San Francisco Bay Area Water Company Maps, 1904-1913

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Summary

Title:
San Francisco Bay Area Water Company Maps
Dates:
1904-1913
Creators:
Dockweiler, J. H. (John Henry), 1864-1941
Abstract:
This small, artificial collection consists of maps outlining the holdings and the water rights of water companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Extent:
1 map case drawer
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Map case and drawer number, San Francisco Bay Area Water Maps, MS112, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

Background

Scope and content:

This small, artificial collection consists of maps on water supply and holdings in the San Francisco Bay Area, chiefly of the Spring Valley Water Company. Titles are based on those found on the maps themselves. The maps date to the two first decades of the twentieth century.

J(ohn) H(enry) Dockweiler (1864-1942), of a prominent Los Angeles family, prepared the bulk of the maps in the collection, most likely in his work as a consulting engineer during his years in the Bay Area.

The 1904 Dockweiler drawing of the holdings of the Spring Valley Water Company in San Francisco was done on a Punnett Brothers map with the date of 1906. There is no explanation for the discrepancy in dates.

Arrangement:

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Company Maps Collection is arranged by individual map. There are no series.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Clay Stalls
Date Prepared:
2014
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-01-11T14:24-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections.

Terms of access:

Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Map case and drawer number, San Francisco Bay Area Water Maps, MS112, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

Location of this collection:
1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, US
Contact:
(310) 338-5710
Special.Collections@lmu.edu
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