Preface Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents Historical Introduction Chronology Chapter 1 The Storms Introduction 1. An Unusual Texas Duststorm, March 24–25, 1933 2. Report of the Wind Erosion Survey in the Region of the Oklahoma Panhandle and Adjacent Territory, 1933 3. Dust Storms, November 1933 to May 1934 4. Dust Storms, 1935 5. Duststorms in the Southwestern Plains Area, 1935 6. Duststorms of February and March 1936 in the United States 7. Duststorms of January–April 1937 in the United States 8. Duststorms of May–December 1937 in the United States Chapter 2 Causes Introduction 9. Memorandum about Wheat Planting, Drought, and Dust Storms, 1933 10. Wind Erosion Endangering Colorado Vegetation, 1934 11. Drought Survival of Native Grass Species in the Central and Southern Plains, 1935 12. Multiple Causes of the Dust Bowl, 1935 13. Dust Storm Causes in the Southwestern Plains, 1936 14. Weather and Drought Conditions and a Call for Government Assistance to Fight Wind Erosion, 1936 15. Natural and Economic Factors Which Affect Rural Rehabilitation of the North Plains of Texas (as typified by Dallam County, Texas), July 1936 16. Emergency Wind-Erosion Control, 1937 17. Crops Against the Wind on the Southern Great Plains, 1939 18. Land Facts on the Southern Plains, 1939 19. Climate and Settlement in the Great Plains, 1942 Chapter 3 Life in the Dust Bowl Introduction 20. Telegram to Congressman Marvin Jones Requesting Federal Assistance for the Livestock and People in Guymon and Texas County, Oklahoma, and Surrounding Area, 1933 21. Memorandum from the Southern Great Plains Field Station, Woodward, Oklahoma, Reporting Desperate Farmers Planting Wheat and Contributing to Dust Storms, 1933 22. Black Blizzard, 1935 23. Conditions in Western Kansas, Typical of the Dust Bowl, March 1935 24. Soil-Erosion Program, Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Public Lands, March 1935 25. Kansas State Board of Health Report about the Effect of Dust Storms on Health, 1935 26. Dust Storms through the Years, 1935 27. Humor in the Dust Bowl, 1935 28. Farming Hazards in the Drought Area of Dallam and Hale Counties, Texas, and Curry County, New Mexico, 1935 29. Relief and Rehabilitation Problems in the Winter Wheat and Cotton Areas of the Southern Great Plains, 1935 30. Drought Refugee and Labor Migration to California, 1935 31. Soil Conservation Reconnaissance Survey of the Southern Great Plains and Wind-Erosion Area, 1936 32. Natural and Economic Factors Which Affect Rural Rehabilitation of the North Plains of Texas (as typified by Dallam County Texas), July 1936 33. Refugee Migration to California, 1937 34. The Economic Plight of Farm Families in the Dust Bowl, 1938 35. Economic Distress in the Dust Bowl, 1938 36. Migrants and Resettlement in the Pacific Coast States, 1938 37. Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas Reflects on the Dust Bowl, 1978 Chapter 4 Conservation and Restoration Introduction 38. Report of Wind Erosion Survey in the Region of the Oklahoma Panhandle and Adjacent Territory, 1933 39. Memorandum to the Secretary of Agriculture Regarding a Plan for Control of Wind Erosion in the Region of Southwestern Kansas, Western Oklahoma, and Northwestern Texas in Connection with Agricultural Relief, August 22, 1933 40. Wind Erosion in the Great Plains, 1935 41. Utilization of Crop Residues to Reduce Wind Erosion, 1935 42. Natural and Economic Factors Which Affect Rural Rehabilitation of the North Plains of Texas (as typified by Dallam County, Texas), July 1936 43. Soil Drifting Laws in Kansas and Texas and Three Proposals for Remedial Legislation, 1936 44. The Future of the Great Plains: Report of the Great Plains Committee, 1936 45. Wind-Blown Dust and Soil Erosion, Kansas Senate Bill No. 507, 1937 46. AAA Announces Emergency Wind Erosion Control Program for "Dust Bowl" Area, 1937 47. A Soil Conservation Program for Kansas, 1938 48. A Long View of the Wind-Erosion Problem, 1938 49. Farming Hazards in the Drought Area of Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico, 1938 50. Grass Culture and Range Improvement in the Central and Southern Great Plains, 1939 51. Sand-Dune Reclamation in the Southern Great Plains, 1939 52. Crops against the Wind on the Southern Great Plains Lessons Learned, 1939 53. Our Soil Can Be Saved, 1940 Chapter 5 Land Utilization Projects Introduction 54. New Mexico Submarginal Land Purchase Project Proposal A-4, January 10, 1935 55. Southern Otero County Land Use Adjustment Project Offer Letter, February 1935 56. Proposed Regulations for the Administration of the Grazing Lands under Control of the Mills Land Project LA-NM 5, Spring 1935 57. Controversy over the Mills County Land Utilization Project, October 1935 58. News Release about the Southeastern Colorado Land Utilization Project, ca. 1936 59. Land Acquisition Plan Morton County Land Utilization and Land Conservation Project, April 1938 60. Opposition to the Morton County, Kansas, Land Utilization Project, January 6, 1939 61. Support for the Morton County Land Utilization Program, January 13, 1939 62. Restraint Urged for Continuing the Morton County, Kansas, Land Utilization Program, February 6, 1939 Chapter 6 The Prairie States Forestry Project Introduction 63. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service, 1934 64. Possibilities of Shelterbelt Planting in the Plains Region, 1935 65. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service, 1935 66. The Plains Shelterbelt Project in Kansas, 1935 67. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service, 1936 68. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service, 1937 69. Forestry for the Great Plains, September 15, 1937 70. Progress Report of the Work of the Forest Service in Kansas, July 1, 1937, to June 30, 1938 71. Progress Report of the Work of the Forest Service in Kansas, July 1, 1938, to December 31, 1938 72. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service, 1939 73. Summary Report of the Prairie States Forestry Project, December 15, 1939 Selected Bibliography Index

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