Denver Public Library 4 Full Record Page 1 of 3 denverlibrary.org Denver Public Library Online FULL RECORD Back to Headings List Record 1 of 1 in Denver Public Library Available copies Search type: Author (any order) Search was: Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945 Place hold(s) Title Wilderness Society records [manuscript] 1935-[on-going] PERSONAL LIST Call # C MSS CONS130 MANAGER Corporate Wilderness Society (U.S.) Add this record to list Author Description 394 cartons and 12 oversized folios (395 cubic feet) Notes Oversize folios 1-3: storyboards for wilderness commercials. Oversize folios 4-9: layouts for posters, primarily about Alaska wilderness. Oversize Review Search History folio 10: a map of the Upper Mississippi River wild life and fish refuge. Oversize folio 11: a comparison of Alaska National Interest Lands Save record(s) to disk legislation. Oversize folio 12: a map of the California Desert wilderness areas. Cartons 1-394: records, letters, maps, arranged in 20 series. Finding aid in repository. Email record(s) Forms part of the DPL Conservation Library. Summary The records document the founding of The Wilderness Society, its major Display print version environmental campaigns, its activism for environmental bills, and its files on staff and council members. The material consists of correspondence, administrative files, governing council minutes, wilderness area View my account inventories and statistical reports, policy statements, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, promotional alerts, newsletters, scrapbooks, mailings, and the society's publications. In addition, there are editorial files of the two magazines produced by the society: The Living Wilderness and Wilderness. Also included is material about the passage of The Wilderness Act, 1964, and the wilderness area additions resulting from RARE I and RARE II legislation. There is material about The Alaska Coalition, a consortium of environmental groups, which included The Wilderness Society, that worked for legislation to create and protect federally owned lands in Alaska. In addition, there are files on the leasing of public lands for grazing, mining, and oil and gas extraction. Files also contain material on timber harvests, protection of Ancient Forests, and The Endangered Species Act. Subject(s) Alaska Coalition. Southeast Alaska Natural Resources Center. Land and Water Conservation Trust. Central Arizona Project (U.S.) United States. Wilderness Act. United States. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973. http://catalog.denver.lib.co.us/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+21285+10+1447460+1+9 4/14/2005 Full Record Page 2 of 3 Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska) Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah) Echo Park Dam (Colo.) Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.) Adirondack Forest Preserve (N.Y.) Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.) Tongass National Forest (Alaska) Everglades (Fla.) Florida Keys (Fla.) National Trails Act, 1968. California Desert Protection Act. Big Grassy/Pole Bridge timber sales. Bridge Canyon Dam. Marble Canyon Dam. Other Broome, Harvey, 1902-1968. Entries Leopold, Aldo. MacKaye, Benton, 1879-1975. Marshall, Robert. Murie, Olaus Johan, 1889-1963. Oberholtzer, Ernest C. (Ernest Carl), 1889-1977. Olson, Sigurd F., 1899- Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945. Brandborg, Stewart M. Zahniser, Howard. Turnage, William A. Roush, Jon. Aspinall, Wayne N. Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898- Restrictions Open to qualified researchers. Contact Western History Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, CO 80204 No status information was found for this title. MARC Record Enter terms: Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-19 Search Clear Choose search type: Author (any order) Help New Search Limit Search Exit Try these for additional resources http://catalog.denver.lib.co.us/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+21285+10+1447460+1+9 4/14/2005 Full Record Page 1 of 12 denverlibrary.org Denver Public Library Online FULL RECORD [Results] Database: Denver Public Library Search type: Title (without A, An, The, El, La...) Available copie Search was: national parks and conservation association Place hold(s) Next PERSONAL LIST MANAGER Title Records, [manuscript]. 