Finding Aid for the Melvin L. Blevins Collection of Material About Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley, 1957-1967
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1999
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Melvin L. Blevins Collection of Material about Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley, 1957-1967
Collection number: 1540
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Melvin L. Blevins Collection of Material About Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley,
Date (inclusive): 1957-1967
Collection number: 1540
Creator: Blevins, Melvin L.
Extent:
74 boxes (37 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Melvin Blevins served with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as watermaster for the Upper Los Angeles River Area,
and as senior hydrologic engineer in the Groundwater and Water Rights, Los Angeles Aqueduct Division. The collection consists
mostly of legal material relating to a trial regarding water rights between Los Angeles and portions of the San Fernando Valley.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Melvin Blevins, 1987.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Melvin L. Blevins Collection of Material About Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley (Collection
1540). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Blevins served with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as watermaster for the Upper Los Angeles River Area, and
as senior hydrologic engineer in the Groundwater and Water Rights, Los Angeles Aqueduct Division; wrote
Background Report on Mono Basin Geology and Hydrology (1984) and
Mono Basin Geology and Hydrology (1987).
Scope and Content
Collection consists mostly of legal material relating to a trial regarding water rights between Los Angeles and portions of
the San Fernando Valley, along with a small number of water resources publications, some relating to an overview of water
resources in the Owens Valley, California.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Los Angeles versus San Fernando water rights trial -- Reporter's transcript (Boxes 1-45).
- Clerk's transcript from trial (Boxes 46-57).
- Trial exhibits (Boxes 58-70).
- Trial report of referee, opening brief, and respondent's brief (Boxes 71-74).
- Water resources publications (Box 74).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Blevins, Melvin L.--Archives.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Dept. of Water and Power--Officials and employees--Archival resources.
Water rights--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Legal documents.
Online resources.
Container List
Los Angeles
vs. San Fernando et al. Water Rights Trial
Box 70
Def 43 - 89, CV 7 - 12, N 7 - 10.
Box 74
Water resources publications.
Note
Material kept separate by the donor.
Box 74
Overview of water resources in Owens Valley, California.
