TITLE: Robert Sauder Yuma Irrigation Research Collection

DATE RANGE: 1900 – 1930

CALL NUMBER: Y-MS 55

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 2 linear feet (4 boxes)

PROVENANCE: Donated by Robert Sauder, 2014.

COPYRIGHT: The Historical Society does not own the copyright to this collection due to the multiple sources of the materials. It is incumbent upon the researcher to obtain permission to publish, exhibit or broadcast material from the various sources represented in this collection.

RESTRICTIONS: This collection is unrestricted.

CREDIT LINE: Robert Sauder Yuma Irrigation Research Collection, Y-MS 55, Arizona Historical Society- Rio Colorado Division

PROCESSED BY: Benjamin Findley, August 2014

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Robert A Sauder PhD is Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of New Orleans. He is the author of several books concerning water usage in the southwestern .

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: This collection contains research materials compiled by Prof. Sauder for his book The Yuma Reclamation Project: Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along The Lower Colorado River. This collection contains no original materials. These materials are copies of documents drawn from a wide range of repositories. The material is organized in the donor’s order - by the source of the material.

CONTAINER LIST:

Box Folder Title Dates 1 1 Smithsonian Annual Reports 1901 – 1922 2 Soil Surveys 1902 – 1905 3 Arizona State Library 1907 – 1921 4 Water Resource Center, University of 1904 – 1905 Berkley (1 of 2) 5 Water Resource Center, University of California n.d. Berkley (2 of 2) 6 Huntington Library 1902 – 1904 7 Bancroft Library 1890 – 1966 8 California State Library 1904 – 1913

Robert Sauder Yuma Irrigation Research Collection – 1 of 3 9 Work of the Yuma Reclamation Project 1913 – 1920 10 Arizona State University 1851 – 1979 11 University of Arizona 1892 12 Reclamation Reports (1 of 2) 1902 – 1919 2 1 Reclamation Reports (2 of 2) 1914 – 1924 2 Government Documents (1 of 3) 1916 – 1946 3 Government Documents (2 of 3) 1904 – 1930 4 Government Documents (3 of 3) 1935 – 1976 5 Yuma Valley Railroad 1990 6 Water Maps n.d. 7 Fort Yuma Indian Agency 1981 8 Serial Set Records 1883 – 1884 9 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1078 File 150 10 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1078 File 148 11 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1908 Box 1078 File 150 12 National Archives, RG 115 1909 – 1919 Box 1087 File 153 13 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1088 File 154A 3 1 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1088 File 154 2 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1088 File 154A 3 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1089 File 154D 4 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1100 File 546 5 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1100 File 560 6 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1101 File 560A 7 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1101 File 560A1 8 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1101 File 560A1 9 National Archives, RG 115 1902 – 1919 Box 1101 File 560A 10 National Archives, RG 115 n.d. Box 1104 File 560A6 11 National Archives, RG 115 1907 – 1909 Box 1104 File 560B 12 National Archives, RG 115 n.d.

Robert Sauder Yuma Irrigation Research Collection – 2 of 3 Box 1105 File 560C 13 Yuma Projects Office Library 1910 – 1930 14 National Archives, 1989, n.d. Pacific Southwest Region, General Information 15 National Archives, 1919 Pacific Southwest Region, RG 21 Box 16 Case 74 16 National Archives, 1919 Pacific Southwest Region, RG 21 Box 17 Case 74 17 National Archives, 1943 – 1944 Pacific Southwest Region, RG 48 Box 29 File 47 18 National Archives, n.d. Pacific Southwest Region, RG 48 Box 27 File 47 4 1 National Archives, 1911 – 1920 Pacific Southwest Region, RG 75 Box 44 2 National Archives, 1910 Pacific Southwest Region, RG 75 Homesteads Under the Reclamation Act 3 National Archives, 1921 – 1924 Pacific Southwest Region, RG 75 Box 45 Superintendent’s Annual Reports 4 National Archives, 1923 – 1935 Pacific Southwest Region, RG 75 Box 48 Land Allotment Files 5 National Archives, 1911 – 1957 Pacific Southwest Region, RG 75 Irrigation and Water Rights Case Files 6 Bureau of Indian Affairs 2000 7 Yuma Project Land Records n.d. 8 Master Title Plats n.d. 9 Microfilm Reels n.d. 10 Microfilm Reels n.d. 11 Microfilm Reels n.d. 12 Microfilm Reels n.d. 13 Microfilm Reels n.d.

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