Papers, 1920-1993.

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Papers, 1920-1993.

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Collection contains materials relating to Cahalane's work with the National Park Service and wildlife management. Collection includes personal correspondence (1920-1992); field notes, correspondence, and reports regarding his work for the National Park Service and visits to the national parks (1938-1954); miscellaneous materials relating to his work as a consultant for the National Parks Board of South Africa; photographs, slides and lantern slides of the national parks in the U.S. and Africa (1924-1993); two 16mm films on African National Parks; and correspondence, financial materials, reports, minutes, and memorandums regarding the American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, the Defenders of Wildlife, and the National Parks Association (1928-1987). Much of the correspondence with the American Committee for International Wild Life Protection is with international conservationist Harold J. Coolidge.

16.2 cubic ft. (38 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Cahalane, Victor H. (Victor Harrison), 1901-1993

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Cahalane (1901-1993) was a biologist, author and expert on wildlife and national parks management. He became a field biologist for the U.S. National Park Service in 1931 and served as chief biologist from 1939 until 1955. During his service with the National Park Service he visited almost all of the National Parks and was a consultant to the National Parks Board of South Africa from 1951-1953. Cahalane was also an active member of the American Committee for International Wild Life Protection and...

National Parks Board of South Africa

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Coolidge, Harold J. (Harold Jefferson), 1904-

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Coolidge was assistant curator of mammals at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard from 1929-1946. He served as executive director, Pacific Science Board, National Academy of Sciences from 1946-70. He was also associate in mammalogy at Harvard from 1946-70. Beginning in 1972, Coolidge served as honorary president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). From the description of Papers of Harold Jefferson Coolidge, 1904-1985 (inclusive) [...

Defenders of Wildlife.

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American Committee for International Wild Life Protection.

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National Parks Association (U.S.)

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