Loyola Marymount University Digital Collections

Reply of Board of Public Service Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles to the Proposal and Accompanying Documents Dated November 29, 1924 Submitted by W. W. Watterson to Los Angeles Clearing House Association
Water-supply--California--Owens Valley; Irrigation--California; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Contracts; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Watterson, W. W.; Graves, J. A.; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938;...
J. D. Black Papers

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Garfield
Reclamation of land; Irrigation; Water-supply--California--Los Angeles; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1831-1878; Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
J. D. Black Papers

Council of Catholic Women
National Council of Catholic Women (Los Angeles, Calif.); Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (Los Angeles, Calif.); National Catholic Welfare Conference; Catholic Church--California--Los Angeles--Charities;
A 44-page notebook containing typed, numbered lists of notes on the National Council of Catholic Women. These lists include the reasons for establishing the Council, a timeline of the Council's development, the social issues important to the...
Catholicism in L.A.

Act of Congress, Public No. 395, summary
Legislation--United States; Land use; Water-supply--California--Management; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt approved the Los Angeles Water Supply Bill to the Secretary of the Interior. The Right of Act was passed allowing the City of Los Angeles to acquire lands and water rights in Owens Valley for the construction...
J. D. Black Papers

Act of Congress, Public No. 395
Legislation--United States; Land use; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Water-supply--California--Management; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt approved the Los Angeles Water Supply Bill to the Secretary of the Interior. The Right of Act was passed allowing the City of Los Angeles to acquire lands and water rights in Owens Valley for the construction...
J. D. Black Papers

Spring Street, showing Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles, California
Hotels--California--Los Angeles; Streets--California--Los Angeles; Buildings--California--Los Angeles; Pedestrians; Automobiles; Cable cars (Streetcars); Sidewalks
Looking southwest toward the Hotel Alexandria at the corner of Spring and Fifth streets.
Changing Face of Southern California

Joseph Glass, C.M.
College presidents--California--Los Angeles
Portrait of Fr. Joseph Glass, C.M., in profile. The photograph is mounted on heavy paper, with "Marceau, Los Angeles" printed on the lower right corner of the paper. The upper left corner of the paper is torn, and a pinhole and circular...
Loyola Marymount University Historical Photograph Collection

Los Angeles water supply bill and consequences
Bills, Legislative; Water-supply, Agricultural; Big Pine Water Association; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...
J. D. Black Papers

Theodore Marshall, S.J., reading Volney
Academic library directors; Jesuits; Books; Academic libraries--California--Los Angeles
Theodore Marshall, S.J., reading The Law of Nature by C.-F. Volney.
Loyola Marymount University Historical Photograph Collection