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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

                   This research project would not have been possible without the contributions of many


                   individuals to whom I am heavily indebted.  I am grateful to Dr. James E. Snead for engaging

                   me in the subject of the St. Francis Dam Disaster and providing support by creating the


                   Forgotten Casualties Project, arranging access to the St. Francis Dam Disaster Claims Files,

                   and hosting the Facebook page St. Francis Dam Archaeology. I appreciate the Anthropology


                   Department at California State University, Northridge, for hosting the Forgotten Casualties

                   Project, faculty and staff for encouraging me to present at archaeological conferences and


                   host annual data sharing meetings, and my committee, Dr. James E. Snead, Dr. Sabina

                   Magliocco, and Dr. Rachel F. Giraudo, for their mentoring throughout the writing of this


                   thesis.  Thanks are due to Krystal Kissinger and Efren Martinez for researching and

                   presenting on aspects of the disaster, as well as Julee Licon, for conducting and transcribing

                   interviews and accompanying me to numerous libraries, museums, and cemeteries. The


                   support of the following individuals was also integral and deserves recognition: Paul Soifer,

                   consulting historian for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Angela Tatum,


                   Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Records Center; Charles Johnson, Ventura

                   County Museum; Joanna Huckabee, David Peebles, Mike McIntyre, Thalia Ryder, and


                   Darrell Vance,  Angeles National Forest; Ellen Jarosz, CSUN Oviatt Special Collections

                   Library; Martha Gentry, Fillmore Historical Museum; Jeanne Orcutt, California Oil Museum;


                   Mary Alice Henderson, Santa Paula Historical Society;  Alan Pollack, Leon Worden, Frank

                   Rock “The Dam Man,” Tricia Putnam, Lauren Parker, Tony Newhall, and other members of


                   the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society; artist Robert Reynolds and curator/art historian

                   Dr. Charlotte Eyerman, Los Angeles Natural History Museum; Keith and Michelle




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