Stephen W. Downey: California water and power attorney; William Durbrow, irrigation leader
Created Date
1956
1957
Published Date
1957
Description
Stephen W. Downey: Notes on his early life and family
law practice in Sacramento
California State Reclamation Board
various reclamation districts and projects
irrigation districts and their Association
water problems
the legal profession
California politics and politicians (including his brother, Sheridan Downey) Small portrait pasted in. William Durbrow: Interviews conducted by Willa K. Baum for the Regional Cultural History Project, University of California Library, Berkeley. Portrait photograph pasted in. Notes on his family (California pioneers) and early life
transfer of engineering interest from mining to water
water problems, irrigation and reclamation district for Glenn and Colusa Counties
Nevada (County) Irrigation District-- operation and financing
Irrigation Districts Association, with general comments thereon.Additional Descriptive Notes: Interviews conducted in Sacramento, California.
Transcript
Full transcript available: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/collections/subjectarea/natres/ca_water.html
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.