B. Abbott Goldberg papers
Collection Scope and Contents
Papers include legislative histories of San Luis Act of 1959, Reclamation Act of 1902, Central Valley Project Act of 1933, and the Federal Power Act; also includes cumulated material on "unjust enrichment" in operation of State Water Project and on court cases involving the Dept. of Water Resources in period 1950-65; files on State Water Project financing.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1966
Creator
Languages
The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical Note
B. Abbott Goldberg was born in Fitchburg, Mass., in 1916. He graduated from the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School. He moved to California in 1944 and taught four years at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. From 1948 to 1961 he was deputy and later assistant attorney general of California, handling the major litigation concerning the state's interest in the Central Valley Project. He also was in charge of the attorney general's office section concerned with education and welfare law. From 1961 to 1966 he served as deputy director and chief deputy director of the California Department of Water Resources. He also acted as special counsel to the governor on the legal problems of water development. He was appointed a judge of the Municipal Court in Sacramento in 1966 by Gov. Edmund G. Brown.
Extent
3.75 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Abstract
Papers include legislative histories of San Luis Act of 1959, Reclamation Act of 1902, Central Valley Project Act of 1933, and the Federal Power Act; also includes cumulated material on "unjust enrichment" in operation of State Water Project and on court cases involving the Dept. of Water Resources in period 1950-65; files on State Water Project financing.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged topically.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Barbara L. Goldberg, 2003.
Collection Number
Collection number updated January 2019. Legacy collection number was MS 85/2. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019 to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Processing History
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 2004.
Subject
- California State Water Project (Organization)
- California. Department of Water Resources (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- California. Burns-Porter Act
- Farms, Size of -- California
- Federal-state controversies -- California
- Reclamation of land -- California
- United States. Reclamation Act of 1902
- Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- California
- Water rights -- California
- Water-supply -- California
Uniform Title
- Title
- B. Abbott Goldberg papers
- Status
- Legacy
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff.
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Water Resources Collections & Archives Repository
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside CA 92517-5900 United States
specialcollections@ucr.edu