Schools; Reformatories; Legislation; Whittier (Calif.); Water; Waterman, Robert Whitney, 1826-1891
Article from the 1889 July 26 edition of the Los Angeles Times reports on the plan to build the State Reform School in Whittier on land with insufficient water rights for a school of this size.
Article from the 1889 September 14 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on the proceedings of the meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Correction.
Article from the 1889 September 19 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on proposed use of the "cottage" system at the Whittier State School for Boys.
Article from the 1889 July 27 edition of the Whittier Pointer reports that Governor Waterman has approved the building of the state reformatory in Whittier, California.
Article from the 1889 October 5 edition of the Whittier Pointer reports that a contractor has been chosen for the building of the Whittier State School for Boys.
Article from the 1889 July 27 edition of the Whittier Pointer reports on Governor Waterman's visit to Whittier regarding the Whittier State School for Boys.
Dinners and dining; Governors; Whittier (Calif.); Lectures and lecturing; Reformatories; Asylums; Schools
Article from the 1889 July 27 edition of the Whittier Pointer reports on a reception and dinner given for Governor Waterman at the Greenleaf Hotel in Whittier.
Schools; Reformatories; Water; Water rights; Land titles
Article clipped from the 1889 July 28 edition of the Los Angeles Tribune regarding the legitimacy of the land and water titles for the Whittier State School for Boys.
Reformatories; Schools; Whittier (Calif.); Legislators United States; Mayors
Article from the 1889 October 4 edition of the Los Angeles Express reports on the attendees at an ice cream festival held by the Whittier Entertainment Society.
Letters; Congresses and conventions; Governors; Charity
Typewritten notice dated 1889 September 9 from Governor Waterman appointing Walter Lindley as a delegate to the Sixteenth National Conference of Charities and Corrections.