Inventory of the J. D. Black Papers
Guide to the J. D. Black Papers
Collection number: CSLA-15
William H. Hannon LibraryLoyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
- Processed by:
- Clay Stalls
- Date Completed:
- 2002
- Encoded by:
- Clay Stalls
Photographs and documents from the J. D. Black Papers have been digitized and are part of the William H. Hannon Library's Digital Library.
- Series 1. Owens Valley Water Controversy Records . This series consists of materials concerning the Owens Valley water controversy in the 1920s, which marked the final stage of the valley residents' most active resistance to the City of Los Angeles. Central in this series are the correspondence, and organizational and administrative records (many of which are copies) of the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPOA), the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA), and the Big Pine Water Association (BPWA). This includes the by-laws and articles of incorporation of the BPRA and the BPWA, and meeting minutes for the BPOA and the BPRA. There is also incoming and outgoing correspondence from the organizations regarding their plans for reparations, including lawsuits initiated by State Senator J. M. Inman and Inyo County District Attorney Jess Hession (see, for example, Box 8, Folder 1). Also to be found are City of Los Angeles proposals for resolving problems and subsequent position statements issued in response by Big Pine organizations (see especially Boxes 8 and 9). Depositions from Big Pine residents, and data sheets and lists regarding population and business losses, and losses of farms and ranches also form an important part of this series. Noteworthy as well are the handwritten estimates from members of the Big Pine Canal Company and Owens River Canal Company on the value of their water rights and farms in late 1923, a time when the City of Los Angeles was actively buying up property and water rights in the Owens Valley (Box 8, Folder 3). Names of note in these organizational and administrative records include W. W. Watterson and Fred Eaton.
- Series 2. Publications and Scrapbooks . In this series are loose newspapers, clippings of newspaper and magazine articles, governmental publications, and scrapbooks that Black compiled of the Owens Valley water controversy, most of which date from the 1920s and the early 1930s. Some of the clippings on the Owens Valley water controversy date from after J. D. Black's death (1960), indicating that his wife Sophie or other Black family members had added them to his collection. Magazine articles on the Owens Valley postdating J. D. Black's death in this collection indicate a provenance similar to the one just mentioned. Important California state publications on the Owens Valley water controversy include the state engineer's report in 1925 to Governor Friend Richardson. Also in this collection are City of Los Angeles publications, dating from the 1920s and 1930s, related to its involvement in Owens Valley. They are often apologia for the city's actions, eg, the City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power's response to claims for reparations: Facts Concerning the Owens Valley Reparations Claims (Box 9, Folder 7).
- Series 3. Photographs . The photographic materials consist of personal photographs of the Black family, as well as general interest photographs of life, persons, and places in the Owens Valley. There are also two subseries (described below). All photgraphs and postcards of this series and its subseries are in black and white, unless otherwise noted.
- Series 3. Subseries A: Photographic Postcards . Photographic post cards--very popular in the United States ca. 1900--constitute much of the photographic materials; because of their value in the J. D. Black Papers and format, they have been arranged as Subseries A within Series 3. The photographic postcards document important events in the history of the eastern Sierras of California and western Nevada. These include the first crossing of the California state line by the Carson and Colorado Railroad, the railroad that serviced the Owens Valley and the mining towns of western Nevada. Other valuable postcards include those of such mining towns as Bodie, California, and Candelaria, Nevada. Also found in this subseries are photographic postcards related to the Owens Valley water controversy, most notably the seizure of the Alabama Gates by the residents of the Owens Valley in 1924 (Box 16, Folders 1-13), and the photographic postcards reproducing original photographs of Andrew Alexander Forbes documenting the Native Americans of the Owens Valley, chiefly the Paiutes (See Box 16, Folders 16-29).
- Series 3. Subseries B: Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley . Extremely rare, perhaps even unique, are the photographs that J. D. Black took of ranches and farms, and other properties in the Owens Valley abandoned after their acquisition by the City of Los Angeles. J. D. Black labelled many of the photographs with the names of their owners and dated some as well. Because of their value, and because J. D. Black stored them separately, they have been established in Subseries B: Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley.
- Series 4. Protest Correspondence, 1946-1960. This series contains correspondence (some incoming, but mostly outgoing), telegrams, night letters, and newspaper clippings regarding the injustices of the Owens Valley water controversy that J. D. Black sent to state and federal officials and bodies. Eccentric in mission and content, these communications date from after World War II to J. D. Black's death in 1960, a period well after the time when the Owens Valley water controversy had been decided in the favor of the City of Los Angeles.
- Series 5. Personal Correspondence and Records .This series is made up of correspondence, receipt books, receipts, newspaper clippings, leases, and contracts related to the personal affairs and business interests in the Owens Valley (mining and stores) of J. D. Black and his wife Sophie Black and their daughters.
