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Box 1, Item 1

Big Bear Valley Dam, San Bernardino County, Calif. 1910-1911; and Big Bear Valley Dam Highway. 1924.

Physical Description: 3 folders (39 pieces + 3 photographs

Scope and Contents

Includes final report, outline of specifications, draft of article that appeared in Western Engineering (December 1913), notes, correspondence, plans for dam and plans for a bridge over the dam.
Box 1, Item 2

Woodward Reservoir Dam (Bear River Dam) proposed design : contract (South San Joaquin Irrigation District), specifications, notes, and computations. 1913.

Physical Description: 1 folder (11 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 1, Item 3

Eastwood multiple-arch dam and concrete pipe : reports, maps, tables and photographs on design and construction 1911-1922

Physical Description: 2 folders (44 pieces + 48 photographs, 1918-1921)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Murray Dam (Cuyamaca Water Co., replaced old La Mesa Dam); The Eagles Nest Dam (small triple-arch dam called Matilija or Butterfly Dam); San Dieguito Dam (San Dieguito Mutual Water Co.); Lake Hodges Dam (originally called Carroll Dam).
Box 2, Item 4

Miscellaneous correspondence relating to various arch dam construction projects 1907-1924

Physical Description: 1 folder (16 pieces)
Box 2, Item 5

Project on Two States Irrigation and Power Co., located in Wyoming and Utah 1913

Physical Description: 1 folder (2 pieces)
Box 2, Item 6

San Elijo Dam, built for San Dieguito Mutual Water Co. : data, correspondence and blueprints on the design and construction 1917- 1922

Physical Description: 2 folders (19 pieces)
Box 2, Item 7

Malad River Dam, built for the Malad Reservoir Co., Malad, Idaho : reports, correspondence, maps, tables 1915-1917

Physical Description: 2 folders (20 pieces + 12 photographs)
Box 3, Item 8

Yuba Dam, built for the Brandy City Mining Co., San Francisco, on the North Fork of the Yuba River, Calif. : notes, calculations, maps, plans, specifications 1914

Physical Description: 1 folder (10 pieces)
Box 3, Item 9

Anyox Dam, built by Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting Power Co., Ltd. on Falls Creek, British Columbia : reports, correspondence, calculations, maps 1921-1923

Physical Description: 1 folder (46 pieces + 11 photographs)
Box 3, Item 10

Sheep Rocks Dam, Pitt River Project, Shasta County : reports, correspondence, maps, plans, estimates, etc 1919-1920

Physical Description: 2 folders (25 pieces + 11 photographs)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Report on the Pitt River Power Company, including design and estimate for the proposed power plant at Sheep Rocks, January 1919.
Box 4, Item 11

Field notebooks for various water resources development projects 1884-1920

Physical Description: 7 notebooks

Scope and Contents

Partial contents: Mill Ditch -- Fresno Railroad Company -- Chateau Ave. -- Yuba Dam, Kennedy Dam -- Copper King water supply, Dog Creek -- Shaver Dam site, Mono conduit line -- No. 4 Tunnel Line, Tamarack Meadows, Dinkey Creek -- Vermillion Valley, Mono Dam -- Argonaut Dam -- Big Bear Valley Dam -- Soquel and Big Creek diversions -- E.A. Williams Ditch and Pipeline -- San Joaquin Electric Company Pole Line -- Mono and Lily Lake -- South Fork Ditch, San Francisco P.L. -- Klikipudi site -- Centreville Ditch -- Liberty Canal -- Crane Valley surveys and notes -- Big Creek levels -- Hume Lake Dam.
Box 5, Item 12

Hume Lake Dam, on Ten-Mile Creek near Fresno, Calif. : general specifications 1907-1913

Physical Description: 1 folder (7 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Specifications for a buttressed arched concrete dam for Ten-Mile, Hume-Bennett Lumber Company -- Discussion of the multiple arch dam.
Box 5, Item 13

Argonaut Debris Dam, built for Argonaut Mining Co. in Amador County, Calif. : reports, calculations, news clippings 1915-1916

Physical Description: 1 folder (33 pieces)
Box 5, Item 14

Kennedy Debris Dam extension, for the Kennedy Mining and Milling Co., Jackson, Amador County, Calif. : description and specifications 1914- 1916

Physical Description: 2 folders (31 pieces)
Box 5, Item 15

Carey Valley Dam, built by Atlas Development Co. on Fish Creek near Carey, Blaine County, Idaho : estimates, blueprints, specifications, correspondence, maps, calculations 1916-1919

Physical Description: 1 folder (15 pieces + 2 photographs)
Box 5, Item 16

Mountain Dell Dam, built by Salt Lake City Water Supply Co. on Parley's Canyon River, Utah : correspondence, reports, calculations 1915- 1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (27 pieces + 4 photographs)
Box 5, Item 17

Kaweah Dam, Calif., for Northern California Power Co. : correspondence, calculations, maps. 1903-1919.

