Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee. Upper Colorado River Storage Project, 1955-1957

The John J. Rhodes Papers consist of correspondence, reports, financial and travel records, and printed matter documenting Rhodes' Congressional career from 1953 to 1983. Significant portions of the collection show the Central Arizona Project, issues regarding Native Americans, campaign activities, legislation that Rhodes sponsored, water, energy policy, Watergate, and Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign. The collection has been divided into eighteen series. The first fifteen series house materials created in the Congress held between 1953 and 1983. The final three series are Series XVI: Campaign Files, Series XVII: Central Arizona Project, and Series XVIII: Miscellaneous Files.