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Northern Arizona University Library Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Lyngholm, Donovan (1927–1993) 1970–1992 12.5 linear feet Donovan Lyngholm, 1927–1993, was a range scientist and active environmentalist. Born January 27, 1927 in Sydney, Nebraska, he attended Colorado State University and graduated from the Fort Collins school in 1950 with a degree in range science. After a stint in the U.S. Army, he worked for the Forest Service and later transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. His last assignment was to the Joint Use Land Office in Flagstaff, Arizona where he lived and worked until his retirement in 1982. After his retirement, he worked as a private range science consultant, Sierra Club trip leader, and volunteer researcher for environmental issues. Don Lyngholm passed away May 12, 1993.
The papers consists of reports, newsletter articles and scientific data concerning issues of wilderness preservation and range management in the southwestern United States. The section on wilderness information includes area specific reports and comments from federal agencies (Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and Forest Service) and environmental groups (Sierra Club, Four Corners Wilderness Workshop and Arizona Wilderness Coalition). Range management material includes reports prepared for the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission and several northern Arizona ranches.
Oregon Historical Society Manuscripts Collection 1230 Southwest Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205 Miller, Joseph L. 1909–1995; bulk 1971–1995 29 linear feet Papers include in-depth material on Joseph L. Miller's crusade to collect and organize information on the Bull Run Reserve and watershed and to expand public awareness of threats to its famed pristine water through formation of the Bull Run Interest Group (BRIG) and lawsuits he initiated against the U.S. Forest Service. Bull Run is the main source of water for Portland, Oregon, and other smaller communities in the area.
University of Florida P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History 404 Library West Gainesville, FL 32611 School of Forest Resources and Conservation 1935–1961 22 boxes This subseries contains the papers of two directors of the School of Forestry: Harold Stephenson Newins, the founding director, and Clemens Marcus Kaufman. The subseries begins in 1935 when the Department of Forestry was created in the College of Agriculture. The subseries also contains the correspondence, both personal and professional, of Harold Newins, as well as manuscripts of articles and speeches written by Newins. The administrative records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and curriculum files documenting research activities at the Austin Cary Forest and relations with a host of forestry and conservation associations such as the Florida Forest and Park Association, the Florida Forestry Council, the Society of American Foresters, and the Southern Shade Tree Conference.
University of Montana Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library K. Ross Toole Archives. Missoula, MT 59812 Moon, Gareth C. (1923- ) 1941–1993 2 linear feet Gareth C. Moon was born in 1923 and raised in eastern South Dakota. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U.S. Marines in the South Pacific. Prior to the war, he worked on a logging crew in Idaho forests. He graduated from the University of Montana School of Forestry in 1949. During this time, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service on the Lolo National Forest where he cruised timber and fought forest fires. He was appointed Montana State Forester in 1954 and served in that post for the next twenty-six years. He was State Land Commissioner from 1980 until 1982, when he retired for health reasons. Moon died in 2000. The collection contains Moon's personal papers and materials related to the preparation of his book, A History of Montana State Forestry (Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1991). The personal papers include correspondence, Moon's compositions for freshman English, certificates and awards, and one photograph. One item of note is a typewritten copy of a narrative written by Moon's grandfather, Abraham Ledieu, a French-Canadian who came to the Montana Territory prior to 1820. In the narrative, Ledieu recalls his exploits with western exploration and hunting parties in the Montana Territory and his work carrying mail to Fort Union and surrounding outposts. The collection also contains materials related to Gareth C. Moon's history of Montana State Forestry. These materials include clippings, correspondence, manuscript drafts, and twenty audiocassette tape recordings of Moon discussing the history of Montana forestry. The recordings were typed into narrative form by Mike Moon and probably became the basis for Montana State Forestry: A History.
University of Wyoming American Heritage Center P.O. Box 3924 Laramie, WY 82071 Grinnell, George Bird (1849–1938) 1870-ca. 1895 1 box Grinnell, a naturalist and conservationist, was born in New York City and graduated from Yale in 1870. In 1870 he joined an expedition for fossil-collecting in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah under the protection of federal troops and Pawnee Indians. In 1874 he accompanied General George Custer's expedition to the Black Hills and Colonel William Ludlow's expedition into the Yellowstone Park area in 1875 as expedition naturalist. He also later explored areas of Montana, Alaska and British Columbia./ Grinnell returned to Yale to receive a Ph. D in 1880 and was the natural history editor and eventually the owner of "Forest and Stream" magazine from 1876–1911. Grinnell helped to found the Audubon Society in 1886 and in 1925 was elected president of the National Parks Association.
The collection contains mainly manuscripts written by Grinnell concerning his exploration and notes on his study of bone structures. The collection includes manuscripts on his first trip into the West, Nebraska and Wyoming; research notes on the bone structure of birds; a manuscript on Indian reservation police and their role in the massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota and the death of Sitting Bull in 1890; the manuscript of a trip along the coast of British Columbia; and miscellaneous other materials. Collection also contains materials relating to Grinnell's operation of "Forest and Stream," including Grinnell's manuscripts on hunting; 2letters to the editor; the partial manuscript for "The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide, " which was written by Charles Hallock and published by "Forest and Stream;" and the manuscript for "The Birds of Chester County, Pennsylvania, " written by B. Harry Warren for submission to "Forest and Stream."

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