Physical Description: 1 folder (19 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 6, Item 18

Big Meadows Dam, built for Great Western Power Co. on North Fork of the Feather River, Calif. : correspondence, calculations, estimates, reports, maps, blueprints 1910-1913

Physical Description: 7 folders (150 pieces + 59 photographs)
Box 7, Item 19

White Salmon Dam, near Portland, Northwestern Electric Co.'s proposed dam on the White Salmon River, Or. : correspondence, calculations, maps 1911-1912

Physical Description: 1 folder (27 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 7, Item 20

Mormon Flat Dam, proposed by Salt River Valley Water Users' Association for Salt River, Ariz. : correspondence, estimates, news clippings, maps 1923

Physical Description: 1 folder (18 pieces + 2 photographs)
Box 7, Item 21

Big Creek Dams, built by Pacific Light and Power Corp. for power development on Big Creek, Calif. : correspondence, calculations, reports, profiles 1911- 1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (39 pieces + 2 photographs)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Raising the Big Creek dams, Pacific Light and Power Co. -- Estimate of cost of gravity dams of Cyclopean Concrete for the Big Creek power development, February 24, 1912.
Box 7, Item 22

Chowchilla Dam (proposed), south of Bailey Flats for irrigation of 20,000-acre tract 1.5 miles from Sharon, Calif. : correspondence, calculations, topographic maps. 1917-1918.

Physical Description: 1 folder (13 pieces + 1 photograph)
Box 7, Item 23

Los Verjels Dam, near Chico, built for Los Verjels Land and Water Co. on Dry Creek, Calif. (created Lake Mildred) : correspondence and calculations 1913- 1915

Physical Description: 1 folder (11 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Description and general specifications of the Los Verjels Dam for the Los Verjels Land & Water Company.
Box 7, Item 24

Smith Ferry Dam (proposed) for the Reedsport Co., on the Umpqua River, Or. : correspondence, calculations, maps 1914

Physical Description: 1 folder (10 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 7, Item 25

Grizzly Creek Dam (proposed) for Grizzly Creek Ice Co., Reno, Nev. : reports, correspondence, calculations, maps 1914

Physical Description: 1 folder (13 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 7, Item 26

Birch Creek Dam (proposed), near Dupayer, Mont. : reports, correspondence, maps 1912

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces + 1 photograph) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 7, Item 27

Proposed multiple arched steel-concrete dams for the Alfred Davis Reservoir, Turlock Irrigation District : reports and notes 1913

Physical Description: 1 folder (3 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: General description of steel-concrete structures -- Specifications for the construction of the dams and levees of the Alfred Davis Reservoir.
Box 7, Item 28

Diamond Creek Dam (proposed) : report and calculations 1923

Physical Description: 1 folder (9 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 7, Item 29

Balojaque Dam, Mexico : correspondence, drawings, topographic maps 1922

Physical Description: 1 folder (12 pieces) Designed by Eastwood, but built by Mexico
Box 7, Item 30

Lost Creek Reservoir and Slate Creek Dam, South Feather Land and Water Co.'s plan of proposed dam and reservoir : correspondence and maps 1914

Physical Description: 1 folder (11 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 7, Item 31

Lake Hodges Dam (formerly Carroll Dam), near Escondido, Calif., for San Dieguito Mutual Water Co. : specifications, correspondence, data, maps and graphs. 1916-1922.

Physical Description: 1 folder (16 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Detailed specifications for multiple arch dam at Carroll Reservoir for San Dieguito Mutual Water Company -- General specifications for storage and irrigation works near Escondido, California for San Dieguito Mutual Water Company. Also includes correspondence with Ed Fletcher, J. B. Lippincott, W. L. Huber, W. G. Henshaw, W. F. McClure, and Thomas Maddock.
Box 8, Item 32

Baxter Creek Dam, Calif. : computation on proposed dam 1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (3 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 8, Item 33

Lake Hemet Dam extension (proposed) : computation 1917

Box 8, Item 34

Clearwater River Dam (proposed), Idaho : correspondence and computations 1914-1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (8 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him. Built five years after his death
Box 8, Item 35

Barbaracomaria Reservoir. 1912.

