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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.
Gift.
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Robert L. Jones Papers on Morro Bay, Special Collections and Archives, California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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.
Contains papers collected and created by Robert L. Jones, a local environmentalist
for whom the Bob Jones Bike Trail near Avila Beach is named.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
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.
Correspondence
Business records
Newspaper clippings
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