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Joe Cone Papers, 1952-1994
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Cone, Joseph
- Title
- Joe Cone Papers
- Dates
- 1952-1994 (inclusive)19521994
1990-1993 (bulk)19901993 - Quantity
- 3.5 cubic feet, including 52 cassette tapes, (5 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS Cone
- Summary
- The Joe Cone Papers consist of materials created and assembled by Cone in the course of writing A Common Fate: Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest and include reference materials, correspondence, chapter drafts, and sound recordings of interviews pertaining to the history and sociology of the Northwest salmon crisis.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Joe Cone is Assistant Director and Communications Leader for Oregon Sea Grant; he began work with Oregon Sea Grant in 1983. A Common Fate, explores the history and sociology of salmon depletion in the Pacific Northwest and tells the stories of Northwest citizens working to prevent extinction. Cone's book was originally published in 1995 by Henry Holt. A revised edition, with epilogue, was published by the Oregon State University Press in 1996.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Joe Cone Papers consist of materials created and assembled by Cone in the course of his research and writing of A Common Fate: Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest. The Papers include correspondence, notes, and chapter drafts; reference materials such as legislative bill statements, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, news releases, publications, reports, speeches, and statistical data; and sound recordings (52 cassette tapes), transcripts, and notes of interviews conducted by Cone and meetings he attended. The collection also includes computer files on CD-ROM.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.
Related Materials
The OSU Archives' holdings include a variety of collections pertaining to salmon in the Pacific Northwest including the records of the Sea Grant College Program (RG 201), Hatfield Marine Science Center (RG 194), and Fisheries and Wildlife Department (RG 190); the Pacific Northwest Stream Survey Collection; and the personal papers of E.E. Wilson, Carl E. Bond, and William L. Finley.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ecosystem management--Government policy--United States.
- Endangered species--Columbia River Watershed.
- Fisheries--Research--Oregon.
- Fishery management--Oregon.
- Fishes--Conservation--Columbia River Watershed.
- Pacific salmon--Effect of habitat modification on--Columbia River Watershed.
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound recordings.
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2007
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
