Guide to the Ronald Eber Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Ronald Eber Collection
Creator:
Eber, Ronald
Identifier/Call Number: UAC.REC
Extent:
.25 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1969-2000
Abstract: Ron Eber is a graduate of San Fernando
Valley State College (now CSUN), class of 1971. Mr. Eber served as President of CSUN's
Mountaineering and Conservation Club and was instrumental in raising awareness about
environmental issues on campus, throughout California, and beyond. He has been an active
environmentalist as a member of the Sierra Club and as a Rural and Agricultural Land
Specialist, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, a position he held for
over 30 years. Mr. Eber also served on an advisory committee to the University Of Oregon
Department of Special Collections regarding the establishment of an Oregon Conservation
Collection, and has been a visiting lecturer at both the University of Oregon and Willamette
University on topics such as land use, preservation and conservation history, and John Muir.
The Ronald Eber Collection documents his role in the founding of CSUN's Mountaineering and
Conservation Club in 1969, Environmental Awareness Week in conjunction with Earth Day 1 in
April 1970, and the campaign to protect the campus' historic orange grove.
Language of Material: English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright
status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected
by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the
written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Box 1, Folder 1
Begin with Organic Gardening: An Environmental Handbook
for the Garden.
Ecology Action, San Fernando Valley State College
Box 1, Folder 3
Ecology Begins at Home: A Household Environmental
Handbook.
Ecology Action, San Fernando Valley State College
Box 1, Folder 4
Mountaineering and Conservation Club,
1969-1971
Folder 1
Earth Day,
Sundial,
1970 April 21
Folder 2
Orange Grove,
LA Times,
1991 May 2
