By Finding aid prepared by Ruth Vondracek, Erin Stout, and Elizabeth Nielsen.
Collection Overview
Title: Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Records, 1965-2001
ID: MSS Wildlife
Primary Creator: Wildlife Society. Oregon Chapter
Extent: 556.0 megabytes. More info below.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged as two series: Series 1 - Newsletters, 1965-2001 and Series 2 - Photographs, 1967-1990.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Abstract
The Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Records document the leadership, membership, programs, and administration of the organization and consist of newsletters and photographs. The Oregon Chapter was established in 1965.
Scope and Content Notes
The Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Records document the leadership, membership, programs, and administration of the organization and consist of newsletters and photographs. The newsletters include lists of officers, a column by the chapter president, agendas and announcements for chapter meetings and conferences, legislative news, and other news and announcements. Information about political measures and ecological issues impacting Oregon wildlife and positions taken by the Chapter are available in the newsletters. The newsletter was published 2-3 times per year. Newsletter issues for 1965 through 2001 are included in the collection.
The photographs consist of 202 b/w and color prints affixed to album pages. The images are mostly arranged in chronological order and have detailed descriptions of the date of the photograph and the event and individuals depicted in the image. The photographs document annual meetings, award ceremonies, and officers of the organization for the period 1966-1990. Photographs of the crab feed and photo contests that were part of the annual meeting are included. Several Oregon State University alumni and faculty are depicted in the photographs; these include Andy Landforce, Roland E. Dimick, Charles Meslow, Bill Wick, Carl Bond, B.J. Verts, T.G. Scott, Jack Thomas, and Lee Kuhn. Other individuals depicted in the photographs include Gail Achterman and Vic Atiyeh.
The collection also includes 116 image files created by the Chapter in 2013. These are digitized versions of 102 photographs and one newspaper article that are also available in original form in the collection. For twelve of these photographs, digitized versions of the verso (back) of the photographs are also included. The original photographs were scanned at 600 dpi and saved as jpg files. These electronic files are available to on-site researchers in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center reading room.
Biographical / Historical Notes
The Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society is an affiliated state chapter of the Wildlife Society, an international organization. The Oregon Chapter was formed in 1965 "to provide for communication between practicing wildlife biologists". The Chapter supports wildlife students and professionals in Oregon, promotes stewardship of wildlife and their habitats through the use of up-to-date, science-based information, and increases public awareness and appreciation of wildlife. The Wildlife Society international organization was established in 1937.
Administrative Information
More Extent Information:
202 photographs, 116 born digital files; 2 boxes
Statement on Access:
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note:
The materials were transferred from the Oregon Chapter to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.
Related Materials:
The Special Collections and Archives Research Center includes many collections documenting wildlife conservation in Oregon. The Fisheries and Wildlife Department Records (RG 190), Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs (P 179), and the Fisheries and Wildlife Films and Videotapes (FV 243) document wildlife research and teaching conducted at Oregon State University. The Center includes the papers of Fisheries and Wildlife Department faculty, including the Carl E. Bond Papers (MSS Bond), Leslie Carraway and B. J. Verts Papers (MSS CarrawayVerts), and the Roland E. Dimick Papers (MSS Dimick), and the American Fisheries Society Oregon Chapter Records (MSS AFS), William Q. Wick Papers (MSS Wick), and the William L. Finley Papers (MSS Finley).
Preferred Citation:
Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Records (MSS Wildlife), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Creators
Wildlife Society. Oregon Chapter
People, Places, and Topics
Biologists--Oregon.
Bond, Carl E.
Dimick, Roland Eugene, 1900-
Ecologists--Oregon.
Kuhn, Lee W.
Landforce, Andrew S.
Meslow, E. Charles
Natural Resources
Oregon State University. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
University History
Verts, B. J.
Wick, William Q.
Wildlife conservation--Oregon.
Wildlife Society
Wildlife Society. Oregon Chapter
Forms of Material
Born digital.
Digital images.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Newsletters, 1965-2001
- Series 1 consists of Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society print newsletters. The newsletters cover the time period from 1965 to 2001. The first newsletter dated June 1, 1965 is addressed to the Oregon State Game Commission and establishes the charter for the Oregon Chapter. Newsletters were published 2-3 times per year. Early editions primarily contain information related to Chapter meetings. Later newsletters include a president’s column, legislative news, other specific regional wildlife related conferences, and discussions of ecological issues and emerging technology.