Physical Description: 1 folder (5 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Statement of requirements for the determination of the desirability of the Barbaracomaria Irrigation Project -- Map of Barbaracomaria Reservoir and profile of dam site. Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him.
Box 8, Item 36

Twin Lakes Reservoir (proposed dam), Big Cottonwood Canyon, Idaho : correspondence, figures, maps 1915

Physical Description: 1 folder (18 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 8, Item 37

Bluewater Dam (proposed), by Toltec Irrigation District, Toltec, Mexico : correspondence, figures, report. 1923.

Physical Description: 1 folder (8 pieces)
Box 8, Item 38

Loon Lake Dam (proposed), Or. : correspondence, figures, maps 1916

Physical Description: 1 folder (15 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 8, Item 39

Eldorado Dam (proposed), Calif. : map and figures 1920

Physical Description: 1 folder (20 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 8, Item 40

Alpine Dam (proposed), Calif. : figures, graphs 1916

Physical Description: 1 folder (7 pieces)
Box 8, Item 41

Tujunga Dam (proposed, Calif. : correspondence, map, figures. 1916.

Physical Description: 1 folder (9 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 8, Item 42

San Lorenzo Creek Dam (proposed), Calif. : specifications, correspondence, maps 1916

Physical Description: 1 folder (13 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Description and specifications of the San Lorenzo Creek Dam for the C. H. Widemann Canal and Water Company being of the Eastwood multiple-arched type of dam, January 15th, 1916 Specifications for rubble dam to be constructed for C. H. Widemann Water and Canal Company. Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him.
Box 8, Item 43a

Proposed dam to R. W. Hawley 1919

Physical Description: 1 folder (7 pieces)
Box 8, Item 43b

Proposed dam at Lower Strawberry Canyon, South Fork of Stanislaus River, Calif 1912

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 8, Item 43c

Stene Project, Williams River, western Arizona 1922- 1924

Physical Description: 1 folder (5 pieces)
Box 8, Item 43d

Asotin Creek Dam, Wash 1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (7 pieces)
Box 8, Item 43e

Gibralter Dam (proposed), Butte County, Calif. 1905.

Physical Description: 1 folder (2 pieces)
Box 8, Item 43f

Correspondence, maps, figures on proposed arch dams in California 1913- 1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (5 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes: Matilija Dam -- Warners Springs Dam -- Amador Dam -- Eagles Nest Dam, general specifications, October 31, 1917.
Box 8, Item 44

Little Rock Creek Dam, Calif., for Palmdale Irrigation District and Littlerock Irrigation District : correspondence, computations, maps, reports 1918- 1924

Physical Description: 4 folders (123 pieces)
Box 9, Item 45

Cave Creek Dam, Ariz., for Salt River Valley Water Users' Association : correspondence, calculations, news clippings, blueprints, maps 1922- 1923

Physical Description: 3 folders (75 pieces + 2 photographs)
Box 9, Item 46

Topa Topa Dam and Reservoir (proposed) : reports, correspondence, maps, tables 1923-1924

Physical Description: 2 folders (33 pieces)
Box 9, Item 47

Sespe Light and Power Company : hydroelectric power development on Sespe Creek and Piru Creek, Ventura and Los Angeles counties 1918

Box 9, Item 47a

Correspondence, estimates, reports, etc.

Physical Description: 2 folders (95 pieces)
Box 10, Item 47b

Data, graphs, etc.

Physical Description: 2 folders (130 pieces)
Box 10, Item 47c

Photographs of Hammel, Brain, Piru, Eldorado, and Murray dam sites, Sespe Creek and Piru Creek, Calif.

Physical Description: 17 photographs
Box 10, Item 47d

Maps and general blueprints.

Physical Description: 1 folder (18 pieces)
Box 10, Item 47e

Brain Dam site, Sespe Creek, Calif.

Physical Description: 1 folder (12 pieces)
Box 10, Item 47f

Projects built for Sespe Light Power Co. on Piru Creek, Calif. : Bent Dam site, Junction Dam site, Los Alamos Dam site, Spring Creek Dam site, Upper Piru Dam site.

Physical Description: 1 folder (11 pieces)
Box 10, Item 47g

Buren Dam site, Sespe Creek, Calif.

Physical Description: 1 folder (1 piece)
Box 10, Item 47h

Hammel Dam site, Sespe Creek, Calif.

Physical Description: 1 folder (12 pieces)
Box 11, Item 47i

Kellerman Dam site, Sespe Creek, Calif.