1959-[ongoing] Add this record to list Other Title National Parks and Conservation Association records Call # C MSS CONS225 Corporate National Parks and Conservation Association. Author Review Search History Description 159 linear ft. (139 boxes, 20 AV boxes, 1 OV) Notes Catalog record based on preliminary inventory. Collection remains Save record(s) to disk open for additional material. National Parks Conservation Association; gift; 2003. National Parks Conservation Association; gift; 2004. Email record(s) National Parks Conservation Association; gift; 2005. Formed in 1919, the mission of the Association is to "protect and Display print version enhance America's National Park System for present and future generations." Forms part of: DPL Conservation Collection. View my account Summary The collection documents the activities of the organization through its correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, audio-visual and reference materials. Subject(s) National Parks and Conservation Association Archives. National parks and reserves United States. Restrictions Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado. Where to find it Branch Location Date Call Number Status Central Library - BASE2 03/24/04 C MSS CONS225 Needs Staff West Hist & Rg105;Sec2;Sf2;Bx1 Retrieval Genealogy Central Library - BASE2 03/24/04 C MSS CONS225 Needs Staff West Hist & Rg105;Sec2;Sf2;Bx2 Retrieval Genealogy Central Library - BASE2 03/24/04 C MSS CONS225 Needs Staff http://catalog.denver.lib.co.us/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+15750+10+624076547+1+-1 4/14/2005 The Denver Public Library EAD ProjectBox 26 - Robert Sterling Yard files Page 1 of 1 Next document Context of this component INTRODUCTION SERIES 2 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Box 26 - Robert Sterling Yard files FF1 - October 29, 1931 - To the Committee on Study of Crater Lake (memo) FF2 - November 9, 1931 - Meeting of Committee Number One at Cosmos Club: minutes FF3 - 1931 - Gorilla population in Albert National Park: correspondence, memorandum FF4 - 1931, n.d. - Cableway in Yosemite (proposed) - Doctor Merriam sent to Superintendent Albright: correspondence (copies) FF5 - March 28, 1932 - Crater Lake - John Merriam: correspondence sent to Robert Sterling Yard FF6 - April 2, 1932 - Art, Science and the Appreciation of Nature by John C. Merriam: report, correspondence FF7 - December 12, 1932 - Book printing cost: estimate FF8 - n.d. - Committees for Study of National Park Fundamentals: personnel and mail addresses FF9 - n.d. - Memorandum by Doctor Merriam on Means of Transporting Visitors to Mountain Heights The Denver Public Library Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Project Made With PLEADE http://eadsrv.denverlibrary.org/sdx/pl/doc-tdm.xsp?id=CONS225_d0e12479&qid=sdx_q0& 2/7/2010 The Denver Public Library EAD ProjectPhoto Box 3 - Photographs - people Page 1 of 3 Context of this component INTRODUCTION SERIES 10 PHOTOGRAPHS Photo Box 3 - Photographs - people FF8 - n.d. - Ahrens, Gene: b/w photos FF9 - 1980-1981 - Alaska Coalition: b/w photos 4-> FF10 - 1923-1980, n.d. - Albright, Horace: b/w photos FF11 - n.d. - Andrus, Cecil D.: b/w photos FF12 - 1977 - Ayres, Jim: b/w photos, correspondence FF13 - 1977?-1978, n.d. - Burton, Phillip: b/w photos FF14 - 1973-1980, n.d. - Carter, Jimmy: b/w, color photos AD FF15 - 1988-1989, n.d. - Cole, Thomas: b/w, color photos FF16 - 1924-1980, n.d. - Conservationists: b/w, color photos FF17 - 1977, n.d. - Douglas, William o. (Justice): b/w photos 40 FF18 - 1940-1951, n.d. - Drury, Aubrey; Newton Drury: b/w photos FF19 - n.d. - Ellsworth, Rodney S.: b/w photo FF20 - November 1996 - Executive Committee Meeting - California: color photos, negatives FF21 - n.d. - Gabrielson, Ira: b/w photos FF22 - n.d. - Grinnell, George: negative FF23 - June 1989 - Group travel (unidentified): color photos FF24 - September 1989 - Group travel (unidentified): color photos FF25 - June 1990 - Group travel (unidentified): color photos FF26 - n.d. See Group travel (unidentified): color photos FF27 - n.d. - Group travel (unidentified): color photos FF28 - n.d. - Group travel (unidentified): color photos FF29 - n.d. - Group travel (unidentified): color photos FF30 - n.d. - Group travel (unidentified): color photos FF31 - July 1988 - Group travel - Alaska cruise: color photos FF32 - n.d. - Group travel see Nacionalni Park Mljet; Plitvicka Jezera (Croatia); Buchard Gardens, Vancouver Island: color photos FF33 - n.d. - Group travel - Nacionalni Park Mljet; Plitvicka Jezera (Croatia); Buchard