Guide to the Willis S. Jones Papers, Water Resources Collection

Finding aid created by Russell Michalak

Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library 2009

Claremont University Consortium

Libraries of The Claremont Colleges

800 N. Dartmouth Avenue

Claremont, CA 91711

Phone: (909) 607-3977

Fax: (909) 621-8681

Email: spcoll@libraries.claremont.edu

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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.

Series 1 Field Notebooks

Box 7

15 Field Notebooks,

Box 15

15 Field Notebooks,

Box 16

15 Field Notebooks,

Box 17

15 Field Notebooks,

Series 2 Legal Cases on Water Rights

Subseries 2.1 Cross Land and Water Company and Rincon Ditch

Box 4, folder 1

Cross Water Company v. Luigi Gioradano, 1920-1929

Box 4, folder 2

Cross Water Company v. Luigi Gioradano, 1920-1929

Box 4, folder 2

Cross Land and Water Company--Well Measurements, La Puente, California, 1920-1929

Box 4, folder 3

Cross Land and Water Company--Property Deed--Whittier Heights Extension Mutual Water Co., California, 1920-1929

Box 4, folder 4

Cross Water Company, Report on Value of Cross Water Co.'s Plant, 1924

Box 4, folder 5

Rincon Ditch Co., et al. v. Frank Pellissier et. al.--Cross Land Co. and Cross Water Co., 1921

Box 4, folder 6

Rincon Ditch Co.--Water Measurements, 1920-1929

Box 4, folder 7

Court Exhibits Rincon Ditch Co. vs. Frank Pellisier, 1921

Box 4, folder 8

Map of tract 1343-Workman Tract-Rancho La Puente, 1920-1929

Box 4, folder 9

Well Measurements--No. Whittier Heights Extension Mutual Water Co., 1920-1929

Box 4, folder 10

Cross Water Co., Value of Water Rights, 1910-1929

Box 4, folder 11

Cross Water Co., Cost of Materials, Wells Measurements, and Bond Election, 1910-1929

Box 4, folder 13

Rincon Ditch Co. vs. Pellisier Answer of Cross Water and Land Co., 1921

Box 4, folder 12

Paso del Barolo, E. W. Bacon vs. Whittier Water CO. and California Domestic Water Co., 1930

Box 5, folder 8

San Gabriel v. Pasadena (map and graph), 1927

Box 5, folder 5

Pasadena vs. Alhambra et al., Well Data, 1913-1937

Box 5, folder 10

San Gabriel vs. Pasadena, 1914

Box 3, folder 1

History of Irrigation Co. of Pomona v. San Antonio Water Co., 1837-1910

Box 6, folder 1

Santa Rosa Valley (s.j. Camarillo) v. Janss Investment Co., 1930-1939

Box 6, folder 2

Santa Rosa Valley (s.j. Camarillo) v. Janss Investment Co., 1930-1939

Box 6, folder 3

Santa Rosa Valley (s.j. Camarillo) v. Janss Investment Co., 1930-1939

Box 8, folder 3

Winterarm Mutual Water Co., J.W. McCormac v. Winteram Mutual Water Co., 1933

Box 8, folder 4

Del Monte Irrigation Co. vs. Mountain View Water Co., (J.R. Shoemaker), 1930-1939

