Ed Fletcher Papers, 1870 - 1955 (bulk 1920-1950) (MSS 81)

Restrictions: Boxes 95-98, containing extremely brittle newspaper clippings, cannot be used without permission of the program director. Original photographs are restricted; please consult digitized versions on the UC San Diego Library Digital Collections website.

Extent: 48 Linear feet (80 archives boxes, 5 card file boxes, 14 flat boxes, 35 mapcase folders, and 4 volumes)

Microfilm Edition

The microfilm edition of the Ed Fletcher Papers reproduces the original manuscript collection for the accession processed in 1991 with the exception of Boxes 82 through 86; Boxes 95 through 98; all map case (MC-XXX) materials; and the bound volume entitled "Exhibits for hearing" in Box 57, Folder 8. The accession processed in 2003 has not been microfilmed.

Each microfilm reel corresponds to an individual box in the collection. Reel 1 reproduces the contents of Box 1 and so forth. Each folder title has been photographed at the beginning of a folder. Microfilm reels for Boxes 1-28 are located at FB-511; microfilm reels for Boxes 29-56 are located at FB-512; microfilm reels for Boxes 57-89 are located at FB-513; microfilm reels for Boxes 90-94 are located at FB-514.

View OnlineThe microfilm of the accession processed in 1991 has been completely digitized. All photographs in the collection, with the exception of a few albums, have been scanned and are available for searching and viewing on the Library's Digital Collections website. To view digital photographs, click the orange "View Online" button and select "image" under Formats from the collection page. All scanned photograph albums are linked directly within the finding aid, as well.

The papers of Ed Fletcher (1872-1955) of San Diego, California, consisting primarily of Fletcher's business records from his years as a noted San Diego land developer, civic leader, and member of the California State Senate. The papers document all aspects of Fletcher's career but are most complete in regard to his water-related enterprises, and include correspondence, legal documents, blueprints, reports and photographs. Although the bulk of the collection consists of business records, a large group of photographs provide a visual record of the Fletcher family.

Colonel Edward ("Ed") Fletcher was a noted San Diego businessman, land developer, civic leader, and California State Senator. He worked to develop the county's water resources and highways, and his efforts contributed significantly to the urban development of Southern California.

Born in Massachusetts on December 31, 1872, Fletcher's mother died when he was 4 years old. His father kept the family together for five years, but finally placed the children in foster homes and moved to Florida. In 1888, at the age of 16, Ed took his savings of $126.50 and moved to San Diego to live with his sister Bess, who had come there following her marriage to Jarvis Doyle.

Fletcher claimed that he arrived in San Diego with $6.10. He became friends with M.T. Gilmore, a prominent bank officer, and Gilmore gave Fletcher his first job -- cleaning out Gilmore's yard. Beginning his business career as an agent for a produce merchant, Fletcher travelled by bicycle into remote rural areas of the county. He soon developed a network of loyal customers and a thorough knowledge of San Diego county geography. Through his experiences he quickly realized that the growth of the county's population depended largely on the development of water resources. He established his own produce business, eventually joining his brother-in-law in a partnership, called the Fletcher-Doyle Company.

Fletcher went back to Massachusetts in April 1896 and married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Catherine Batchelder. It was apparently a happy marriage and the couple had ten children -- seven boys and three girls. The families of most of these children still reside in the San Diego area and are still active in the civic and business life of the city.

In his youth Fletcher was involved in a number of military organizations. In 1892 he joined the Naval Militia and was elected Ensign a year later. He organized a regiment of volunteers during the Spanish-American War. In 1904 he received a commission as Ensign in the Naval Militia, and Governor Pardee appointed him Commanding Officer of the unit. In 1906 he went to San Francisco for duty after the earthquake and fire. During World War I he was one of the five members appointed to the District Exemption Board for southern California, serving the entire period of the war. Governor Hiram Johnson appointed Fletcher a "Colonel" on the governor's staff. Fletcher retained this position until his election to the State Senate in 1934, but people continued to use the title in addressing him.

Fletcher's familiarity and appreciation for the San Diego "back country" led to greater involvement in its land and water development. Deciding to focus his efforts on land development, he sold his interest in the produce business to his brother-in-law and founded a real estate enterprise, the Ed Fletcher Company.

One of Fletcher's most important developments involved the Villa Caro ranch, which included present-day Mt. Helix, Grossmont, and parts of El Cajon. Financing for this venture came from William A. Gross, an actor and theatrical producer who had met Fletcher at Yellowstone Park in 1901. Fletcher and Gross conceived of creating an artists colony in what would become Grossmont Park, and they succeeded in attracting the opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink as a resident. They eventually sold lots to a number of prominent people in the arts, including songwriter Carrie Jacobs-Bond, pianist Teresa Carreno, and author Owen Wister. Motion picture companies used the area in the 1910s and 1920s, and Grossmont Studios flourished for a brief period. Fletcher himself established a country residence at the foot of Grossmont.

Fletcher's least successful venture was Fletcher Hills, a large tract north of La Mesa. Fletcher placed the lots on the market immediately prior to the Depression and sales were slow throughout the 1930s. It was not until the late 1940s that the area began to grow, and the development eventually became profitable for Fletcher's heirs.

In many of his land development ventures Fletcher followed a similar pattern. He functioned as the visionary, possessing foresight and knowledge of the local area. His partners were usually wealthy men from outside the San Diego area, content to furnish the financing and leave Fletcher in charge of the logistics. Generally the partner would contribute 5/6 of the cost, with Fletcher adding the remaining. Fletcher would then carry out the work, often without a salary, until the project was finished or the property sold. The partner would then have his money repaid at 7% interest, Fletcher would take 25% of the profits as salary, and 75% Fletcher would re-invest.

Fletcher's many partnerships proved lucrative. With William and Ferdinand Thum, brothers who had become millionaires through the manufacture of ball bearings, Fletcher financed many San Diego building projects. In 1911 he interested William E. Hodges, Vice-President of the Santa Fe Railroad and President of the Santa Fe Land and Improvement Company, in projects such as Rancho Santa Fe, Hodges dam, the San Dieguito water system, and residential developments in Solana Beach and Escondido. Along with William G. Henshaw and William G. Kerckhoff, Fletcher developed Warner Ranch, obtained financing for creation of the Volcan Land and Water Company, and helped to build Warner Dam, which became Lake Henshaw.

Early in his career Fletcher became involved with the development of San Diego County's water resources. In 1903 he conceived of channeling the waters of Pauma Creek near Mount Palomar for irrigation of the Pauma valley. He succeeded in securing financing for this project from William Kerckhoff of the Pacific Light and Power Company in Los Angeles, an associate of transportation magnate Henry E. Huntington.

Fletcher's involvement in the San Diego Flume Company was one of his most important water-related enterprises. Along with his partner James A. Murray, a banker from Butte, Montana, Fletcher improved the flume system substantially and eventually delivered water to the communities of El Cajon, La Mesa, and East San Diego. The system ultimately included the Cuyamaca and Murray dams, both built by Fletcher, Murray, and other associates. Under Fletcher the San Diego Flume Company evolved into what would be known as the Cuyamaca Water Company.

On many occasions Fletcher attempted to sell the Cuyamaca system to the city of San Diego, but political and financial complications prevented the sale from taking place. Negotiations with the city began as early as 1913 and continued through the 1920s. Early opposition came from John D. Spreckels, San Diego's most powerful business leader. Spreckels and his associates had constructed their own water system and succeeded in contracting for the city's water supply. Although Spreckels later supported the acquisition of the Cuyamaca system, further complications ensued. Fletcher finally sold his system to the La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and Spring Valley Irrigation District in 1926.

Fletcher was also deeply involved in the building of roads and highways. He became the chairman of the County Road Commission in 1910, was instrumental in building the old plank road to Yuma, Arizona, raised money to build local motorways, and served on the County Highway Commission for many years. But one of his most important road projects was the promotion of a transcontinental highway through the southern states. He was president of the Dixie-Overland Highway Association and the Lee Highway Association, reading a message from President Calvin Coolidge at the dedication of the San Diego terminus in November, 1923.

In 1926 he organized and participated in a record-breaking cross-country motor tour via the Dixie Highway, driving to Savannah, Georgia and back to San Diego from St. Augustine, Florida. In 1929 he travelled in an enormous motorcade from San Diego to Memphis, Tennessee. Through this event -- organized by Fletcher and named "The Broadway of America" -- he intended to publicize the need for a San Diego to New York City motor route.

Always civic-minded, he was a Director of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, and organized both the San Diego Athletic Club (and with George Marston and Fred White lost an enormous amount of money when the Club defaulted during the Depression) and the Commonwealth Club. For several years he chaired the city's Community Chest drive, and he worked closely with the President of the State Teacher's College (precursor of San Diego State University) to upgrade the college's facilities. He gave Solana Beach a mile of waterfront footage for a park. He also provided the County of San Diego with property for Grossmont High School, the Mt. Helix cross, and camps for various youth groups.

Along with other civic leaders, Fletcher was instrumental in promoting military installations in the county. In 1906 he entertained the officers of the Atlantic Fleet at his country home at the Villa Caro ranch. He furnished water for Camp Kearney at a low rate during World War I and he lobbied for the establishment of local Navy and Marine bases.

Fletcher became involved in politics during the rise of Progressivism. A staunch supporter of Governor Hiram Johnson, Fletcher was a "reform" Republican and a member of the Lincoln-Roosevelt League -- a group opposed to the influence of the Southern Pacific Railroad in California politics. In 1934 San Diegans elected Fletcher to the State Senate, and he held his seat for 12 years until his retirement. Among his legislative accomplishments were the establishment of the Cabrillo Monument on Point Loma and numerous bills relating to forestry. He co-authored legislation concerning water resources, including bills to fund the Central Valley Water Project and the establishment of the San Luis Rey Water Authority. In the 1945 session he promoted Senate Bill 310, which conveyed state lands around Mission Bay to the city of San Diego for park development. Fletcher ran for Congress in 1940 but lost the election to incumbent Ed Izac.

In 1952 Fletcher published his memoirs, a loosely organized collection of reminiscences intended primarily for his children. The most detailed portions of the book related to the development of San Diego's water resources, a topic on which he wrote frequently.

Ed Fletcher died in San Diego in 1955. Many of his sons continued the family tradition of local business and civic leadership. Steve Fletcher became the manager of the Ed Fletcher company, Charles Fletcher served as president of Home Federal Savings and Loan, and Ferdinand Fletcher was a prominent attorney.

For more details of Ed Fletcher's biography, see Memoirs of Ed Fletcher (1952) in the rare book collection of the special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

The papers of Ed Fletcher of San Diego, California, consisting primarily of Fletcher's business records from his years as a noted San Diego land developer, civic leader, and member of the California State Senate. The papers document all aspects of Fletcher's career but are most complete in regard to his water-related enterprises, and include correspondence, legal documents, blueprints, reports and photographs. Although the bulk of the collection consists of business records, a large group of photographs provide a visual record of the Fletcher family. The collection is a rich source of documentation for the history of San Diego County in the early 20th century and for the history of California water development.

Accession Processed in 1991

Arranged in seven series: 1) GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 2) BUSINESS RECORDS, 3) CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR AND OTHER REPUBLICAN PARTY MATERIALS, 4) WRITINGS AND INTERVIEWS, 5) PERSONAL MEMORABILIA, 6) PHOTOGRAPHS, and 7) SCRAPBOOKS OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS.

Accession Processed in 2003

This accession consists mostly of oversized photographs from throughout Fletcher's adult life. There are also numerous oversized certificates from 1895 to 1954 and some ephemera. These materials supplement the larger collection without adding significant new themes.

Arranged in three series: 8) PHOTOGRAPHS, 9) CERTIFICATES, and 10) EPHEMERA.

Custodial History

In 1954 the Fletcher family donated a large collection of Ed Fletcher's papers to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). UCLA transferred this collection to UCSD in 1978. The family also gave additional papers to the San Diego Historical Society, and there is much overlap between the two repositories' collections.

At the time of processing in 1990, much of the original order of the collection had been destroyed. A number of alphabetical files remained intact, and these were used as a basis for reconstructing the correspondence. Whenever possible the processor attempted to discern the original arrangement of the materials and restore this arrangement, although it was necessary to create many artificial categories. Often, the processor removed from subject files correspondence with prominent individuals, bringing this correspondence together within the General Correspondence series. In these cases the processor created cross-reference sheets for the original subject file, so that all letters from the file could be traced.

Container List

Accession Processed in 1991

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE: The GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE is the largest series and has been arranged alphabetically by name. Where possible, each correspondent has been identified as to his relationship to Ed Fletcher or to a Fletcher company. As a rule, correspondents with less than three letters present in the collection are grouped at the end of each letter, under "A Miscellaneous", "B Miscellaneous," etc.

Notable among correspondents are Fletcher's business partners and financial backers, including E.O. Faulkner, William G. Henshaw, William E. Hodges, H.W. Keller, William G. Kerckhoff, James A. Murray, Frank Salmons, Charles F. Stern, William and Ferdinand Thum, and John Traenor. There is very little correspondence with William Gross, although there is some with Nels Gross, apparently William's nephew. Papers relating to some of these partners can be found in the series.

Local businessmen and civic leaders represented in the correspondence include Burt Anthony, Frank Belcher, Arthur and Stanley Bent, George S. Burnham, Claude L. Chambers, Charles T. Chandler, Ira Copley, G. Aubrey Davidson, John and Florence Dupee, James D. Forward, Samuel Fox, E.B. (Jay) Gould, Jr., Robert Hart, Mathias Heller, J.P. Johnson, Jr., H.H. Jones, Melville Klauber, George W. Marston, A.V. Mayrhofer, W.F. Raber, Ray Sauer, Joseph Sefton, Kate Sessions, John and Claus Spreckels, Clarence Sprigg, Jerry Sullivan, A.J. Sutherland, J.C. (Jack) Thompson, Julius Wangenheim, O.B. Wetzell, Sherwood Wheaton, Walter Whitcomb, and Fred M. White. There are also letters from San Diego pioneers such as Cave Couts, Rufus Choate, and T.S. Van Dyke. A letter from newspaper magnate E.W. Scripps relates to the development of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Also included in the correspondence are the files of various officials of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; members of the California State Railroad Commission; San Diego mayors and councilmen; State governors and officials; and U.S. and California senators and congressmen, including Carl Hayden, Jacob Javits, William F. Knowland, William G. McAdoo, and Samuel Shortridge. U.S. Presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, and Richard Nixon (then vice-president) are represented by brief letters, as well as Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, Harold Stassen, Alf Landon, and Chief Justice Earl Warren. Included in the Warren file is a legal opinion from Warren establishing order of priority for two Fletcher grandchildren born on the same day.

Foreign dignitaries represented include Jose Lugo and A.L. Rodriguez, governors of Baja California, Pascual Ortiz-Rubio, president of Mexico, and A. Somoza, president of Nicaragua. Also included is correspondence with various commanding officers of Camp Pendleton and the Eleventh Naval District.

Letters are also included from these nationally known figures: J.G. Bullock of Bullock's Department Stores, banker F.L. Crocker of New York City, film personalities Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, transportation magnate Henry E. Huntington of Los Angeles, and C.R. Smith of American Airlines. Correspondence with Joseph Strauss of Chicago, who built the Golden Gate Bridge, relates to a prospective bridge to Coronado. Letters from the secretaries to the Duke of Windsor and President Woodrow Wilson can also be found.

There is much correspondence relating to the Grossmont subdivision, including letters from people prominent in the arts and entertainment fields. These include opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink, author Owen Wister, pianist Teresa Carreno, songwriter Carrie Jacobs-Bond, and a poem by John Vance Cheney dedicated to Fletcher and Grossmont. Correspondence concerning motion picture enterprises at Grossmont include letters from Arthur Sawyer and Herbert Lubin of S-L Studios, Richard Thomas of Sennett Studios, and Mrs. Wallace Reid.

Another extensive part of the correspondence consists of exchanges between Fletcher and his managers and engineers, including William Post, Thomas P. Ellis, Thomas A. King, F.M. Faude, Chester Harritt, Lou B. Mathews, William B. Shropshire, and F.H. Tolle. Less extensive is the correspondence with Edmond A. Bartl, Eugene C. Batchelder, E.W. Case, Fred E. Green, Hofflund, and Don Walter.

Fletcher maintained correspondence files with his many attorneys. These were Charles C. Crouch and Hugh A. Sanders of Crouch and Sanders; Judge William A. Sloane and Harrison Sloane of Sloane and Sloane; and Frederick W. Stearns and A.H. Sweet of Sweet, Stearns and Forward. Less extensive is the correspondence with others Fletcher lawyers such as Percy C. Black, Albert J. Lee and Henry J. Stevens.

Box 1 Folder 1
Box 1 Folder 5
Box 1 Folder 6

Includes photograph.

Box 1 Folder 8
Box 1 Folder 10
Box 1 Folder 12
Box 1 Folder 13
Box 1 Folder 15

See also E. Chambers, E.A. Clifford, M.J. Collins, E.J. Engel, W.K. Etter, E.O. Faulkner, I.L. Hibbard, W.E. Hodges, L.B. Jones, G.C. Millett, R.H. Tuttle, A.G. Wells, and E.S. White.

Box 1 Folder 17
Box 1 Folder 18
Box 1 Folder 19

Includes Standish Mitchell and Hal Hobson. See also C. E. McStay.

Box 1 Folder 20

Includes photos.

