Series

Jackson - Professional Papers

• 1917-1937; Undated (Creation)

17 folders

1/3: "Secretary" [office of A. D. Jackson] to Mr. Richard S. Green, June 24, 1922

1/4: Correspondence, 1926-1930
-[A. D. Jackson] and Jno. M. Lawrence to Board of Engineers for River and Harbors, April 9, 1926
-Judge Escar Floyd to A. D. Jackson, June 3, 1927
-Mr. [Fred] Doellner to Judge Escar Floyd, June 1, 1927
-A. D. Jackson to Judge Escar Floyd, June 6, 1927
-A. D. Jackson and Jno. M. Lawrence to committee on legislation and all members of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation Association, April 24, 1929
-Leonard Tillotson to A. D. Jackson, February 8, 1930

1/5: Correspondence, 1931-1934
-A. D. Jackson to Mr. Lewis Mims, February 6, 1931
-Chief Clerk [H. L. Heddington] to Mr. Otis Miller, February 5, 1931
-A. D. Jackson to Mr. Otis Miller, February 6, 1931
-County Judge, Jones County [Otis Miller] to Hon. C. M. Caldwell, February 12, 1931
-Temple Board of Development, [Henry Dunlavy and Walter R. Humphry] to Mr. A. D. Jackson; Personal notes on back, December 14, 1934

1/6: Correspondence, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to Mr. A. D. Jackson, March 18, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to Mr. A. D. Jackson, April 10, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to Mr. A. D. Jackson, April 21, 1935
-F. D. Dagget to Mr. A. D. Jackson, July 24, 1935
-Chas. E. Coombes to Mr. A. D. Jackson, September 20, 1935

1/7: Correspondence, 1927-1934
-Leonard Tillotson to Hon. Claude Pollard, September 10, 1927
-Leonard Tillotson to The Board of Directors, Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, May 7, 1930
-J. P. Buchanan to The Members of the Board of Directors, Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, May 16, 1930
-J. P Buchanan to Mr. [Lewis] Mims, December 19, 1934
-Mr. [Lewis] Mims to The Directors of the Brazos River, December 28, 1934
-Mr. [Lewis] Mims to J. P. Buchanan, December 29, 1934

1/8: Correspondence, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to Mr. L. Mims: Including a Copy of Financial Report of Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District; Copy of Brazos funds of Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District; Copy of Publicity Bureau of Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, February 28, 1935
-State of Texas to [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] FDR, March 14, 1935
-Walter R. Humphrey to the Directors of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, March 20, 1935
-L[ewis]. Mims to Honorable Morris Sheppard, April 15, 1935
-L[ewis]. Mims to Honorable Sheppard, Connally, Cross, and Johnson of D. C., April 10, 1935
-Index to Preliminary Brazos Report Volume 1, Undated
-Henry Dunlavy to Walter R. Humphrey and John A. Morris, April 16, 1935

1/9: Expense reports from Brazos River Reclamation Association to A. D. Jackson for expenses incurred in two trips to Austin and for office expenses, [July 13, 1929; July 23, 1929]

1/10: Legislative Bills, Undated
-Copy of Bill creating the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, Undated
-Rewritten Bill for the creation of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District by the 39th Legislature of Texas H.B. No. 197, Undated
-"A Bill To Be Entitled" by. Barron Tillotson
-"A Bill" and copy 2 pages
-"A Bill" introduced by Mr. Buchanan ["The Buchanan Bill," H. R. 9335, 71st Congress 2nd Session. "A bill to establish in the Department of the interior a National Reclamation Control Service"], January 30, 1930

1/11: Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors on the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District meeting minutes, February 3, 1930; May 5, 1930

1/12: Copies of the information and planned use of House Bill [of the State of Texas] 1937 (?); "The Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District," [1929?]

1/13: Committee Reports, 1929, Undated
-"Program of Southwest Conference on Soil and Water Conservation," June 20-21, 1929
-"State Soil and Water Conservation Committees for Texas," Undated
-"Report of Program, Committee of Southwestern Soil and Water Conservation Conference," June 20, 1929

1/14: Research Notes, Undated
-"Flood Control and Reclamation," Undated
-"Reclaiming Rich Lands in Populated Areas," Undated
-Other personal notes and research, Undated

1/15: Brazos Project Outline and Notes, Undated
-"Outline [of Brazos River Project]"
-"The amendment to the Texas Constitution voted on August 20, 1917…"
-"The Conservation of Soil and Water in Texas"

1/16: Reports, Undated
-"Suggestions on Mangum Terracing" by E. W. Lehman
-"The Brazos River District"
-Handwritten account of damages done by Brazos floodwaters, Undated
-"What is a Second Foot of Water - What is it Worth? What are Water Saving Terraces?"
-"Conference on Water Conservation and Flood Control"
-"Declaration - From uncontrolled floodwater"
-"If and When Completed" by S. A. Thompson
-"The Now Conception of Flood Control"

1/17: Newspaper Clippings, 1924, 1925, Undated
-"Conservation of Water Urged at Association Meeting in Fort Worth,", October 2, 1924
-"The Home Towner…" by W. R. H., April 20, 1935
-"Enormous Loss of Soil,", Undated
-"The Walled Kingdom That Blocks Texas' New Road," Undated

1/18: Maps, Undated
-Map of Texas Counties and all Texas Agricultural Experiment Substations in 1930, split into 7 regions
-Flood Control Project Sacramento, California River Map, Undated

1/19: Charts, Average Monthly Rainfall at 25 points in Texas: Undated