Blake Gumprecht papers

Finding aid prepared by Serena Rodholm, Student Processing Assistant.
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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.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
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


 

Series 1. The Los Angeles River 1993-2001

Series Scope and Contents

The series contains documents and photographs pertaining to Blake Gumprecht's book The Los Angeles River. Included are correspondence regarding advertising, publication, and editing of the book. Blake Gumprecht's presentations regarding water resousources as well as the guidelines and original ideas for his thesis are available. His trip to Los Angeles and in 1999 and the research from that trip are noted consisting of photographs, receipts, and tickets. There is also information of different organizations pertaining to water conservation and protection such as the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council and the Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR).

Series Arrangement

The series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1, Box 9, Folder 1

Ads for Book 1999

Box 1, Folder 2

Article Submissions 1996

Box 1, Folder 3

Bibliography Notes circa 1997

Box 1, Folder 4

Center for American Places (CFAP): Correspondence 1996-2000

Box 1, Folders 5-7

Correspondence 1994-2001

Box 1, Folder 8

Environmental History of L.A. circa 1999

Box 1, Folder 9

Fajak (Department of Water and Power) 1997

Box 1, Folder 10

Figure Changes circa 1997

Box 1, Folder 11

Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR) 1993-2000

Box 1, Folder 12

Huntington Library 1994-1997

General Note

Note by creator: "Introduction map of L.A." and "373508"
Box 1, Folder 13-14

Johns Hopkins University Press 1998-2001

Box 1, Folder 15

Jordan 1999

Box 1, Folder 16

LAPL circa 1997

Box 1, Folder 17

Los Angeles City Archives circa 1997

Box 1, Folders 18-19

The Los Angeles River Manuscript 1998

Box 9, Folder 2

Los Angeles Maps undated

Box 1, Folders 20-27

Los Angeles River Photographs undated, 1995-1997

General Note

The original name of this folder was "callis"
Box 1, Folder 28

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council 1998-2001

Box 2, Folder 1

Los Angeles Trip 1999

Box 2, Folder 2

From L.A. Murillo 1994-1995

Box 2, Folder 3

North East Trees 1998-2001

Box 2, Folders 4-5, Box 9, Folder 4

Notes 1995-1998

Box 2, Folder 6

Occidental College - Water in LA River 1999

General Note

Note by creator: "3:00 class, occidental college"
Box 2, Folder 7

Parks Department undated

Box 2, Folder 8

Permissions 1997-2004

Box 2, Folder 9

Preface to Paperback Edition 2000

Box 2, Folder 10

Presentation undated

Box 2, Folder 11

Proposal 1994

Box 2, Folder 12

Published submissions 1996

Box 2, Folder 13

Receipt & Illustration Expenses 1995-1998

Box 2, Folder 14

Rethinking the River Conference 1994

Box 2, Folder 15

River Figures undated

General note

Note by creator: "detail irrigation map L.A. sheet copy 3 is best. UCLA"
Box 2, Folder 16

Seaver Center 1997

Box 2, Folder 17

Seminar Presentation 1994

Box 2, Folder 18, Box 9, Folder 5

Tables & Statistics circa 1997

Box 2, Folder 19

Thesis Guidelines 1993-1994

Box 2, Folder 20

Thesis: Other Ideas 1994

Box 2, Folder 21

USC Photographs 1997

Box 2, Folder 22

WHA Conference 2000

Box 2, Folder 23

WRCA 1997

 

Series 2. Secondary Source Material 1916-2007

Series Scope and Contents

This series contains secondary source material that is not directly associated with Blake Gumprecht's book The Los Angeles River. There are maps of the Los Angeles River and the surrounding area as well as reports on the change to the River. Information on flooding, pollution, history, ecology, and water supply in relation to the river are included.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically into three parts: secondary source material by title, secondary source material by author's last name, and books by title.
Box 2, Folders 24-25

The Biota of the Los Angeles River 1993

Box 2, Folder 26

California Coast & Ocean 1993

Box 2, Folder 27

California Legislation 1998

Box 2, Folder 28

Census undated

Box 2, Folder 29

Cultural Resource Overview & Survey for the Los Angeles County Drainage Area Review Study undated

Box 2, Folder 30

Down by the Los Angeles River: Friends of the Los Angeles River's Official Guide undated

