Boulder Water Company papers, Water Resources Collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents and financial records of the Boulder Water Company.
Stationary examples, general operational matters and communications regarding the company’s closure are part of the correspondence. There are specific files for correspondence with Southern California Water Company, Pomona Valley Municipal Water District and the county assessor’s office.
Legal documents are comprised of articles of incorporation, by-laws, amendments, meeting notices and minutes, contracts, and documents relating to stockholders such as proxies, stock transfers and stock certificates.
Financial records include both stockholder and general ledgers, various tax documents, meter readings, bank statements and cancelled checks and check stubs.
The collection came from the corporate secretary and is most complete in the company’s last 15 years, 1964-1979. Minutes from the meetings are complete.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1979
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1964 - 1979
Creator
- Boulder Water Company (Creator, Organization)
Language of materials
Languages represented in the collection: English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
Biography of the Boulder Water Company
The Boulder Water Company was incorporated October 25, 1919 as a mutual water company and was officially dissolved in June 1979. The Company was located north of Baseline between Mills and Padua Road in Claremont, California. The Company operated one well and two reservoirs for the benefit of its stockholder members. The well was originally dug in 1919 for Amelia C. Bridges who in turn gave some of the water rights to the Company. In 1945, the Company bought 100 shares of the Claremont Basin Mutual Water Company stock to supplement their needs. Due to the dwindling citrus groves and demands for further domestic water by the area's increasing residents, however, in 1977 the well property was sold to the Southern California Water Company and the domestic reservoir property was sold to Lewis Homes, a developer in the Claremont area.
Extent
4.2 Linear Feet ((9 document boxes + 1 realia box).)
Abstract
The Boulder Water Company was incorporated October 25, 1919 as a mutual water company and was officially dissolved in June 1979. Located in Claremont, California, the Company operated one well and two reservoirs for the benefit of its stockholder members. The collection, which came from the corporate secretary, consists of correspondence, legal documents and financial records of the Company and is most complete in the company’s last 15 years, 1964-1979. Minutes from the meetings are complete.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Background information
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Legal documents
Series 4: Financial records
Physical location
Please consult repository.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift from Mrs. Margaret Ann Hart, the last secretary for the Company, in 1979.
Accruals
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
Processing Information
Arranged and processed by Jacque Sundstran in 1982.
Subject
- Boulder Water Company (Creator, Organization)
- Southern California Water Company (Creator, Organization)
- Pomona Valley Municipal Water District (Creator, Organization)
- Hart, Margaret Ann (Creator, Person)
- Claremont Basin Water Company (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Boulder Water Company papers, Water Resources Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Russell Michalak, 2008; Revised by Lisa L. Crane, 2012
- Date
- © 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu