Imperial (229 page)

2. Henry T. Andersen, “The Advertising of California Fruits” (Davis: University of California Ph.D. thesis in agricultural science, 1920).

3. Robert C. Berlo, “Population History Maps of California 1770 to 1998” (Livermore, California, 1998; binder of maps of California regions at ten-year intervals; in case you wondered, Imperial was impressively blank in 1770.)

4. Robert C. Berlo, “Population History of California Places: An edited compilation and analysis of all known population figures for California cities, towns, counties, urban areas, and the state total, including the Spanish and Mexican era” (Livermore, California, November 1998).

5. [Brawley Business Directory.] Brawley Business Directory and Visitors’ Guide, “produced with pride” by Mosher-Adams, Inc., “Publishers of Quality Chamber Materials Since 1948,” Oklahoma City, 1998.

6. [Chinese-tunnel letters.] Letters found in a tunnel under the Restaurante Victoria in Mexicali, 2003. Discovered by Yolanda Sánchez Ogás, Terrie Petree and WTV in 2003. The restaurant owner, Miguel, might or might not have known of their existence before; he was fairly indifferent, allowed me to borrow them to get them translated, but wanted them back. Some were rat-eaten. They lay in a decrepit old desk, mostly in their original envelopes and mostly addressed to Wong Kong Ja Tong. I hired Clare and Rosalyn Ng to translate as many as I could afford. The letters have been translated in batches. Within each batch, the items are numbered and titled. I have kept photocopies of the Chinese originals in each translated batch, matched up to their English translations. At the conclusion of this project, these materials will be donated to the AHMM. The originals have been returned. Here is a representative citation in
Imperial:
“Chinese-tunnel letters, Batch 2, VI (A letter from a wife to a husband).” In Batch 1, my Roman item number (e.g., IV) corresponds to the translator’s Arabic page number (p. 4).

7. [Cruz-Kaegi report, 2008.] Nine text and spreadsheet computer files, including the most important one,
ReportMaquilaMexico.doc
, organized on a CD-ROM in 2008, for WTV. These items contain the findings of Liz Cruz-Kaegi (CKQuest LLC, Business Intelligence), who electronically searched Mexican government and periodical sources regarding specific
maquiladoras.
At the conclusion of this project, her CD will be sent to Ohio State University.

8. John Joseph Dwyer, “Between the Peasants and the Leviathan: The Expropriation and Spontaneous Seizure of American-Owned Agricultural Property in Mexico, 1934-1941” (University of Illinos at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. thesis in history, 1998).

9. [Paul Foster reports, 2007.] Statistical data, with analysis, collected and organized on a CD-ROM in 2006- 2007, for WTV. The items are: “Crop files” (96 files), “Imperial Stats,” “Imperial Stats 2,” and “Imperial Color Commentary.” At the conclusion of this project, the CD will be sent to Ohio State University.

10. Theodora J. Glenn, Palm Springs Desert Museum, “Birds of the Coachella Valley Checklist” (Palm Springs?: Coachella Valley Audobon Society, dated October 1983 but purchased in new condition in 2004).

11. [Golden Acorn placemat.] As mentioned in the text, the Golden Acorn is the casino on the Kumeyaay reservation at Campo. The information on it is entitled: “History of the Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians.” I collected it in about 2004.

12. “A Guide to Independence, California, 2005-2006” (Independence: Probably published by the Independence Chamber of Commerce.)

13. [IID
de novo
Part 417 brief.] Attorneys for Imperial Irrigation District [Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP: David L. Osias (Bar #091287), Jeffrey R. Patterson (Bar #126148), Mark J. Hattam (Bar #173667), San Diego;
and
Horton, Knox, Carter & Foote: John Penn Carter (Bar #40716), El Centro,
Imperial Irrigation District
“de novo”
2003 Part 417 brief
[re: United States’
de novo
Part 417 review of Imperial Irrigation District’s 2003 water order]. Dated: May 29, 2003.

14. [IID letter to farmers, 9 July 2003.] Imperial Irrigation District Public Information Department, El Centro, open letter of July 9, 2003, to “My Fellow Farmers throughout California,” from Lloyd Allen, President, IID Board of Directors. 4 pp.

15. [IID objection to Part 417 determination.] Attorneys for Imperial Irrigation District [same as in previous item],
Imperial Irrigation District objection to the part 417 determinations and recommendations made by Regional Director Robert W. Johnson, and demand for further consultation
[re: United States’
de novo
Part 417 review of Imperial Irrigation District’s 2003 water order]. Dated: August 5, 2003.

16. [IID testimony, July 1, 2003.] IID Public Information Department (El Centro), Imperial Irrigation District news release: July 1, 2003: “IID Board president testifies on the QSA.” Attached: “Lloyd Allen, President, Board of Directors, Imperial Irrigation District: Testimony Before the Committee on Resources, United States House of Representatives, Hearing on California Water Policy, July 1, 2003.” News release cover sheet and 5 numbered pp.

17. [IID water-transportation map.] Imperial Irrigation District map of “Water Transportation: Hoover Dam to User,” 1958. Credited to G. A. Reed, May 1958. Dwg [drawing?] no. 8402. In the free stack at the ICHSPM, 2002.

18. Imperial Valley Research Center, 4151 Highway 86; pamphlet, collected
ca.
2000, written
ca.
1999. “It began with TRADITION . . . It will continue with your SUPPORT.”

19. Jacumba Hot Springs Spa & Cabana Club brochure, collected in 2003.

20. [Karpen obituary.] Alice Woodside, draft obituary for her mother, Edith Karpen (d. 30 November 2006). 1 p. of typescript and letter to WTV.

21. Dorothy Pierson Kerig, “Yankee Enclave: The Colorado River Land Company and Mexican Agrarian Reform in Baja California, 1902-1944” (Irvine: University of California Ph.D. thesis in history, 1988).

22. [
Maquiladora
disposable-camera photos.] Two rolls of film shot for hire in July 2004 by
maquiladora
workers without management authorization, but with some cooperation from coworkers. Prints are on file at Ohio State Univeristy. Access is
restricted
to protect the
maquiladoras
against any inadvertent privacy infringement or trade secret exposure.

a. Kimstar, Insurgentes, Tijuana. Some coworkers and production-line views. Name of photographer is on file at the California State Archives in my list of restricted names.

b. Unnamed
maquiladora,
Mexicali. Mainly views of unpleasant bathroom. Shot for me by unnamed man; transaction arranged by José López.

23. [
Maquiladora
videos.] Covert digital videos made with a button camera in Tijuana and Mexicali by WTV and the Tijuana private detective “Perla,” July 2004. Originals in AVI format. Copies are on file at Ohio State University. Access is
restricted
to protect the
maquiladoras
against any inadvertent privacy infringement or trade secret exposure. Doubtless their managers will hate me anyhow.

a. Formosa, Industrial Park La Jolla, Tijuana. Exterior walkthrough and brief entrance into outside gated area, showing payday. Perla.

b. Industrial Park Los Pinos, Insurgentes, Tijuana. Walkthrough within gated complex and brief entrance into production area. Also some equally forbidden but less revealing doorway views of spray-paint establishments. WTV.

c. Kimstar and Óptica Sola, Insurgentes, Tijuana. Exterior walkthroughs. WTV.

d. Matsushita, Otay, Tijuana. Exterior and interior walkthrough, with several revealing glimpses of the production line. 2 videos. Perla.

e. Miscellaneous Mexicali practice videos. No
maquiladoras.
WTV.

f. Miscellaneous Tijuana practice videos. No
maquiladoras.
WTV.

g. Óptica Sola, Otay, Tijuana. Brief exterior and interior walkthrough. Perla.

h. Phillips, Insurgentes, Tijuana. Brief exterior walk-by, night. WTV.

24. Mary Montgomery, “A Plan for Development and Management of Resources of the Colorado River Basin: A Study of Federal Organization” (Berkeley: University of California Ph.D. thesis in political science, 1943).

25. [Rosalyn Ng report, 2003.] “Mexicali-Calexico Trip [by] Rosalyn Ng,” 23-24 July 2003. Report to WTV on interviews conducted in Chinese for this project for Rosalyn and her mother Clare, with the location and Spanish-langauge assistance of Terrie Petree. 14-p. unnumbered typescript incl. cover page. At the conclusion of this project, a copy of this document will be donated to the AHMM, and the original will be deposited at Ohio State University.

