Rich Johnson Papers

The Rich Johnson Papers contain diaries, notes, correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, press releases, newsclippings, bills, study reports, seminar texts, audio tapes, and subject files dating from 1935 to 1986. The bulk of the material dates from 1961 to 1984 and documents the efforts of a state level organization to obtain the passage of federal legislation to authorize, fund, and build a large reclamation project. It also shows attempts to fairly administer and allocate the products of that project.

Series I: Central Arizona Project Files (1953-1986) houses diaries, notes, correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, and printed matter describing the Project's history from early in the campaign for approval until the completion of construction. This series has been divided into seven sub-series: Sub-Series A: Diaries, Sub-Series B: Conference Notes, Sub-Series C: Correspondence, Sub-Series D: Memoranda, Sub-Series E: Speeches and Articles, Sub-Series F: Newsclippings, and Sub-Series G: Printed Matter.

Series II: Subject Files (1935-1986) contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, bills, study reports, seminar texts, and printed matter that served Rich Johnson as reading files or as educational materials regarding the Central Arizona Project. This series has been divided into six sub-series: Sub-Series A: Water Allocations, Sub-Series B: Plan 6: Financing, Sub-Series C: Orme Dam, Sub-Series D: Legislation, Sub-Series E: Study Reports, and Sub-Series F: Miscellaneous Subjects. Box 21, Folders 6-7 and Box 22, Folders 1-3 consist primarily of copies of correspondence and memoranda (including enclosures) exchanged between other persons regarding the Project.

Series III: Audio Recordings (Undated) contains a Central Arizona Project Association contracting study and recordings relating to miscellaneous other subjects.