- Series 5. Subseries A: World War I, World II, Korean War Correspondence . This subseries of Series 5 is comprised of correspondence and photographs to J. D. Black from servicemen of World War I, World War II, and the Korean conflict. The photographs include pictures of the famous Italian monastery of Monte Cassino during the Allied assault there in 1944 (Box 7, Folder 2)
- Series 6. Personal Notes. In this series are found the handwritten, loose notes of J. D. Black on the Owens Valley water controversy. They often functioned as rough drafts of the correspondence found in Series 4 and are often hard to decipher. The loose newspaper clippings in Box 14ov of Series 2 originally accompanied the notes found in Series 6.
- Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection (CSLA-30)
- Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection (CSLA-30) Digital collection
- America's West Digital collection
- J. D. Black Papers . Digital collection
Series 1 Owens Valley Water Controversy Records 1906-1980
Big Pine Reparations Association position statement on reparations. Big Pine Reparations Association materials: statement of damages, receipts, general corr. and corr. with lawyers and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Mono County real and personal property tax lists. J. D. Black corr. 1916-1929 (dates broken)
Computations for financial reparations, miscellaneous statements, and notes re reparations for Owens Valley residents and City of Los Angeles for water rights. Originally in folder with date "1929". 1929(?)
Corr. re reparations bill for Big Pine residents; copy of bill. Big Pine Water Association stockholders' statement re Los Angeles City Power and Water votes at stockholders' meeting. Notice of ranch for sale. Materials in folders 3 and 4 originally together 1925 1929
Big Pine taxpayers statement to City of Los Angeles re compensation for water loss (two copies); corr. re Big Pine and water controversy; speech by unknown person on plight of Owens Valley. Big Pine Reparations Association memorandum re Big Pine Water Association suit against City of Los Angeles. Materials in folders 3 and 4 originally together 1924 1925
J. D. Black corr. re Big Pines reparations 1926
Register of voters, Inyo County, 1926 and 1928 primary elections 1926 1928
Big Pines Reparations Association booklet on water controversy (5 copies): Big Pine Reparations Association vs. The City of Los Angeles, by J. O. McIntosh 1926
Notes by unknown author on Owens Valley water controversy; list of county Democratic and Republican Central Committeeman; legal forms; trader license; register of voters (1926), with precinct results. Cf. Box 1, Folder 7 1917-1948 (dates broken)
Big Pine Property Owners' Association corr., copies and originals, re state bill on reparations; copies of Big Pine Property Owners' Association corr. re Los Angeles Board of Public Commissioners compensation agreement; corr., copies of documents re federal irrigation project in Owens Valley; documents re business and population decline in Big Pine 1925
J. D. Black corr. with San Francisco and Los Angeles businesspersons re business and Owens Valley Water controversy; Big Pine Property Owners' Association corr. with lawyer re City of Los Angeles claims in Owens Valley; polemical essay on Owens Valley and Los Angeles, author and date unknown; grievance list 1924-1925
Sale prices of irrigation rights and agricultural property of stockholders of Big Pine Canal Company and Owens River Canal Company; sale prices of property of Owens Valley farmers and ranchers 1923
J. D. Black corr. (copies and originals) with San Francisco and Los Angeles businesspersons re business and Owens Valley water controversy 1924-1925
Big Pine Property Owners' Association corr. with state legislators re City of Los Angeles purchases of water rights; supporting documents (copies) re Owens Valley claims against City of Los Angeles, eg economic losses; corr re Black family property valuation 1924 1925
Documents (copies) re Big Pine Water Association (BPWA) agreements with City of Los Angeles; BPWA by-laws, articles of incorporation and list of shareholders undated
Copies of Big Pines Reparations Association (BPRA) corr. re legal opinion and membership; BPRA receipts, statement of purpose; Big Pine Property Owners Association petition re suit against City of Los Angeles 1926
Statement on California Reparations Act of 1925 (copy); Owens Valley residents' 1905 statement re City of Los Angeles water acquisitions (copy); state engineer letter re occupation of Alabama Gates of Los Angeles Aqueduct (copy); Theodore Roosevelt letter re Los Angeles Water Supply Bill (copy); excerpts from Big Pine Citizen and Inyo Magazine re Owens Valley River water controversy (copies) undated
Corr., telegrams (copies and originals) re Owens Valley water controversy; supporting documents (copies) re Owens Valley claims against City of Los Angeles, eg economic losses, City of Los Angeles property purchases; Big Pine Property Owners Association roster; City of Los Angeles settlement offer for Big Pine residents; Big Pine Water Association records 1924-1925
Big Pine Property Owners Association corr. (copies); computations re compensation for Big Pine residents 1925
By-Laws of the Big Pines Reparations Association (booklet) 1925
Big Pines Reparations Association membership and assignment contract forms (blank). Cf. Box 9, Folder 5 this series 1925
Notice of meeting Big Pines Reparations Association mailing cards; mailing list undated
Contract forms between Big Pines Reparations Association and members on valuation of property in settlement with City of Los Angeles 1926
