Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Records, 1965-2001

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

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.

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

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