1 | 1 | Big Pine Reparations Association position statement on reparations. Big Pine Reparations Association materials: statement of damages, receipts, general corr. and corr. with lawyers and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Mono County Real & Personal Property Tax Lists. J. D. Black corr. | 1916-1929 (dates broken) |
1 | 2 | Computations for financial reparations, miscellaneous statements, and notes re reparations for Owens Valley residents and City of Los Angeles for water rights. Originally in folder with date "1929" | 1929(?) |
1 | 3 | Corr. re reparations bill for Big Pine residents; copy of bill. Big Pine Water Association stockholders' statement re Los Angeles City Power and Water votes at stockholders' meeting. Notice of ranch for sale. Materials in folders 3 and 4 originally together | 1925, 1929 |
1 | 4 | Big Pine taxpayers statement to City of Los Angeles re compensation for water loss (two copies); corr. re Big Pine and water controversy; speech by unknown person on plight of Owens Valley. Big Pine Reparations Association memorandum re Big Pine Water Association suit against City of Los Angeles. Materials in folders 3 and 4 originally together | 1924, 1925 |
1 | 5 | J. D. Black corr. re Big Pines reparations | 1926 |
1 | 6 | Register of voters, Inyo County, 1922, 1926 and 1928 primary elections | 1922, 1926, 1928 |
1 | 7 | Big Pines Reparations Association booklet on water controversy (5 copies): Big Pine Reparations Association vs. The City of Los Angeles, by J. O. McIntosh | 1926 |
1 | 9 | Notes by unknown author on Owens Valley water controversy; list of county Democratic and Republican Central Committeeman; legal forms; trader license; register of voters (1926), with precinct results. Cf. Box 1, Folder 7 | 1917-1948 (dates broken) |
8 | 1 | Big Pine Property Owners' Association corr., copies and originals, re state bill on reparations; copies of Big Pine Property Owners' Association corr. re Los Angeles Board of Public Commissioners compensation agreement; corr., copies of documents re federal irrigation project in Owens Valley; documents re business and population decline in Big Pine | 1925 |
8 | 2 | J. D. Black corr. with San Francisco and Los Angeles businesspersons re business and Owens Valley Water controversy; Big Pine Property Owners' Association corr. with lawyer re City of Los Angeles claims in Owens Valley; polemical essay on Owens Valley and Los Angeles, author and date unknown; grievance list | 1924-1925 |
8 | 3 | Sale prices of irrigation rights and agricultural property of stockholders of Big Pine Canal Company and Owens River Canal Company; sale prices of property of Owens Valley farmers and ranchers | 1923 |
8 | 4 | J. D. Black corr. (copies and originals) with San Francisco and Los Angeles businesspersons re business and Owens Valley water controversy | 1924-1925 |
8 | 5 | Big Pine Property Owners' Association corr. with state legislators re City of Los Angeles purchases of water rights; supporting documents (copies) re Owens Valley claims against City of Los Angeles, eg economic losses; corr re Black family property valuation | 1924, 1925 |
8 | 6 | Documents (copies) re Big Pine Water Association (BPWA) agreements with City of Los Angeles; BPWA by-laws, articles of incorporation and list of shareholders | n.d. |
8 | 7 | Copies of Big Pines Reparations Association (BPRA) corr. re legal opinion and membership; BPRA receipts, statement of purpose; Big Pine Property Owners Association petition re suit against City of Los Angeles | 1926 |
8 | 8 | Statement on California Reparations Act of 1925 (copy); Owens Valley residents' 1905 statement re City of Los Angeles water acquisitions (copy); state engineer letter re occupation of Alabama Gates of Los Angeles Aqueduct (copy); Theodore Roosevelt letter re Los Angeles Water Supply Bill (copy); excerpts from Big Pine Citizen and Inyo Magazine re Owens Valley River water controversy (copies) | n.d. |
8 | 9 | Corr., telegrams (copies and originals) re Owens Valley water controversy; supporting documents (copies) re Owens Valley claims against City of Los Angeles, eg economic losses, City of Los Angeles property purchases; Big Pine Property Owners Association roster; City of Los Angeles settlement offer for Big Pine residents; Big Pine Water Association records | 1924-1925 |
8 | 10 | Big Pine Property Owners Association corr. (copies); computations re compensation for Big Pine residents | 1925 |
9 | 1 | By-Laws of the Big Pines Reparations Association (booklet) | 1925 |
9 | 2 | Big Pines Reparations Association membership and assignment contract forms (blank). Cf. Box 9, Folder 5 this series | 1925 |
9 | 3 | Notice of meeting Big Pines Reparations Association mailing cards; mailing list | n.d. |
9 | 4 | Contract forms between Big Pines Reparations Association and members on valuation of property in settlement with City of Los Angeles | 1926 |
9 | 5 | Big Pines Reparations Association membership and assignment contract forms--signed. Cf. Box 9, Folder 2 this series | 1925-1926 |
