Bruce Bowler, papers, 1938-1999, 1960-1980.

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Bruce Bowler, papers, 1938-1999, 1960-1980.

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This collection consists of files assembled by Bruce Bowler that document his involvement in the Idaho conservation movement. Although he had a general law practice for fifty years, these files relate only to his activities in the conservation movement as both attorney and private citizen. Included are correspondence, writings, legal documents, photocopies of documents, minutes, publications, notes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, brochures, maps, organization documents, and images. Bowler's papers encompass the period of 1938 until 2002 with the bulk of them dating in the 1960s and 1970s. Included is correspondence with environmentalists, elected officials, and personal friends (often the same people). Correspondents included pivotal Idaho environmental leaders Frank Church, Ernie Day, Ted Trueblood, Walt Blackadar, Franklin Jones, Morton Brigham, Ernie Day, Cecil Andrus, and William Meiners. Also included are copies of correspondence that was sent to Bowler from his fellow environmentalists.

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Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society

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Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society

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Idaho Wildlife Federation

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Bowler, William Bruce, 1911-2002.

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Bowler, Bruce 1911-2002.

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Attorney and pioneer conservationist Bruce Bowler was born in Shoshone, Idaho, March 24, 19ll, the son of Albert and Martha Garlock Bowler. He was educated in Shoshone and Gooding public schools; he attended the University of Idaho and received a Bachelor of Law (LLB degree) in 1938. He opened a general law practice in Boise in that year and immediately began volunteer work as an environmental activist. He practiced law for fifty years and pioneered in Idaho the field of environment...