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AN ARCHIVAL GUIDE & BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The Adirondack Museum Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812 Adams, Charles C. 1933–1959 95 items Charles C. Adams was director of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station at the College of Forestry at Syracuse University until he became Director of the State Museum in 1926. Collection contains correspondence of Charles C. Adams with Hattie Woods, Wade Hicks, A.A. Saunders, and others interested in the possible acquisition of the Woods Farm in North Elba, New York, for a field station in forestry and a wild game refuge.
The Adirondack Museum Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812 Matteson, Clarence W. 1933–1959; Bulk 1933–1935 1 vol. Clippings and photographs relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Lake Pleasant, New York, compiled by Superintendent Clarence W. Matteson.
Forest History Society 701 Vickers Avenue Durham, NC 27701 Burley, F. William 1925–1995 2.2 cubic feet Published works, draft reports, bibliographic database search results, etc. collected while Mr. Burley worked in Belize as a consulting forester from 1987 to 1990. He helped set up the Programme For Belize and advised Minister Lindo on forestry, mangroves, and conservation issues. He was also part of the early effort to assist Belize in organizing a Tropical Forestry Action Plan (TFAP).
Northern Arizona University Library Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011–6022 Rainbow Bridge National Monument 1907–1988 1 linear foot Rainbow Bridge, Utah, the world's largest natural bridge was designated a national monument on May 30, 1910. The collection consists of publications, memoranda, clippings, and correspondence regarding the discovery of Rainbow Bridge and the establishment of the national monument; exploration of the region; the Rainbow Bridge-Lake Powell controversy and attendant issues in natural resources management in the American West.
South Carolina Historical Society Fireproof Building 100 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401–2299 Combahee River Conservation Project 1928–1974 ca. 1,000 items Records of a project to conserve 10,000 acres of rice lands on the Combahee River and 1,900 acres on Winbee Creek, in Colleton County, South Carolina. A bank was built before 1860 to control water for the area south of the river. Up until the 1920s rice was raised in the area but over time the bank was allowed to deteriorate. In the late 1920s it was rebuilt with the support of area plantation owners to keep salt water from entering the river and destroying rice fields and fresh water duck feeding grounds. Attempts to keep the salt water from entering the area continued until the 1970s when the project was apparently abandoned. Includes correspondence (1928–1974), reports (1951–1955) on the salinity and chemical quality of the river, and reports (1940–1955) of labor expenses. Correspondents and groups involved in the environmental project include U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, S.C. Soil Conservation Dept., S.C. Fish and Game Commission, J.C. Lemack, T.W. Hutson, Remer Y. Lanes, and Austin H. Inglehart.
University of California Berkeley. Environmental Design Archives. 208 Wurster Hall Berkeley CA 94720–1820 Childs, Neal Townley 1916–1935 2 boxes, 3 flat boxes Neal Townley Childs received his A.B. from Yale College in 1909 and his M.F. from Yale University Forest School in 1911. He also did graduate work in landscape architecture at the University of California in 1914. Childs' career included work in forestry as well as commercial and residential landscape architecture. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service from 1911 through 1913 and was an assistant professor of forestry at the University of Nebraska in 1914. He headed Neal T. Childs Co. Landscape Architects and Consulting Foresters in San Francisco from 1915 through 1920. He returned to forestry in 1920, working as Chief Forester for the U.S. Leather Company and Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company of New York City out of their San Francisco office until 1922. He worked as a landscape designer out of his home Oakholme in Atherton, California after 1923, and completed numerous residential projects in the Palo Alto area. Childs wrote the book Man and the Land: The Story Of Man's Use And Abuse Of The Land Thru The Ages in 1928. The collection is comprised of records documenting the landscape architect's career. It is arranged in four series: Professional Records, Office Records, Project Records and Additional Donations. The first series contains a résumé and project list, and correspondence with clients, friends, and publishers. Office records include contracts, fee lists, and procedural statements as well as visual records. These consist of drawings of garden structures, and reference scrapbooks containing original photographs and clippings, arranged by subject. Childs's project records consist of specifications, plant lists, photographs, and one drawing and are primarily related to residential projects in the Palo Alto area. Blueprints from the Blackman residence (Stanford University, ca. 1931) were donated separately, and comprise the final series.
University of California Berkeley. Water Resources Center Archives. 410 O'Brien Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Strawberry Creek Collection 1874–2000 1.5 linear feet Collection 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.
University of California, Irvine. Library, Special Collections and Archives Irvine, California 92623–9557 Orange County Environmental Issues, Land Use, and Planning Collection 1919–1973 (bulk 1960–1970) 2.9 linear feet (5 boxes and 1 oversize folder) Collection consists of correspondence, reports, court documents, minutes, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting three major environmental and political issues in Orange County, California, in the 1960s: agricultural preserves, beach erosion, and redistricting. Primary creators and collectors of the documents include the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Planning Commission. Documents illustrate political positions, public opinion, and law on land conservation and land use. bbbbrial photographs depict Pacific coastline erosion, and maps illustrate districting plans.