Big Pines Reparations Association membership and assignment contract forms--signed. Cf. Box 9, Folder 2 this series 1925-1926
Notebook: handwritten copy of by-laws of the Big Pines Reparations Association. With original signatures of witnesses, and directors and secretary. Typewritten copy of bylaws (originally inserted in notebook. 1925
Signed contract riders by members of Big Pines Reparation Association. Cf. Box 9, Folder 4, this series 1926
Big Pine town property assessment roll; sale price of properties, with statements re land use; Big Pine mailing lists; Big Pine Reparations Association list of damages, statements of damages; City of Los Angeles settlement proposition for Big Pine; list of Big Pine properties sold, with sale prices; statement re method for computing compensation 1926
Handwritten Big Pine assessment rolls--ranch and town property; handwritten data tables re Big Pine farms and ranches sold to City of Los Angeles, with data on acreage, irrigation shares, land use under private ownership and city ownership, new addresses of former owners 1923
Grievance list; City of Los Angeles settlement proposition for Big Pine and town's rejection; miscellaneous notes; compensation list, Big Pine Canal Company; Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) corr. with state legislator and W. W. Watterson (copies); BPPOA corr. with congressman re Los Angeles' development of Owens Valley waters for electricity; copies of legal documents 1906-1934 (dates broken)
Big Pine Property Owners Association data table on ranches sold to City of Los Angeles (original). Originally with negatives in Series 3, Box 18, Folders 16-17 1925
Deed between City of Los Angeles and Northern Inyo County Local Hospital District re property acquisitions. Photostatic copy 1947
Big Pine Reparations Association materials: compensation list and deposition statement (copies), board of directors meeting minutes (copies), membership and assignment contract forms, night letter to Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1926-1927
Big Pine Water Association materials (copies): by-laws, meeting minutes, Minnie Myers deed, board of directors proposition to stockholders re City of Los Angeles offer, stock allocations, memorandum of agreement with City of Los Angeles, articles of incorporation, stockholders' protest re City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power, water right deed, City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public Service letter 1916- 1926
J. D. Black letter (copy) re poor conditions in Big Pine area; notes; grievance list 1926
J. D. Black corr. re Owens Valley water controversy; City of Los Angles, Dept. of Public Service, resolution re Owens Valley water use (copy); ranch lease with City of Los Angeles (copy); Inyo County Farm Bureau and Big Pine Citizen statements re controversy (copy) 1926-1927
Inyo Magazine articles re water controversy (typed carbon copies). Cf. Series 2, Box 20, Folders 1-4 1908
Later Owens Valley water controversy materials: newspaper clippings; brochures re 1980 ballot measures; 1975 Big Pine Water Association list of stockholders; City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power lease 1945-1980
Loose newspaper clippings re Colorado River compact, and conservation 1920s(?)
Owens Valley water controversy materials, all originally in ring binder: City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power, property options, and booklet (Facts Concerning the Owens Valley Reparations Claims); City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public Service, irrigation plans; Big Pine Reparation Association statement re legal action. J. D. Black corr. Big Pine Water Association materials: By-laws, articles of incorporations, legal documents. Cf. Box 10, F. 2, this series, re BPWA materials. 1929-1949 (dates broken)
Day book with entries on activities of City of Los Angeles activities in Big Pine. In day book: Big Pines Reparations Association vs. The City of Los Angeles. By J. O. McIntosh. 1929
Big Pine Property Owners Association minutes book, with claims list and land sales to City of Los Angeles (includes those of Owens River Canal Company) 1924-1925
Ledger with Big Pine Reparations Association minutes, articles of incorporation. Corr. and agreement between lawyers; and BPRA membership and assignment contract form 1925-1927
Big Pine Reparations Association receipt book (with record stubs re membership) undated
Receipt book undated
Tract map re Los Angeles Department of Water and Power property for sale in Big Pine, California (2 copies) 1947
Tract map re Los Angeles Department of Water and Power property for sale in Bishop, California (2 copies) 1947
Notice of intended sale, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power properties in Bishop, Lone Pine, Big Pine, and Independence California 1947
Series 2 Publications and Scrapbooks 1908-1999
Mono and Inyo Counties, and Carson City, Nevada promotional literature undated
Newspaper clippings re Owens Valley water controversy 1997
8 issues of "Bob Shuler's Magazine" 1929
Magazine articles re water conservation, Owens Valley water controversy, and Inyo County history 1985-1999 (dates broken)
Pamphlet: Facts Concerning the Owens Valley Reparations Claims . City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power. 2 copies, one with notes by J. D. Black. Pamphlet: Big Pines Reparations Association vs. The City of Los Angeles . By J. O. McIntosh. 3 copies. Postal receipts. All materials originally in notebook with name Barbara Black inscribed 1926 1948
Telephone directories for Bishop and Big Pine, California 1950 1958
Inyo Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 7: "A Theft in Water. Part III." 1908
