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Friends of the River Collection
BANC MSS 2022/208
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Friends of the River Collection
Creator:
Friends of the River Foundation
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2022/208
Physical Description:
9 linear feet
(4 cartons, 5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1940-1980
Date (bulk): 1975-1980
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Water Resource Collections and Archives, University of California, Riverside in 2018.
This collection was originally in the custody of the Water Resource Center at UC Berkeley. In 2011, the Water Resource Center
collections were transferred from UC Berkeley to Department of Special Collections at UC Riverside. In 2018, at the request
of the donor, this collection was transferred back to UC Berkeley is now held at The Bancroft Library.
Identification of item, Friends of the River Collection, BANC MSS 2022/208, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
The arrangement and most of the description for this collection was created by the Water Resource Center at UC Berkeley. The
collection was processed by WRC staff members Randy Brandt and Erica Nordmeier. Lara Michels (Head of Archival Processing
at The Bancroft Library) utilized the original finding aid created by the WRC in the creation of the current finding aid for
the collection. The call number has been changed from MS 81/3 to BANC MSS 2022/208.
Friends of the River Foundation Records, 1970-1983, BANC MSS 88/25 c, The Bancroft Library
Articles, congressional bills, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, news clippings, publications, reports, research notes,
petitions, testimonies, and written statements compiled by Friends of the River. This collection contains four series: New
Melones Dam, California Senate Subcommittee on River Management, Miscellaneous, and Clippings. The New Melones Dam series
contains information on the organization of the Friends of the River Foundation and efforts to halt construction of the dam,
have the Stanislaus River designated with wild and scenic river status ("Save the River"), etc. The Subcommittee on River
Management series contains documents given to Friends of the River by California State Senator Peter H. Behr (Chair of the
Subcommittee), and concerns waterways plans for the American River, the Salmon River, and the Van Duzen River. The Clippings
series contains newspaper and magazine clippings on a wide variety of water and river-related topics. The arrangement of the
Clippings series has not been altered, and appears in the order arranged by the creator.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Behr, Peter H., 1915-
California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife
Friends of the River Foundation
Dams -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Stanislaus
Water resources development -- California -- Stanislaus River
Water resources development--California--Citizen participation
Wild and scenic rivers -- Law and legislation -- California
Stanislaus River (Calif.)
American River (Calif.)
Salmon River (Calif.)
Van Duzen River (Calif.)
New Melones Dam (Calif.)