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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf1w1002mz No online items Inventory of the Strawberry Creek Collection, 1874-2000 Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff. Water Resources Collections and Archives Orbach Science Library, Room 118 PO Box 5900 University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92517-5900 Phone: (951) 827-2934 Fax: (951) 827-6378 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.ucr.edu/wrca © 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Inventory of the Strawberry MS 88/1 1 Creek Collection, 1874-2000 Inventory of the Strawberry Creek Collection, 1874-2004 Collection number: MS 88/1 Water Resources Collections and Archives University of California, Riverside Riverside, California Contact Information: Water Resources Collections and Archives Orbach Science Library, Room 118 PO Box 5900 University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92517-5900 Phone: (951) 827-2934 Fax: (951) 827-6378 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.ucr.edu/wrca Collection Processed By: Paul Atwood Date Completed April 2006 © 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Strawberry Creek Collection, Date (inclusive): 1874-2000 Collection number: MS 88/1 Creator: Vincent H. Resh, Luna B. Leopold, and Water Resources Collections and Archives staff Extent: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes) Repository: Water Resources Collections and Archives Riverside, CA 92517-5900 Shelf location: Water Resource Center Archives. Language: English. Provenance Acquired from various individuals, including University of California professors Vincent H. Resh, Robert B. Charbonneau, and Luna B. Leopold, Waterways Restoration Institute director Ann L. Riley, and other sources. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the Water Resources Collections and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Water Resources Collections and Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Strawberry Creek Collection, MS 88/1, Water Resources Collections and Archives, University of California, Riverside. Access Points Strawberry Creek (Calif.)--History. Inventory of the Strawberry MS 88/1 2 Creek Collection, 1874-2000 Stream ecology--California--Strawberry Creek. Aquatic ecology--California--Strawberry Creek. Aquatic biology--California--Strawberry Creek. Water quality--California--Strawberry Creek. Water--Pollution--California--Strawberry Creek. Stream measurements--California--Strawberry Creek. Stream conservation--California--Strawberry Creek. Stream conservation--California--Berkeley. Urban hydrology--California--Berkeley. Resh, Vincent H. Leopold, Luna Bergere, 1915- Charbonneau, Robert B. Riley, Ann L. (Ann Lawrence), 1950- University of California, Riverside. Scope and Content Collection of studies, memoranda, articles, reports, field data, student term papers (undergraduate and graduate level for the departments of Forestry, Biology, Entomology, and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Riverside), etc., on Strawberry Creek in Berkeley, California. Major topics include water pollution, water quality, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and history. Chiefly compiled by Vincent H. Resh, Professor of Entomology and Parasitology, and Luna B. Leopold, Professor Emeritus of Geology and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Riverside. Title: Luna B. Leopold Term Papers Collection , Identifier/Call Number: MS 83/3, Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives Title: Luna B. Leopold Papers , Identifier/Call Number: MS 83/4, Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives Title: G. Mathias Kondolf LA222 Term Projects Collection , Identifier/Call Number: MS 96/1, Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives Title: Wildcat Creek Restoration Collection , Identifier/Call Number: MS 99/9, Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives Vincent H. Resh Files, 1929-1991 Scope and Content Note "Strawberry Creek file," term papers, memoranda, etc. Box Box 1, Strawberry Creek research file, 1929-1987. Folder 1 Physical Description: 34 folders. Scope and Content Note Collection of term papers, correspondence, bibliographical references, etc., on aquatic ecology and water quality of Strawberry Creek. Collected by Prof. Vincent H. Resh and his students. Folder 1.1 Alan, Michelle. The effects of pipe effluent on water striders in Strawberry Creek, 1983 May 26. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Biology 1C, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Riverside. Inventory of the Strawberry MS 88/1 3 Creek Collection, 1874-2000 Vincent H. Resh Files, 1929-1991 Folder 1.2 Bailey, Linda Kay. Analysis of Strawberry Creek study data testing started on May 1, 1983 and analysis completed on May 29, 1983, 1983. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.3 Bartfield, Neil S. The effect of dissolved oxygen concentration and water temperature on the species diversity and density of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Coleoptera larvae, 1984 Apr. 27. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Biology 1B, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.4 Bowman, Sheila A. The effects of various water conditions on the growth of the grass-green algae genus Cladophora in the Strawberry Creek area, 1983. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Biology 1C, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.5 Brown James R. Memorandum to Vice Chancellor R. W. Wright, Business and Administrative Services re: Strawberry Creek water quality, 1985 Oct. 10. Folder 1.6 California Dept. of Water Resources Urban Streams Program, 1985. Scope and Content Note Information supplied to Prof. Vincent H. Resh by Ann Riley, Program Manager, Planning Branch. Folder 1.7 Carlson, Jim. The examination of Strawberry Creek for toxic heavy metals, 1971 Mar. 10. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Interdepartmental Studies 10B, Office of Environmental Health and Safety, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.8 Cheung, Lori A. An analysis of Strawberry Creek's water quality, 1986. Scope and Content Note In: San Francisco Bay: Natural Processes and Cultural Impacts, D. Sloan and T. Fletcher, eds. UC Berkeley Senior Seminar Report, p. 223-233, Berkeley, CA. Folder 1.9 City of Berkeley ordinance no. 1490, 1929. Scope and Content Note "Regulating and preserving in Berkeley natural water courses, and natural drains, swales, gullies, and other depressions in the surface of the land which carry off storm waters or other surface waters precipitated by rains ... " Folder 1.10 Cole, H. W. Diversity study of Strawberry Creek, Berkeley, California, 1977. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.11 Cornwall, Chuck. Macroinvertebrates as an indicator of water quality in Strawberry Creek, 1986 May 5. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.12 Donald, William Goodricke. Memorandum to William J. Norton, Business Manager, re: acid in Strawberry Creek, 1943 May 3. Inventory of the Strawberry MS 88/1 4 Creek Collection, 1874-2000 Vincent H. Resh Files, 1929-1991 Folder 1.13 Erman, Don C. Memorandum to James R. Brown, Director, Office of Environmental Health and Safety re: pollution in Strawberry Creek, 1985 Oct. 15. Folder 1.14 Euphrat, Fred. Application of biotic indices for water quality evaluation, 1984. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.15 Frazier, Thomas C. Water quality in Strawberry Creek, 1983. Scope and Content Note In: Berkeley Water: Issues and Resources, D. Sloan and S. Stine, eds. UC Berkeley Senior Seminar Report, p. 233-244, Berkeley, CA. Folder 1.16 Gerber, Martin. City of Berkeley Marina and Strawberry Creek water quality survey, 1978 May 2. Folder 1.17 Halprin, Lawrence. [Excerpt from] A preliminary report on the Landscape Plan, University of California, Riverside campus, 1954 Sept. Scope and Content Note Discusses the north and south forks of Strawberry Creek. Folder 1.18 Hsiu, Patricia. Legal and political aspects of Berkeley creeks, 1983. Scope and Content Note In: Berkeley Water: Issues and Resources, D. Sloan and S. Stine, eds. UC Berkeley Senior Seminar Report, p. 245-250, Berkeley, CA. Folder 1.19 Hagill, E. A. Memorandum to W. J. Norton re: pollution of Strawberry Creek, 1943 May 7. Folder 1.20 Hunter, Linda M. An analysis of nitrogen, phosphorus and drift in Strawberry Creek, 1986 May 5. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for "Freshwater Ecology," Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.21 Jew, Kimberlynn. The effect of pollution on stream diatoms, 1984 Apr. 27. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Biology 1B, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Riverside. Folder 1.22 Joseph, Jay. The relation of stream conditions to microscopic life, 1984. Scope and Content Note Unpublished report for Biology 1B, Dept. of Biology, University
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