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Title: John Randolph Haynes Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1890-1937
Collection number: 1241
Creator: Haynes, John Randolph, b. 1853
Extent: 358 boxes (179 linear ft.)
35 cartons (35 linear ft.)
105 oversize boxes
15 oversize folders
Abstract: John Randolph Haynes (1853-1937) was involved with incorporating initiative, referendum, and recall amendments in the Los
Angeles City Charter (1903), and was a member of the Los Angeles County Probation Committee (1915-25), a member and president
of the Los Angeles Civil Service Commission (1903-15), a member of the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners
(1925), a member of the Metropolitan Water District Board (1928-30), a member of the University of California Board of Regents
(1923-37), and founded the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation (1926). The collection consists of correspondence,
minutes, notes, reports, speeches, a scrapbook, and printed material related to Haynes's involvement with local and regional
planning in Southern California. The collection also includes material related to the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes
Foundation.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, 1952 & 1991.
[Identification of item], John Randolph Haynes Papers (Collection 1241). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Haynes was born June 13, 1853 in Fairmount Springs, Pennsylvania; received his MD and Ph.D from University of Pennsylvania;
had a medical practice in Philadelphia, 1874-87; moved to Los Angeles and continued his medical practice, 1887; was involved
with incorporating initiative, referendum, and recall amendments in the Los Angeles City Charter, 1903; member, Los Angeles
County Probation Commission, 1915-25; member and president, Los Angeles Civil Service Commission, 1903-15; member, Los Angeles
Board of Water and Power Commissioners, 1925; member, Metropolitan Water District Board (building aqueduct from Colorado River
to Southern California), 1928-30; member, University of California Board of Regents, 1923-37; founded the John Randolph Haynes
and Dora Haynes Foundation, 1926; died October 30, 1937.
Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, speeches, a scrapbook, and printed material related to Haynes's
involvement with local and regional planning in Southern California. Topics covered include water rights, regional economics,
municipal administration in the Los Angeles area, and Progressive Party politics. Materials in the collection related to water
issues address the acquisition of water from the Owens Valley and the Colorado River as well as public ownership of water
and power resources. Collection also includes material related to the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. Correspondents
include: Francis J. Heney, Franklin Hichborn, Hiram Johnson, William D. Stephens, Judson King, and Henry Gaylord Wilshire.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Haynes, John Randolph, b. 1853--Archives.
John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Civic leaders--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Regional planners--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Water-supply--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government.
Owens River (Calif.)--Water rights.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Water rights.
John Randolph Haynes Correspondence
(Collection 100, box 53). Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.