UC Riverside

Portrait and group photographs of faculty from the University of California, Riverside and Citrus Experiment Station collected by Albert L. Page, an emeritus professor of environmental science and alumnus from the University of California, Riverside.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives

This collection contains the diaries of Alfred M. North, a high school and junior college teacher in Riverside, California in the early twentieth century. The diaries consist of short daily entries that focus on North's work as an educator, his daily life, his family, and his thoughts on current local and national issues.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives

Correspondence, notes, and other material pertaining to Andrae Nordskog's research on the Owens Valley and construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Nordskog was the president of the Southwest Water League and publisher of "The Gridiron," a Los Angeles newspaper promoting public utility reform.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives

Commercial photographer Avery Field documented the growth and development of Riverside, California in the first half of the 20th century. A large portion of this collection is comprised of images featuring local residents and their involvement in various events such as parades, celebrations, and weddings. The architectural history of the city is also well-documented with images of both residential and commercial buildings, including many of the Mission Inn. Portraits of local families, images of the region's geographic landscapes, and artwork are also contained in this collection.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives

Cache Creek Catalog is a project to provide access to all types of documents pertaining to Cache Creek and vicinity in Yolo and Lake Counties, California. Funded by the Water Resource Association of Yolo County, the purpose of this project is to facilitate administrative, research, and information needs for all parties.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives

Reports from the California Bureau of Sanitary Engineering regarding the distribution of water to the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives

This collection contains correspondence, publications, and other material related to the world of Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy. Primarily includes correspondence between Catherine Clark, a science fiction fan from California, and Igor A. Toloconnicov, a science fiction fan from Volgograd. Clark and Toloconnicov were in correspondence with each other as pen pals and regularly traded science fiction publications over the course of several years. Select material regarding VolgaCon '91, a 1991 science fiction convention organized by Toloconnicov, are also included.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives

This collection contains memorandums, special orders, correspondence, administrative records, and other material pertaining to the military career of Charles E. McGee, a retired United States Air Force Colonel, fighter pilot, and member of the Tuskegee Airmen. McGee served from 1942-1973 with a record of 409 aerial fighter combat missions, including service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives

Reports on the water quality of the Owens River delivered to the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives

Reports, correspondence, documents, maps, photographs, and other material pertaining to projects in hydraulics, sanitation, irrigation, municipal water supply, surface water and groundwater hydrology, and soil in California and other Western states, particularly for the City of Los Angeles regarding water supply from the Owens Valley. Photographs are related to the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, primarily taken in the Owens Valley towns of Big Pine, Independence, and Alabama Hills; as well as the St. Francis Dam collapse.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives