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Title: Melvin L. Blevins Collection of Material About Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley,
Date (inclusive): 1957-1967
Collection number: 1540
Creator: Blevins, Melvin L.
Extent:
74 boxes (37 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Melvin Blevins served with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as watermaster for the Upper Los Angeles River Area,
and as senior hydrologic engineer in the Groundwater and Water Rights, Los Angeles Aqueduct Division. The collection consists
mostly of legal material relating to a trial regarding water rights between Los Angeles and portions of the San Fernando Valley.
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.
Language:
English.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Melvin Blevins, 1987.
[Identification of item], Melvin L. Blevins Collection of Material About Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley (Collection
1540). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Blevins served with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as watermaster for the Upper Los Angeles River Area, and
as senior hydrologic engineer in the Groundwater and Water Rights, Los Angeles Aqueduct Division; wrote
Background Report on Mono Basin Geology and Hydrology (1984) and
Mono Basin Geology and Hydrology (1987).
Collection consists mostly of legal material relating to a trial regarding water rights between Los Angeles and portions of
the San Fernando Valley, along with a small number of water resources publications, some relating to an overview of water
resources in the Owens Valley, California.
Arranged in the following series:
- Los Angeles versus San Fernando water rights trial -- Reporter's transcript (Boxes 1-45).
- Clerk's transcript from trial (Boxes 46-57).
- Trial exhibits (Boxes 58-70).
- Trial report of referee, opening brief, and respondent's brief (Boxes 71-74).
- Water resources publications (Box 74).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Blevins, Melvin L.--Archives.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Dept. of Water and Power--Officials and employees--Archival resources.
Water rights--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Legal documents.
Online resources.