Jones (Holway R.) Sierra Club Papers, 1907-1982

Summary

Creators:

Frances Doreen Jones

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

The Holway Jones Papers consist largely of Sierra Club Board of Directors' Minutes (1907-1982) and related materials.

Biographical / historical:

Holway R. Jones was a librarian at the University of California, Berkeley (1951-1963) and later at the University of Oregon (1963-1982). He held many offices in the Sierra Club between 1959 and 1978, serving as Associate Secretary (1959-1960), a member of the Board of Directors (1973-1976), and as "Fifth Officer" (1974-1976). Jones gathered the materials in this collection for use in writing John Muir and the Sierra Club: The Battle for Yosemite (1965).

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Physical description:

2.5 linear ft.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Sierra Club -Records and correspondence
Conservation of natural resources -California

Location of this collection:

University of the Pacific

University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library

Stockton, CA 95211, US

Contact:

(209) 946-2404

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