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Title: Henry Baker Lynch papers,
Date (inclusive): 1915-1960
Collection number: 848
Creator:
Lynch, Henry Baker, b. 1879
Extent: 32 boxes (16 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
6 oversize folders
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
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.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary 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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of San Francisco State College, 1964.
[Identification of item], Henry Baker Lynch papers (Collection 848). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2221088
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.
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.
Arranged in the following series:
- Rainfall, California Pacific Slope, 1768-1935 (Boxes 1-3).
- Climatological data and dams (Boxes 4-5).
- Flood control and floods (Boxes 6-12).
- Rainfall history of Southern California (Boxes 13-24).
- Water supply, costs and law (Boxes 25-27).
- Miscellaneous reports (Box 28).
- Photographs of washes and floods (Boxes 29-33).
- Maps and charts (Box 34, folders 1-6).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lynch, Henry Baker, b. 1879--Archives.
Hydraulic engineers--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Water table--Climatic factors.