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Rare Books
Respectively dedicated to the San Francisco board of fire underwriter
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
256791
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Manuscripts
The collection deals primarily with the professional and personal activities of Samuel Brooks Morris, a civil engineer of note in Southern California who was most active from the 1930s into the early 1960s. The collection deals with local (Pasadena and Los Angeles), state and national engineering concerns, largely related to water reclamation, dams, hydrogeology, water litigation, and a wide range of related technical publications. The material consists of a highly diverse mix of manuscripts and printed materials, including correspondence, maps, notes, charts, fliers, and brochures, often interspersed within each folder. The correspondence is primarly to and from colleagues, but also includes discusion with government officials at all levels from local to national. The collection includes a small number of photographs, located in appropriate sections of the collection by subject.
mssMorris, Samuel papers
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Manuscripts
Typewritten manuscript which describes the history of the Bancroft Building and its tenants, as well as the outbreak, losses, and casualties of the April 30, 1886 fire. Also includes a photograph of the Bancroft Building on fire and a sketch of the burned-out building.
mssHM 73694
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Rare Books
267771