Scope and Content Memorandum of interview by attorneys Isaacs and Clary of surveyor J. Ogden Marsh, who worked as surveyor for LATR in 1889, and with Clark Miller and Jessup in 1906 (1938)Typescript notes on histories of tidelands surveys in 1868 (1965) "Map showing territory annexed to the City of Los Angeles California," Lloyd Aldrich, City Engineer (undated)Correspondence A.L. Sonderegger to E.E. Bennett re 1937 report on rancho lines at Long Beach Harbor (1937), with...

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Manuscript notes on surveys of Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles Terminal Railway, Dead Man's Island, Rattlesnake Island, and tidelands area (much on scrap paper)

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Legal correspondence titled "Long Beach Dock & Terminal Company vs. City of Long Beach, Board of Harbor Commissioners, et al," including six quitclaim deeds (1939) and negative photostat of cashiers check deposited by Harbor Commission (1940). The case was re to property rights and oil drilling near mouth of Long Beach Harbor.

Scope and Content Legal documents re bridges at Long Beach Harbor, including:Typescript protest to Secretary of War by SPLA&SLRR about decision to require removal of SPLA&SLRR "trestle bridge over the mouth of the Old San Gabriel (Los Angeles) river, and of the dike and dam built to protect said bridge" (1906)Supplemental agreement between LA&SLRR and Southern California Edison Company, re operation and use of draw bridge across San Gabriel River at the Entrance to Long...

Scope and Content Six loose maps re Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor tidelands area titled:"Los Angeles Harbor, California," C.H. MicKinstry, US Army Corps of Engineers, blueprint (1912)"US Coast Survey, Sec. X, coast east of San Pedro Bay, Cal." (1872)"Long Beach Tract no. 11908," pencil manuscript note on back reads "Francis Bates, 1940" (1940?)"Map to accompany application of C.A. Marriner for wharf franchise, showing government harbor line established by the...

Scope and Content Eleven loose maps re Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor tidelands area titled:"Tide Lines, San Pedro Bay, California," negative photostat (undated) "Tide Lines, San Pedro Bay, California," positive photostat (undated) "Map showing the shifting mouth of the San Gabriel River, near Long Beach, Cal., since 1857," positive photostat with colored lines (1906) "Harbor district, Los Angeles-Long Beach California," Francis Bates, print with colored pencil...

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Eight pages typescript by Hanna & Morton, Lawyers for LA Chamber of Commerce, review of legal decisions re property and mineral rights to tidelands, with citations

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Bound positive photostat of typescript by D. E. Hughes and A. L. Sonderegger," two memorandums each by Hughes and Sonderegger re laws and surveying practice for tide levels, navigability, and other problems for property law in tidal areas

Scope and Content Nine sets of items taken from envelope labeled "file in envelope 12, tide lands cases, drawer 3." Manuscript table of contents from envelope: A. Misc. re 'Los Cerritos' including pencil sketches of mouth of San Gabriel River - made by ?B. Sketch of mouth of San Gabriel River (marked 3 for ACS)C. Sketch of mouth of San Gabriel River, US Coast Survey 1892 D. Sketch from map of frac. township of S50R13W [illeg.]E. Copy of deposition by...

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Pleadings, affidavits, and other legal documents from "Long Beach Dock & Terminal Company vs. City of Long Beach, Board of Harbor Commissioners, et al," with maps interspersed throughout showing disputed area. The case was re property rights and oil drilling near mouth of Long Beach Harbor.