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Elwood Mead (January 16, 1858 – January 26, 1936) was an American professor, government official, and engineer known for heading the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1924 until his death in 1936. During his tenure, he oversaw some of the most complex projects the Bureau of Reclamation has undertaken. These included the Hoover, Grand Coulee and Owyhee dams. (From Wikipedia) More about Elwood Mead:
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2 additional books about Elwood Mead in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) The Elwood Mead Professorship of Engineering at Colorado State University. (College of Engineering, Colorado State University, 1973), by Warren A. Hall and Colorado State University. College of Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)- Frank Adams, University of California, on irrigation, reclamation and water administration : transcript, 1958. (University of California, 1958), by Frank Adams, Willa K. Baum, and Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by Elwood Mead: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: The Construction of Hoover Dam: Preliminary Investigations, Design of Dam, and Progress of Construction (Washington: GPO, 1933), also by Ray L. Wilbur and United States Department of the Interior
Additional books by Elwood Mead in the extended shelves:- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Agricultural development in Palestine (London : Zionist Executive, [1924], 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Annual report of irrigation and drainage investigations ... 1900-1904. (Govt. print. off., 1902), also by United States Office of Experiment Stations (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Collateral reading in irrigation institutions arranged by Elwood Mead. (Dept. of University Extension in Agriculture, University of California, 1906), also by University of California Agricultural Extension Service (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Colonization and rural development in California (University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1922), also by California Agricultural Experiment Station (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Government aid and direction in land settlement; an address by Dr. Elwood Mead ... Read at the 1916 session of the Colorado farmers' congress at Fort Collins, Colorado. (Printed and distributed by courtesy of the United States national bank, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Helping men own farms : a practical discussion of government aid in land settlement (Macmillan, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: How California is helping people own farms and rural homes (University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1920), also by California Agricultural Experiment Station (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Irrigation in northern Italy ... (Govt. print. off., 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Irrigation in the United States : Testimony of Elwood Mead, Irrigation Expert in Charge, before the United States Industrial Commission, June 11 and 12, 1901. (G.P.O., 1901), also by United States Office of Experiment Stations and United States. Industrial Commission on Agriculture and Agricultural Labor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Irrigation institutions; a discussion of the economic and legal questions created by the growth of irrigated agriculture in the West (Macmillan Co.;, 1903) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Irrigation institutions : a discussion of the economic and legal questions created by the growth of irrigated agriculture in the West (The Macmillan Company ;, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Land settlement and rural credits; statement of the need for an investigation ([Berkeley, Calif., 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Lining of ditches and reservoirs to prevent seepage losses (Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907), also by Bernard A. Etcheverry (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: The new forty-niners ([New York, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Placing soldiers on farm colonies ([Philadelphia, 1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: A plan for reclaiming and peopling the mesa lands bordering the Imperial Irrigation District (University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Progress report of the production and distribution of milk (University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1917) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Reading courses in irrigation (University of California, College of Agricluture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1906) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Report of irrigation investigations for 1901. (Govt. Print. Off., 1902), also by United States Office of Experiment Stations (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Report of irrigation investigations in California (Govt. Print. Off., 1901), also by United States Office of Experiment Stations, James D. Schuyler, Edward M. Boggs, Carl Ewald Grunsky, Frank Soulé, Charles D. Marx, Joseph M. Wilson, Marsden Manson, and William E. Smythe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Report of irrigation investigations in California (Govt. Print. Off., 1901), also by United States Office of Experiment Stations and William Ellsworth Smythe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Report of the All-American Canal Board. Dr. Elwood Mead, W. W. Schlecht, C. E. Grunsky on a canal located entirely within the United States from the Colorado River at Laguna Dam into the Imperial Valley, California, July 22, 1919, together with the Report of the engineer in charge of surveys and examinations, Porter J. Preston, June 17, 1919 (G.P.O., 1920), also by All-American Canal System (U.S.). Board, Porter J. Preston, Imperial Irrigation District (Calif.). Community and Special Services Section, and United States Department of the Interior (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Report of the American section of the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico : message from the President of the United States transmitting report submitted by the American section of the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1930), also by International Water Commission (U.S. and Mexico) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Report of the Commission on land colonization and rural credits of the state of California. November 29, 1916. (California state printing office, 1916), also by California. Commission on Land Colonization and Rural Credits (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Report of the Commission on Land Colonization and Rural Credits of the state of California. November 29, 1916. (California State Print. Off., 1916), also by California. Commission on Land Colonization and Rural Credits (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Reports of the experts submitted to the Joint Palestine survey commission ... ([Press of Daniels printing co., incorporated], 1928), also by Joint Palestine Survey Commission, Leo Wolman, Knowles Augustus Ryerson, Edward J. Russell, M. J. Rosenau, Jacob Goodale Lipman, Cyril Q. Henriques, John Campbell, and Frank Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Reports on the engineering, agricultural, and economic feasibility of the Kittitas division, Yakima project, Washington, Baker project, Oregon, Vale project, Oregon, Owyhee project, Oregon-Idaho, Spanish Springs project, Nevada, Great Salt Lake basin project, Utah, Willwood division, Shoshone project, Wyoming (Govt. print. off., 1925), also by United States Bureau of Reclamation (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Review of irrigation investigations for 1903 (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, 1903), also by United States Office of Experiment Stations (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Rise and future of irrigation in the United States. ([Washington, D.C., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: The rural credit system needed in western development ([Berkeley?, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: The scope and purpose of the irrigation investigations of the office of experiment stations. ([Washington, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Some typical reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain States (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: State aid in land settlement (California state printing off., 1915) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Summary of soldier settlements in English-speaking countries (Govt. print. off., 1919), also by United States Reclamation Service (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Summary of soldier settlements in English-speaking countries, Elwood Mead, consulting engineer, U. S. Reclamation service. (Govt. print. off., 1918), also by United States Reclamation Service and United States Bureau of Reclamation (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Systematic aid to settlers the first need in irrigation development. (1914), also by Colo.) Irrigation Conference (1914 : Denver (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Text book for reading course in irrigation practice (1906) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Textbook for reading course in irrigation practice (Dept. of University Extension in Agriculture, University of California, 1906) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936: Wyoming as an agricultural state; address on the reclamationof the arid lands before the Cheyenne Chamber of commerce, Jan. 16, 1894 (Tribune job print, 1894), also by Wy) Chamber of commerce (Cheyenne (page images at HathiTrust)
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