Environment and Conservation

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Materials relating to the organization, including: meeting minutes, account books, lists of members and officers, and other items.

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A prospectus describing the marble quarried by the firm in Talladega County, Alabama, and the demand for it. At the bottom of the second page is a stock subscription form.

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Surveys made by Alexander when he was an employee of the Office of Archaeological Research at the University of Alabama, on lands in Jefferson, Jackson, and Geneva Counties

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Documents pertaining to the career of Dr. Allan F. Archer from 1932 to 1951 when he worked at the University of Alabama Museum of Natural History and Geological Survey of Alabama. The material primarily focuses on Dr. Archer’s study of spiders, but includes crabs, mollusks, crustacean and matters of ecological and biological importance as well.

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These radio broadcast scripts sponsored by the American Wildlife Institute consist of a series of talks on wildlife conservation in America, 1937-38.

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Reports assessing the archeological and cultural significance of various sites in Alabama.

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A Cultural Resources Report by Blitz on the archaeological significance of the proposed site for a poultry processing plant in Cullman County, Alabama.

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Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.

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Cultural resources survey of the proposed site of a Bryant Agricultural Corporation soy bean loading facility.

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Twenty-three reports assessing the cultural and archeological significance of various Alabama sites, 1976-1979.

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"The Unharnessed Forces of Conservation" (Jay N. "Ding" Darling), 11/18/37 "The 1937 Waterfowl Situation" (Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson) 12/9/37 "Bringing Back Wildlife" (Fred F. Jordan) 12/9/37 "Wildlife and a National Use Program" (Henry P. Davis) 12/11/37 "Conservation is Big Business" (broadcast 11/21/37) (Henry P. Davis) ca. 12/11/37 "Wildlife Conservation Blind Spots" (broadcast 12/19/37) (Seth Gordon) ca. 12/15/37

Scope and Contents "Conservation Progress" (former Sen. Harry B. Hawes) 1/17/38 “A Conservation Conscious Womanhood" (Mrs. Emily G. Bogart) 1/26/38 "Fitting Into the Landscape" (Dr. Frank Thone) 2/22/38 [no title] (broadcast 2/18/38) (Carl D. Shoemaker) 2/28/38 "National Wildlife Restoration Week" (Cecil F. DeLaBarre) 3/8/38 "The Sportsman's Stake in Conservation" (Don S. Knowlton) ca. 3/17/38 "The Roar of the River" or "Wildlife Gangsters" (broadcast 3/20/38) 3/31/38 “Meeting Our Wildlife Problems Through...

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This collection consists of six photographs depicting scenes from Mount Rainier National Park.