Southern California Edison Records
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Southern California Edison Company
Dates: 1848-1989
Bulk Dates: 1911-1965
Collection Number: Consult repository.
Creator:
Southern California Edison Company
Extent:
510 Boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: lgarcia@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: A selection of corporate records created by
Southern California Edison (SCE), an electric utility founded in 1886. The collection also
includes smaller collections created by employees of SCE and materials used in the process
of writing the official history of SCE.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Administration Information
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appropriate curator for further information. In addition, researchers and others can
contact the appropriate curator to obtain information regarding the commercial
reproduction, publication, or similar uses of the material. Authorization for commercial
uses must be obtained from Southern California Edison through the EIX (Edison
International) Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Southern California Edison Records, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by Edison International in August 2005.
Related Material
The Southern California Edison Collection of over 70,000 photographs is available through
consultation with the Photographic Archives.
History
Southern California Edison (SCE) is the largest electric utility in California and one of
the nation's largest investor-owned electric utilities, serving more than 13 million people
in 15 counties of central, coastal and southern California. Based in Rosemead, California,
the utility has been providing electric service in the region for more than 120 years. SCE
is a subsidiary of Edison International, which also is headquartered in Rosemead. The SCE
service territory includes approximately 430 cities and communities with a total customer
base of approximately 4.8 million residential and business accounts. SCE is regulated by the
California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
SCE's earliest predecessor was Holt and Knupps which in 1886 installed street lights in
Visalia, California. In 1894, a group including Elmer Peck and George Baker organized West
Side Lighting to provide electricity in Los Angeles. The next year the company merged with
Los Angeles Edison Electric, which owned the rights to the Edison name and patents in the
region, and Baker became president. Edison Electric installed the first DC-power underground
conduits in the Southwest. In 1899, Edison's Santa Ana River No. 1 hydroelectric plant began
operation, transmitting power to Los Angeles over the world's longest power line (83 miles).
In 1907, Edison's Kern River-Los Angeles Transmission Line began operation. At 118 miles and
75 kV, it was the world's longest and highest voltage power line, and the first line in the
nation to be entirely supported by steel towers.
John Barnes Miller began his 31 year service as company president in 1901, the same year
that the Edison Electric Company of Los Angeles recapitalized as a $10 million corporation.
In 1909 after another recapitalization the corporate name was changed to the present
Southern California Edison Company (SCE). Under Miller's leadership, the firm bought many
neighboring utilities and built several power plants. In 1917, SCE doubled its assets
through a merger with Henry E. Huntington's Pacific Light and Power Corporation. The
centerpiece of the merger transferred ownership of the Big Creek hydroelectric project to
SCE - Big Creek eventually became one of the world's largest hydroelectric projects.
At the same time SCE increased its generation and transmission assets through the merger
with Pacific Light and Power, it also was losing a major customer in the city of Los
Angeles. Beginning in 1912, the city of Los Angeles began developing its own city-owned
power department and conflict with SCE ensued. In 1917, SCE and the city of Los Angeles
reached a settlement under which SCE sold its combined distribution system within Los
Angeles to the city for $12 million. SCE continued to operate the system under lease until
1922, since the city of Los Angeles required that time to develop the generating capacity to
serve its new system.
During the middle years of the twentieth century, SCE faced a number of natural and
economic challenges. A 1925 earthquake and the 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam severely
damaged SCE's facilities. The Great Depression and World War II had a significant effect on
SCE's continued growth and access to economic and natural resources. Human resources also
proved to be an issue in these years as World War II constricted SCE's access to workers and
in 1953 SCE faced a major employee strike.
SCE survived these difficult decades and in 1964 consolidated its eastern service area by
merging with the California Electric Power Company (also known as Calectric). Through this
merger, SCE gained access to Calectric's 450,000 customers and 41,500-square-mile territory.
A second significant mid-1960s event for SCE was the 1963 initiation of construction of the
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). SONGS Unit 1 began operation in 1968. In
addition to nuclear energy, SCE has also supported the development of renewable and
alternative energy resources such as wind, solar and geothermal. Today's Southern California
Edison is the product of more than a century of providing reliable electric service to
central, coastal and southern California.
Scope and Content
The Southern California Edison Records contain books, catalogs, correspondence, journals,
ledgers, log books, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets,
photographs, press releases, reports, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the
history of the Southern California Edison (SCE) Company. The records cover the years 1848 to
1989 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1911 to 1965. The material is largely
textual with the exception of a few non-paper items scattered throughout.
