Papers, 1794-2000 1960-2000.

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Papers, 1794-2000 1960-2000.

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Collection consists of peer review files for the Pacific Historical Review, chiefly correspondence, and materials related to the research and publication of The great thirst (1992, 2000 revised ed.). Files include extensive exhibits, transcripts, and filings from The City of Los Angeles v. The City of San Fernando, et al., a major pueblo water-rights case which included the cities of Glendale, Burbank, and others and established precedent for water rights pertaining to the Los Angeles river. The exhibits for the case include copies of Spanish and Mexican documents from the Los Angeles City Archives and the Department of Water and Power, in addition to copies of early case material and texts. Materials used for the revised edition of The great thirst include extensive clippings and research files, and several reels of microfilm containing documents from the Library of Congress and the National Archives. Lastly, the collection contains numerous water usage project reports from California and other parts of the West. The PHR correspondence is sealed until 2020 to protect the confidentiality of contributors and reviewers.

81 boxes (40.5 linear ft.)

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University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Hundley, Norris,

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Norris Hundley, Jr. received his A.B. from Whittier College in 1958, and his Ph. D. from the UCLA in 1963. His long and distinguished teaching career began as a professor of American History at the University of Houston (1963-1964), and then continued at UCLA (1964-1994), where he became Professor Emeritus of American History in 1994. As a scholar, he authored over a hundred books and essays, including several ground-breaking works on the history of water usage in California and the West. Hundle...