FM MSS 13
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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: | Maddock, Thomas, 1882-1971 |
| Title: | Thomas Maddock Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1902-1971 |
| Quantity: | 22 Boxes (7.5 Linear Feet) |
| Abstract: | The collection consists of 22 boxes of correspondence, documents, articles, publications, diaries, and newspaper clippings documenting the Colorado River Controversy, the Gila River Irrigation District, the San Carlos Irrigation District, the Central Arizona Project (CAP), politics, and Thomas Maddock's engineering career. |
| Identification: | FM MSS 13 |
| Language: | Material in English |
| Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist! |
Born in Roanoke, Virginia in 1882, Thomas Maddock came to Arizona in 1898 from Newcastle, Pennsylvania. A Republican from Coconino County, he was elected to the first Arizona Legislature and later served as Secretary and State Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party. He served as Arizona State Highway Engineer from 1917 to 1922 and was a member of the Colorado River Commission from 1923 to 1928. He also served as an engineer and general manager of the Gila Valley Irrigation District at Safford from 1939 until his retirement in 1967. Thomas Maddock died in Phoenix in 1971.
The collection consists of 22 boxes of correspondence, documents, articles, publications, diaries, and newspaper clippings documenting the Colorado River Controversy, the Gila River Irrigation District, the San Carlos Irrigation District, politics, and Thomas Maddock's engineering career.
Edith (Maddock) Clark, Thomas Maddock's sister, donated the materials in boxes 16 through 22. These boxes consist entirely of materials dealing with the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and include newsclippings, publications, and government documents.
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Approximately 800 books from the Maddock Collection are catalogued separately.
[Identification of item], Thomas Maddock Papers, FM MSS 13, Arizona State University Library.
The Arizona Historical Foundation transferred these materials to the Arizona Collection in 2012.
| Series I: Personal | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Personal File, 1969, 1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | World War I Records: Letters to Children | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Thomas Maddock, Jr. and Frank Maddock (Sons) | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Organizations and Clubs: American Legion, Rotary, Elks, and Shriners | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence: Letters of Commendation, 1902-1968 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence: Engineering Records | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Income Tax Records: Federal and State | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Speeches, Undated (Rough Drafts and Notes) | |||||||||
| Series II: Colorado River Controversy | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence: General (1926-1935); John F. Stevens, Consulting Engineer (1928-1929), 1926-1935 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Correspondence: Senator Hayden, 1923-1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | General, 1944-1966 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Correspondence, 1927-1966 | |||||||||
| Correspondents include Frank and Blake Brophy (1963); H. W. Crozier (1927-1931); Northcutt Ely (1946-1962); Barry Goldwater (1953-1966); and Sidney Kartus (1955). | |||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Correspondence, 1956-1965 | |||||||||
| Correspondents and subjects include Charles E. Corker (1957-1960); Rifkind Repor (1958-1965); Railroad to Page Dam (1956); and Glen Canyon Dam (1961). | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence and Editorial Clippings, 1944-1948 | |||||||||
| John K. Akers, ed.; Arizona Builder and Contractor. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Correspondence: Major W. W. Midgley,, 1946-1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Correspondence: Paul V. Richards, Holbrook Tribune, 1947-1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Correspondence: G. E. Smith, 1945-1960 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Published Articles and Editorials by Maddock | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Editorials, Speeches, and Notes, 1947-1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Miscellaneous Papers and Reports | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Central Arizona Project: Mexico-U.S. Treaty, 1942-1945 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Central Arizona Project: Hayden Papers | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Central Arizona Project: Correspondence, 1943 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Central Arizona Project: Miscellaneous Articles and Congressional Records, 1950-1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Central Arizona Project: Arguments on Public Power | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Colorado River Board of California Correspondence, 1964-1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Jacobsen, Bernard F. Biographical File, 1927-1951 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Jacobsen-Maddock Correspondence, 1927-1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Jacobsen-Maddock Correspondence Regarding Senator Hayden and Flood Control, 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Jacobsen, Bernard F.: Reports, Navajo Bridge Dam, Boulder Dam, Gila River Flood Control, 1959 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Water Power Possibilities on Little Colorado River | |||||||||
| Series III: Gila Valley Irrigation District | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Correspondence, Minutes, and Papers, 1939-1944 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1A | Correspondence, Minutes, and Papers, 1941-1943 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1B | Correspondence, Minutes, and Papers, 1951-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1C | Correspondence, Minutes, and Papers, 1957-1959 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1D | Correspondence, Minutes, and Papers, 1960-1967 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Canal Companies Legal Papers, 1905-1945 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | San Carlos Irrigation and Gila Valley Irrigation District, 1930-1945 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | New Mexico, U.S. vs. Gila Valley Irrigation District, 1939-1941 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Phelps Dodge Corporation Agreements, 1943-1954 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Gila