Descriptive Summary
J. D. Black Papers
1876-1999
1920-1929; 1950-1959
CSLA-15
Black, J. D.
22 archival document boxes, 14 oversize boxes
Loyola Marymount University. William H. Hannon Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
The J. D. Black Papers (CSLA-15) contain photographs, publications, correspondence, and organizational records related to J. D. Black's career and business in Big Pine, California. Of particular value are the records of the reparations organizations of Big Pine active during the Owens Valley Water Wars of the 1920s and the photographs documenting life in the mining towns of California's eastern Sierras and western Nevada.
Collection stored offsite. Research use requires both an advance notice of intent to use the collection and an appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Department of Archives and Special Collection, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University: 310-338-2780, 310-338-5357.
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
The J. D. Black Papers are part of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection, a program of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University. The Research Collection is administered by the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University. The J. D. Black Papers are open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Series number, Box and Folder number, J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Acquisition Information
Barbara Black Fitzpatrick and Jacqueline Holmes; gift; 1999; 2001.
Biography
John David Black was born in 1893 to a pioneer family of California's Owens Valley of the eastern Sierra Nevadas. J. D.'s father, John, established a store in Bishop in 1888 that J. D. continued to run at least until the 1950s. In 1902, still retaining the family home and store in Bishop, the Blacks moved to nearby Big Pine, where John opened another store, which eventually came under J. D. Black's management and remained in business until 1948. John participated in other business enterprises, such as a saloon, and father and son also held mining property jointly, as well as individual mines.
J. D. Black was a leader in the 1920s in different Big Pine citizens' organizations seeking relief and compensation for economic losses owing to the City of Los Angeles' control of the Owens Valley. Despite the economic decline of the Owens Valley, J. D. Black continued to reside there, until his death in 1960.
Scope and Content of Collection
The J. D. Black Papers consist of materials relating to the personal and poltical life, and mining and business interests of J(ohn) D(avid) Black, a leading activist of the fight of Big Pine, Califoria, of the Owens Valley, against the City of Los Angeles' takeover of that region's land and water rights. The holdings of the J. D. Black Papers span the years 1876-1999, with the bulk of the datable material originating in the 1920s and in the 1950s. The majority of the materials pertain to the reparations organizations in Big Pine, California, of which J. D. Black was a leader, seeking redress from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens Valley Water Wars of the 1920s. See especially Series 1 and Series 2.
The collection consists of textual and non-textual materials. Textual holdings include correspondence, minutes, brochures, organizational papers, publications, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, and government documents, both county (voter registration lists) and state (legislative bill on reparations). Other textual materials include miscellany on Bishop, California; miscellaneous publications, such as Bob Shuler's Magazine (found in Series 2)and legal documents on the Black family's holdings in the Owens Valley, eg, mining properties.
Non-textual materials are comprised of personal photographs of the Black family, as well as general interest photographs of activities and places in the Owens Valley (cf. Series 3). Of special interest are photographs of mining and daily life in the California Sierras and neighboring Nevada in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the more valuable photographs in this collection are those of the Nevada mining towns of Tonopah and Candelaria, and the present-day ghost towns of Bodie and Keeler, California. Some photographs document the decline of the ranches, farms, and towns of the Owens Valley after the City of Los Angeles became the major landholder there.
Arrangement
The J. D. Black Papers are organized into six series, with three subseries: - Series 1. Owens Valley Water Controversy Records. This series consists of materials concerning the Owens Valley water controversy in the 1920s, which marked the final stage of the valley residents' most active resistance to the City of Los Angeles. Central in this series are the correspondence, and organizational and administrative records (many of which are copies) of the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPOA), the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA), and the Big Pine Water Association (BPWA). This includes the by-laws and articles of incorporation of the BPRA and the BPWA, and meeting minutes for the BPOA and the BPRA. There is also incoming and outgoing correspondence from the organizations regarding their plans for reparations, including lawsuits initiated by State Senator J. M. Inman and Inyo County District Attorney Jess Hession (see, for example, Box 8, Folder 1). Also to be found are City of Los Angeles proposals for resolving problems and subsequent position statements issued in response by Big Pine organizations (see especially Boxes 8 and 9). Depositions from Big Pine residents, and data sheets and lists regarding population and business losses, and losses of farms and ranches also form an important part of this series. Noteworthy as well are the handwritten estimates from members of the Big Pine Canal Company and Owens River Canal Company on the value of their water rights and farms in late 1923, a time when the City of Los Angeles was actively buying up property and water rights in the Owens Valley (Box 8, Folder 3). Names of note in these organizational and administrative records include W. W. Watterson and Fred Eaton.
