Robert L. Jones Papers on Morro Bay
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Robert E. Kennedy Library
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San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
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Robert L. Jones Papers on Morro Bay
Special Collections Department
Robert E. Kennedy Library
1 Grand Avenue
California Polytechnic State
University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Contact Information
- Special Collections Department
- Robert E. Kennedy Library
- 1 Grand Avenue
- California Polytechnic State University
- San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
- Phone: 805/756-2305
- Fax: 805/756-5770
- Email: archives@calpoly.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/
- Processed by:
- Berlin Loa, 2019.
- Date Completed:
- 2019
- Encoded by:
- Berlin Loa, 2019.
© 2019 Trustees of the California State University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert L. Jones Papers on Morro Bay
Date (inclusive): 1974-1987
Date (bulk): 1974-1987
Collection number: MS0150
Creator:
Jones, Robert L.
Extent:
1 box (.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Special Collections, Robert E. Kennedy Library
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Abstract: Documents and newspaper clippings created
and collected by Robert “Bob” L. Jones, an environmental activist, for whom the Bob
Jones City to Sea Trail between Avila and San Luis Obispo, is named.
Provenance
Gift.
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Preferred Citation
Robert L. Jones Papers on Morro Bay, Special Collections and Archives, California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Biography
Robert “Bob” L. Jones was an environmental activist and pioneer in the field of
environmentalism on the central coast. He worked for the California Department of
Fish and Wildlife for over 23 years and was president of the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County from 1987 to 1989.
He had a lifelong interest in environmental
protection. Bob Jones died in 1994 and the trail was named for him in 1998.
Scope and Content Note
Contains papers collected and created by Robert L. Jones, a local environmentalist
for whom the Bob Jones Bike Trail near Avila Beach is named.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Power-plants.
Gas-turbine power-plants.
Nuclear Power-plants.
Power-plants environmental
aspects.
Power-plants—California.
Environmentalism.
Environmental action groups.
Protest movement, Antinuclear.
Antinuclear movement--California--San
Luis Obispo Region.
San Luis Obispo County
(Calif.).
Land use--Environmental
aspects--California--San Luis Obispo County--History.
Morro Bay Region (Calif.)--History,
Local.
Bob Jones City to Sea Trail.
Bob Jones Pathway.
Bob Jones Pathway.
Genre and Forms of Material:
Correspondence
Business records
Newspaper clippings
Related Material
Related Collections:
MS0124 Enrico Bongio Papers.
MS0197 Central Coast Power Plants and Environmentalism Collection
MS0191 Records of the Coastal Alliance on Plant Expansion (CAPE)
MS0195 Records of the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
Box 1, Folder 1
Position paper, “Concerns about Standard Oil’s proposed monobuoy in
Estero Bay, [Morro Bay], includes revisions,
1974
Box 1, Folder 2
Newsletter, “Speak Up!”, article regarding Estero Bay [Morro Bay],
monobuoy, newsletter, Volume 2, Number 4 and Number 5,
1974
Box 1, Folder 3
“Morro Bay Tomorrow”, newsletter on environmental activism,
1974
Box 1, Folder 4
County of San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors, resolution on
off-shore developments, draft, undated,
circa 1974
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence regarding Montaño de Oro State Park shoreline with
annotated map,
1973
Box 1, Folder 6
Clippings, correspondence, and minutes related to Standard Oil,
1975-1996
Box 1, Folder 7.1
Clippings, correspondence, and minutes related to Morro Bay,
1975-1996
Box 1, Folder 7.2
Clippings, correspondence, and minutes related to Morro Bay,
1975-1996
Box 1, Folder 8
Collected maps, national forests of California, annotated,
1951-1972
Box 1, Folder 9
California Coastal Commission, newspaper clippings and reports,
1975-1987
Box 1, Folder 10
California Coastal Commission, newspaper clippings, correspondence,
and reports,
1980-1988
Box 1, Folder 11
Morro Bay Harbor Reconnaissance Study, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Public Meeting,
1987 March 10
Box 1, Folder 12
California Advisory Committee, Salmon and Steelhead On the Edge, VHS
video tape, 28:50 minutes, undated,
circa 1980