Inyo Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 10: "A Theft in Water. Part VI." 1908
Inyo Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 11: "A Theft in Water. Part VII." 1908
Fortnight: The Newsmagazine of California, Vol. 8, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 12. 1950
California Mining Journal, Vol. 17, No. 11. 1948
City of Los Angeles, Board of Public Service Commissioners. Reply of the Board of Public Service Commissioners to the Proposal ... submitted by W. W. Watterson.... 2 copies 1924
State of California. Department of Public Works. Letter of Transmittal and Report of State Engineer Concerning the Owens Valley- Los Angeles Controversy to Governor Friend William Richardson . By W. F. McClure. 3 copies 1925
The Owens Valley and the Los Angeles Water Controversy. Owens Valley as I Knew It. By Richard Coke Wood. From This Mountain--Cerro Gordo. By Robert C. Likes and Glenn R. Day 1973 1975
Handbook. California Legislature. Forty-Sixth Session 1925
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power publications: Owens River Gorge Development; and The Romance of Water and Power , by Don Kinsey 1928 1935
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water for Thirteen Cities in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California . Water exhibit souvenir of the California Pacific International Exposition. San Diego, California 1935
Pamphlet: Deep Springs. A Prefatory. By P. N. Nunn. undated
Arizona Highways, Vol. 31, No. 2 1955
A Guide to U. S. Army Insignia and Decorations. By Gordon A. J. Petersen. A Guide to U. S. Navy Insignia and Decorations . By Gordon A. J. Petersen. Originally with correspondence in Series 5, Subseries A, Boxes, 6 and 7 1942
Booklet with constitutional amendments and statutes on California State ballot 1914
Our Navy at War. Official Report by Admiral Ernest J. King ... Covering Combat Operations Up To March 1, 1944 . 1944(?)
Courage, no. 11. San Francisco hotel guide. San Francisco Giants score card. 1927 1959
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power brochure re Owens Valley recreation 1928
Miscellaneous brochures and pamphlets 1928 1936
Clippings from Los Angeles and Owens Valley newspapers re Owens Valley Water controversy and Owens Valley miscellany 1923-1981 (dates broken)
Newspaper clippings from Los Angeles and Owens Valley newspapers re Owens Valley Water controversy, building of Colorado River Aqueduct, and Owens Valley miscellany 1925-1999 (dates broken)
Newspaper clippings from Los Angeles and Owens Valley newspapers re Owens Valley Water controversy, and Owens Valley miscellany 1924-1981 (dates broken)
Issues of The Gridironon Owens Valley water controversy 1927
Owens Valley newspapers on water controversy 1927-1933 (dates broken)
ssues of Los Angeles Recordnot on water controversy 1925
Owens Valley and Los Angeles newspapers on water controversy 1925-1995 (dates broken)
Signs for Black's Store; miscellaneous notes on Owens Valley water controversy undated
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy; loose newspapers 1924
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy; Big Pines Reparations Association booklet 1925-1926
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy 1927
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy 1927-1928
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy 1929
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy; loose clippings and newspaper; handwritten notes re controversy 1930
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy (only one clipping) 1930
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy; loose clippings 1931
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power pamphlets re Department's history and service; flyer re Colorado River Aqueduct relief map at the Pacific Southwest Exposition 1928 1952
San Francisco tour map; Forest Lawn cemetery map, of Glendale, California undated
City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Service brochure: proposed plan for permanent irrigation at Big Pine, California, with response of Owens Valley residents 1924
Inyo Registerand Owens Valley Herald , Supplement Number One, re economic losses of Owens Valley. FRAGILE 1925
Big Pine Citizen, with articles re dynamiting of Los Angeles aqueduct. FRAGILE 1927
Owens Valley Herald, with editorials, articles re troubles with City of Los Angeles. FRAGILE 1924 1925
Inyo Register, with articles re Big Pine fire 1949-1950 1952-1953
San Francisco tourist brochure 1950
U. S. Geological Survey map: Mt. Tom (California) Quadrangle 1954(?)
Loose newspaper clippings re Inyo County history and miscellany 1918 1954
Loose newspaper clippings re Owens Valley Water controversy and Colorado river. Cf. Series 6, Boxes 21, 22 1950s
Thomas Brothers street map: San Francisco/Oakland 1946
Series 3 Photographs 1888-1958
Hotel Butler, Big Pine, California. 1914 1914
Black's Cash Store, Bishop, California (4 photographs)
Site of John Black's original store 1888
Black's race horse
Morton George and wife. Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Edwards
Mrs. Tom Callow
J.D. Black with unidentified man
Jack Black
Johny (sic) McKay and J.D. Black
Pete Giraud et al.
Group picture: (top row, left-right) Ober, Miller, George Mitchell. (bottom row, left-right) Frank Epperly, Ramon Machado
Mr. Trudo, Bill McDonald
Bert Ober
Unidentified man
James J. Butler
Tom Callow's Big Pine Hotel and Bar Early 1900s
Mrs. John Black
Ed McNamee's Big Pine Goodfellows Christmas Club. 5 photographs
Al Staudinger Marble Works. Keeler, California. 3 photographs
John McAlpin, partner of John Black (in Bodie, California?)