- Box-Folder 1.1: Newsletters, 1965-1990
- Box-Folder 1.2: Newsletters, 1991-1997
- Box-Folder 1.3: Newsletters, 1997-2001
- Series 2: Photographs, 1967-1990
Series 2 is made up of 202 b/w and color photographs and one newspaper clipping affixed to album pages. The photographs cover the period from 1967-1990 and document the officers, executive board members and annual meetings of the Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Images include meetings held in various locations around Oregon including Corvallis, Newport, Lincoln City, Hood River, Portland, Warm Springs and Ashland. Digital copies of 102 of the photos are available. Digitized versions of the verso (back) of twelve of the photographs are also included. The image filename is indicated for those images that have been digitized. The numbers in the list next to the box and folder number represent the page numbers in the original photograph albums.
Annual Chapter meetings were typically held in January, February or March.
- Extent: 3 folders
- Box-Folder 2.1: Photographs, 1967-1972
- Item 1.1A: Oregon Chapter Presidents 1966-67 front
- Image file name: scan0001A.jpg
- Item 1.1B: Oregon Chapter Presidents 1966-67 back
- Image file name: scan0001B.jpg
- Item 2.1A: Group shot at 1967 meeting - 1 front
- Image file name: scan0002A.jpg
- Item 2.1B: Group shot at 1967 meeting - 1 back
- Image file name: scan0002B.jpg
- Item 3.1: Bob Corthell and Roland Dimick, 1967
- Item 3.2: Bill Wick and Ray West, 1967
- Item 4.1: Hugh Black and Don Dickey, 1967
- Item 4.2: Group shot at 1967 meeting - 2
- Item 5.1: Group shot at 1967 meeting - 3
- Item 5.2: Mel Cummings and Miles Langdon, 1967
- Item 6.1: Bill Wick, 1967
- Item 6.2: Carl Bond, 1967
- Item 7.1: Jay Long and Dave Marshall, 1967
- Item 7.2: Francis Schneider and Bill Hines, 1967
- Item 7.3: Dave Luman and Andy Landforce, 1967
- Item 7.4: Glen Crouch, 1967
- Item 7.5: Donovan Leckenby - 1, 1967
- Item 7.6: Ed Dealy - 1, 1967
- Item 8.1: Bob Fischer - 1, 1967
- Item 8.2: Roger Vorderstras, 1967
- Item 8.3: Glen Silvosky, 1967
- Item 8.4: Bob Kindshy, 1967
- Item 8.5: Mel Cummings, 1967
- Item loose 1A: 1967 Officers and Executive Board front
- Image file name: scan0003A.jpg
- Item loose 1B: 1967 Officers and Executive Board back
- Image file name: scan0003B.jpg
- Item loose 2A: Oregon Chapter Presidents 1967-68 front
- Image file name: scan0004A.jpg
- Item loose 2B: Oregon Chapter Presidents 1967-68 back
- Image file name: scan0004B.jpg
- Item 11.1: Group shot at 1968 meeting - 1
- Item 12.1: Group shot at 1968 meeting - 2
- Item 14.1: Group shot at 1968 meeting - 3
- Item 14.2: Glen Ward and Dave Luman, 1968
- Item 15.1: Francis Ives - 1, 1968
- Item 16.1: 1968 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan0005A.jpg
- Item 17.1: Bill Wick and Wes Batterson - 1, 1969
- Image file name: scan0006A.jpg
- Item 18.1: Bill Wick and Wes Batterson - 2, 1970
- Item 18.2: Hugh Black and Jack Dietrich, 1968
- Item 18.3: Milt Griffith and Wes Batterson, 1969
- Item 19.1A: Oregon Chapter members at the Crab Feed front, 1969
- Image file name: scan0007A.jpg
- Item 19.1B: Oregon Chapter members at the Crab Feed back, 1969
- Image file name: scan0007B.jpg
- Item 20.1: Howard Wight, 1969
- Item 20.2: John Schwartz and John McKean, 1969
- Item 21.1: 1969 Oregon Chapter Officers
- Image file name: scan0008A.jpg
- Item 23.1A: 1970 Officers and Executive Board front
- Image file name: scan0009A.jpg
- Item 23.1B: 1970 Officers and Executive Board back
- Image file name: scan0009B.jpg
- Item 24.1: OSU President, Dr. Robert W. MacVicar, 1971
- Item 25.1: Group shot at 1970 meeting - 1
