| Abstract: | The Rich Johnson Papers contain diaries, notes, correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, press releases, newsclippings, bills, study reports, seminar texts, audio tapes, and subject files dating from 1935 to 1986. The bulk of the material dates from 1961 to 1984 and documents the efforts of a state level organization to obtain the passage of federal legislation to authorize, fund, and build a large reclamation project. It also shows attempts to fairly administer and allocate the products of that project. | |