Forestry and natural resources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Jack McCormick papers
Collection
Identifier: L095
Scope and Contents
This collection includes indexes, histories, photographs, pamphlets, maps and correspondence from Jack McCormick and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (formerly Indiana Department of Conservation) in Indiana ranging from 1883 to 1970 regarding Shades State Park, Pine Hills Nature Preserve, and other Indiana state parks.The oversize maps of the Alamo Quadrangle, Pine Hills, and Shades State Park and its surroundings range in dates from 1939 to 1950, though many are undated...
Dates:
1820-circa 1964
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jack McCormick papers
National Park Service Park, Winamac Recreational Demonstration Area "Park, Parkway and Recreational-Area Study" report
Collection — Folder S2319
Identifier: S2319
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a "Park, Parkway and Recreational-Area Study" conducted by the National Park Service for the Winamac Recreational Demonstration Area in Pulaski County, Indiana in circa 1936. The five-page "Form 2" supplies information for existing areas and facilities and includes the following sections: general, nature of area, facilities, activities, personnel, and finance. The study notes that one group camp had opened in 1936, two additional camps would be opening in 1937, and the...
Dates:
1928-1936
Richard Lieber papers
Collection
Identifier: L091
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, financial documents, photographs and drawings, brochures, social invitations, naturalization papers, and outlines of right and left foot, from Richard Lieber and many other people, as well as government agencies in the United States and Germany, ranging from 1892 to 1958. Materials concern the Abraham and Nancy Hanks Lincoln; monuments, Lieber family matters, the National Park Service, Indiana State Parks, Thomas Hart Benton, the Civilian Conservation...
Dates:
1892-1958
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard Lieber papers
State parks collection
Collection — Folder S2111
Identifier: S2111
Scope and Contents
This collection includes "The Story of an Indiana Pioneer Village-Spring Mill," "The Story of Turkey Run," "The Movement for Local and State Parks in Indiana," and "Relationship of the Indiana Historical Commission to the State Park Movement" ranging from 1909 to 1930 regarding Indiana state parks.
Dates:
1909-1930
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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State parks collection
Warren County landscape drawings
Collection — Folder S0315
Identifier: S0315
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three charcoal drawings from an unknown artist in Warren County, Indiana in 1848, with subjects including a scene of the Wabash River with a small human figure on a raft as viewed from the riverbank, and two different waterfalls, Williamsport Falls and an unidentified waterfall, in Warren County.
Dates:
1848
