Henry Baker Lynch papers, 1915-1960

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Summary

Creators:
Lynch, Henry Baker, b. 1879
Abstract:
Henry Baker Lynch (1879- ) was a hydraulic engineer who worked for the Water and Light departments of Glendale and Burbank (1909-19), the Glendale Water System, Crescenta Mutual Water Company, and the Haines Canyon Water Company at Tujunga. The collection consists of manuscript notebooks, photographs, maps, charts, and related printed material concerning rainfall, floods and flood control in Southern California collected by Lynch during the course of his career in Los Angeles.
Extent:
32 boxes (16 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes 6 oversize folders
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of manuscript notebooks, photographs, maps, charts, and related printed material concerning rainfall, floods and flood control in Southern California collected by Lynch during the course of his career as a hydraulic engineer in Los Angeles. Also contains some material on the Pacific Slope and the Great Basin. Subjects include the Los Angeles Aqueduct; the floods of 1914,1919,1934,1938,1943, and 1952; rainfall records, 1768-1960; dams; water supply; reservoir sites; and washes.

Biographical / historical:

Lynch was born in 1879; attended University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University, where he studied engineering; came to Glendale in 1907; became manager of Water and Light departments of Glendale (1909-19), also served part of the time in the same capacity for the city of Burbank; in 1914 became manager of Glendale Water System; began serving as a consulting engineer with an office in Los Angeles in 1919; in 1920 was an engineer for Crescenta Mutual Water Company, which supplied the city of La Crescenta; became engineer for the Haines Canyon Water Company at Tujunga, later serving as president and manager of the company.

Acquisition information:
Gift of San Francisco State College, 1964.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Rainfall, California Pacific Slope, 1768-1935 (Boxes 1-3).
  2. Climatological data and dams (Boxes 4-5).
  3. Flood control and floods (Boxes 6-12).
  4. Rainfall history of Southern California (Boxes 13-24).
  5. Water supply, costs and law (Boxes 25-27).
  6. Miscellaneous reports (Box 28).
  7. Photographs of washes and floods (Boxes 29-33).
  8. Maps and charts (Box 34, folders 1-6).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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