Strawberry Creek Collection
Finding aid prepared by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff.
Special Collections & University Archives
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P.O. Box 5900
University of California
Riverside, California 92517-5900
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Strawberry Creek collection
Date (inclusive): 1874-2000
Collection Number: WRCA 132
Creator:
Charbonneau, Robert B.
Creator:
Leopold, Luna B. (Luna Bergere), 1915-2006
Creator:
Resh, Vincent H.
Creator:
Riley, Ann L. (Ann Lawrence), 1950-
Extent:
1.25 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection consists of studies, memoranda, articles, reports, field data, student term papers (undergraduate and graduate
level for the departments of Forestry, Biology, Entomology, and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley),
etc., on Strawberry Creek in Berkeley, California.
Major topics include water pollution, water quality, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and history.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Strawberry Creek collection (WRCA 132). Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from various individuals, including University of California professors Vincent H. Resh, Robert B. Charbonneau, and
Luna B. Leopold, Waterways Restoration Institute director Ann L. Riley, and other sources.
Processing History
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 2006.
Collection Number
Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was MS 88/1 . This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of studies, memoranda, articles, reports, field data, student term papers (undergraduate and graduate
level for the departments of Forestry, Biology, Entomology, and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley),
etc., on Strawberry Creek in Berkeley, California.
Major topics include water pollution, water quality, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and history.
Chiefly compiled by Vincent H. Resh, Professor of Entomology and Parasitology, and Luna B. Leopold, Professor Emeritus of
Geology and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley.
Collection Arrangement
The collection contains 3 series as follows:
- Series 1. Vincent H. Resh files, 1929-1991
- Series 2. Luna B. Leopold files, 1976-1986
- Series 3. Miscellaneous, 1874-2000
Related Collections
Luna B. Leopold papers (WRCA 113)
Wildcat Creek Restoration collection (WRCA 017)
G. Mathias Kondolf Term Papers collection (WRCA 154)
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley (Calif.)
Strawberry Creek (Calif.)
Stream conservation
Stream ecology
Urban hydrology
Series 1. Vincent H. Resh files
1929-1991
Series Scope and Contents
"Strawberry Creek file," term papers, memoranda, etc.
Sub-Series 1.1. Strawberry Creek research file
1929-1987
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
Collection of term papers, correspondence, bibliographical references, etc., on aquatic ecology and water quality of Strawberry
Creek. Collected by Prof. Vincent H. Reshand his students.
Box 1, Folder 1.1
Alan, Michelle. "The effects of pipe effluent on water striders in Strawberry Creek"
1983 May 26
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Biology 1C, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.2
Bailey, Linda Kay. "Analysis of Strawberry Creek study data testing started on May 1, 1983 and analysis completed on May 29,
1983"
1983
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.3
Bartfield, Neil S. "The effect of dissolved oxygen concentration and water temperature on the species diversity and density
of
Ephemeroptera,
Plecoptera, and
Coleoptera larvae"
1984 April 27
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Biology 1B, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.4
Bowman, Sheila A. "The effects of various water conditions on the growth of the grass-green algae genus
Cladophora in the Strawberry Creek area"
1983
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Biology 1C, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.5
Brown James R. Memorandum to Vice Chancellor R. W. Wright, Business and Administrative Services re: Strawberry Creek water
quality
1985 October 10
Box 1, Folder 1.6
California Dept. of Water Resources Urban Streams Program
1985
Scope and Contents
Information supplied to Prof. Vincent H. Reshby Ann Riley, Program Manager, Planning Branch.
Box 1, Folder 1.7
Carlson, Jim. "The examination of Strawberry Creek for toxic heavy metals"
1971 March 10
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Interdepartmental Studies 10B, Office of Environmental Health and Safety, University of California,
Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.8
Cheung, Lori A. "An analysis of Strawberry Creek's water quality"
1986
Scope and Contents
In:
San Francisco Bay: Natural Processes and Cultural Impacts, D. Sloan and T. Fletcher, eds. UC Berkeley Senior Seminar Report, p. 223-233, Berkeley, CA.