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Box 1 Folder 26-27
Baker Iron Works (Iron and steel contractors, San Diego), 1913 - 1922
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Box 2 Folder 1
Box 2 Folder 3
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Box 2 Folder 5
Box 2 Folder 8
Box 2 Folder 10

Bent Brothers Construction Company

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Box 3 Folder 22

California State

Box 3 Folder 23

See also W.M. Dickie, F. R. Goudey, W.S. Kingsbury, and U.S. Webb. For Department of Public Works, hydraulic engineers, see J.J. Haley, A.D. Edmonston, Ed Hyatt, Jr., Maj. H.A. Kluegel and W.F. McClure.

Box 3 Folder 24

See also Bernard Evans, J. S. Dodge and Will C. Wood.

Box 3 Folder 25
Box 4 Folder 1
Box 4 Folder 2
Box 4 Folder 4

See also Max Bookman, A.B. Fletcher, C.H. Purcell and E.E. Wallace.

Box 4 Folder 5

See also J. H. Covington.

Box 4 Folder 6

See also W.H. Shebley and Webb Toms.

Box 4 Folder 7

See also DeWitt Nelson.

Box 4 Folder 8
Box 4 Folder 9
Box 4 Folder 10
Box 4 Folder 11

See also N.D. Darlington and W.W. Patch.

Railroad Commission

Box 4 Folder 12

See also H.W. Brundige, J.M. Eschleman, F.M. Faude, R.W. Hawley, H.D. Loveland, Irving Martin, Edgerton Shore, and Max Thelen.

Box 4 Folder 13
Box 4 Folder 15
Box 4 Folder 16

See also A.E. Chandler, W.A. Johnstone and Charles H. Lee.

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Box 5 Folder 15
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See also A.V. Mayrhofer.

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Crouch, Charles C. (Attorney, of Crouch and Sanders)

Box 5 Folder 30-32
General, 1913 - 1926
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Box 6 Folder 47

El Cajon, City

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Box 7 Folder 18
Box 7 Folder 19-20
Faude, F.M (Fletcher's engineer, later member of State Railroad Commission), 1915 - 1930

Faulkner, E.O

Box 7 Folder 22
Box 8 Folder 1
Box 8 Folder 4
Box 8 Folder 6
Box 8 Folder 7
Box 8 Folder 8
Box 8 Folder 9

See also F.J. Belcher, Jr.; Alex. Highland and Walter Whitcomb.

Box 8 Folder 11
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Box 8 Folder 18
Box 8 Folder 19
Box 8 Folder 27
Box 9 Folder 1
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Box 9 Folder 6
Box 9 Folder 12
Box 9 Folder 13
Box 9 Folder 15
Box 9 Folder 20

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 9 Folder 21

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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Box 9 Folder 30
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Box 10 Folder 1
Box 10 Folder 2
Box 10 Folder 3

Harritt, Chester (Fletcher's hydraulic engineer)

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Box 10 Folder 27
Box 11 Folder 1
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Box 11 Folder 6-7
Henshaw, Griffith (Son of William G. Henshaw), 1920 - 1925

Henshaw, William (Fletcher partner)

Box 11 Folder 8-15
1911 - 1919
Box 12 Folder 1-2
1920 - 1923
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Box 12 Folder 27

Huber, Walter Leroy (Hydraulic engineer, sometimes for Fletcher)

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Box 13 Folder 1
Box 13 Folder 2
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For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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Box 13 Folder 9
Box 13 Folder 11
Box 13 Folder 12
Box 13 Folder 13
Box 13 Folder 14

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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Box 13 Folder 22
Box 14 Folder 3
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Box 14 Folder 6
Box 14 Folder 12
Box 14 Folder 14
Box 14 Folder 17
Box 14 Folder 20
Box 14 Folder 21-22
Keller, H.W. (President, South Coast Land Company, Fletcher partner), 1906 - 1953
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Box 15 Folder 3
Box 15 Folder 4
Box 15 Folder 5-7
King, Thomas H. (Fletcher's chief engineer), 1917 - 1933
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Box 15 Folder 14
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Box 15 Folder 26

La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Spring Valley Irrigation District

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Box 16 Folder 24
Box 16 Folder 27
Box 16 Folder 29
Box 16 Folder 30
Box 16 Folder 31

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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Box 16 Folder 34
Box 16 Folder 37
Box 17 Folder 2
Box 17 Folder 4
Box 17 Folder 8

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 17 Folder 9
Box 17 Folder 10
Box 17 Folder 11
Box 17 Folder 12

Includes photo of Junipero Serra Museum inscribed by Marston to Fletcher, 1932. For additional photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 17 Folder 16
Box 17 Folder 18
Box 17 Folder 19
Box 17 Folder 22
Box 17 Folder 25
Box 17 Folder 26
Box 17 Folder 27
Box 17 Folder 28
Box 17 Folder 29

Includes photos.

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Box 17 Folder 32
Box 17 Folder 33
Box 18 Folder 2
Box 18 Folder 3
Box 18 Folder 5
Box 18 Folder 6
Box 18 Folder 8
Box 18 Folder 9
Box 18 Folder 13

Includes autographed photos.

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Box 18 Folder 29
Box 18 Folder 30
Box 19 Folder 13
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Includes one long 1932 letter from Fletcher to citizens of Oceanside.

Box 20 Folder 22

Also see Harold Beck.

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Box 20 Folder 36
Box 20 Folder 39-40
Pacific Tank and Pipe Company, Los Angeles (Fletcher subcontractor, involved in suit), 1914 - 1922
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Box 21 Folder 2
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Box 21 Folder 9
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Box 21 Folder 14
Box 21 Folder 15
Box 21 Folder 18
Box 21 Folder 20
Box 21 Folder 21
Box 21 Folder 24
Box 21 Folder 25

Post, William (Fletcher's chief engineer)

Box 21 Folder 26-29
1910 - 1915
Box 22 Folder 1
Box 22 Folder 2
Box 22 Folder 4
Box 22 Folder 7
Box 22 Folder 9
Box 22 Folder 10
Box 22 Folder 12
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Box 22 Folder 14
Box 22 Folder 18
Box 22 Folder 20
Box 22 Folder 21
Box 22 Folder 23
Box 22 Folder 28
Box 22 Folder 29
Box 22 Folder 32

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 23 Folder 1
Box 23 Folder 2
Box 23 Folder 3
Box 23 Folder 7
Box 23 Folder 8
Box 23 Folder 11
Box 23 Folder 13
Box 23 Folder 14
Box 23 Folder 15

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 23 Folder 19

San Diego, California

Box 23 Folder 20
Box 23 Folder 21
Box 23 Folder 22
Box 23 Folder 23
Box 23 Folder 25

San Diego Chamber of Commerce

Box 23 Folder 26-27
1915 - 1955
Box 23 Folder 28

See also E.T. Stahle.

Box 23 Folder 29

San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Company (Later known as San Diego Gas and Electric)

Box 23 Folder 30
Box 23 Folder 31

San Diego County

Box 24 Folder 1

See also J.H. Johnson.

Box 24 Folder 2

See also Joseph Foster and C.L. Good.

Box 24 Folder 3
Box 24 Folder 4
Box 24 Folder 5

See also D.A. Fraser, R.M. Morton and Sherwood Wheaton.

Box 24 Folder 6
Box 24 Folder 7

See also Samuel Fox.

Box 24 Folder 8
Box 24 Folder 10

See also P.C. Edwards and W.H. Porterfield.

Box 24 Folder 11

See Frank B. Goodman.

San Diego Trust and Savings Bank

Box 24 Folder 12
Box 24 Folder 13
Box 24 Folder 14

See also Al Brown, J. MacMullen, C.A. McGrew and Forrest Warren.

Box 24 Folder 15
Box 24 Folder 17
Box 24 Folder 18
Box 24 Folder 19
Box 24 Folder 20

See W.O. Boettiger, W.A. Bechberger, U.T. Clotfelter, E.O. Faulkner, S.E. Lambert, S.R. Nelson, L.B. Sinnard and Kenneth Q. Volk.

Box 24 Folder 22

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 24 Folder 23
Box 24 Folder 25
Box 24 Folder 27

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 24 Folder 28
Box 24 Folder 29
Box 24 Folder 30

Includes two letters to Fletcher son, Charles G.

Box 24 Folder 31

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 24 Folder 33
Box 24 Folder 35

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 24 Folder 36
Box 24 Folder 37
Box 24 Folder 39
Box 25 Folder 1

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 25 Folder 2
Box 25 Folder 3
Box 25 Folder 4
Box 25 Folder 7
Box 25 Folder 9
Box 25 Folder 13
Box 25 Folder 16
Box 25 Folder 22

Sloane, Harrison (Sloane and Sloane, Fletcher's San Diego water attorneys)

Box 25 Folder 23-24
General, 1917 - 1949
Box 25 Folder 25
Box 25 Folder 27
Box 25 Folder 28
Box 25 Folder 29
Box 25 Folder 30

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 25 Folder 31
Box 26 Folder 1
Box 26 Folder 2
Box 26 Folder 3

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 26 Folder 6
Box 26 Folder 7
Box 26 Folder 8
Box 26 Folder 9
Box 26 Folder 10
Box 26 Folder 11

See also W.T. Hart, W.B. Holmes, H.W. Keller, F.H. Tolle, J.E. Voights, and R.R. Zachary.