Group picture: (standing, left-right) J. I. Jones, Ed Ober; (seated, left-right) Bill Stains, Ed Ober
Unidentified man
Two unidentified boys
Unidentified girl
John Black
Two tintypes: John Black and Bill Boot, editor of the Tonopah, Nevada, newspaper; and John Black
Virginia Black
Group Picture: Young J. D. Black, with baseball teammates
Young J. D. Black
Mr. and Mrs. John Black
J. D. Black
Young J. D. Black and sister Rosalind
Rosalind Black and family dog. 2 photographs
Group portrait of the John Black family
Unidentified factory, exterior and interior shots. 5 photographs
Unidentified persons and location. 3 photographs
Photograph of Bishop, California, after blizzard. 1933
J. D. Black and unidentified person. 2 tintypes
Clearing of snow from streets (of Bishop, California, at Black's Corner?). 4 photographs
Aerial photos of Owens Valley. 8 photographs
Unidentified mining town
Young J. D. Black, with father, John Black
Photographs of Bishop, California, after blizzard 1933
Big Pine Saloon
Riding party
Cabin in mountains
Unidentified woman. 2 photographs
Campsite (John Black in picture?)
Old timers party, Big Pine, California
2 photographs of aqueduct; unidentified picture
Unidentified surveyor
Unidentified woman
Huston Cline and Mr. Saiz
Group picture: 4 unidentified women
Unidentified girl (Rosalind Black?)
Seattle, Washington house (Black family home?)
"Hall's Hall" after snowstorm. 2 photographs 1914
Group picture of picnic brunch 1914
Winter scene
George, Native American man
John McBride
Scenes of Owens Valley. 12 color photographs
Unidentified man
Washed out bridge 1914
Miners: (left-right) Johnny Williams, Johny [sic] Utter, Sandy Lochrie
Winter trip in Owens Valley. 11 photographs
Camping trip. 13 photographs
Campaign billboard (Senator Thomas Kuchel). 2 photographs: 168 East Line Street, Big Pine California
View of mountain lake
Unidentified man with ax, in woods
Brush arbor campsite, with unidentified man and woman
Winter scenes of J. D. Black home and family. 12 photographs
5 photographs: children on horse, Hotel Butler and market in Big Pine California. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 1, this series
Mine, Chrysopolis, California. 5 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 2, this series
J. D. Black home. 12 photographs. Some photographs labelled "home." Negatives in Box 18, Folder 3, this series
Fire, Big Pine, California. 4 photographs 1947
Fire, Big Pine, California. 3 photographs 1947
Display of photographs and documents celebrating 60th anniversary of Black's Store, Bishop, California. Notes on arrangement of pictures 1948
Bodie, California, drilling contest. John Black, umpire
Bishop or Big Pine, California, cars. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 7, this series
Bishop, California, after blizzard. 7 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 8, this series 1933
Demolition of George Neill place, Bishop, California. 7 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 10, this series 1956
Artesian well, aqueduct gates (including Eaton gate), pipe, canals. 9 photographs. Date: 1955. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 11, this series
Black's grocery store, Main Street, Big Pine, California. 3 photographs. With identifying notes (by Jack Black?)
Unidentified man receiving Distinguished Flying Cross (at March Air Force Base, California?)
Flight crew, B-24 Liberator. Place: Scottsbluff, Nebraska. 1943
Notes re photographs: Box 17, Folder 34, Series 3, Subseries B
Demolition of old grammar school, Bishop, California. 9 photographs
Unidentified persons. 3 photographs
Back yard, Big Pine store and hotel. 8 photographs
Felled tree. 5 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 5, this series 1958
J. D. Black friends and relatives. 6 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 6, this series
Construction of Elks building. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 8 1956
Water well. 4 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 11, this series
Abandoned Clark farm; 2 photographs (Cf. Subseries B, this series). Wells and canals; 6 photographs. Black ditch, Big Pine, California; 5 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 12, this series 1930
Lee Cornell residence, demolition. Caption: "Lee Cornell residence, being torn down." 4 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 13, this series
Cemetery (Big Pine, California?). 4 photographs
Destroyed building. 4 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 29
Owens Valley ranchlands. Date: 1930. 7 photographs. Cf. Subseries B, this series
Big Pine Creek flood. 2 photographs. Water well and cement pipe for water delivery to canal. Captions on back. 3 photographs
Water wells, canals, and pipes. 6 photographs 1930
Big Pine Creek. 4 photographs. Captions 1948
Negatives. Main Street, Big Pine, California. Cf. Box 4, Folder 57, this series
Mine, Chrysopolis, California. Cf. Box 4, Folder 58, this series
J. D. Black home. Cf. Box 4, Folder 59, this series
Negatives. Demolition of old grammar school, Bishop, California. Cf. Box 17, Folder 1, this series
Negatives. Felled tree. Cf. Box 17, Folder 4, this series 1958
