Special Collections, General Library, UC Davis
100 NW Quad
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
tp://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/specol/

Contact
Phone: 530-752-1621
Fax: 530-754-5758
Email: speccoll[at]ucdavis.edu

About the Collection
Description of San Francisco water-related materials:
Thorne B. Gray Collection, 1887-1989. D-310, 11 linear feet

Thorne B. Gray (1937-1993) worked as a journalist for the Modesto Bee from 1966 to 1982, where he covered city and county government with an emphasis on Central Valley water issues, land use, and natural conservation. He reported on the campaigns to preserve the Stanislaus and Tuolumne Rivers in the 1970s and the construction and filling of the New Melones Dam.

The collection consists of an investigative reporter's reference files and publications on Central Valley water issues. Items span the years 1887 to 1989, but the bulk of the collection dates from 1966 to 1982. The collection includes city, county, state, and federal agency reports, correspondence, and press releases, as well as local and state newspaper clippings and magazine articles. Gray filed his notes and clippings from the Modesto Bee under the subject covered. The collection does not contain information relating to Gray's books.

Online finding aid available at: http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt196nc42t

Time Period: 1964-1980, 1981-Present
Types of Material: Manuscripts, Newspaper Clippings, Printed Works

Access:
Open to the Public? Yes
Reservations Required? No
Public Fee? No
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm
Open to Scholars? Yes
Reservations Required: No
Scholars Fee? No
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm

Access Procedures:
The materials may be used only in the Department's reading room under the supervision of Special Collections staff. Researchers must register to use collections and adhere to Special Collections Reading Room rules. Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored off site.

Collection Management Information
Catalog:
http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu

Digital Formats:
n/a

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Submitted: 1/23/2008
Last Updated: 1/23/2008