Box 26 Folder 12
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Box 26 Folder 14
Box 27 Folder 1
Box 27 Folder 6
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See also William Clayton and F. E. Sullivan.

Box 27 Folder 15
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Box 27 Folder 24

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Stern, Charles F. (Vice-President, Los Angeles First National Bank. Fletcher's partner, later in suit against Fletcher)

Box 27 Folder 25-29
1919 - 1925
Box 28 Folder 1-4
1926 - 1932
Box 28 Folder 5
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For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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Thum, William (F. and W. Thum Company. Fletcher's partner)

Box 29 Folder 30-31
1906 - 1920
Box 30 Folder 1-2
1921 - 1936
Box 30 Folder 3
Box 30 Folder 4

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 30 Folder 5
Box 30 Folder 7
Box 30 Folder 10
Box 30 Folder 15
Box 30 Folder 17

Traenor, John (Manager of Riverside Portland Cement Company, with San Diego Water Company and Fletcher partner)

Box 30 Folder 18-20
1913 - 1922
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Box 31 Folder 11
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Union Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1919 - 1954

United States. Department of Agriculture

Box 31 Folder 15

See also H.H. Barnum, F.E. Bonner, Coert DuBois, F.H. Fowler, Roy Headley, E.W. Kramer, John D. Maxfield, O.C. Merrill, Paul D. Redington, S.B. Show, and M.R. Tilletson.

Box 31 Folder 16

See also John Collier, Cato Sells and L.I. Hewes.

United States. Department of the Interior

Box 31 Folder 17

See also H.V. Clotts, T.M. Games, P.T. Hoffman, F.F. McCormick, E.D. Meritt, C.R. Olberg and W.M. Reed.

Box 31 Folder 18

See also J.H. Favorite and H.D. Trounce.

Box 31 Folder 19
Box 31 Folder 20

See also Homer Hamlin and F. E. Weymouth.

Box 31 Folder 21

See also F.C. Eber, H.D. McGlashen, W.C. Mendenhall, C.E. Tait.

Box 31 Folder 25

For Camp Pendleton also see O.R. Cauldwell and F.B. Price.

Box 31 Folder 26

Also see A.K. Fogg and W.L. Friedell.

Box 31 Folder 27

See also J.A. Elston, Scott Ferris, William Kettner, and Phil D. Swing.

Box 31 Folder 28

See also H.F. Ashurst, Carl Hayden, Jacob Javits, Hiram Johnson, William Knowland, William G. McAdoo, Henry Myers, James D. Phelan, S.M. Shortridge, Harold Stassen and Thomas J. Walsh.

Box 31 Folder 30
Box 31 Folder 31

See also Edwin C. Voorhies.

Box 31 Folder 32
Box 31 Folder 33
Box 31 Folder 34

Includes C.W. Gates, Walter Vail, and presumed Vail sons Russell and N.R. and Warner Ranch neighbor.

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Includes legal opinion as to the order of Fletcher grandchildren, with photographs.

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White, Frederick M. (President of Benson Lumber, member of San Diego County Highway Commission with Fletcher, member of San Diego City Water Commission, President of San Diego Athletic Club, Board of Directors of S-L Studios)

Box 33 Folder 33
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Box 33 Folder 35
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Box 34 Folder 1
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For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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See also Frances Stokes.

Box 34 Folder 31
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For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

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Includes copies of 1934 correspondence between Army Corps of Engineer and San Diego county engineer.

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Box 35 Folder 16
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Box 35 Folder 19
Box 35 Folder 21

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 35 Folder 22

BUSINESS RECORDS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) BUSINESS RECORDS: Arranged in six subseries: A) Reports, B) Field Notes, C) Partnerships, D) Water Companies, E) Land Companies, and F) Other Fletcher Activities.

A) Reports: Arranged alphabetically by author, largely contains typescript engineering and land survey reports, hydrologic reports, water supply studies, cost estimation, and descriptions of physical conditions for the Volcan and Cuyamaca Water Systems. Materials include final reports, blueprints, data, legal descriptions, and photographs. Of particular interest are W.L. Huber's two reports entitled "Engineering Report Upon Proposed San Luis Rey Irrigation District" and "Engineering Report Upon La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Spring Valley Irrigation District," which summarize and illustrate, using tipped-in photographs, those early systems. W.S. Post's "Report on Water Systems and Projects in San Diego County" also provides photographic documentation on Lake Henshaw and other projects.

B) Field Notes: Contains typescript survey descriptions of township sections, including references to previous surveys and bearings of structures, features and corner markers. Of interest are transcriptions of surveys for numerous ranchos including Rancho Guajome, Canada de San Vicente, Agua Hedionda, Pauma, San Jose de Valle, Bernardo, San Vicente, Santa Margarita y las Flores (Camp Pendleton), and Santa Isabel.

C) Partnerships: Documents related to Fletcher's financial activities with William B. Gross, William Henshaw, James A. Murray, Charles F. Stern, Ferdinand and William Thum, and John Traenor.

D) Water Companies: Records related to Fletcher's water enterprises, specifically the Volcan Land and Water Company and the Cuyamaca Water Company. The records contain general documentation about the company, including articles of incorporation, directors' meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials.

The San Dieguito System documents dam building, dam sites, water distribution, and irrigation districts in north San Diego County on the watershed from Warner Dam to the ocean. Water companies include the San Dieguito Mutual Water Company, the Volcan-Escondido Mutual Water Company, Pamo Mutual Water Company, and the San Diego County Water Company. There is extensive documentation of the planning and construction of Lake Hodges Dam (Carroll Dam) and Carroll Conduit, especially, riparian rights, calculations, blueprints, and progress reports. San Dieguito Dam, Pamo Dam, and Warner Dam are also represented, as well as the San Dieguito Irrigation District, Cardiff Irrigation District, Santa Fe Irrigation District, and San Luis Rey Irrigation District.

The Cuyamaca Water Company describes general activities of the company and of the formerly named San Diego Flume Company. Materials contains board of directors' meeting minutes, legal documents, water contracts, and physical descriptions of properties. Also included are the bylaws and meeting minutes of the El Cajon Valley Interurban Company, as well as files related to the Linda Vista Irrigation District, which relate to the formation of the district and its bond sale. Additionally, the subseries includes administrative correspondence, monthly reports, personnel lists, subject files, and other operational records.

The Cuyamaca Customers subseries contains correspondence files, arranged alphabetically, with customers regarding billing and complaints.

The State Railroad Commission subseries contains files related to the regulation of the Cuyamaca Water Company as a public utility, including applications for rate increases and annual reports to the Commission.

The Case Resulting From Hamilton Filing subseries contains documentation of the "Hamilton Filing" Hearing. In this case Fletcher had dismissed C.T. Sacket, an engineer briefly hired to survey the water holdings of the company in the San Diego River valley. Sacket then stole documents from the Fletcher company and filed on the lands through one of his friends named Hamilton. The Land Office in Los Angeles decided against Hamilton, and instead of appealing, Hamilton gave his filings, free of charge, to the City of San Diego, which then applied to have the case re-opened before a Committee of Congress. Included are exhibits for the hearings along with correspondence with U.S. Senators Henry H. Ashurst, Henry L. Myers, James D. Phelan, and Thomas J. Walsh; U.S. Representatives J.A. Elston, Scott Ferris, William Kettner, John H. Stephens; Secretary of Interior Franklin Lane; Cato Sells, E.B. Meritt and C.R. Olberg of the Indian Affairs Commission; attorneys Bordwell and Mathews, Brittan and Lane, and O.R.W. Robinson; and engineer Walter L. Huber.

The El Capitan Dam subseries contains files related to water projects on or across the El Capitan Indian Reservation, especially the right-of-way of the flume and attempts to build the El Capitan dam. The City of San Diego vs. Cuyamaca Water Company documents the company's response to the City's condemnation suit for ownership of the damsite for the proposed El Capitan dam. Materials include court documents and exhibits. The Mission Gorge #3 (Boulder Creek) subseries contains legal documents related to Fletcher's bid to appropriate water from the San Diego River. The Sale of System subseries relates to the sale of the Cuyamaca Water Company to the La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Spring Valley Irrigation District.

