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Guide to the J. Ralph Shoemaker Papers, Water Resources Collection
h19xx.27
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Title: J. Ralph Shoemaker Papers, Water Resources Collection
Creator:
Shoemaker, J. Ralph.
Dates: 1910-1960
Quantity: 19 boxes
Repository:
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont University Consortium
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges
Claremont, California 91711
Abstract: This collection contains Weymouth's personal papers including correspondence, his publications and speeches, and photographs
all relating to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the construction of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) and the
Colorado River Aqueduct from 1894-1941.
Collection Number: h19xx.27
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical location: Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library.
This collection is open for research.
Property rights resides with Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please
contact Special Collections staff.
[Identification of item], J. Ralph Shoemaker Papers, Water Resources Collection. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library,
Claremont University Consortium.
Acquired from the Shoemaker family.
Arranged and processed by Russell Michalak in 2009.
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
Biography of J. Ralph Shoemaker
J. R. Shoemaker was a hydraulic engineer who worked in the Pomona Valley. He worked for Pomona Valley Protective Association.
San Dimas Water Company and San Dimas-Charter Oak Domestic Water Company, State Division of Water Resources, San Antonio Water
Company, Southern California Water Company.
He was involved in legal suits such as Irrigation Company of Pomona v. San Antonio Water Company, Cucamonga Water Company
1922-1930, Chino Basin Protective Association 1926-1935, San Gabriel Valley Protective Association v. City of Pasadena 1928-1931,
Rancho Santa Margarita v. Vail, Pasadena v. Alhambra 1938-1941.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The papers in collection consist of 60 field books, legal cases on water rights, maps, photographs, records of rainfall and
wells, engineer's reports.
Series 1 Water-Rights and Water-Supply in Southern California
Series 2 Legal Cases on Water Rights
Series 3 Maps
Series 4 Well Logs and Well Records
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms
Jones, Willis S.
Shoemaker, J. Ralph
Water rights--California--Los Angeles County.
Water-supply California
Western Americana -- 1900 - 1999
Claremont (Calif.)
Pomona (Calif.)