Manuscripts

Spring Valley Water Company, Yuba River Project: report

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Description: This report was written by engineer Samuel Storrow "at the request of the Spring Valley Water Company in order to make a record of certain studies of The Additional Water Supply Available for Greater San Francisco." It looks at two main possible supplies of water: the Yuba River and the San Joaquin River. The report includes a table of contents, tables, and black and white photographs.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1910, December 21.
Call number: mssHM 75980
Creator: Storrow, Samuel(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of John H. Schuster, May 8, 1985.

Yuba County, Calif., indentures and contracts

Manuscripts

Assortment of indentures, contracts, and expense reports relating to the development of Yuba County, California. Includes indentures and contracts for land sales, driving a mule train, the operation of toll bridges (including the Bullards Bar Bridge and one on the North Yuba River), public highway right of way, mining claims (including the Connor and Daily mine in the Cherokee Mining District), and an account of provisions provided to the Yuba County Hospital. Other items include a list of tax payers in Yuba Road District No.6, a report of criminal activity in New York Township, a variety of expense reports and claims submitted to Yuba County, a resolution on water rates in Yuba County, a letter regarding building a wall near the Marysville Courthouse, an expense claim for the 1889 Mechanic's Fair Exhibit in San Francisco, a letter regarding the Marysville Tunnel and Quartz Mining Company, and a letter and map regarding redistricting in the Buckeye County School District.

mssHM 74700-74734

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California Central Valley Water Project

Manuscripts

Contains correspondence, Report, Memoranda and Notes On California Central Valley Water Project, May 28, 1948 Contains memos and report.

mssMorris, Samuel papers

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California Central Valley Water Project. Report on general considerations

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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Report on Water Rights of the Taos Valley Company (and Successors in Title)

Manuscripts

"Report on Water Rights of the Taos Valley Company (and Succesors in Title), Antonita, Colorado," by R.W. Gelder, Consulting Engineer, Oct. 1952. Company: Newhall Land & Farming Company

mssNLF

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Water - Colorado River Aqueduct

Manuscripts

8 items, booklets, brochures, and other materials: booklet, "Water from the Colorado River" (MWDSC), 8/1931 ; booklet, "Colorado River Aqueduct" (MWDSC), 3/1935 ; stapled report, Plan for a celebration in Los Angeles to commemorate the Four Hundred Anniversary of the discovery of the Colorado River," prepared by several water agencies, including MWDSC, 3/5/1940 ; article tear sheet, California - magazine of the Pacific, 3/1949, "The fight for Colorado River water" ; booklet, "San Diego's quest for water" (MWDSC), 1947 ; booklet, "California's stake in the Colorado River" prepared by the Colorado River Board of California, 1954 ; complete issue, Byjac News (Borg-Warner Corp., 5/1960, "Colorado River Aqueduct completed."

mssLAT

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Water - Feather River Project

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: a selection of LAT editorials, a news story and a Westways tear sheet, on the Feather River Project, a plan to bring northern California water to the southern counties of the state. The project lasted from the 1940s into the 1970s.

mssLAT

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