Guide to the Manzanita Water Company Records SC0012
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Manzanita Water Company Records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0012
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1876-1916
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.
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original
format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Stanford University President's office, 1965
Historical Summary
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Manzanita Water Company Records (SC0012), Dept. of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
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.
Publication Rights
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisquito Creek (San Mateo Co., Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Pacific Improvement Company
Stanford, Leland
Vina Ranch (Calif.)
Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco,
Calif.)
Box 1, folder 3
Spring Valley Water Company
Box 1, folder 7
Land indices (i.e. West Union Creek, Corte Madera Creek, Bear
Gulch)
Box 1, folder 8
Land indices (i.e. West Union Creek, Corte Madera Creek, Bear
Gulch)
Box 1, folder 10
Stanford University and water companies
Box 1, folder 11
Description of land along creeks
Box 2, folder 1
Manzanita Water Company journal,
1883-1886
Box 2, folder 3
Manzanita Water Company by-laws,
1883
Box 2, folder 4
Laws, ordinances and acts of incorporation affecting the franchise of the
Spring Valley Water Works,
1893
Box 2, folder 2
Manzanita Water Company stock journal,
1891-1908
Box 2, folder 4
Contract between Spring Valley Water Works, Leland Stanford and Jane Lathrop
Stanford, and Manzanita Water Company,
1885
Box 2, folder 4
Report of G. F. Allardt and C. E. Grunsby, Inspection of San Francisquito
Creek,
1888
Box 2, folder 4
Miscellaneous papers pertaining to Stanford properties
Box 2, folder 5
Pacific Improvement Company recommendation to sell holdings on the Monterey
Peninsula,
1916
Box 2, folder 6
Norton property. Vina Ranch. 1876 court decree
Box 2, folder 7
Abstracts of title to San Francisco land: Western addition, block 270 and 271;
Clay and Buchanan Streets (Western Addition block 269); Folsom Street beach and water
lot number 434
