Scope and Content Six pocket expanding folder containing:Boardbound typescript, "The Ranchos: Los Alamitos -- La Bolsa Chica -- Los Bolsas," by Francis Bates, 65 pp including table of contents. Report on patent descriptions, field notes, field books, and prior studies of surveys of the three named ranchos, with particular attention to meander lines along their coastal frontage. (1945) Paperbound typescript with manuscript tables, "Appendix B. Calculation sheets, report of Francis...

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Single pocket expanding folder containing a bound typescript, manuscript and photostat "Correction sheets," by Francis Bates. First page states "Insert in Report No. 2, July 6, 1939," cover letter explains that new calculations and discussion to be replaced due to "erroneous interpretation of a detail in the field-notes of the Hansen and Solano Survey of 1877" and lists pages corrected.

Scope and Content Single pocket expanding folder containing the following documents:Bound typescript, "Original surveys and landmarks in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor area, report no. 2, Los Cerritos Rancho, July, 1939," Francis Bates, 144 pp including historical background of Los Cerritos Rancho, notes on George Hansen (1855), Henry Hancock (1856), and subsequent surveys of Los Cerritos Rancho area, notes on attempts by Francis Bates to reestablish said surveys in 1938-1939Bound...

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Single pocket expanding folder containing bound typescript "Harbor-area, report no. 2 - landmarks, addendum no. 1, Francis Bates, Nov. 1, 1939," by Francis Bates, 22 pp with manuscript tables and figures discussing interpretations of Hancock's field notes from Los Cerritos Rancho survey. 1956 cover letter from Francis Bates notes that report was never submitted.

Scope and Content Three pocket expanding folder containing two bound typescript and manuscripts: "Harbor-area, report no. 3, topography, (a) C.F. Miller, 1907," by Francis Bates, 157 pp with bound in maps and manuscript tables, a study of survey of Cerritos Slough by C.F. Miller (1907), including four maps: "Exhibit A, Slough location and topography, by C.F. Miller Jan-Feb 1907, field books T47-L15, Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor;" "Exhibit B, Slough location and topography, by C.F. Miller Jan-Feb...