Finding Aid for the City of Burbank Underground Water Rights Litigation Records LSC.1674
Finding aid prepared by Shira Peltzman, 2021.
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Online finding aid last updated 2021 January 8.
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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
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Language of Material: Materials are in
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[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.
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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.
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.