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Series 1. Early Surveys and Property Line Arguments, Los Angeles Harbor; Tidal Phenomena; Los Angeles-Long Beach Breakwaters; Political Problems 1880-1941

Box 1, Item 1

Random notes on lands and tides undated

Box 1, Item 2

Norway, W. H. Field notes of the Mormon Island lines of Township 5 South, Range 13 West, San Bernardino Meridian, California 1880

Box 1, Item 3

Extracts from legal proceedings: City of Los Angeles vs. Borax Consolidated, Ltd., January 14, 1935; The People vs. Banning Company, undated; DeGuyer vs. William Banning, 1881?

Box 1, Item 4

Traverse on Mormon Island October 31, 1899

Box 1, Item 5

Correspondence and extracts of correspondence re Mormon Island 1908-1937

Box 1, Item 6

Retrospection re Mormon Island April 10, 1929

Box 1, Item 7

Memorandum on resurvey of Mormon Island July 4. 1916

Box 1, Item 8

Note on ordinary high water mark October 14, 1935

Box 1, Item 8.5

"Now what did Hughes testify or write or say about datum and high water?" 1930-1936?

Box 1, Item 9

Handwritten notes re Mormon Island, Wilmington Harbor tides 1936

Box 1, Item 12.5

The City of Los Angeles, respondent, v. San Pedro, Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad Co., appellant April 8, 1920

Box 1, Item 14

History of the inner Bay of San Pedro, California, bearing upon the ownership thereof, together with the author's views on the right of retaining it entire for general federal and public uses 1908

Box 1, Item 15

On navigability of San Pedro Inner Harbor 1908 June 11

Box 1, Item 16

Letters, 1908 August 6 and August 11, to Joseph H. Call, Los Angeles, Calif. re Inner Bay of San Pedro and boundary of Rancho Dan Pedro 1908

Box 1, Item 17

Memorandum re harbor line surveys and titles to shorelines and islands of San Pedro Bay November 30, 1915

Box 1, Item 17.5

United States Harbor Lines for Inner and Outer Harbors, San Pedro, Calif July 29, 1908

Box 1, Item 18

Memorandum of survey for Los Angeles Harbor fortifications July 4, 1917

Box 1, Item 19

Letter, 1921 September 18, to John Doe, et. al., Long Beach, Calif. Re "ordinary high tide" as limit of navigable water and claims of Long Beach to former tide and submerged lands in the San Pedro and Los Cerritos grants 1921

Box 1, Item 20

Random remarks advising against early breakwater extension January 14, 1923

Box 1, Item 21

Comment re San Pedro Chamber of Commerce report on extension of breakwater September 27, 1923

Box 1, Item 22

Notes as to location and width of channel in front of San Pedro July 2, 1924

Box 1, Item 23

About the "vara." 1925

Box 1, Item 24

Timorous commentary from first impressions on reading proposed bill for unification of harbor control February 15, 1925

Box 1, Item 25

Memoranda sic on conditions attached to breakwater construction March 21, 1925

Box 1, Item 26

Memorandum on Reservation Point re channel widening, dredging, Deadman's Island September 21, 1925

Box 1, Item 26.5

Letter, 1925 October 4, to "Any who may care to read" re "east basin" Los Angeles Harbor 1925

Box 1, Item 28

Memo, U.S. Public Land Survey of Deadman's Island "along ordinary high water mark" by Thompson in 1868 November 16, 1925

Box 1, Item 29

S.W. Corner sec. 19 re mistake by Stevenson in survey of San Pedro area in 1885 December 21, 1925

Box 1, Item 30

Letter, 1926 April 4, to Mr. Hale re Lecouvereur's survey of 1870 1926

Box 1, Item 31

Views on breakwater conditions March 27, 1927

Box 1, Item 33

Views of breakwater conditions March 17, 1928

Box 2, Item 37.5

Union Pacific Railroad appendices nos. 1 to 6 inc. by D.E. Hughes, Civil Engineer re San Pedro Bay, Los Angeles Harbor; physical history, history of ownership, surveys, high water marks, bench marks February 1936

Box 2, Item 38

Notes on high water mark January 5, 1936

Box 2, Item 38.5

Letter, 1937 June 24, to Easton re legal aspects 1937

Box 2, Item 39

Letter, 1937 November 16, to A. L. Sonderegger, Los Angeles, Calif. re East Jetty, Deadman's Island 1937

Box 2, Item 40

Recollections, pertaining to the southerly portion of Los Cerritos Rancho, derived from observations, readings and hear-says; and of contemplation for Nature's work in the vicinity; and interference by works of man; also a Surveyor's thoughts of acquired status of land titles November 29, 1937

Box 2, Item 41

ABC's re tides inside and outside harbors December 9, 1937

Box 2, Item 42

Letter, 1937 December 25, to Major Theodore Wyman Jr., Los Angeles, Calif. re harbor lines desired by Long Beach 1937

Box 2, Item 42.5

Additional coordinates, etc. for harborline map Long Beach inner harbor undated

Box 2, Item 43

Letter, 1938 January 25, to U. S. Engineer Office, Los Angeles, Calf. re Long Beach harbor mouth 1938

Box 2, Item 44

Reproduced picture and rehashed remarks re Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River mouths February 27, 1938

Box 2, Item 45

Channel and harbor lines between LaGoleta and Timms Point in San Pedro May 6, 1938