E) Land Companies: Divided into nine subject areas: a) Stone and Timber Act Applications, b) Del Mar / Oceanside, c) Grossmont Park Company, d) Avocado Acres, e) Solana Beach, f) Madrid Gardens Apartments, g) Miscellaneous Land Companies, h) Ed Fletcher Company, and i) Lake Cuyamaca Lodge.

a) The Stone and Timber Act Applications subseries contains mining claims and timber applications for properties filed by Ed Fletcher or associates. The properties often adjoin watersheds for dam projects.

b) The Del Mar / Oceanside subseries includes a 1916 list of landowners from Carlsbad to Del Mar containing the owner's name, a property description and acreage; descriptions of South Coast Land Company properties, and blueprint maps of Leucadia and Eatonville.

c) The Grossmont Park Company subseries documents Fletcher's land transactions in the El Cajon Valley along the Cuyamaca Water Company right-of-way. Included are files related to property deeded to S-L Studios, a motion picture film company producing wild west movies that lasted only six months. Also included are business records of the El Cajon Raisin Company.

d) The Avocado Acres subseries largely contains correspondence, trust deed documents and property descriptions for Avocado Acres, a land project in Encinitas. Of particular interest is the typescript transcription of a radio interview with Avocado Man at his avocado grove in Encinitas.

e)The Solana Beach Seaside Camp subseries documents a trailer camp developed by Fletcher and contains correspondence, receipt books and business records.

f) The Madrid Garden Apartments subseries contains business records related to the management of the Glendale property, especially correspondence with the manager, Mrs. Ira Craft.

g) The Miscellaneous Land Companies subseries documents numerous small land development projects, especially in San Diego County. Included are files for Pine Hills, Rancho Santa Maria, Poway, Palomar Mountain, and Santa Margarita Ranch, later Camp Pendleton. The Torrey Pines Company, a Fletcher fruit and produce supply company, contains business records for labor and equipment. Several files related Camp Kearny, a World War I Army training camp, document Fletcher's development of the camp's water supply. Also included is a typescript claim for damages to Fletcher's property illustrated with photographs.

h) The Ed Fletcher Company subseries contains payroll records (1951-1954) and miscellaneous correspondence and financial records.

i) The Lake Cuyamaca Lodge subseries documents the sale of that property from Army trench building.

F) Other Fletcher Activities: Arranged in three subseries: a) Yuma Mesa Grapefruit Syndicate, b) Highways and c) Miscellaneous Projects.

a) The Yuma Mesa Grapefruit Syndicate subseries contains business records for the development of twenty acres of reclamation land.

b) The Highways subseries documents Fletcher's participation and promotion of numerous highway projects beginning with the 1911 plank road section of the San Diego to Phoenix road. Other overland highway projects include the Southern National Highway, the Lee Highway, the Dixie-Overland Highway, and the Broadway of America motorcade.

c) The Miscellaneous Projects subseries comprises other California water projects in which Fletcher was involved

Reports

Box 36 Folder 2

2 copies including handwritten draft [found with 1918 papers]

Box 36 Folder 6

Also includes "Water Development of San Diego County", May 1922.

Box 37 Folder 2

Kellogg, H.C

Box 38 Folder 11
Box 38 Folder 12

King, T.H

Box 39 Folder 4

Longwill, John S

Box 39 Folder 14

Unapproved by U. S. Reclamation Service and Subject to Correction.

Box 39 Folder 15

Unapproved by U. S. Reclamation Service and Subject to Correction.

Post, W.S

Box 40 Folder 7
Box 40 Folder 10
Box 40 Folder 12
Box 40 Folder 14
Box 40 Folder 16
Box 40 Folder 18
Box 41 Folder 8
Box 41 Folder 15
Box 83-84
Index card references to reports and blueprints

Field Notes

Township 9 S

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Box 42 Folder 18

Township 10 S

Box 42 Folder 19
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Box 43 Folder 2
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Township 11 S

Box 43 Folder 5
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Box 43 Folder 9
Box 43 Folder 11

Township 12 S

Box 43 Folder 13
Box 43 Folder 15

Township 13 S

Box 43 Folder 16
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Box 43 Folder 18

Township 14 S

Box 43 Folder 19
Box 44 Folder 1

Township 15 S

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Business Partnerships

Box 44 Folder 14

Henshaw, William

Box 44 Folder 15
Box 44 Folder 17
Box 44 Folder 18
Box 44 Folder 19
Box 44 Folder 20

Murray, James A

Box 45 Folder 1
Box 45 Folder 2
Box 45 Folder 3
Box 45 Folder 5

Thum, Ferdinand and William

Box 45 Folder 6
Box 45 Folder 7
Box 45 Folder 8
Box 45 Folder 9

See also Correspondence: Union Title Insurance and Trust Company.

Water Companies

Volcan Land and Water Company

Box 45 Folder 10
Box 45 Folder 11
Box 45 Folder 12
Box 45 Folder 13
Box 45 Folder 14
Box 45 Folder 15
Box 45 Folder 16
Box 45 Folder 17
Box 46 Folder 1
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San Dieguito System

Box 46 Folder 5

San Dieguito Mutual Water Company

Box 46 Folder 8
Box 46 Folder 9
Box 46 Folder 10
Box 46 Folder 14
Box 46 Folder 17
Box 46 Folder 18

Carroll Dam (Lake Hodges)

Box 47 Folder 2
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Box 47 Folder 6
Box 47 Folder 7
Box 47 Folder 9
Box 47 Folder 10
Box 47 Folder 11
Oversize MC-170-01
Blueline maps of Carroll and Hodges reservoir, and blueprints, Carroll Dam, 1916
Box 47 Folder 12
Box 47 Folder 13

Carroll Conduit

Box 47 Folder 14
Box 47 Folder 15
Box 47 Folder 16
Box 47 Folder 17

Application for right-of-way and special use permit through Cleveland National Forest

Box 47 Folder 18
Oversize MC-170-02
Blueprint and map, 1913-1916

San Dieguito/Pamo Dam

Box 48 Folder 1
Box 48 Folder 2
Box 48 Folder 4

Pamo Reservoir site/San Dieguito Dam

Box 48 Folder 5
Oversize MC-170-03
Blueprints, 1913-1916
Box 48 Folder 6

Santa Ysabel

Box 48 Folder 8
Oversize MC-170-04
Blueprint

Santa Fe Land Improvement Company/Santa Fe Irrigation District

Box 48 Folder 9

Santa Fe Irrigation District

Box 48 Folder 10
Oversize MC-170-05
Blueprint: Assessment Districts
Box 48 Folder 12

Pipeline

Oversize MC-170-06
Blueprint of Solana Beach

Offer of Sale to City, 1914

Box 48 Folder 14
Box 48 Folder 15
Box 48 Folder 17
Box 49 Folder 1
Box 49 Folder 2

Volcan-Escondido Mutual Water Company Agreement

Box 49 Folder 3
Oversize MC-170-07
Blueline and pencil drawings
Box 49 Folder 4

San Elijo

Box 49 Folder 10
Oversize MC-170-08
San Elijo and Rancho San Dieguito maps (blueprints and original drawing)
Box 49 Folder 11
Box 49 Folder 12

San Luis Rey Irrigation District

Box 49 Folder 13
Box 49 Folder 14
Box 49 Folder 15
Box 50 Folder 1
Box 50 Folder 2
Box 50 Folder 3
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Cardiff Irrigation District

Box 50 Folder 5
Box 50 Folder 6
Box 50 Folder 7

Warner Dam (Lake Henshaw) and associated projects

Box 50 Folder 8
Box 50 Folder 9

Hydraulics and Survey

Box 50 Folder 10
Oversize MC-170-09
Blue line drawing, 1912
Box 50 Folder 11
Box 51 Folder 1

San Clemente pipeline

Box 51 Folder 2
Box 51 Folder 5
Box 51 Folder 7
Box 51 Folder 9

Ramona Canal

Box 51 Folder 12
Box 51 Folder 13

San Diego County Water Company

Box 51 Folder 14
Box 51 Folder 17

For correspondence, see "Black and Henshaw."

Cuyamaca Water Company

San Diego Flume Company

General files

Box 52 Folder 1
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El Cajon Valley Interurban Company, 1909

Box 52 Folder 13
Box 53 Folder 1
Box 53 Folder 2

Linda Vista Irrigation District

Box 53 Folder 3
Box 53 Folder 4
Box 53 Folder 5
Oversize MC-170-10
Blueline drawing: Fairview subdivision, 1893
Box 53 Folder 6

San Diego Flume Company correspondence

Box 53 Folder 7

For other Heilion correspondence, see Correspondence, Heilion.

