Verna Johnston Collection, 1953-1992.

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Verna Johnston Collection, 1953-1992.

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Series 1 contains 8 boxes consisting of biographical materials, including correspondence and publications of Verna Johnston. Series 2 contains 12 boxes consisting of topic files on California and Western Ecology. Series 3 contains 38 boxes consisting of Verna Johnston's wildlife photographs and slides.

58 boxes (41.5 linear ft.)

University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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Mono Lake Committee

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Historical Note In 1974, David Gaines became acquainted with Mono Lake during an inventory of the natural areas of Mono County. In 1976 he helped to form the Mono Basin Research Group with undergraduates from Stanford, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and Earlham College, which received grant funding from the National Science Foundation . The Mono Basin Research Group conducted the first comprehensive ecological study of Mono Lake, An Ecological Stud...

Committee for the Preservation of the Tule Elk.

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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

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Johnston, Verna R.

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Educator, conservationist. Biology instructor at San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, Calif. (1945-1982). Author of "Sierra Nevada" (1970), "California Forests and Woodlands" (1994) and many articles on California ecology, with particular emphasize upon Central Valley and foothills regions. Although an active ornithologist early in her career, Johnston's principal scientific concern has been the struggle of California native species for survival in the face of human encroachments. Studied photog...