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Laurence A. Stoddart Papers, 1924-1968
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Stoddart, Laurence Alexander, 1909-1968
- Title
- Laurence A. Stoddart Papers
- Dates
- 1924-1968 (inclusive)19241968
- Quantity
- 17 boxes, (8.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 51
- Summary
- This collection contains the correspondence, course notes, and reports from Laurence A. Stoddart's range management course and the Experiment Station.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Laurence A. Stoddart served as Department Head of the Range Management Department at Utah State University from its inception in 1935 until his untimely death on July 17, 1968. Writing in the September 1968 issue of the Journal of Range Management, the editors confirmed Stoddart’s “brilliant record as both scientist and teacher, being at the same time a true intellectual and a perfectionist. Students from all parts of the world came to learn from him. That there are today so many eminent range scientists and range men who received their training from Stoddart, is an outstanding tribute to his ability.”
Stoddart was widely celebrated as a researcher and writer, publishing hundreds of scholarly articles, and co-authoring the manual, Technical Writing, an indispensable guide for writers of scientific literature. Along with longtime colleague Arthur D. Smith, Stoddart published Range Management in 1943. The third edition of Range Management was published posthumously for Stoddart in 1975, making it the most widely used text in the field, and granting Stoddart and Smith an enduring legacy for their professional commitment.
Stoddart was active both locally and nationally in professional societies, including the National Academy of Sciences, the Society of Range Management, the Society of American Foresters, and the American Society of Animal Science.
Born at Trinidad, Colorado, in 1909, Stoddart received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Colorado State University. Subsequently, he studied under the storied J.E. Weaver at the University of Nebraska, where he earned his doctorate in 1934. From here, he accepted the challenge to initiate a Range Management program at Utah State.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Much of the collection is made up of typed copies of various items made by Mr. Stoddart and others for his records. Range research and reports on different aspects of range science are included in the papers.
The correspondence covers letters of school officials government agencies, students, and other range management specialists on a variety of subjects. The subject file contains notes for his range management courses, the ASRM, the National Research Council, and the Taylor Grazing Act. The Experiment Station collection includes raw data and reports from various research projects, e.g. range reseeding, poisonous plants, and rabbit brush eradication.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Laurence A. Stoddart Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Laurance A. Stoddart Papers USU_MSS 51, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_MSS 51, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is divided into three sections: Correspondence (Boxes 1-4), Subject Files (Boxes 5-11), and Experiment Station (Boxes 12-17).
Correspondence: Boxes 1-4
This collection contains copies of letters/memos between Dr. Stoddart and school officials, government agencies, students, private citizens, and other range management specialists. The topics of discussion range from job recommendations, and scientific reviews to department policies and the future of range management.
Subject files: Boxes 5-11
A major portion of the subject file contains Dr. Stoddart's notes for his range management courses. Other folders deal with information on the American Society of Range Management, the civil Service register, the National Research Council, and the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934.
Experiment Station: Boxes 12-17
The Experiment Station collection includes raw data and reports from various research projects, e.g. rabbit brush eradication, poisonous plants, range reseeding, and plant/soil relationships.
Processing Note
Processed in November of 2001
Acquisition Information
Acquisition information unknown.