Negatives. J. D. Black friends and relatives. Cf. Box 17, Folder 5, this series
Negatives. Bishop or Big Pine, California, cars. Cf. Box 16, Folder 48, this series
Negatives. Construction of Elks building. Cf. Box 17, Folder 6 1956
Negatives. Bishop, California, after blizzard. Cf. Box 16, Folder 49, this series 1933
Negatives. Demolition of George Neill place, Bishop, California. Cf. Box 16, Folder 50, this series 1956
Negatives. Rural property with well. Cf. Box 17, Folder 7, this series
Negatives. Abandoned Clark farmstead. Wells and canals. Black ditch, Big Pine, California. Cf. Box 17, Folder 8, this series 1930
Negatives. Lee Cornell residence, demolition. Cf. Box 17, Folder 9, this series
Negatives. Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Meyers, McMurry, Steward, Partridge places. Cf. Box 17, Folder 14, this series. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Negatives. Abandoned Eugley home, Big Pine, California. Date: 1932. Originally in envelope labelled: "Old Eugley House--torn down August 1932. (The place we first occupied when we hit Big Pine 1902)." Cf. Box 17, Folder 25
Negatives for photographs in Box 17, Folders 11-22. Accompanied by Big Pine Property Owners Association data table on ranches sold to city; cf. Big Box 9, Folder 12
Negatives for photographs in Box 17, Folders 11-22. Accompanied by Big Pine Property Owners Association data table on ranches sold to City of Los Angeles; cf. Big Box 9, Folder 12
Negatives. Bishop, California, after blizzard. Cf. Box 4, Folders 1-27 1933
Negatives. Bishop, California, after blizzard. Cf. Box 4, Folders 1-27 1933
Negatives
Negatives. Main Street, Big Pine, California
Negatives. Destroyed building. Cf. Box 17, Folder 28, this series
Interior of John Black's saloon
Pine Creek Mill
Clark-Kaeding Company Architects building and employees
Group portrait: Ober family and others
Tonopah, Nevada. 2 photographs. Fragile
Group picture: unidentified male students
Series 3. Subseries A: Photographic Postcards 1893-1940
Box Canyon Toll Road
Faro bank. Bank Club, Reno Nevada
Black's Corner [store]. 4 postcards 1922
Bodie, California
Big Pine, California. 4 postcards
Portola festival. San Francisco, California. 3 postcards
Hotel Butler, Big Pine, California 1914
Black's Corner [store] 1914
John Black, Al Lynn. 2 postcards
Main Street, Big Pine, California
Hardware store, Bishop, California
Community Christmas tree, Big Pine, California 1913
First taxi of Bishop, California
Riding party in Nevada
Motorcyclists. 2 postcards
Early twentieth century automobiles. 2 postcards
Big Pine Creek, California
Wheat threshing, Bishop, California
Carson, Nevada train depot
Warren swimming pool
Candelaria, Nevada 1876
Swain and Ingalls Delivery. Otis Ingalls in wagon, W. A. Ingalls by side of wagon. Candelaria, Nevada. 1893
Bishop, California, flooded streets 1914
Big Pine, California (winter scenes). 4 postcards
Main Street, Big Pine, California (winter scenes). 3 postcards
Carson and Colorado Railroad first crossing of California/Nevada state line
San Joaquin River, south fork
Unidentified home
Farm scene. Dorrance Keough written on back of postcard
Eugley Place
Four female students
Paiute Native American
"Pauline"
View of lake
Two unidentified women
Unidentified woman
Black family cousin
Unidentified women and man fishing
Group picture of six men
Unidentified woman
J. D. Black with unidentified men
J. D. Black, Mose and Yetta Foreman. 1 postcard, 1 photograph
Grant Hotel, San Diego
Two unidentified men
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Chow L.A. Aqueduct." 12 postcards 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Bishop Ranchers in Possession of L.A. Water Supply. Nov. 16-20, 1924." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Army of Occupation. L.A. Aqueduct." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Bishop Ranchers Take Control of L. A. Aqueduct. Nov. 16-20, 1924." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Flowing Gold. L.A. Aqueduct." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "The Auto Fleet of Bishop Ranchers at L. A. Aqueduct. Nov. 16-20, 1924." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "The Rancher's (sic) Army Holding the L.A. Aqueduct. Nov. 16-20, 1924." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Army of Occupation. Los Angeles Acqueduct (sic). Nov. 20, 1924" 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Army of Occupation. L.A. Aqueduct." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Band--Its Army of Occupation. L. A. Acqueduct (sic). Nov. 10, 20, 1924." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Spillway. L.A. Aqueduct." 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Owens Valley residents eating at aqueduct. Date: 1924 1924
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "If I am not on the job, You can find me at theAQUEDUCT." 1924
Silver Lake. Topaz Lake, sent to J. D. Black
Palisade Glacier. 2 postcards
Mt. Whitney. Mt. Tom
Owens Valley
Duck Lake Trail
Devil's Gate. Owens River at Benton's Crossing. Crowley Lake
Three Native American women with babies. Caption: "Baby Show"
Native American man. Caption: "Old Steve and wickieup."
