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Walter Clay Lowdermilk papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 597

Scope and Contents

Two items make up the Walter Clay Lowdermilk Papers. The first is "Soil, Forest, and Water Conservation and Reclamation in China, Israel, Africa, and the United States" by W. C. Lowdermilk, a two-volume typescript with inlaid photographs. It takes the form of an interview with Malca Chall of the University of California at Berkeley Regional Oral History Office, and "was planned to cover Dr. Lowdermilk's more than fifty years of conservation and natural resources management, and to chronicle through his career the development of the soil conservation movement in the United States, many countries of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, China, and Japan." The second item, "The Heavens Cooperate," by Ines (Marks) Lowdermilk, describes briefly some of the Lowdermilks' adventures in various countries. These materials came to Yale University from the University of California.

Dates

  • 1969

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0597

Abstract

Typed manuscript (mimeograph) "Soil, Forest, and Water Conservation in China, Israel, Africa, and the United States," oral history interview (703 pages in two volumes) conducted by Malca Chall for the Regional Oral History Office at the University of California at Berkeley, illustrated, 1969, Berkeley, California. Also included is a typed manuscript (mimeograph) "The Heavens Cooperate," by Inez M. Lowdermilk.

Biographical / Historical

Walter C. Lowdermilk (1888-1974): agronomist; helped to found the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Agriculture Dept., and was its associate chief (1933-1939) and assistant chief (1939-1947); worked as consultant on conservation projects in China, Israel, Yugoslavia, Japan; president of American Geophysical Union (1941-1944); author.

Title
Guide to the Walter Clay Lowdermilk Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Janet Elaine Gertz
Date
September 1981
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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