9 | 6 | Notebook: handwritten copy of by-laws of the Big Pines Reparations Association. With original signatures of witnesses, and directors and secretary. Typewritten copy of bylaws (originally inserted in notebook). | 1925 |
9 | 8 | Signed contract riders by members of Big Pines Reparation Association. Cf. Box 9, Folder 4, this series | 1926 |
9 | 9 | Big Pine town property assessment roll; sale price of properties, with statements re land use; Big Pine mailing lists; Big Pine Reparations Association list of damages, statements of damages; City of Los Angeles settlement proposition for Big Pine; list of Big Pine properties sold, with sale prices; statement re method for computing compensation | 1926 |
9 | 10 | Handwritten Big Pine assessment rolls--ranch and town property; handwritten data tables re Big Pine farms and ranches sold to City of Los Angeles, with data on acreage, irrigation shares, land use under private ownership and city ownership, new addresses of former owners | 1923 |
9 | 11 | Grievance list; City of Los Angeles settlement proposition for Big Pine and town's rejection; miscellaneous notes; compensation list, Big Pine Canal Company; Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) corr. with state legislator and W. W. Watterson (copies); BPPOA corr. with congressman re Los Angeles' development of Owens Valley waters for electricity; copies of legal documents | 1906-1934 (dates broken) |
9 | 12 | Big Pine Property Owners Association data table on ranches sold to City of Los Angeles (original). Originally with negatives in Series 3, Box 18, Folders 16-17 | 1925 |
9 | 13 | Deed between City of Los Angeles and Northern Inyo County Local Hospital District re property acquisitions. Photostatic copy | 1947 |
10 | 1 | Big Pine Reparations Association materials: compensation list and deposition statement (copies), board of directors meeting minutes (copies), membership and assignment contract forms, night letter to Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce | 1926-1927 |
10 | 2 | Big Pine Water Association materials (copies): by-laws, meeting minutes, Minnie Myers deed, board of directors proposition to stockholders re City of Los Angeles offer, stock allocations, memorandum of agreement with City of Los Angeles, articles of incorporation, stockholders' protest re City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power, water right deed, City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public Service letter | 1916- 1926 |
10 | 3 | J. D. Black letter (copy) re poor conditions in Big Pine area; notes; grievance list | 1926 |
10 | 4 | J. D. Black corr. re Owens Valley water controversy; City of Los Angles, Dept. of Public Service, resolution re Owens Valley water use (copy); ranch lease with City of Los Angeles (copy); Inyo County Farm Bureau and Big Pine Citizen statements re controversy (copy) | 1926-1927 |
10 | 5 | Inyo Magazine articles re water controversy (typed carbon copies). Cf. Series 2, Box 20, Folders 1-4 | 1908 |
10 | 6 | Later Owens Valley water controversy materials: newspaper clippings; brochures re 1980 ballot measures; 1975 Big Pine Water Association list of stockholders; City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power lease | 1945- 1980 |
10 | 7 | Loose newspaper clippings re Colorado River compact, and conservation | 1920s(?) |
10 | 8 | Owens Valley water controversy materials, all originally in ring binder:
City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power, property options, and booklet (Facts Concerning the Owens Valley Reparations Claims); City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public Service, irrigation plans; Big Pine Reparation Association statement re legal action. J. D. Black corr. Big Pine Water Association materials: By-laws, articles of incorporations, legal documents. Cf. Box 10, F. 2, this series, re BPWA materials. | 1929-1949 (dates broken) |
10 | 9 | Day book with entries on activities of City of Los Angeles activities in Big Pine. In day book: Big Pines Reparations Association vs. The City of Los Angeles. By J. O. McIntosh. | 1929 |
10 | 10 | Big Pine Property Owners Association minutes book, with claims list and land sales to City of Los Angeles (includes those of Owens River Canal Company) | 1924-1925 |
11 | 1 | Ledger with Big Pine Reparations Association minutes, articles of incorporation. Corr. and agreement between lawyers; and BPRA membership and assignment contract form | 1925-1927 |
12 | 1-2 | Big Pine Reparations Association receipt book (with record stubs re membership) | n.d. |
12 | 3 | Receipt book | n.d. |
12ov | 1 | Tract map re Los Angeles Department of Water and Power property for sale in Big Pine, California (2 copies) | 1947 |
12ov | 2 | Tract map re Los Angeles Department of Water and Power property for sale in Bishop, California (2 copies) | 1947 |
12ov | 3 | Notice of intended sale, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power properties in Bishop, Lone Pine, Big Pine, and Independence California | 1947 |