The Southern California Edison Records consist of materials created, maintained, and
collected by the company. Series 1, Administrative Records, includes documentation of the
management of the company such as Annual Reports to the Federal Power Commission (1918-1964)
and Annual Reports to Stockholders (1914-1987). Also included are correspondence, manuals,
policy and procedure orders, and other documents. Series 2, Department/Division Records,
contains records pertaining to the Commercial Department, Communications Division,
Engineering Department, Garage Department, Shop and Test Department, and the Steam
Generation Division.
The collection also contains Employee Records (Series 3), detailing SCE employees'
activities, benefits, and rules, as well as Financial Records (Series 4), consisting of cost
reports, valuations, and other materials. Series 9, Publications, includes items published
by SCE as well as items collected by SCE. Series 10, Publicity Records, contains mostly
newspaper clippings, press releases, and other materials documenting the 1953 Edison
Employee Strike. Project Records (Series 8), Research Files (Series 11), Topical Files
(Series 12), and the Vertical File (Edison Library) (Series 13) contain a variety of
materials on various subjects such as Big Creek, the Central Valley Water Project, the
Colorado River, energy, Hoover Dam, hydroelectric plants, public utilities, Thomas Edison,
and more.
One of the largest series, Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Records, is divided
into four subseries. Subseries 5.1, Generation (Power Plants) Records, contains an extensive
set of log books maintained by various SCE plants/stations including Big Creek, Etiwanda,
Fontana, Long Beach, Lytle Creek, Mill Creek, Ontario, and Santa Ana River. These log books
contain meter readings, statistical information, and documentation of plant/station
maintenance and operating activities. Materials in this subseries range in date from 1899 to
1980.
While the Southern California Edison Records are comprised primarily of company records,
Series 6 contains collections of personal papers donated to the company by various Edison
employees, including Dean E. Batchelder, Albert Chavannes, Elizabeth Erickson Edmunds, and
David Hubbard Redinger. Of particular historical note are a set of Redinger's journals
ranging in date from 1904 to 1976. These journals document Redinger's life, including his
time as division superintendent for SCE at Big Creek, California.
In addition to materials documenting the Southern California Edison Company, the records
also contains limited documentation pertaining to a number of SCE's predecessor companies,
such as the California Electric Power Company, the Edison Electric Company, the
Nevada-California Electric Corporation, the Pacific Light and Power Company, and the
Southern Sierras Power Company. Materials for these and other predecessor companies are
located in Series 7.
The Southern California Edison Records are arranged alphabetically by series title, with
the exception of the last series (Series 14. Oversize Materials). Folders are arranged
alphabetically by title within series. Documents within folders are arranged in
chronological order by date with undated materials residing at the end of each folder.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into fourteen series:
- Administrative Records, 1892-1987. 8.8 linear feet
- Department/Division Records, 1903-1987. 25.2 linear feet
- Employee Records, 1892-1977. 2.6 linear feet
- Financial Records, 1902-1971. 14.5 linear feet
- Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Records, 1899-1980. 56.5 linear
feet
- Personal Papers, 1900-1977. 11.4 linear feet
- Predecessor Companies, 1890-1965. 7.5 linear feet
- Project Records, 1903-1985. 2.1 linear feet
- Publications, 1848-1989. 28.0 linear feet
- Publicity Records, 1914-1978. 1.4 linear feet
- Research Files, 1866-1987. 5.6 linear feet
- Topical Records, 1898-1988. 1.8 linear feet
- Vertical File (Edison Library), 1889-1989. 45.8 linear feet
- Oversize Materials, 1899-1985 1.5 linear feet
A detailed container list is available through the Manuscripts Department.
Indexing Terms: Added Entries
Personal Names
Batchelder, Dean E.
Chavannes, Albert.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927.
Edmunds, Elizabeth Erickson.
Mullendore, William Clinton, 1892-.
Redinger, David H.
Geographic Areas
Big Creek (Calif.).
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.).
Shaver Lake (Calif.).
Corporate Names
Boulder Canyon Project (U.S.).
California Public Utilities Commission.
Central Valley Project (Calif.).
Edison Electric Company.
Edison Electric Institute.
General Electric Company.
Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California (Calif.).
National Electric Light Association.
Convention.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Railroad Commission of the State of
California.
Southern California Edison Company.
