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Guide to the Marsden Manson papers, 1887-1937
BANC MSS C-B 416
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Collection Title: Marsden Manson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1887-1937
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 416
Creator:
Manson, Marsden, 1850-1931
Extent:
Number of containers: 2 cartons, 13 oversize folders
Linear feet: 3.0
Repository: The
Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Chiefly pertaining to his office as San Francisco City Engineer, 1908-1912, and concerning the city's water supply, particularly
the Hetch Hetchy Valley and Lake Eleanor, and the Spring Valley Water Company.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Marsden Manson papers, BANC MSS C-B 416, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Title: M.M. O'Shaughnessy Papers,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 92/808 c
Title: Spring Valley Water Company Records,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-G 189
Title: John S. Eastwood Papers, Collection
#EASTWOOD, Water Resources Center Archive
Title: Marsden Manson Collected Papers,
QE702.M22, Earth Sciences and Maps Library
Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Identifier/Call Number: (BANC PIC 1945.013)
The Marsden Manson Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Mrs. Marsden Manson in May 1944.
| 1850 | Born in Virginia on February 14th. |
| 1873 | Received Bachelor of Science and Civil Engineering degrees at the Virginia Military Institute, and served on the faculty for several years after graduation. |
| 1883-1892 | Served as Chief Engineer for the State Harbor Commission, San Francisco, |
| 1893 | Received Ph.D. in Engineering, University of California. |
| 1894-1896 | Served as Engineer, California Highway Department. |
| 1897-1900 | Appointed to the Board of Engineers, San Francisco Drainage Committee. |
| 1901-1907 | Served as Consulting Engineer, San Francisco Public Works Department. |
| 1908-1912 | Served as San Francisco City Engineer. |
| 1922 | Published book, "The Evolution of Climate". |
| 1931 | Died at his home in Berkeley, Calif. on February 21st. |
The Marsden Manson Papers, 1887-1937, consist of a selection of correspondence, manuscripts, and professional papers that
span his professional career from 1887 to 1931. Much of the material deals with Manson's tenure as San Francisco City Engineer
from 1908 to 1912, but his writing and research activities are also well documented.
Manson's major correspondents include A. H. Giannini, William Hammond Hall, and Gifford Pinchot. His writings include an annotated
draft of
The Evolution of Climate, plus many articles and reports written primarily for the San Francisco Board of Public Works. Much of this material relates
to San Francisco's water supply, Hetch Hetchy, and Spring Valley Water Company. His research materials contain pamphlets,
subject files, and a small map collection, while ephemera includes an invitation to the inauguration of O'Shaughnessy Dam
in 1923, and clippings concerning Manson's engineering work from 1906 to 1929.
Printed materials, maps, and reports relating to Manson can also be found elsewhere on the University of California, Berkeley
campus, including the Earth Sciences and Maps Library, and the Water Resources Center Archive.