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The right of way for the Hillside reservoir ... : Review (First paper) March 25, 1918
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The right of way for the Hillside reservoir ... : Review (Second paper) April 3, 1918
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Huntington residence from the “waterfowl refuge" (reservoir), March 25 1910
Visual Materials
One white and two black swans in the reservoir. Shows the Desert garden and Palm garden. "C. Leondardt, Contractor" on print in lower right corner. Residence viewed from the southeast.
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Legal papers re rights of way
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters (including 1 letter book), manuscripts (including 50 diaries), documents (including 55 account books, 12 cash books, and 5 miscellaneous volumes), and photographs related to the lives and activities of various Janin family members and the extended Janin-Blair-Jesup-Croghan families. Subject matter in the collection includes: politics and government in Washington, D.C., and Louisiana; society and customs in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans; Blair House (Washington, D.C.); land titles in Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Missouri; the Ocean Canal and Transportation Company, which ran from Louisiana to St. Louis; the history of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, from the time of purchase by John Croghan in 1839 until 1932, when it became a national park (at which time Violet Blair Janin was the primary owner); and mining in Australia. Persons represented in the collection include: James Lawrence Blair, Mary Jesup Blair, Violet Blair Janin, John Croghan, William Croghan, Albert Covington Janin, Louis Janin, Julia Clark Jesup, Thomas Sidney Jesup, George M. Wheeler, and Lucy James Blair Wheeler. Organizations represented in the collection (with which Violet Blair Janin was affiliated) include: Daughters of the American Revolution, National Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage, National Cathedral Association, National Society of Children of the American Revolution, and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
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3. United States. General Land Office. Regulations concerning Right of Way over Public Lands and Reservations for Canals, Ditches, and Reservoirs and Use of Right of Way for Various Purposes. Washington, D. C.: GPO, 1918-1931 (2 pieces)
Manuscripts
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, maps, reports, publications, and clippings related to land tenure and water use in and around Mono County (including Mono Basin, Mono Lake, Lee Vining Creek and Rush Creek), Inyo County, and Los Angeles, California.
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