Box 8, folder 5

City of Pasadena vs. City of Alhambra (Pasadena Water Co.), 1938

Box 11, folder 1

Santa Ana vs. Riverside, 1900-1910

Box 13, folder 10

Excerpts of Geological Testimonies,

Series 3 Maps of Southern California

Box 4, folder 15

Map of Pasa Bartolo, 1921

Box 5, folder 6

Pomona Land Costs and Well Data, 1921

Box 5, folder 16

Map showing Detritus Cone,

Box 6, folder 5

Map of Riverside Co., 1929

Box 6, folder 9

Map of Glendora, 1927

Series 4 Photographs of San Gabriel Valley

Box 5, folder 7

Photograph: "San Gabriel Canyon, Submerged Dam Construction, 1921

Box 13, folder 4

Sketchbook of San Antonio Creek, with photos, 1914

Box 13, folder 5

Sketchbook of San Antonio Creek, with photos, 1915

Series 5 Rainfall and Run-off Records

Box 5, folder 13

Rainfall Chart of Central and Southern California, 1929

Box 8, folder 8

Rainfall and Water Data, San Bernardino and Riverside Co., 1890-1920

Box 11, folder 4

Los Angeles Co., San Antonio Canyon, San Gabriel Rainfall and Run-off,

Box 11, folder 6

Daily Rainfall Records, Southern California, 1917-1925

Box 12, folder 1

Rainfall Records at Lytle Creek, Mountain Springs, Mouth of San Antonio Creek, Pomona, San Antonio Canyon, San Antonio Intake, Upland, 1900-1930

Box 13, folder 1

Rainfall Data: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino Counties, 1928-1932

Box 13, folder 2

Annual Meteorological Summary, Los Angeles, 1917

Box 13, folder 3

Rainfall Data, Los Angeles County, 1900-1930

Box 6, folder 11

Seasonal Rain Run-off,

Series 6 Reports on Water Use in Southern California

Box 9, folder 1

Water use, Riverside, 1890-1920

Box 6, folder 4

Ventura,

Box 6, folder 6

"Present Status of the Colorado River Aqueduct for the Metropolitan Water District" by F.E. Weymouth, 1930

Box 6, folder 7

Report on Pumping Plant in Azusa, California, 1921

Box 6, folder 8

"Rain in Southland last Winter Assures Normal Run-off during coming dry season", Los Angeles Times, 1932

Box 6, folder 12

Whittier Narrows, Weather Data,

Box 8, folder 1

Consolidated Water Co. of Pomona expenditures, 1914

Box 13, folder 9

A Study of the Recession of Water Levels in the Coastal Plain and the Effect on Long Beach, 1933

Box 13, folder 6

Every Canyon, Inglewood Ranch, Pomona, California, 1910

Box 13, folder 7

Supplementary Report on the Water Resources of Temecula and Santa Margarita Rivers in answer to F. C. Finkle, 1925

Box 13, folder 8

Report on the Value of the Water, and Water Works of the Consolidated Woks Co. of Pomona, 1926

Box 4, folder 14

Whittier Water Co. and Murphy Oil Co. Application to Railroad Commission, 1920-1929

Box 5, folder 1

Plant Production, San Dimas, California, 1920-1929

Box 5, folder 2

San Dimas report on the Water Conditions in the San Dimas Watershed re: Application no. 1483 (see HD1694 C2 SA55 no. 69), 1921

Box 5, folder 3

Surface Water San Gabriel Canyon,

Box 5, folder 4

Report on Cienage Creek, 1919

Box 5, folder 9

Public Ownership, by Carl Thompson,

Box 5, folder 14

"Weather Forecasting in California", by George McEwan, 1929

Box 5, folder 15

Geological Survey, San Gabriel Protective Association, 1933

Series 7 San Gabriel Investigation

Box 5, folder 11

San Gabriel Investigation, Water Consumption of California domestic Water Company at Bassett Plant, 1933

Box 5, folder 12

San Gabriel Investigation, Location of Wells and Ground Water Levels, Map, 1910-1930

Box 6, folder 10

San Gabriel Investigation, 1924-1930

Box 11, folder 5

San Gabriel Investigation-Precipitation at various Stations from U.S.W.B records, 1870-1930

Series 8 Water Rights and Water Supply in Southern California,

Subseries 8.1 Pauba Ranch, Temecula and Santa Margarita Rivers, Riverside County, California