Physical Description: 1 folder (3 pieces)
Box 11, Item 47j

Big Meadows Dam, Feather River, Calif. : computations.

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces)
Box 11, Item 47k

Bradfield Dam site, Sespe Creek, Calif.

Physical Description: 1 folder (19 pieces)
Box 11, Item 47l

Buck Creek Dam site, Piru Creek, Calif.

Physical Description: 1 folder (1 piece)
Box 11, Item 48

San Joaquin River Diversion Dam, for the San Joaquin Light and Power Co., Fresno, Calif. : correspondence, maps, computations 1909- 1922

Physical Description: 1 folder (40 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 11, Item 49

San Joaquin Light and Power Co.'s proposed Wishon Dam : computations and maps 1919-1920

Physical Description: 1 folder (11 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 11, Item 50

San Joaquin Light and Power Co.'s Kings River power development : tables and maps for Dusy, Cliff, and Coolidge Reservoirs 1919

Physical Description: 1 folder (9 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 11, Item 51

San Dieguito Dam, near Del Mar, Calif., built for San Dieguito Mutual Water Co. : blueprints, computations, correspondence, specifications, maps 1916- 1918

Physical Description: 2 folders (37 pieces)
Box 12, Item 52

San Diego River development : correspondence, news clippings, maps, notes, blueprints 1917-1923

Physical Description: 1 folder (35 pieces)

Scope and Contents

Includes Eastwood's papers on each of four possible points for river development: Fletcher, Mission Gorge, Cajon, and El Capitan.
Box 12, Item 53

Barrett Dam site : computations for multiple-arch dam on Cottonwood Creek, San Diego County, Calif 1916-1919

Physical Description: 1 folder (6 pieces)
Box 12, Item 54

Murray Dam : specifications, contract, maps, correspondence with Cuyamaca Water Co 1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (30 pieces)
Box 12, Item 55

Sutherland Dam on Santa Ysabel Creek, proposed for Volcan Land and Water Co. : computations and maps 1915-1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (4 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 12, Item 56

Pamo Reservoir : computations and maps for the Volcan Land and Water Co 1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (12 pieces) Not designed or built by Eastwood
Box 12, Item 57

Warner Dam, near San Diego, Calif. : computations, correspondence, maps and report 1912-1921

Physical Description: 1 folder (36 pieces) Multiple-arch type dam built by Eastwood for Col. Ed Fletcher
Box 12, Item 58

Lower Otay Dam (Savage Dam) and Sweetwater Dam, Calif. : computations, correspondence 1916-1917

Physical Description: 1 folder (19 pieces + 1 photograph) Not Eastwood type dams; both failed
Box 12, Item 59

Proposed dam sites in San Diego County and other sites in California 1916- 1918

Physical Description: 1 folder (14 pieces + 3 photographs)

Scope and Contents

Includes Warner Dam, Morena Dam, Gila Dam, Granby Dam, Madera Dam, and Pit No. 3 (photos).
Box 13, Item 60

Exchequer Dam, near Merced, Calif. : specifications, drawings, maps 1922-1923

Physical Description: 1 folder (16 pieces) Figured on by Eastwood, but not built by him
Box 13, Item 61

Specifications for the works of the Sunset Irrigation District, near Fresno, Calif 1893

Box 13, Item 62

Welch, Marguerite Eastwood 1969

Scope and Contents

Material relating to John S. Eastwood. 1 v. (loose-leaf).
Box 13, Item 63

Whitney, Charles A. 1969

Scope and Contents

John Eastwood : unsung genius of the drawing board. p. 38-49 In: Montana, the Magazine of Western History. Vol. 19, no. 3 (July 1969)
Box 13, Item 64

Eastwood's report Mammoth Power Company : engineers report to the Board of Directors of the Mammoth Power Company 1901

Box 13, Item 65

Whitney, Charles A.

Scope and Contents

Dollars and genius built Southern California : the story of Henry Huntington and John Eastwood. 1972. 1 v., bound approximately 250 leaves).
Box 13, Item 66

Jackson, Donald C.

Scope and Contents

John S. Eastwood and the Mountain Dell Dam.1979. p. 33-48 in: IA, the Journal for the Society for Industrial Archaeology. Vol. 5, no. 1, 1979.
Box 13, Item 67

Welch, Marguerite Eastwood

Scope and Contents

John S. Eastwood material at Water Resources Collections and Archives, University of California, Riverside. 1969?. 9 leaves.