Land and power development in California, Greece, and Latin America
Contributors: Baum, Willa K.; Temko, Allan.; McWilliams, Carey, 1905-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: University of California Agricultural Extension Service; United States. Farm Security Administration; Central Valley Project (Calif.); Reclamation of land; Irrigation; Electric utilities -- Government ownership; Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico); Mexico -- History -- 1910-1946; Mexico -- Politics and government; Puerto Rico; Greece; Delhi State Land Settlement (Calif.)
Other titles: History of science and technology collection.
Description: Interviews conducted 1964-1966 by Willa K. Baum for Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library. Introduction by Allan Temko; personal reminiscences of Walter Packard by Carey McWilliams. Graduate work in soils and irrigation engineering, University of California; work in Imperial Valley Agricultural Experiment Station and Agricultural Extension Service, University of California; superintendent of Delhi Land Settlement Project; experiences on consulting jobs in Mexico; work with AAA, Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration; Central Valley Project; adviser to governor of Puerto Rico, 1945-1947; experiences in Greece, 1948-1954, as irrigation specialist, in foreign aid program; efforts on behalf of public power. Copies of photographs, clippings, and documents inserted and appended.
Table of contents: title: Partial interviews. Reel 1: May 4, 1964, track 1: 1533 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 2: May 11, 1964, track 1: 1520 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 3: Aug. 10, 1964, track 1: 1397 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 4: Aug. 17, 1964, track 1: 1023 ft., track 2: 855 ft. Interview notes also available.; title: Phonotapes: