ANRA. Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Most of the documents in the LTER collection have been digitized and are now available online via the CSU Libraries digital repository.

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Sherri Mabe is a photographer residing in the Colorado Springs area. This collection consists of one CD of 60 digital photographs related to the Black Forest and Waldo Canyon forest fires.

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This collection consists of a report by Dr. David McComb entitled 'Agricultural Technology and Society in Colorado,' along with 138 black and white photographs which illustrate the points Dr. McComb makes in his paper. Photo subjects include: machines, houses, crops, irrigation systems, and people. The report was published in 1981 as a book of the same title, which publicized the Colorado Agricultural History Project.

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Mac McLennan, a fifth-generation Coloradoan, grew up on a family farm in Hygiene, Colorado. This collection includes his autobiographical writings, genealogical information and 29 photographs documenting farm and ranch life during the Second World War.

Abstract The National Bison Association was created by the 1995 merger of the American Bison Association (formed in 1975, and known as the American Buffalo Association before 1988) and the National Buffalo Association (chartered in 1966). The National Bison Association's most successful event, The Gold Trophy Show and Sale, has been held nearly every year since 1980 in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show. Collection materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, conference documents,...

Abstract This collection of NPS-related publications and historical materials was assembled over the course of many decades by Ken Mabery, Superintendent of Scotts Bluff National Monument. Most of the materials in the collection originated from Mabery and fellow NPS employee Bill Supernaugh (much of it inherited from their fathers, who were also career NPS), but more than two dozen additional NPS retirees forwarded materials to Mabery for inclusion with the collection. Material types include books...

Abstract In 1977, Peggy Nelson joined the National Park Service's Southeastern Center in Tallahassee, Florida, as a seasonal archaeologist while attending Memphis State University (MSU). While enrolled in graduate studies in landscape architecture at the University of Georgia, she began work for the NPS Southeast Region in Atlanta to further develop a cultural landscape management approach to NPS sites. In 1992 the NPS Southwest Region in Santa Fe, NM, offered her a position as a historic landscape...

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Materials donated by several individuals with connections to CSU's Mountain Campus form this collection. Current and retired faculty of the Warner College of Natural Resources provided historical photographs, oral history transcripts, articles, clippings, publications, student projects, DVDs and floppy disks, and audio and video cassette tapes. Facilities personnel added grant proposals, drawings, and project plans for the historic restoration of numerous buildings.

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This collection includes newsletters and posters originating from Colorado State University's Public Lands History Center. Topics are related to natural resource management, the state and national Forest Service, and the National Park Service.

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Dr. Irwin H. Roberts specialized in large animal external parasite research for the USDA from the late 1930s to 1976. The agency's Meritorious Service Award in 1952 recognized his work leading to the control of scabies. Roberts served as director of the USDA parasite research laboratory in Albuquerque, NM, from 1962 until his retirement in 1976. This collection consists of historical veterinary books and instruments.

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Jean H. Rodeck (Swearingen)(b.1934) began permanent employment with the National Park Service in 1966 as regional curator for the Southwest Region, based in Santa Fe, and retired in 2002 as superintendent of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado. This collection features Rodeck's journals, correspondence, memorabilia, and oral history, as well as newsletters and publications related to her lengthy NPS career.

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Numerous local stockgrowers' associations have existed in Routt County since before 1900. In 1921, a meeting was held to discuss combining all the local associations into the Routt County Stockgrowers' Association, which was accomplished shortly thereafter. The name was changed to the Routt County Cattlemen's Association in 1966. Materials in this collection consist of meeting minutes and organizational documents for the Association.

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Harvey R. Solberg served as president of the Colorado Farmers Union from 1940-1962. During his tenure, the organization changed its name to the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union in 1943. These documents include printed materials and publications gathered by Solberg during his service with the North Dakota Farmers Union and in the North Dakota legislature, as well as his reference library and personal correspondence, news clippings, subject files, photographs, and memorabilia.

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This collection offers farm journals and expense books related to the agricultural activities of Kenneth and Leone Thayer. Brief entries over the course of nearly 70 years offer a glimpse into the life of a 20th century farm family in northern Colorado.

Abstract Orville C. Ufford joined the staff at the Colorado Agricultural College in 1920 as an instructor and later became the Extension Service poultry specialist. Upon retiring from the Extension Service in 1953, Ufford spent seven years assisting the Turkish government, transforming the nearly non-existent Turkey poultry trade into a modern food industry. His work was so well recognized that he was often called the father of Turkey's poultry industry. The scrapbook contains clippings and articles...

Abstract The Western Farm Economics Association originated from a 1927 meeting in Reno, Nevada, in which F. B. Headley (in charge of farm development at the University of Nevada) advocated a forum for research and dialogue specific to western agricultural problems. The name was changed in 1968 to the Western Agricultural Economics Association. Membership includes economists and sociologists employed by institutions of higher education, the federal government, and corporations interested in western...

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Windsor Dairy, owned by board-certified dairy veterinarians Meg Cattell and Arden Nelson, is a licensed, Grade-A certified organic dairy in Windsor, Colorado that features milk and beef from grass-fed cattle. The subject files, reports, correspondence, news clippings, and photographs in this collection provide insights about daily operations, regulatory compliance, and promotional activities.

Abstract Elbert DeWalt became a Colorado State Grange Deputy in 1944 and served as Master of the Boulder, Larimer, Weld, and Park County jurisdictions from 1942-1947, establishing some of the first granges in Colorado. DeWalt managed grange programming, membership, and finances through the mid-1950s and continued to be a strong advocate for farmers after his official appointments ended. The collection includes personal letters written by National and Colorado State grange representatives, Deputy...

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Material Subject Matter: Boulder County Extension, Colorado Extension Homemakers Council, Colorado County Agents Association; Material Types: Clippings, Photographs, Reports, Scrapbooks

Abstract Environmentalist B. Riley McClelland has dedicated his life to the study and advocacy of environmental issues as they relate to forestry and the National Park Service. He engaged in undergraduate and graduate studies at Colorado State University and worked as a naturalist at a number of national parks before earning a doctorate and joining the faculty at the University of Montana. Collection materials include his own publications and essays, correspondence with politicians and officials,...