Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of 22 boxes of correspondence, documents, articles, publications, diaries, and newspaper clippings documenting the Colorado River Controversy, the Gila River Irrigation District, the San Carlos Irrigation District, politics, and Thomas Maddock's engineering career.
Edith (Maddock) Clark, Thomas Maddock's sister, donated the materials in boxes 16 through 22. These boxes consist entirely of materials dealing with the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and include newsclippings, publications, and government documents.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1971
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Biographical Note
Born in Roanoke, Virginia in 1882, Thomas Maddock came to Arizona in 1898 from Newcastle, Pennsylvania. A Republican from Coconino County, he was elected to the first Arizona Legislature and later served as Secretary and State Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party. He served as Arizona State Highway Engineer from 1917 to 1922 and was a member of the Colorado River Commission from 1923 to 1928. He also served as an engineer and general manager of the Gila Valley Irrigation District at Safford from 1939 until his retirement in 1967. Thomas Maddock died in Phoenix in 1971.
Full extent
22 Box(es)
Full extent
7.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection consists of 22 boxes of correspondence, documents, articles, publications, diaries, and newspaper clippings documenting the Colorado River Controversy, the Gila River Irrigation District, the San Carlos Irrigation District, the Central Arizona Project (CAP), politics, and Thomas Maddock's engineering career.
Arrangement
This collection consists of twenty-two boxes divided into nine series:
- Series I: Personal
- Series II: Colorado River Controversy
- Series III: Gila Valley Irrigation District
- Series IV: Politics
- Series V: Engineering
- Series VI: Diaries
- Series VII: Newspaper Clippings Regarding the Colorado River
- Series VIII: Newspaper Clippings Regarding the Colorado River Controversy
- Series IX: Central Arizona Project
Provenance
The Arizona Historical Foundation transferred these materials to the Arizona Collection in 2012.
Separated Materials
Approximately 800 books from the Maddock Collection are catalogued separately.
Occupation
Topical
- Groundwater -- Arizona
- Water resources development -- Arizona
- Water resources development -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
- Water-power -- Arizona
- Water-power -- Little Colorado River (N.M. and Ariz.)
- Water-supply -- Arizona
- Water-supply -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
- Water-supply engineering -- Arizona
- Title
- Thomas Maddock Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Arizona Historical Foundation Staff
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Greater Arizona Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu