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Water - Los Angeles Aqueduct - Clippings

Description

50+ items: material from across several decades, from LAT, memos, letters and two issues of Heritage (a publication of Southern California Library for Social Studies & Research) from 1991 and 1992, on the aqueduct from the Owens Valley along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada to Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley. Includes some material on the film Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson, the plot of which owed a great deal to actual events between 1905 and the 1920s. Some persons in The Times hierarchy stood to profit from the water plan and the newspaper pushed it strongly.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1904 - 1992
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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