University of California Natural Reserve System

history & archive project

Anza-Borrego State Park

This collection consists of assorted historical materials from UCI NRS activities. It is broken down into four series based on location.

The first series consists of materials in Storage Room 030. Contents include: (1) records and data from...View Record

This collection documents the history of the Desert Club—the current site of the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center—from its founding in 1950 as a country club through several phases of ownership and use before it joined...View Record

This collection contains the administrative files of the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center (SBAB). It consists of correspondence concerning the establishment of the reserve, accounts of the kickoff celebration, media clippings, drafts of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with UC...View Record

This collection contains materials collected by the Boyd Deep Canyon (BDC) Reserve’s directors. It covers topics from the institutional history of BDC, to BDC's relationships with neighboring landowners, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies, to the natural...View Record