Box 1, Folder 1.9
City of Berkeley ordinance no. 1490
1929
Scope and Contents
"Regulating and preserving in Berkeley natural water courses, and natural drains, swales, gullies, and other depressions in
the surface of the land which carry off storm waters or other surface waters precipitated by rains ... "
Box 1, Folder 1.10
Cole, H. W. "Diversity study of Strawberry Creek, Berkeley, California"
1977
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.11
Cornwall, Chuck. "Macroinvertebrates as an indicator of water quality in Strawberry Creek"
1986 May 5
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.12
Donald, William Goodricke. Memorandum to William J. Norton, Business Manager, re: acid in Strawberry Creek
1943 May 3
Box 1, Folder 1.13
Erman, Don C. Memorandum to James R. Brown, Director, Office of Environmental Health and Safety re: pollution in Strawberry
Creek
1985 October 15
Box 1, Folder 1.14
Euphrat, Fred. "Application of biotic indices for water quality evaluation"
1984
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.15
Frazier, Thomas C. "Water quality in Strawberry Creek"
1983
Scope and Contents
In:
Berkeley Water: Issues and Resources, D. Sloan and S. Stine, eds. UC Berkeley Senior Seminar Report, p. 233-244, Berkeley, CA.
Box 1, Folder 1.16
Gerber, Martin. City of Berkeley Marina and Strawberry Creek water quality survey
1978 May 2
Box 1, Folder 1.17
Halprin, Lawrence. Excerpt from A preliminary report on the Landscape Plan, University of California, Berkeley campus
September 1954
Scope and Contents
Discusses the north and south forks of Strawberry Creek.
Box 1, Folder 1.18
Hsiu, Patricia. "Legal and political aspects of Berkeley creeks"
1983
Scope and Contents
In:
Berkeley Water: Issues and Resources, D. Sloan and S. Stine, eds. UC Berkeley Senior Seminar Report, p. 245-250, Berkeley, CA.
Box 1, Folder 1.19
Hagill, E. A. Memorandum to W. J. Norton re: pollution of Strawberry Creek
1943 May 7
Box 1, Folder 1.20
Hunter, Linda M. "An analysis of nitrogen, phosphorus and drift in Strawberry Creek"
1986 May 5
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for "Freshwater Ecology," Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.21
Jew, Kimberlynn. "The effect of pollution on stream diatoms"
1984 April 27
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Biology 1B, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.22
Joseph, Jay. "The relation of stream conditions to microscopic life"
1984
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Biology 1B, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.23
Lee, Bessie. "Water quality of creeks and storm drains"
1982
Scope and Contents
In:
The East Bay Shoreline, D. Sloan, ed. UC Berkeley Senior Seminar Report, p. 123-134, Berkeley, CA.
Box 1, Folder 1.24
McKamey, Stuart. "Movement of
Gerris remigis Say in a small creek"
1984 December 15
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.25
Norton, William J. Memorandum to Mangold regarding pollution of Strawberry Creek
1942 May 10
Box 1, Folder 1.26
Norton, William J. Memorandum to E. A. Hagillregarding impurities in Strawberry Creek
1943 May 4
Box 1, Folder 1.27
O'Riordan, Brendan. "Stream temperature, velocity, and phosphate content effects on the distribution of
Cladophoraalgae colonies in Strawberry Creek, University of California, Berkeley"
1976 June 11
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for "Freshwater Ecology," Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.28
Peters, Adam. "The fauna of Strawberry Creek on and above the U.C. Berkeley campus"
1983
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.29
Phillips, J. A. "History of water quality data for Strawberry Creek on the University of California, Berkeley campus"
1986
Scope and Contents
In:
San Francisco Bay: Natural Processes and Cultural Impacts, D. Sloan and T. Fletcher, eds. UC Berkeley Environmental Senior Seminar Report, p. 207-222, Berkeley, CA.
