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Owens Valley collection, Water Resources Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0595
Abstract
Collection consists of newspaper clippings, government publications, reports, a map, and other documents related to the Los Angeles Aqueduct and conflict with Owens Valley residents. Papers represent the voices of Los Angeles County government officials, disgruntled Owens Valley residents, engineers, and individuals writing about the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Materials detail the water battle between Owens Valley residents and Los Angeles officials through newspapers, propaganda, and other...
Dates:
1907-1981; Majority of material found within 1927 - 1933
Panama Canal Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: H-Mss-0600
Abstract
This collection contains newspaper clippings from 1910 to 1913 relating to the Panama Canal.
Dates:
1850-1913; Majority of material found within 1910-1913
Ethel M. and Nancy E. Reed Papers,
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0705
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the writings, artwork, and memorabilia of Ethel M. Reed and her adopted daughter, Nancy E. Reed. These two women lived in Claremont, California for most of the twentieth century. Ethel was a homemaker and Nancy worked as a chemist. In addition, Ethel wrote diaries for most of her life and wrote an unpublished account of her childhood in Claremont, and Nancy drew, painted, wrote and illustrated short picture books, and created scrapbooks. Nancy's scrapbooks...
Dates:
1811-1975
Scudder Travel Archive,
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1070
Abstract
The archive, comprised of journals and films, documents the world travels of Los Angeles attorney Eric G. E. Scudder (1887-1975) and his wife, Marie Kaplan Lazarus (1890-1973) between the years of 1906 and 1967. Unlike many travelers of the era who went on typical “European Tours”, the Scudders journeyed to lesser-traveled destinations including Manchuria, Hong Kong, Turkey, the Balkans, Russia and parts of Latin America.The collection contains 19 travel journals and 160 reels of...
Dates:
1906-1967
The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Autograph and Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1045
Abstract
The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Autograph and Manuscript Collection collection was formed by Special Collections of the Claremont Colleges Library to house its various singular manuscript materials created by authors, politicians, and scientists, and other notable figures. The collection includes handwritten letters, typescripts, certificates, photographs, and ephemera. The materials within this collection range widely in creation date and subject, from an illuminated manuscript...
Dates:
1501-1993 and undated; Majority of material found within 1811-1972