Guide to the Carlton Seaver Papers, Water Resources Collection
Finding aid created by Russell Michalak
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
2009
Claremont University Consortium
Libraries of The Claremont Colleges
800 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: (909) 607-3977
Fax: (909) 621-8681
Email: spcoll@libraries.claremont.edu
URL: http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc/default.html
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Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Carlton Seaver Papers, Water Resources Collection
Creator:
Seaver, Carlton
Dates: 1887-1919
Quantity: .25 feet (1 box)
Repository:
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont University Consortium
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges
Claremont, California 91711
Collection Number: h19xx.26
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical location: Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library.
Information for Researchers
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights resides with Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please
contact Special Collections staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Carlton Seaver Papers. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.
Acquisition Information
Unknown.
Processing Information
Arranged and processed by Russell Michalak in 2009.
Accruals
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
Biography of Carlton Seaver
A group of 8 documents relating to the land holdings of Carlton Seaver, president of the First National Bank of Pomona, which
cover a period of from 1881 to 1907. These consist of indentures, quit of claims and an abstract of title, having to do with
water rights and the right to lay pipe along Alexander, Avenue opposite land belonging to Pomona College. Included also is
a small group of ephemera related to his father's travels.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collection contains properties deeds and documents related to water rights in Claremont, California.
Arrangement
Series 1 Water Rights in Claremont, California, 1887-1919
Index Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Water rights
Western Americana -- 1900 - 1999
Claremont (Calif.)
Series 1
Water Rights in Claremont, California,
1881-1929
Box 1, folder 1
Deeds and Water Agreements,
Box 1, folder 2
Abstract and Title Insurance Company, Los Angeles, for Carlton, Seaver,
1875-1887
Box 1, folder 3
Invoices for David Samuels burial, 1904; Homer Carlton Seaver mss. diary aboard ship in WWI from San Francisco through the
Panama Canal to New York,
1900-1919
