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The Truman Library has material covering various aspects of the environment relating
to conservation, dams, flood control, irrigation, natural resources, reclamation, rivers,
wildlife, and the government agencies that regulated these issues.
The page numbers in brackets represent estimates as to the amount of relevant material to
be found in each collection. It should be noted that other collections at the Truman Library,
in addition to the ones listed here, may contain more information relating to the environment.
Because of the volume of our holdings, not all of our collections with information on
environmental issues are listed here.
[ Truman Papers | Other Personal Papers
| Federal Records | Oral Histories]
HARRY S. TRUMAN PAPERS
PAPERS AS U. S. SENATOR AND VICE-PRESIDENT
- Material relating to the Arkansas River Valley Authority, dams, flood control, the Department
of the Interior, the Missouri River, and the St. Lawrence-Great Lake Deep Waterway. [2,500 pages]
PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY'S FILE - Documents
pertaining to Hungry Horse Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, Bull Shoals Dam, flood control, and budget
recommendations for the Department of the Interior. [1,800 pages]
OFFICIAL FILE - Material relating to the
Department of the Interior (6), Fish and Wildlife Service (6d), Bureau of Reclamation (6e),
Bonneville Power Administration (6m), National Park Service (6p), Bureau of Land Management (6z),
Tennessee Valley Authority (42), Floods (83), Stream and Harbor Pollution (114a), Flood
Control (132), Arkansas River Compact (165), Columbia River Compact (165), Snake River
Compact (165), Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (165), Conservation (177), Federal Power
Commission (235), Columbia River (360), Columbia River Power Authority (360a), Columbia Valley
Authority (360a), Grand Coulee Dam (360b), Bonneville Dam (360c), Hungry Horse Dam (360d),
Reclamation (402), Grand River Dam Project (642), Grand River Dam Authority (642a),
Arkansas River (742), Erosion (1061), Colorado River (1063), Boulder Dam (1063b), Hoover
Dam (1063b), President's Water Resources Policy Commission (2393a), Arkansas-White-Red Basins
Inter-Agency Committee (2393c), and Air Pollution (2495). [33,000 pages]
DAVID E. BELL FILES - Material on the Columbia
Valley Administration, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project, the Arkansas White River Basin and
the Red River Basin. [300 pages]
CLARK CLIFFORD FILES - Documents pertaining to
the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway & Power Project and the Tennessee Valley Authority. [150 pages]
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KEN HECHLER FILES - Material relating
to flood control, hydroelectric power, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Central Valley
Project. [400 pages]
DAVID D. LLOYD FILES - Speeches and correspondence relating
to the Central Valley Project, Bull Shoals Dam and Grand Coulee
Dam. [350 pages]
CHARLES S. MURPHY FILES - Speeches,
correspondence, and reports relating to Grand Coulee Dam, flood control, Bull Shoals Dam,
Norfolk Dam, Arkansas-White River, Columbia Valley Authority, Missouri River Basin, and the
Central Arizona Project. [1,700 pages]
STEPHEN J. SPINGARN FILES - Material
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OTHER PERSONAL PAPERS
ROSCOE BELL PAPERS - Material pertaining to the
Snake River Basin, Columbia River Power System, Bonneville Power Administration, Columbia
River Basin and the Bureau of Land Management. [4,500 pages]
CHARLES F. BRANNAN PAPERS — Documents
relating to water development and utilization, Tennessee Valley Authority, Columbia River
Basin, Gila Federal Reclamation Project, Missouri River Basin, and reclamation projects. [5,700 pages]
OSCAR CHAPMAN PAPERS — Material pertaining to the Department of the Interior, the
nation’s principal conservation agency. [32,000 pages]
CLARK CLIFFORD PAPERS — Documents relating to the dedication of the Everglades
National Park. [50 pages]
C. GIRARD DAVIDSON PAPERS — Material relating to the Department of the
Interior and the Columbia Valley Authority. [5,600 pages]
DALE E. DOTY PAPERS — Material pertaining to the Bureau of Land Management,
the Bureau of Reclamation, the Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, rivers, and
power. [12,000 pages]
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DANIEL GOLDY PAPERS — Material relating to the Columbia River Basin, the
Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, natural
resources, forestry, lands, water resources, and dams. [20,000 pages]
SAMUEL I. ROSENMAN PAPERS — Documents relating to the Kentucky Dam and the
Missouri River Basin. [50 pages]
JOHN A. SHORT PAPERS—Material relating to the Arkansas-White-Red River Basin
Inter-Agency Committee and the Southwest River Basins (U.S. Study Commission). [17,600 pages]
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FEDERAL RECORDS
RECORD GROUP 220: PRESIDENT’S WATER RESOURCES
POLICY COMMISSION—The Commission proposed policies on the development, conservation and use of
the Nation's water resources. The material includes correspondence, reports, records relating
to water resource laws, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings and the Commission’s final report.
[50,000 pages]
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ORAL HISTORIES
ANDREW
J. BIEMILLER--Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior, 1951-1952.
OSCAR L. CHAPMAN--Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, 1933-1946; Under Secretary of the Interior, 1946-1949; and Secretary of the
Interior, 1949-1953.
C. GIRARD DAVIDSON--Assistant Secretary,
Department of the Interior, 1946-1950.
DALE E. DOTY--Assistant Secretary, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1950-1952.
DANIEL L. GOLDY--Official with the
Department of the Interior, 1947-1951.
FREDERICK J. LAWTON--Administrative
Assistant to the President, 1948; Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1949; Director,
Bureau of the Budget, 1950-1953.
GEORGE L. McCOLM--Soil Conservation Officer,
Navajo Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1946-1952.
WESLEY McCUNE--Executive Assistant to
Secretary of Agriculture, Charles Brannan, 1948-1953.
WILLIAM E. WARNE--Chief of Information,
Bureau of Reclamation, 1937-1942; Assistant Director, Division of Power, Department of the
Interior, 1942-1943; Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, 1943-1947; Assistant
Secretary, Department of the Interior, 1947-1951; Assistant Secretary for Water and Power
Development, Department of the Interior, 1950-1951.
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