- Series 2. Publications and Scrapbooks. In this series are loose newspapers, clippings of newspaper and magazine articles, governmental publications, and scrapbooks that Black compiled of the Owens Valley water controversy, most of which date from the 1920s and the early 1930s. Some of the clippings on the Owens Valley water controversy date from after J. D. Black's death (1960), indicating that his wife Sophie or other Black family members had added them to his collection. Magazine articles on the Owens Valley postdating J. D. Black's death in this collection indicate a provenance similar to the one just mentioned. Important California state publications on the Owens Valley water controversy include the state engineer's report in 1925 to Governor Friend Richardson. Also in this collection are City of Los Angeles publications, dating from the 1920s and 1930s, related to its involvement in Owens Valley. They are often apologia for the city's actions, eg, the City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power's response to claims for reparations: Facts Concerning the Owens Valley Reparations Claims (Box 9, Folder 7).
- Series 3. Photographs. The photographic materials consist of personal photographs of the Black family, as well as general interest photographs of life, persons, and places in the Owens Valley. There are also two subseries (described below). All photgraphs and postcards of this series and its subseries are in black and white, unless otherwise noted.
- Series 3. Subseries A: Photographic Postcards. Photographic post cards--very popular in the United States ca. 1900--constitute much of the photographic materials; because of their value in the J. D. Black Papers and format, they have been arranged as Subseries A within Series 3. The photographic postcards document important events in the history of the eastern Sierras of California and western Nevada. These include the first crossing of the California state line by the Carson and Colorado Railroad, the railroad that serviced the Owens Valley and the mining towns of western Nevada. Other valuable postcards include those of such mining towns as Bodie, California, and Candelaria, Nevada. Also found in this subseries are photographic postcards related to the Owens Valley water controversy, most notably the seizure of the Alabama Gates by the residents of the Owens Valley in 1924 (Box 16, Folders 1-13), and the photographic postcards reproducing original photographs of Andrew Alexander Forbes documenting the Native Americans of the Owens Valley, chiefly the Paiutes (See Box 16, Folders 16-29).
- Series 3. Subseries B: Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley. Extremely rare, perhaps even unique, are the photographs that J. D. Black took of ranches and farms, and other properties in the Owens Valley abandoned after their acquisition by the City of Los Angeles. J. D. Black labelled many of the photographs with the names of their owners and dated some as well. Because of their value, and because J. D. Black stored them separately, they have been established in Subseries B: Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley.
- Series 4. Protest Correspondence, 1946-1960. This series contains correspondence (some incoming, but mostly outgoing), telegrams, night letters, and newspaper clippings regarding the injustices of the Owens Valley water controversy that J. D. Black sent to state and federal officials and bodies. Eccentric in mission and content, these communications date from after World War II to J. D. Black's death in 1960, a period well after the time when the Owens Valley water controversy had been decided in the favor of the City of Los Angeles.
- Series 5. Personal Correspondence and Records.This series is made up of correspondence, receipt books, receipts, newspaper clippings, leases, and contracts related to the personal affairs and business interests in the Owens Valley (mining and stores) of J. D. Black and his wife Sophie Black and their daughters.
- Series 5. Subseries A: World War I, World II, Korean War Correspondence. This subseries of Series 5 is comprised of correspondence and photographs to J. D. Black from servicemen of World War I, World War II, and the Korean conflict. The photographs include pictures of the famous Italian monastery of Monte Cassino during the Allied assault there in 1944 (Box 7, Folder 2)
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Series 6. Personal Notes. In this series are found the handwritten, loose notes of J. D. Black on the Owens Valley water controversy. They often functioned as rough drafts of the correspondence found in Series 4 and are often hard to decipher. The loose newspaper clippings in Box 14ov of Series 2 originally accompanied the notes found in Series 6.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Black, J. D. (John David)
Owens Valley (Calif.)
Bishop (Calif.)
Big Pine (Calif.)
Water rights -- California -- Owens Valley -- History -- Sources
Water rights -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Sources
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Owens Valley -- History -- Sources
Other Finding Aids
The guide to the J. D. Black Papers can also be found at the website of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University: http://www.lmu.edu/Page5399.aspx
Box and Folder List
Series 1
Owens Valley Water Controversy Records
1906-1980
6 boxes, 1 oversize boxes
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 and 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
19251929
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
19241925
1 : 5
J. D. Black corr. re Big Pines reparations
1926
1 : 6
Register of voters, Inyo County, 1926 and 1928 primary elections
19261928
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
19241925
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
Series 2
Publications and Scrapbooks
1908-1999
25 folders, 33 oversize folders, 1 flat file
2 : 1
Mono and Inyo Counties, and Carson City, Nevada promotional literature
n.d.
2 : 2
Newspaper clippings re Owens Valley water controversy
1997
2 : 3
8 issues of "Bob Shuler's Magazine"
1929
2 : 4
Magazine articles re water conservation, Owens Valley water controversy,
and Inyo County history
1985-1999
(dates broken)
9 : 7
Pamphlet: Facts Concerning the Owens Valley Reparations Claims. City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power. 2 copies, one with notes by J. D. Black.
Pamphlet: Big Pines Reparations Association vs. The City of Los Angeles. By J. O. McIntosh. 3 copies.
Postal receipts. All materials originally in notebook with name Barbara Black inscribed
19261948
20 : 1
Telephone directories for Bishop and Big Pine, California
19501958
20 : 2
Inyo Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 7: "A Theft in Water. Part III."
