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Finding Aid for the Henry Baker Lynch papers, 1915-1960
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Description
Henry Baker Lynch (1879- ) was a hydraulic engineer who worked for the Water and Light departments of Glendale and Burbank (1909-19), the Glendale Water System, Crescenta Mutual Water Company, and the Haines Canyon Water Company at Tujunga. The collection consists of manuscript notebooks, photographs, maps, charts, and related printed material concerning rainfall, floods and flood control in Southern California collected by Lynch during the course of his career in Los Angeles.
Background
Lynch was born in 1879; attended University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University, where he studied engineering; came to Glendale in 1907; became manager of Water and Light departments of Glendale (1909-19), also served part of the time in the same capacity for the city of Burbank; in 1914 became manager of Glendale Water System; began serving as a consulting engineer with an office in Los Angeles in 1919; in 1920 was an engineer for Crescenta Mutual Water Company, which supplied the city of La Crescenta; became engineer for the Haines Canyon Water Company at Tujunga, later serving as president and manager of the company.
Extent
32 boxes (16 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes 6 oversize folders
Restrictions
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.
Availability
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.