John Alexander Gray Papers
Finding aid prepared by Eric Steiger.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical
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Descriptive Summary
Title: John Alexander Gray Papers
Dates: 1961-1965
Collection Number: mssGray papers
Creator:
Gray, John Alexander
Extent:
176 items in 1 box
Repository: The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts
Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection consists primarily of
draft article manuscripts written by Los Angeles journalist John Alexander Gray,
who drafted articles relating to the Bureau of Power and Light (later the Department of
Water and Power) and of the history of the City of Los Angeles in the 1960s.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. John Alexander Gray Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of James A. Linck, February 1968.
Biographical Note
John Alexander Gray was a Los Angeles, California, newswriter who drafted articles relating to the
Bureau of Power and Light (later the Department of Water and Power) and of the history of
the City of Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
The collection consists primarily of draft article manuscripts written by John
Alexander Gray and relating to William Mulholland, Ezra Scattergood, William B.
Matthews, and John B. Elliott, connected with the procurement of water and power
from the Owens Valley (California) via the Los Angeles Aqueduct and from Boulder Dam
for the city of Los Angeles. Other subjects of the articles include key institutions
in Los Angeles and Southern California history including the Metropolitan Water
District and the Southern California Edison Company. The correspondence includes
letters responding to inquiries sent by Gray to deans and officials at several
colleges, universities, and other cultural institutions in the Los Angeles area such
as Disneyland, the California Institute of Technology, Wycliffe Bible Translators,
California State College at Palos Verdes, San Fernando Valley State College,
California State College, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, University
of California, Los Angeles, and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Additionally, the collection includes a file of newspaper clippings that reflects
Gray’s interest in Los Angeles’s air quality and educational environment and an
ephemera section, which consists of some of John Alexander Gray’s personal financial
documents, tax receipts, and membership cards for the Los Angeles Water & Power
Defense League and the University of Southern California General Alumni
Association.
Indexing: Subjects
Boulder Canyon Project (U.S.)
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “The Heroic Years”: Manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (4).
Colorado River Basin Project (U.S.)
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “Saga of John B. Elliott”: manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (8).
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “The Heroic Years”: Manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (4).
Mulholland, William, 1855-1935
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “The Heroic Years”: manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (4).
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “Scattergood”: manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (9).
Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Water and Power
- Subject in Ivan L. Bateman, “More Power for Los Angeles”: speech (1962, Feb. 26). Box 1 (1).
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “The Heroic Years”: manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (4).
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
- Subject in Ivan L. Bateman, “More Power for Los Angeles”: speech (1962, Feb. 26). Box 1 (1).
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.)
- Subject in Ivan L. Bateman, “More Power for Los Angeles”: speech (1962, Feb. 26). Box 1 (1).
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “The Heroic Years”: manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (4).
Scattergood, E. F. (Ezra Frederick), 1871-1947
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “Saga of John B. Elliot”: manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (8).
Southern California Edison Company
- Subject in Ivan L. Bateman, “More Power for Los Angeles”: speech (1962, Feb. 26). Box 1 (1).
- Subject in John Alexander Gray, “Scattergood”: manuscript [undated]. Box 1 (9).
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Gray, John
Alexander.
Mulholland, William,
1855-1935.
Scattergood, E. F.
(Ezra Frederick), 1871-1947.
Corporate Names
Boulder Canyon Project
(U.S.)
Colorado River Basin
Project (U.S.)
Los Angeles (Calif.).
Bureau of Power and Light.
Los Angeles (Calif.).
Dept. of Water and Power -- History -- Sources.
Southern California
Edison Company.
Subjects
Power resources -- California -- Los
Angeles.
Water resources development --
California -- Los Angeles.
Water rights -- California -- Los
Angeles.
Water-supply -- California -- Los
Angeles.
Geographic Areas
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and
Nev.) -- History.
Los Angeles (Calif.) --
History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Los Angeles Aqueduct
(Calif.)
Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California (Calif.)
Owens Valley (Calif.) --
History.
Genre
Articles -- California -- 20th
century.
Clippings -- California -- 20th
century.
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 20th century.
Folder 1
Bateman, Ivan L. “More Power for Los Angeles”: speech.
1962, Feb. 26
Folder 2
Gray, John Alexander. “The Four Crusaders”:
manuscript.
Undated
Folder 3
Gray, John Alexander. “Frank Wiggins”: manuscript.
Undated
Folder 4
Gray, John Alexander. “The Heroic Years”: manuscript.
Undated
Folder 5
Gray, John Alexander. Miscellaneous Notes.
Undated
Folder 6
Gray, John Alexander. “Mulholland”: manuscript.
Undated
Folder 7
Gray, John Alexander. “Peculiar Happening”:
manuscript.
Undated
Folder 8
Gray, John Alexander. “Saga of John B. Elliott”:
manuscript.
Undated
Folder 9
Gray, John Alexander. “Scattergood”: manuscript.
Undated
Folder 10
Gray, John Alexander. “The Three Club”: manuscript.
1965
Folder 11
Correspondence.
1963-1964
Folder 14
Ephemera: clippings.
1964-1965