1908
20 : 3
Inyo Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 10: "A Theft in Water. Part VI."
1908
20 : 4
Inyo Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 11: "A Theft in Water. Part VII."
1908
20 : 5
Fortnight: The Newsmagazine of California, Vol. 8, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 12.
1950
20 : 6
California Mining Journal, Vol. 17, No. 11.
1948
20 : 7
City of Los Angeles, Board of Public Service Commissioners. Reply of the Board of Public Service Commissioners
to the Proposal ... submitted by W. W. Watterson.... 2 copies
1924
20 : 8
State of California. Department of Public Works. Letter of Transmittal and Report of State Engineer Concerning the Owens Valley-
Los Angeles Controversy to Governor Friend William Richardson. By W. F. McClure. 3 copies
1925
20 : 9
The Owens Valley and the Los Angeles Water Controversy. Owens Valley as I Knew It. By Richard Coke Wood. From This Mountain--Cerro Gordo. By Robert C. Likes and Glenn R. Day
19731975
20 : 10
Handbook. California Legislature. Forty-Sixth Session
1925
20 : 11
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power publications: Owens River Gorge Development; and The Romance of Water and Power, by Don Kinsey
1928 1935
20 : 12
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water for Thirteen Cities in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water exhibit souvenir of the California Pacific International Exposition. San Diego, California
1935
20 : 13
Pamphlet: Deep Springs. A Prefatory. By P. N. Nunn.
n.d.
20 : 14
Arizona Highways, Vol. 31, No. 2
1955
20 : 15
A Guide to U. S. Army Insignia and Decorations. By Gordon A. J. Petersen. A Guide to U. S. Navy Insignia and Decorations. By Gordon A. J. Petersen.
Originally with correspondence in Series 5, Subseries A, Boxes, 6 and 7
1942
20 : 16
Booklet with constitutional amendments and statutes on California State ballot
1914
20 : 17
Our Navy at War. Official Report by Admiral Ernest J. King ... Covering Combat Operations Up To March 1, 1944.
1944(?)
20 : 18
Courage, no. 11. San Francisco hotel guide. San Francisco Giants score card.
19271959
20 : 19
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power brochure re Owens Valley recreation
1928
20 : 20
Miscellaneous brochures and pamphlets
19281936
1ov : 1
Clippings from Los Angeles and Owens Valley newspapers re Owens Valley Water controversy and Owens Valley miscellany
1923-1981
(dates broken)
2ov : 1
Newspaper clippings from Los Angeles and Owens Valley newspapers re Owens Valley Water controversy, building of Colorado River Aqueduct, and Owens Valley miscellany
1925-1999
(dates broken)
2ov : 2
Newspaper clippings from Los Angeles and Owens Valley newspapers re Owens Valley Water controversy, and Owens Valley miscellany
1924-1981
(dates broken)
2ov : 3
Issues of The Gridiron on Owens Valley water controversy
1927
2ov : 4
Owens Valley newspapers on water controversy
1927-1933
(dates broken)
2ov : 5
ssues of Los Angeles Record not on water controversy
1925
2ov : 6
Owens Valley and Los Angeles newspapers on water controversy
1925-1995
(dates broken)
2ov : 7
Signs for Black's Store; miscellaneous notes on Owens Valley water controversy
n.d.
3ov
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy; loose newspapers
1924
4ov
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy; Big Pines Reparations Association booklet
1925-1926
5ov
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy
1927
6ov
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy
1927-1928
7ov
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy
1929
8ov
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy; loose clippings and newspaper; handwritten notes re controversy
1930
9ov
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy (only one clipping)
1930
10ov
Scrapbook: Clippings re Owen Valley water controversy; loose clippings
1931
12ov : 5
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power pamphlets re Department's history and service; flyer re Colorado River Aqueduct relief map at the Pacific Southwest Exposition
1928 1952
12ov : 6
San Francisco tour map; Forest Lawn cemetery map, of Glendale, California
n.d.
12ov : 7
City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Service brochure: proposed plan for permanent irrigation at Big Pine, California, with response of Owens Valley residents
1924
13ov : 1
Inyo Register and Owens Valley Herald, Supplement Number One, re economic losses of Owens Valley. FRAGILE
1925
13ov : 2
Big Pine Citizen, with articles re dynamiting of Los Angeles aqueduct. FRAGILE
1927
13ov : 3
Owens Valley Herald, with editorials, articles re troubles with City of Los Angeles. FRAGILE
1924 1925
13ov : 4
Inyo Register, with articles re Big Pine fire
1949-1950 1952-1953
13ov : 5
San Francisco tourist brochure
1950
13ov : 6
U. S. Geological Survey map: Mt. Tom (California) Quadrangle
1954(?)
