MVZ Public Service collection, 1935-2003

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Summary

Title:
MVZ Public Service collection
Dates:
1935-2003
Creators:
Stebbins, Robert C. (Robert Cyril), 1915-2013
Extent:
5.0 Cubic feet
Language:
and Materials primarily in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Public Service collection, MVZA.AC.0013, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Public Service Collection spans from 1935 to 2003, with the bulk of the material dating 1964 to 1995. The collection primarily consists of textual resources including research reports, correspondence, minutes and agendas, legal material, memoranda, publications, government reports, and maps. Photographs and field guides are also present. The collection is comprised of eighteen distinct series. Each of the series within the collection documents a specific conservation issue that the museum was concerned about, if not directly involved with, both locally and statewide. Some of the significant topics that are represented in these files are Off-road vehicles in the California desert; Wildland and urban fire management in the East Bay Hills; and Protection of California reptiles and amphibians. Other series include Ecological study areas protection; The Bodie Protection Act; and many other conservation issues. Each of the series contains rare material that cannot be found elsewhere -- including rare government reports and correspondence related to the preservation of crucial habitats within the state of California and elsewhere.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Robert C. Stebbins, Museum Curator and Professor of Zoology at UC Berkeley, created the Public Service collection. Dr. Stebbins brought the collection together over the span of several years, and it stemmed from his extensive work with many conservation issues. The issues within the collection are based in California and the surrounding region. Dr. Stebbins’ involvement with these issues led to numerous interactions with other conservationists, community members, biologists, friends, as well as prominent government officials, both state and federal. All of these interactions are well documented within this collection.

Arrangement:

The arrangement of the collection is in its original form. Series are organized by specific public service endeavors carried by the MVZ.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Christina A. Kohler
Sponsor:
The processing of this collection was made possible through funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.
Date Prepared:
11/24/2014
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-12-01T09:16-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright restrictions may apply. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives in writing for approval. Please contact the Museum Archivist for further information.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Public Service collection, MVZA.AC.0013, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
3101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, #3160
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, US
Contact:
(510) 642-3567
mvzarchives@berkeley.EDU
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