Title:

Preston Hotchkis papers, circa 1931-1975

Creator/Contributor:

Hotchkis, Preston, 1893-, creator

Subject files and correspondence concerning his activities and interests in Los Angeles business and political and governmental affairs.

Date:

1931 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca

Hotchkis, Preston -- 1893- -- Archives

Water-supply -- California -- Los Angeles

Education -- California -- Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Politics and government

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE : Advance notice required for use.

In English.

Preston Hotchkis papers, BANC MSS 81/77 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Genealogy chart: Gift; of Joan Hotchkis; 19820120

Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1893, Preston Hotchkis graduated from the University of California in 1916. After serving in the Navy during World War I he studied law at USC and was admitted to the California Bar in 1920. He was the founder of several companies, including Pacific Finance Corp. (1920), Pacific Indemnity Co. (1926), and Founders Insurance Co. (1946), and served as a U.S. Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, as a University of California Regent, president and director of the California State Chamber of Commerce, first president of the Colorado River Association, and chairman of the Southland Water Committee. In these last two capacities he played a large role in the transfer of Colorado River water to Southern California and helped to pass Proposition 1, the Burns-Porter Act, which approved bond financing for construction of the California Acqueduct in 1960. Hotchkis died in San Marino, California, in January 1989.

Container list available in the library.

print

11 cartons, 1 box, 1 roll (14.2 linear feet)

English

Origin:

California

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE : Advance notice required for use.