Box 1, folder 1

Notes on Pauba Ranch (Temecula) by Edward S. Babcock, 1926-1927

Box 1, folder 2

Discharge Measurements of Temecula Creek at Nigger Canyon, 1925

Box 1, folder 3

Maps and Plans for Pauba Irrigation System Well no. 30,

Box 1, folder 4

Santa Margarita River and Temecula Canyon, 1918-1924

Box 1, folder 5

Pauba Stream Measurements, 1923

Box 1, folder 6

Pauba Ranch-Rain Measurements, 1930

Box 1, folder 7

Water Rights, Temecula and Santa Margarita River, 1925

Box 1, folder 8

Well Logs, maps Pauba Ranch,

Box 1, folder 9

Flow of Temecula Creek, 1928

Box 1, folder 10

Pauba Water Measurement,

Box 1, folder 11

Pauba Electric Power Measurement,

Box 1, folder 12

Pauba Derrick Maps/Silos,

Box 2, folder 1

Santa Margarita, 1928

Box 2, folder 2

Vail Co., Santa Margarita, Temecula Pauba, 1920-1929

Box 2, folder 3

Nigger Canyon Reservoir Site, 1920-1929

Box 2, folder 4

Flow on San Fernando Creek in Nigger Canyon, 1918-1919

Box 2, folder 5

Flow of San Fernando Creek in Nigger Canyon, 1918-1919

Box 2, folder 6

Pauba Ranch Area-Maps and Blueprints,

Box 2, folder 7

San Diego Water and Weather --Maps and Pamphlets, 1910-1919

Box 2, folder 8

Rainfall San Diego, 1916

Box 2, folder 9

Daily Rainfall Flood Periods-San Diego, 1916

Box 2, folder 10

Rainfall-Warner's Ranch, 1914-1920

Box 2, folder 11

Pauba Ranch Wells,

Box 2, folder 12

Temecula Stream above Pauba Ranch,

Box 2, folder 13

Vail Company above Pauba Ranch-blueprints,

Box 2, folder 14

Pauba Ranch Water Tables, 1921

Box 2, folder 15

Pauba Ranch Well logs and Field Notes, 1920-1929

Box 2, folder 16

Temecula Creek and Murrieta Creek-Graphs, 1920-1929

Box 2, folder 17

Stream measurements Santa Margarita and Temecula Creeks, 1923

Box 2, folder 17

Pauba Ranch property map,

Box 2, folder 18

Pauba Ranch property map,

Box 3, folder 2

Report on the Value of the Water and Water Works of the Consolidated Water Co. of Pomona, Calif. Showing the Cost to Reproduce, Deprecation, and Present Value of the System Illustrated with maps and charts, photographs. . .work along the San Antonio Creek by Willis Jones, 1914

Box 3, folder 3

Observations of Water Levels in the Windmill Well, Pauba Ranch by Willis S. Jones, 1920-1929

Subseries 8.2 Monrovia, California

Box 14, folder 1

Report on the Water Supply of Monrovia, 1917

Box 14, folder 2

Wells Tests from Monrovia, 1910-1919

Box 14, folder 3

City of Monrovia Water Supply, 1923-1924

Box 14, folder 4

Monrovia Water Rates, 1913-1925

Box 14, folder 5

Monrovia Finished Reports, 1920-1923

Box 14, folder 6

Monrovia, Report on Well no. 4, 1917-1922

Box 14, folder 6

Monrovia and Arcadia Water Rights, 1899-1923

Series 9 Log of Wells in Southern California

Box 5, folder 6

Pomona Land Costs and Well Data, 1921

Box 8, folder 2

San Gabriel and other well records, 1914

Box 8, folder 6

Well Log, Orange County, California, and Flood Log- San Bernardino, California, 1915-1916

Box 8, folder 7

Photos of Well Logs, 1910-1919

Box 9, folder 2

Well Log San Bernardino, 1890-1920

Box 9, folder 3

Well Log San Bernardino, 1890-1920

Box 9, folder 4

Well Log San Bernardino, 1890-1920

Box 10, folder 2