Nat. Nature and Parks
Topic Guide
Identifier: Nat
This classification groups manuscript and small collections on the topic of the Nature and Parks, including conservation and environmental concerns.
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Marie Aull Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-501
Abstract
Marie Sturwold was born on January 8, 1897 in Cincinnati, OH. She started gardening as a child, but her passion for gardening fully took form when she married John Aull in 1923. They lived in a property north of Dayton that would one day become Aullwood Garden MetroPark and Aullwood Audubon Center. Marie is known for her work in gardening, education, and conservation, but this collection also contains her extensive travel record and personal hobbies. Material in this collection includes...
Dates:
1817-2010; Majority of material found within 1920-2002
Found in:
Special Collections
Samuel S. Studebaker Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-85
Abstract
A nationally recognized leader of soil, water, and land conservation movements, Studebaker served as president of the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. He was also a Miami County educator and a farmer. His papers consist of printed materials, speeches, and correspondence dealing with conservation efforts both locally and nationally. Also included are some local soil surveys, farm credit information, and minutes of committees appointed to deal with specific...
Dates:
1939-1978; Majority of material found within 1958-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
Ladley, Carr, Totten, Harris, Odiorne Families Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-155
Scope and Contents
A collection of portraits, snapshots, tintypes, ambrotypes, carte de visites, stereographs, and glass negatives from an extended family in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Subjects include family groups, the Carr Nursery, Antioch College, and a set of autographed portraits and faculty at Ohio Wesleyan College in the 1870s.
Dates:
1855-1965
Found in:
Special Collections
Louise Harris Odiorne Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-161
Abstract
Louise Odiorne was a landscape architect and planner working out of Yellow Springs, Ohio. The papers in this collection reflect her wide-ranging interests in community planning, environmental architecture, regenerative land use and conservation. Included are personal and professional papers, grants, papers pertaining to several land use projects in and around Yellow Springs, and materials concerned with Odiorne's most important work, the Life-Clime Project, an idea for establishing an indoor...
Dates:
1914 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1977
Found in:
Special Collections
