The collection consists of studies, memoranda, articles, reports, field data, student term papers (undergraduate and graduate level for the departments of Forestry, Biology, Entomology, and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley), etc., on Strawberry Creek in Berkeley, California. Major topics include water pollution, water quality, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and history.

Chiefly compiled by Vincent H. Resh, Professor of Entomology and Parasitology, and Luna B. Leopold, Professor Emeritus of Geology and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley.