Finding Aid of the Joseph Jensen Papers
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph Jensen Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1972
Collection number: 1058
Creator:
Jensen, Joseph, 1886-1974
Extent:
20 boxes (10 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Joseph Jensen (1886-1974) was a petroleum engineer and geologist for the Tidewater Oil Company and predecessors (1917-55).
In 1927, he was appointed to the Water and Power Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and personally participated
in the discovery and development of several oil fields in Los Angeles. He later served as chairman of the Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California (1949-70). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, papers, publications, and
personal material of Joseph Jensen, mining engineer and chairman of Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District, relating to petroleum
development in Los Angeles and water resources in California.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Jensen Papers (Collection 1058). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of Joseph Jensen, 1967 & 1973.
- Gift of John Jensen, 1974.
Biography
Jensen was born in 1886 in Salt Lake City, Utah; received mining engineering degrees from the University of Utah, the Royal
School of Mines, Freiberg (Germany), and Columbia University; worked at Tidewater Oil Company and predecessors as a petroleum
engineer and geologist, 1917-55; appointed to Water and Power Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1927; personally
participated in the discovery and development of several oil fields in Los Angeles and wrote articles on those fields and
methods used by the industry; served as chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California from 1949-70.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, papers, publications, and personal material of Joseph Jensen, mining engineer
and chairman of Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District, relating to petroleum development in Los Angeles and water resources
in California. Includes correspondence with Mormon and political leaders in Utah, papers relating to the Canoga Citrus Growers
Association, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and correspondence with Los Angeles mayors from Fletcher Bowron to Sam Yorty.
Expanded Scope and Content Note
Joseph Jensen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1886. He received mining engineering degrees from the University of Utah,
the Royal School of Mines, Freiberg, Germany, and Columbia University. He was employed by Tidewater Oil Company and its predecessors
as a petroleum engineer and geologist from 1917-1955 and participated in the development of the petroleum industry in Los
Angeles.
In 1927 Jensen was appointed to the Water and Power Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and began an involvement
with water resources in southern California which culminated in his tenure as the chairman of the Metropolitan Water District
from 1949-1970, a period of intense activity in California water development.
This collection is especially rich in materials relating to the petroleum industry in Los Angeles from 1917-1940. Jensen personally
participated in the discovery and development of several oil fields in Los Angeles and wrote numerous articles on the oil
fields and the methods used in those early days of the petroleum industry in California.
Also of interest in the collection is correspondence with Mormon and political leaders in Utah, papers relating to the Canoga
Citrus Growers Association, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and correspondence with mayors of Los Angeles from Fletcher Bowron
to Sam Yorty.
There is little Primary material relevant to Jensen's involvement with the
Metropolitan Water District. Most of the material consists of statements distributed at press conference and various publications
relating to the MWD.
The arrangement of the collection has generally followed that of Jensen's papers as he kept them. Exceptions to this are explained
in the body of the register.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series
- Biographical material (Box 1).
- Alphabetical correspondence and papers (Boxes 1-16).
- Chronological correspondence (Box 16).
- Speeches and publications (Boxes 17-18).
- Metropolitan Water District (Box 19).
- Personal material (Box 19).
- Offprints, etc. of publications by Joseph Jensen (Box 20).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Jensen, Joseph 1886-1974--Archives.
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.).
Canoga Citrus Growers Association.
Petroleum engineers--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Water resources development--California, Southern.
Related Material
Developing California's natural resources [oral history transcript] / Joseph Jensen, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1970. Available at Department
of Special Collections, UCLA.
Biographical
Note
For newspaper clippings see Box 16, folder 11.
For certificates, awards and programs see Box 16, folder 12.
Box 1, Folder 1
Statements and articles, 1930-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Biographical statements prepared by Jensen and articles about him.
Box 1, Folder 2
Magazine articles about Jensen, 1930-1970.
Box 1, Folder 3
Photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Includes photo of Jensen shaking hands with Lyndon Johnson, a portrait, and a picture of his family.
Correspondence and Papers
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of Jensen's papers and correspondence was Kept in an alphabetical subject arrangement. In addition to these A-Z files,
he kept some correspondence in chronological order, separating business from personal correspondence. This material is found
in Box 16, folders 3-10. To provide consistency some correspondence was removed from this chronological sequence if Jensen
had a folder for the correspondent in the A-Z files. Papers relating to Jensen's work for the General land Office and the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce have been removed to Box 11 and Box 3 respectively. Letters relating to the Mayor's Office
have been placed in Box 9, folder 6 Papers relating to the Canoga Citrus Association of which Jensen was president, were found
separated from the rest of the papers. They have been integrated into the alphabetical sequence and left intact and may be
found in Box 1. Brackets indicate headings created by the cataloguer.
Box 1, Folder 4
“A,” 1955-1963.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 1, Folder 5
Ackerman, Adolph J., 1959.
Box 1, Folders 6-7
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), 1950-1965 and 1972
Box 1, Folder 6
Material from the Pacific Section of AAPG, scattered issues of the
Pacific
petroleum geologist
, 1950-1965.
Box 1, Folder 7
Certificate of merit awarded to Jensen, 1972.
Box 1, Folders 8-11
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), 1937-39, 1940-1967
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1953-1964.
Box 1, Folder 9
Anthony F. Lucas Committee, 1937-39.
Scope and Content Note
Enclosures of minutes of meetings, nomination ballots, rules, etc.
Box 1, Folder 10
Anthony F. Lucas Medal Committee, 1940-1956.
Scope and Content Note
This file includes nomination statements for the award of the medal.
Note
Jensen was chairman in 1940.
Box 1, Folder 11
Articles
re Honorary membership award, 1967.
Physical Description: (Reprints)
Note
See also: Correspondence, 1967-68 (Box 16).
Box 1, Folder 11
Albania.
Note
See Lawrence, N.M. (Box 8, folder 13) for account of Italian Invasion of Albania in 1939.
Box 1, Folder 12
American Institute of Professional Geologists, 1967-70.
Scope and Content Note
Rosters, by-laws, application forms, newsletters, etc.
Box 2, Folders 1-3
American Petroleum Institute, 1949-1965.
Box 2, Folder 1
Division of Production, 1949-1965.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, rosters, minutes, speeches.
Box 2, Folder 2
Directories and lists of publications, 1950-1960.
Box 2, Folder 3
Oil Progress Week, 1951.
Scope and Content Note
Prepared speeches, press releases, news stories, fact sheets, etc.
Box 2, Folder 4
Anderson, Alexander, 1939-1966.
Physical Description: (12 photos)
Scope and Content Note
Includes accounts of living in London during the Nazi bombing and has photos of a bomb shelter Anderson constructed.
Box 2, Folder 5
Applications for employment, 1940-42.
Scope and Content Note
Jensen's recommendations of various people for positions.
Box 2, Folder 6
Assembly Interim Committee on Conservation, 1954.
Box 2, Folder 6
Associated Oil Company.
Note
See: Getty Oil Company (Box 6).
Box 2, Folder 7
Automobile Club of Southern California, 1956-58.
Box 2, Folder 8
Automobile damage, 1948, 1956.
Box 2, Folder 9
“B,” 1953-58, 1970.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 2, Folders 10-11
Bamberger, Clarence, 1902 and 1931-1959.
Box 2, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1931-1959.
Scope and Content Note
Includes discussion about the petroleum industry and stocks.
Box 2, Folder 11
Extensive material on Jensen and Bamberger's efforts to have a plaque placed in Hancock Park commemorating discovery of oil
in 1902.
Scope and Content Note
A history of the field is included.
Note
See also: University of Utah (Box 15, folder 4) for additional Bamberger correspondence.
Box 3, Folder 1
Belding, Don, 1952.
Scope and Content Note
Includes speech, “The battle for men's minds”.
Box 3, Folder 1
Bennett, Wallace.
Note
See: Utah correspondence (Box 15).
Box 3, Folder 2
Boulder Dam and Boulder Dam power, 1930-35.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, pamphlets, etc.
Box 3, Folder 3
Bowron, Fletcher, 1954, 1969.
Note
See also: Mayer's Office (Box 9, folder 6).
Box 3, Folder 4
[Bringhurst, Samuel E.], 1956.
Note
President of Mormon Temple in Basel, Switzerland.
Box 3, Folder 5
Brown, Charles R., 1930, 1932, 1948.
Box 3, Folder 5
Brown, Edmund G.
Note
See: Box 13, folder 13.
Box 3, Folder 6
Brown, Hugh R., 1971.
Note
See also: Utah correspondence (Box 15, folders 4-5).
Box 3, Folder 7
[Bryce, Peter C.] Appraisal of oil lease, 1932.
Scope and Content Note
Includes charts, graphs, etc.
Box 3, Folder 8
Buyers of books and magazines, 1957.
Box 3, Folder 9
“C,” 1955-1962, 1968.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 3, Folder 10
California Manufacturers' Association, 1952-58.
Scope and Content Note
Booklets, minutes of Fuel, Water and Power Committee, etc.
Box 3, Folder 11
California Oil Conservation Committee, 1956.
Box 3, Folder 12
Canadian Javelin, 1958-59.
Note
Canadian ore company Jensen invested in.
Box 3, Folder 12
Carnegie Institute of Technology - and
Note
See: 1916 correspondence (Box 16).
See: Diary (Box 17).
Box 3, Folder 13
Chamber of Commerce, 1929-1949, 1953-1962.
Box 3, Folder 14
Chamber of Commerce Water and Power Committee, 1955-1962.
Scope and Content Note
Rosters, recommendations, etc.
Box 3, Folder 15
Cheswick Lane, 1941.
Scope and Content Note
Forms and papers relating to the widening and paving of the street.
Box 3, Folder 15
Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints.
Note
See: University of Utah and Utah correspondence (Box 15).
See: Hugh Brown (Box 3).
See: Samuel E. Bringhurst (Box 3).
See: Winchester Family (Box 16).
Box 4, Folders 1-11
[Canoga Citrus Growers Association and Ranch]
Box 4, Folder 1
General correspondence and organizational and legal materials, 1935, 1948, 1953-1961.
Scope and Content Note
Includes By-laws, minutes, etc.
Box 4, Folder 3
Aliso Creek and Lassen St., 1938.
Physical Description: Photographs (17 items)
Box 4, Folder 4
Maps, trackings - orange grove after flood control, n.d.
Box 4, Folder 5
Northridge - maps, charts, etc., 1954.
Box 4, Folder 6
Northridge geology.
Scope and Content Note
Charts, statistics and 1944 road map of the San Fernando Valley.
Box 4, Folder 7
Sale and Los Angeles city lease, 1954-59.
Box 4, Folder 8
Ranch - deeds and operating agreements, ca. 1935-1953.
Box 4, Folder 9
[Deeds and correspondence], ca. 1950-58.
Box 4, Folder 10
Deeds to 2nd half of ranch and Description of land, 1958-59.
Box 4, Folder 11
[Deeds and correspondence relating to Sale], 1959-1960.
Box 5, Folder 1
Club memberships, 1955-56.
Note
See also: Wilshire Country Club (Box 15, folder 17).
Box 5, Folder 2
Columbia University, 1912-15, 1952, 1962-63, 1967-1971.
Box 5, Folder 3
Consolidated Liquidating Corporation, 1956.
Scope and Content Note
Report by Jensen on Broadway tract in Old Los Angeles City Oil Field.
Box 5, Folder 4
Crounse, Anna B., 1938-1955.
Box 5, Folder 5
“D,” 1954-58.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 5, Folder 6
D' Arcambal, Mr. and Mrs. A.H., 1942-1963.
Box 5, Folder 7
Davis, Jack G., 1937-1946.
Box 5, Folder 8
Decius, J.C., 1941, 1945.
Note
See also: Getty Oil Company.
Box 5, Folder 9
Denmark correspondence and German correspondence, 1929-1971.
Scope and Content Note
Letters from relatives.
Box 5, Folder 10
Developing California's natural resources, 1971-72.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and contracts concerning Jensen's oral history, UCLA.
Box 5, Folder 11
“Development, operation and valuation of oil and gas properties.” By Park J. Jones, 1943.
Physical Description: (Reprint)
Box 5, Folder 12
Dominguez Hills, 1923.
Scope and Content Note
Concerns oil leases.
Box 5, Folder 13
“E,” 1955-56.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 5, Folder 14
Earthquake, 1933.
Scope and Content Note
Charts, booklet, description.
Box 5, Folder 15
East Naples Land Company, 1945.
Box 5, Folder 16
Elliott, John E. (Brick), 1959-1973.
Box 5, Folder 17
Engineering '68 Award.
Scope and Content Note
Institute for the Advancement of Engineering correspondence and copy of award.
Box 6, Folder 1
“F,” 1956-1962, 1974.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 6, Folder 2
Feather, A. Harriet, 1955, 1962.
Box 6, Folder 4
Fish Creek, 1952.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, unitagreements, photos, etc, concerning Fish Creek, Utah oil lease.
Box 6, Folder 7
[Freitag, Bridget and Maria-Elena Schilling], 1954-1961.
Box 6, Folder 8
“G,” 1955-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 6, Folder 9
Geelhoed, Judith Jensen, 1971.
Box 6, Folder 10
Geology (history of), 1934.
Physical Description: (Clipping)
Box 6, Folder 11
Germany, 1936.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
re church.
Box 6, Folder 12
Getty letters. From George F. Getty III, 1965-69.
Box 6, Folders 12-20
Getty Oil Company
Scope and Content Note
All of Jensen's business correspondence and papers, 1920-1962, relating to his connection with the Amalgamated, Associated,
Tide Water Associated, Tidewater and Getty Oil Companies have been placed under this heading as the organization Jensen worked
for went through consolidations with other companies. This material was brought together from various folders and boxes to
provide a consistent record of Jensen's association with these companies.
Note
See also: William F. Humphrey (Box 7).
See also: Paul Shoup (Box 13).
See also: J.A. Taff (Box 14).
Box 6, Folder 13
[Company correspondence], 1922-29.
Box 6, Folder 14
[Company correspondence], 1955-56, 1962-63.
Box 6, Folder 15
[Personnel papers], 1920-1939.
Scope and Content Note
Includes iccident reports, expense vouchers, company telegrams, etc.
Box 6, Folder 16
[Personnel Papers], 1940-1956.
Box 6, Folder 17
Circulars, bulletins and instructions, 1955-58.
Box 6, Folder 18
Associated In-Group Donors, 1955.
Scope and Content Note
Collection for charitable organizations.
Box 6, Folder 19
Company history, “An American saga,” 1948.
Box 6, Folder 20
[“John Doe meets the petroleum industry”]. Booklet from industry, 1944.
Box 7
Gillis, Robert C.
Note
See: Shoup, Paul (Box 13).
Box 7
Government Land Office.
Note
See: Mineral inspector (Box 11).
Box 7, Folder 1
Grand Coulee Dam. Magazine article, 1938.
Box 7, Folder 2
[Greene, George], 1941-43.
Box 7, Folder 3
“H,” 1955-1964.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 7, Folder 3
Hancock Park.
Note
See: Bamberger, Clarence (Box 2).
Box 7, Folder 4
Hawaiian exotic flowers, 1952-53.
Box 7, Folder 5
[Hemphill Travel Service], 1955-56.
Box 7, Folder 8
Hintze, F.F. (Ferd), 1956-1969.
Note
See also: University of Utah (Box 15, folder 4).
Box 7, Folder 9
[
The History and development of the Ontario Colony], 1929.
Physical Description: (141pp.)
Scope and Content Note
USC masters thesis with bibliography.
Box 7, Folder 10
Hodgson, Russell B., 1961.
Note
See also: University of Utah Alumni Association (Box 15).
Box 7, Folder 13
Humphrey, William F., 1927-1934, 1953.
Box 7, Folder 14
Huntingdon Tract, 1917-18.
Scope and Content Note
Geological reports, notes, maps.
Box 7, Folder 15
“I,” 1959-1962.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 7, Folder 16
Ingebretson, James C., 1955.
Box 7, Folder 17
“J,” 1959-1962.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 18, Folders 18-20
Janss
vs. Twentieth Century, 1958-59.
Box 7, Folder 19
Testimony and briefs, 1958-59.
Box 7, Folder 20
Notes on testimony, 1958-59.
Box 8, Folder 1
[Jensen Alta Anna Jensen], 1965-66, 1972.
Box 8, Folder 2
[Jensen grandchildren], 1967.
Box 8, Folders 3-6
Jensen, Joseph, 1947-1969.
Box 8, Folder 3
Biographical sketches, 1947-1967.
Box 8, Folder 5
Passports, correspondence and documents, ca. 1953-1969.
Scope and Content Note
Includes passports of Lois Jensen and John Jensen.
Box 8, Folder 7
“K,” 1955-1962.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Includes correspondence with Senators William F. Knowland and Thomas H. Kuchel.
Box 8, Folder 9
Kern River Oil Field. Proposed paper, 1948.
Box 8, Folder 10
Kettleman. Hills Review of Developments. Paper by R.E. Collum and C.P. Watson, 1936.
Note
See also: Euman (Box 14).
Box 8, Folder 11
“L,” 1953-1964.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 8, Folder 11
Lee, Bracken.
Note
See: Utah correspondence (Box 15).
Box 8, Folder 12
[Lipscomb, Glenard], 1956-59.
Box 8, Folder 13
[Lawrence, N.M.], 1938-1940.
Physical Description: (8 photographs)
Scope and Content Note
Includes part of a diary of a European trip with photos of remote parts of Albania. Also has eyewitness account of the invasion
of Albania by Italy in 1939.
Box 8, Folder 14
Long Beach Tidelands oil issue, 1955.
Scope and Content Note
Summary and statement.
Box 8, Folder 15
Los Angeles, 1945.
Scope and Content Note
Climate statistics and 1945 road and railroad map.
Note
See also: Maps.
Box 8, Folder 16
Los Angeles Engineering Council, 1949.
Scope and Content Note
Minutes and reports.
Box 8, Folder 17
Lyman, Richard L., 1927-1964.
Scope and Content Note
Also includes correspondence from Mrs. Alexander Schreiner (daughter), 1964-1972.
Note
See also: University of Utah (Box 15).
Box 9, Folder 1
“M-Hc,” 1955-1968.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 9, Folder 2
McLaughlin, A.C., 1930, 1944.
Box 9, Folder 3
McLaughlin., R.P., 1943-44, 1954, 1964.
Box 9, Folder 4
Maps.
Scope and Content Note
Includes 1918 map of lands granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and other maps.
Note
See also: Los Angeles, Mineral Inspector, and Northridge geology (Box 4, folder 7).
Box 9, Folder 6
Mayor's Office, ca. 1936-1969.
Scope and Content Note
Fletcher Bowron, Norris Poulson and Sam Yorty.
Box 9, Folder 7
Medicine Bow Oil Company, 1935-1954.
Scope and Content Note
Includes lease agreements and charts for oil well in Wyoming.
Box 9, Folder 8
Methane-Isobutane system. Articles, 1942.
Boxes 9-10
Metropolitan Water District, 1954-1972
Box 9, Folder 10
California Water Project. Tour guide, photos, 1969.
Physical Description: 2 photos.
Box 9, Folder 11
Dedication of headquarters building, 1963.
Scope and Content Note
Includes typescript of remarks by Jensen, souvenir brochures, 2 photographs.
Box 9, Folder 12
Bolsa Island Nuclear Power and Desalting Plant, 1967.
Scope and Content Note
Information bulletins, printed brochures, 1 photograph.
Box 9, Folder 13
Joseph Jensen Filtration Plant, ca. 1970-72.
Physical Description: (37 Photographs)
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs, program of dedication, congratulatory letters, etc.
Includes letter from Edmund G. Brown.
Box 10
Statements, Reports, etc.
Box 10, Folder 1
1954-56: Feather River and Ventura River Projects.
Box 10, Folder 2
1957: Feather River Project.
Box 10, Folder 3
1958: Feather and Eel river Projects.
Box 10, Folder 4
1959: Statements before legislative committees.
Box 10, Folder 7
1962: Saline water problems in the Mexicali Valley.
Box 10, Folder 8
1963: Arizona lawsuit, Pacific Southwest water Plan, East Branch Aqueduct Plan.
Box 10, Folder 10
Articles by Jensen, 1955 and 1965.
Scope and Content Note
1) “Industry and water in Southern California,” 1955
2) “Southern California's water: past, present and future,” 1965.
Box 10, Folder 11
1971: California State Water Project annual report.
Box 11
Mineral inspector, Government Land Office, 1914-18.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of 8 field notebooks and 2 notebooks of expenses. Also includes 1914 report on mineral application of California
Trona Company for work at Seales Lake which has photos and 1914 map of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway system in
California. In folder correspondence, 1916, 1918, 1927.
Box 12, Folder 1
Mormon Church.
Note
See note at: Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints.
Box 12, Folder 1
Moses, Robert.
Note
See: 1951 and 1953 correspondence (Box 16).
Box 12, Folder 2
“M,” 1955-1963.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 12, Folder 3
[National Roster of Scientific and Special Personnel], 1941-1951.
Scope and Content Note
Questionnaires, forms, etc.
Box 12, Folder 4
“Neutron aids in finding dry gas sands in California,” 1954.
Scope and Content Note
Abstract of paper, with charts.
Box 12, Folder 5
“O,” 1957, 1964.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 12, Folder 6
Office equipment, 1955-59.
Box 12, Folder 7
“Oil from the Garden of Eden“. Paper by William Foran, 1942.
Box 12, Folder 8
Oil - history. Various articles, 1934-36.
Box 12, Folder 9
Oil industry, 1923-25, 1934-38, 1941-42.
Scope and Content Note
Includes speech and paper by Jensen, ”The oil industry“, 1923.
Box 12, Folder 10
Oil industry talks, 1954-55.
Scope and Content Note
Notes and typescripts of speeches given by Jensen.
Box 12, Folder 11
[Olin, Alice], 1957-1970.
Box 12, Folder 12
“P,” 1956-1963.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Includes correspondence with JohnPhillips.
Box 12, Folder 13
Pacific Electric Building - office apace. Lease agreements, 1954-57.
Box 12, Folder 14
Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Box 12, Folder 15
Papers on deep well problems, Kern River Field. By Abbot and Saurenman, 1941.
Box 12, Folder 15
[Parks, Ernest], 1954, 1963-1972.
Box 12, Folder 16
Pauley, Edwin W. Lease forms (form 110), 1953-57.
Box 12, Folder 18
Petroleum Production Pioneers, 1962, 1965-66.
Scope and Content Note
Roster and typescript of Jensen's contribution to their oral history program.
Box 12, Folder 18
“Petroleum source beds.” By P.D. Trask, 1938.
Box 12, Folder 20
“Petroleum, time of origin and accumulation“. Abstract of article by Van Truyl and Parker, 1941.
Box 12, Folder 21
Pipelines: Tap Line-Trans-Arabian. Articles, 1950-51.
Box 12, Folder 23
Pools, new (ideal plan for orderly development), 1934.
Box 12, Folder 24
Porter Reservoir, Aliso Canyon Field. Paper by Pfeffer and
Tutsonulte, 1944.
Box 12, Folder 25
Poulson, Norris, 1950, 1953, 1967.
Note
See also: Mayor's office (Box 1, folder 6).
Box 12, Folder 26
Power line on Orange Grove - San Fernando Valley, 1952.
Box 12, Folder 27
Production heavy oil in California, 1954.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, telegrams concerning publication by authors McCullough and Grainger.
Box 13, Folder 1
“R,” 1955-1963.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 13, Folder 2
[Raphletto Hills] Report by Jensen, with special reference to oil, 1908.
Box 13, Folder 3
Registered geologist. Rules and forms, 1969.
Box 13, Folder 4
Registration civil engineer. Rules and forms, 1930.
Box 13, Folder 5
Registration petroleum engineer. Rules and forms, 1948.
Box 13, Folder 6
Residence lot. Los Feliz Heights subdivision, 1921, 1927,1935.
Scope and Content Note
Includes map.
Box 13, Folder 7
Robertson, Glenn R., 1961, 1964-1971.
Note
See also: University of Utah Alumni Association 1968 (Box 15).
Box 13, Folder 8
Rossetti, Victor H., 1955.
Box 13, Folder 9
“S,” 1951-1965.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 13, Folder 10
[Salt Lake Basin], 1904, 1921-29.
Scope and Content Note
Geological reports and charts on features.
Box 13, Folder 11
Salt Lake Field (Oil field at Wilshire and la Brea), 1961.
Note
See also: Bamberger, Clarence (Box 1).
Box 13, Folders 11-16
[Salute to Joseph Jensen, Hollywood Palladium, September 15, 1965].
Box 13, Folder 12
Invitations, clippings, etc.
Box 13, Folder 13
Letters.
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from Edmund G. Brown, Sam Yorty, Thomas H. Kuchel, Del Clawson.
Box 13, Folder 14
Letters.
Physical Description: (Photocopies)
Box 13, Folder 15
Letters.
Scope and Content Note
Copies of Jensen's replies.
Box 13, Folder 16
Album - photographs and copies of letters and telegrams.
Box 14, Folder 1
Sasso, Anthony, 1961-1972.
Scope and Content Note
Includes 5 photographs.
Box 14, Folder 2
Schlumberger, Conrad, 1961, 1963.
Scope and Content Note
Includes privately printed biography in French (92pp.).
Note
See also: AIME Lucas Medal Committee (Box 1).
Box 14, Folder 3
Schneider, C.R., 1947-48.
Box 14, Folder 3
Schneider Mrs. Alexander.
Note
See: Richard Lyman (Box 8).
Box 14, Folder 4
Seal Beach - Bryant land, 1922-27.
Scope and Content Note
Papers concerning leasing the land for oil production.
Box 14, Folder 6
Signal Hill. Newspaper clipping, 1971.
Box 14, Folder 8
Social Security account data, ca. 1936-1950.
Scope and Content Note
Booklets, etc.
Box 14, Folder 10
Southern California Water Company, 1961, 1964.
Scope and Content Note
Concerning acquisition of Tapo water Company.
Box 14, Folder 11
Southern California water supply. Papers, 1931.
Box 14, Folder 12
Spaulding amendment, 1970-71.
Scope and Content Note
Legislation regulating oil royalties.
Box 14, Folder 13
State lands of Department of Finance, 1955-1961.
Scope and Content Note
Regulations for leasing lands.
Box 14, Folder 15
“Recent developments in Kettleman Hills production practices.” By G.O. Suman, 1931.
Box 14, Folder 16
Suman, John R., 1929-1948.
Scope and Content Note
Includes papers on oil development in Texas.
Box 14, Folder 17
“T,” 1956, 1958.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 14, Folder 18
Taff, J.A., 1930.
Note
See also: Getty Oil Company (Box 6).
Box 14, Folder 19
Taft (Francis W.) on John (grandson), 1971.
Box 14, Folder 20
Talks, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Notes for a speech by Jensen.
Box 14, Folder 21
Taxes, 1933, 1936, 1940-1954.
Scope and Content Note
Includes statements of property taxes on ranch.
Box 14, Folder 23
Texas. Structural map, 1936.
Box 14, Folder 25
Tidelands map. Worldwide offshore oil, 1965.
Box 14, Folder 25
Tidewater Oil Company.
Note
See: Getty Oil Company (Box 6).
Box 14, Folder 26
[Towler, Ivy (Mrs. Richard C.)], 1955-1972.
Box 14, Folder 27
“U-V,” 1958-1968.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 14, Folder 28
Unit plans, 1948-1950.
Scope and Content Note
Copies of unit agreements for Coalinga Nose, Northeast Coalinga and Salt Creek Oil and gas fields, and agreements for Northeast
Coalinga gasoline plant.
Box 15, Folder 1
University of Southern California, 1930-1952.
Box 15, Folder 2
University of Utah Alumni Association, 1937-1968.
Box 15, Folder 3
University of Utah Tau Beta Pi, 1969.
Box 15, Folder 4
[University of Utah - attempt at honorary Ph.D.], 1960-69.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence with Richard Lyman, Clarence Bamberger and F.F. Hintze.
Box 15, Folder 5
Utah correspondence, 1950-1971.
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from J. Bracken Lee (governor) and Wallace F. Bennett (senator).
Box 15, Folder 6
Ventura Ave. - field unit plan, 1932.
Scope and Content Note
Drafts of legal agreements, charts and maps, telegrams, etc.
Box 15, Folder 7
“W-X-Y-Z,” 1955-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 15, Folder 8
Wark, Thomas L., 1953-57.
Note
See also: Getty Oil Company (Box 6).
Box 15, Folder 9
Warren, Earl, 1943.
Scope and Content Note
Letters from aides.
Box 15, Folder 10
Water and Power Department, 1952.
Scope and Content Note
Part of Los Angeles City Charter dealing with commissioners.
Box 15, Folder 11
Water surplus of the city if Los Angeles (Memo). By J.B. Lippincott, 1941.
Box 15, Folder 12
Webb School, 1950-1961.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with Thompson Webb.
Box 15, Folder 13
Western Governors Mineral Policies Conference, 1955.
Box 15, Folder 16
“Wildcats” Details of vacation Trip, 1959.
Box 15, Folder 17
Wilshire Counter Club, 1932-1955.
Box 16, Folder 1
[Western oil and Gas Association - Wildcat of the year award.]
Scope and Content Note
Certificate and 2 photographs.
Box 16, Folder 2
Winchester family, 1963, 1967.
Scope and Content Note
Includes diary of Howard Egan, who led a company of emigrants to Salt Lake in 1849, pictorial map of the journey, homestead
patens copies, etc.
Box 16, Folder 3
Yorty, Sam.
Note
See: Mayor's Office (Box 9).
Correspondence - Chronological Sequence
Box 16, Folders 3-4
Business correspondence, 1916-1954.
Box 16, Folder 3
1916-1949.
Note
Contains no copies of Jensen's letters.
Box 16, Folder 4
1950-54.
Note
Contains no copies of Jensen's letters.
Box 16, Folders 5-10
Personal Correspondence, 1954-1972.
Box 16, Folder 5
1954-56.
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from Robert Moses and much of Jensen's correspondence.
Box 16, Folder 11
Newspaper clippings, 1940-1972.
Box 16, Folder 12
Certificates, awards, programs, etc., ca. 1926-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Includes letter from Sam Yorty.
Publications and Speeches
Note
See also: Box 6, folder 13 for correspondence and articles for Mining and metallurgy about developments in California, 1927-28.
See also: Box 10 for statements and articles by Jensen as chairman of the Metropolitan Water District.
Box 17, Folder 1
[Bibliography]. Various bibliographies prepared by Jensen, listing articles, 1923-1932.
Box 17, Folder 2
Some salient features of the geology of Newhouse, Utah and vicinity, 1908.
Note
In partial fulfillment of requirements for B.K. at University of Utah.
Box 17, Folder 3
[Diary], 1916-17.
Scope and Content Note
Covers period of stay at Carnegie institute of Technology.
Box 17, Folder 4
What is California production, going to do?1923.
Box 17, Folder 5
A forecast of the present California oil situation, 1924.
Box 17, Folder 6
A study of the present California oil situation, 1924.
Box 17, Folder 7
New development problems and their solution in southern California oil fields (Glenn D. Robertson, co-author), 1924.
Box 17, Folder 8
Oil conservation, ca. 1924.
Box 17, Folder 9
New developments in drilling wells, 1925.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and notes.
Box 17, Folder 10
Inglewood oil field, 1925.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and drafts.
Box 17, Folder 11
What oil has done for southern California, 1926.
Scope and Content Note
Notes and revision.
Note
Speech originally entitled “The unknown industry.”
Box 17, Folder 12
What oil has done for southern California, 1926.
Scope and Content Note
Revision.
Box 17, Folder 13
Petroleum development in California during 1926, 1926.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and notes.
Box 17, Folder 14
Developments in California, 1927.
Box 17, Folder 15
Drilling and production in California: Seal Beach, Ventura and Wildcats, 1927.
Box 17, Folder 16
Summary of attempts of oil curtailment in California, Oklahoma and Texas, 1928.
Box 17, Folder 17
Development in southern California since 1923 (Glenn D. Robertson, co-author), 1928.
Box 17, Folder 18
Production development in 1928, 1929.
Box 17, Folder 19
Petroleum and coal - the keys to the future. Book review by Jensen, 1929.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence.
Note
V.P. Thom, jr., author.
Box 17, Folder 20
Deep sand development in Santa Fe Springs, 1929.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence.
Box 18, Folder 1
Unit operation in California, 1930.
Box 18, Folder 2
Development in a part of the Ventura Avenue Oil Field (F.W. Hertel, co-author), 1930.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and drafts.
Box 18, Folder 3
Water problems of the Mckittrick Oil Field, 1931.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and notes.
Box 18, Folder 4
Unit operation in California, with discussion of Kettleman North Dome Unit plan, 1935.
Box 18, Folder 5
Difficult water problem solved electrically, 1932.
Box 18, Folder 6
Oil curtailment in California, 1932.
Box 18, Folder 7
Kettleman Hills Middle Dome unit plan, 1933.
Box 18, Folder 8
California oil-field waters, 1934.
Box 18, Folder 9
Recent developments related to petroleum engineering, 1936.
Box 18, Folder 10
California drilling and development progress during 1936, 1936.
Scope and Content Note
Drafts and final version.
Box 18, Folder 11
Recent changes in California oil curtailment methods, 1939.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence.
Box 18, Folder 12
Trend of curtailment, 1941.
Scope and Content Note
Speech, includes questions and answers.
Box 18, Folder 13
The part science has played in the utilization of water, 1941.
Box 18, Folder 14
Memorial - Elwin B. Hall, 1949.
Box 18, Folder 15
Tales of the oil industry, 1951.
Scope and Content Note
Notes only.
Box 18, Folder 16
The importance of water to industry in southern California, 1954.
Box 18, Folder 17
[
History of the Salt Lake Oil Field], 1961.
Note
See also: Bamberger, Clarence (Box 2, folder 11).
Additional Material
Note
(Donated August 1976)
Papers
re the Metropolitan Water District
Box 19, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1951-1974.
Box 19, Folder 4
Brochures, 1968, 1972, n.d.
Box 19, Folder 5
Statements, 1951-ca. 1969.
Box 19, Folder 6
List of personnel on standing committees, 1974.
Personal Material
re Joseph Jensen
Box 19, Folder 7
Clippings and articles, 1951-1974.
Box 19, Folder 9
Biographical summary, ca. 1973.
Retained from Examination of Duplicates from the Collection:
Box 20
Offprints, etc. of publication's by Joseph Jensen.