urn:taro:utexas.cah.02265 A Guide to the John J. Ledbetter Papers, 1950-1958 Original EAD encoding by Bethany Anderson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Ledbetter, John J., 1901-1963 Ledbetter, John J., Papers 1950-1958 Materials are written in English. 64-33 3 ft., 6 in Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Consisting of correspondence, reports, bulletins, a map, newspaper clippings, and photographs, the John J. Ledbetter Papers, 1950-1958, document Ledbetter’s involvement in the Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee (AWRBIAC) and the Red River Compact Commission during the 1950s. Biographical Note

An engineer by profession, John J. Ledbetter (1901-1963) served as Texas Governor Allan Shivers’ representative for the Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee around the 1950s.

Source:

Railroad Commission of Texas Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee Records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Accessed January 28, 2011. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/20081/tsl-20081.html.

 Scope and Contents

Consisting of correspondence, reports, bulletins, a map, newspaper clippings, and photographs, the John J. Ledbetter Papers, 1950-1958, document Ledbetter’s involvement in the Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee (AWRBIAC) and the Red River Compact Commission during the 1950s. Reports from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the AWRBIAC discuss the history, archaeology, geography, and hydrographic survey data of the Arkansas-White-Red river basins. Correspondence, bulletins, photographs, and newspaper clippings concern agricultural appropriations, flood control, pollution, and the conservation of natural resources. A map outlines land in Texas suitable for irrigation development.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Ledbetter, John J., 1901-1963 -- Archives Subjects (Organizations) Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee -- History -- 20th century Red River Compact Commission (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century United States. Army. Corps of Engineers -- History -- 20th century Subjects Conservation of natural resources -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Hydrographic surveying -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Irrigation -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Places Arkansas River Watershed -- History -- 20th century Red River Watershed (Tex.-La.) -- History -- 20th century Southern States -- History -- 20th century White River Watershed (Ark. and Mo.) -- History -- 20th century Preferred Citation

John J. Ledbetter Papers, 1950-1958, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

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