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Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.","The collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:","Series I. Personal Records\nSeries II. Clubs\nSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\nSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records\nSeries V. Professional Records\nSeries VI. Speeches and Writings\nSeries VII. Environmental Activism\nSeries VIII. News Clippings\nSeries IX. Audio Visual Records","M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.","Please note: Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Cutler, M. Rupert","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler Papers, 1930/2021, bulk 1962/2021"],"collection_ssim":["M. 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He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the M. 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Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.archives.gov/nhprc\"\u003eNational Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)\u003c/a\u003e from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. 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Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. 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Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.","The collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:","Series I. Personal Records\nSeries II. Clubs\nSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\nSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records\nSeries V. Professional Records\nSeries VI. Speeches and Writings\nSeries VII. Environmental Activism\nSeries VIII. News Clippings\nSeries IX. Audio Visual Records","M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. 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He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. 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In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. 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Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. 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Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The M. 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Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.","The collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:","Series I. Personal Records\nSeries II. Clubs\nSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\nSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records\nSeries V. Professional Records\nSeries VI. Speeches and Writings\nSeries VII. Environmental Activism\nSeries VIII. News Clippings\nSeries IX. Audio Visual Records","M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from red photo album.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_4366gd56\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_6a6810f0a4c256c26cf1fa0c90deb417\" label=\"Physical Access\"\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease note:\u003c/emph\u003e Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information.\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["Please note: Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["Cutler, M. Rupert"],"names_coll_ssim":["Cutler, M. Rupert"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Cutler, M. 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Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.","The collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:","Series I. Personal Records\nSeries II. Clubs\nSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\nSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records\nSeries V. Professional Records\nSeries VI. Speeches and Writings\nSeries VII. Environmental Activism\nSeries VIII. News Clippings\nSeries IX. Audio Visual Records","M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.","Please note: Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Cutler, M. Rupert","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler Papers, 1930/2021, bulk 1962/2021"],"collection_ssim":["M. 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He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. 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In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. 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It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. 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It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. 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Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. 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Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.","The collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:","Series I. Personal Records\nSeries II. Clubs\nSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\nSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records\nSeries V. Professional Records\nSeries VI. Speeches and Writings\nSeries VII. Environmental Activism\nSeries VIII. News Clippings\nSeries IX. Audio Visual Records","M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.","Please note: Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Cutler, M. Rupert","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler Papers, 1930/2021, bulk 1962/2021"],"collection_ssim":["M. 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In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. 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It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. 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Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. 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Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The M. 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Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.","The collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:","Series I. Personal Records\nSeries II. Clubs\nSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\nSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records\nSeries V. Professional Records\nSeries VI. Speeches and Writings\nSeries VII. Environmental Activism\nSeries VIII. News Clippings\nSeries IX. Audio Visual Records","M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.","Please note: Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Cutler, M. Rupert","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler Papers, 1930/2021, bulk 1962/2021"],"collection_ssim":["M. 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He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. 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Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.archives.gov/nhprc\"\u003eNational Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)\u003c/a\u003e from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. 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Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The M. 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Rupert Cutler Papers, 1930/2021, bulk 1962/2021","Ms.2020.005","/repositories/2/resources/3522","Roanoke (Va.)","Roanoke County (Va.)","Environmental policy","Environmental protection","Conservation easements","Conservation projects (Natural resources)","Local government","The collection is open to research, except for Boxes 129-130, which are restricted for 75 years from date of creation due to HIPAA- or FAFSA-protected, sensitive, or personally identifiable information. These records are noted in the file-level description. Contact Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. 