Box 53 Folder 9
Box 53 Folder 10
Box 53 Folder 11

Linda Vista Irrigation District correspondence

Box 53 Folder 13
Box 53 Folder 14
Box 53 Folder 15
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Box 53 Folder 23
Box 53 Folder 24

Includes one from Jesse R. Grant, January 23, 1895

Box 53 Folder 25

Cuyamaca Water Company in-house

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Box 54 Folder 10
Oversize MC-170-11
Blueprint report: maintenance and operating expenses, 1918
Box 54 Folder 11
Box 82
Fishing Permit receipt book, 1953

Cuyamaca Customers

Box 54 Folder 12
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Box 54 Folder 14

Customer correspondence

Box 54 Folder 15
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Water companies (Cuyamaca customers)

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Box 55 Folder 45
Box 55 Folder 47
Box 55 Folder 48
Oversize MC-170-12
Blueline drawing of entire Cuyamaca system
Oversize MC-170-13
San Diego County water systems and drainage areas
Oversize MC-170-14
Blueline report: 1915-1927 runoff summary, 1915 - 1927
Box 56 Folder 1
Box 56 Folder 4

Re: furnishing water to city after flood (also see Cuyamaca papers: Railroad Commission)

Box 56 Folder 6
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City of San Diego

Box 56 Folder 15
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Box 56 Folder 22

State Railroad Commission

Box 56 Folder 23
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Box 58 Folder 12

Case Resulting From Hamilton Filing on Mission Gorge, through El Capitan Reservation

Box 58 Folder 18
Box 60 Folder 1
Box 60 Folder 2
Oversize MC-170-15
Blueprint #226
Box 60 Folder 3-4
City's exhibits, #1 - 55
Box 60 Folder 5
Box 60 Folder 6

Congressional hearing

Box 60 Folder 8
Box 60 Folder 9
Box 60 Folder 10
Box 60 Folder 11

El Capitan Dam

Box 61 Folder 1
Box 61 Folder 2
Box 61 Folder 3
Box 61 Folder 4

City of San Diego vs. Cuyamaca Water Co

Box 61 Folder 8
Box 61 Folder 9
Box 61 Folder 10
Box 61 Folder 11

City Exhibits

Box 61 Folder 12
Box 62 Folder 1
Box 62 Folder 2

Mission Gorge #3 (Boulder Creek)

Box 62 Folder 6
Oversize MC-170-16
Blueprints

Sale of System

Box 62 Folder 8
Box 63 Folder 1-2
La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Spring Valley Irrigation District - Miscellaneous papers and filings, 1913 - 1926

See also Application #10619, filings with Railroad Commission

Box 63 Folder 3
Box 63 Folder 5
Box 63 Folder 6
Box 63 Folder 7
Box 63 Folder 8
Box 63 Folder 9

Land Companies

Volcan Land and Water Company

Stone and Timber Act Applications and Mining

Box 63 Folder 10
Box 63 Folder 11

Application #035289 for San Luis Rey riparian lands

Box 63 Folder 12
Oversize MC-170-17
Blueprint
Box 63 Folder 13
Box 63 Folder 14

Bixler Property on Escondido Creek

Box 63 Folder 15
Oversize MC-170-18
Blueprint
Box 63 Folder 16

Del Mar/ Oceanside (includes South Coast Land Company)

Box 63 Folder 18
Box 63 Folder 19
Box 63 Folder 20
Box 64 Folder 1

North Leucadia & Eatonville

Box 64 Folder 2
Oversize MC-170-19
Blueprint map
Box 64 Folder 3
Box 64 Folder 4

Grossmont Park Company

Box 64 Folder 5

Applications #2990 and 2991 to State Department of Public Works to appropriate water from springs in Tract "S", Rancho El Cajon, 1922

Box 64 Folder 6
Oversize MC-170-20
Blueline map
Box 64 Folder 7
Box 64 Folder 8
Box 64 Folder 9
Box 64 Folder 10
Oversize FB-393
El Cajon Raisin Company - Ledger, 1904 - 1911
Oversize FB-394
El Cajon Raisin Company - Journal, 1904 - 1911
Box 64 Folder 12
Box 64 Folder 13

S-L Studios

Box 64 Folder 16

Grossmont Studios

Box 64 Folder 17
Box 64 Folder 18
Box 64 Folder 19-20
First National Bank of Los Angeles: Bank of Los Angeles: bank statements, checkbook, returned checks, correspondence, 1924 - 1929

Avocado Acres (includes Morse Construction Company)

Box 64 Folder 21
Box 64 Folder 22
Box 64 Folder 23
Box 64 Folder 24
Box 64 Folder 25

Solana Beach

Solana Beach Seaside Camp

Box 64 Folder 26
Box 82
24 receipt books from Camp
Box 65 Folder 2
Box 65 Folder 3
Box 65 Folder 4

Madrid Gardens Apartments, Glendale, Calif., 1930-1935

Correspondence

Box 65 Folder 5
Box 65 Folder 6
Box 65 Folder 7
Box 65 Folder 8-13
Bank statements, October 1930 - December 1935
Box 66 Folder 1

Accounts Payable

Box 66 Folder 2
Box 66 Folder 3
Box 66 Folder 4
Box 66 Folder 5
Box 66 Folder 6
Box 66 Folder 7
Box 66 Folder 8
Box 66 Folder 9
Box 66 Folder 10
Box 66 Folder 11
Box 66 Folder 12

Other financial records

Box 66 Folder 13
Box 66 Folder 14
Box 66 Folder 15
Box 66 Folder 16
Box 66 Folder 17

Miscellaneous land, with various Ed Fletcher companies

Box 66 Folder 18
Box 66 Folder 19
Box 66 Folder 20
Box 66 Folder 22
Box 66 Folder 23
Box 66 Folder 24
Box 66 Folder 25

Rancho Mission of San Diego (Mission Valley)

Box 66 Folder 26
Oversize MC-170-21
Pencil drawing, with notes
Box 66 Folder 27
Box 66 Folder 28
Box 66 Folder 29
Box 66 Folder 30
Box 67 Folder 1
Box 67 Folder 3
Box 67 Folder 8
Box 67 Folder 9

Ed Fletcher Company

Box 67 Folder 10
Box 67 Folder 11
Box 67 Folder 12
Box 67 Folder 14
Box 67 Folder 15-16
Payroll records: Seaside Camp, Fletcher Hills, Del Mar, Solana Beach, 1945 - 1946
Box 67 Folder 17

Newspaper clippings

Box 69 Folder 6
Box 69 Folder 7
Box 69 Folder 8

Lake Cuyamaca Lodge

Box 69 Folder 10
Box 69 Folder 11
Box 69 Folder 12

Neale, A. Howard and wife Caroline V. purchasers of lodge

Box 69 Folder 14
Box 69 Folder 15
Box 69 Folder 16
Box 69 Folder 17

Other Fletcher Activities

Yuma Mesa Arizona Grapefruit Syndicate

Box 69 Folder 19
Box 69 Folder 20
Oversize MC-170-22
Large blueprint
Box 69 Folder 21

Highways

Box 70 Folder 4
Box 70 Folder 7
Box 70 Folder 10
Box 70 Folder 11

See also album in FB-395-01, PHOTOGRAPHS series.

Box 70 Folder 12
Box 70 Folder 14

Ward Lands, Northern California, 1930s

Box 70 Folder 17
Box 71 Folder 1
Box 71 Folder 2

Feather River Water Project

Box 71 Folder 6
Box 71 Folder 7

Southern Sierras Power Development

Box 71 Folder 3
Box 71 Folder 4
Box 70 Folder 16

CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR AND OTHER REPUBLICAN PARTY MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR AND OTHER REPUBLICAN PARTY MATERIALS: Materials contains materials relating to topics and projects of concern to Fletcher during his terms in the Legislature. These are not in any way comprehensive files from his Senatorial office. Much of the series relates to Fletcher's efforts to establish the Cabrillo Monument.

1934 Election Campaign

Box 71 Folder 9
Box 71 Folder 10
Box 71 Folder 11
Box 71 Folder 13
Box 72 Folder 1
Box 72 Folder 2

WRITINGS AND INTERVIEWS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) WRITINGS AND INTERVIEWS:

Within the series are many documents dealing with the history of San Diego county and its water supply, including papers assembled for Fletcher's planned "water history" of San Diego. Included is correspondence between U.S. Grant, Jr. and E.S. Babcock relating to Grant's development of a water system. Other letters concerning the early development of water are those from John and Claus Spreckels and M.C. Healion. There are also letters concerning the history of the San Diego area, including those from George F. Gray.

Box 72 Folder 10

Water History

Box 72 Folder 11

"Oldtimers" interviews and letters re: history

Box 72 Folder 13
Box 72 Folder 14
Box 72 Folder 15
Box 72 Folder 16
Box 72 Folder 17
Box 72 Folder 18

Papers assembled for history from U.S. Grant, Jr

Correspondence of U.S. Grant, Jr

Box 72 Folder 19
Box 72 Folder 20
Box 72 Folder 21
Box 72 Folder 23

For photo, see "Writings: Autobiography."