13ov : 8
Loose newspaper clippings re Inyo County history and miscellany
19181954
14ov : 1-3
Loose newspaper clippings re Owens Valley Water controversy and Colorado river. Cf. Series 6, Boxes 21, 22
1950s
flat file
Thomas Brothers street map: San Francisco/Oakland
1946
Series 3
Photographs
1888-1958
6 archival document boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder
3 : 1
Hotel Butler, Big Pine, California. 1914
1914
3 : 2
Black's Cash Store, Bishop, California (4 photographs)
3 : 3
Site of John Black's original store
1888
3 : 4
Black's race horse
3 : 5
Morton George and wife. Albuquerque, New Mexico
3 : 6
Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Edwards
3 : 7
Mrs. Tom Callow
3 : 8
J.D. Black with unidentified man
3 : 9
Jack Black
3 : 10
Johny (sic) McKay and J.D. Black
3 : 11
Pete Giraud et al.
3 : 12
Group picture: (top row, left-right) Ober, Miller, George Mitchell. (bottom row, left-right) Frank Epperly, Ramon Machado
3 : 13
Mr. Trudo, Bill McDonald
3 : 14
Bert Ober
3 : 15
Unidentified man
3 : 16
James J. Butler
3 : 17
Tom Callow's Big Pine Hotel and Bar
Early 1900s
3 : 18
Mrs. John Black
3 : 19
Ed McNamee's Big Pine Goodfellows Christmas Club. 5 photographs
3 : 20
Al Staudinger Marble Works. Keeler, California. 3 photographs
3 : 21
John McAlpin, partner of John Black (in Bodie, California?)
3 : 22
Group picture: (standing, left-right) J. I. Jones, Ed Ober; (seated, left-right) Bill Stains, Ed Ober
3 : 23
Unidentified man
3 : 24
Two unidentified boys
3 : 25
Unidentified girl
3 : 26
John Black
3 : 27
Two tintypes: John Black and Bill Boot, editor of the Tonopah, Nevada, newspaper; and John Black
3 : 28
Virginia Black
3 : 29
Group Picture: Young J. D. Black, with baseball teammates
3 : 30
Young J. D. Black
3 : 31
Mr. and Mrs. John Black
3 : 32
J. D. Black
3 : 33
Young J. D. Black and sister Rosalind
3 : 34
Rosalind Black and family dog. 2 photographs
3 : 35
Group portrait of the John Black family
3 : 36
Unidentified factory, exterior and interior shots. 5 photographs
3 : 37
Unidentified persons and location. 3 photographs
3 : 38
Photograph of Bishop, California, after blizzard. 1933
3 : 39
J. D. Black and unidentified person. 2 tintypes
3 : 40
Clearing of snow from streets (of Bishop, California, at Black's Corner?). 4 photographs
3 : 41
Aerial photos of Owens Valley. 8 photographs
3 : 42
Unidentified mining town
3 : 43
Young J. D. Black, with father, John Black
4 : 1-27
Photographs of Bishop, California, after blizzard
1933
4 : 28
Big Pine Saloon
4 : 29
Riding party
4 : 30
Cabin in mountains
4 : 31
Unidentified woman. 2 photographs
4 : 32
Campsite (John Black in picture?)
4 : 33
Old timers party, Big Pine, California
4 : 34
2 photographs of aqueduct; unidentified picture
4 : 35
Unidentified surveyor
4 : 36
Unidentified woman
4 : 37
Huston Cline and Mr. Saiz
4 : 38
Group picture: 4 unidentified women
4 : 39
Unidentified girl (Rosalind Black?)
4 : 40
Seattle, Washington house (Black family home?)
4 : 41
"Hall's Hall" after snowstorm. 2 photographs
1914
4 : 42
Group picture of picnic brunch1914
4 : 43
Winter scene
4 : 44
George, Native American man
4 : 45
John McBride
4 : 46
Scenes of Owens Valley. 12 color photographs
4 : 47
Unidentified man
4 : 48
Washed out bridge1914
4 : 49
Miners: (left-right) Johnny Williams, Johny [sic] Utter, Sandy Lochrie
4 : 50
Winter trip in Owens Valley. 11 photographs
4 : 51
Camping trip. 13 photographs
4 : 52
Campaign billboard (Senator Thomas Kuchel). 2 photographs: 168 East Line Street, Big Pine California
4 : 53
View of mountain lake
4 : 54
Unidentified man with ax, in woods
4 : 55
Brush arbor campsite, with unidentified man and woman
4 : 56
Winter scenes of J. D. Black home and family. 12 photographs
4 : 57
5 photographs: children on horse, Hotel Butler and market in Big Pine California. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 1, this series
4 : 58
Mine, Chrysopolis, California. 5 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 2, this series
4 : 59
J. D. Black home. 12 photographs. Some photographs labelled "home." Negatives in Box 18, Folder 3, this series
16 : 43
Fire, Big Pine, California. 4 photographs
1947
16 : 44
Fire, Big Pine, California. 3 photographs1947
16 : 45
Display of photographs and documents celebrating 60th anniversary of Black's Store, Bishop, California. Notes on arrangement of pictures
1948
16 : 46
Bodie, California, drilling contest. John Black, umpire
16 : 47
Bishop or Big Pine, California, cars. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 7, this series
16 : 48
Bishop, California, after blizzard. 7 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 8, this series
1933
16 : 49
Demolition of George Neill place, Bishop, California. 7 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 10, this series
1956
16 : 50
Artesian well, aqueduct gates (including Eaton gate), pipe, canals. 9 photographs. Date: 1955. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 11, this series
16 : 51
Black's grocery store, Main Street, Big Pine, California. 3 photographs. With identifying notes (by Jack Black?)
