Joe S. Bain papers
Finding aid prepared by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian, and Kristen Laughridge.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Joe S. Bain papers
Date (inclusive): 1931-1964
Date (bulk): 1958-1962
Collection Number: WRCA 099
Creator:
Bain, Joe S. (Joe Staten), 1912-1991
Extent:
1.0 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection consists of notes, reports, memoranda, interviews, news clippings, financial statements, Bank of America data,
etc., used as background materials for the book,
Northern California's Water Industry: The comparative efficiency of public enterprise in developing a scarce natural resource, by Joe S. Bain, Richard E. Caves, and Julius Margolis (Published for Resources for the Future, Inc. by The Johns Hopkins
Press, c1966).
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Joe S. Bain papers (WRCA 099). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special
Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
Processed by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian, and Kristen Laughridge, 1999.
Collection Number
Collection number updated December 2018. Legacy collection number was MS 80/7. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Biographical Note
Project Director, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, California Water Industry Study, University of California, Berkeley.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of notes, reports, memoranda, interviews, news clippings, financial statements, Bank of America data,
etc., used as background materials for the book,
Northern California's Water Industry: The comparative efficiency of public enterprise in developing a scarce natural resource, by Joe S. Bain, Richard E. Caves, and Julius Margolis (Published for Resources for the Future, Inc. by The Johns Hopkins
Press, c1966).
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged topically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Water resources development -- California
Water-supply -- California
Genres and Forms of Materials
Reports
Notes
Clippings (information artifacts)
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence with Vincent Ostrum, Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, D.C
March-July 1964
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 2
Alternative (thermo-electric) power costs for the Delta features of the Central Valley Project
1961 (?)
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes notes, plans, charts, etc.
Box 1, Folder 3
Acreage limitation
1958-1962
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, study, news clippings, etc. Partial contents: Water pricing to enable family sized farms to afford water from
the proposed California Water Resources development system -- Acreage discrimination : address of Burnham Enersen, Attorney
... before the Arizona State Reclamation Association -- Central Valley and state water contracts in relation to protecting
rural democracy and family agriculture : report to the semi-annual meeting of the California Farm Research & Legislative Committee
/ by William Reich -- Why acreage limitations have failed in California / by Robert Durbrow.
Box 1, Folder 4
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
1958-1961
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes tables, charts, interviews, correspondence, miscellaneous studies, reports, Central Valley Project data, and news
clippings.
Box 1, Folder 5
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects (New Melones, Auburn) news clippings
1961-1963
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 6
Sacramento canals news clippings
1962-1963
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 7
Mountain counties: county of origin material
1959-1962
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and memorandum dated 9/18/59 from William R. Gianelli to Harvey O. Banks re conflicts in the development
of recent major water development projects.
Box 1, Folder 8
Irrigation Districts Association meeting at Yosemite National Park
1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes notes, program, etc.
Box 1, Folder 9
California Water Service Company systems reports
1958-1959
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes reports on results of operation, source of water supply, storage facilities, etc.
Box 1, Folder 10
Citizens Utilities Company
1959-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes historical information and annual report for 1959.
Box 1, Folder 11
Friant Water Users Association
1950-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 12
Kings River Water Users (Solicitors Decision et al)
1940-1962
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, news clippings, interviews, reports, contracts, etc.
Box 1, Folder 13
Pacific Gas Electric Company
1959-1961
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes: list of the Company's reservoirs showing the county in which it is located, the dam crest elevation, the capacity,
and the primary use; maps showing the location of reservoirs, power plants, canals, and other facilities which include hydroelectric
developments and associated water distribution systems; list of hydroelectric generating plants and the county in which each
is located; a statistical sheet showing domestic water systems and ditch systems showing the number of customers in each,
the metered sales, and the source of water; tariff sheets filed with California P.U.C., which indicate the domestic water
systems service areas and the district ditch systems; a list of resale customers indicating the source canal, the county,
and the quantity sold in 1959; a summary of contracts for transportation of water; and, the annual reports for 1958 and 1959.
Box 1, Folder 14
Pacific Gas Electric Company
1957-1963
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Interview notes, background materials, etc. Includes: The role of the private power company / by William B. Kuder (reprinted
from California law review, vol. 45, no. 5 (December 1957).
Box 1, Folder 15
Butte County
1955-1962
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District, Paradise Irrigation District, Richvale Irrigation District, Sutter-Butte
Canal Company, and Thermalito Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 16
Calaveras County
1954 (?)
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Calaveras County Water District.
Box 1, Folder 17
Colusa County
1959-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, Provident Irrigation District, and other Colusa County irrigation and
water districts.
Box 1, Folder 18
Del Norte County
1958
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes: Official statement of the City of Crescent City, California in connection with the sale of $650,000 ... water and
sewer bonds series "B".
Box 1, Folder 19
El Dorado County
1959
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on El Dorado Irrigation District, Georgetown Divide Public Utility District, and South Tahoe Public Utility
District.
Box 1, Folder 20
Fresno County
1957-1961
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Fresno Irrigation District, James Irrigation District, Kings River Water District, Panoche Water District,
San Luis Water District, Tranquillity Irrigation District, and other Fresno County irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 21
Glenn County
1951
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Provident Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 22
Humboldt County
1959-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District.
Box 1, Folder 23
Imperial County
1957-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Imperial Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 24
Kern County
1958-1961
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Arvin Water Company, Buena Vista Water Storage District, Kern County Canal and Water Company, Rosedale-Rio
Bravo Water Storage District, Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, and other Kern County irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 25
Kings County
1956-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Empire West Side Irrigation District, Kings County Water District, Last Chance Water Ditch Company, Lemoore
Canal & Irrigation Company, Stratford Irrigation District, and Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District.
