Format:
Archival/Mixed Materials
Title:
Student Conservation Association records, 1955-2014 [manuscript].
Author:
Student Conservation Association (U.S.)
Call Number:
C MSS CONS242
Web Site:
Publisher, Date:
1955-2014.
Description:
38 linear ft. (38 boxes), 10 audiovisual boxes, 16 photo boxes, 1 oversize photo box
Organized into 12 series: 1. Elizabeth C. Titus Putnam, Founder, 1956-2000 (Box1). 2. Board of Directors, 1965-1998 (Box1-2). 3. Administration, 1955-2004 (Box2-7). 4. Finance, 1956-2004 (Box7-9). 5. Legal, 1956-2004 (Box9). 6. Media, 1956-2005 (Box9-13). 7. Programs, 1956-2004 (Box13-22). 8. Reference material, 1973-1999 (Box22). 9. Ephemera, n.d. (Box23). 10. Audio-visual, 1972-2005 (AVBox1-5). 11. Photographs, 1973-2005 (PhotoBox1-15). 12. Restricted, 1958-2004 (Box24-25).
Summary:
The records include correspondence, reports, notes, photographs and samples of tee shirts, patches and pins. The material is organized first by organizational unit; founder, board and administration and then, primarily, by date. Within the Program Series, materials are first organized alphabetically by the various programs, such as the Conservation Career Development Program to promote interest in environmental careers, and the Yellowstone Recovery Corps, created to assist after the Yellowstone fires.
Subjects:
Putnam, Elizabeth C. Titus, 1933-
Student Conservation Association (U.S.) -- Archives.
Youth Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Archives.
Conservation of natural resources -- Vocational guidance.
Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching (Internship) -- United States.
Environmental protection -- Study and teaching (Internship) -- United States.
Volunteer workers in conservation of natural resources -- United States.
Environmental protection -- Citizen participation.
Genre:
Letters (correspondence).
Albums (Books)
Photograph albums.
Black-and-white photographs.
Color photographs.
Ephemera.