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San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Records
2006-58  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
  • Additional collection guides

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Records
    Dates: 1946-1990
    Collection Number: 2006-58
    Creator/Collector: San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant
    Extent: 1.5 linear feet
    Repository: History San Jose Research Library
    Abstract: Records of the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant in Alviso, California, including documentation regarding the transfer of Zanker House to History Park in San Jose, California.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Records are open to the public by appointment with the Curator of Library and Archives

    Publication Rights

    The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

    Preferred Citation

    San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Records. History San Jose Research Library

    Acquisition Information

    Donated to History San Jose in 2006.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Records of the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant in Alviso, California. Includes: (1) 8mm. film; (4) Videotapes; (1) Notebook of a slide presentation on the plant; (4) Folders and envelopes of photographs; (1) Spiral-bound volume: Contract drawings for plant additions 1960-1; (1) Bound volume: City of San Jose Sewage Treatment Study, 1958-1959; (1) Bound volume: Report upon the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage...1946; (1) Spiral bound volume: Treatment & Disposal of the Sewage and Industrial wastes...1959; (1) Folder of materials on Zanker house; (2) Guest books from Zanker House dedication ceremony; (1) Envelope of photos from Zanker House dedication ceremony; (1) Report: SJ/SC Water Pollution Control Plant, April 1964; (1) Bundle of photos and slides of plant construction; (14) Annual Reports, 1965-1977; (1) report on Waste Water Salvage Project... 1931; (1) Report: A plan to eliminate the waste in water pollution control; (1) Campaign Report on Measure A, 1968; (1) Revised operating procedure data: Pacific Flush Tank Co.; (1) Report: Proposed sewage treatment facilities...1959; (25) pamphlets, brochures, clippings, and ephemeral items relating to sewage treatment plant; (1) Metal plaque for treatment plant; (1) Bundle, newspaper clippings about the plant; (1) Large metal plaque: "Bioassay Laboratory"; (4) architectural renderings and schematics of plant; (5) Oversized aerial photographs of plant.

    Indexing Terms

    Water treatment plants
    Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
    Alviso (Calif.)
    San Jose (Calif.)
    Santa Clara (Calif.)

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