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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Norris Hundley papers
Creator:
Hundley, Norris, Jr., 1935-2013
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0577
Physical Description:
39.2 Linear Feet
(94 boxes, 3 shoe boxes, and 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1794-2010
Date (bulk): 1960-2010
Abstract: Collection consists of correspondence and research files related to Norris Hundley's editorship of the
Pacific Historical Review, the case of City of Los Angeles
vs. City of San Fernando et al., and his various publications. Additional materials include lecture slides and photographs. Other
materials are related to his activities as a professor at UCLA.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English and Spanish.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Subseries 1A, Pacific Historical Review correspondence is closed until 2020.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS UNPROCESSED DIGITAL MATERIALS: Materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing
and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Norris Hundley Papers (Collection 577). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Norris Hundley, Jr.; gift; 1998. Carol Hundley; gift; 2015.
Processed by Laurel McPhee with assistance from Miguel Chávez, fall 2004. Additions processed by Krystell Jimene under the
supervision of Angel Diaz in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), 2018.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9950855473606533
Norris Hundley, Jr. was born on October 26, 1935 in Houston, Texas. He received his AB from Whittier College in 1958, and
his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1963. His long and distinguished teaching career began as a professor
of American history at the University of Houston (1963-1964), and then continued at UCLA (1964-1994), where he became professor
emeritus of American history in 1994. As a scholar, he authored over a hundred books and essays, including several groundbreaking
works on the history of water usage in California and the West. He is best known for his work on Western water rights, particularly
The Great Thirst: Californians and Water, 1770s-1990s (1992). He co-authored one of only two books on the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928 in the Santa Clarita Valley. Hundley
was also the editor of the
Pacific Historical Review for 29 years (1968-1997), during which time the journal took a leading role in the development of environmental and ethnic
studies. He held leadership positions in many historical organizations, including the Western History Association (president,
1994-1995) and the American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch (president, 1994-1995). In addition, Hundley served
as the director of the UCLA Latin American Center from 1989-1994, chair of the UCLA Program on Mexico from 1981-1994, and
sat on various boards and committees related to the history of California and water usage rights. The last book he co-authored,
Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster (2015), was published posthumously and remains the authoritative text on the St. Francis Dam disaster. Hundley passed away
on April 28, 2013.
Collection consists of peer review files for the
Pacific Historical Review (PHR), chiefly correspondence, and materials related to the research and publication of
The Great Thirst (1992, 2000 revised edition) and
Water and the West (2009, second edition). Files include extensive exhibits, transcripts, and filings from The City of Los Angeles
vs. The City of San Fernando, et al., a major pueblo water rights case which included the cities of Glendale, Burbank, and others,
and established precedent for water rights pertaining to the Los Angeles River. The exhibits for the case include copies of
Spanish and Mexican documents from the Los Angeles City Archives and the Department of Water and Power, in addition to copies
of early case material and texts. Materials used for the revised edition of
The Great Thirst and
Water and the West include extensive clippings and research files, and several reels of microfilm containing documents from the Library of Congress
and the National Archives. The collection also includes fifty-five 3.5 inch floppy disks and six CDs, containing correspondence,
manuscripts, research, interviews, slide photographs, and photographs. Other materials include reports, correspondence, and
personal accounts related to Hundley's activities as a UCLA professor, such as the firing of Angela Davis in 1970 and a group
of UCLA historians that wen to the 1965 March on Montgomery. Lastly, the collection contains numerous water usage project
reports from California and other parts of the West. The
PHR correspondence is sealed until 2020 to protect the confidentiality of contributors and reviewers.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence, 1959-2010, subseries A-B as follows:
- Pacific Historical Review, 1968-1997
- UCLA and miscellaneous, 1959-2010
- City of Los Angeles
vs. City of San Fernando, et al., circa 1794-1975, subseries A-D as follows:
- Indexes, circa 1970
- Indexed exhibits, circa 1800-1970
- Miscellaneous exhibits, circa 1794-1958
- Filings, 1969-1975
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The Great Thirst and other publications, circa 1808-2009, subseries A-E as follows:
- Clippings, 1973-2007
- Microfilm, slides, negatives, and photographs, 1920-1999
- Research files, circa 1808-2009
- Reviews, 1966-2002
- Digital materials, 1994-2005
- Water projects and reports, 1974-2003, subseries A-N as follows:
- All-American Canal Lining Project, 1994
- Cadiz Groundwater Storage, circa 1999
- CalFed Bay-Delta Program, 1998-1999
- California State Water Project, 1974-1994
- California Water Plan, 1989-2000
- Central Valley Improvement Act, 1997-1999
- Colorado River Report, 1988-2003
- Imperial Irrigation District, 1997
- Los Vaqueros Reservoir Enlargement, 1997
- Lower Owens River Project, 1997
- Salton Sea Restoration Project, 2000
- Shasta Dam and Reservoir, 1997-1998
- Southern California's Integrated Water Resources Plan, 1996
- Urban Water Management Plan for the City of Los Angeles, 1995
- Other activities, 1965-2007
Items Removed from the Collection
A bibliography of articles removed from the Norris Hundley Collection has been added to the collection file. Available upon
request at the UCLA Library Special Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Water -- Law and legislation -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Water rights -- California -- History -- Archives.
Periodical editors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Historians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Hundley, Norris, Jr.--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of History--Faculty -- Archives
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