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Title: George Clinton Ward Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1847-1948
Bulk dates: 1927-1936
Collection Number: mssWard papers
Creator: Ward, George Clinton.
Extent: 881 items in 3 boxes and 1 oversize
scrapbook.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of engineer and California utility company executive George Ward Clinton (1863-1933).
Subject matter includes Ward's life in New York (1887-1900),
two trips to the High Sierra in the area of Huntington Lake in 1922 and 1923, and Ward's work with the Big Creek hydro-electric
generating project.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. George Clinton Ward Papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Gifts of Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins, September 10 and 16, 1946, February 25 and
June 30, 1948, August 18, 1953, and December 13, 1954.
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
- Approximately 350 photographs were transferred to the Photo Archives (photPF 5640-5729 and photPF 8580-8797). These photographs consist chiefly of black-and-white snapshots taken during survey trips, 1910s-1920s, to the High Sierras (including Huntington Lake, Florence Lake, Big Creek, and Ward's Lake), Fresno County, the Colorado River, Big Creek hydro-electric generating project area, and a Southwest survey, including images of Native Americans and a Hopi Village
- Louise Ward Watkins papers, 1871-1974. (Call number: mssWatkins papers)
- Whipple, Squire. The canal bridges : a specimen of the manner of awarding contracts, by the late canal board (Albany, 1852) (Call number: 263887). This item was removed from the oversize scrapbook and transferred to the Rare Books Department
- Southern California Edison Company Ltd., approximately 1931. (Call number: photCL 29)
- Photographs of the Big Creek Hydro-Electric Dam Construction, 1912 (Call number: photOV 11000-11028)
George Clinton Ward (1863-1933), engineer and California utility company executive,
was a native of New York, were his first work was in the construction of iron
bridges and in railroad engineering. He was chief engineer for the Racquette lake
Railroad in NY, owned by Collis P. Huntington. In 1905 Henry E. Huntington persuaded
Ward to come to California. Ward became general manager first for the Huntington
Land and Improvement Company and then for the Pacific Light and Power Company, where
he was in charge of the Big Creek hyrdo-electric generating project. He was made
vice-president of the Southern California Edison Company in 1917 and then president
in 1932.
This collection contains the papers of engineer and California utility company executive George Ward Clinton (1863-1933).
Subject matter includes Ward's life
in New York (1887-1900), two trips to the High Sierra in the area of Huntington Lake in 1922 and 1923, and Ward's work with
the Big Creek hydro-electric generating project.
The alphabetically-arranged collection, the bulk of which is correspondence, is arranged into the following series:
The correspondence includes condolence letters, letters by and about Henry E. Huntington and Collis P. Huntington, letters
related to
Ward’s honorary degrees, posthumous requests for biographical information about Ward, and letters related to the Ward Memorial
dedication ceremony.
The manuscripts feature Ward’s personal diaries, biographical accounts written by and about Ward, two journals about trips
to the
Sierra mountains that were written by John B. Miller and that contain references to Ward, and miscellaneous manuscripts.
The clippings are primarily about Ward’s death (these folders also contain clippings about an accident just prior to his death,
funeral services, and the filing of his will), his honorary degrees, and the Ward Memorial dedication ceremony.
The documents relate to Ward’s business and financial matters and the Ward Memorial dedication.
The ephemera feature an engineers’ notebook belonging to Squire Whipple, who was famous for his iron bridge work, various
items related to Ward’s honorary degree from Oberlin College, guest lists for the Ward Memorial dedication, and seven miscellaneous
photographs.
There is also an oversize scrapbook containing various clippings, manuscripts, correspondence, documents, and photographs
related to Ward’s engineering work. Each subject listed in the index can be found in the oversize scrapbook.
The collection is arranged in the following 5 series:
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts
- Clippings
- Documents
- Ephemera
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Huntington, Collis
Potter, 1821-1900.
Huntington, Henry
Edwards, 1850-1927.
Ward, George
Clinton.
Webb, William
Seward.
Erie Railroad
Company.
Huntington Land and
Improvement Company.
Huntington Memorial
Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.)
Oberlin
College.
Pacific Light and
Power Company.
Southern California
Edison Company.
University of Southern
California.
Zamorano
Club.
Engineers -- California --
Archives.
Engineers -- New York (State) --
Archives.
Hydroelectric power plants --
California.
Hydroelectric power plants --
Colorado.
Big Creek (Calif.) --
History -- Sources.
Boulder Canyon (Colo.)
-- Photographs.
Huntington Lake
(Calif.) -- History -- Sources.
Sierra Nevada (Calif.
and Nev.) -- Description and travel.
Sierra Nevada (Calif.
and Nev.) -- History -- Sources.
Washington Court House
(Ohio)
Clippings -- United States.
Diaries -- United States.
Letters (correspondence) -- United
States.
Professional papers -- United States.
Scrapbooks -- United States.
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927.
Whipple, Squire, 1804-1888.
