Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Processing History
Biographical Note
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Collection Number
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Frank L. Lathrop papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-1962
Collection Number: WRCA 051
Creator:
Lathrop, Frank L.
Extent:
3.34 linear feet
(8 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, manuscripts, and reports related primarily to the development and
usage of the Klamath River Basin in the mid-20th century, created and compiled by consultant Frank L. Lathrop.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
• Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Distinctive Collections.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Frank L. Lathrop papers (WRCA 051). Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Processing History
The collection was processed by the Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, and a machine-readable finding aid was
created by James Lake in 1998. The finding aid was updated by Jessica Geiser in 2017.
Biographical Note
Frank L. Lathrop was born on April 3, 1882. He was a licensed real estate broker and a "specialist in fact finding." He resided
in Yreka, California, and took interest in public lands and water-supply.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, manuscripts, and reports related primarily to the development and
usage of the Klamath River Basin.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series as follows:
- Series 1. Correspondence, 1945-1961
- Series 2. Reports and Related Materials, 1939-1962
Collection Number
Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was LATH. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
California. Klamath River Compact Commission
California Oregon Power Company
Klamath River (Or. and Calif.)
Power resources -- Klamath River (Or. and Calif.)
Water resources development -- California -- Siskiyou County
Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- California
Genres and Forms of Materials
Correspondence
Reports