Tennessee Valley Authority.
United States Reclamation Service.
Indexing Terms: Subjects
Subjects
Air - Pollution.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine,
1986.
Civil engineering.
Dams.
Electric engineering.
Electric industry workers.
Electricity.
Electric lines.
Electric power.
Electric power distribution.
Electric power-plants.
Electric properties.
Electric substations.
Electric transformers.
Energy facilities.
Engineering.
Geothermal power plants.
Hydroelectric power plants.
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear power plants.
Power plants.
Power transmission.
Public utilities.
Shortwave radio.
Solar energy.
Steam.
Water power.
Water supply.
CONTAINER LIST
Series 1. Administrative Records
1892-1987
Physical Description:
22 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Southern California Edison's administrative records and includes
correspondence, forms, manuals, maps, minutes, pamphlets, policy and procedure orders,
reports, and other materials. Of particular note is a set of Annual Reports to the
Federal Power Commission and the California Railroad Commission/California Public
Utilities Commission containing statistical data, financial details, and stock
information. These reports range in date from 1918 to 1964. The series also contains a
set of Annual Reports to Stockholders ranging in date from 1914 to 1987. Some years also
include supplementary financial and statistical reports, minutes of annual stockholder
meetings, and quarterly reports.
Series 2. Department/Division Records
1903-1987
Physical Description:
68 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains records documenting Southern California Edison's
department/division records. The series is divided into six subseries: Commercial
Department, Communication Division, Engineering Department, Garage Department, Shop and
Test Department, and Steam Generation Division.
Subseries 2.1. Commercial Department
1916-1953
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's Commercial
Department and includes manuals, memoranda, reports, scrapbooks, and other materials.
Statistical reports, ranging in date from 1916 to 1918, provide information related to
various districts throughout Southern California.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 2.2. Communication Division
1922-1969
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's
Communication Division and includes bulletins, correspondence, log sheets, manuals,
minutes, photographs, reports, and other materials. Dispatcher Wartime Bulletins Files
include bulletins, clippings, correspondence, diagrams, memoranda, notes, and reports
pertaining to war-time air raid alarms, barrage balloons, blackouts, power
interruptions, and other matters. Black and white photographic prints and negatives
include images of Edison's radio communications system, the division's facilities and
equipment, Breckenridge Mountain, Government Peak, and other sites.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 2.3. Engineering Department
1918-1985
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's Engineering
Department and includes correspondence, lists, notes, photographs, and other
materials. This subseries consists, almost exclusively, of Real Property Files related
to business offices, service centers, substations, and other locations. Black and
white photographic prints comprise a significant portion of this subseries.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 2.4. Garage Department
1925-1928
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's Garage
Department and is comprised of ledgers containing requisitions and invoices for the
Main Garage, as well as transfer requisitions for materials being transported from the
General Garage to various Edison facilities.
Ledgers are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically/numerically
thereafter.
Subseries 2.5. Shop and Test Department
1903-1987
Physical Description:
44 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's Shop and
Test Department and includes correspondence, design specifications, invoices, ledgers,
manuals, minutes, newsletters, notes, plans, reports, work orders, and other
materials. This subseries includes the meeting minutes of the Edison Electric
Institute Meter and Service Committee from 1948 to 1972, as well as Meter and Test
Department (later called the Shop and Test Department) Annual Reports and/or
supporting materials ranging in date from 1921-1959. General store transfer ledgers,
with dates ranging from 1917-1935, offer auditing information and comprise the bulk of
the Shop and Test Department subseries.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 2.6. Steam Generation Division
1928-1957
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's Steam
Generation Division and includes manuals, newsletters, and reports. Of primary
importance are the Steam Generation Division's Annual Reports from the 1930s and
copies of Edison Energy, a newsletter published by the Steam Generation Division from
1928 to 1932.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 3. Employee Records
1892-1977
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Southern California Edison's employee records and includes
booklets, brochures, correspondence, manuals, minutes, newsletters, notes, pamphlets,
Edison Choir sheet music, and other materials. Much of the material pertains to accident
prevention, employee safety, and benefits. A significant portion of this series consists
of items documenting the activities of the Edison Masonic Club and predecessor Masonic
clubs. Included are historical notes about the club, a club history, meeting minutes,
and miscellaneous materials. There are also two folders containing printed and bound
agreements with unions representing Edison workers. These agreements predate and
postdate the 1953 strike against Edison. This series does not contain personnel
records.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 4. Financial Records
1902-1971
Physical Description:
44 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Southern California Edison's financial records and includes bank
books, budgets, checks, ledgers, statements, receipts, reports, and other materials.
