Physical Objects and Artifacts

This collection consists of administration and management documents for UC Irvine NRS reserves and projects. Most files were created by William Bretz, the reserve manager of San Joaquin Marsh Reserve (SJM). The collection describes the important role...View Record

This collection contains biological specimens from the Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve (BPR) and other locations. It consists of two herbarium cabinets of partially indexed plant specimens, two cases of invertebrates, and two camping coolers of rodents...View Record

Collection consists of the personal materials of Al Allanson, an amateur oceanographer and adventurer. Allanson was a contemporary of Karl Hubbs and Jacques Cousteau, and was one of the first people to dive with an aqua lung. Allanson knew Kenneth and...View Record

This collection consists of historical materials pertaining to Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve. It includes three series:

The Pre-Natural Reserve System Materials series includes: (1) materials from or about the donor Ethel Stunt (d....View Record

This collection consists of biological specimens and research records mostly from Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation, in three series.

The Microscope Slides series includes 12 slide cases of pollen samples collected from 2009-13, 31...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 relates to the administration and operations of Sagehen Creek Field Station before it joined the UC Natural Reserve System in 2004, including the scientific, land use, landscape history of the reserve site and...View Record

This collection consists of an unusual, warehouse-sized group of scale models depicting the entire Homestake Mining Company’s (HMC) McLaughlin Gold Mine. These models belong to the Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve (MNR), but as...View Record

This collection consists of insect and herbarium specimens. The insect specimens were collected at Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve (MNR) and elsewhere. The herbarium specimens are vouchered and they have an index. Some valuable specimens from...View Record

This collection contains assorted documents, images, and other unique materials pertaining to the Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve, the Homestake Mining Company's McLaughlin Gold Mine, and the long-term history of this site. The collection...View Record