Box 1, Folder 1.30
Phillips, Jane and Vincent H. Resh . Memorandum to UC Berkeley natural science department chairs and libraries regarding Strawberry
Creek file
1987 June 22
Box 1, Folder 1.31
Pratt, Ruth T. "The effects of campus operations on the physical and chemical characteristics of the South Fork of Strawberry
Creek, University of California, Berkeley, California"
1978
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.32
Taylor, Glen Douglas. "The effect of pollutants on the distribution and density of water striders"
1985 May 1
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Biology 1B, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 1.33
Wood, David L. Memorandum to UC Berkeley Entomology Department regarding the Strawberry Creek file
1987 August 7
Sub-Series 1.2. Other research
1949-1991
Box 1, Folder 2
Stephens, Lisa A. "The aquatic insects of Strawberry Creek : a survey of selected sites with qualitative descriptions"
1987
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 3
Theede, John R. "A study of water quality in Strawberry Creek, using diversity of the macrobenthos as an indicator"
circa 1986
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 4
Theede, John R. "Diversity of macroinvertebrates in Strawberry Creek, above and below a suspected source of pollution"
1986 December 5
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 5
Wischemann, Trudy M. "Effects of diversion on Strawberry Creek, California : methods of investigation"
1979
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 6
Stephens, Lisa. "A survey of Strawberry Creek"
1986
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 7
Sloane, Eve. "Effect of upstream tributaries on the downstream water quality (suspended solids and phosphates) of Strawberry
Creek"
1985 April 29
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 8
Phillips, Jane. "Bioassay using species of
Lepidostoma (trichoptera) and
Sialis (megaloptera) found in the South Fork of Strawberry Creek"
1986 December 12
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Entomology 108, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 9
Park, Sora. "Bioassays on the toxicity of drain water into Strawberry Creek from Latimer Hall on golden shiner minnows,
Notemigonus chrysoleucas"
1984 April 25
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Biology 1C, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Riverside.
Box 1, Folder 10
Ochsner, Jerelean. "Some physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the South Fork of Strawberry Creek : emphasis
on stream pollution"
1976
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 11
Lang, F. Jordan. "Strawberry Creek : a preliminary chemical assessment"
1976 June 11
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 12
Cheung, Lori A. "Aspects of water quality in Strawberry Creek on the U.C. Berkeley campus"
1985 April 28
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for "Freshwater Ecology," Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 1, Folder 13
Bronstein, Andrew J. "The distribution and diversity of invertebrate populations in Strawberry Creek's benthic community"
1983 May 27
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Biology 1C, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Riverside.
Box 1, Folder 14
Benson, Joseph M. "Insect stream drift in Strawberry Creek"
1975 June 5
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Forestry 178, Dept. of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 2, Folder 15
Steilberg, Walter T. Memorandum to Joseph Kittredgeregarding rainfall and runoff studies in Strawberry Creek as pertaining
to the stadium culvert
1949 April 23
Box 1, Folder 16
Charbonneau, Robert B. Strawberry Creek management plan. Office of Environmental Health and Safety, University of California at Berkeley
December 1987
Scope and Contents
Author's thesis (M.A. in City Planning)-University of California, Riverside,1988. (Note: 2 copies).
Box 2, Folder 17
A tour of Strawberry Creek on the UC Berkeley central campus
1989
Scope and Contents
Originally compiled by Robert B. Charbonneau, UC Office of Environmental Health and Safety,during an interim appointment to
improve the environmental quality of Strawberry Creek, 1988-1989; subsequently revised by Vincent H. Resh.
Box 2, Folder 18
Sklar, Leonard, and Jeffrey Haltiner. "Strawberry Creek bank stabilization monitoring and follow-up report : University of
California, Riverside. Philip Williams Associates
1991 January 4
Scope and Contents
Prepared under contract to the Dept. of Facilities Management, University of California, Berkeley.
Series 2. Luna B. Leopold files
1976-1986
Sub-Series 2.1. Term Papers
1981-1986
Box 2, Folder 19
Hoyer, Sheila J., and Victoria Horan. "A comparison of observed and synthetic centroid lag, Strawberry Creek near Acton Crescent"
1982 March 18
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California, Riverside.
Box 2, Folder 20
Marangio, Michael, and Serge Poitras. "Comparison of storm response of North and South Forks of Strawberry Creek"
1983 March 8
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California, Riverside.
Box 2, Folder 21
Roggenkamp, Jean. "Rating curve for North Fork Strawberry Creek"
1983 February 1
Scope and Contents
Includes cross section. Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 2, Folder 22
Grumio, Megumi, and David Kaplow. "Impervious surface area study, North Fork Strawberry Creek"
1981
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California, Riverside.
Box 2, Folder 23
Ober, Nan. :North Fork of Strawberry Creek at Haviland Hall"
1984 March 13
Scope and Contents
Rainfall, runoff, hyetograph, hydrograph. Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 2, Folder 24
Sciocchetti, Louis F. "Strawberry Creek hydrograph, hyetograph, rating curves, flood frequency curve"
1984
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California, Riverside.
Box 2, Folder 25
Fitzgibbon, Michael. "Cross sections of Strawberry Creek near Oxford Street and Haviland Hall"
1984
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California, Riverside.
