Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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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Approx. 20 items, a large proportion of them produced by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Notable items: booklet, "Facts - Colorado River Aqueduct" (MWDSC), 8/1931 ; booklet, "Water for Thirteen Cities in the Metropolitan..." (MWDSC), 1935 ; news release from Rep. Norris Poulson, "Arizona scheme threatens reclamation appropriations..." (1949) ; booklet, Colorado River Aqueduct, 10/1950, (MWDSC) ; pp. 81-86 of a transcript labeled "oral history" with a report on Colorado River Water by Clayburn C. Elder, Hydroelectric Engineer, UCLA, 1969 ; booklet, "Water from the Colorado River" (MWDSC), 8/1931 ; etc.
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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.
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Approx. 65 items: approx. 10 reprints of LAT editorials, 1969 - 1976, on topic of smog ; article copies, LAT, Westways, Southern California Quarterly, & other sources, on contribution to smog by industry, autos, buses, and on possible solutions to the serious air pollution problems of southern California. Also included is a booklet of LAT reprints from 1/8/1961, "Where we stand on Smog problem, what's been done, what's ahead."
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30+ items: selection of LAT editorials, news stories, and material from other sources, on Hoover Dam. Notable items: letter copy, 6/1/1926, from Sen. Hiram Johnson to Franklin Hichborn of San Francisco, mentioning Harry Chandler's "assault upon me," and his push for an "entirely different scheme for the control of the Colorado River" ; a reproduction of Boulder Dam bill (H.R. 5773) passed by House of Representative," the booklet is 22-pp. ; several tear sheets. The Bulletin (S. Fran.), month of 6/1928, articles on dam plans, with criticism of Sen. Hiram Johnson ; original preprint, The Magazine of Wall Street, 1/12/1929, "What Boulder Dam really means to the nation" ; undated brochure, "Boulder Canyon Dam," describing "Eighth Wonder of the World," prepared by National Bank of Commerce ; map, Department of the Interior, "Boulder Canyon Reservoir Site," 1930 ; map/informational brochure, "Hoover Dam," 1931, produced by Union Pacific System ; 30+ pp. booklet, "White Gold - the Story of Hoover Dam," 1931, produced by American Steel & Wire Co. ; LAT tear sheet, 9/22/1985, ""50-year-old Hoover Dam fulfills a massive promise."
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Reprints of editorials, articles, and reports originally published in the Los Angeles Times. Including booklet "Queen Mary Project... A Story of Waste.
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