Early Surveys and Property Line Arguments, Los Angeles Harbor; Tidal Phenomena; Los Angeles-Long Beach Breakwaters; Political Problems
Hughes, D. E.
Random notes on lands and tides. [n.d.]
Norway, W. H.
Field notes of the Mormon Island lines of Township 5 South, Range 13 West, San Bernardino Meridian, California. 1880
Hughes, D. E.
[Extracts from legal proceedings: City of Los Angeles vs. Borax Consolidated, Ltd., January 14, 1935; The People vs. Banning Company, n.d.; DeGuyer vs. William Banning, 1881?]
Hughes, D. E.
Traverse on Mormon Island. October 31, 1899
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence and extracts of correspondence re Mormon Island]. 1908-1937
Hughes, D. E.
Retrospection [re Mormon Island]. April 10, 1929.
Hughes, D. E.
Memorandum on resurvey of Mormon Island. July 4. 1916.
Hughes, D. E.
Note on ordinary high water mark. Oct. 14, 1935
Hughes, D. E.
"Now what did Hughes testify or write or say about datum and high water?" [1930-1936?]
Hughes, D. E.
[Handwritten notes re Mormon Island, Wilmington Harbor tides]. 1936
Hughes, D. E.
The City of Los Angeles, respondent, v. San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co., appellant. Apr. 8, 1920.
Hughes, D. E.
History of the inner Bay of San Pedro, California, bearing upon the ownership thereof, together with the author's views on the right of retaining it entire for general federal and public uses. 1908 24 leaves
Hughes, D. E.
On navigability of San Pedro Inner Harbor. June 11, 1908.
Hughes, D. E.
Letters, 1908 August 6 and August 11, to Joseph H. Call, Los Angeles, Calif. [re Inner Bay of San Pedro and boundary of Rancho Dan Pedro]. 1908
Hughes, D. E.
[Memorandum re harbor line surveys and titles to shorelines and islands of San Pedro Bay.] Nov. 30, 1915.
Hughes, D. E.
United States Harbor Lines for Inner and Outer Harbors, San Pedro, Calif. July 29, 1908
Hughes, D. E.
Memorandum of survey for Los Angeles Harbor fortifications. July 4, 1917
Hughes, D. E.
Letter, 1921 September 18, to John Doe, et. al., Long Beach, Calif. [Re "ordinary high tide" as limit of navigable water and claims of Long Beach to former tide and submerged lands in the San Pedro and Los Cerritos grants]. 1921
Hughes, D. E.
Random remarks [advising against early breakwater extension]. Jan. 14, 1923
Hughes, D. E.
Comment [re San Pedro Chamber of Commerce report on extension of breakwater]. Sept. 27, 1923
Hughes, D. E.
Notes as to location and width of channel in front of San Pedro. July 2, 1924.
Hughes, D. E.
About the "vara." 1925
Hughes, D. E.
Timorous commentary from first impressions on reading proposed bill for unification of harbor control. Feb. 15, 1925
Hughes, D. E.
Memoranda [sic] on conditions attached to breakwater construction. Mar. 21, 1925
Hughes, D. E.
Memorandum on Reservation Point [re channel widening, dredging, Deadman's Island]. Sept. 21, 1925
Hughes, D. E.
Letter, 1925 October 4, to "Any who may care to read" [re "east basin" Los Angeles Harbor]. 1925
Hughes, D. E.
Memo, U.S. Public Land Survey of Deadman's Island "along ordinary high water mark" by Thompson in 1868. Nov. 16, 1925
Hughes, D. E.
S.W. Corner sec. 19 [re mistake by Stevenson in survey of San Pedro area in 1885]. Dec. 21, 1925
Hughes, D. E.
Letter, 1926 April 4, to Mr. Hale [re Lecouvereur's survey of 1870]. 1926
Hughes, D. E.
Views on breakwater conditions. Mar. 27, 1927
Hughes, D. E.
Views of breakwater conditions. Mar. 17, 1928
Hughes, D. E.
Union Pacific Railroad appendices nos. 1 to 6 inc. by D.E. Hughes, Civil Engineer [re San Pedro Bay, Los Angeles Harbor; physical history, history of ownership, surveys, high water marks, bench marks]. Feb. 1936
Hughes, D. E.
Notes on high water mark. Jan. 5, 1936
Hughes, D. E.
Letter, 1937 June 24, to Easton [re legal aspects]. 1937
Hughes, D. E.
Letter, 1937 November 16, to A. L. Sonderegger, Los Angeles, Calif. [re East Jetty, Deadman's Island]. 1937
Hughes, D. E.
Recollections, pertaining to the southerly portion of Los Cerritos Rancho, derived from observations, readings and hear-says; and of contemplation for Nature's work in the vicinity; and interference by works of man; also a Surveyor's thoughts of acquired status of land titles... Nov. 29, 1937
Hughes, D. E.
ABC's [re tides inside and outside harbors]. Dec. 9, 1937
Hughes, D. E.
Letter, 1937 December 25, to Major Theodore Wyman Jr., Los Angeles, Calif. [re harbor lines desired by Long Beach]. 1937
Hughes, D. E.
