Enrico Bongio Papers, MS 124

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Scope and Content Note

Image © Enrico Bongio Papers, Cal Poly.

This collection contains papers and photographs relating to the environmental activism of San Luis Obispo resident Enrico Bongio. The collection contains correspondence with state and federal agencies and local environmentalists, minutes and agendas of local non-profit environmental groups; articles and newspaper clippings; photographs and slides of the San Luis Obispo area.

The original order of the collection, which was roughly chronological, has been preserved according to the binders in which the collection was donated. The collection is organized into three series:

  1. Activism – Grazing on Public Lands, 1959-1994
  2. Access to Caliente Mountain, Carrizo Plain National Monument, 1985-87
  3. Litigation – Rudnick v. McMillan, 1993

Geographical locations noted in this guide are assumed to be in California unless noted otherwise.

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