- Image file name: scan00010A.jpg
- Item 26.1: Group shot at 1970 meeting - 2
- Image file name: scan00011A.jpg
- Item 27.1: Group shot at 1970 meeting - 3
- Image file name: scan00012A.jpg
- Item 28.1: Group shot at 1971 meeting
- Image file name: scan00013A.jpg
- Item 29.1A: 1971 Officers and Executive Board front
- Image file name: scan00014A.jpg
- Item 29.1B: 1971 Officers and Executive Board back
- Image file name: scan00014B.jpg
- Item 30.1: President of the Northwest Section of the Wildlife Society, 1972
- Image file name: scan00015A.jpg
- Item 30.2: Dr. T.G. Scott, 1972
- Item 31.1: Dr. E.K. Murton, 1972
- Item 31.2: Group shot at 1972 meeting - 1, 1972
- Item 32.1: Bob Fischer ad Fred Evenden, 1972
- Item 32.2: Dick Pederson and Bernie Carter, 1972
- Item 33.1: John Ely, 1972
- Image file name: scan00016A.jpg
- Item 33.2: Carl Morton, John Ely and Jim Heintz at 1972 meeting
- Item 33.3: John Rayner and John Theibes, 1972
- Item 34.1: U.S. Dept. of the Interior Conservation Honor Award Ceremony, 1972
- Box-Folder 2.2: Photographs, 1973-1981
- Item 35.1: 1973 Officers and Executive Board - 1
- Image file name: scan00018A.jpg
- Item 36.1: 1973 Officers and Executive Board - 2
- Image file name: scan00019A.jpg
- Item 37.1: Bob Fischer - 2, 1974
- Item 37.2: Group shot at 1974 meeting
- Item 37.3: John McKean, 1974
- Item 38.1: L. Edward Perry, 1974
- Item 38.2: Bob Jarvis, 1974
- Image file name: scan00026A.jpg
- Item 38.3: Carl Gruener, 1974
- Item 39.1: Norma Jean Germond, 1974
- Image file name: scan00027A.jpg
- Item 39.2: Richard Rodgers, 1974
- Item 39.3: Fred Zeillemaker, 1974
- Item 40.1: J. Sayre, 1974
- Item 40.2: Dave Marshall, 1974
- Image file name: scan00025A.jpg
- Item 40.3: Francis Ives - 2, 1974
- Item 41.1: Bob Fischer - 3, 1974
- Item 41.2: Gary Gebhardt, 1974
- Item 41.3: Siri Jackman, 1974
- Image file name: scan00024A.jpg
- Item 42.1: Al Mills, 1974
- Item 42.2: Del Skeesick and Francis Ives, 1974
- Item 42.3: 1974 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00020A.jpg
- Item 43.1: Francis Ives - 3, 1975
- Item 44.1: Group shot at 1975 meeting - 1
- Item 44.2: Steve and Ralph Denny, 1975
- Image file name: scan00021A.jpg
- Item 45.1: Fred Evenden, 1975
- Item 45.2: Francis Ives and Jim Harper, 1975
- Item 45.3: Evelyn Bull, 1975
- Image file name: scan00023A.jpg
- Item 45.4: Fred Lindsey, 1975
- Item 46.1: Roland Dimick, 1975
- Item 46.2: Group shot at 1975 meeting - 2
- Item 46.3: Phil Schneider, 1975
- Item 46.4: Tom Drynan - 1, 1975
- Item 46.5: Group shot at 1975 meeting - 3
- Item 47.1: 1975 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00022A.jpg
- Item 48.1: E. Charles Meslow and John Capp, 1976
- Item 48.2: Paul Ebert and Frank Newton, 1976
- Item 48.3: Photo Contest 1976
- Image file name: scan00028A in 1976.jpg
- Item 49.1A: 1976 Officers and Executive Board front
- Image file name: scan00029A.jpg
- Item 49.1B: 1976 Officers and Executive Board back
- Image file name: scan00029B.jpg
- Item 50.1: John Donaldson, 1977
- Item 50.2: Pat Whiting, 1977
- Item 50.3: Monty Montgomery and Jim Lauman, 1977
- Image file name: scan00030A.jpg
- Item 51.1: Mike Zagata - 1, 1977
- Item 51.2: Ron Shay, 1977
- Item 51.3: Group shot at 1977 meeting - 1
- Item 52.1: Group shot at 1977 meeting - 2
- Image file name: scan00031A.jpg
- Item 52.2: Group shot at 1977 meeting - 3
- Item 52.3: Group shot at 1977 meeting - 4
- Image file name: scan00032A.jpg
- Item 53.1: Group shot at 1977 meeting - 5
- Item 53.2: 1977 Photo Contest - 1
- Image file name: scan00033A in 1977.jpg
- Item 53.3: 1977 Photo Contest - 2
- Item 54.1: Paul Ebert and Jim Harper, 1977(?)