Box 1, Folder 26
Lake County
1954 (?)
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Kelseyville County Waterworks.
Box 1, Folder 27
Lassen County
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Tule Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 28
Los Angeles County
1955-1961
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District, Smithson
Springs Water Company, and other Los Angeles County water and irrigation districts.
Box 1, Folder 29
Madera County
1959-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Chowchilla Water District and Madera Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 30
Mariposa County
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
Materials lacking.
Box 1, Folder 31
Mendocino County
1957-1958
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Calpella County Water District, Dos Rios Water System, Hopland Public Utility District, Laytonville County
Water District, Mill view County Water District, and Willow County Water District.
Box 1, Folder 32
Merced County
1956-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Central California Irrigation District, Grassland Water District, Merced Irrigation District, and San
Luis Water District.
Box 1, Folder 33
Modoc County
1959
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Tule lake Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 34
Mono County
undated
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Mammoth County Water District.
Box 1, Folder 35
Monterey County
1955-1958
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Fruitland Water Company, Monterey Peninsula Water District, San Ardo Water District, and other Monterey
County irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 36
Nevada County
1931-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Nevada Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 37
Orange County
1959
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Capistrano Beach County Water District, Coastal Municipal Water District, Cypress County Water District,
Newport Mesa County Water District, Orange County Water District, Yorba Linda County Water District, and other Orange County
water and irrigation districts.
Box 1, Folder 38
Placer County
1953-1962
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Foresthill Public Utility District, Frey Water Company, Placer County Water Agency, and Rocklin-Loomis
Municipal Utility District.
Box 1, Folder 39
Plumas County
1950
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Clio Public Utility District.
Box 1, Folder 40
Riverside County
1959-1962
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Cabazon Water District, Coachella Valley Water District, Eastern Municipal Water District, and Western
Municipal Water District.
Box 1, Folder 41
Sacramento County
1955-1962
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Carmichael Irrigation District, Citrus Heights Irrigation District, Elk Grove Irrigation District, Fair
Oaks Irrigation District, Natomas Water Company, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, San Juan Suburban Water District and
other Sacramento County irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 42
San Benito County
1960-1961
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on the city of Hollister, Aromas County Water District, and other San Benito County irrigation and water
districts.
Box 1, Folder 43
San Bernardino County
1957-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Crestline Village Water District, Cucamonga County Water District, Panorama Heights Water Company, Running
Springs County Water District, Victorville County Water District, Yermo Water Company, and other San Bernardino County irrigation
and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 44
San Joaquin County
1955-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Banta-Carbona Irrigation District, East San Joaquin Water Conservation District, Oakdale Irrigation District,
South San Joaquin Irrigation District, Stockton and Plain View Water District, West Side Irrigation District, and other San
Joaquin County water and irrigation districts.
Box 1, Folder 45
San Luis Obispo County
1957-1958
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Atascadero County Water District, Garden Farms County Water District, Grover City County Water District,
Pismo County Water District, and Shell Beach County Water District; and materials related to the Mid-Coastal Counties State
Water Plan Board.
Box 1, Folder 46
Santa Barbara County
1959 (?)
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Santa Barbara County Water Agency District, Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, and other
Santa Barbara County irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 47
Santa Cruz County
1957-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Aptos Sanitation District, Central Santa Cruz County Water District, Riverside Grove Water Company, San
Lorenzo County Water District, and other Santa Cruz County irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 48
Shasta County
1959
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on the City of Redding, Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District, Burney Water District, Cottonwood County
Water District, and Happy Valley Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 49
Sierra County
1959 (?)
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Waterworks District no. 1.
Box 1, Folder 50
Siskiyou County
1959-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Butte Valley Irrigation District, Montague Water Conservation District, Tule Lake Irrigation District,
and other Siskiyou County irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 51
Stanislaus County
1948-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Del Puerto Water District, Modesto Irrigation District, Mustang Water District, Oakdale Irrigation District,
Turlock Irrigation District, West Stanislaus Irrigation District, and other Stanislaus County irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 52
Sutter County
1960-1961
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Butte Water District, South Sutter Water District, Sutter Butte Canal System, and other Sutter County
irrigation and water districts.
Box 1, Folder 53
Tehama County
1958
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Deer Creek Irrigation District, El Camino Irrigation District, and Los Molinos Water Works.
Box 1, Folder 54
Trinity County
1952-1957
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Trinity County Waterworks District no. 1.
Box 1, Folder 55
Tulare County
1950-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District, Exeter Irrigation District, Farmersville County Water District,
Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, Lower Tule River Irrigation District, Orange Cove Irrigation District, Pixley Irrigation
District, Porterville Irrigation District, Saucelito Irrigation District, Stone Corral Irrigation District, Teapot Dome Water
District, Terra Bella Irrigation District, Tulare Irrigation District, and Vandalia Irrigation District.
Box 1, Folder 56
Tuolumne County
1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Snobowl Water System, and Tuolumne County Water District no. 1 and no. 2.
Box 1, Folder 57
Ventura County
1956-1960
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Santa Paula Water Works, Ltd., Ventura County Waterworks District no. 6, Santa Felicia Dam, and Casitas
Dam.
Box 1, Folder 58
Yolo County
1960 (?)
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Dunnigan Water District, Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and Yolo-Zamora Water
District.
Box 1, Folder 59
Yuba County
1960-1962
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents
File of materials on Browns Valley Irrigation District, Camp Far West Irrigation District, Cordua Irrigation District, Hallwood
Irrigation Company, Johnson Rancho County Water District, Linda County Water District, Wheatland Water District, Yuba County
Water Agency, and other Yuba County irrigation and water districts.