University of California, Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System records, 1946-2021, bulk 1960s-1990s

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Summary

Creators:
Pister, Edwin P. (1929-2023)
Abstract:
Records produced by various natural reserves that are a part of the University of California, Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System.
Extent:
26.5 Linear Feet (20 cartons, 6 document boxes, 3 half-document boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 shoebox)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], University of California, Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System records, UArch 132. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains administrative records generated by natural reserves that are a part of the University of California, Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System. These materials document the history and development of the Natural Reserve System, and in particular the seven reserves administered by UCSB.

Materials may include plans, annual reports, correspondence, budgets, brochures, newsletters, weather reports, programs, user data and questionnaires, news clippings, meeting minutes, maps, slides and photographs, research notes, species information, and publications.

Biographical / historical:

The University of California, Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System (UC NRS) is a network of 41 protected natural areas located throughout the State that provides undisturbed environments for research, education and public outreach programs. It is the largest university-administered reserve system in the world encompassing more than 756,000 acres of diverse habitats from the ocean to the mountains to the inland deserts, and with access to more than a million acres of public lands. The Natural Reserve System contributes to the understanding and wise stewardship of the Earth.

The seven UC NRS Reserves managed by UCSB are used by thousands of researchers, students and public visitors each year as they investigate and learn about the natural world. Reserve users come from throughout California, the U.S., and the world to study the Reserve's diverse natural systems and native flora and fauna.

Acquisition information:
Transfered from field stations, 2019-2023. Additions donated by Karl Pister and Anne Pister Rowley, October 2024.
Arrangement:

The records are arranged into two series, with a University of California, Santa Barbara reserve representing one series.

  • Series 1: Santa Cruz Island Reserve records
  • Series 2: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory records

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], University of California, Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System records, UArch 132. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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