Manuscripts
Crane Co. Hydro-Aire records
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Crane Co. Hydro-Aire records, 1952-2005
Manuscripts
This collection primarily consists of negatives, newsletters, and printed matter related to Hydro-Aire, a division of Crane Co. The two Hydro-Aire newsletters, HYDRO-AIREings and HY-LITES, spans from 1952 through 1974. There are approximately 400 35 mm. negatives and contact sheets. Photographs of interest may be a strike by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation employees, District 727, in October 1956. Also, there appears to be an ad campaign in response to a letter from William K. Kinner, where he accuses Hydro-Aire of being an "unprogressive company" and failing to take "total responsibility" for their braking system. The subject files include material related to two movies, advertisements, and a name change for the "airbus."
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A man sitting in a ditch that is ready to be cemented at Kaweah #2 Hydro Plant
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A man sitting in a ditch that is ready to be cemented at Kaweah #2 Hydro Plant with trees and mountains in the background, June 5, 1904.
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Adams & Co. Records
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The collection includes letters and documents (including 8 scrapbooks and 2 volumes of transcripts) chiefly related to the years following the failure of Adams & Co., especially as they affected Alfred A. Cohen, who was appointed first receiver of the company. Other subjects covered in the collection include Cohen's business and legal associations (1864-84) with the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the 1876 trial, Central Pacific Railroad Co. vs. Alfred A. Cohen. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Alfred A. Cohen (16 items + 126 in letter book), Frederick Cohen (5 pieces), Augustus G. Richardson (9 pieces), H. A. Whiting (6 pieces), and Isaiah Churchill Woods (15 pieces). There is also an affidavit by James King of William and some materials related to the firm of Hoge & Wilson (5 pieces). It seems likely that Cohen (or the Cohen family) was once the possessor of these letters and papers; a few of them relate to his affairs before and after the period related to the Adams & Co. matters. Cohen's activities as broken for Adams & Co., as lessee of the North Point Dock Warehouses, and as receiver for the California Lumber Manufacturing Company are touched on in the few letters which antedate 1855. In January and early February 1855, Cohen's brother Frederick Cohen was employed by Adams & Co. in making an inspection of their country offices. Letters of instruction to him from I.C. Woods and other members of the firm are included in this collection. Most of the material falls within the years 1855-1863. There are letters to and from Cohen as receiver and assignee; legal papers relating chiefly to the suit of Adams vs. Haskell and Woods and Cohen, receiver, and to the suit of Adams & Co., per Naglee, receiver, vs. Cohen; and correspondence between Cohen and his lawyers. The later papers (1864-1884) are few in number. They consist of family letters and of documents and scraps concerning Cohen's business and legal associations with the Central Pacific Railroad Co. There are two volumes containing a typewritten copy of the official reporter's transcript of the trial in the case of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. vs. Alfred A. Cohen (1876 July 18-31) The collection includes eight scrapbooks, probably compiled by Cohen's son, William Gibbons Cohen, after 1876. The volumes contain typewritten copies of articles from the Daily Herald and other San Francisco newspapers for the years 1853-1856, as well as clippings, dating from 1876 through 1924. Though the articles cover a wide range of subjects, most of those for 1855-1856 deal with Adams & Co. Volume eight is limited to clippings, most relating to crime in San Francisco during the years 1876-1880. Some notable items include: Adams & Co. Montezuma. Agents. Letter book containing letters signed by Gower & Conway, Newell & Co., Edward Conway, and Charles E. Gliddon and addressed, for the most part, to Adams & Co. at Sonora (1853-1854) King, James of William. Affidavit concerning his part in the events of the night of February 22, 1855 (1855 March 8) Cohen, Alfred A. Affidavit concerning the circumstances of his appointment as receiver and his conversations with Trenor W. Park (1855 June 30) Woods, Isaiah C. Letter written at sea to Alfred A. Cohen relating the details of Woods' departure and his plans for the future (1855 August 28) California. Courts. District Court. 12th Judicial District.
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View of the dam of Kaweah #1 Hydro Plant
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View of the dam of Kaweah #1 Hydro Plant, showing the canyon and a bridge extending from one side over the dam to the other, November 9, 1904.
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W----, A. B. Letter to Caroline Crane Briggs
Manuscripts
Caroline Crane Briggs wrote the majority of the 47 letters to her children, Sophia Crane Ristine and Benjamin Crane. The first few letters (1878) give a detailed description of the Briggs' journey to California through New Mexico and Arizona; these letters include comments upon the New Mexico and Arizona deserts and the Pima Indians. Her other letters are chiefly about her life in the new-founded city of La Crescenta. She talks about her personal activities and her travels through the Los Angeles area including Pasadena and Long Beach. She also talks about her friends and neighbors as well as her husband's business and property dealings. There is one letter by Caroline Crane Briggs to her husband and one letter by him to her. Also included in the collection are two poems by Caroline Crane Briggs about life in southern California, an essay she wrote entitled "Thanksgiving Day 1888," and eight pieces of ephemera including an obituary for Dr. Benjamin B. Briggs.
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3D display illustrating several sources of electric generation (Hydro
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[3D display illustrating several sources of electric generation (Hydro, steam, and nuclear) and the transmission facilities needed to serve a community.] [with 13 variants]
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