- Item 54.2: Frank Newton, 1977(?)
- Item 54.3: Sally Clark, 1977(?)
- Item 54.4: Bob Mace, 1977(?)
- Item 55.1: 1977 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00034A.jpg
- Item 56.1: Group shot at 1978 meeting
- Image file name: scan00035A.jpg
- Item 56.2: Jack Thomas - 1, 1978
- Image file name: scan00036A.jpg
- Item 56.3: Mike Zagata - 2, 1978
- Item 57.1: 1978 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00037A1.jpg
- Item 58.1: Richard Rodgers at the 1979 photo contest
- Image file name: scan00038A.jpg
- Item 59.1: 1979 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00039A.jpg
- Item 60.1: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 1
- Image file name: scan00040C in 1980.jpg
- Item 61.1: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 2
- Image file name: scan00040B in 1980.jpg
- Item 61.2: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 3
- Image file name: scan00040D in 1980.jpg
- Item 61.3: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 4
- Image file name: scan00040E in 1980.jpg
- Item 62.1: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 5
- Item 62.2: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 6
- Image file name: scan00040F in 1980.jpg
- Item 62.3: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 7
- Item 63.1: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 8
- Image file name: scan00040G in 1980.jpg
- Item 63.2: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 9
- Image file name: scan00040J in 1980.jpg
- Item 63.3: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 10
- Image file name: scan00040H in 1980.jpg
- Item 63.4: Traditional Crab Feed 1980 - 11
- Image file name: scan00040I in 1980.jpg
- Item 64.1: Charlotte Corkran and group, 1980(?)
- Image file name: scan00042A.jpg
- Item 64.2: Ed Dealy - 2, 1980(?)
- Item 64.3: Harold Winegar and Ray Johnson, 1980(?)
- Image file name: scan00041A.jpg
- Item 64.4: Bill Neitro and group, 1980(?)
- Item 64.5: Jack Thomas - 2, 1980(?)
- Image file name: scan00043A.jpg
- Item 65.1A: 1980 Officers and Executive Board front
- Image file name: scan00044A.jpg
- Item 65.1B: 1980 Officers and Executive Board back
- Image file name: scan00044B.jpg
- Item 66.1: Tom Drynan and Bert Cleary, 1981
- Image file name: scan00046A.jpg
- Item 66.2: Tom Drynan conducting auction, 1981
- Image file name: scan00045A.jpg
- Box-Folder 2.3: Photographs, 1982-1990
- Item 67.1: Lee Kuhn receiving the Oregon Wildlife Society Award, 1982
- Image file name: scan00047A.jpg
- Item 68.1: Victor Atiyeh, 1981
- Image file name: scan00048A.jpg
- Item 69.1: John Donaldson dancing, 1982
- Image file name: scan00052A.jpg
- Item 70.1: Dave Luman and Bob Borovicka, 1982
- Item 71.1A: 1981 Officers and Executive Board front
- Image file name: scan00049A.jpg
- Item 71.1B: 1981 Officers and Executive Board back
- Image file name: scan00049B.jpg
- Item 72.1: Group shot at 1982 meeting - 1
- Image file name: scan00050A.jpg
- Item 73.1: E. Charles Meslow, 1982
- Image file name: scan00051A.jpg
- Item 74.1: Group shot at 1982 meeting - 2
- Item 75.1: Dan Eastman, 1983
- Image file name: scan00053A.jpg
- Item 75.2: Bob Anthony and Joe Mazzoni, 1983
- Image file name: scan00054A.jpg
- Item 75.3: Dick Mackie, 1983
- Item 75.4: Cal Geisler with quail, 1983
- Image file name: scan00055A.jpg
- Item 76.1: Bob Anthony and E. Charles Meslow, 1983
- Image file name: scan00056A.jpg
- Item 76.2: Jim Lemos and Dave Luman, 1983
- Image file name: scan00057A.jpg
- Item 76.3: Dick Pederson, 1983
- Item 77.1: Russel Sadler, 1983
- Image file name: scan00058A.jpg
- Item 77.2: Newspaper article about Russel Sadler, 1983(?)
