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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
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.
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Photocopy of 148-pp. manuscript, "The Owens River Aqueduct and the Los Angeles Times - a study in early twentieth century business ethics and journalism" by Anthony Cifarelli, for University of California Los Angeles. (University Archives Thesis No. 2767). Also, handwritten notes.
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Approx. 25 items: a selection of book excerpts, journal articles, brochures, etc., related to the issue of water in Los Angeles and Southern California, from Spanish era into the 20th century. Notable items: 6-pp. of thesis written for Claremont College, 1929, by John Homer Williams, "Los Angeles Times and public opinion" ; article tear sheet, The American West, 3/1968, "Water, land, and people in the Great Valley [California's Central Valley]" by Paul S. Taylor ; two L.A. Dept. of Water & Power brochures, 1971 and 1972 ; 12-pp. booklet (w/ 2 maps), "From Pueblo to Metropolis - water and power in the story of Los Angeles," 1971? ; tear sheets, Southern California Quarterly, Spring 1973, "Shaping California water law, 1781 to 1928." Split into two folders.
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Approx. 25 items: a selection of book excerpts, journal articles, brochures, etc., related to the issue of water in Los Angeles and Southern California, from Spanish era into the 20th century. Notable items: 6-pp. of thesis written for Claremont College, 1929, by John Homer Williams, "Los Angeles Times and public opinion" ; article tear sheet, The American West, 3/1968, "Water, land, and people in the Great Valley [California's Central Valley]" by Paul S. Taylor ; two L.A. Dept. of Water & Power brochures, 1971 and 1972 ; 12-pp. booklet (w/ 2 maps), "From Pueblo to Metropolis - water and power in the story of Los Angeles," 1971? ; tear sheets, Southern California Quarterly, Spring 1973, "Shaping California water law, 1781 to 1928." Split into two folders.
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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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