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Guide to the Spring Valley Water Company Records
SCM0059  
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Scope and Contents note
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SCM0059
    Creator: Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco, Calif.).
    Creator: Stanford Inn.
    Title: Spring Valley Water Company records
    Dates: 1905-1920
    Physical Description: 0.04 Linear feet (2 folders)
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Provenance

    Custodial History

    Administrative transfers, 1965 and 1985.

    Scope and Contents note

    Legal papers documenting the agreements between the Spring Valley Water Company and Stanford University regarding Searsville Dam and Resevoir, 1919; and recordbook of measurements of the depth of Searsville Lake and amount of rainfall, 1905-1913, with some notes pertaining to pipes, water flow, and effect of the 1906 earthquake.

    Access Terms

    Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco, Calif.).
    Stanford Inn.
    Stanford University
    Searsville Dam (Calif.)
    Searsville Lake (Calif.)