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Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.","The collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:","Series I. Personal Records\nSeries II. Clubs\nSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\nSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records\nSeries V. Professional Records\nSeries VI. Speeches and Writings\nSeries VII. Environmental Activism\nSeries VIII. News Clippings\nSeries IX. Audio Visual Records","M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.","Please note: Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Cutler, M. Rupert","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler Papers, 1930/2021, bulk 1962/2021"],"collection_ssim":["M. 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Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information.","This material is restricted for 75 years due to personally identifiable information. Contact Special Collections for additional information."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/a-lifetime-of-service--selecti\"\u003eA Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/242\"\u003eYou can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Copies"],"altformavail_tesim":["Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries I. Personal Records\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries II. Clubs\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries IV. 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He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the M. 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Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.archives.gov/nhprc\"\u003eNational Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)\u003c/a\u003e from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from red photo album.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_4366gd56\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. 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Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. 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He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the M. 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Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.archives.gov/nhprc\"\u003eNational Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)\u003c/a\u003e from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from red photo album.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Lovely card from a school class","Cool pictures","Cool singing group","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool singing group","membership certificate","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","certificate","good pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","Cool pictures","good pictures","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool vision of Roanoke 2020*","Cool plans for Roanoke","good photos","good pictures","good pictures","good pictures","Cool citizen award","This is when he won","name badge","Cool award","photos of the stadium","good pictures of Rupert","good photos","good pictures","neat certificate","marked up speech","Good pictures","good explore park picture","good pictures","good pictures","Sticker and pamphlet for exhibit","The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. 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He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. 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In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. 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It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. 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It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. 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Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","[Removed from red photo album.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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This series has three subseries: Displays, Internal and External Views, and Faculty, Staff, and Students.","Subseries 1: Displays includes mounted photographs from center displays and photographs of displays set up by the centers.","Subseries 2: Internal and External Views includes internal and external photographs of the two centers.","Subseries 3: Faculty, Staff, and Students includes photographs of people who are associated with the centers.","From the Black Organizations Council:\n\nFounded on the Virginia Tech campus in 1985, the Black Organizations Council (BOC) is the umbrella and resource body for the Black student organizations. BOC serves to ensure the betterment of the Black community through providing a unified voice for the Black community in a university population where the Black community lacks adequate representation. BOC also serves as a liaison between the administration, university organizations, and the Black community, provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and dissemination of information, promotes the Black organizations individually and collectively, coordinates events which require the participation of all entities of the Black community and supports the development of campus camaraderie within the university community. BOC has a mission of being the governing, representing, and coordinating body for the primarily African American student organizations. We will also provide activism and advocacy, while meeting the challenge of the social and political forces affecting the Black community. We encourage each representative organization to empower themselves to create a paradigm in the area of leadership and service in the community.","Source: Black Organizations Council, GobblerConnect webpage, https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/organization/BOC.","The guide to the Records of the Virginia Tech Black Organizations Council by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Records of the Virginia Tech Black Organizations Council commenced in April 2018 and was completed in December 2019.","This collection contains video cassette tapes of events and programs relating to the Black community at Virginia Tech and programs of other minority groups. It also contains 3 boxes of pictures of events and programs relating to minority groups at Virginia Tech. 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This series has one subseries: Black Graduate Student Organization.","Subseries 1: Black Graduate Student Organization includes photographs, administrative papers, event flyers, and other materials about the Black Graduate Student Organization.","Series 3: Other Campus Organizations includes constitutions from the Jewish Student Union, University Council, and Student Budget Board as well as materials about the Interfraternity Council, the Asian American Student Union, and the Cultural Centers Advisory Committee.","Series 4: Events includes information about event planning by the Black Organizations Council, videos and photographs of events hosted in whole or in part by the Black Organizations Council, and videos and photographs of events hosted by other campus organizations. 