By Finding aid prepared by Megan Guerre.
Title: Liz VanLeeuwen Spotted Owl Collection, 1973-2004
Predominant Dates: 1983-1998
ID: MSS VanLeeuwen
Primary Creator: VanLeeuwen, Liz
Extent: 12.5 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Liz VanLeeuwen Spotted Owl Collection is arranged in five series: I. Numbered Files, 1983-2004; II. Environmental Impact Statements, 1985-1994; III. VanLeeuwen Organized Files, 1974-1998; IV. Sorted Files, 1973-2002; and V. Audiovisual Materials 1988-1993.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
More Extent Information: 87 photographs, 57 maps, 9 audiocassettes, and 1 videotape; 14 boxes, including 1 oversize box, and 2 map folders
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: The materials were transferred to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center by Liz VanLeeuwen in 2004.
Related Materials: The Special Collections & Archives Research Center's holdings include many collections documenting forestry and natural resources in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Collections with extensive materials pertaining to the spotted owl include the Spotted Owl Management, Policy, and Research Collection (MSS SpottedOwl) and the Bruce G. Marcot Spotted Owl Collection (MSS Marcot). Other materials produced and collected by Ben Stout and Bob Zybach can be found in the Benjamin B. Stout Papers (MSS Stout) and Bob Zybach Collection (MSS Zybach).
Preferred Citation: Liz VanLeeuwen Spotted Owl Collection (MSS VanLeeuwen), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Processing Information:
Series I, Numbered Files, 1983-2004 was organized by Benjamin Stout and used as reference sources for his book "The Northern Spotted Owl: An Oregon View." An item level inventory was compiled by Stout for these materials. Series III, VanLeeuwen Organized Files, 1974-1998 were arranged in folders by VanLeeuwen and the folders were alphabetized during the processing of the collection. The remaining series possessed no previous arrangement and were organized by subject and material type.
We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online. SCARC describes the contents of its collections using the language and terminology of the collections themselves. Since culturally acceptable terminology shifts over time, some of the terms that appear in these materials are currently outdated or offensive. The term “gypsy” is considered derogatory by many Roma people. It comes from the word “Egyptian,” where many Europeans mistakenly believed the Romani came from. In 1971, at the First World Roma Congress, a majority of attendees voted to reject the use of the term “gypsy,” however some still use it to self-identify.
In this collection, the term “gypsy” refers to the “Asian gypsy moth” or “gypsy moth,” a group of invasive moth species that includes Lymantria dispar dispar, Lymantria dispar asiatica, L. d. japonica, L. albescens, L. umbrosa, and L. postalba. In 2021, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) voted to change the common names, and in 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced new names for these species. Lymantria dispar dispar is now known as the “spongy moth,” and the rest are now the “flighted spongy moth complex.”
In order to provide historical context and to enable standardized searching and access across our collections, we have retained the original wording in the collection descriptions. We acknowledge the racism represented by the term “gypsy” and the harm it may cause our users. Providing access to these historical materials does not endorse any attitudes or behavior depicted therein. For more information, please see our blog post.
[Date of Acknowledgement: November 2024]
VanLeeuwen, Liz
United States. Forest Service
Endangered species--Northwest, Pacific.
Forest management--Northwest, Pacific.
Forestry law and legislation.
Forests and forestry--Oregon.
Forests and forestry--Research--Northwest, Pacific.
Habitat conservation--Oregon.
Natural Resources
Northern spotted owl--Habitat--Oregon.
Northwest Forest Plan (U.S.)
Oregon State University. College of Forestry
Spotted owl--Northwest, Pacific.
University History
VanLeeuwen, Liz
Audiocassettes.
Maps (documents)
Photographic prints.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)