- Image file name: scan00058B.jpg
- Item 78.1: Group shot at the 1983 meeting
- Image file name: scan00059A.jpg
- Item 78.2: Steve Denny, 1983
- Item 78.3: Don Dickey and Vic Masson, 1983
- Image file name: scan00060A.jpg
- Item 79.1A: 1983 Officers and Executive Board front
- Image file name: scan00061A.jpg
- Item 79.1B: 1983 Officers and Executive Board back
- Image file name: scan00061B.jpg
- Item 80.1: Denzel Feruson and Kirk Horn, 1984
- Item 80.2: Allen Kelly and Kirk Horn, 1984
- Item 80.3: Bill Neel, 1984
- Item 81.1: Jack Thomas, 1984
- Image file name: scan00062A.jpg
- Item 81.2: Dave DeCalesta and Kathy Johnson, 1984
- Image file name: scan00063A.jpg
- Item 81.3: Glen Ward and Lee Kuhn, 1984
- Item 82.1: Group shot at the 1984 meeting
- Item 82.2: 1984 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00064A.jpg
- Item 83.1: 1985 Officers
- Image file name: scan00065A.jpg
- Item 83.2: Officers and Executive Board, 1986(?)
- Image file name: scan00066A.jpg
- Item 84.1: Group shot at meeting, 1986(?)
- Item 84.2: John Wiegand and wife, 1986(?)
- Item 85.1: 1986 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00067A.jpg
- Item 86.1: Bob Fischer - 4, 1987
- Image file name: scan00068A.jpg
- Item 86.2: Group shot at 1985 meeting
- Image file name: scan00069A.jpg
- Item 87.1: Joe Lint and group, 1986
- Item 87.2: Group shot at 1986 meeting - 1
- Image file name: scan00070A.jpg
- Item 88.1: Group shot at 1986 meeting - 2
- Item 89.1: John Crawford and group, 1987
- Item 89.2: Officers at the annual meeting, 1987
- Image file name: scan00071A.jpg
- Item 90.1: Tom Drynan - 2, 1987
- Item 90.2: Gail Achterman, 1987
- Item 90.3: Dave DeCalesta, 1987
- Item 91.1A: Head Table at the Shakespearian Feast front, 1987
- Image file name: scan00072A.jpg
- Item 91.1B: Head Table at the Shakespearian Feast back, 1987
- Image file name: scan00072B.jpg
- Item 91.2: Shakespearian dancers, 1987
- Image file name: scan00073A.jpg
- Item 91.3: Group shot at the Shakespearian Feast - 1, 1987
- Item 92.1: Group shot at the Shakespearian Feast - 2, 1987
- Image file name: scan00074A.jpg
- Item 92.2: Group shot at the Shakespearian Feast - 3, 1987
- Image file name: scan00075A.jpg
- Item 92.3: Group shot at the Shakespearian Feast - 4, 1987
- Image file name: scan00076A.jpg
- Item 93.1: Group shot at 1987 meeting - 1, 1987
- Image file name: scan00077A.jpg
- Item 93.2: Group shot at 1987 meeting - 2, 1987
- Image file name: scan00078A.jpg
- Item 93.3: Charlie Bruce and Tom Drynan, 1987
- Image file name: scan00079A.jpg
- Item 95.1: 1987 Officers
- Image file name: scan00080A.jpg
- Item 95.2: 1987 Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00081A.jpg
- Item 96.1: 1987 Standing Committees
- Image file name: scan00082A.jpg
- Item 96.2: 1987 Special Committees
- Image file name: scan00083A.jpg
- Item 97.1: 1988 Officers and Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00084A.jpg
- Item 97.2: 1988 Standing Committee
- Image file name: scan00085A.jpg
- Item 98.1: Group shot at 1989 meeting - 1
- Image file name: scan00086A.jpg
- Item 98.2: Donovan Leckenby - 2, 1989
- Image file name: scan00087A.jpg
- Item 98.3: Mitch Willis and group, 1989
- Image file name: scan00088A.jpg
- Item 99.1: Group shot at 1989 meeting - 2, 1989
- Image file name: scan00089A.jpg
- Item 99.2: Washington Chapter retirees, 1989
- Item 100.1: Group shot at the 1989 meeting - 3
- Item 100.2: Oregon Chapter Presidents 1988-89
- Image file name: scan00090A.jpg
- Item 101.1: Dave Lenhart and Phil Lehenbaur, 1990
- Image file name: scan00093A.jpg
- Item 101.2: Bob Anthony and Harry Hodgdon, 1990
- Image file name: scan00091A.jpg
- Item 101.3: 1990 Executive Board
- Image file name: scan00092A.jpg
- Item 102.1: 25 years of past presidents, 1990
- Image file name: scan00094A.jpg

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