This box contains subject files that were compliled by John Nichols while researching the history of the St. Francis dam break. The original folders have been retained, and where materials were put into new folders the original titles have been transcribed in quotation marks. The subject files include clippings, articles, photographs, notes, emails, and ephemera. They are in the original order created by Nichols. Subjects include Thornton Edwards, Los Angeles Times coverage, Charles Outland's signed yearbook from June 1928, sheet music and notes for corridos written about the disaster, original and copies of reports analyzing the dam break, handwritten visitors comments from various exhibits on the dam disaster, copies of claims filed by victims and related inquests, research for a documentary, preparation materials for exhibits, committee files, a work record for the dam, materials re: the construction of the Thornton Edwards memorial in Santa Paula, and notes and preparation for memorial services. There is information on statistics for the dam, debris flow, how evidence of the disaster was destroyed, the geology of the dam site, and Pony Hurton. There are also four 3.5-inch floppy disks that contain materials related to Eric Richards, the artist who created the memorial statue in Santa Paula, press releases, research, and diagrams.