Irwin E. Farrar Papers, 1911-1973

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Irwin E. Farrar Papers, 1911-1973

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Irwin Elmer Farrar (1893-1983) was the president of Sierra Alfalfa Company, and later of the Farrar-Loomis Seed Company, experimenting with a new kind of sugar beet and seed. He served as secretary of the Corona Chamber of Commerce, founded the Hemet chapter of Chamber of Commerce (1919), and helped in the formation of the San Jacinto River Protection Committee. He remained involved with water supply issues until the completion of California State Water Project in 1973. The collection consists of Farrar's autobiography and related research materials, correspondence from many California political figures, materials about Farrar's political interests, his personal life and business activities, and materials related to his involvement with water issues and the California State Water Project.

13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.); 2 oversize boxes

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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California State Water Project

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Farrar, Irwin E., 1893-1983.

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Irwin Elmer Farrar was born in 1893 near Camarillo, CA; attended Univ. of Southern Calif. and Stanford Law School; admitted to the CA bar and began practicing law in 1916; became president of Sierra Alfalfa Company, and later of the Farrar-Loomis Seed Company, experimenting with a new kind of sugar beet and seed; secretary, Corona Chamber of Commerce; founded Hemet chapter of Chamber of Commerce in 1919; in 1944 he became interested in water seepage from San Jacinto tunnel of the Metropolitan Wa...