Name/Title
PapersEntry/Object ID
1955.696.6Description
Collection of papers (correspondence, pamphlets, etc.) related to the Los Angeles-Owens Valley Water Controversy. They were included within the scrapbook 1955.696.1.
Includes:
Resolutions Passed by Inyo County Federation of Women, 2nd draft (11 pages, onionskin paper)
Resolutions Passed by Inyo County Federation of Women, 2st draft (1 page)
Letter to Mrs. Toll from Club Women's Council written by Mrs. Winterton, August 4, 1924 (3 pages, onionskin paper)
Letter to Bessie T. Best, President of the Business Women's Club, from William P. Whitsett, Chairman of the Special Committee on Owens Valley Road, November 13, 1924 (3 pages, on Department of Public Services, City of Los Angeles letterhead)
Copy of a letter to R. F. Del Valle of the Board of Public Service Commissioners, from N. T. Edwards, October 31, 1924 (1 page)
Copy of a motion passed by the California Highway Commission (1 page)
Letter to William P. Whitsett, Department of Public Service, from A. G. Arnold, Secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, November 3, 1924 (1 page)
Resolution to State Highway Commission, October 30, 1924 (1 page)
Copy of a letter to the California Highway Commission from Frederick G. Leonard, President of the Playground Commission, October 24, 1924. (2 pages)
Letter to Bessie T. Best, President of the Business Women's Club, from William P. Whitsett, Chairman of the Special Committee on Owens Valley Road, October 6, 1924 (2 pages, on Department of Public Services, City of Los Angeles letterhead)
Copy of a letter to the California Highway Commission from W. P. Whitsett, William Mulholland, and R. F. De Valle, members of the Special Committee on Owens Valley Road, October 4, 1924 (3 pages)
Copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Public Service Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, September 10, 1924 (1 page)
An Open Letter to W. A. Chalfant from George Watterson and William Symons, January 11, 1924 (1 page, two copies)
Publication: "Mayor Porter's Statement on Owens Valley and Mono Basin Land Purchases" printed by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners, City of Los Angeles, on June 24, 1930 (1 page folded in half)
Two Sides to Every Question from George Watterson and William Symons (1 page)
Town of Bishop voluntary contribution to fund a committee consisting of F. H. Arcularius, S. H. Ayres, J. S. Eastman, Jess Hession, and T. G. Watterson "to do any and all acts and deeds within their power to accomplish a right and just settlement with the City of Los Angeles." This was sent to W. B. Best and suggests a assessment/contribution of $8.50.