Box 72 Folder 25
Box 72 Folder 27
Box 73 Folder 1-2
Newspaper clippings assembled for water history, through 1950s
Box 73 Folder 3
Box 73 Folder 4
Box 73 Folder 5
Box 73 Folder 7
Box 73 Folder 8
Box 73 Folder 9

PERSONAL MEMORABILIA

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) PERSONAL MEMORABILIA: Items that document some aspects of Fletcher's personal life. These include materials relating to his travels, such as an illustrated diary of his 1919 motor trip through Baja California and a program for the dedication of the cross atop Mt. Helix.

Box 73 Folder 12

Miscellaneous personal and family

Box 73 Folder 15
Oversize MC-170-23
Blueprint, Eagle's Nest dam

Personal newspaper clippings

Box 74 Folder 1
Box 74 Folder 2
Box 74 Folder 3
Box 74 Folder 4
Box 74 Folder 7

San Diego

Box 74 Folder 11
Box 74 Folder 13
Oversize MC-170-24
Blueline drawing: City of San Diego Plan showing tidelands used for Naval Base, 1916
Box 74 Folder 14
Box 74 Folder 15
Box 74 Folder 16
Box 74 Folder 17

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) PHOTOGRAPHS: Arranged in seven subseries: A) Business, B) Assembled for Memoirs and Miscellaneous Photos, C) Family, D) Photo Albums and Memorabilia, E) Small Photos and Memorabilia, F) Photograph Albums, and G) Large Photographs and Memorabilia.

The PHOTOGRAPHS are extensive and include both business and family materials, including a detailed visual record of dam construction in San Diego county. Also included are views of San Diego buildings and geography, numerous albums relating to travels and land developments, and portraits of Fletcher's friends and associates (many of them autographed). The family photographs document many generations of both Fletcher's extended family and his immediate family.

All of the photographs in this series (with the exception of a few albums) have been scanned, cataloged, and are available for searching and viewing on the Library's Digital Collections website. Original prints are restricted; please refer to digital copies online.

Business

Water and Dams

Box 75 Folder 1
San Dieguito: Lake Hodges - Dam and Conduit System, Sutherland and Pamo Dam sites
Box 75 Folder 2
Escondido Mutual Water Co
Box 75 Folder 3
"Compression insulation for grouting cut off trend"
Box 75 Folder 4
Concrete walk through abutments of [unidentified] dam
Box 75 Folder 5
Henshaw Dam - (Warner's)
Box 75 Folder 6
Cuyamaca System and Mission Gorge: Site and Construction and El Capitan
Box 75 Folder 7
Murray Dam and Grossmont Lake (Cuyamaca Water Co.)
Box 75 Folder 8
Miscellaneous dam sites and rivers
Box 75 Folder 9
Otay Dam
Box 75 Folder 10
Miscellaneous dams in the Southwest United States

Land and Miscellaneous San Diego County

Box 75 Folder 11
Mission San Luis Rey
Box 75 Folder 12
El Cajon
Box 75 Folder 13
Laying El Cajon Pipeline, December 4, 1916
Box 75 Folder 14
Pine Hills
Box 75 Folder 15
Buildings built by Ed Fletcher
Box 75 Folder 16
Del Mar - Stratford Inn
Box 75 Folder 17
Del Mar Terrace
Box 75 Folder 18
Santa Fe Irrigation District
Box 75 Folder 19
Rancho Santa Fe
Box 75 Folder 20
Solana Beach
Box 75 Folder 21
Warner's Ranch, hot springs and resort
Box 75 Folder 22
Oldtimers Back Country Trips
Box 75 Folder 23
Doane Valley Lake
Box 75 Folder 24
Cuyamaca: Lake and Lodge

Small albums

Box 76 Folder 1
Box 76 Folder 2
Box 76 Folder 4
Camp Marston
Box 76 Folder 5
Photo from unidentified trip to Mexico
Box 76 Folder 6
Miscellaneous places
Box 76 Folder 7
Group - "Luncheon for American Airlines President C.R. Smith, Ed Fletcher wanted western terminus in San Diego"
Box 76 Folder 8
Miscellaneous people

Assembled for Memoirs and Miscellaneous Photos

Box 76 Folder 9
Portraits for memoirs
Box 76 Folder 10
Miscellaneous for book: Switzerland, Castle Chillon and Churches, Littleton, Mass
Box 76 Folder 11
Professional group portraits of early 1900s - 1950

Includes many of early San Diego businessmen and politicians.

Box 77 Folder 1
San Francisco earthquake
Box 77 Folder 2
Building the Mountain Springs Grade Road - Photos of Morse Construction Company Camp, construction of the road, and celebration of completion. Also includes photos of Fletcher partners James Morse and Fred Jackson and 1930s photo of celebration with Gov. Frank Merrian and San Diego dignitaries

Family

Box 77 Folder 3
Allen, Gerald B. (Fletcher grandson-in-law, married Barbara Trylan, Catherine's daughter)
Box 77 Folder 4
Batchelder, Clark A. and Catherine Hard (Mary Fletcher's parents)
Box 77 Folder 5
Batchelder, Clark (Fletcher's nephew)
Box 77 Folder 6
Batchelder, Eugene and Louise (brother and sister to Mary C. B. Fletcher)
Box 77 Folder 7
Batchelder, Maude (sister-in-law to Mary C. B. Fletcher)
Box 77 Folder 8
Doyle, Jarvis L. (brother-in-law, married Fletcher's sister Rebeca) and family
Box 77 Folder 9
Fletcher, A.B. (Ed Fletcher's cousin)
Box 77 Folder 10
Fletcher, Anna Waterson Holton (Fletcher's mother)
Box 77 Folder 11
Fletcher, Charles Kimball (Ed Fletcher's father)
Box 77 Folder 12
Fletcher, Charles and family
Box 77 Folder 13
Fletcher, Charles Kimball III (Kim)
Box 77 Folder 14
Fletcher, Cora Belle (Ed Fletcher's sister)
Box 77 Folder 15
Fletcher, Col. Ed
Box 78 Folder 1
Fletcher, Ed and Mary
Box 78 Folder 2
Fletcher, Edward III
Box 78 Folder 3
Fletcher, Eleazer and wife Rebecca Kimball Fletcher
Box 78 Folder 4
Fletcher, Eugene and family
Box 78 Folder 5
Fletcher, Ferdinand
Box 78 Folder 6
Fletcher, Lawrence and family
Box 78 Folder 7
Fletcher, Mary C. (Ed Fletcher's wife)
Box 78 Folder 8
Fletcher, Mary Catherine (granddaughter)
Box 78 Folder 9
Fletcher, Mary (Col. Ed's sister)
Box 78 Folder 10
Fletcher, Nina (Ed Fletcher's niece)
Box 78 Folder 11
Fletcher, Steve (Ed Fletcher's son) and wife
Box 78 Folder 12
Fletcher, Steve and family (Ed Fletcher's brother)
Box 78 Folder 13
Fletcher, Susie (Ed Fletcher's sister)
Box 78 Folder 14
Hawke, Virginia Fletcher and husband Vernon
Box 78 Folder 15
Holton, Grandfather and Grandmother
Box 78 Folder 16
Lee, Charles H. with poem on back by Janet D'Aoust
Box 78 Folder 17
Taylor, Catherine Fletcher and husband B.H
Box 78 Folder 18
Fletcher family
Box 78 Folder 19
Fletcher family swimming team
Box 78 Folder 20
Fletcher houses
Box 78 Folder 21
Eagles Nest - Fletcher's vacation house

Photo Albums and Memorabilia

Box 79 Folder 3
"Vermont Birches" - Ed and Mary, 1938
Box 79 Folder 4

The original album contained loose photographs and circa 40 souvenir postcards.

Box 79 Folder 5
Box 79 Folder 6
50th Wedding Anniversary - Guest book, unsigned

Small Photos and Memorabilia

Dams and Water

Box 80 Folder 1
Warner's Hot Springs and Resort with Henshaw
Box 80 Folder 2
San Dieguito System
Box 80 Folder 3
Pumping Station - Del Mar Ranch
Box 80 Folder 4
Break in Dam at Torrey Pines, 1916
Box 80 Folder 5
Conduit - San Dieguito System
Box 80 Folder 6-7
Carroll Dam (Lake Hodges)
Box 80 Folder 8
San Dieguito System - Carroll/Hodges
Box 80 Folder 9-10
Warner Dam, 1911 - 1922
Box 80 Folder 11
Box 80 Folder 12
Box 80 Folder 13
Box 80 Folder 14
Flood, 1916
Box 80 Folder 15
Cuyamaca System - San Diego Flume
Box 80 Folder 16
Damage to Flume after 1916 Flood
Box 80 Folder 17
Pipeline - Cuyamaca
Box 80 Folder 18
1920s - Cuyamaca Flume
Box 80 Folder 19
Sweetwater Dam
Box 80 Folder 20
Sweetwater - Damage to Trestle
Box 80 Folder 21
Lake Cuyamaca
Box 80 Folder 22
Lake Murray
Box 80 Folder 23
Mission Gorge and El Capitan
Box 80 Folder 24
San Diego River
Box 80 Folder 25
Boulder Creek
Box 80 Folder 26
Diverting Dam - Boulder Creek
Box 80 Folder 27
El Capitan
Box 80 Folder 28
Old Padre Dam on San Diego River
Box 80 Folder 29
Photos taken by Fred Green for Fletcher's Water History (probably Padre Dam and Aqueduct)
Box 80 Folder 30
Mission Bay - 1939 Flood
Box 80 Folder 32
Unidentified water
Box 80 Folder 33
Unidentified trestle

