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Fisheries and Wildlife

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

George Beard diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239278028]
Identifier: MSS 9440
Scope and Contents Travel diary kept by George Beard during a plein air painting and photography trip from Coleville, Utah, to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the Grand Tetons. Includes brief entries from August 15 to October 10, 1889. Some entries mention photographs taken at different places, along with a corresponding number. A list of photographs taken is at the end of the diary, and images captured include Jackson Lake, Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon of the Snake River, Smith's Lake, and Smith Fork. Also includes...
Dates: 1889 August-October

James W. Bee journals and slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9097
Scope and Contents

Contains photographic slides and photocopies of James W. Bee's journals documenting his work, travel, and research as a naturalist and a zoologist in Utah, Kansas, Washington, and other places around the world. These include observations of nature, including of plants and animals. The journals also include some photographs and drawings to illustrate James W. Bee's writing. Some slides depict Bee's personal and family life. Dated approximately 1927 to 1995.

Dates: approximately 1927-1995

Wallace F. Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates: 1948-1984

Mitchell A. Dodge papers on the Menominee Indian Tribe

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1538
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence, government documents, legal files and documents, notes, newspaper clippings, and other records documenting the activities of Dodge as a representative of the Menominee Tribe in their dealings with the United States government, between approximately 1945 and 1980. Deals especially with the issue of their termination as a recognized tribe in the 1960s and their restoration in the 1970s, as well as the legal case Menominee Indian Tribe v. United States that went to...
Dates: 1929-1979

A fishing story

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345826]
Identifier: MSS 392
Scope and Contents

Typewritten draft of a short story about fishing. The item was signed by the author.

Dates: 1950

Alfred Hall letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234624]
Identifier: MSS SC 133
Scope and Contents

5 ALS's to his mother which include descriptions of ship life, whales and whaling, Honolulu, Hawaii, the Sandwich Islands and the inadvisability of life as a whaler. Also includes a certificate (photocopy) concerning Hall's birthplace.

Dates: 1857-1869

Bertrand Fereday Harrison lantern slides and negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3237
Scope and Contents

The glass lantern slides were taken by Bertrand F. Harrison in the 1930s and 1940s, and contain pictures of plants and other biological specimens related to Utah. The negatives collection includes twenty-five small, round metal containers of 35mm film, and one cassette tape. Labels on film canisters include references to Zion's Park, St. George, natural bridges, Chicago, Aspen Grove, Midway, Yellowstone Park, the Uintah Mountains, and various other Utah locations.

Dates: approximately 1920-1949

Charles Lynn Hayward papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8554
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a typed transcription of field notes and observances from around Utah. Also includes specific counts of plants and animals, along with the animals' activities. Dated 1936-1970.

Dates: 1936-1970

Billy Hofer Yellowstone glass plate collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9008
Scope and Contents

Contains thirty-five glass plate negatives of photographs taken by Billy Hofer while he was a guide in Yellowstone Park. Photographs include landscapes within the park as well as groups Hofer guided. There are also photographs of Hofer's cabin in Cinnabar, Montana. Dated 1887.

Dates: approximately 1885-1887

Lee Kay correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314772]
Identifier: MSS SC 1747
Scope and Contents

Original letters to Lee Kay and personal papers, both handwritten and typed, which include a list of his movies. The letters mostly express appreciation for the wildlife films he made and showed.

Dates: 1947-1979