Aldo Leopold Charts

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Aldo Leopold Charts, Ms1974-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948
Abstract:
The Aldo Leopold Charts contain two charts on the Cumulative History of Game Cycles and Other Fluctuations in Abundance of Game in North America and Wisconsin, and a summary of the game cycle data.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Aldo Leopold Charts, Ms1974-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Aldo Leopold Charts contain two charts on the Cumulative History of Game Cycles and Other Fluctuations in Abundance of Game in North America and Wisconsin, and a summary of the game cycle data.

Biographical / historical:

Aldo Leopold was born in Burlington, Iowa, on January 11, 1887. He went to Yale for their programs in Forestry. After graduating, he worked for the Forest Services where he was in charge of killing the predatory animals negatively impacting the local area. This brought about his research in environmental ethics. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin. His works as an ecologist, forester and environmentalist were influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and the movement for wilderness conservation. His most well known work was A Sand County Almanac (1949).

Acquisition information:
Aldo Leopold Charts were donated to Special Collections in June 1974.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Aldo Leopold Charts was completed prior to 2010. Additional description was completed in January 2011.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged so that a carbon copy letter is at the front, followed by a summary of Game Cycle Data, with the two larger charts at the back.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Science and Technology