Related Materials
L.A. Stoddart book collection (BOOK COLL 9)
Heyboer, Maarten (1959-) Grass-counters, stock-feeders, and the dual orientation of applied science : the history of range science, 1895-1960 (BOOK COLL 25 NO. 468)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Correspondence, 1962-1968Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence A-E"A" |
1962-1968 |
| 1 | 2 | "B" |
1962-1968 |
| 1 | 3 | "C" |
1962-1968 |
| 1 | 4 | "D" |
1962-1968 |
| 1 | 5 | "D" |
1962-1968 |
| 1 | 6 | "E" |
1962-1968 |
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence F-J"F" |
1962-1968 |
| 2 | 2 | "G" |
1962-1968 |
| 2 | 3 | "H" |
1962-1968 |
| 2 | 4 | "I" |
1962-1968 |
| 2 | 5 | "J" |
1962-1968 |
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence K-R"K" |
1962-1968 |
| 3 | 2 | "L" |
1962-1968 |
| 3 | 3 | "M" |
1962-1968 |
| 3 | 4 | "N" |
1962-1968 |
| 3 | 5 | "O" |
1962-1968 |
| 3 | 6 | "P" |
1962-1968 |
| 3 | 7 | "Q" |
1962-1968 |
| 3 | 8 | "R" |
1962-1968 |
| 4 | 1 | "Correspondence S-Z"S" |
1962-1968 |
| 4 | 2 | "T" |
1962-1968 |
| 4 | 3 | "U" |
1962-1968 |
| 4 | 4 | "V" |
1962-1968 |
| 4 | 5 | "W" |
1962-1968 |
| 4 | 6 | "X" |
1962-1968 |
| 4 | 7 | "Y" |
1962-1968 |
| 4 | 8 | "Z" |
1962-1968 |
II: Subject Files, 1924-1969Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Accreditation Range Science - Foreign ProgramAccreditation-Range Science |
1964-1967 |
| 5 | 2 | Advisory Committee-Livestock |
1956-1961 |
| 5 | 3 | American Society of Range Management |
1950-1953 |
| 5 | 4 | Appraisal and Real Estate |
1961 |
| 5 | 5 | Civil Service |
1959-1964 |
| 5 | 6 | Controversy Consultation |
1958-1960 |
| 5 | 7 | Extension Work |
1960 |
| 5 | 8 | Field Trip: BLM, FS. Stockmen |
1963 |
| 5 | 9 | Forage Plants |
undated |
| 5 | 10 | Foreign Program |
1967-1969 |
| 6 | 1 | Graduate Council - North Dakota Agriculture College Correspondence CourseGraduate Council |
1959 |
| 6 | 2 | Grant Money |
1960 |
| 6 | 3 | Grassland Conference |
1964-1965 |
| 6 | 4 | Herbarium Cases |
1948-1949 |
| 6 | 5 | Institution |
1936-1958 |
| 6 | 6 | International Biological Program |
1968 |
| 6 | 7 | International Education Act |
1966 |
| 6 | 8 | Maps |
1924-1934 |
| 6 | 9 | Memoranda |
undated |
| 6 | 10 | National Research Council |
1950-1962 |
| 6 | 11 | North Dakota Ag. College Correspondence Course |
undated |
| 7 | 1 | Palatability Materials - Published PapersPalatability Materials |
1925-1939 |
| 7 | 2 | Public Land Law Review |
1967 |
| 7 | 3 | Public Land-History |
1930 |
| 7 | 4 | Published Papers |
1950-1967 |
| 8 | 1 | Range Management - RS 193 SeminarRange Management-Misc. |
1939-1946 |
| 8 | 2 | Range Management Society-Old Correspondence |
1946-1959 |
| 8 | 3 | RS 164-Notes and Misc. |
1969 |
| 8 | 4 | RS 164-Technical Problems |
1957-1968 |
| 8 | 5 | RS 193-Seminar |
1961 |
| 9 | 1 | RS 204 Land Use Seminar - Research MethodsRS 204 Land Use Seminar |
1947-1961 |
| 9 | 2 | Range Use Committee-Annual Meeting |
1965-1966 |
| 9 | 3 | Range Use Coordinating Committee-Annual Meeting |
1967-1968 |
| 9 | 4 | Research Manual |
1955-1958 |
| 9 | 5 | Research Methods |
1961 |
| 10 | 1 | Rubber - USDA Post War PlanningRubber |
1942 |
| 10 | 2 | SCS Range Condition |
1961-1962 |
| 10 | 3 | Statistics |
1951-1963 |
| 10 | 4 | Summer Camp |
1938-1952 |
| 10 | 5 | Taylor Grazing Act |
1934-1939 |
| 10 | 6 | USDA Post-War Planning |
1943-1944 |
| 11 | 1 | Wasatch Front - Weather MapsWasatch Front |
1943 |
| 11 | 2 | Water |
1964 |
| 11 | 3 | Watershed |
1938-1942 |
| 11 | 4 | Weather Data |
1931-1941 |
| 11 | 5 | Weather Maps |
undated |
