Município de Loreto; "Ilha de Balsas" region between the Balsas & Parnaíba Rivers. At south edge of "Chapada Alta" plateau top 6 km NW of community of Santa Bárbara on Parnaíba River shore. "Lagoa Simiana", treeless, shrubless area of 6 ha due to poor soil drainage set, Maranhão, Brazil, South America - Neotropics
The papers contain a scrapbook, 1903-1912; publications of C. G. Elliot, head of the USDA's drainage work; papers and reports on drainage pumping plants, tile, and ditches, 1916-1920, 1926, 1931; and historical studies of drainage work, 1937-1938, 1947,1957,1961.
Arrangement:
1 series.
Biographical / Historical:
John G. Sutton was a drainage engineer for the soil conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
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