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California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP)
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.

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Stephen W. Downey, California water and power attorney
Creator
Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Published
1957
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California Audiovisual Preservation Project
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Type
Audio
Language
English
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The Library
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