Melvin L. Blevins collection of material about water resources in the San Fernando Valley, 1957-1967

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Summary

Creators:
Blevins, Melvin L.
Abstract:
Melvin Blevins served with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as watermaster for the Upper Los Angeles River Area, and as senior hydrologic engineer in the Groundwater and Water Rights, Los Angeles Aqueduct Division. The collection consists mostly of legal material relating to a trial regarding water rights between Los Angeles and portions of the San Fernando Valley.
Extent:
37 Linear Feet (74 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Melvin L. Blevins Collection of Material About Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley (Collection 1540). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists mostly of legal material relating to a trial regarding water rights between Los Angeles and portions of the San Fernando Valley, along with a small number of water resources publications, some relating to an overview of water resources in the Owens Valley, California.

Biographical / historical:

Blevins served with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as watermaster for the Upper Los Angeles River Area, and as senior hydrologic engineer in the Groundwater and Water Rights, Los Angeles Aqueduct Division; wrote Background Report on Mono Basin Geology and Hydrology (1984) and Mono Basin Geology and Hydrology (1987).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Melvin Blevins, 1987.
Processing information:

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Los Angeles versus San Fernando water rights trial -- Reporter's transcript (Boxes 1-45).
  2. Clerk's transcript from trial (Boxes 46-57).
  3. Trial exhibits (Boxes 58-70).
  4. Trial report of referee, opening brief, and respondent's brief (Boxes 71-74).
  5. Water resources publications (Box 74).

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Melvin L. Blevins Collection of Material About Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley (Collection 1540). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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