Manuscripts

Report on the development of storage on Santiago Creek

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Description: A report prepared by Howells and Howells on the possibilities for water storage on the Santiago Creek in the Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County, California. The document reports on possible dam sites, engineering requirements for such structures, annual rainfall in the area, and more. The report includes about 20 blueline prints and fold-out maps (these are not included in the page count).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1925 February 28.
Call number: mssHM 83970
Creator: Howells and Howells(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from McBride Rare Books, February 2023.

Report Throop College of Technology, Pasadena California: A Report to accompany the general Block Plan showing the disposition of present and proposed buildings, a bird's eye view based upon the Plot Plan and sundry sketches of various individual buildings

Manuscripts

Architectural report for the campus of the Throop College of Technology, later known as the California Institute of Technology. The report details existing buildings and then addresses issues in four major categories: Practical Requirements, Climate, Ethnic Background and Tradition, and Atmosphere. The Practical Requirements are broken down into- Artistic, Scientific, Administration, Engineering, Athletic, and Residential.

mssHM 70171

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California Orchard Company report to stockholders

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The California Orchard Company's report to stockholders discusses the recent growth of trees and vines, orchard plantings, the hay crop, nursery stock, the labor force, expenses and wages, rainfall and irrigation, and finances and stock subscription payments due, and includes condensed balances from the general ledger. There are six black-and-white 5 x 7-inch photographs showing apricot, pear, apple, almond and walnut trees, and lima bean vines, with captions describing plantings and yields. Report is a copy of typescript signed by Carlyle Thorpe, manager, with typed subscription amounts filled in and original photographs mounted on pages. Includes mailing envelope addressed to J.M. Quint, Los Angeles.

mssHM 84032

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Martyrdom of the R.R. Fathers of the Mission of Santiago

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This manuscript describes the experiences of the priests at the Mission of Santiago. In Spanish. With historiated initial.

mssHM 4039

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Howells Family Papers

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This material includes three manuscripts and thirteen letters of the Howells family; one manuscript is a lullaby by Aurelia Dora Howells, and one is by William Cooper Howells, "Memoranda of My Personal History," which was the basis for his volume Recollections of Life in Ohio. The thirteen letters include a letter by Vevie Frechette, letters by Joseph Howells, William Dean Howells' uncle, letters by Mildred Howells, William Dean Howells' daughter, a letter by William Cooper Howells, and two letters by William Dean Howells.

mssHM 74525-74540

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mssHM 74525-74540

Manuscripts

This material includes three manuscripts and thirteen letters; one manuscript is a lullaby by Aurelia Dora Howells, and one is by William Cooper Howells, "Memoranda of My Personal History," which was the basis for his volume Recollections of Life in Ohio. The thirteen letters include a letter by Vevie Frechette, letters by Joseph Howells, William Dean Howells' uncle, letters by Mildred Howells, William Dean Howells' daughter, a letter by William Cooper Howells, and two letters by William Dean Howells.

mssHM 74525-74540

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I. Ford copies of reports on the water resources of the Singleton Ranch, Riverside County, Cal

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Typed office copy dated January 12, 1912, of a 1909-1910 report submitted to J.J. Suess and R. Holtby Myers by I. Ford, F.C. Finkle, and George Robertson. The multi-part report includes Robertson's description of springs on the Singleton Ranch in Yucaipa, California, including two colored pencil drawings of a fissure spring and the "Hill-Side Spring;" Ford's examination of water resources on the Singleton Ranch, including descriptions of the land, dairy ranch buildings, water storage and supply, the physical descriptions and costs of potential reservoir sites, and the agricultural possibilities of the area; and F.C. Finkle's review of Ford's work on the water supply of the Singleton Ranch and the Frink Ranch in San Mateo Canyon, Riverside, California. Included with Finkle's report are four topographic maps of reservoirs on the Frink and Singleton Ranches, as surveyed by Finkle in March and December 1909.

mssHM 64285

Report on the development of storage on Santiago Creek

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