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Title: Luna B. Leopold papers
Date (inclusive): 1910-1998
Date (bulk): 1967-1986
Collection Number: WRCA 113
Extent:
2.5 linear feet
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
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.
Languages: Collection is in English.
Collection is open for research.
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
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.
Donated to the Water Resources Collections and Archives by Luna B. Leopold in various installments from 1983 to 1999.
[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.
Title: Strawberry Creek Collection.
Identifier/Call Number: WRCA 132
Contributing Institution: Water Resources Collections and Archives
Title: Luna B. Leopold Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1934-1991
Identifier/Call Number: CU-452
Contributing Institution:
Bancroft Library. University Archives
University of California, Berkeley
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.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Water Resources Collections and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Distinctive Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Water Resources Collections and Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Geological Survey (U.S.). Water Resources Division
Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
Geomorphology
Pinole Creek (Calif.)
Rain and rainfall -- California -- Berkeley
River channels -- California
Rivers -- California
San Lorenzo River (Calif.)
San Pablo Creek (Calif.)
Stream measurements -- California
Stream-gaging stations -- California
Streamflow -- California -- Berkeley
Streamflow -- California -- East Bay