Gardens, Vancouver Island: color photos http://eadsrv.denverlibrary.org/sdx/pl/doc-tdm.xsp?id=CONS225_d0e60633&fmt=text&bas... 2/7/2010 The Denver Public Library EAD ProjectPhoto Box 3 - Photographs - people Page 3 of 3 FF58 - 1982 - Pritchard, Paul S.: Democratic National Committee Certificate of Appreciation; Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro: photos FF59 - n.d. - Revolutionary War (persons): b/w photos FF60 - 1926 - Rockefeller family: b/w photo FF61 - 1906-1920 - Roosevelt, Franklin D. and family at Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada: b/w photos FF62 - 1974-1976, n.d. - Snow, Carol: illustrations FF63 - n.d. - Tawas Ecology Club: color photos FF64 - 1949 - Watkins, Carlton E.: b/w photo FF65 - n.d. - Wirth, Conrad L.: b/w photos FF66 - n.d. - Women in the Parks: b/w photos FF67 - n.d. - Yard, Robert Sterling: b/w photo, color transparency FF68 - n.d. - Yates, Sidney R.: b/w photo AD FF69 - n.d. - Youth Conservation Corps: b/w photos The Denver Public Library Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Project Made With PLEADE http://eadsrv.denverlibrary.org/sdx/pl/doc-tdm.xsp?id=CONS225_d0e60633&fmt-text&bas.. 2/7/2010 The Denver Public Library EAD ProjectBox 4 - Governing Council - founders, Robert St... Page 1 of 2 Previous document Next document Context of this component INTRODUCTION SERIES 1 GOVERNING COUNCIL Box 4 - Governing Council - founders, Robert Sterling Yard (1937-1945) FF8 - January-August 1920 - Correspondence FF9 - September-December 1920 - Correspondence FF10 - January-March 1921 - Correspondence FF11 - April-June 1921 - Correspondence FF12 - July-December 1921 - Correspondence FF13 - January-April 1922 - Correspondence FF14 - May-December 1922 - Correspondence FF15 - 1923 - Correspondence FF16 2046 1924 - Correspondence FF17 - 1925 - Correspondence FF18 - 1926 - Correspondence FF19 - 1935 - Correspondence FF20 - 1936 - Correspondence FF21 - January-May 1937 - Correspondence FF22 - June-December 1937 - Correspondence FF23 - January 1937-July 1938 - Rocky Mountain Tunnel: correspondence FF24 - n.d. - Rocky Mountain Tunnel: statements FF25 - 1938 - Correspondence FF26 200 January-November 1938 - Yellowstone Lake: correspondence FF27 - 1938 - Yellowstone Lake: statements FF28 - January-October 1939 - Correspondence FF29 - November-December 1939 - Correspondence FF30 - January 1940 - Will of Robert Marshall: correspondence FF31 - January-February 1940 - Correspondence FF32 - March-June 1940 - Correspondence FF33 - July-December 1940 - Correspondence FF34 - 1941-1944 - Correspondence http://eadsrv.denverlibrary.org/sdx/pl/doc-tdm.xsp?id=CONS130_d0e2912&fmt=text&base... 2/7/2010 I oui quesuon was occu rage 1 OI 1 THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY Your Reference question has been submitted Your question has been sent to the Denver Public Library. If you entered your correct e-mail address, you should receive a copy of the question shortly. You submitted the following: Name Ronald Epp Email Confirmation eppster2@verizon.net User Level Adult State New Hampshire zip 03054 Question Your Conservation Collection contains the Wilderness Society Papers, including National Parks Association documents by its Exec. Secy' Robert Sterling Yard. I understand that these documents are being processed but I hoped that you might be able to confirm whether Yard's 1932 "Notes on the Primitive in National Parks" was in this collection as I've been led to believe from Paul S. Sutters "Driven Wild," U Washington Press, 2002. R. Epp, Director of the Southern New Hampshire University Library. Thank you. Return to the Ask a Question Page T 20 Copia all ford http://www.denverlibrary.org/cgi-bin/mail_form.pl 3/30/2006 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:16 PM To: 'Ron Tipton' Subject: RE: NPCA Archival Manuscripts Dear Mr. Tipton, Thank you very much for responding with such promising information. I'll forward this message to the Denver Public Library and see what they have been able to uncover. I assume from your message that no documents relating to Mr. Yard are being held by you for shippoing at some future date--namely, that everything is now at the DPL. Ronald Epp Original Message From: Ron Tipton [mailto:rtipton@NPCA.ORG] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 5:19 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: NPCA Archival Manuscripts Dr. Epp-- I asked a colleague of mine at NPCA who was involved in transferring