Many of the items are bound. Included are cost reports for various steam stations and
transmission lines ranging in date from 1928 to 1971 and financial statements and
auditors' reports from Arthur Anderson & Co.- CPA's. The series also contains
information related to stock, ranging in date from 1916 to 1945. Of historical note is a
1917 stock certificate issued to Henry E. Huntington for 115,299 shares. Another
significant portion of the series is comprised of valuations pertaining to appraisals of
Edison equipment and property.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 5. Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Records
1899-1980
Physical Description:
138 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains records documenting Southern California Edison's generation,
distribution, and transmission of electricity. The largest subseries, Generation (Power
Plant) Records, consists primarily of log books kept by various facilities.
Subseries 5.1. Generation (Power Plants) Records
1899-1980
Physical Description:
132 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's generation
of electricity and includes abstracts, histories, job/work orders, lists, log books,
pamphlets, reports, statistical information, and other materials. The log books
comprise the bulk of the subseries and range in date from 1899 to 1972. These
materials document the creation, operation, and routine maintenance of various
generation facilities including Fontana Station, Lytle Creek, Mill Creek, Ontario
Power Station, the Santa Ana River Plants, and the Sierra Hydro Plant. Meter readings
for some facilities are also included.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 5.2. Distribution Records
1918-1964
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's distribution
of electricity and includes blueprints, charts, diagrams, notes, reports, and other
materials.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 5.3. Substations
1912-1974
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's distribution
of electricity and includes employee examinations, log books, manuals, and other
materials.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 5.4. Transmission Records
1914-1955
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's transmission
of electricity, and includes diagrams, proposals, reports, and schedules.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 6. Personal Papers
1900-1977
Physical Description:
28 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains collections of personal papers created by various Southern
California Edison employees. The series is divided into four subseries: the Dean E.
Batchelder Papers, the Albert Chavannes Papers, the Elizabeth Erickson Edmunds Papers,
and the David Hubbard Redinger Papers.
Subseries 6.1. Dean E. Batchelder Papers
1914-1964
Physical Description:
9 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains the papers of Dean E. Batchelder, an electrical engineer in
Southern California Edison's Electrical Engineering Section. The subseries consists of
books, catalogs, correspondence, manuals, pamphlets, photographs, specifications,
reports, and other materials. Published monographs pertaining to electrical materials,
public utilities, and other topics comprise a significant portion of the collection,
as do several file folders containing information related to the Lane-Wells Company.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 6.2. Albert Chavannes Papers
1920-1971
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains the papers of Albert Chavannes who served as Southern
California Edison's corporate secretary from the 1930s to the 1960s. The subseries
includes biographical information, clippings, correspondence, cost statements, flyers,
indices, newsletters, organizational charts, pamphlets, reports, and other materials.
Items reflect Chavannes' many roles, including those of SCE corporate secretary,
member of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, and auditor in the Edison
Comptroller's Department. The subseries includes materials created by Chavannes, as
well as items collected by him.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 6.3. Elizabeth Erickson Edmonds Papers
1900-1975
Physical Description:
1 box
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains the papers of Elizabeth Erickson Edmonds who served as an
employee of the Pacific Light and Power Company and later as a long-time
clerical/secretarial employee of Southern California Edison. The subseries includes
correspondence, ephemera, notes, photographs, and scrapbooks. Many of the items are
not related to Ms. Edmonds' work with SCE.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 6.4. David Hubbard Redinger Papers
1904-1977
Physical Description:
12 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains the papers of David Hubbard Redinger who served as the
division superintendent for Southern California Edison at Big Creek, California. The
subseries includes clippings, correspondence, field books, journals, notes, pamphlets,
photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials. The most historically significant
portion of the subseries is comprised of daily journals written by Redinger. These
journals, ranging in date from 1904 to 1976, document his life from adolescence to old
age and contain information about his entire working life, including his time at Big
Creek. The subseries also contains a number of black and white and cyanotype
photographic prints of various sizes, documenting the construction of Big Creek, the
Florence and Huntington Lake Projects, the Kern River Flume, and other SCE employees,
events, and subjects.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 7. Predecessor Companies
1890-1965
Physical Description:
19 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains records documenting Southern California Edison's predecessor
companies. The series in divided into eighteen subseries: the Bishop Light and Power
Company; the California Electric Power Company; the Edison Electric Company; the
Imperial Ice and Development Company; the Kern River Company; the Mountain Power
Company; the Mount Whitney Power and Electric Corporation; the Nevada-California
Electric Corporation; the Nevada-California Power Company; the Nevada Power, Mining, and
Milling Company; the Pacific Light and Power Company; the Redlands Gas Company; the
Redlands Light and Power Company; the Rialto Light, Power, and Water Company; the San
Joaquin and Eastern Railroad Company; the Southern Sierras Power Company; the United
Electric, Gas, and Power Company; and the Ventura County Power Company.