Native American baskets. Caption: "Prize baskets."
Native American man. Caption: "Tom Bowers Piute (sic) Indian." 3 postcards
Native American dwelling. Caption: "Indian Medicine House." 3 postcards
Native American woman at grindstone. 3 postcard
Native American woman weaving basket. Caption: "Mahala making baskets." 2 postcards
Native American man making fire. Caption: "Sporty Jack The Fire Maker." 3 postcards
Native American women walking, with baskets on back. Caption: "Mahalas Homeward Bound." 3 postcards
Native American symbols inscribed on rock. Caption: "Hieroglyphic." 2 postcards.
Scotty's Castle, Death Valley. 13 postcards, including Death Valley Scotty (Walter Scott), and Albert and Bessie Johnson
Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "World famous Crystal Bar and Clock, Virginia City, Nev."
Miners, Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "ConVirginia Mining Co. Virginia City, Nevada."
Parade, Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "Co. B Emmitt Guard, Virginia City, Nevada."
Candelaria, Nevada, train depot. Caption: "Candelaria Depot 1898. Fred Barnes, Conductor. Frank Regan, Brakeman. Abe Church, Engineer. Johnnie McGillis, Fireman. Chas. Meadows, Mail Clerk." 1898
Freight wagons. Caption: "Old Historic 20 Mule Team Borax Wagons--Death Valley." Handwriten note on man in photograph: "Bill Mendenhall"
Team of horses hauling felled trees. Caption: "Hauling Logs to Mammoth Sawmill"
House, Rhyolite, Nevada. Caption: " 'Bottle House' Built Entirely of Discarded Beer Bottles"
Big Pine high school building
Community celebration: Big Pine or Bishop, California. "1908" written on front. Written on back: "Carrie Scott" and "1st white umbrella the right hand corner Mom and Dad before they were married." 1908
Gag postcards. 2
Postcard from Anchorage, Alaska, to Jack Black 1940
Mono Lake. Lassen Volcanic National Park. Color postcards
Series 3. Subseries B: Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley 1930-1934
Abandoned houses, including Gregg building. Caption: "Gregg Bldng." 4 photographs 1934
Abandoned ranch, orchard and other properties, belonging to Bat Steward, Earl Smith. 7 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned ranches and house, including Rheinakel, McMurry, Steward properties. Felled fruit trees. 9 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned orchard, rural properties, including Steward properties. 8 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, farms, including Tyler, Benner, Ostrander, and Thomas properties. 9 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Hession, Standinger places. 10 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings" 1930 1932
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Meyers, McMurry, Steward, Partridge places. 7 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings." Negatives in Box 18, Folder 14, this series
Abandoned farm/ranch homes, barns, corrals, silos, including Hession, Wilson, Willis places. 11 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, barns, silo, cellar, including Benner, Steward, Utter, and Thomas places. 16 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, orchards, including Wilson and Hession orchards. 10 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Willis, McMurry, and Farrington places. 9 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Albers and Rossi places. 8 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including McCullough and Smith places. 7 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
Abandoned houses, including Tate, Lane, Meyers (Big Pine, California?). 8 photographs 1924
Abandoned homes, businesses, Big Pine, California. Cordwood from orchard. 4 photographs
Abandoned Eugley home, Big Pine, California. 8 photographs. Originally in envelope labelled: "Old Eugley House--torn down August 1932. (The place we first occupied when we hit Big Pine 1902)." Negatives in Box 18, Folder 15 1932
Abandoned "Big Pine Citizen" (newspaper) building; caption: "Freedom of the Press via LosAngelesism Final Issue 1932 Edged in Black." Abandoned Barmore home; caption: "Wind Tornado or Laism? (Barmore Home) Big Pine Citizen Editor." 1932
Abandoned school house, farm/ranch houses, orchards, with names of former owners and date of purchase by City of Los Angeles (recorded by J. D. Black?). 25 photographs
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, school house, including Tyler, Bowles, Hession, Wilson places. 9 photographs. Notes (by J. D. Black?) re these pictures in Box 16, Folder 55, this series
Series 4 Protest Correspondence 1946-1960
Tax protests to county tax and assessor (carbon copies and originals). Cf. Series 1, Subseries F 1952-1956
Tax protests to county tax and assessor (carbon copies and originals). Cf. Series 1, Subseries F 1957-1960
Corr., with supporting materials, to county officials, especially re Big Pine Cemetery 1956-1958
Incoming and outgoing corr. to U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials re Colorado River projects and Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals) 1948-1949
Incoming and outgoing corr. to U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials re Colorado River projects and Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals) 1950-1951
Incoming and outgoing corr., telegrams to U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials re Colorado River projects and Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals) 1952-1953
