J.M. Heiser Jr. Environmental Collection 1860-1987.

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J.M. Heiser Jr. Environmental Collection 1860-1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664762612

The collection consists of family documents, personal correspondence, his own writings and manuscript notes, papers and correspondence relating to the ONC and LTNS, including his dispute with the organization over policy and management in the 1960's. There are ONC publications, brochures by R.A. Sell, papers relating to the Big Thicket Association, The Texas Water Commission, the Houston Zoological Society and various societies to which he belonged. There are collected writings and quotations, Texas and national nature periodicals, clippings, 291 photographs of himself, his friends and associates, wildlife and landscapes, one scrapbook, some autographed books and a few personal items.

19 linear feet: 38 document boxes, 2 record storage boxes, 1 flat box.

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