Descriptive Summary
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Elden H. Vestal papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1937-1998
Collection Number: WRCA 021
Creator:
Vestal, Elden
Extent:
5.0 linear feet
(5 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, articles, press clippings, maps, and photographs regarding the professional life
of Elden H. Vestal, a fisheries biologist who worked for the California Department of Fish and Game. Vestal worked in the
Mono Basin from 1939-1950, and played a role in legal proceedings regarding Mono Lake in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection
focuses on Mono Lake and other Eastern Sierra lakes and rivers.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections & University Archives regarding the availability of materials
for research use.
Publication Rights
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Elden H. Vestal papers (WRCA 021). Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Collection Number
Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was WR 13 03. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, articles, press clippings, maps, and photographs regarding the professional life
of Elden H. Vestal, a fisheries biologist who worked for the California Department of Fish and Game. Vestal worked in the
Mono Basin from 1939-1950, and played a role in legal proceedings regarding Mono Lake in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection
focuses on Mono Lake and other Eastern Sierra lakes and rivers.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
California. Department of Fish and Game
Aquatic biology
Mono Lake (Calif.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Genres and Forms of Materials
Articles
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Maps
Photographs