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Water rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel C. Evans collection on the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company

 Collection
Identifier: MS-001
Abstract This collection contains documents pertaining to water rights and land ownership in Riverside and San Bernardino counties during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes legal documents, correspondence, and other material pertaining to the Jurupa Ditch and Trujillo Ditch companies, the Riverside Land and Irrigation Company, and the Bandini Donation collected by Samuel C. Evans, a prominent businessman in Riverside, California and former president of the Riverside Land and Irrigation...
Dates: 1869-1914; Majority of material found within 1880-1900

R.B. Marshall papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WRCA-085
Abstract

The collection consists of materials compiled by R.B. Marshall, former chief geographer of the U.S. Geological Survey, related to Hetch Hetchy Valley, Mississippi River Basin, water rights, and the Marshall Plan for irrigation of California's Central Valley.

Dates: 1911-1947

Susan M. Trager collection on the Bay-Delta Hearings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WRCA-013
Abstract

This collection contains legal documents, depositions and correspondence from the law offices of Susan M. Trager in regard to the Bay-Delta Hearings. Trager was a longtime water rights and environmental attorney.

Dates: 1983-1999; Majority of material found within 1987-1999