23 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Water.

  1. Michael Wolf Straus papers, 1879-1968

    2,100 items. 29 containers. 14 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Journalist and public official. Correspondence, speeches and statements by Straus and other Department of the Interior officials, and printed material relating chiefly to Straus's service as commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Includes material concerning Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.

  2. George W. Norris papers, 1864-1954

    256,000 items. 571 containers. 230 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    U.S. representative and senator from Nebraska. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notebooks, subject files, printed materials, scrapbooks, maps, charts, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to Nebraska and national politics. Includes material on conservation, development of river valleys, Norris's political campaigns, role in the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority, his stand on both world wars, and his services as chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

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  3. Irving Langmuir papers, 1871-1957

    32,000 items. 107 containers plus 4 oversize. 42.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Chemist. Correspondence, diaries, experimental notebooks, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material containing data that led to scientific developments such as the gas-filled incandescent lamp, the high vacuum power tube, atomic hydrogen welding, and screening smoke generators for the armed forces. Includes material on cloud seeding experiments and smoked bathythermograph records obtained at Lake George, N.Y. Also includes material relating to Langmuir’s student years.