Manzanita Water Company Records, 1876-1916

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Summary

Title:
Manzanita Water Company records
Dates:
1876-1916
Creators:
Manzanita Water Company.
Abstract:
Correspondence, journal, stock journal, bylaws, description of lands, water grants, legal documents and other papers pertaining to Leland Stanford's association with the Manzanita Water Company. Also includes papers relating to Leland Stanford's San Francisco properties and recommendations of the Pacific Improvement Company to sell Monterey Peninsula holdings.
Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Language:
Undetermined .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Manzanita Water Company Records (SC0012), Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence, journal, stock journal, by-laws, description of lands, water grants, legal documents, and some papers pertaining to Leland Stanford's association with the Manzanita Water Company. Also included are miscellaneous records concerning the Vina Ranch and San Francisco properties of Leland Stanford and the Pacific Improvement Company recommendations to sell Monterey Peninsula holdings.

Biographical / historical:

Since the early 1860s, The Manzanita Water Company distributed water for domestic, manufacturing, and irrigation purposes. Their primary clients included Stanford University and nearby organizations such as St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park. Notably, the company was involved with the construction of the Searsville Dam in 1891 and a legal dispute with the Bear Gulch Water Company over water rights in 1901. In the early 1900s, the Manzanita Water Company changed its name to the Crystal Springs Water Company.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from the Stanford University President's office, 1965
Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-09-17 12:24:42 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Manzanita Water Company Records (SC0012), Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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