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900
- Entry in Correspondence: Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900 (1899-1929). Box 1 (4).
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927
- Entry in Correspondence: Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 (1903-1948). Box 1 (5). Entry in Manuscripts: Biographical Accounts (1934). Box 2 (1).
Whipple, Squire, 1804-1888
- Entry in Ephemera: Engineers’ and Mechanics’ Pocket-Book, Whipple, Squire, 1804- 1888 (1847). Box 3 (11).
Big Creek (Calif.) - - History - - Sources
- Subject in Manuscripts: Memorandum regarding Big Creek Project [undated]. Box 2 (9).
Boulder Canyon (Colo.)
- Subject in Ephemera: Photographs (1921-1925). Box 3 (14).
Engineers - -New York (State) - - Archives
- Subject in Correspondence: Posthumous Requests for Ward Biographical Information (1933-1934). Box 1 (8).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Diary of George Clinton Ward (1887). Box 2 (2).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Diary of George Clinton Ward (1888). Box 2 (3).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Diary of George Clinton Ward (1897). Box 2 (4).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Diary of George Clinton Ward (1898). Box 2 (5).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Diary of George Clinton Ward (1900). Box 2 (6).
- Subject in Ephemera: Engineers’ and Mechanics’ Pocket-Book, Whipple, Squire, 1804- 1888 (1847). Box 3 (11).
Erie Railroad Company
- Subject in Manuscripts: Biographical Accounts (1934). Box 2 (1).
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900
- Subject in Correspondence: Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900 (1899-1929). Box 1 (4).
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927
- Subject in Correspondence: Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 (1903-1948). Box 1 (5).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Biographical Accounts (1934). Box 2 (1).
Huntington Lake (Calif.) - - History - - Sources
- Subject in Correspondence: Ward Memorial Dedication (1934-1936). Box 1 (12).
- Subject in Correspondence: Ward Memorial Dedication (1936). Box 1 (13).
- Subject in Correspondence: Ward Memorial Dedication [undated]. Box 1 (14).
Huntington Land and Improvement Company
- Subject in Correspondence: Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 (1903-1948). Box 1 (5).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Biographical Accounts (1934). Box 2 (1).
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.)
- Subject in Manuscripts: Minutes of Called Meeting of the Trustees of the Collis P. and Howard Huntington Memorial Hospital (1933). Box 2 (10).
Hydroelectric power plants - - California
- Subject in Manuscripts: Memorandum regarding Big Creek Project [undated]. Box 2 (9).
Hydroelectric power plants - - Colorado
- Subject in Clippings: Boulder Dam Project (1925). Box 3 (1).
Oberlin College
- Subject in Correspondence: Oberlin College Honorary Degree (1928-1942). Box 1 (7).
- Subject in Clippings: Oberlin College Honorary Degree (1928). Box 3 (6).
- Subject in Ephemera: Oberlin College Honorary Degree (1927-1928). Box 3 (13).
Pacific Light and Power Company
- Subject in Manuscripts: Biographical Accounts (1934). Box 2 (1).
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) - - Description and Travel
- Subject in Manuscripts: Journal of Blaney Meadows Trip (1923). Box 2 (7).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Log of Jack Ass Meadows Camp (1922). Box 2 (8).
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) - - History - - 20th century
- Subject in Clippings: Florence Lake Tunnel Commemoration (1925). Box 3 (2).
- Subject in Documents: Ward Memorial Dedication Application (1934). Box 3 (10).
- Subject in Ephemera: Photographs (1921-1925). Box 3 (14).
- Subject in Ephemera: Ward Memorial Dedication (1935-1936). Box 3 (15).
Southern California Edison Company
- Subject in Correspondence: Southern California Edison Company Promotions (1928-1932). Box 1 (9).
- Subject in Correspondence: University of Southern California Honorary Degree (1927). Box 1 (11).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Biographical Accounts (1934). Box 2 (1).
- Subject in Clippings: Miscellaneous (1925-1933). Box 3 (3).
- Subject in Documents: Business and Financial (1929-1932). Box 3 (9).
- Subject in Ephemera: Miscellaneous (1873-1934). Box 3 (12).
University of Southern California
- Subject in Correspondence: University of Southern California Honorary Degree (1927). Box 1 (10).
- Subject in Correspondence: University of Southern California Honorary Degree (1927). Box 1 (11).
- Subject in Clippings: University of Southern California Honorary Degree (1927). Box 3 (7).
- Subject in Ephemera: Miscellaneous (1873-1934). Box 3 (12).
Washington Court House (Ohio)
- Subject in Correspondence: Posthumous Requests for Ward Biographical Information (1933-1934). Box 1 (8).
Webb, William Seward
- Subject in Correspondence: Posthumous Requests for Ward Biographical Information (1933-1934). Box 1 (8).
- Subject in Manuscripts: Biographical Accounts (1934). Box 2 (1).
Zamorano Club
- Subject in Correspondence: Miscellaneous (1901-1934). Box 1 (6).