Manuscripts
Diary
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Diary
Manuscripts
Detailed notes about personal and work appointments, weather. Very few skipped days.
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Diary
Manuscripts
Opening page, handwritten in pencil - "Record of trip on Kern and Kaweah rivers, July 1899..." Notes range from stream flow measurements to comments about hikes and fishing.
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Notebook
Manuscripts
Working notes with dates, times, comments and measurements. Names of people and places, appointment notations. Chico and possibly Oroville mentioned in notes.
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Diary
Manuscripts
Includes notations for most days from Jan. until early Dec., when Dec. 12, when notation reads, "left for S.A."
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Diary
Manuscripts
Early months consist of diary-type entries, general comments on Sinclair's movements and activities. Later in spring, entries largely dollar amounts, expenditures on items. July - September largely blank.
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Notebooks, Diaries, and Ledgers
Manuscripts
The Henry H. Sinclair papers number more than 1,600 items, including diaries, journals, newspaper clippings, and extensive personal and business correspondence. The complete date range is 1802-1937 (bulk dates 1909-1914). Subject matter includes mostly business matters of the Great Western Power Company, Palmer Oil Company, Mt. Hood Railway and Power Company, etc.; diaries and notebooks concerning power plant inspection trips, mostly to the Kern River in California; the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association; the California to Honolulu yacht races. The collection also includes the papers of his son, Arthur W. Sinclair, pertaining to California Delta Farms, Inc. The collection also contains a diploma from Sinclair's membership in the American Institute of Electric Engineers and a manuscript, by Englishman Thomas Cowper, of calculations regarding a solar eclipse on June 24, 1778.
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