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Description: 6 pages of lists of personal names and locations as well as figures, presumably made by Sinclair.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1906
Call number: mssSinclairhh
Creator: Sinclair, Henry Harbinson (1858-1914)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Arthur W. Sinclair and Marjorie Sinclair, children of H.H. Sinclair, 1936.
Associated people: Cowper, Thomas, (1712-1778.)
Associated organizations: California Delta Farms, Inc.; Fontana Water Company.; Great Western Power Company.; Mt. Hood Railway and Power Company.; Palmer Oil Company.; Southern California Edison Company.

Unites States Department of the Interior

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Department of Interior publications lists, invoices with charges for books ordered by Sinclair.

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Calculations regarding solar eclipse by Thomas Cowper

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The Henry H. Sinclair papers number more than 1,600 items, including diaries, journals, newspaper clippings, and extensive personal and business correspondence. The complete date range is 1802-1937 (bulk dates 1909-1914). Subject matter includes mostly business matters of the Great Western Power Company, Palmer Oil Company, Mt. Hood Railway and Power Company, etc.; diaries and notebooks concerning power plant inspection trips, mostly to the Kern River in California; the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association; the California to Honolulu yacht races. The collection also includes the papers of his son, Arthur W. Sinclair, pertaining to California Delta Farms, Inc. The collection also contains a diploma from Sinclair's membership in the American Institute of Electric Engineers and a manuscript, by Englishman Thomas Cowper, of calculations regarding a solar eclipse on June 24, 1778.

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Notebook

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Miscellaneous notes and lists. Many blank pages.

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Great Western Power Company: Resignation Announcement

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Official company document announcing resignation of H.H. Sinclair from his posts as vice president and general manager of Great Western Power Co., effective July 1, 1911.

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Genealogical notes on Barker and Jenkins families

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Diary

Manuscripts

Opening note - "Notes taken on trip June and July 1901 Kern and Kings rivers. D.C. Hauer, Jr., A.W. Sinclair, H.H. Sinclair." Notes include times and places, meal times, arrival and departure times.

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