Land: Ed Fletcher Developments and Miscellaneous San Diego County

Box 80 Folder 34
El Cajon
Box 80 Folder 35
To Normal Heights - 12" pipe on El Cajon Blvd
Box 80 Folder 36
Box 80 Folder 37
Grossmont
Box 80 Folder 38
Mt. Helix
Box 80 Folder 39
Palomar Observatory
Box 81 Folder 1
Pine Hills
Box 81 Folder 2
Santee
Box 81 Folder 3
Pala Mission
Box 81 Folder 4
Rancho Santa Fe
Box 81 Folder 5
Solana Beach
Box 81 Folder 6
Avocados, Avocados Acres
Box 81 Folder 7
Crop dusting and potato farming before Camp Callan
Box 81 Folder 8
Citrus
Box 81 Folder 9
Cardiff Heights
Box 81 Folder 10
Back Country miscellaneous
Box 81 Folder 11
Old Timers
Box 81 Folder 12
Thum Cactus Garden
Box 81 Folder 13
Timpkin Ranch
Box 81 Folder 14
Julian
Box 81 Folder 15
La Mesa
Box 81 Folder 16
Linda Vista
Box 81 Folder 17
Mission San Luis Rey
Box 81 Folder 18
Unidentified buildings
Box 81 Folder 19
Unidentified people
Box 81 Folder 20
Unidentified places

Ed Fletcher Family: Photos and Memorabilia

Box 81 Folder 21
Cuyamaca Lodge
Box 81 Folder 22
Cuyamaca area with people
Box 81 Folder 23
Cuyamaca with snow
Box 81 Folder 24
Eagle's Nest
Box 81 Folder 25
Flight over San Diego County, 1921
Box 81 Folder 26
[On board] Col. Copley's yacht, "Happy Days"
Box 81 Folder 27
Box 81 Folder 28
Box 81 Folder 29
"Baja Trip 1924 Aug. 23 - Aug. 30"
Box 81 Folder 30
Trip to San Felipe, 1930s
Box 81 Folder 31
Miscellaneous fishing
Box 81 Folder 32
Miscellaneous camping
Box 81 Folder 33
Baja - Miscellaneous camping
Box 81 Folder 34
Vacation trips
Box 81 Folder 35
Ed Fletcher's childhood autograph book, 1888
Box 81 Folder 36
Box 81 Folder 37
Liberty Park, Littleton, Massachusetts

Photograph Albums

Oversize FB-395 Folder 1
Broadway of America motorcade, 1929
Oversize FB-395 Folder 2
Pine Hills and Grossmont
Oversize FB-395 Folder 3
Fletcher album - Includes militia at Villa Caro, ca. 1910
Oversize FB-395 Folder 4
Oversize FB-396 Folder 1
Photosculpture (fotoescultura) of Fletcher on wood, signed by R. Coria
Oversize FB-396 Folder 2
Scrapbook of postcards gathered by Ed and Mary Fletcher on trip to Europe, 1926
Box 93 Folder 1 Oversize FB-311-01
Memento album from trip to Mexico with the Fletchers and Mr. and Mrs. W.F. McClure, 1922
Box 93 Folder 2 Oversize FB-311-02
Box 93 Folder 3 Oversize FB-311-03
Box 93 Folder 4 Oversize FB-311-04
Album of photographs and postcards - Ed and Mary's Trip to South and Central America, ca. 1950
Oversize FB-311 Folder 5

Large Photographs and Memorabilia

Oversize FB-397 Folder 1
Balboa Park
Oversize FB-397 Folder 2
Ed Fletcher company buildings
Oversize FB-397 Folder 3
Residences of Friends

White and Marston.

Oversize FB-397 Folder 4
Pine Hills
Oversize FB-397 Folder 5
Grossmont, 1934
Oversize FB-397 Folder 6
San Dieguito Mutual Water Co
Oversize FB-397 Folder 7
Warner's Ranch
Oversize FB-397 Folder 8
Mt. Helix, 1910 - 1929
Oversize FB-397 Folder 9
Fletcher Hills, 1951 - 1952
Oversize FB-397 Folder 10
First barrel of water from the Feather River, 1955
Oversize FB-397 Folder 11
Group portraits
Oversize FB-397 Folder 12
Portraits

Autographed, of famous personalities and statesmen, used in "Memoirs."

Oversize FB-397 Folder 13
Portraits of unidentified people
Oversize FB-312 Folder 1
Ed Fletcher with others, 1906 - 1955
Oversize FB-312 Folder 2
Eugene Fletcher - Airplanes
Oversize FB-312 Folder 3
Mary Fletcher
Oversize FB-312 Folder 4
Ed Fletcher portraits
Oversize FB-312 Folder 5
Fletcher family
Oversize FB-312 Folder 6
Lake Cuyamaca
Oversize FB-312 Folder 7
Landscapes by Fletcher
Oversize FB-312 Folder 8
Mr. Thum and Col. Fletcher motoring off Point Loma in the Normannia leading toward Coronado Island
Oversize FB-312 Folder 9
Maps of Pueblo Lands in San Diego
Oversize FB-312 Folder 10
White, Mary Yawke

Gave money to fund open air theater at Mt. Helix.

SCRAPBOOK OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) SCRAPBOOKS OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: Large bound volumes containing thousands of articles from a wide variety of newspapers. Most date from the 1930s and 1940s. They relate primarily to legislative affairs, although two large volumes are devoted to the activities of the Ed Fletcher Company from 1909-1919.

Oversize FB-398 Folder 1
Legislative Affairs, 1939
Box 85 Folder 1-2
Legislative clippings, 1941
Box 85 Folder 3
Legislative clippings, 1943
Oversize FB-400 Folder 1
Legislative clippings and memorabilia scrapbook, 1935-1938

Made for Mary.

Oversize FB-400 Folder 2
Legislative clipping album, 1939-1941
Oversize FB-400 Folder 3
Senator Fletcher, 1945
Oversize FB-400 Folder 4
Legislative clippings, 1935
Oversize FB-313 Folder 1
Ed Fletcher Company, 1909

Restricted

Oversize FB-314 Folder 1
Ed Fletcher Company, August 1914-January 1919

Restricted

Oversize FB-315 Folder 1
General

Restricted

Oversize FB-316 Folder 1
General

Restricted

Accession Processed in 2003

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) PHOTOGRAPHS: A variety of images of Fletcher's projects, family, and acquaintances. The images are arranged topically.

All of the photographs in this series (with the exception of the checks, and the 2022 additions) have been scanned, cataloged, and are available for searching and viewing on the Library's Digital Collections website. Original prints are restricted; please refer to digital copies online.

Oversize MC-139-01
Autographed portraits
Oversize MC-139-02
Buildings, miscellaneous
Box 86 Folder 1
Checks, 1926 - 1953
Oversize MC-139-03
Dams and water

Murray Dam, Hodges Dam, Sweetwater Dam, Kerckhoff Dam and unidentified.

Oversize MC-139-04
Development projects - Land, roads, and housing

Mount Helix; Fletcher Hills; San Diego downtown, 1938; Cabrillo Village Shopping Center; and Del Mar.

Oversize MC-139-05
Family
Oversize MC-139-06
Fletcher Boy Scout Camp
Oversize MC-139-07
Group and dedication photographs
Oversize MC-139-08
Natural landscapes

Redwoods National Park and Cuyamaca Lake.

Box 86 Folder 2-6
2022 photo additions

A small selection of Fletcher family photographs acquired by the Library in 2022 and added to the collection. Subjects include: Ed Fletcher; Fletcher family (immediate and ancestral); snapshots on outings and trips; a cabin in Gilbert, and miscellaneous single images (Mt. Helix Easter service, aqueduct construction).

CERTIFICATES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) CERTIFICATES: One folder containing certificates of election, military recognition, and acknowledgments from a variety of private service organizations. The certificates are in chronological order.

Oversize MC-138-02
Certificates, 1895-1954

EPHEMERA

Scope and Content of Series

Series 10) EPHEMERA: A variety of items including artwork sent to Fletcher, reproductions of colonial documents, and photographs of significant letters and checks.

Oversize MC-138-03
Art and gifts
Box 86 Folder 7
Correspondence and business card, 1924 - 1954
Box 86 Folder 8
Family crest
Oversize MC-138-01
Reproductions of colonial documents