Box 2, Folders 31-32

The Geography of the Los Angeles Water Supply undated

Box 2, Folder 33

Hazardous Metropolis: Flooding and Urban Ecology in Los Angeles 1999

Box 2, Folder 34

The History of the Domestic Water Supply of Los Angeles undated

Box 2, Folder 35

Historical Resource Overview and Survey for the Los Angeles County Drainage Area Study 1985

Box 2, Folder 36

Los Angeles City Miscellaneous Report undated

Box 2, Folder 37

Los Angeles County Drainage Project undated

Box 2, Folders 38-39

Los Angeles County Drainage Review 1992

Box 3, Folder 1

Los Angeles County Flood Control District undated

Box 3, Folder 2

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power undated

Box 3, Folder 3, Box 9, Folder 3

Los Angeles River: cities 2001-2007

Box 3, Folders 4-5

Los Angeles River Master Plan 1996

Box 3, Folder 6

Maps undated

Box 3, Folder 7

Newspapers undated

Box 3, Folders 8-10

Reagan Research Report 1995

Box 3, Folders 11-12

Southern California Quarterly 1997-1998

Box 3, Folders 13-14

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers & related agencies undated

Box 3, Folders 15-17

Watermaster Service in the Upper Los Angeles Area 1994-1997

Box 3, Folder 18

Wetlands of the Los Angeles River Watershed 2000

Box 3, Folders 19-20

A 1992-1997

Box 4, Folder 1

A undated

Box 4, Folders 2-3, Box 9, Folder 6

B circa 1997

Box 4, Folders 4-5

B- part 2 1994-1997

Box 4, Folders 6-7, Box 9, Folder 7

C 1991-1997

Box 4, Folders 8-9

D circa 1997-1998

Box 4, Folder 10, Box 9, Folder 8

E-F circa 1995-1997

Box 4, Folders 11-12, Box 9, Folder 9

G-H circa 1992-1997

Box 4, Folder 13

I-J circa 1991-1997

Box 4, Folders 14-15, Box 9, Folder 10

K-L circa 1995-1997

Box 4, Folders 16-18, Box 9, Folder 11

M-N circa 1994-1998

Box 4, Folders 19-20, Box 9, Folder 12

O-P circa 1992-1997

Box 5, Folders 1-2, Box 9, Folder 13

Q-R 1995-1998

Box 5, Folder 3, Box 9, Folder 14

S-T 1994-1997

Box 5, Folder 4

W-X undated

Box 5, Folder 5, Box 9, Folder 15

Y-Z circa 1997

Box 5, Folders 6-7, Box 6, Folders 1-2, Box 9, Folder 16

New- after 1/1/98 1998-2001

Box 6, Item 3

California Water: Looking to the Future 1987

Box 6, Item 4

The City that Grew 1935

Box 6, Item 5

Common Ground from the Mountains to the Sea 2001

Box 6, Item 6, Flat-File-Folder 1

Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct Final Report 1916

General Note

Maps in the map case were originally in the back of the book located in box 6.
Box 6, Item 7

Cruising Industrial Los Angeles 1997

Box 6, Item 8

Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster 1998

Box 6, Item 9

From Pueblo to Metropolis: Water and the Power in the Story of Los Angeles 1971

Box 6, Item 10

Henry E. Huntington and the Creation of Southern California 1992

Box 6, Item 11

A History of the Los Angeles District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1975

Box 6, Item 12

Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 1916

Box 6, Folder 13

Verses from the Poet to the River of Los Angeles Porciuncula 1990

 

Series 3. Audio/Visual material 1994-1999

Series Scope and Contents

The series contains audio tapes, VHS tapes, a floppy disk, and a CD pertaining to different documentaries, radio shows, and movies filmed about or near the Los Angeles River. The floppy disk contains film of the movie Grease, filmed in the Los Angeles river channel.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 7, Items 1-5

Rethinking the River Long Beach 1994

Box 7, Item 6

"Which Way L.A." 1997

Box 7, Item 7

Changing the Perceptions of the Los Angeles River 1997

Box 7, Item 8

Lewis McAdams 1997

Box 7, Items 9-11

From Drain to Dream 1998

Box 7, Items 12-16

River thru Downtown 1998

Box 7, Item 17

L.A. River undated

Box 8, Item 1

Los Angeles River from Infrastructure to Amenity 1997

Box 8, Item 2

Grease undated

Box 8, Item 3

"Something Resembling a River" 1998

Box 8, Item 4

Life and Times Tonight 1999