentation on the Rogue River

Book: Medford Division Rogue River Basin Project - June 1966

Book: Rogue River Basin Project - February 1950
 

 

Location
M52 D 2
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