Elden H. Vestal papers
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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.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
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.
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[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.
Provenance unknown.
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.
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
California. Department of Fish and Game
Aquatic biology
Mono Lake (Calif.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Articles
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Maps
Photographs