Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, charts, and maps created and compiled by Clifton Ewing Hickok related to water use and availability studies in southern California, as well as efforts by the Volcan Land and Water Co. to sell its land and water rights to the city of San Diego, 1897-1915. The collection also includes reports and charts created by his business partner, William S. Post, and others, including Philip E. Harroun and Charles H. Lee.
Dates
- 1897 - 1915
- Majority of material found within 1912 - 1915
Creator
- Hickok, Clifton Ewing, 1880-1954
- Harroun, Philip Embury, 1867-1947
- Lee, Charles H. (Charles Hamilton), 1883-1967
- Post, William S. (William Schuyler), 1871-1945
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Clifton Ewing Hickok Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps on the Thomas W. Streeter Fund, 2012.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Papers, 1897-circa 1915. II. Oversize Papers, 1913-1915.
Extent
0.34 Linear Feet ((2 boxes) + 10 broadside folders)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, charts, and maps created and compiled by Clifton Ewing Hickok related to water use and availability studies in southern California, as well as efforts by the Volcan Land and Water Company to sell its land and water rights to the city of San Diego, 1897-1915. The collection also includes reports and charts created by his business partner, William S. Post, and others, including Philip E. Harroun and Charles H. Lee.
Clifton Ewing Hickok (1880-1954)
Major Clifton Ewing Hickok (1880-1954) was a civil engineer and city manager of Alameda, California. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of California in 1908. In April 1912, he married visual artist Adelaide Valentine Cutler Hickok (1887-1987). They had a daughter, Beverly Hickok (born 1919). He worked as a civil engineer for several firms. From 1917 to 1921, he served as the city engineer for Alameda, California, except for years he served as an engineer with the United States Army during World War I, 1918-1919. In 1921, he became city manager of Alameda, California. He also served as the assistant Public Works Administrator of California during the Great Depression. In 1937, Hickok and his family moved to Berkeley, California.
Processing Information
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This finding aid was produced chiefly from a list provided by the dealer.
- Harroun, Philip Embury, 1867-1947
- Hickok, Clifton Ewing, 1880-1954
- Lee, Charles H. (Charles Hamilton), 1883-1967
- Post, William S. (William Schuyler), 1871-1945
- Volcan Land and Water Company (Calif.)
- Water resources development -- California -- San Diego
- Water resources development -- California, Southern
- Water-supply -- California -- San Diego
- Water-supply -- California, Southern
- Title
- Guide to the Clifton Ewing Hickok Papers
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- May 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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