HST 498 Urban History: Phoenix and the Southwest
ASU Library Holdings
The HAYDEN AZ DOCUMENTS collection contains a variety of publications by or about the Salt River Project (most starting with the XUS Call Number) back to the 1940s.
Salt River Project
- SRP HistorySRP, based in Phoenix, was established in 1903 as the nation's first multipurpose reclamation project authorized under the National Reclamation Act. Today, SRP is the nation's third-largest public power utility and one of Arizona's largest water suppliers.
- Salt River Project - Bureau of ReclamationThe Salt River Valley Water Users' Association was incorporated on February 7, 1903, for the purpose of furnishing water, power, and drainage for the benefit of approximately 4,800 individual landowners.
When Phoenix and the surrounding communities began to grow, patterns of water distribution were affected. A great impact was also felt on electrical services provided by SRP. To address these growing energy needs, SRP operates or participates in a number of major thermal and hydroelectric powerplants and generating facilities in Arizona and throughout the Southwest.
Subject Guide
The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.
