Manuscripts

Water - Colorado River Aqueduct

Description: 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."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1931 - 1973
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)

Water - Colorado River Aqueduct

Manuscripts

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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Water - Colorado River

Manuscripts

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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Water - Los Angeles Aqueduct - Articles and Pamphlets

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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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Water - Reports (2 of 2)

Manuscripts

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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Water - Reports (1 of 2)

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Dedication of Colorado River Aqueduct

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Contains Dedication Program for Colorado River Aqueduct, Copy of Senate Bill S. 13 and Other Documents Related to Colorado River Water.

mssMorris, Samuel papers

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