Manuscripts

Fallbrook Case

Description: Approx. 12 items: correspondence related to the so-called "Fallbrook Case," involving water rights ; Fallbrook Utility District ; Goodwin J. Knight (Lt. Gov., CA) ; correspondence between William F. Knowland (U.S. Senate) and Norman Chandler on water issues ; Richard Nixon (U.S. Senate) ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1951 - 1953
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.

Water - Fallbrook

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: LAT clips and copies over a ten year period recording the legal battle between the San Diego County town of Fallbrook and the U.S. government over water rights - LAT originally broke the story.

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Water - Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

Approx. 50 items - letters, newsletters, clippings, a press release and one article tear sheet. Notable names and items include: Harold Kennedy (County Counsel) ; letters on salt water conversion ; materials labeled "Fallbrook Water" (1956) that reflect "feud" between LAT and Claremont Men's College history prof. W. Henry Cooke, including his article in Pacific Historical Review (2/1956), "The controversy over water rights in the Santa Marguerita River" (pp. 1 - 28 ; Arthur Breed (CA Senate) ; reprint from Congressional Record, 8/2/1955 ; Soil Conservation Society of America ; CA Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown ; complete issues of District News - Imperial Irrigation District, 3/1967 - 4/1967 ; Gov. Goodwin J. Knight ; more.

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F - Miscellaneous Correspondence

Manuscripts

6 items. Subjects include: preview editions; an exchange of letters with Fallbrook Public Utility District on water supplies and costs; etc.

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Knowland, William C. / Knight, Goodwin Election

Manuscripts

Correspondence regarding the William C. Knowland/ Goodwin Knight election for California Governor, including letters and photocopies from Knowland, Knight, and Hotchkiss. Original Knowland letter dated March 10, 1958 and Knight letter dated April 29, 1957 removed from Autograph File and returned to Hotchkiss files. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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Knight, Goodwin J

Manuscripts

5 items: letter, two letters, 9/1955, Ainsworth to Gov. Goodwin J. Knight and reply, related to the State water plan ; letter, 2/1957, Ainsworth to Knight, on the National Cowboy Hall of Fame ; two letters, 1957, between Ainsworth and Knight on the San Luis Dam and Reservoir.

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Manuscripts

Approx. 95 items. Notable correspondents and items include: Alan K. Simpson (U.S. Senate) ; Henry Kissinger ; Pete Wilson (U.S. Senate) ; William Pfaff ; Russell Baker (N.Y. Times) ; handwritten note by Day to Chief Justice Warren Burger, 2/27/1981 ; several letters exchanges with Edmund G. Brown (ex-Gov. of CA) ; Daryl F. Gates (Chief of Police) ; Franklin D. Murphy ; more. Split into two folders.

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