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Mayers (Arthur) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0512
Abstract

This is a collection of the personal papers of Arthur Mayers, and it includes papers from the Unity Club of the Los Angeles Fellowship, items from the Lost Angeles Police Department's civilian defense program, personal photographs, and travel memorabilia from Concord, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1906 - 1943

Barbara McCarthy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0515
Abstract This collection contains materials relating to Barbary McCarthy's time on the Citizens Advisory Committee of the Joint Committee on the Public Education System. These materials include a variety of correspondence, reports, and other administrative papers. The committee was charged with investigating California's public education system and make recommendations for changes deemed necessary. Mrs. McCarthy was herself an English teacher at the Sun Valley Junior High School in Van Nuys,...
Dates: 1958-1962 and undated

William McPherson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0524
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, photographs, account books and journals, land and tax records, manuscripts, scrapbooks, notes, transcripts, reports, newspapers, clippings, promotional materials, and ephemera, relating to the family, life, career, and intellectual pursuits of Orange County, California, avocado rancher and historian William McPherson (1885-1964). Family papers document the McPhersons' settlement in Orange County in the 1870s, and their involvement in local agriculture, first in the...
Dates: 1664/65-1970.; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1945

Donald C. Meadows Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0526
Abstract

Historical account books of mining companies and businesses (1861-circa 1900), photograph album (circa 1890s-1940s), diary, correspondence, Meadows miscellany (1960s-1980s), Honnold Library Society (1973-1979).

Dates: 1861-1982

Metropolitan Water Department Collection, Water Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0537
Scope and Contents Minutes, reports, speeches, memoranda, and resolutions. Information on the construction of the San Jacinto Tunnel; construction of the Coachella Valley Road and Berdoo Canyon Road; construction of Valverde and Bernasconi Tunnels; construction of Coachella Tunnels; construction of Iron Mountain, Coxcomb, and Cottonwood Tunnels; and construction of the Hollywood Tunnel. As well as information on the West Basin Feeder, California Aqueduct, and transmission lines in the Mecca Pass to the...
Dates: TBD

Howard D. Mills papers on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Water Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0545
Abstract:

Metropolitan Water District reports, publications, correspondence, clippings, and meeting minutes.

Dates: 1919-1967

Mudd Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0992
Abstract

This collection contains personal papers, business and financial records about the mines and real estate, especially Cyprus Mines, the Mudd family owned and operated, books and records about mining in Southern California as well as in Cyprus, field journals, correspondence with business partners and family members, and maps from 1865-1979.

Dates: 1865-1979

Oglesby Citrus Label Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1053
Abstract

This collection of over 80 citrus labels from Southern California, some dating as early as the 1890s, was collected by Alice and Larry Oglesby, long-time Claremont residents. Larry Oglesby was a professor of biology at Pomona College, where he taught for 30 years. The bulk of the collection originates primarily from Claremont and Pomona, California. Several books on citrus labels were also donated as part of the collection.

Dates: circa 1890s-2014

Reuel Olson Papers on the Colorado River Compact, Water Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0584
Abstract Materials in this collection consist of Reuel Olson's notes, letters, newspaper clippings, government-related documents, and other research materials that became his doctoral thesis on the Colorado River Compact: a seven state agreement on the allocation of water resources in the Colorado River basin. Olson, a law professor at University of Southern California School of Law, wrote his thesis to satisfy requirements for his doctorate at Harvard University. These materials provide historical...
Dates: 1919-1967 and undated

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

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01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library 66
02 - Ella Strong Denison Library 2
07 - Claremont Heritage 1
 
