Archives West Finding Aid

When the Idaho Water Resource Board was created as a State agency in 1965 its eight members were George L. Crookham, Jr., Leonard E. Graham, Dr. Evan M. Kackley, Charles J. Marshall, Arlie L. Parkins, Edward Reichert, John Streiff, and George L. Yost. Charged with formulating and implementing a State Water Plan, constructing and operating water projects, appropriating public waters and acquiring real property for water projects, the minutes of the board reflect their methods of fulfilling that charge.

Included with the minutes are legislation, correspondence, reports, and budgets. A selected list of this material follows. The number in parentheses is a reference to the folder in which the material is found. The first twenty-four meetings of the board were numbered consecutively, therefore (15th) indicates the material will be found in the folder for the fifteenth meeting. Beginning in 1968 the meetings were numbered by indicating the number of the meeting within the calendar year, therefore(3-68) refers to the third meeting in 1968. The contents of several miscellaneous IWRB folders are listed following the list of material found with the minutes.

The Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission is composed of representatives from the states of Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming and from ten federal departments. In addition to the official minutes of the meetings each folder contains minutes of subcommittees, copies of correspondence, reports, and speeches. Material concerning the PNRBC prior to December 1970 can be found in the following folders of the Idaho Water Research Board (Series I): 23d meeting, 5-69, 4-70, 6-70, and 8-70. In the following list the number in parentheses indicates the number of the meeting in which the material is found. There are several folders from the PNRBC program development committee and also several miscellaneous folders in this series, the contents of which are described following the list of material found with the minutes.

John Streiff was also active in other water related organizations. The records for each individual organization are contained in separate folders, the contents of which are briefly described below.

In addition to the legislative material contained in other series, there is also a separate folder labeled "Legislative Material." This folder contains state and federal legislation, and some typescripts of proposed legislation, all dealing with water resources. The material spans the years 1968-1976. Only legislation introduced in either state or federal legislatures is listed below.

Although most folders, especially those dealing with specific projects, contain newspaper clippings and reprints of articles, John Streiff also had a separate file of articles and clippings dealing with the more general water resource information. The numerous newspaper clippings span the years 1964-1976; the reprints of journal articles are listed below.

Whereas the correspondence in the other series consists of copies of third party letters sent to Streiff for his information, the letters in these folders directly involve Streiff either as writer or recipient. Although the file cards indicate whether the letters are incoming or outgoing, that distinction is not made in the following list, only the year of the letter is given. Almost without exception, the letters deal with water resources matters.

The information in the water resource projects listed below includes correspondence, legal material, newspaper clippings, and reprints of journal articles. In addition to the material in this series, there is also additional information in Series I, and occasionally Series II. The location of this material is indicated in parentheses after the list of contents.

These folders also deal with the Idaho Water Resource Board Studies, but contain mainly legal or legislative material, with some correspondence. Locations of material in Series I which pertain to items in this series are listed in parentheses following the contents of each folder.

The final series in this collection is a box of miscellaneous publications. Included are preliminary drafts of reports, journals, and. in-depth studies of water resources problems.