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H. Byron Mock papers, 1881-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Mock, H. (Henry) Byron, 1911-2006
- Title
- H. Byron Mock papers
- Dates
- 1881-2004 (inclusive)18812004
- Quantity
- 19.25 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 0886
- Summary
- The H. Byron Mock papers (1881-2004) consist of personal and business materials. Mock served for a number of years in the Bureau of Land Management as Director of the Colorado-Utah Region, as a member of the Public Land Law Review, and also had a private legal firm. The majority of his work deals with mining and grazing rights in the West.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Henry Byron Mock was born on February 1, 1911, in Greenville, Texas, to Henry Byron Mock and Ellena Edmonds Mock. He graduated from Tuscon High School in 1929 and graduated from the University of Arizona in 1933. Because of the Great Depression, Mock was unable to attend graduate school immediately after graduating, so he moved to Hollywood, California, and accepted a job as the secretary of the general manager of Fox Film Studios. After about a year, Mock left Hollywood and enrolled in Georgetown Law School. He graduated in 1939. The following year he received a position at the Department of the Interior, Solicitor's Office, and subsequently was appointed Chief Counsel of the U.S. Grazing Service, and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1942, Mock was drafted into the U.S. Army at Fort Douglas, and the next year he entered Judge Advocate General (J.A.G.) school at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He spent the next few years stationed in the Mediterranead Theatre of Operations, mostly in Naples, Italy. After the war, Mock was appointed the Regional Director for the Colorado and Utah region of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), until he resigned in 1955, and started his own private legal practice in Salt Lake City. For many years, Mock was the attorney for the Utah-based Preston Nutter Corporation (a cattle and ranching business) in cases involving land, water, and grazing rights. He also dealt with mining issues in the West, and was involved with the Public Land Law Review Commission (PLLRC). He died on September 6, 2006, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The H. Byron Mock papers (1881-2004) consist of personal correspondence, journals, and documents from his service in the U.S. Army, during World War II. Among his professional documents, there are business planners, correspondence, BLM records, PLLRC documents, materials concerning mining, grazing, and oil, as well, as other issues in the West, and various diplomas and legal certificates.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is organized in two series: Series I: Personal and military documents; Series II: Business Materials
Acquisition Information
Donated by the Byron and Mary Mock Revocable Trust (boxes 1-39) in 2008.
Processing Note
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2002 and by Grant Herron in 2010.
Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1625).
Related Materials
See also the Preston Nutter Corporation records (Ms 289).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal and Military Materials, 1881-1998Return to Top
This series consists of journals, correspondence, and other personal documents. This section also contains journals that chronicle Mock's service in World War II, correspondence and memoranda, documents pertaining to officer training and training for Judge Advocate General status, as well as newspapers published by the military during WWII.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 1 | Journals |
1926-1933 | |
| 2 | Journals |
1938-1942 | |
| 3 | Journals |
1942-1944 | |
| 4 | Journals |
1944-1945 | |
| 5 | Journals |
1945-1946 | |
| Folder | |||
| 6 | 1 | Correspondence A-L |
1936-1996 |
| 6 | 2 | Correspondence M-Z |
1978-1997 |
| 6 | 3 | Correspondence
This folder also contains family correspondence.
|
1881-1984 |
| 6 | 4 | Postcards |
1904-1928 |
| 6 | 5 | Autobiography |
1978 |
| 6 | 6 | Chronology |
1993 |
| 6 | 7 | Report Cards |
1919-1925 |
| 6 | 8 | School Transcript and Graduation Documents |
1933-1942 |
| 6 | 9 | Fraternity Roster |
|
| 6 | 10 | Employment Possibilities |
|
| 6 | 11 | Resumes and Job Applications |
1934-1954 |
| 6 | 12 | University of Utah Faculty Documents |
1950-1980 |
| 6 | 13 | Alta Club, Salt Lake City |
1950-1998 |
| 6 | 14 | Salt Lake City Rotary Club |
1951-1993 |
| 6 | 15 | Pythagorean Weight Loss Club |
|
| 6 | 16 | Humorous Quotes |
1966 |
| 6 | 17 | Poems |
1881 |
| 6 | 18 | Greenville Cemetary Receipts |
1889 |
| 7 | 1-2 | Military Correspondence |
1956-1974 |
| 7 | 3-4 | Army Memoranda |
1943-1964 |
Military Service |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Brief of Record |
1945-1961 |
| 8 | 2 | Medical History |
1951-1961 |
| 8 | 3 | Personal Items Soldier's pay record, luggage tags, and ration books.
