Manuscripts

Sinclair, Arthur W.: California Delta Farms materials

Description: Includes maps, company information, notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1912-1929
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.

Resolution from board of directors of California Delta Farms, expressing the firm's appreciation for Sinclair's career and sympathy to his family at his passing

Manuscripts

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.

mssSinclairhh

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