some of the information to the Library during the past two years, and she said there were substantial documents from and about Robert S. Yard in the materials we shipped. you will have to check with the library as to their whereabouts; I presume these documents have been catalogued. Ron Tipton >>> "Epp, Ronald" xr.epp@snhu.edu> 04/07/05 10:45AM Robert Russell at the Denver Public Library informs me that the NPCA has begun shipping its organizational archives to his institution. I am writing to determine whether that process has included documents relating to Robert Sterling Yard and his association with the NPCA during the 1920's and 1930's. I am writing a biography of his friend and colleague, George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944), the founder of Acadia National Park. In discussing their relationship it would be very helpful to know whether the aforementioned organizational documents do or do not contain any correspondence between Yard and Dorr or about Mr. Dorr in Yard's discussions with NPS Director Horace Albright. I very much appreciate your attention to this matter. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of University Library & Associate Professor of Philosophy Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211 ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 1 $ Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:36 AM To: 'Robert Russell' Subject: RE: R.S. Yard request Dear Robert, Regarding our earlier communications concerning the National Parks Conservation Association papers and my interest in the Robert S. Yard documents, I'm sending this follow-up inquiry. You may recall (see below) that my interest in Mr. Yard centers around his publications, visits, and engagements with the the founder of Acadia National Park, Mr. George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944) and their mutual friend, NPS Director Horace Albright. Since I have neared completion of the research phase for my biography of Mr. Dorr, information about the completion of a finding aid might help me avoid a misstep when writing about the Dorr- Yard relationship. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Ronald Epp Director of University Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03196 603-668-2211 X2164 Original Message From: Robert Russell [mailto:rrussell@denver.lib.co.us] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:31 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: R.S. Yard request Mr. Epp, I would agree with your statement that waiting a few months may be a good idea. This collection is arriving slowly in sporadic shipments. We really have no way of knowing when more material from the time frame requested may arrive. Six months may provide a better idea of what material is available on Mr. Yard. The NPCA has a staff member going through the material and preparing it for shipping. I do not know if it would be worth your effort to contact them directly. I do not know what their previous arrangements were for access to their organizational papers. Thanks for your patience on this matter. We are not nearly finished with receiving the NPCA papers, and it will be a fairly lengthy process. Good luck with your continuing research. Sincerely, Robert Russell 1 Message Page 1 of 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:46 AM To: "TakeAction@npca.org' Cc: "RRussell@denver.lib.co.us' Subject: NPCA Archival Manuscripts Robert Russell at the Denver Public Library informs me that the NPCA has begun shipping its organizational archives to his institution. I am writing to determine whether that process has included documents relating to Robert Sterling Yard and his association with the NPCA during the 1920's and 1930's. I am writing a biography of his friend and colleague, George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944), the founder of Acadia National Park. In discussing their relationship it would be very helpful to know whether the aforementioned organizational documents do or do not contain any correspondence between Yard and Dorr or about Mr. Dorr in Yard's discussions with NPS Director Horace Albright. I very much appreciate your attention to this matter. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of University Library & Associate Professor of Philosophy Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211 ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 4/7/2005 Message Page 1 of 1 NR Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:46 AM To: "TakeAction@npca.org' Cc: 'RRussell@denver.lib.co.us' Subject: NPCA Archival Manuscripts Robert Russell at the Denver Public Library informs me that the NPCA has begun shipping its organizational archives to his institution. I am writing to determine whether that process has included documents relating to Robert Sterling Yard and his association with the NPCA during the 1920's and 1930's. I am writing a biography of his friend and colleague, George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944), the founder of Acadia National Park. In discussing their relationship it would be very helpful to know whether the aforementioned organizational documents do or do not contain any correspondence between Yard and Dorr or about Mr. Dorr in Yard's discussions with NPS Director Horace Albright. I very much appreciate your attention to this matter. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of University Library & Associate Professor of Philosophy Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211 ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 4/7/2005 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:32 PM To: 'Robert Russell' Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: R.S. Yard request Dear Mr. Russell, I received last month the NPCA inventory and have taken time to review with an eye to my research needs. Thank you for sharing this with me. It is clear that of the first 100 boxes only Box 89 contains material dating from Yard's time with the NPCA. It may be that some of this material (c. 1921-30) is germane to my interests. However, since you report that "we are still taking in sizable portions of the collection" it may be most sensible for me to contact you in three or six months and see what progress has been accomplished toward accessioning these papers. Do you agree with this timeframe? Do you see any merit in me contacting the NPCA directly? Thank you. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Original Message From: Robert Russell [mailto:RRussell@denver.lib.co.us Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:03 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: R.S. Yard request Mr. Epp, I am writing in reply to your question about papers pertaining to R.S. Yard. The National Parks Conservation Association papers have begun to arrive over the last year roughly. The collection has not been processed, and no finding aid has yet been created. There may well be material dating from Yard's time with the NPCA, but it is in its rough state at this point. I can provide our inventory, which is a first pass for accession purposes. This may at least give you an idea of what type of material we have received thus far. This may change quickly since we are still taking in sizable portions of the collection. Any material you wish to look at will be subject to a review ahead of time (since it is unprocessed), and access to sensitive material may be denied. Patience my be required in order to locate the material you are looking for. It simply depends on when the NPCA sends us that type of material. If you have further questions, feel free to let me know. Sincerely, Robert Russell 1 Epp, Ronald From: Robert Russell [RRussell@denver.lib.co.us] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:03 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: R.S. Yard request W NPCA_researcher.d oc (47 KB) Mr. Epp, I am writing in reply to your question about papers pertaining to R. S. Yard. The National Parks Conservation Association papers have begun to arrive over the last year roughly. The collection has not been processed, and no finding aid has yet been created. There may well be material dating from Yard's time with the NPCA, but it is in its rough state at this point. I can provide our inventory, which is a first pass for accession purposes. This may at least give you an idea of what type of material we have received thus far. This may change quickly since we are still taking in sizable portions of the collection. Any material you wish to look at will be subject to a review ahead of time (since it is unprocessed), and access to sensitive material may be denied. Patience my be required in order to locate the material you are looking for. It simply depends on when the NPCA sends us that type of material. If you have further questions, feel free to let me know. Sincerely, Robert Russell Archivist, Conservation Collection The Denver Public Library 1