III: Experiment Station, 1934-1966Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Agricultural Resources - Collection Study (Analysis of Data)Agricultural Resources |
1936 |
| 12 | 2 | Capacity Survey Summary |
1934-1937 |
| 12 | 3 | Cedar City Research |
1947-1964 |
| 12 | 4 | Cedar City Research |
1947-1952 |
| 12 | 5 | Cheatgrass Seeding |
1947-1964 |
| 12 | 6 | Collection Study (Analysis of Data) |
1940 |
| 13 | 1 | Fertilizer Experiments - Nursery PlantingsFertilizer Experiments |
1942 |
| 13 | 2 | Fish and Game Seeing Project |
1943-1948 |
| 13 | 3 | Grazing Reconnaissance |
1937 |
| 13 | 4 | Halogeton |
1949-1956 |
| 13 | 5 | Herbage Removal |
1950-1954 |
| 13 | 6 | Instructions for Grazing Allotment Analysis |
1947-1954 |
| 13 | 7 | Lamb Trucking |
1952 |
| 13 | 8 | Land Use Problems |
1936 |
| 13 | 9 | Livestock Market Prices |
1943 |
| 13 | 10 | Nursery Plantings |
1945 |
| 14 | 1 | Plant-Soil Relationships - Project 162 Synphoricarpos PaperPlant-Soil Reltaionships |
1953-1962 |
| 14 | 2 | Poisonous Proposals |
1949 |
| 14 | 3 | Project Proposals |
1949-1957 |
| 14 | 4 | Project 61-Range Reseeding With Native Forage Plants |
1934-1935 |
| 14 | 5 | Project 132-Supplements for Wintering Sheep |
1931-1933 |
| 14 | 6 | Project 162-Phosphorus Content of Summer Range Forage |
1934-1938 |
| 14 | 7 | Project 162-General Plant Analysis |
1934-1937 |
| 14 | 8 | Project 162-Plant Collecting Methods |
1939 |
| 14 | 9 | Project 162-Plant Collection Lists |
1934-1936 |
| 14 | 10 | Project 162-Survey and Capacity (Summary Sheets) |
1935-1946 |
| 14 | 11 | Project 162-Symphoricarpos Paper |
undated |
| 15 | 1 | Project 185 (Agropylan Clipping 24 Plot Experiment) - Project 423 (Atomic Energy) |
1936-1940 |
| 15 | 2 | Project 185 (Misc.) |
1939-1943 |
| 15 | 3 | Project 185 (Nursery Crop Studies) |
1939-1944 |
| 15 | 4 | Project 185 (Reports on Range Reseeding) |
1936-1944 |
| 15 | 5 | Project 185 (Seeds/Nursery Tests) |
1936-1941 |
| 15 | 6 | Project 185 (Smith Seedings) |
1931-1943 |
| 15 | 7 | Project 185 (Wheat Clippings) |
1936-1945 |
| 15 | 8 | Project 292 (Seeding-General) |
1944-1950 |
| 15 | 9 | Project 360 (Benmore Pastures) |
1940-1956 |
| 15 | 10 | Project 423 (Atomic Energy) |
1953-1958 |
| 16 | 1 | Rabbitbrush Eradication - Strawberry Valley |
1946 |
| 16 | 2 | Range Management Educational Council |
1964-1966 |
| 16 | 3 | Range Survey-Utah County |
1942 |
| 16 | 4 | Range Taxation |
1942 |
| 16 | 5 | Regional Research |
1953-1959 |
| 16 | 6 | Reports-General |
1939-1945 |
| 16 | 7 | Reports-Reseeding |
1946-1947 |
| 16 | 8 | Sagebrush Studies |
1942-1945 |
| 16 | 9 | Seed Germination |
1940 |
| 16 | 10 | Sheep Management Bulletin |
1956 |
| 16 | 11 | Soil Survey |
1944 |
| 16 | 12 | Soil Survey-Hodge Pasture |
undated |
| 16 | 13 | Strawberry Valley |
1937 |
| 17 | 1 | Swift Grant - Wheatgrass PlotsSwift Grant |
1946-1954 |
| 17 | 2 | Tintic Valley Reseeding |
1949-1959 |
| 17 | 3 | W-11 State Reports |
1956-1958 |
| 17 | 4 | Wheatgrass Plots |
1939-1941 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Grasses--Research--Utah
- Range management--Research--Utah
- Rangelands--Revegetation--Research--Utah
- Rubber rabbit brush--Control--Research--Utah--Strawberry River Valley
- Sheep industry--Research--Utah
Personal Names
- Stoddart, Laurence Alexander, 1909-1968
Corporate Names
- American Society of Range Management
- United States--Bureau of Land Management
- United States--Taylor Grazing Act
- Utah Agricultural Experiment Station--History
- Utah State University--Faculty--Archives
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2011
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