16 : 52
Unidentified man receiving Distinguished Flying Cross (at March Air Force Base, California?)
16 : 53
Flight crew, B-24 Liberator. Place: Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
1943
16 : 54
Notes re photographs: Box 17, Folder 34, Series 3, Subseries B
17 : 1
Demolition of old grammar school, Bishop, California. 9 photographs
17 : 2
Unidentified persons. 3 photographs
17 : 3
Back yard, Big Pine store and hotel. 8 photographs
17 : 4
Felled tree. 5 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 5, this series1958
17 : 5
J. D. Black friends and relatives. 6 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 6, this series
17 : 6
Construction of Elks building. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 8
1956
17 : 7
Water well. 4 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 11, this series
17 : 8
Abandoned Clark farm; 2 photographs (Cf. Subseries B, this series). Wells and canals; 6 photographs. Black ditch, Big Pine, California; 5 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 12, this series
1930
17 : 9
Lee Cornell residence, demolition. Caption: "Lee Cornell residence, being torn down." 4 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 13, this series
17 : 27
Cemetery (Big Pine, California?). 4 photographs
17 : 28
Destroyed building. 4 photographs. Negatives in Box 18, Folder 29
17 : 29
Owens Valley ranchlands. Date: 1930. 7 photographs. Cf. Subseries B, this series
17 : 30
Big Pine Creek flood. 2 photographs. Water well and cement pipe for water delivery to canal. Captions on back. 3 photographs
17 : 31
Water wells, canals, and pipes. 6 photographs1930
17 : 32
Big Pine Creek. 4 photographs. Captions1948
18 : 1
Negatives. Main Street, Big Pine, California. Cf. Box 4, Folder 57, this series
18 : 2
Mine, Chrysopolis, California. Cf. Box 4, Folder 58, this series
18 : 3
J. D. Black home. Cf. Box 4, Folder 59, this series
18 : 4
Negatives. Demolition of old grammar school, Bishop, California. Cf. Box 17, Folder 1, this series
18 : 5
Negatives. Felled tree. Cf. Box 17, Folder 4, this series
1958
18 : 6
Negatives. J. D. Black friends and relatives. Cf. Box 17, Folder 5, this series
18 : 7
Negatives. Bishop or Big Pine, California, cars. Cf. Box 16, Folder 48, this series
18 : 8
Negatives. Construction of Elks building. Cf. Box 17, Folder 6
1956
18 : 9
Negatives. Bishop, California, after blizzard. Cf. Box 16, Folder 49, this series1933
18 : 10
Negatives. Demolition of George Neill place, Bishop, California. Cf. Box 16, Folder 50, this series1956
18 : 11
Negatives. Rural property with well. Cf. Box 17, Folder 7, this series
18 : 12
Negatives. Abandoned Clark farmstead. Wells and canals. Black ditch, Big Pine, California. Cf. Box 17, Folder 8, this series
1930
18 : 13
Negatives. Lee Cornell residence, demolition. Cf. Box 17, Folder 9, this series
18 : 14
Negatives. Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Meyers, McMurry, Steward, Partridge places. Cf. Box 17, Folder 14, this series. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
18 : 15
Negatives. Abandoned Eugley home, Big Pine, California. Date: 1932. Originally in envelope labelled: "Old Eugley House--torn down August 1932. (The place we first occupied when we hit Big Pine 1902)." Cf. Box 17, Folder 25
18 : 16
Negatives for photographs in Box 17, Folders 11-22. Accompanied by Big Pine Property Owners Association data table on ranches sold to city; cf. Big Box 9, Folder 12
18 : 17
Negatives for photographs in Box 17, Folders 11-22. Accompanied by Big Pine Property Owners Association data table on ranches sold to City of Los Angeles; cf. Big Box 9, Folder 12
18 : 18
Negatives. Bishop, California, after blizzard. Cf. Box 4, Folders 1-27
1933
18 : 19
Negatives. Bishop, California, after blizzard. Cf. Box 4, Folders 1-27
1933
18 : 20-27, 30-31
Negatives
18 : 28
Negatives. Main Street, Big Pine, California
18 : 29
Negatives. Destroyed building. Cf. Box 17, Folder 28, this series
11ov : 1
Interior of John Black's saloon
11ov : 2
Pine Creek Mill
11ov : 3
Clark-Kaeding Company Architects building and employees
11ov : 4
Group portrait: Ober family and others
11ov : 5
Tonopah, Nevada. 2 photographs. Fragile
12ov : 4
Group picture: unidentified male students
Series 3. Subseries A
Photographic Postcards
1893-1940
2 boxes
5 : 1
Box Canyon Toll Road
5 : 2
Faro bank. Bank Club, Reno Nevada
5 : 3
Black's Corner [store]. 4 postcards
1922
5 : 4
Bodie, California
5 : 5
Big Pine, California. 4 postcards
5 : 6
Portola festival. San Francisco, California. 3 postcards
5 : 7
Hotel Butler, Big Pine, California
1914
5 : 8
Black's Corner [store]
