Manuscripts
A History of Escondido and Its Water and Power Development
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Atomic Power Policy Committee
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Contains Correspondence, Notes and Three Papers Regarding Nuclear Energy for Electric Utilities, "Statement of Alex Radin, General Manager, American Public Power Association, Before Joint Atomic Energy Committee, February 10, 1955", *Development and Utilization of Atomic Energy Under the Recent Legislation" by Wm. S. Peterson and "Report on Atomic Energy Act of 1954."
mssMorris, Samuel papers
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Tabulation of Measurements of Water Development at Red Hills, Cucamonga
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The collection consists primarily of field notes, maps, and business records related to Nathan W. Stowell and his land development and irrigation interests in the Cucamonga area, Los Angeles, and the Imperial Valley. The collection is organized alphabetically by folder title. Included are copies of the field notes from Los Angeles area surveyors Henry Hancock, George Hansen, and William P. Reynolds from the 1850s to the 1870s, as well as copies of maps and plats from the Cucamonga and Los Angeles areas. Business records include seven volumes consisting of deeds, articles of incorporation, and lawsuits related to Stowell's interests in the Cucamonga Company, the Cucamonga Water Company, the Cucamonga Fruit Land Company, and the Cucamonga Water Company. Most of these volumes include an index listing the individuals and corporations that are included. Subjects in the collection include: history of Southern California business enterprises and capitalists, irrigation, real estate development, and real property. Individuals who appear in the collection include the land and irrigation developer George Chaffey, Imperial Valley developer C. R. Rockwood, and the surveyor William Rich Hutton. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles also appear as subjects in the collection.
mssStowell papers
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History and development of irrigation in northern California with special reference to Glenn County
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Economics term paper by Josephine Reager tracing the history of irrigation in the Sacramento Valley area from approximately 1850 to 1931. Includes chapters on the history of land development, early irrigation districts and companies, irrigation legislation, current (1931) irrigation districts, and the potential future outcomes of irrigation policies. Includes colored map of irrigation districts in Glenn and Colusa counties, a map of the Orland Project, a graph of reclamation development in the Sacramento Valley, and a summary of assessments levied in Glenn-Colusa, Jacinto, Provident, and Princeton-Codora-Glenn irrigation districts.
mssHM 74114
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Tabulation of Measurements of Water Development at Red Hills, Cucamonga, Cal. (1904). 1 item. In oversize
Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of field notes, maps, and business records related to Nathan W. Stowell and his land development and irrigation interests in the Cucamonga area, Los Angeles, and the Imperial Valley. The collection is organized alphabetically by folder title. Included are copies of the field notes from Los Angeles area surveyors Henry Hancock, George Hansen, and William P. Reynolds from the 1850s to the 1870s, as well as copies of maps and plats from the Cucamonga and Los Angeles areas. Business records include seven volumes consisting of deeds, articles of incorporation, and lawsuits related to Stowell's interests in the Cucamonga Company, the Cucamonga Water Company, the Cucamonga Fruit Land Company, and the Cucamonga Water Company. Most of these volumes include an index listing the individuals and corporations that are included. Subjects in the collection include: history of Southern California business enterprises and capitalists, irrigation, real estate development, and real property. Individuals who appear in the collection include the land and irrigation developer George Chaffey, Imperial Valley developer C. R. Rockwood, and the surveyor William Rich Hutton. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles also appear as subjects in the collection.
mssStowell papers
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Origin and early development of irrigation and water rights in the east San Bernardino Valley : offprint
Manuscripts
Article was Bulletin No. 4 for the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, Redlands, California. On the cover page, "Irrigation and" in the title is handwritten changing the published title.
mssHM 84206
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Papers related to the development of Pinto Basin, California
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This group of items is made up of correspondence and documents related to real estate development of Pinto Basin, Riverside County, California by the following companies: Lake County Development Syndicate, Inc., Security Land Corporation, and Pinto Basin Mutual Water Company. The letters announce stockholder meetings, give news of the development and the search for water in the area, as well as discuss a lawsuit against Security Land Corporation by Pinto Basin Mutual Water Company over money owed to them. Also included are stock certificates, a prospectus for Pinto Basin development and a plat of Pinto Basin. Many of the letters and documents belonged to shareholders Frank Smith, Florence Smith, and William Smith of Alhambra, California.
mssHM 68351-68366