Samuel C. Evans collection on the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company

Finding aid prepared by Jamie Madrigal and Anja Espinoza, Student Processing Assistants.

Special Collections & University Archives

The UCR Library

P.O. Box 5900

University of California

Riverside, California 92517-5900

Phone: 951-827-3233

Fax: 951-827-4673

Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu

URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives

Descriptive Summary

Title: Samuel C. Evans collection on the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company

Date (inclusive): 1869-1914

Date (bulk): 1880-1900

Collection Number: MS 001

Creator: Evans, S. C. (Samuel Cary), 1823-1902

Extent: 0.88 linear feet (2 boxes, 2 flat file folders)

Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

Abstract: This collection contains documents pertaining to water rights and land ownership in Riverside and San Bernardino counties during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes legal documents, correspondence, and other material pertaining to the Jurupa Ditch and Trujillo Ditch companies, the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company, and the Bandini Donation collected by Samuel C. Evans, a prominent businessman in Riverside, California and former president of the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company.

Languages: The collection is in English.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Samuel C. Evans collection on the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company (MS 001). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Joyce Vickery, 1980.

Processing History

Processed by Jamie Madrigal and Anja Espinoza, Student Processing Assistants, 2015.

Processing of the Samuel C. Evans collection on the Riverside Land and Irrigating Company 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 Bergis Jules, University and Political Papers Archivist, and Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator.

Biographical Note

Samuel C. Evans, born in Williams County, Ohio in 1823, was a prominent businessman in Riverside, California. He served as president of the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company and a director of the Riverside Water Company in the late 19th century. Evans played a critical role in securing the water rights which enabled Riverside to become an agricultural center.

Collection Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents pertaining to water rights and land ownership in Riverside and San Bernardino counties during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes materials pertaining to the Jurupa Ditch and Trujillo Ditch companies as well as associated land exchanges facilitated by Samuel C. Evans, a prominent businessman and owner of the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company. Legal documents, meeting minutes, business correspondence, maps, and other business records related to the Bandini Donation are also included.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged into two series as follows:

Series 1. Company documents, 1874-1914.
Series 2. Property documents, 1869-1913.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Riverside Land and Irrigation Company

Right of property

Riverside County (Calif.)

Water rights

Genres and Forms of Materials

Documents

Maps

Series 1. Company documents 1874-1914

Series Scope and Contents

This series includes meeting minutes, business correspondence, administrative records, and other material pertaining to the Bandini Donation, Riverside Water and Irrigation Company, Riverside Water Company, Trujillo Ditch Company, and Jurupa Ditch Company.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged topically.

Box 1, Folder 1

Documents relating to the Bandini Donation 1888-1908, undated