Stephen Hopkins Spurr Papers 1940-1971 1952-1968

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Stephen Hopkins Spurr Papers 1940-1971 1952-1968

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Professor of forestry, dean of the School of Natural Resources, University vice-president and dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies of University of Michigan; president of University of Texas. Files concern his work with the Organization for Tropical Studies, the Ramparts Canyon Dam Project in Alaska, and other professional work.

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