Manuscripts

J.H. Dockweiler papers

Description: The collection consists of sixty-nine field books kept by J. H. Dockweiler. Subject matter includes surveys of Los Angeles and environs from 1882 to 1892, water supplies for the San Francisco and Oakland area, from 1906 to 1916, and mining in Arizona and British Columbia.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1882-1931
Call number: mssDockweiler
Creator: Dockweiler, J. H (1864-1941)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, July 1966.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

1889-1900

Manuscripts

The collection consists of sixty-nine field books kept by J. H. Dockweiler. Subject matter includes surveys of Los Angeles and environs from 1882 to 1892, water supplies for the San Francisco and Oakland area, from 1906 to 1916, and mining in Arizona and British Columbia.

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1901-1912

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1916-1931

Manuscripts

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1882-1888

Manuscripts

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Scrapbook 6.5

Rare Books

This album contains sixty-five copy prints of Lawrence's photographs from the Arab campaign, 1916-1918 (reproduced from originals held by the Imperial War Museum); newspaper and periodical clippings, primarily from the 1960s, including reviews of works about Lawrence, about the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, and topics related to Lawrence and the Arab world, such as such as the reconstruction work on the Hejaz Railway in 1964. Album has light blue covers; with "Frank C. Baxter" bookplate.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

66 items. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to L.E. Lewis, 1892 February 17; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to M.E. Ingalls, 1892 February 20; copies of letters from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 March 11, June 7, June 11, 1892 June-August, June 30, July 23; excerpt from interview with C.F. Crocker, 1892 August, and interview with C.E. Douty related to Oakland Waterfront case. Subjects: Big Sandy Railroad, James F. Woolfolk, Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co., Alabama, Louisville and Nashville, Ashland Improvement, sale of Collis P. Huntington property east of Mississippi, Kentucky railroads, Santa Monica wharf construction, bonded warehouse in Los Angeles, politics and the railroads.

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J.H. Dockweiler papers

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