1914
5 : 9
John Black, Al Lynn. 2 postcards
5 : 10
Main Street, Big Pine, California
5 : 11
Hardware store, Bishop, California
5 : 12
Community Christmas tree, Big Pine, California
1913
5 : 13
First taxi of Bishop, California
5 : 14
Riding party in Nevada
5 : 15
Motorcyclists. 2 postcards
5 : 16
Early twentieth century automobiles. 2 postcards
5 : 17
Big Pine Creek, California
5 : 18
Wheat threshing, Bishop, California
5 : 19
Carson, Nevada train depot
5 : 20
Warren swimming pool
5 : 21
Candelaria, Nevada
1876
5 : 22
Swain and Ingalls Delivery. Otis Ingalls in wagon,
W. A. Ingalls by side of wagon. Candelaria, Nevada.
1893
5 : 23
Bishop, California, flooded streets
1914
5 : 24
Big Pine, California (winter scenes). 4 postcards
5 : 25
Main Street, Big Pine, California (winter scenes). 3 postcards
5 : 26
Carson and Colorado Railroad first crossing of California/Nevada state line
5 : 27
San Joaquin River, south fork
5 : 28
Unidentified home
5 : 29
Farm scene. Dorrance Keough written on back of postcard
5 : 30
Eugley Place
5 : 31
Four female students
5 : 32
Paiute Native American
5 : 33
"Pauline"
5 : 34
View of lake
5 : 35
Two unidentified women
5 : 36
Unidentified woman
5 : 37
Black family cousin
5 : 38
Unidentified women and man fishing
5 : 39
Group picture of six men
5 : 40
Unidentified woman
5 : 41
J. D. Black with unidentified men
5 : 42
J. D. Black, Mose and Yetta Foreman. 1 postcard, 1 photograph
5 : 43
Grant Hotel, San Diego
5 : 44
Two unidentified men
16 : 1
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Chow L.A. Aqueduct." 12 postcards1924
16 : 2
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Bishop Ranchers in Possession of L.A. Water Supply. Nov. 16-20, 1924." 1924
16 : 3
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Army of Occupation. L.A. Aqueduct." 1924
16 : 4
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Bishop Ranchers Take Control of L. A. Aqueduct. Nov. 16-20, 1924." 1924
16 : 5
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Flowing Gold. L.A. Aqueduct."1924
16 : 6
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "The Auto Fleet of Bishop Ranchers at L. A. Aqueduct. Nov. 16-20, 1924." 1924
16 : 7
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "The Rancher's (sic) Army Holding the L.A. Aqueduct. Nov. 16-20, 1924."1924
16 : 8
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Army of Occupation. Los Angeles Acqueduct (sic). Nov. 20, 1924"1924
16 : 9
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Army of Occupation. L.A. Aqueduct." 1924
16 : 10
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Band--Its Army of Occupation. L. A. Acqueduct (sic). Nov. 10, 20, 1924." 1924
16 : 11
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "Spillway. L.A. Aqueduct."1924
16 : 12
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Owens Valley residents eating at aqueduct. Date: 19241924
16 : 13
Owens Valley ranchers seizure of Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caption: "If I am not on the job, You can find me at the AQUEDUCT." 1924
16 : 14
Silver Lake. Topaz Lake, sent to J. D. Black
16 : 15
Palisade Glacier. 2 postcards
16 : 16
Mt. Whitney. Mt. Tom
16 : 17
Owens Valley
16 : 18
Duck Lake Trail
16 : 19
Devil's Gate. Owens River at Benton's Crossing. Crowley Lake
16 : 20
Three Native American women with babies. Caption: "Baby Show"
16 : 21
Native American man. Caption: "Old Steve and wickieup."
16 : 22
Native American baskets. Caption: "Prize baskets."
16 : 23
Native American man. Caption: "Tom Bowers Piute (sic) Indian." 3 postcards
16 : 24
Native American dwelling. Caption: "Indian Medicine House." 3 postcards
16 : 25
Native American woman at grindstone. 3 postcard
16 : 26
Native American woman weaving basket. Caption: "Mahala making baskets." 2 postcards
16 : 27
Native American man making fire. Caption: "Sporty Jack The Fire Maker." 3 postcards
16 : 28
Native American women walking, with baskets on back. Caption: "Mahalas Homeward Bound." 3 postcards
16 : 29
Native American symbols inscribed on rock. Caption: "Hieroglyphic." 2 postcards.
16 : 30
Scotty's Castle, Death Valley. 13 postcards, including Death Valley Scotty (Walter Scott), and Albert and Bessie Johnson
16 : 31
Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "World famous Crystal Bar and Clock, Virginia City, Nev."
16 : 32
Miners, Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "ConVirginia Mining Co. Virginia City, Nevada."
16 : 33
Parade, Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "Co. B Emmitt Guard, Virginia City, Nevada."