River Water and Greenlee County Decree, 1936 April 27 | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Miscellaneous Papers, Bills, Agreements, Maps, and Clippings, 1916-1964 | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | Arizona State Highway Commission: Bylas Bridge, 1956-1960 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District Correspondence, 1940-1963 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Safford Water Conservation District. Suit: Gila Valley Irrigation District vs. Town of Safford, 1948-1956 | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Safford Valley: Maps, Geological Notes, and Specifications | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Safford Valley: Reports, Statistics, and Miscellaneous, 1964 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Colorado River Commission: Correspondence and Reports, 1928-1942 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Ground Water: Correspondence and Supreme Court Decision, 1951-1953 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | Ground Water Codes: Senate-House Bills, Drafts, and Comments, 1946-1951 | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | Water Users’ Association. Salt River Valley, Salt River Project | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | Water Users’ Association. Verde River Irrigation and Power District, 1933 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | Water Users’ Association Yuma Project. Welton Mohawk, 1918-1965 | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | Reclamation-Arizona Report. Correspondence, 1946-1956 | |||||||||
| Series IV: Politics | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | State and National: Republican | |||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Bricker Amendment, United Nations. Correspondence and Clippings, 1952 | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 | Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers: Jack Williams, Henry Jackson, Al Harter, and Senator Knowland, 1947-1955 | |||||||||
| 9 | 4 | Correspondence: Columbus Giragi, Colorado River | |||||||||
| 9 | 5 | State and National: Correspondence and Papers | |||||||||
| 9 | 6 | Correspondence: Senator Goldwater Regarding Colorado River Controversy | |||||||||
| Series V: Engineering | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | U.S. Army Engineers, 1946 | |||||||||
| 10 | 2 | U.S. Geological Survey, 1934-1957 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | U.S. Soil Conservation, Flood Control | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | Arizona State Engineer. General Order, 1921 | |||||||||
| 10 | 5 | Soil Conservation: Salt Cedar, Sedimentation. Clippings | |||||||||
| 10 | 6 | Phreatophytes: Publications, Symposium | |||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 11 | Maddock's Engineering Notebooks | ||||||||||
| Series VI: Diaries | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | Diary, 1902-1905 | |||||||||
| 12 | 2 | Diary, 1906-1909 | |||||||||
| 12 | 3 | Diary, 1910-1914 | |||||||||
| 12 | 4 | Diary, 1915-1920 | |||||||||
| 12 | 5 | Diary, 1921-1929 | |||||||||
| 12 | 6 | Diary, 1930-1937 | |||||||||
| 12 | 7 | Diary, 1942-1945 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | Diary, 1946-1949 | |||||||||
| 13 | 2 | Diary, 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 13 | 3 | Diary, 1953-1956 | |||||||||
| 13 | 4 | Diary, 1957-1960 | |||||||||
| 13 | 5 | Diary, 1961-1966 | |||||||||
| Series VII: Newspaper Clippings Regarding the Colorado River | |||||||||||
| Box | Packet | ||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | Colorado River Project, 1950-1960 | |||||||||
| 14 | 2 | Articles in Holbrook Tribune, 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 14 | 3 | Colorado River Compact, 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 14 | 4 | Colorado River Contract, 1944 | |||||||||
| 14 | 5 | Colorado River Suit. Judge S. Rifkind Report, 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 14 | 6 | Pen Avery Articles, 1960 | |||||||||
| 14 | 7 | Colorado River Project, 1960s | |||||||||
| 14 | 8 | Graham County Guardian, 1962 July | |||||||||
| Series VIII: Newspaper Clippings Regarding the Colorado River Controversy | |||||||||||
| Box | Packet | ||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | Gila River Project. Buttes Dam, 1956 | |||||||||
| 15 | 2 | California Water Controversy. Arizona Republic, 1963 | |||||||||
| Series IX: Central Arizona Project | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | Correspondence, 1928-1965 | |||||||||
| 16 | 2 | Documents: Federal, 1927-1928 | |||||||||
| 16 | 3 | Documents: General, 1948-1961 | |||||||||
| 16 | 4 | Documents: State, 1927-1971 | |||||||||
| 16 | 5 | Maps | |||||||||
| 16 | 6 | Newsclippings, 1917-1938 | |||||||||
| 16 | 7 | Newsclippings, 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 8 | Newsclippings, 1941-1943 | |||||||||
| 16 | 9 | Newsclippings, 1944 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 17 | 1 | Newsclippings, 1947 January-June (1 of 3) | |||||||||
| 17 | 2 | Newsclippings, 1947 July-August (2 of 3) | |||||||||
| 17 | 3 | Newsclippings, 1947 September-December (3 of 3) | |||||||||
| 17 | 4 | Newsclippings, 1948 January-June (1 of 2) | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 18 | 1 | Newsclippings, 1948 July-December (2 of 2) | |||||||||
| 18 | 2 | Newsclippings, 1949 January-March (1 of 2) | |||||||||
| 18 | 3 | Newsclippings, 1949 April-December (2 of 2) | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | Newsclippings, 1950 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 19 | 1 | Newsclippings, 1951 January-April (1 of 2) | |||||||||
| 19 | 2 | Newsclippings, 1951 May-December (2 of 2) | |||||||||
| 19 | 3 | Newsclippings, 1952 January-March (1 of 2) | |||||||||
| 19 | 4 | Newsclippings, 1952 April-December (2 of 2) | |||||||||
| 19 | 5 | Newsclippings, 1953 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 20 | 1 | Newsclippings, 1954 | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | Newsclippings, 1955 | |||||||||
| 20 | 3 | Newsclippings, 1956 | |||||||||
| 20 | 4 | Newsclippings, 1957 January-August (1 of 2) | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 21 | 1 | Newsclippings, 1957 October-December (2 of 2) | |||||||||
| 21 | 2 | Newsclippings, 1958 | |||||||||
| 21 | 3 | Newsclippings, 1959 | |||||||||
| 21 | 4 | Newsclippings, 1960 | |||||||||
| 21 | 5 | Newsclippings, 1961 | |||||||||
| 21 | 6 | Newsclippings, 1964 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 22 | 1 | Pamphlets, 1946-1961 | |||||||||
| 22 | 2 | Proceedings of Conference of Governors, 1927 | |||||||||
| 22 | 3 | Publications, 1923-1941 | |||||||||
| 22 | 4 | Reports, 1937-1948 | |||||||||
| 22 | 5 | Speeches, 1925-1928 | |||||||||