Additional coordinates, etc. for harborline map [Long Beach inner harbor]. [n.d.].
Hughes, D. E.
Letter, 1938 January 25, to U. S. Engineer Office, Los Angeles, Calf. [re Long Beach harbor mouth]. 1938
Hughes, D. E.
Reproduced picture and rehashed remarks [re Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River mouths]. Feb. 27, 1938
Hughes, D. E.
Channel and harbor lines between LaGoleta and Timms Point in San Pedro. May 6, 1938
Hughes, D. E.
Last squawk [re height of ordinary high water in the state of nature near Long Beach pre-1896]. June 30, 1938
Hughes, D. E.
Memorandum [re partition lines between Los Cerritos and San Pedro Ranchos]. Sept. 20, 1938
Hughes, D. E.
Was the San Gabriel River and any of its branches navigable in the state of nature? Nov. 22, 1938
Hughes, D. E.
[Los Cerritos Rancho meander lines along its southerly boundary]. Mar. 1, 1939
Hughes, D. E.
[Ocean shore of Terminal Island between city limits and entrance to Long Beach inner harbor]. Aug. 25, 1939
Sonderegger, S. L.
Shore line of easterly portion of Terminal Island and mouth of old San Gabriel River [map]. Dec. 1905.
Hughes, D. E.
[Notes re the Bates (?) report on early surveys]. Sept. 1 and 9, 1939
Hughes, D. E.
Partition between San Pedro and Nieto grants as seen by the man in the moon. Sept. 9, 1939
Hughes, D. E.
Los Cerritos B San Pedro patent common boundary. Oct. 4, 1939
Hughes, D. E.
[Miscellaneous: patents, correspondence, maps, notes, re early surveys and property line problems; Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro breakwater controversy]. 1887-1938
Hughes, D. E.
Terminal Island, Calif. Apr. 1941.
Diversion of Los Angeles River from Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors
Hughes, D. E.
Memoranda. 1914-1920
Hughes, D. E.
[Discussion and estimates on river diversion along different routes and different grades, based on topographic map and recent profiles, furnished by Mr. Reagan, County Engineer]. 1916
Hughes, D. E.
Reminiscences on breaking ground for harbor protection work. Oct. 27, 1919
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence, re flood control and Los Angeles River]. 1917-1938
Hughes, D. E.
[Miscellaneous notes, maps, re silt diversion]. 1919
Santa Monica Breakwater
Hughes, D. E.
[Letter report addressed to Board of Commissions of the City of Santa Monica re breakwater under contract for construction. Recommends change in contract, substitution of random stone]. Apr. 13, 1933
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence re Santa Monica breakwater]. 1933-1934
Point Fermin Landslide
Hughes, D. E.
Data pertaining to the Point Firmin [sic] land slide. Aug. 31, 1929
Arnold, Ralph, Malcolm H. Bissell, and William J. Miller
Report on the Point Fermin landslide, San Pedro, California. Aug. 28, 1929
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence re the landslide]. July-Oct. 1929
Los Angeles County Sewer Outfall
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence re Los Angeles County "Whites Point Sewer Outfall" controversy]. 1925-1934
Newport Bay, California
Hughes, D. E.
Memorandum [re proposed improvement of entrance to Newport Bay]. Feb. 3, 1924
Beach, Lansing H.
Newport Bay, Calif. preliminary report. Mar. 14, 1925
Beach, Lansing H.
Orange County Harbor Commission report to the Board of Supervisors. Apr. 14, 1925
San Diego and Vicinity
Hughes, D. E.
Memorandum on proposed revisions of San Diego Harbor lines. Sept. 15, 1911
Hughes, D. E.
Memorandum on reservation for dike in Pueblo lot 219. July 6, 1926
Hughes, D. E.
Pertaining to False Bay [re San Diego River delta in False Bay, course of the river and title to tidelands, in litigation as State vs. City of San Diego]. July 28, 1939-Aug. 20, 1939
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence and letter reports re Coronado sea wall; San Diego Harbor; proposed LaJolla breakwater]. 1905-1935
Miscellaneous
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence re concrete in seawater]. 1903-1932
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence; notes; reprint of Hughes' article "The Sickle, or perfect railway curve," from Transactions of the Technical Society of the Pacific Coast, vol. IX, no. 3, Apr. 1892, p. 63-81.; notes re lemniscate and cubic parabola]. 1920-1942
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence and notes re stone specification]. 1903-1917
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence, memos, and sketches re breakwater design]. 1908-1938
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence re surge]. 1922
Hughes, D. E.
[Correspondence and memo re rangefinder]. 1903-1917
Hughes, D. E.
[Miscellaneous correspondence re papers by colleagues; proposal for a submarine detector; engine vibration in dredge "Seattle"; mathematical puzzles]. 1916-1942
Hughes, D. E.
[Unidentified coordinates]
Hughes, D. E.
[Miscellaneous materials pertaining to Rancho Los Cerritos]. 1856-1890
Hughes, D. E.
[Miscellaneous materials pertaining to Rancho Los Palos Verdes]. 1856