Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography of the Boulder Water Company
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Series Arrangement
Related Material
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Boulder Water Company papers, Water Resources Collection
Dates: 1918-1979
Bulk Dates: Bulk, 1964-1979
Collection number: H.Mss.0139
Creator:
Boulder Water Company
Extent:
4.2 linear feet (9 document boxes + 1 realia box).
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont, CA 91711
Abstract: The Boulder Water Company was incorporated October 25, 1919 as a mutual water company and was officially dissolved in June
1979. Located in Claremont, California, the Company operated one well and two reservoirs for the benefit of its stockholder
members. The collection, which came from the corporate secretary, consists of correspondence, legal documents and financial
records of the Company and is most complete in the company’s last 15 years, 1964-1979. Minutes from the meetings are complete.
Physical location: Please consult repository.
Language of materials: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Administrative Information
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Boulder Water Company Papers (H.Mss.0139), Water Resources Collection. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd
Library, Claremont University Consortium.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift from Mrs. Margaret Ann Hart, the last secretary for the Company, in 1979.
Accruals
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
Processing Information
Arranged and processed by Jacque Sundstran in 1982.
Biography of the Boulder Water Company
The Boulder Water Company was incorporated October 25, 1919 as a mutual water company and was officially dissolved in June
1979. The Company was located north of Baseline between Mills and Padua Road in Claremont, California. The Company operated
one well and two reservoirs for the benefit of its stockholder members. The well was originally dug in 1919 for Amelia C.
Bridges who in turn gave some of the water rights to the Company. In 1945, the Company bought 100 shares of the Claremont
Basin Mutual Water Company stock to supplement their needs. Due to the dwindling citrus groves and demands for further domestic
water by the area's increasing residents, however, in 1977 the well property was sold to the Southern California Water Company
and the domestic reservoir property was sold to Lewis Homes, a developer in the Claremont area.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents and financial records of the Boulder Water Company. Stationary
examples, general operational matters and communications regarding the company’s closure are part of the correspondence. There
are specific files for correspondence with Southern California Water Company, Pomona Valley Municipal Water District and the
county assessor’s office.
Legal documents are comprised of articles of incorporation, by-laws, amendments, meeting notices and minutes, contracts, and
documents relating to stockholders such as proxies, stock transfers and stock certificates.
Financial records include both stockholder and general ledgers, various tax documents, meter readings, bank statements and
cancelled checks and check stubs.
The collection came from the corporate secretary and is most complete in the company’s last 15 years, 1964-1979. Minutes from
the meetings are complete.
Series Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: Background information
- Series 2: Correspondence
- Series 3: Legal documents
- Series 4: Financial records
Related Material
Some records of the Boulder Water Company are also housed at the Pomona Public Library, Special Collections.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Boulder Water Company.
Claremont Basin Water Company.
Hart, Margaret Ann
Pomona Valley Municipal Water District.
Southern California Water Company.
Business enterprises
California--History, Local
Claremont (Calif.)
Water utilities
Water--California, Southern
Genre and Form of Materials
Account books
Business records
Correspondence
Tax returns