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Register of the Crittenden (Bradford Samuel) Papers,
1916-1955
Mss237
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Title: Crittenden (Bradford Samuel) Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1916-1955
Collection number: Mss237
Creator:
Thomas Crittenden and Barbara Crittenden Phillips
Extent: 10 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Crittenden (Bradford Samuel) Papers, Mss237,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library
Crittenden, Bradford Samuel (1876-1952)
Crittenden, Bradford MacChesney (1912-1982)
Crittenden family
MacChesney family
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
Water resources development -California
Irrigation -California
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -History
Ranchers -California -San Joaquin County
Legislators -California -Correspondence
Graduate of the University of the Pacific and a practising attorney,
Bradford Samuel Crittenden (1876-1952) was first elected Assemblyman
(1920-1930), then State Senator (1930-1951) representing San Joaquin County. He
was chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee (1933-1950). Crittenden also
chaired the Joint Legislative Committee on State Water Problems. He and his
wife, Edith MacChesney Crittenden, owned several Central Valley farms. The
Crittendens had two children: Bradford M. (1912-1982) and Edith Eudora. The
former was State Highway Patrol Commissioner during the 1950s. His papers
(Mss238) are also in Holt Atherton Special Collections.
The bulk of the materials in the B.S. Crittenden Collection are
publications relating to the creation and development of the Central Valley
Project (1923-1949). The collection also contains personal papers, including
correspondence, photographs and business papers relating to Crittenden's San
Joaquin County agricultural properties (1944-1952).