Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- John Henry Ramboz Papers,
- Dates:
- 1931-1960
- Creators:
- Ramboz, John Henry, 1879-1960
- Abstract:
- John Henry Ramboz (1879-1960) served as the representative from San Marino to the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors in 1933. He was the vice-chairman in 1948, and chairman in 1949. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, graphs, pamphlets, books, photographs, and related ephemera accumulated by Ramboz while representing San Marino on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
- Extent:
- 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.) 1 pambind
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], John Henry Ramboz Papers (Collection 764). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence, reports, graphs, pamphlets, books, photographs, and related ephemera accumulated by Ramboz while representing San Marino on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Subjects include the San Diego Water Authority and other water districts of Southern California.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ramboz was born in 1879 in Los Angeles, California; he entered the banking business in 1903 with Merchants National Trust and Savings Bank of Los Angeles, serving 15 years as vice president and cashier; in 1928 he established a business as financial and business counselor, also serving as president of the Ambassador Hotel Company and on various boards of directors; in 1933 he was appointed representative from San Marino to the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors; he served as vice-chairman in 1948, and chairman in 1949; he died on November 18, 1960.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Marie Ramboz, 1962.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from card-file by rekeying, May 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], John Henry Ramboz Papers (Collection 764). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988