Subject
Correspondence 19
Photographs 15
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945 14
California 12
Claremont (Calif.) 12
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West (U.S.) -- History -- 1945- 12
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 10
Pamphlets 9
California, Southern 8
California, Southern -- History 7
California, Southern -- History -- 20th century 7
Scrapbooks 7
Citrus fruit industry 6
Los Angeles (Calif.) 6
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History 6
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.) 6
Water-supply -- California 6
Account books 5
Letters 5
Photograph albums 5
Postcards 5
Publications 5
Speeches, addresses, etc. 5
Water-supply 5
California -- History 4
Diaries 4
Financial statements 4
Maps 4
Photographic postcards 4
Posters 4
Water rights -- California, Southern 4
Water-supply -- California, Southern 4
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 4
Aeronautics 3
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities 3
Brochures 3
California -- History -- 1850-1950 3
California -- History, Local 3
California missions 3
California. Division of Water Rights 3
Citrus crate labels -- California 3
Citrus fruits -- Marketing 3
Claremont University Consortium 3
Colorado River Aqueduct (Calif.) 3
Corporate minutes 3
Ephemera 3
Labor--California--History 3
Pomona (Calif.) 3
Reports 3
Travel 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Water rights -- California -- Los Angeles County. 3
Water utilities 3
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860 3
Arizona 2
Articles 2
Aviation -- California, Southern 2
Awards 2
Broadsides 2
Calendars 2
California -- Pictorial works 2
Certificates 2
Checks 2
Claremont Colleges 2
Claremont Colleges (Claremont, Calif.) 2
Claremont Graduate University 2
Claremont McKenna College 2
College trustees 2
Commencement ceremonies 2
Education 2
Film negatives 2
Finance 2
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) 2
Invoices 2
Land grants 2
Land use -- California -- Claremont 2
Manuscripts 2
Mexican Americans 2
Newspapers 2
Oral histories 2
Orange County (Calif.) -- History 2
Packing House 2
Periodicals 2
Photography 2
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.) 2
Printed ephemera 2
Programs 2
Real estate business -- California 2
Research notes and studies 2
San Bernardino County (Calif.) 2
Stock certificates 2
Student newspapers and periodicals 2
Sunkist Growers, inc. 2
Transcripts 2
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953 2
Water 2
Water -- California, Southern 2
Women 2
Actions and defenses 1
Advertising 1
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Language
English 68
Chinese 1
French 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Claremont Colleges 4
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.) 4
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.) 4
Scripps College 3
Burton, Rollin Beach 2
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Holmes, H. H. 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Jones, Willis S. 2
McPherson, William 2
Meadows, Don 2
Mudd, Seeley Greenleaf 2
Mudd, Seeley Wintersmith 2
Pomona Valley Municipal Water District 2
Prendergast, Jeffry Joseph 2
Southern California Water Company 2
Watkins, Carleton (1829-1916) 2
Alexander, Louis J. 1
Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, ltd. 1
Arnold, Julean Herbert 1
Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison 1
Barker, George 1
Barnes, Stanley R. 1
Bernard, Robert J. 1
Bierstadt, Charles 1
Blaisdell, James Arnold 1
Boardman, Eugene Powers 1
Bogigian Ranch 1
Bolsa Corporations 1
Boulder Water Company 1
Boulé, David 1
Bowen, Edward R. 1
Brady, Mathew B. 1
Briquet, Abel 1
Brown, Omar D. 1
Buclimo Mining Company 1
Calavo Growers of California 1
California Avocado Society 1
California College in China 1
California Fruit exchange 1
California Institute of Technology 1
California Mutual Water Companies Association 1
Carpenter, Ford A. (Ford Ashman), 1868-1947 1
Chappell, Beverly C. 1
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 1
Chevalier, Marion Frances 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Pasadena Stake 1
Chʻen, Shou-yi, 1899-1977 1
Claremont Basin Mutual Water Company 1
Claremont Basin Water Company 1
Claremont Graduate University 1
Claremont Heights Irrigation Company 1
Claremont McKenna College 1
Claremont University Center. Board of Fellows 1
Claremont University Consortium. Board of Overseers 1
Clark, Ted 1
Colorado River Association 1
Commission for Relief in Belgium 1
Consolidated Mines Selection Company 1
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
Crane, Lydia 1
Crispin, Egerton Lafayette, MD 1
Cross Land and Water Company 1
Cyprus Mines Corporation 1
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne) 1
Decora Ceramics 1
Derby, J. (John) Frank 1
Dockweiler, J. H. (John Henry) 1
Dorsey, Kewen 1
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1
Finkle, Fred C. 1
Fiske, George 1
Gaines, Stanley O. 1
Garrison, Robert H. 1
Green, Frances M. 1
Hart, Margaret Ann 1
Harvey Mudd College 1
Haskett family 1
Herman, Ruth Radford, Mrs. 1
Herman, Winfield Fabian (MD) 1
Hill, Brenda Barham 1
Honnold family 1
Honnold, Caroline (Burton), Mrs. 1
Honnold, Robert, Rev. 1
Honnold, William L. (William Lincoln) 1
Hu, Shi, 1891-1962 1
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) 1
Johnson, Albert 1
Kehoe, Alice Beck 1
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr. 1
Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.) 1
Kuhner, David 1
LaVerne Orange and Lemon Association 1
Lewis, Lorelyn 1
Lindley, Walter 1
Lippincott, Joseph Barlow 1
Long, Percy V. (Percy Vincent) 1
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept. 1
Los Angeles Fellowship. Unity Club 1
Lowman, Hubert A. 1
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