16 : 34
Candelaria, Nevada, train depot. Caption: "Candelaria Depot 1898. Fred Barnes, Conductor. Frank Regan, Brakeman. Abe Church, Engineer. Johnnie McGillis, Fireman. Chas. Meadows, Mail Clerk."1898
16 : 35
Freight wagons. Caption: "Old Historic 20 Mule Team Borax Wagons--Death Valley." Handwriten note on man in photograph: "Bill Mendenhall"
16 : 36
Team of horses hauling felled trees. Caption: "Hauling Logs to Mammoth Sawmill"
16 : 37
House, Rhyolite, Nevada. Caption: " 'Bottle House' Built Entirely of Discarded Beer Bottles"
16 : 38
Big Pine high school building
16 : 39
Community celebration: Big Pine or Bishop, California. "1908" written on front. Written on back: "Carrie Scott" and "1st white umbrella the right hand corner Mom and Dad before they were married."1908
16 : 40
Gag postcards. 2
16 : 41
Postcard from Anchorage, Alaska, to Jack Black1940
16 : 42
Mono Lake. Lassen Volcanic National Park. Color postcards
Series 3. Subseries B
Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley
1930-1934
1 box
17 : 10
Abandoned houses, including Gregg building. Caption: "Gregg Bldng." 4 photographs1934
17 : 11
Abandoned ranch, orchard and other properties, belonging to Bat Steward, Earl Smith. 7 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 12
Abandoned ranches and house, including Rheinakel, McMurry, Steward properties. Felled fruit trees. 9 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 13
Abandoned orchard, rural properties, including Steward properties. 8 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 14
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, farms, including Tyler, Benner, Ostrander, and Thomas properties. 9 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 15
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Hession, Standinger places. 10 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
19301932
17 : 16
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Meyers, McMurry, Steward, Partridge places. 7 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings." Negatives in Box 18, Folder 14, this series
17 : 17
Abandoned farm/ranch homes, barns, corrals, silos, including Hession, Wilson, Willis places. 11 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 18
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, barns, silo, cellar, including Benner, Steward, Utter, and Thomas places. 16 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 19
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, orchards, including Wilson and Hession orchards. 10 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 20
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Willis, McMurry, and Farrington places. 9 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 21
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including Albers and Rossi places. 8 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 22
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, including McCullough and Smith places. 7 photographs. Originally in box labelled "Water Abandoned Lands Buildings"
17 : 23
Abandoned houses, including Tate, Lane, Meyers (Big Pine, California?). 8 photographs1924
17 : 24
Abandoned homes, businesses, Big Pine, California. Cordwood from orchard. 4 photographs
17 : 25
Abandoned Eugley home, Big Pine, California. 8 photographs. Originally in envelope labelled: "Old Eugley House--torn down August 1932. (The place we first occupied when we hit Big Pine 1902)." Negatives in Box 18, Folder 15
1932
17 : 26
Abandoned "Big Pine Citizen" (newspaper) building; caption: "Freedom of the Press via LosAngelesism Final Issue 1932 Edged in Black." Abandoned Barmore home; caption: "Wind Tornado or Laism? (Barmore Home) Big Pine Citizen Editor."1932
17 : 33
Abandoned school house, farm/ranch houses, orchards, with names of former owners and date of purchase by City of Los Angeles (recorded by J. D. Black?). 25 photographs
17 : 34
Abandoned farm/ranch houses, school house, including Tyler, Bowles, Hession, Wilson places. 9 photographs. Notes (by J. D. Black?) re these pictures in Box 16, Folder 55, this series
Series 4
Protest Correspondence
1946-1960
14 folder
13 : 1
Tax protests to county tax and assessor (carbon copies and originals). Cf. Series 1, Subseries F1952-1956
13 : 2
Tax protests to county tax and assessor (carbon copies and originals). Cf. Series 1, Subseries F1957-1960
13 : 3
Corr., with supporting materials, to county officials, especially re Big Pine Cemetery1956-1958
13 : 4
Incoming and outgoing corr. to U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials re Colorado River projects and Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals)1948-1949
13 : 5
Incoming and outgoing corr. to U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials re Colorado River projects and Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals)1950-1951
13 : 6
Incoming and outgoing corr., telegrams to U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials re Colorado River projects and Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals)1952-1953
14 : 1
Incoming and outgoing corr., telegrams to U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials re Colorado River projects and Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals)1954 1956-1957
14 : 2
Outgoing corr., supporting materials to President Harry S. Truman re Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals)1949-1952
14 : 3
Corr. re Owens Valley water controversy to California governors and state legislators (carbon copies and originals)
1932-1951 (dates broken)
14 : 4
Corr. to California governors and state legislators re Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals)1953-1960 (dates broken)
14 : 5
Outgoing and incoming corr., telegrams to Los Angeles mayors re Owens Valley water controversy (carbon copies and originals)1948-1949 1956
14 : 6
Outgoing corr. (copies) to equalization boards re taxes. Cf. Series 1, Subseries A
1954 1956 1959
15 : 1
Outgoing and incoming corr., telegrams, greeting cards, newspaper clippings to Colorado and Arizona governors re California claims to Colorado River water (carbon copies and originals)1946-1956 (dates broken)
15 : 2
Outgoing and incoming corr. to personal friends re Owens Valley Water controversy and personal matters1948-1957 (dates broken)
15 : 3
Copies of corr. re J. D. Black article on Los Angeles and water in California Mining Journal; two issues of California Mining Journal, vol. 231954
Series 5
Personal Correspondence and Records
1906-1988
21 folders, 1 oversize folder
1 : 8
Legal documents, assessor's maps, tax receipts, corr. re property ownership in Owens Valley of J. D. Black estate (originals, photocopies and photostats). Newspaper clippings re Owens Valley water controversy1961-1986 (dates broken)
1 : 10
Copy of the "Megaphone", Bishop High School newspapern.d.