Box 2, Folder 26
Friend, Donald A. "Strawberry Creek near Haviland Hall"
1984
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California, Riverside.
Box 2, Folder 27
Hoyer, Sheila J. "Sedimentation in the North Fork of Strawberry Creek"
1981 December 4
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for Forestry 178, University of California, Riverside.
Box 2, Folder 28
Cook, Jeffrey D. "Evaluation of centroid-to-centroid lag on the North Fork of Strawberry Creek (above campus) : the effect
of urbanization"
May 1986
Scope and Contents
Lag time data for North Fork Strawberry Creek at Ridge Road, Berkeley. Unpublished report for Landscape Architecture 222,
University of California, Riverside.
Sub-Series 2.2. Field Data
1976-1986
Box 3, Folder 29
North Fork Strawberry Creek at Haviland Hall, UC campus : observations and analysis
1976-1981
Scope and Contents
Rating curves, runoff, precipitation, etc., compiled by Luna B. Leopold.
Box 3, Folder 30
North Fork Strawberry Creek near Haviland Hall
1982-1986
Scope and Contents
Cross section and rating curve data compiled by Robert S. Merrill for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California,
Riverside.
Box 3, Folder 31
North Fork Strawberry Creek near Oxford Street
1985-1986
Scope and Contents
Cross section and rating curve data compiled by Robert S. Merrill for Landscape Architecture 222, University of California,
Riverside.
Box 3, Folder 32
North Fork Strawberry Creek at Haviland Hall
1976-1982
Scope and Contents
Velocity data, storm data, etc., compiled by Luna B. Leopold.
Box 3, Folder 33
North Fork Strawberry Creek at Oxford Street
1984-1986
Scope and Contents
Hydrographs, rating curves, etc., compiled by Luna B. Leopold.
Box 3, Folder 34
North Fork Strawberry Creek at Faculty Glade
1982
Scope and Contents
Rainfall records, rating curves, etc., for the storm of February 15, 1982, compiled by Luna B. Leopold.
Series 3. Miscellaneous
1874-2000
Series Scope and Contents
Term papers, articles, reports, campus publications, maps, and later additions to collection (contributed by Robert B. Charbonneau,
Ann L. Riley, etc.).
Box 3, Folder 35
Liu, Leonard Y. "Benthic biomonitoring of suspended sediment input into Strawberry Creek"
circa 1994
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 3, Folder 36
Fiorillo, Adele. "Physical parameters which may determine the distribution of the Threespine Stickleback (
Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Strawberry Creek"
1990
Scope and Contents
Unpublished report for IBI 1999, University of California, Berkeley.
Box 3, Folder 37
Ouyang, Yung. "Water quality parameters and the distribution of the three-spined stickleback in Strawberry Creek"
1992
Scope and Contents
Report for UC Berkeley Environmental Science Seminar.
Box 3, Folder 38
Charbonneau, Robert B., and Vincent H. Resh. "Strawberry Creek on the University of California, Berkeley campus : a case history
of urban stream restoration"
1992
Scope and Contents
In:
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, v. 2 (1992), p. 293-307.
Box 3, Folder 39
Waterways Restoration Institute. "Final Strawberry Creek report : hydraulic geometry, hydrology, pipe hydraulics and natural
channel restoration design. Berkeley"
March 1999
Box 3, Folder 41
University of California, Berkeley campus resources on Strawberry Creek
1874-2000
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, articles from campus newspapers, indexes of University Archives photographs and references from
Blue & Gold yearbooks, etc.
Box 3, Folder 42
City of Berkeley resources on Strawberry Creek
Scope and Contents
Includes "Strawberry Creek Downtown," a data collection study to daylight Strawberry Creek (also available online at http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/strawb/index.html).
Box 3, Folder 43
Riley, Ann L., Drew Goetting, and Joshua Bradt. "Restoration design for Strawberry Creek from the Oxford Street culvert to
the upstream culvert at the eucalyptus grove on the north fork"
1998
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the University of California, Berkeley ; by Waterways Restoration Institute.
Box 3, Folder 44
Wolfe Mason Associates. "Strawberry Creek downtown : a data collection study on to daylight Strawberry Creek"
1999
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the City of Berkeley. (See folder 42 above.)
Box 3, Folder 45
University of California, Berkeley - Office of Environmental Health and Safety "Keeping Strawberry Creek clean"
2001
Box 3, Folder 46
University of California, Berkeley - Office of Environmental Health and Safety "Water Protection"
2004
