EA 170 US Environmental History

Curated for EA 170, this virtual exhibit contains digitized versions of materials found in Special Collections and the Western Water Archives.  These items are to help course students complete one of their Reflective Essay assignments.

Materials in this virtual exhibit include primary sources spanning 1893 to 2011 and cover a variety of topics including:

  • Dams and Floods
  • Colorado Aqueduct
  • Los Angeles Aqueduct
  • Los Angeles River
  • Mojave Desert/River
  • Salton Sea
  • Santa Ana River

Be sure to refer to the EA 170 course guide created for this class.  It contains a wealth of links to digitized content and descriptions of relevant archival collections not yet digitized.