1 : 11
J. D. Black corr., including letter from W. W. Watterson, and agreements re mining interests1922 1926
1 : 12
Receipts, corr. re Black's Store1917
1932-1933
1 : 13
Contracts, leases, memoranda of agreement re mining interests of John and J. D. Black (originals and carbon copies)1906-1922
(dates broken)
1 : 14
Tax receipts, corr. re tax payments on Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ownership of property contested by J. D. Black1931-1940
1 : 15
Spiral notebook containing record of foodstuff purchases; coupon checks for Black's Storen.d.
1 : 16
Bishop Union High School commencement card; railway express shipping receipt; chronology of blizzard of 1933; postcard from Eastern California Museum to Mrs. J. D. Black194919521975
15 : 3
Corr., programs re Lick-Wilmerding School 50th anniversary. Alumni news letter. Alumni flyer. Undated photographs of J.D. Black and fellow students at Lick-Wilmerding; some students identified1946- 1955 (dates broken)
15 : 4
Postcards, telegrams, corr., clippings re affairs of J. D. Black; Virginia Sophia Black infant medical certificate1918-1959 (dates broken)
15 : 6
Corr., miscellany re affairs of Sophie and J.D. Black; business license for Black's Store; business corr. of Barbara Fitzpatrick Black; notebook with list of Big Pine cemetery gravesites; blank copies of quartz claims, mortgage forms; copy of Proof of Annual Labor, Lode or Placer, for J. D. Black and Rosalind Black Shaw1898-1980 (dates broken)
15 : 7
Notice of Location, Quartz Claim. Made by Rosalind M. Shaw (née Black) and J. D. Black. Fragile condition1951
15 : 8
Miscellany: Thank you card from family of General James Doolittle; business card; blank check; memo book, notebook; materials re California State Grange; "Basket Collection" report1917-1988
(dates broken)
15 : 9
Flyers re Fourth of July festivities, Lone Pine, Californian.d.
19 : 1-3
Rosalind Shaw (née Black) and J. D. Black date books, with newspaper clippings1960
19 : 4
Ledger and receipts re grocery store stock; with newspaper clippings (see Box 19, Folder 5, this series)n.d.
19 : 5
Newspaper clippings originally with ledger re grocery store stock (see Box 19, Folder 4, this series)n.d.
19 : 6
Ledger and receipts re grocery store stock; with newspaper clippings (see Box 19, Folder 7, this series)n.d.
19 : 7
Newspaper clippings originally with ledger re grocery store stock (see Box 19, Folder 6, this series)n.d.
13ov : 7
Advertising flyer: Hazleton's Department Store, Bishop, Californian.d.
Series 5, Subseries A
World War I, World II, Korean War Correspondence
1917-1952
21 folders, 1 oversize folder
6 : 1
J.D. Black incoming corr. from World War I servicemen of the Owens Valley to J. D. Black. Fragile material; restricted use1918
6 : 2
J.D. Black incoming corr. from World War I servicemen of the Owens Valley1917-1919
6 : 3
Postcards from World War I servicemen of the Owens Valley to J.D. Black1917-1919
7 : 1
J.D. Black incoming corr, postcards, photostatic letters from World War II servicemen of the Owens Valley1943-1945
7 : 2
J.D. Black incoming corr., some with accompanying photographs, from World War II servicemen of the Owens Valley19421944-1945
7 : 3
Christmas and season's greeting cards from World War II servicemen of the Owens Valley to J.D. Black1943-1945
7 : 4
J.D. Black incoming corr. from Korean War serviceman of the Owens Valley1952
7 : 5
Miscellany: American Legion president and delgates dinner program; newspaper clippings. Originally found with corr. of servicemen19421944
7 : 6
World War I war song; Woodrow Wilson's war message to U. S. Congress (booklet). Invitation to knitting bee at Big Pine, California; from World War I era. Originally found with corr. of servicemen1918
Series 6
Personal Notes
n.d.
2 boxes
21 : 1-5
Notes re Owens Valley water controversy. Cf. Series 2, Box 14ov, for companion newspaper clippingsn.d.
22 : 1-5
Notes, notebooks re Owens Valley water controversy. Cf. Series 2, Box 14ov, for companion newspaper clippingsn.d.