Subseries 7.1. Bishop Light and Power Company
1902-1914
Physical Description:
1 box
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Bishop Light and Power Company and
includes ledgers tracking payments and receipts for the Bishop Light and Power
Company.
Ledgers are arranged alphabetically by title.
Subseries 7.2. California Electric Power Company
1921-1963
Physical Description:
8 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the California Electric Power Company and
includes addresses, agreements, bulletins, bylaws, clippings, correspondence,
handbooks, histories, pamphlets, press releases, programs, reports, and other
materials. The subseries contains issues of the Calectric Bulletin, the employee
bulletin of the California Electric Power Company, ranging in date from 1941 to 1963.
Materials pertaining to employee strikes against the California Electric Power Company
are also included.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.3. Edison Electric Company
1890-1912
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Edison Electric Company and includes
blueprints, correspondence, proposals, reports, and other materials related to various
construction, development, and generation projects. Photocopies of records documenting
Edison Electric Company stockholders and stockholder meetings are also included.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.4. Imperial Ice and Development Company
1923
Physical Description:
1 box
Scope and Content Note
This subseries documents the Imperial Ice and Development Company and consists of a
volume containing an appraisal of the facility and equipment at the Imperial Ice and
Development Company's Plant No. 5 in Brawley, California.
Subseries 7.5. Kern River Company
1907
Physical Description:
1 box
Scope and Content Note
This subseries documents the Kern River Company and consists of a check to the Kern
River Company from the A. Brown Company in Kernville, California.
Subseries 7.6. Mountain Power Company
1900-1903
Physical Description:
1 box
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Mountain Power Company and includes
articles of incorporation, ledgers, and minutes.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.7. Mount Whitney Power and Electric Corporation
1916-1918
Physical Description:
1 box
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Mount Whitney Power and Electric
Corporation and includes cancelled checks, correspondence, and invoices.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.8. Nevada-California Electric Corporation
1913-1964
Physical Description:
4 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Nevada-California Electric
Corporation, and include addresses, bulletins, diagrams, ledgers, pamphlets, reports,
and other materials. Materials related to the Nevada-California Electric Corporation's
substations are located in a separate subseries.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.8.1. Nevada-California Electric Corporation, Substations
1911-1965
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Nevada-California Electric
Corporation's Goldfield, Manhattan, Millers, and Tonopah substations and includes
bulletins, correspondence, general orders, inventories, maps, memoranda, notebooks,
reports, and other materials.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.9. Nevada-California Power Company
1908-1909
Physical Description:
1 box
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Nevada-California Power Company and
includes agreements, correspondence, reports, and sketches.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.10. Nevada Power, Mining, and Milling Company
1905-1906
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Content Note
This subseries documents the Nevada Power, Mining, and Milling Company, the
predecessor company of the Nevada-California Electric Corporation, and is comprised of
annual reports.
Subseries 7.11. Pacific Light and Power Company
1903-1918
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Pacific Light and Power Company and
includes bond records, cash vouchers, and log books.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.12. Redlands Gas Company
1901
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Pacific Light and Power Company and
includes bond records, cash vouchers, and log books.
Subseries 7.13. Redlands Light and Power Company
1892-1896
Physical Description:
2 folders
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Redlands Light and Power Company and
is comprised of minutes of the first meeting of stockholders (1892), the first meeting
of the Board of Directors, and subsequent meetings.
Subseries 7.14. Rialto Light, Power, and Water Company
1913-1915
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of trial balance ledgers for the Rialto Light, Power, and
Water Company.
Subseries 7.15. San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad Company
1921
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of a legal settlement between the Director General of
Railroads and the San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad Company.
