Manuscripts

John A. Dron field notebooks

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Description: Thirteen civil engineering field notebooks for projects in and around Ojai, and Ventura County, California, kept by civil engineer John A. Dron. Projects include: topographical surveys of property, tunnels, roads, parks, sewers, and water pipelines. Accompanying the notebooks is a detailed list of the notebooks' contents.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1927-1958.
Call number: mssHM 83497 (1-16)
Creator: Dron, John Anderson (1893-1973)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Elliott Mittler, June 2013.
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Surveyor's Field Notebooks collection

Manuscripts

The 53 notebooks in this collection include notes, charts, calculations, measurements, drawings, and other observations recorded by Los Angeles city engineer, Frank Henry Olmsted, and other surveyors affiliated with the civil engineering firm Olmsted and Gillelen. The surveys include sewers, reservoirs, ditches, dams, and other water supply and sanitation structures that were located primarily in Los Angeles County; Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties are also represented, as well as various regions in northern California and Arizona. The notebooks provide details relating to the design and construction of municipal water systems, and data concerning water distribution and consumption levels throughout southern California and Arizona during the early twentieth century. The notebooks are arranged in alphabetical order; titles are taken from the spines and front covers of the notebooks; many of the notebooks are undated. The majority of notebooks are in fragile condition and several contain loose items laid into the notebooks.

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John Pattison legal notebooks

Manuscripts

The legal notebooks of London-based lawyer John Pattison; the notebooks include records of fees and actions in various courts. Volume I : 1632-1635, has a few pages removed and two pages used as a copybook (19th c.) ; Volume II : 1636-1638, some pages stained and some pages cut with portions removed, also with autograph notes (19th c.).

mssHM 52689 (Volumes 1-2)

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Thomas Doane engineering notebooks

Manuscripts

Four illustrated and textual notebooks kept by civil engineer Thomas Doane from 1875 to 1888. The volumes include construction cost estimates for roadbed construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, along with engineering information and schematics for a variety of projects, primarily centered in Massachusetts. Two of the notebooks specifically concern work on the Boston and Maine Railroad and the Eastern Railroad in the early 1880s, as well as residential surveys in the Boston area. The notebooks also contain detailed information on Boston streetcar routes, including precise measurements.

mssHM 83837-83840

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John Warly notebooks

Manuscripts

Two manuscript volumes attributed to Reverend John Warly; included are biblical passages, sermon notes, and commentaries on spiritual matters and political subjects including the English Civil War. Entries are in secretary hand, primarily in English with a small amount of Greek. The volumes are signed by Lee Warly, a descendant of John Warly; both volumes are written in two directions with the text beginning at one cover then turned over and beginning again (tête-bêche style). The volumes have worn leather covers and fragile spines, HM 83773 is especially fragile with the spine mostly lacking and the pages loose; the volumes are housed in one box for preservation purposes.

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John A. Dron field notebooks

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