urn:taro:utexas.cah.02765 A Guide to the A. H. Dunlap Papers, 1935, 1942-1943 Original EAD encoding by Evan Usler according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. May 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Dunlap, A. H. A. H. Dunlap Papers 1935, 1942-1943 Materials are written in English. 70-67 2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Meeting minutes and printed addresses comprise the A. H. Dunlap Papers, 1935, 1942-1943, documenting Dunlap’s career as Commissioner of the Pecos River Compact Commission. Biographical Note

A. H. Dunlap was a Commissioner for the Pecos River Compact Commission and a member of the Texas Board of Water engineers. The Pecos River Compact Commission administers the Pecos River Compact, an agreement between New Mexico and Texas, to ensure Texas receives water from the Pecos River.

Texas Commission of Environmental Quality. Pecos River Compact Commission. Accessed May 19, 2011. http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/permitting/water_supply/water_rights/pecos.html.

 Scope and Contents

Meeting minutes and printed addresses comprise the A. H. Dunlap Papers, 1935, 1942-1943, documenting Dunlap’s career as Commissioner of the Pecos River Compact Commission. Addresses discuss ground water resources in Texas (1935) and irrigation experiments in guayule production in West Texas (1942). Also included are minutes and proceedings of the Pecos River Compact Commission (1943), and surveys and plat maps of various Texas and New Mexico valleys and counties.

 Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Dunlap, A. H. -- Archives. Subjects (organizations) Pecos River Compact Commission (Tex.) Subjects Water resources development -- Pecos River (N.M. and Tex.) Water-supply -- Texas. Guayule -- Research -- United States. Places Pecos River (N.M. and Tex.) Preferred Citation

A. H. Dunlap Papers, 1935, 1942-1943, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

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.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3J336 Addresses: Ground Water Resources of Texas,1935 Guayule Information for West Texas, 1942 Minutes of Meeting Pecos River Compact Commission, 1943