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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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."
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4 items: 15-pp. bound report, MWDSC - Need for action on the Metropolitan Water District Aqueduct Project, by F.E. Weymouth, 8/1/1931 ; 21-pp. bound report, The proposed Metropolitan Water District Bond Issue, by F.E. Weymouth, 8/3/1931 ; 52-pp. bound report, California Legislature Joint Interim Committee on Water Problems, 1941 - 1942, Data information and itinerary covering inspection of water problems in Southern California, 2/2 - 2/9, 1942, No. IV ; 88-pp. bound booklet, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Official Statement $100,000,000 Series E Waterworks Bonds..., 2/8/1972. Split into two folders.
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4 items: 15-pp. bound report, MWDSC - Need for action on the Metropolitan Water District Aqueduct Project, by F.E. Weymouth, 8/1/1931 ; 21-pp. bound report, The proposed Metropolitan Water District Bond Issue, by F.E. Weymouth, 8/3/1931 ; 52-pp. bound report, California Legislature Joint Interim Committee on Water Problems, 1941 - 1942, Data information and itinerary covering inspection of water problems in Southern California, 2/2 - 2/9, 1942, No. IV ; 88-pp. bound booklet, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Official Statement $100,000,000 Series E Waterworks Bonds..., 2/8/1972. Split into two folders.
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35+ items: collection of maps, booklets, brochures, and LAT news stories and editorials, plus some undated material. Notable items: stapled booklet, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1924, "The Colorado River problem" ; original booklet, Colorado River Fact-finding Committee of Utah, 4/20/1928, "Colorado River Development - Economic Necessity vs. Political Expediency" ; 24-pp. booklet, (Central Arizona Project) "The Nation's most fantastic project," 1949 ; booklet, "California's stake in the Colorado River" (Colorado River Board of California) , 1962 ; etc.
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approx. 20 items: collection of material on above topic including some major articles. Among the significant articles with sources and dates: Sunset, 12/1909, "Water for Millions--building the great aqueduct...to supply Los Angeles" ; personal account of Jack Heyser, 1939, "Los Angeles City Fathers go water hunting...the birth of the Owens River Aqueduct" ; American Heritage, 12/1961, "The Water War" ; Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 3/1963, "Myth-making in the Los Angeles Area" ; California Historical Quarterly, "The politics of California water-- Owens Valley and the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1900-1927" ; California History, 9/1986, "Picnic at Alabama Gates...the Owens Valley Rebellion, 1904-1927" ; Historical Society of Southern California, Fall 1988, "The Los Angeles Aqueduct -- 1913 -1988, A 75th Anniversary Tribute."
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Approx. 25 items - letters, memos and one newspaper clipping. Notable names and items include: letters between Ainsworth and attorney Charles Childers regarding water issues ; U.S. Rep Craig Hosmer ; Upper Colorado River Project ; Imperial Irrigation District ; other State officials and interested parties.
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