University of California Natural Reserve System

history & archive project

Wilbur Mayhew

This collection consists of inactive administrative and other materials generated at the NRS systemwide office. It contains a wide range of materials, including UC system and campus meeting minutes, budget, fund-raising, and financial documents, donor...View Record

This collection contains the papers of Roger Samuelson, a founding figure of the NRS. It also includes papers from other important figures in the early history of the system, including Kenneth Norris and Mildred Mathias,...View Record

This collection consists of miscellaneous slides of NRS activities and personnel, including photos of students and class activities, landscape and wildlife photos, and photos of NRS facilities. Of particular note is a series of photos related to...View Record

This collection consists of slide photographs from the Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center (SGM). Most slides are undated and uncredited, but significant portions are attributed to Jim Andre, Richard Norris, D. Lee, Teresa...View Record

This collection encompasses the administrative records of the Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center (SGM). Created mostly by former reserve directors Phillipe Cohen and Cindy Stead Cohen, the collection includes the ten...View Record

This collection consists of administrative documents for the Motte Rimrock Reserve and its satellites: the Box Springs and Emerson Oaks reserves. Created mainly by reserve director Barbara Carlson with some later additions, this collection includes...View Record

This collection contains photographs, clippings, correspondence, and ephemera documenting the early history of Boyd Deep Canyon (BDC) reserve, mostly from the 1960s-80s.

Items of note include: (1) aerial photos of the reserve and surrounding area...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