Manuscripts
Water - Board of Commissioners of Water Department
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Los Angeles - City Department of Water and Power (1 of 2)
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20+ items: collection made up largely of brochures and booklets produced by L.A. City Dept. of Water & Power describing the Department's facilities and plans.. Brochures and booklets with the following titles: "William Mulholland," "Castaic Power Plant," "Mono Basin," "Along the Owens River," and others, including undated reports. Split into two folders.
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Los Angeles - City Department of Water and Power (2 of 2)
Manuscripts
20+ items: collection made up largely of materials--brochures and booklets--produced by L.A. City Dept. of Water & Power describing the Department's facilities and plans.. Brochures and booklets with the following titles: "William Mulholland," "Castaic Power Plant," "Mono Basin," "Along the Owens River," and others, including undated reports. Split into two folders.
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Mulholland, William
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9 items: 1-pp. transcript, letter from Moses H. Sherman to William Mulholland, 2/16/(19)14, related to M. accepting a smaller salary than the one offered ; 8 sheets, copied from Public Service (L.A. City bulletin), 6/1920, "A brief historical sketch of the growth of the Los Angeles City Water Department by Wm. Mulholland" ; 2-pp. report copy, undated, by Mulholland, relating to a electric power bond issue (ca. 1910) ; 6-pp. copy of report signed by Mulholland, addressed to the Public Service Board, 8/1/1924 ; copy, info. sheet headed "Mr. Voter - do you know..." (ca. 1920) ; LAT editorial copy, 2/15/1927, "William Mulholland," in praise of the then 71 year-old Mulholland ; 3-pp. biography of M., dated 11/21/1934 ; original booklet, "William Mulholland - Father of the Los Angeles Municipal Water System (1939) ; LAT brief copy, 11/11/1992, "Holland's design not to blame in dam collapse."
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Saint Francis Dam Disaster
Manuscripts
2 items::extensive article copies (incl. Page One) from LAT of 3/14/1928, "200 dead, 300 missing," from day after St. Francis Dam disaster ; LAT clip copies of 3/22/1928, including Water Board demanding Grand Jury investigation and William Mulholland testimony before the Coroner's Jury (he hinted that the dam may have been dynamited) ; issue of Los Angeles City Historical Society Newsletter, 3/1988, "1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster."
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Western Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners Panel
Manuscripts
A copy of the notes used for a speech given by Otis Chandler at the Western Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners Panel on July 19, 1978. Other items in this folder include twenty-nine items that consist of seven letters and one attachment, which is a photocopy of a newspaper clipping; and eighteen newspaper clippings.
mssLAT
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Board of Water and Power Commissioners
Manuscripts
Contains draft of broadcast by Ben P. Griffith, "Board, Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles", November 28, 1954; also 1955-56 budget plan for LADWP employee benefits.
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