Robert Lloyd Kelley papers
Finding aid prepared by James Ryan.
Special Collections & University Archives
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert Lloyd Kelley papers
Date (inclusive): 1963-1972
Collection Number: WRCA 048
Creator:
Kelley, Robert Lloyd, 1925-
Extent:
0.83 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection consists of historical
reports, pre-trial memoranda, testimony and trial transcripts regarding floods in Sacramento
Valley.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Robert Lloyd Kelley papers (WRCA 048). Water
Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 1999.
Collection Number
Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was KELLEY. This change
was part of a project in 2018/2019 to update the collection numbers for collections in the
Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Biographical Note
Professor of History. Consultant and expert witness for the office of the State Attorney
General in connection with flood cases in Sacramento Valley.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of historical reports, pre-trial memoranda, testimony and trial
transcripts regarding floods in Sacramento Valley.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged topically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Feather River (Calif.)
Floods -- California -- Sacramento River
Floods -- California -- Sacramento Valley
Hogback Island (Calif.)
Hydraulic mining -- California -- Sacramento Valley
North
American Weather Consultants
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Sacramento River (Calif.)
Sacramento River Flood Control Project (Calif.)
Sedimentation and deposition -- California -- Sacramento
River
Genres and Forms of Materials
Legal
documents
Reports
Box 1, Item 1.1
Floyd Ardell Adams, et al. vs. State of California, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, et al. : memorandum responding to plaintiffs' "demurrer to answer of State of
California" and various pre-trial memoranda filed by the plaintiffs
1963
Box 1, Item 1.2
Floyd Ardell Adams, et al. vs. State of California, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company and North American Weather Consultants : court trial, before Honorable John P.
McMurray on December 3-5, 1963, in the Superior Court of the State of California in and
for the County of Sutter
1963
Physical Description: 3 volumes
Box 1, Item 1.3
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. The Sacramento flood control project : a documentary
history
1963
Box 1, Item 2
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. Shasta Pipe and Supply Company vs. State of
California
1965?
Physical Description: p. 369- 459
Box 1, Item 3
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. The Feather River from Oroville to Marysville
1848-1940. 1965
Physical Description: 1 volume
Box 1, Item 4
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. Transcript of Dr. Robert Kelley's testimony in Robinson,
et al. volumes State
November 16, 17, and 18, 1966. 1966
Physical Description: 1 volume
Box 2, Item 5
Stanley, Owen G.. Brief history of hydraulic mining, gold dredging, creation of
the California Debris Commission, and birth of the Sacramento District of the Corps of
Engineers
1965
Box 2, Item 6
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. The impact of mining debris upon the Lower
Sacramento
1966
Box 2, Item 7
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. The Sacramento River from Colusa to Butte
City
1850 to 1920. 1966
Box 2, Item 8
Mann, Dean E.. The Yuba City flood : a case study of weather modification
litigation
1967
Box 2, Item 9.1
Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District vs. Mattie B. Zumwalt Company, J.
A. Watt, et al. : memorandum of decision on special issues
1967
Box 2, Item 9.2
Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District vs. Mattie B. Zumwalt Company, J.
A. Watt, et al. : reporter's transcript of proceedings before Honorable J. F. Good,
Judge
July 11, 12, 1967
Box 2, Item 10
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. The origin of Hogback Island
1967
Box 2, Item 11
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. Flooding and flood control in the Simmerly Basin,
1853-1940
1968
Box 2, Item 12
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. Bridges, et al. vs. the State of California
1968
Physical Description: 1 volume
Box 2, Item 13
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. The Feather River, Honcut vicinity, 1850 to 1940 : final
report
1970
Box 2, Item 14
Kelley, Robert Lloyd. Flooding and the development of flood control systems :
Colusa region, Sacramento River, 1850 to 1940
1972
