Record Details
Interview of J. Ralph Shoemaker
Claremont Colleges Digital Library
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview of J. Ralph Shoemaker J. Ralph Shoemaker: Water Consultant |
| Creator | Hall, Tom G. (interviewer); Shoemaker, Ralph J. (Ralph Joseph), 1906- |
| Subject | Shoemaker, Ralph J. (Ralph Joseph), 1906-; Palomares family; California. Department of Water Resources; Flood control--California, Southern; Irrigation--California--Pomona Valley; Water districts--California, Southern; Water resources development--California, Southern; Water rights--California, Southern; Groundwater--California, Southern; Oral history transcript |
| Coverage | 1886-1982 |
| Description | Childhood and early schooling in Los Angeles and Chicago; stepfather's investigations of water resources in Pomona area, 1904; further education in ground water measurement; involvement in formation of Pomona Valley Protective Association; association's litigation with San Antonio Water Company; water resource studies of Cucamonga area, 1925; studies of Raymond Basin in Pasadena-Arcadia area in mid-1930s; manager of San Dimas Water Company, 1941; role in construction of San Gabriel Dam after... |
| Publisher | UCLA Library, Center for Oral History Research UCLA Library, Center for Oral History Research |
| Date | 1968 |
| Language | eng |
| Source | PDF, 240 scanned pages, index: Interview of J. Ralph Shoemaker, 2976894 "UCLA Library Catalog Record", https://oralhistory.library.ucla.edu/catalog/21198-zz0008zsbg |
| Rights | The Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library. |
| Relation | California Water Documents - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cwd |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | cwd00258 http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/4592 |