University of Maryland. University Libraries. Archives and Manuscripts Department Hornbake Library College Park, MD 20742–7011 Byrd, Harry Clifton (1889–1970) 1895–1970; bulk 1909–1969 28 linear feet Harry Clifton Byrd (1889–1970), one of six children of oysterman and county commissioner William Franklin Byrd and Sallie May Byrd, was born on February 12, 1889, in Crisfield, Maryland. Byrd was president of the University of Maryland from 1935 to 1954. From 1958 into the 1960s, Byrd held several gubernatorial appointments: Chairman of the Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission, Maryland Commissioner to the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, and Chairman of the Commission on Chesapeake Bay Affairs and was involved with the revitalization of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. His papers relate mainly to the University of Maryland, its buildings, lands, governing bodies, and programs. Other subjects documented include the Defense Orientation Conference Association, Far East Command, and state elections. Byrd's papers are comprised of statistics, reports, minutes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
University of Maryland. University Libraries. Archives and Manuscripts Department Hornbake Library College Park, MD 20742–7011 Tydings, Joseph D. 1930–1986; Bulk 1964–1970 23.50 linear feet The papers of Joseph D. Tydings, lawyer, Maryland politician, and U. S. Senator, relate primarily to Tydings' term as senator from Maryland from 1964 to 1970. The collection also relates to Tydings' maternal grandfather, Joseph Davis; his stepfather, Millard Tydings; his term in the Maryland House of Delegates; his appointment as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland; and his work for John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign. Also documented is Tydings' attempt to recapture his former Senate seat in 1976. Document types include hearing transcripts, speeches, voting records, newspaper clippings, and audio-visual materials. Subjects covered include crime in the District of Columbia; gun control; judicial reform; population control, and environmental issues.
University of Southern Mississippi McCain Library and Archives Box 5148 Hattiesburg, MS 39406–5148 Shuttlesworth, Dorothy Edwards 1962–1977 2.1 cubic feet Dorothy Edwards was born on October 10, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York. As a teenager, she began working at the American Museum of Natural History where she eventually became a member of the staff of Natural History magazine from 1931–1936. She proposed a similar magazine for children, called Junior Natural History, which she edited from 1936 to 1948. Ms. Edwards married Melvin Shuttlesworth in 1941, and retired in 1948 to raise her children. Soon she began writing again, publishing her first children's book, Exploring Nature with Your Child, in 1952. After 1952, she wrote more than thirty books about nature for children. Most of these books focus on the animal kingdom, though she has written books about botany, astronomy, archaeology, and three books about conservation. In general, Shuttlesworth targets her books towards young adults in grades 6 and above. The collection contains material for sixteen children's books and has been arranged alphabetically according to title. Within each title, the material is arranged in probably order of creation. With one exception, all of the books in this collection concern some aspect of nature or natural history. Eight are about animals and pets: Animal Camouflage, Gerbils and Other Small Pets, How Wild Animals Fight, Pets and People, The Story of Ants, The Story of Cats, The Wildlife of South America, and Zoos in the Making. Dodos and Dinosaurs, and To Find a Dinosaur concern paleontology and natural history. Clean Air, Sparkling Water; Disappearing Energy; and Litter—The Ugly Enemy all deal with conservation. The collection holds a typescript for every title, and a galley for roughly half the titles. Also included are photographs for Clean Air, Sparkling Water, Disappearing Energy, and To Find a Dinosaur.
University of Virginia Manuscripts Department Alderman Library Charlottesville, VA 22903 Kelly, C. Brian 1963–2000 2 linear feet (ca. 750 items) C. Brian Kelly, of Charlottesville, Virginia, is a former journalist, magazine editor, columnist for Military History magazine, and University of Virginia English professor. These files contain research items, drafts, notes and copies of articles and books written by C. Brian Kelly. The majority of the material concerns Allied Chemical and the presence of Kepone in the James River. Also included in the files are drafts and page proofs of two books upon which he collaborated with his wife, Ingrid Smyer: The Best Little Stories from the Civil War and The Best Little Ironies, Oddities and Mysteries of the Civil War. Most of the material in the collection is dated between 1960 and 2000, with some research material dating back to 1928.
Western Washington University. Center for Pacific Northwest Studies. Goltz-Murray Archives Building Bellingham, WA 98225–9123 Mount Baker Club 1928–2001 12 linear feet The Mount Baker Club collection contains detailed records of the Club's activities and interests from its formal inception in 1928 through 2001. With the exception of a small number of photographs dating from 1925, the bulk of materials in the collection date from 1928 onwards. The Collection's administrative records reflect the formal history of the Mt. Baker Club, including its incorporation in August 1928, by-laws, property records and minutes from monthly meetings. The minute books comprise an especially valuable resource for researchers, documenting Club interests and activities between 1928 and 1995. They include early membership listings, detailed information regarding the maintenance of cabins in the Mt. Baker area, and also reflect the Club's later concerns with conservation and environmental issues. The hiking, camping and social activities of Mt. Baker Club are well documented in newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs and outing records. The collection contains an almost complete set of the Club's official newsletter, "The Rambler," from its first edition in August 1928 through 2000. Copies of the Rambler reflect the outdoor, social and educational pursuits of the Club, including information about its hiking trips and camping expeditions. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and written notes, and most notably, a large number of photographs pertaining to Club outings and social events. Photographs in the 1927–1931 scrapbook, for example, document the Club's first winter climb of Mt. Baker in 1925, the construction of the cabins at Mazama Park and Heliotrope Ridge, and the skiing tournament at Mount Baker Lodge in 1931. Outing records include trip schedules, written reports, trail literature and maps from hiking and camping expeditions.

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