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City of Burbank underground water rights litigation records
LSC.1674  
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
  • Preferred Citation
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Information
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Administrative/Biographical History
  • Scope and Contents

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: City of Burbank underground water rights litigation records
    Source: Woodburn, Merle L.
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1674
    Physical Description: 26 Linear Feet (26 cartons)
    Date (inclusive): 1940-1978
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

    Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to the UCLA Library Special Collections Librarian Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], City of Burbank Underground Water Rights Litigation Records (Collection 1674). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Merle L. Woodburn, City Clerk, Burbank, CA, 1990.

    Processing Information

    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 709519 

    Administrative/Biographical History

    Burbank is an incorporated city 11 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, California, in the eastern San Fernando Valley; the city's name comes from Dr. David Burbank, a LA dentist who arrived in 1866 and became an early subdivider; the town of Burbank was founded in 1887 on part of the Providencia Rancho.

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of court documents, correspondence, and historical research information related to litigation (1940-78) between the City of Los Angeles and the cities of Burbank, Glendale, and San Fernando over the rights to underground water.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Woodburn, Merle L.