Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Collection of publications, miscellaneous rainfall and streamflow data, raw data for discharge measurements and channel dimensions for Pacific Slope basins in California, and term papers from landscape architecturer and geology courses at UC Riverside.
- Extent:
- 2.5 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection is in English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. Luna B. Leopold papers (WRCA 113). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of selected publications and conference addresses, miscellaneous rainfall and streamflow studies (primarily for East Bay locations), and the original field forms (U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division form 9-207) containing the raw data for discharge measurements and channel dimensions (channel width, channel depth, and streamflow velocity at bankfull stage) for Pacific Slope basins in California, summaries and hand-drawn discharge vs. hydraulic geometry graphs for selected stations, and term papers from courses taught by Leopold at UC Berkeley.
Please consult the library catalog for additional works by Leopold.
- Biographical / historical:
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Luna Bergere Leopold, professor emeritus of geology and landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, was born October 8, 1915 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin, a master's in meteorology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. from Harvard (1950).
His early career includes experiences with the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Pineapple Research Institute in Hawaii. From 1957 to 1968, he served as chief hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey's Water Resources Division. In 1972, he joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley. In September 1991, he received the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor. Previously, he received the Distinguished Service Award of the Department of the Interior (1958) and the Rockefeller Public Service Award (1971).
Luna Leopold is the second son of Aldo Leopold, pioneer in scientific wildlife management and author of A Sand County Almanac, a collection of reflective essays which stands alongside the works of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir as philosophic underpinnings for the modern environmental movement.
In 1990 and 1991, the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, conducted a series of interviews with Leopold that were published in 1993: Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Environmental Policy : U.S. Geological Survey, 1950-1972, and UC Berkeley, 1972-1987. Berkeley: Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California, 1993.
- Custodial history:
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Donated to the Water Resources Collections and Archives by Luna B. Leopold in various installments from 1983 to 1999.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged in two series as outlined below. The first series contains four sub-series which are described at the series level.
- Series 1. Luna Leopold papers
- Series 2. Term papers
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. 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:
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. Luna B. Leopold papers (WRCA 113). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Riverside - Special Collections and University ArchivesPO Box 5900Riverside, CA 92517-5900, US
- Contact:
- (951) 827-3233