Water Resources Department Records Guide
Record Series Descriptions
Reclamation Commission Records
1926-1958
Location:
Box 48
Map Box 3
Volume storage
Quantity:
.7 total cubic feet
1 map (.1 cubic foot)
3 volumes (.4 cubic foot)
Arrangement: Minutes arranged chronological by meeting date, correspondence by irrigation district
Series documents the functions and activities of the Reclamation Commission, which was created in 1927 succeeding to the duties of the Irrigation and Drainage Securities Commission and the Desert Land Board.
Series includes correspondence concerning the Grants Pass Irrigation District and the Deschutes County Muncipal Improvement District that succeeded to the Tumalo Project.
Series also includes three volumes containing the minutes of commission meetings. Topics of discussion in the meetings include payment of bonds and interest by irrigation districts; approval of irrigation and improvement district applications and contracts; authorization for investigations, deeds, and bond elections; reports by irrigation districts; and financial reorganization of irrigation districts. Topics covered by these records include irrigation, reclamation of arid land, and water resource management.
Separated Oversized Volumes:
Title: |
Reclamation Commission Records |
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Removed from: |
Box 48 / Folder 23 |
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Transferred to: |
Oversize Volume Storage |
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Record type: |
3 volumes |
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Description: |
State Reclamation Commission Minutes |
Separated Map:
SERIES TITLE: Reclamation Commission Records
RECORDS REMOVED FROM BOX/FOLDER: 48/17
RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO: Map Box 3
TYPE OF RECORDS REMOVED: Map
NUMBER OF RECORDS REMOVED: 1
DESCRIPTION:
Deschutes County Muncipal Improvement District
"Map showing principal features on Tumalo Project" 1914Printed mapNo scale given
16" x 19"
