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Inventory of the David E. Hughes Papers, 1880-1942 (bulk 1920-1935)
MS 77/1
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Description
Correspondence and reports pertaining to Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro Harbor, Long Beach
Harbor, Los Angeles River, Newport Bay, San Diego Harbor, Santa Monica breakwater, and
the Point Fermin landslide (1929). Includes materials on tides and boundaries.
Background
David Edward Hughes was born on September 21, 1861 at Palmyra, Ohio, the son of Evan and
Ann Johns Hughes. His youth was spent in that locality attending school, farming for his
widowed mother, and working in sandstone quarries. At the age of sixteen he moved to
Dunigan in Northern California.
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Water Resources Collections and Archives. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Water Resources Collections and Archives 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.
Availability
Collection is open for research.