Descriptive Summary
Information for Researchers
Biography of Willis S. Jones
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Arrangement
Index Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Willis S. Jones Papers, Water Resources Collection
Creator:
Jones, Willis S.
Dates: 1919-1979
Quantity: 14 feet (14 boxes)
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
Abstract: His papers contain field notebooks when Willis S. Jones was superintendent of Claremont Domestic Water Company and consulting
engineer Vail Company, legal cases on water rights and supply, maps of Southern California, photographs of San Gabriel Valley,
rainfall and run-off records from Southern California, reports on water use in Southern California, the San Gabriel investigation,
an water rights and water supply in Southern California from 1919-1979.
Collection Number: h152
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], Willis S. Jones Papers, Water Resources Collection. 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 Willis S. Jones
Willis S. Jones was a consulting engineer for the Consolidated Water Company of Pomona in 1907; superintendent of Claremont
Domestic Water Co.; and consulting engineer for nthe Vail Co. in Riverside Co. He built dams along the Santa Margarita and
Temecula River on the Pauba Ranch near Temecula, California.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The papers in collection consist of 60 field books, legal cases on water rights, maps, photographs, records of rainfall and
wells, engineer's reports.
Arrangement
Series 1 Field Notebooks by Willis S. Jones
Series 2 Legal Cases on Water Rights
Series 3 Maps of Southern California
Series 4 Photographs of San Gabriel Valley
Series 5 Rainfall and Run-off Records
Series 6 Photographs of San Gabriel Valley
Series 7 San Gabriel Investigation
Series 8 Water Rights and Water Supply in Southern California
Series 8.1 Pauba Ranch, Temecula and Santa Margarita Rivers, Riverside County, California
Series 8.2 Monrovia, California
Series 9 Log of Wells in Southern California
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms
Jones, Willis S.
Cross Land and Water Company
Vail Co.
Water rights--California--Los Angeles County.
Water-supply California
Western Americana -- 1900 - 1999
Claremont (Calif.)
Pauba Ranch (Calif)
Santa Margarita River, Riverside County, Calif.
Temecula River, Riverside County, Calif.