Descriptive Summary
Access
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Blake Gumprecht papers
Date (inclusive): 1916-2007
Collection Number: WRCA 276
Creator:
Gumprecht, Blake, 1959-
Extent:
8.15 linear feet
(9 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection contains research regarding Blake Gumprecht's book
The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth. Materials include correspondence, photographs, audio tapes, VHS tapes, and maps. The collection consists of research material
dating from the early twentieth century to the early twenty-first century regarding the Los Angeles River and Aqueduct that
was utilized by Gumprecht for his book.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. 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]. Blake Gumprecht papers (WRCA 276). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
Processed by Serena Rodholm, Student Processing Assistant, 2018.
Processing of the Blake Gumprecht papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside
as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded
by the UCR Library and administered by Andrew Lippert, Special Collections Processing Archivist.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection's material is related to the Los Angeles River and the Los Angeles River Aqueduct. The materials were used
in research for the creator, Blake Gumprecht's book
The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth, which was published in 1999 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Photographs ranging from the late twentieth to early twenty-first
century illustate damage that the Los Angeles River has caused in addition to pollution within the river, graffiti along the
river's concrete edges, and popular movies that have been filmed there such as
Grease (1978). Correspondence related to different water resource organizations and Gumprecht's progress for his book are included.
Research articles, newspapers, and maps of the Los Angeles River and the surrounding area span from the late ninteenth century
to early twenty-first century.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1.
The Los Angeles River, 1993-2001
- Series 2. Secondary source material, 1916-2007
- Series 3. Audio/Visual material, 1994-1999
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Water and environmental programs (Calif.)
Water-supply -- California -- Los Angeles
Genres and Forms of Materials
Audiovisual materials
Correspondence
Maps
Photographs