Incoming and outgoing corr., telegrams to U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials re Colorado River projects and Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals) 1954 1956-1957
Outgoing corr., supporting materials to President Harry S. Truman re Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals) 1949-1952
Corr. re Owens Valley water controversy to California governors and state legislators (carbon copies and originals) 1932-1951 (dates broken)
Corr. to California governors and state legislators re Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals) 1953-1960 (dates broken)
Outgoing and incoming corr., telegrams to Los Angeles mayors re Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals) 1948-1949 1956
Outgoing corr. (copies) to equalization boards re taxes. Cf. Series 1, Subseries A 1954 1956 1959
Outgoing and incoming corr., telegrams, greeting cards, newspaper clippings to Colorado and Arizona governors re California claims to Colorado River water (carbon copies and originals) 1946-1956 (dates broken)
Outgoing and incoming corr. to personal friends re Owens Valley Water controversy and personal matters 1948-1957 (dates broken)
Copies of corr. re J. D. Black article on Los Angeles and water in California Mining Journal; two issues of California Mining Journal, vol. 23 1954
Series 5 Personal Correspondence and Records 1906-1988
Legal documents, assessor's maps, tax receipts, corr. re property ownership in Owens Valley of J. D. Black estate (originals, photocopies and photostats). Newspaper clippings re Owens Valley water controversy 1961-1986 (dates broken)
Copy of the "Megaphone", Bishop High School newspaper undated
J. D. Black corr., including letter from W. W. Watterson, and agreements re mining interests 1922 1926
Receipts, corr. re Black's Store 1917 1932-1933
Contracts, leases, memoranda of agreement re mining interests of John and J. D. Black (originals and carbon copies) 1906-1922 (dates broken)
Tax receipts, corr. re tax payments on Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ownership of property contested by J. D. Black 1931-1940
Spiral notebook containing record of foodstuff purchases; coupon checks for Black's Store undated
Bishop Union High School commencement card; railway express shipping receipt; chronology of blizzard of 1933; postcard from Eastern California Museum to Mrs. J. D. Black 1949 1952 1975
Corr., programs re Lick-Wilmerding School 50th anniversary. Alumni news letter. Alumni flyer. Undated photographs of J.D. Black and fellow students at Lick-Wilmerding; some students identified 1946- 1955 (dates broken)
Postcards, telegrams, corr., clippings re affairs of J. D. Black; Virginia Sophia Black infant medical certificate 1918-1959 (dates broken)
Corr., miscellany re affairs of Sophie and J.D. Black; business license for Black's Store; business corr. of Barbara Fitzpatrick Black; notebook with list of Big Pine cemetery gravesites; blank copies of quartz claims, mortgage forms; copy of Proof of Annual Labor, Lode or Placer, for J. D. Black and Rosalind Black Shaw 1898-1980 (dates broken)
Notice of Location, Quartz Claim. Made by Rosalind M. Shaw (née Black) and J. D. Black. Fragile condition 1951
Miscellany: Thank you card from family of General James Doolittle; business card; blank check; memo book, notebook; materials re California State Grange; "Basket Collection" report 1917-1988 (dates broken)
Flyers re Fourth of July festivities, Lone Pine, California undated
Rosalind Shaw (née Black) and J. D. Black date books, with newspaper clippings 1960
Ledger and receipts re grocery store stock; with newspaper clippings (see Box 19, Folder 5, this series) undated
Newspaper clippings originally with ledger re grocery store stock (see Box 19, Folder 4, this series) undated
Ledger and receipts re grocery store stock; with newspaper clippings (see Box 19, Folder 7, this series) undated
Newspaper clippings originally with ledger re grocery store stock (see Box 19, Folder 6, this series) undated
Advertising flyer: Hazleton's Department Store, Bishop, California undated
Series 5, Subseries A: World War I, World II, Korean War Correspondence 1917-1952
J.D. Black incoming corr. from World War I servicemen of the Owens Valley to J. D. Black. Fragile material; restricted use 1918
J.D. Black incoming corr. from World War I servicemen of the Owens Valley 1917-1919
Postcards from World War I servicemen of the Owens Valley to J.D. Black 1917-1919
J.D. Black incoming corr, postcards, photostatic letters from World War II servicemen of the Owens Valley 1943-1945
J.D. Black incoming corr., some with accompanying photographs, from World War II servicemen of the Owens Valley 1942 1944-1945
Christmas and season's greeting cards from World War II servicemen of the Owens Valley to J.D. Black 1943-1945
J.D. Black incoming corr. from Korean War serviceman of the Owens Valley 1952
Miscellany: American Legion president and delgates dinner program; newspaper clippings. Originally found with corr. of servicemen 1942 1944
World War I war song; Woodrow Wilson's war message to U. S. Congress (booklet). Invitation to knitting bee at Big Pine, California; from World War I era. Originally found with corr. of servicemen 1918
Series 6 Personal Notes undated
Notes re Owens Valley water controversy. Cf. Series 2, Box 14ov, for companion newspaper clippings undated
Notes, notebooks re Owens Valley water controversy. Cf. Series 2, Box 14ov, for companion newspaper clippings undated