Resolutions; Los Angeles (Calif.) Board of Public Service Commissioners; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); 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...
Eberhard, George H.; Geo. H. Eberhard Company; California Retail Hardware and Implement Association; Taxation; Stock exchanges.; Stocks; Industries; Labor; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Workman, Mary J. (Mary Julia), 1871-1964; Workman, William H., 1839-1918; Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Records and correspondence; Whipple, Lucille M.; Bernard, Rosa I.; Vollmer, Katherine L.; Devin, Mary Teresa; Desmond, Nora Louise;...
Resolution dated February 21, 1918 signed by the directors of the Brownson House Settlement Association recording their "sentiments of profound sympathy" for their "beloved" association president, Mary J. Workman, over the death of her father,...
Workman, Mary Julia, 1871-1964; Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Photo album created by Mary Julia Workman with 24 black and white photographs. Photographs are of children possibly from Brownson House or Mary Julia Workman's public school class.
Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.); Catholic Church--Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles (Calif.)--Charities;
Memorandum between the Directors of the Brownson House and the Director of Catholic Charities regarding personnel and operations at the Brownson House. The memorandum is typed on plain paper and dated Nov 30, 1919.
Mount St. Mary's College (Los Angeles, Calif.); Workman, Mary Julia, 1871-1964; Stoddart, Bessie; Berres, Dora; Ryland, Edwin P.; Marshall, Thomas C.; Marshall, Mrs. Thomas C.; McManus, Elizabeth;
Black and white photograph of two men and five women standing on a set of steps at Mount St. Mary's College. Typewritten on the reverse of the photo is, "Mount St. Mary's College, February 19, 1947. Front Row, Left to Right: Bessie Stoddart, Mary...
Workman, Mary Julia, 1871-1964; Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Black and white photograph of family picnic at Brownson House with Mary Julia Workman with eight children. The group stands outdoors on the beach, with a pier visible in the background.
Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.); Workman, Mary Julia, 1871-1964;
Black and white photograph of eight school children and a dog with Mary Julia Workman and an unidentified man standing outdoors at the beach, taken at the Brownson House picnic at Anaheim Landing in 1919.
Black and white photograph of a young woman, possibly one of Mary Julia Workman's students, standing on a porch at Delphina Villa, April 20, 1919. An American flag hangs behind her. Written on the back of the photograph is, "This is me," and in a...
Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.); Beauchamp, Mrs.;
Black and white photograph of a woman standing under an awning at Brownson House. Written on the reverse of the photo is "Mrs. Beauchamp, Brownson House, 711 Jackson Street, May 1908."
Reparations; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Inman, J. M.; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) was established to represent the property interests of Big Pine residents, and the organization held its first meeting on December 8, 1924. A. G. Barmore, editor and owner of the Big Pine Citizen, served...
Automobiles--Societies, etc.--California--Los Angeles; Traffic signs and signals--California--Los Angeles;
An exterior view of the headquarters building of the Automobile Club of Southern California in Los Angeles, located at the corner of Adams and Figueroa Streets. The building is located on a busy intersection, with a rectangular traffic signal in...
Reparations; Legislation--California; Big Pine Reparations Association; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938; Inman, J. M.; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
After a reparations bill of California was passed in April 1925, the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) formed the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA) on July 29, 1925 to establish reparations claims against the City of Los Angeles...
A typewritten memo extolling the work of Brownson Settlement House by summarizing the collective, positive feelings of past residents shared through letters and stories. Also iterates Brownson House's widespread reputation as a friendly support for...
Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.); Workman, Mary Julia, 1871-1964; Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947; Sisters of the Holy Family (San Francisco, Calif.);
A typewritten letter on letterhead from the Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles, from Bishop John J. Cantwell to Mary J. Workman, dated March 11, 1918. The Bishop mentions that he will be bringing two Sisters of the Holy Family from San Francisco...
