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Harrison Avenue Water Company, Water Resources Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: H-Mss-0355
Scope and Contents

Pomona Valley water company, business records. Information on the sale of the Harrison Avenue Water Company to the Southern California Water Company. By-laws, meeting minutes, and stockholders of the Harrison Water Company. Financial statements of the East Ditch Water Company and information on the El Camino Water Company.

Dates: 1925-1956

H. H. Holmes collection

 Collection
Identifier: h19xx.0014
Abstract:

This collection of contains documents about water rights and water supply in California from 1930-1957 and two documents related to water use in New Mexico from 1925-1957.

Dates: 1925-1957

Imperial Valley Records, Water Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1007
Abstract:

The Imperial Valley Records contains documents from the Imperial Irrigation District, All-American Canal, and Imperial Water Company. In addition, the colleciton contains Charles N. Perry's, an engineer from the Imperial Valley, papers. Finally, there are reports, maps, and articles about the Imperial Valley and Baja California, Mexico from 1900-1973.

Dates: 1893-1973

Willis S. Jones papers, Water Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0449
Abstract:

His papers contain field notebooks when Willis S. Jones was superintendent of Claremont Domestic Water Company and consulting engineer Vail Company, legal cases on water rights and supply, maps of Southern California, photographs of San Gabriel Valley, rainfall and run-off records from Southern California, reports on water use in Southern California, the San Gabriel investigation, an water rights and water supply in Southern California from 1919-1979.

Dates: 1919-1979

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

Monte Vista Water Company Collection, Water Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0550
Scope and Contents

Pomona Valley water company, business records. Bylaws, canceled stock certificates, and account books.

Dates: TBD

Samuel B. Morris papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H-Mss-1059
Scope and Contents

Information on the American Water Works Association, the Grand Coulee Project, water policy, and stocks. Reports on California water problems. Built Morris Dam during his time as the Pasadena Water Department Chief Engineer and General Manager. Retired as General Manager and Chief Engineer of the Department of Water and Power for the city of Los Angeles in 1955.

Dates: tbd

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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