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Land use

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Wood Irish Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0362
Abstract

Civil engineer and surveyor. Diaries, surveyor notebooks, letterpress books, correspondence, postcards, terrain profiles, photographs, etc.

Dates: 1852-1927

Edwin Thomas Meredith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0121
Abstract

Attorney and Iowa state legislator. Subject files and correspondence concerning his business, family and political career. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence dealing with business conditions during the 1920s and W.W.II, politics, family life.

Dates: 1898-1949

James V. Gallagher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0327
Abstract

Iowa state legislator. Correspondence and subject files relating to his service in the Iowa house and senate. Issues range from abortion to apportionment, however Gallagher's primary interest were energy and conservation.

Dates: 1964-1984

Levi O. Leonard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0159
Abstract

Historian, journalist, railroad employee, and collector. Records, notes, correspondence, ledgers, financial accounts, legal papers, land profiles, etc. relating to the building and operation of the Union Pacific, Rock Island, and other railroads.

Dates: 1850-1942; Majority of material found within 1860-1889

Lokken Collection on Iowa Lands

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0268
Abstract

Historian of Iowa public land disposal. Petitioner's exhibits and briefs used before the Indian Claims Commission, mimeograph copies of the original field notes for much of Iowa, and computer printouts of data abstracted from Deed Record Books (including county surveys and surveys of Indigenous land).

Dates: 1833-1964; Majority of material found within 1838-1849

Roy E. Bazire Florida Environmental Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0493
Abstract

Environmental activist in Florida. Subject files, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, by-laws, published articles, etc., relating to conservation efforts and organizations in Southwest Florida . Much of the collection relates to the Environmental Confederation of South West Florida (ECOSWF) and the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Federation (SCCF).

Dates: 1955-1997; Majority of material found within 1970-1979