National Drainage Congress
Organization
Biography
The Congress had as its object, "...to promote the drainage of the 75,000,000 acres of wet lands in the United States, and the building of homes thereon as a means of benefitting the national health, of expanding the national food supply and lowering the cost of living, of supplying productive homes for those people who desire to move back to the farms, of checking emigration to Canada, of building a great and prosperous empire out of lands which have long been regarded as waste lands." The Congress met in New Orleans from April 10-13, 1912.
Topics
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
National Drainage Congress records
Collection
Identifier: SC-75-MS
Scope and Contents
Included are press releases, the "Official Call," and related materials (including lists of delegates), all from the Department of Publicity, New Orleans Board of Control for the Congress.
Dates:
April 10-13, 1912
Found in:
Special Collections