Subseries 7.16. Southern Sierras Power Company
1910-1960
Physical Description:
3 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Southern Sierras Power Company and
includes agreements, bulletins, clippings, correspondence, lists, reports, rosters,
scrapbooks, and other materials. The subseries also contains issues of the Sierras
Service Bulletin, ranging in date from 1927 to 1940. This publication of the Southern
Sierras Power Company for its employees contains news about company and employee
activities.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 7.17. United Electric, Gas, and Power Company
1902
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Content Note
This subseries is comprised of photocopies of a minute book for meetings of the
United Electric, Gas, and Power Company Executive Committee.
Subseries 7.18. Ventura County Power Company
1906-1919
Physical Description:
3 folders
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains records documenting the Ventura Power Company and is
comprised of agreements, indices, and minutes.
Series 8. Project Records
1903-1985
Physical Description:
5 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Southern California Edison's project records and includes
articles, clippings, correspondence, forms, histories, maps, pamphlets, permits,
photographs, reports, and other materials. Items document various projects, including
those related to Big Creek, the Colorado River, the Florence Lake Tunnel, Kern River,
and Redinger Lake.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 9. Publications
1848-1989
Physical Description:
5 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Southern California Edison's publications collections. The series
is divided into three subseries: Edison Publications, General Publications, Journals and
Serials, and Reference Materials.
Subseries 9.1. Edison Publications
1912-1989
Physical Description:
17 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains items published by Southern California Edison and includes
articles, brochures, bulletins, maps, newsletters, pamphlets, reports, and other
materials. Several employee newsletters are included such as Busy Buttons Bulletins,
Edison Current Topics, Edison Facts, and Edison News.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 9.2. General Publications
1848-1985
Physical Description:
13 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains general publications related to Southern California Edison,
but published by an external source. The subseries includes articles, books,
brochures, catalogs, clippings, manuals, maps, pamphlets, reports, and other
materials. Many of the items document various SCE projects such as Boulder Dam. The
subseries also contains annual reports for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California, ranging in date from 1950 to 1971.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 9.3. Journals and Serials
1896-1962
Physical Description:
17 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains journals and serials collected by Southern California Edison.
A significant portion of the subseries is comprised of issues of the Electric Club
Journal (1904), the Electric Journal (1905-1931), and the Journal of Electricity
(1896-1926).
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Subseries 9.4. Reference Materials
1895-1982
Physical Description:
24 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains reference materials collected by Southern California Edison
and includes articles, books, notebooks, pamphlets, periodicals, reports, and other
materials. A significant portion of the subseries is comprised of books from the SCE
Library. These items pertain to a variety of topics including the Calleguas and
Central Valley projects, the Colorado River and Boulder Canyon, dams, electrical
engineering, flood control, generating plants, public utilities, transmission and
overhead lines, and water resources.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 10. Publicity Records
1914-1978
Physical Description:
4 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Southern California Edison's publicity records and includes
advertisements, clippings, newsletters, notes, memoranda, press releases, reports,
scrapbooks, scripts, and other materials. Many of the items pertain to the 1953 Edison
employee strike.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 11. Research Files
1866-1987
Physical Description:
14 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Southern California Edison's research files and includes
brochures, certificates, clippings, correspondence, graphs, pamphlets, photographs,
press releases, reports, and other materials. Many of the research files were compiled
by N. B. Hinson and William Myers, a former SCE historian. Files pertain to a variety of
topics such as population, power generation and transmission, substations, and stocks.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 12. Topical Records
1898-1988
Physical Description:
5 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Southern California Edison's topical records and includes
articles, biographies, charts, clippings, correspondence, maps, pamphlets, photographs,
press releases, procedures, reports, and other materials. Topics include accidents and
disasters, hydroelectric development, and SCE employees and history. This series also
contains biographical information and memorabilia related to Thomas A. Edison. Black and
white photographic prints document various events, people, and projects related to
SCE.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 13. Vertical File (Edison Library)
1889-1989
Physical Description:
111 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series is comprised of the Edison Library Vertical File and includes published
materials such as articles, newspaper clippings and sections, pamphlets, reports, and
other materials documenting topics of interest to Southern California Edison and its
employees.
Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.
Series 14. Oversize Materials
1899-1985
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of oversize material that were removed from the collection and
filed separately in oversize boxes. Oversize material is located in boxes 505-510.