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This series has three subseries: Displays, Internal and External Views, and Faculty, Staff, and Students.","Subseries 1: Displays includes mounted photographs from center displays and photographs of displays set up by the centers.","Subseries 2: Internal and External Views includes internal and external photographs of the two centers.","Subseries 3: Faculty, Staff, and Students includes photographs of people who are associated with the centers."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFrom the Black Organizations Council:\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\nFounded on the Virginia Tech campus in 1985, the Black Organizations Council (BOC) is the umbrella and resource body for the Black student organizations. BOC serves to ensure the betterment of the Black community through providing a unified voice for the Black community in a university population where the Black community lacks adequate representation. BOC also serves as a liaison between the administration, university organizations, and the Black community, provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and dissemination of information, promotes the Black organizations individually and collectively, coordinates events which require the participation of all entities of the Black community and supports the development of campus camaraderie within the university community. BOC has a mission of being the governing, representing, and coordinating body for the primarily African American student organizations. We will also provide activism and advocacy, while meeting the challenge of the social and political forces affecting the Black community. 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BOC also serves as a liaison between the administration, university organizations, and the Black community, provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and dissemination of information, promotes the Black organizations individually and collectively, coordinates events which require the participation of all entities of the Black community and supports the development of campus camaraderie within the university community. BOC has a mission of being the governing, representing, and coordinating body for the primarily African American student organizations. We will also provide activism and advocacy, while meeting the challenge of the social and political forces affecting the Black community. 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It also contains 3 boxes of pictures of events and programs relating to minority groups at Virginia Tech. The events documented include Black History Month programs, the Donning of the Kente ceremony, Multicultural Center events, Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian American Student Union cultural heritage programs, book signings, and guest speakers. There are also pictures of various faculty, staff, and students. Additionally, the collection contains flyers and calendars from the Black Organizations Council and related organizations, a binder of slides of paintings, drawings, and portraits, accounting documents, a history of events booklet, and folders of records, minutes, and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constitutions from the Jewish Student Union (JSU), University Council, and Student Budget Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn fall of 2015, the Black Organizations Council held an event titled \u003ci\u003eState of the Black Union: Do Black Lives Matter at Virginia Tech?.\u003c/i\u003e These posters were part of an associated community feedback event where students were asked to write their responses to the prompt \"Why do Black Lives Matter at Virginia Tech?\" The event took place a few months after racially charged protests at the University of Missouri and students here at Virginia Tech were eager to have their voices heard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA concert poster signed by Charles Mingus and John D'earth. The event description from Facebook read: \"Join the Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble and special guest John D'earth in celebrating the music of Charles Mingus. This concert is presented in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programs' celebration of Black History Month. This performance will also feature the award winning jazz ensemble from Albemarle HS $5 Students/$8 Adults\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains video cassette tapes of events and programs relating to the Black community at Virginia Tech and programs of other minority groups. It also contains 3 boxes of pictures of events and programs relating to minority groups at Virginia Tech. The events documented include Black History Month programs, the Donning of the Kente ceremony, Multicultural Center events, Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian American Student Union cultural heritage programs, book signings, and guest speakers. There are also pictures of various faculty, staff, and students. Additionally, the collection contains flyers and calendars from the Black Organizations Council and related organizations, a binder of slides of paintings, drawings, and portraits, accounting documents, a history of events booklet, and folders of records, minutes, and other documents.","Includes constitutions from the Jewish Student Union (JSU), University Council, and Student Budget Board.","In fall of 2015, the Black Organizations Council held an event titled State of the Black Union: Do Black Lives Matter at Virginia Tech?. These posters were part of an associated community feedback event where students were asked to write their responses to the prompt \"Why do Black Lives Matter at Virginia Tech?\" The event took place a few months after racially charged protests at the University of Missouri and students here at Virginia Tech were eager to have their voices heard.","A concert poster signed by Charles Mingus and John D'earth. The event description from Facebook read: \"Join the Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble and special guest John D'earth in celebrating the music of Charles Mingus. This concert is presented in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programs' celebration of Black History Month. This performance will also feature the award winning jazz ensemble from Albemarle HS $5 Students/$8 Adults\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_ab2705488f3cb295771d3d4020753f35\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Black Organizations Council (BOC) was founded on the Virginia Tech campus in 1985, and is the umbrella and resource body for the Black student organizations. According to the organization, BOC serves to ensure the betterment of the Black community through providing a unified voice for the Black community in a university population where the Black community lacks adequate representation. The collection includes documents, photos, VHS tapes, and posters.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Black Organizations Council (BOC) was founded on the Virginia Tech campus in 1985, and is the umbrella and resource body for the Black student organizations. According to the organization, BOC serves to ensure the betterment of the Black community through providing a unified voice for the Black community in a university population where the Black community lacks adequate representation. 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