Murie Family.

Olaus Johan Murie was born in 1889. His brother, Adolph, was born ten years later. Olaus subsequently worked for such prestigious institutions as the Carnegie Institution and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He was President of the Wilderness Society from 1950-1957 and was active in a variety of conservation societies and biologists' professional organizations. He wrote several books, including "The Elk of North America" and "A Field Guide to Animal Tracks". Olaus died on October 21, 1963, after a year long hospitalization.

Margaret E. Thomas met Olaus in Alaska while he was working on a study of caribou. Margaret was born in 1902 and moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, during her childhood. She married Olaus in 1924 and became an outspoken advocate for the environment in her own right. Soon after their marriage, the two moved to Moose, Wyoming, where they spent the rest of their lives. The first woman graduate of the University of Alaska, she helped to found the Teton Science School in Jackson, Wyoming, and was instrumental in the designation and protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. She and her husband were also active participants in the designation of Grand Teton National Park in 1929. Along with Olaus, Margaret (Mardy) was credited with preparing the way for the passage of the Wilderness Act. Mardy Murie died in Moose on October 19, 2003. She was referred to by many as the "mother of the modern conservation movement".

Adolph Murie (1899-1974) was a wildlife biologist with the United States Departments of Agriculture and Interior for over thirty years, serving with the Bureau of Biological Survey, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. He earned his Ph. D. from the University of Michigan in 1929. During his career, he conducted ecological studies of wolves, caribou, coyotes, bighorn sheep, moose, elk, grizzly bears, other mammals, birds, and predator-prey relationships. Geographic areas where his research was conducted include Mount McKinley (now Denali) National Park in Alaska, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and Jackson Hole in Wyoming, Isle Royale National Park in Michigan, Olympic National Park in Washington, and the San Carlos Indian Reservation in Arizona. Some of his early research was done as an assistant to his older brother, Olaus J. Murie, also a prominent wildlife biologist.

From the description of Murie family papers, 1834-1982 (bulk 1920-1975) (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 28156098