26. [Petree translation of Vía Oriente.] Unnumbered typescript, 15 pp. Vía Oriente, numero 1, Zona Río, Tjuana, BC, translated by Terrie Petree, Sept. 2005. Includes interview by Terrie with Tijuana agronomist Javier Meléndrez, 8/1/2005.

27. [Private detective reports, 2003-2007.] Prepared by a California private investigator hired by WTV. This person does not wish his name to be published. The originals will be deposited in the California State Archives as described in the “Note on Restricted Files” at the beginning of this bibliography.

28. [Raskin report, 2008.] Seventeen text computer files, some containing holographic legal documents, scanned newspaper articles, etc.; the most important one, “MEMO OF INVESTIGATION re
Maquiladoras.doc
,” contains the draft report of the private investigator Adam Raskin, who compiled these items in Tijuana for WTV, interviewing several “individuals and entities” in the process. This material was organized on a CD-ROM in 2008, for WTV. These items contain the findings of Liz Cruz-Kaegi (CKQuest LLC, Business Intelligence), who electronically searched Mexican government and periodical sources regarding specific
maquiladoras.
At the conclusion of this project, his CD will be sent to Ohio State University.

29. Jordan A. Rothacker, “The Virgin Mary: The Virgin of Guadalupe, Colonialism, and Remaking the Master Narrative.” 13-p. unnumbered typescript with references. Written for the Religious Studies Dept. of the University of Georgia at Athens,
ca.
2003.

30. The Salton Sea Authority, leaflets for public distribution, received 2001.

31. [Salton Sea map (1986).] “Map of Salton Sea No. 1 (with soundings),” Kym’s Guide Maps and Charts of Recreation Areas, 1986 by Triumph Press, Inc., L.A., rev. 1986.

32. [Salton Sea map (1990).] “Salton Sea State Recreation Area,” California Department of Parks and Recreation #2-91, 1990.

33. Shields Date Gardens, pamphlet, “Coachella Valley Desert Trails and the Romance and Sex Life of the Date” (Indio: 1952).

34. [Thomas and Tanis Vollmann recollections (2003).] Letter to WTV written for this project by my parents, summarizing their memories of his seven and her six years in southern California. 3-p. unnumbered typescript, dated 14 August 2003.

35. [“Today’s IID.”] Imperial Irrigation District pamphlet,
ca.
2004, “Today’s IID: Our only business is serving you better.” Single sheet, folded, with color photos. Jesse Silva is depicted in a hard hat and identified as General Manager.

36. [Tumco pamplet.] “The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and American Girl Joint Mining Venture Welcomes you to Tumco Townsite Historical Walk.” Single sheet, folded into 4 pp. N.d.; collected
ca.
2000.

37. Unnamed Mexican civil engineer, sketch-map attempting to delineate for me the Río Nuevo and its source, Mexicali, 2001.

38. [Walsh to Platoni e-mail.] E-mail from Robert Walsh [email protected]., re: Imperial County water use research, date: Tue., February 10, 2004, 3:18 pm, to: my researcher Kara Platoni. E-mail exchange is 1 p., followed by 2-p. attachment tabulating IID water use and crop acres from 1914 to 2002 inclusive.

39. Windsor Publications, brochure, “Imperial Valley, California” (Encino, California, 1968).

40. [Zollinger-Peterson genealogical reports.] White binder compiled by Daina Zollinger and Sydney Peterson, both of River Heights, Utah, 2006. Subjects: Hazel Deed, Albert Henry Larson, Wilber/Wilbur Clark, W. F. Holt, Leroy Holt, miscellaneous articles; Luther M. Holt, other Holts. This binder is now in the archives of Ohio State University.

C. PERIODICAL SOURCES

1.
Astronomy
.

2.
Agricultural History
[Urbana, Illinois: The Agricultural History Society.]

3.
The Berlin Journal: A Magazine from the American Academy in Berlin

4.
Boletín Maquilero.
[Centro de Información para Trabajadoras y Trabajadors, Tijuana. E-mail address : cittac@ prodigy.net.mx.] In particular:
Boletín Maquilero #11,
Tijuana, Baja California (June 2006), published by the Red de Trabajadoras y Trabadores de la Maquila).

5.
Borrego Sun
[Borrego Springs, California.]

6.
Calexico Chronicle
.

7.
California Agriculture: Progress Reports of Agricultural Research
[University of California College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station].