Box 2, Item 46

Last squawk re height of ordinary high water in the state of nature near Long Beach pre-1896 June 30, 1938

Box 2, Item 47

Memorandum re partition lines between Los Cerritos and San Pedro Ranchos September 20, 1938

Box 2, Item 48

Was the San Gabriel River and any of its branches navigable in the state of nature? November 22, 1938

Box 2, Item 49

Los Cerritos Rancho meander lines along its southerly boundary March 1, 1939

Box 2, Item 50

Ocean shore of Terminal Island between city limits and entrance to Long Beach inner harbor August 25, 1939

Box 2, Item 50.5

Sonderegger, S. L. Shore line of easterly portion of Terminal Island and mouth of old San Gabriel River map December 1905

Box 2, Item 51

Notes re the Bates (?) report on early surveys September 1 and 9, 1939

Box 2, Item 52

Partition between San Pedro and Nieto grants as seen by the man in the moon September 9, 1939

Box 2, Item 53

Los Cerritos B San Pedro patent common boundary October 4, 1939

Box 2, Item 54

Miscellaneous: patents, correspondence, maps, notes, re early surveys and property line problems; Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro breakwater controversy 1887-1938

Box 2, Item 54.5

Terminal Island, Calif April 1941

 

Series 2. Diversion of Los Angeles River from Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors 1914-1938

Box 2, Item 55

Memoranda 1914-1920

Scope and Contents

Contents: no. 1. Diversion of silt from Los Angeles Harbor. December 22, 1914 -- no. 7. Untitled. March 24, 1915 -- no. 9. Flood control. September 5, 1915 -- no. 16. Untitled. February 11, 1917 -- no. 22. Untitled. May 20, 1919 -- no. 25. Untitled. September 19, 1919 -- no. 34. Untitled. November 11, 1920 .
Box 3, Item 56

Discussion and estimates on river diversion along different routes and different grades, based on topographic map and recent profiles, furnished by Mr. Reagan, County Engineer 1916

Box 3, Item 57

Reminiscences on breaking ground for harbor protection work October 27, 1919

Box 3, Item 58

Correspondence, re flood control and Los Angeles River 1917-1938

Box 3, Item 59

Miscellaneous notes, maps, re silt diversion 1919

 

Series 3. Santa Monica Breakwater 1933-1934

Box 3, Item 60

Letter report addressed to Board of Commissions of the City of Santa Monica re breakwater under contract for construction. Recommends change in contract, substitution of random stone April 13, 1933

Box 3, Item 61

Correspondence re Santa Monica breakwater 1933-1934

 

Series 4. Point Fermin Landslide 1929

Box 3, Item 62

Data pertaining to the Point Firmin sic land slide August 31, 1929

Physical Description: Includes the report of F.L. Ransome on geological conditions near Point Fermin; maps, graphs, drilling logs
Box 3, Item 63

Arnold, Ralph, Malcolm H. Bissell, and William J. Miller Report on the Point Fermin landslide, San Pedro, California August 28, 1929

Box 3, Item 64

Correspondence re the landslide July-October 1929

 

Series 5. Los Angeles County Sewer Outfall 1925-1934

Box 3, Item 65

Correspondence re Los Angeles County "Whites Point Sewer Outfall" controversy 1925-1934

 

Series 6. Newport Bay, California 1924-1925

Box 3, Item 66

Memorandum re proposed improvement of entrance to Newport Bay February 3, 1924

Box 3, Item 67

Beach, Lansing H. Newport Bay, Calif. preliminary report March 14, 1925

Box 3, Item 68

Beach, Lansing H. Orange County Harbor Commission report to the Board of Supervisors April 14, 1925

 

Series 7. San Diego and Vicinity 1905-1939

Box 3, Item 69

Memorandum on proposed revisions of San Diego Harbor lines September 15, 1911

Box 3, Item 70

Memorandum on reservation for dike in Pueblo lot 219 July 6, 1926

Box 3, Item 71

Pertaining to False Bay re San Diego River delta in False Bay, course of the river and title to tidelands, in litigation as State vs. City of San Diego July 28, 1939-August 20, 1939

Box 3, Item 72

Correspondence and letter reports re Coronado sea wall; San Diego Harbor; proposed LaJolla breakwater 1905-1935

 

Series 8. Miscellaneous 1856-1942

Box 4, Item 73

Correspondence re concrete in seawater 1903-1932

Box 4, Item 74

Correspondence; notes; reprint of Hughes' article "The Sickle, or perfect railway curve," from Transactions of the Technical Society of the Pacific Coast, vol. IX, no. 3, April 1892, p. 63-81.; notes re lemniscate and cubic parabola 1920-1942

Box 4, Item 75

Correspondence and notes re stone specification 1903-1917

Box 4, Item 76

Correspondence, memos, and sketches re breakwater design 1908-1938

Box 4, Item 77

Correspondence re surge 1922

Box 4, Item 78

Correspondence and memo re rangefinder 1903-1917

Box 4, Item 79

Miscellaneous correspondence re papers by colleagues; proposal for a submarine detector; engine vibration in dredge "Seattle"; mathematical puzzles 1916-1942

Box 4, Item 81

Unidentified coordinates

Box 4, Item 82

Miscellaneous materials pertaining to Rancho Los Cerritos 1856-1890

Box 4, Item 83

Miscellaneous materials pertaining to Rancho Los Palos Verdes 1856