|
1946 |
| 8 | 4 | Promotions |
1943-1957 |
| 8 | 5 | Commendations |
1944-1961 |
| 8 | 6 | Certificates |
1950-1964 |
| 8 | 7 | Officer Qualifications Records |
1944-1954 |
| 8 | 8 | Questionnaires |
1944-1958 |
| 8 | 9 | Application Forms |
1937-1946 |
| 8 | 10 | Active Duty Documents |
1949-1962 |
| 8 | 11 | Reserve Duty Documents |
1952-1962 |
| 8 | 12 | Annual or Terminal Statement of Retirement Points |
1949-1953 |
| 8 | 13 | Loyalty Form |
1955 |
| 8 | 14 | Election of Options Form |
1960 |
| 8 | 15 | Information and Guide for O.R.D. Officers |
1943 |
| 8 | 16-17 | Judge Advocate General (J.A.G.) School Documents |
1943-1964 |
| 8 | 18 | United States Army Reserve (U.S.A.R.) School Rosters |
1953-1961 |
| 8 | 19 | Personnel Index |
|
| 8 | 20 | Map of Italy |
1943 |
Military Publications |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 |
Traveling
|
1943 |
| 9 | 2 |
Jugoslavia
|
1945 |
| 9 | 3 |
Wines and Liquor
|
1946 |
| 9 | 4 |
Going Back to Civilian Life
|
1946 |
| 9 | 5 |
A Soldier's Outline of Italian History
|
|
| 9 | 6 |
The Advocate
Newsletter
|
1943 |
| 9 | 7 |
The Blue Devil
|
1946 |
| 9 | 8 |
The Stars and Stripes
|
1945-1946 |
| 9 | 9 |
Union Jack
|
1945 |
II. Business MaterialsReturn to Top
This series contains documents from Mock's years working for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Public Land Law Review Commission, as well as his years practicing law in his own firm. Much of the material is dedicated to mining, grazing, and oil.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1-2 | Journals |
1951-1955 |
| 10 | 3-7 | Day Planner |
1946-1950 |
| 11 | Day Planners |
1950-1955 | |
| 12 | Day Planners |
1955-1957 | |
| 13 | Day Planners |
1958-1960 | |
| 14 | Day Planners |
1961-1963 | |
| 15 | Day Planners |
1964-1966 | |
| 16 | Day Planners |
1967-1969 | |
| 17 | Day Planners |
1970-1972 | |
| 18 | Day Planners |
1973-1975 | |
| 19 | Day Planners |
1972-1978 | |
| 20 | Day Planners |
1979-1981 | |
| 21 | Day Planners |
1981-1983 | |
| 22 | Day Planners |
1984 | |
| 23 | Correspondence |
1935-1993 | |
Speeches and Notes |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 1 | List of Speeches and Papers |
|
| 24 | 2 | "Must Conservation be a Government Monopoly?" |
1951-1952 |
| 24 | 3 | "Objectives in Integrated Land Management" |
1954 |
| 24 | 4 | "Uses of Federal Lands for Energy Resource Development" |
1974 |
| 24 | 5 | Remarks at the Wyoming State Bar Meeting |
1954 |
| 24 | 6 | Speech Given Before The US Chamber of Commerce Subcommittee on Public Lands |
1948 |
| 24 | 7 | "The Government As Is and America As Is" Outline |
1993 |
| 24 | 8 | Research Materials |
1978-1979 |
| 24 | 9 | Speech Notes |
1947-1952 |
| 24 | 10 | Notes |
1940-1994 |
| 24 | 11 | Gibbons & Reed Notebook |
1984 |
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 1 | Employment Records |
1940-1955 |
| 25 | 2 | BLM Files and Records |
1950-1956 |
| 25 | 3 | BLM Policies |
1947-1955 |
| 25 | 4 | BLM Meeting Photographs with Correspondence |
1964-1970 |
| 25 | 5 | "BLM: The Keystone Federal Land Agency" |
1953 |
| 25 | 6 | "Snow Emergency Report" |
1949 |
| 25 | 7 | "State Enabling Legislation for Local Recreation" |
1937-1965 |
| 25 | 8 | "Forest Management and Litigation" |
1970 |
| 25 | 9 | Speech on BLM Activities |
1950 |
| 25 | 10 | Marion Clawson, "What the Bureau of Land Management Can Do to Help the State Forester Meet His Responsibilities" |
1950 |
| 25 | 11 | James Duffus III, "Change in Approach Needed to Improve the Bureau of Land Management's Oversight of Public Lands" |
1989 |
| 25 | 12 | Roscoe E. Bell, "Long Shadows" |
1990 |
| 25 | 13 | State Land Law Act |
1987 |
| 25 | 14 | Western Resources and the National Defense Effort |
|
| 25 | 15 | Natural Resources Defense Council |
1974 |
| 25 | 16 | Eisenhower, Natural Resources |
1952-1953 |
| 25 | 17 | Hoover Commission for Consolidation of Forests |
1951 |
| 25 | 18 | Land and Water Conservation Fund |
1981 |
| 25 | 19 | Water Rights News Clippings and Notes |
1993 |
| 25 | 20 | The Western Political Science Association Fifth Annual Meeting |
1951 |
| 25 | 21 | Regulatory Planning and Review Documents |
1993-1994 |
| 25 | 22 | National Park System Addition |
1969 |
| 25 | 23 | Western Land Commisions |
1953 |
| 25 | 24 | Field Service Conference |
1947 |
| 25 | 25 | Sagebrush Rebellion |
1981 |
| 25 | 26 | Maps of Utah |
1940-1947 |
| 25 | 27 | Notes |
1978-1985 |
Grazing |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 1 | Memoranda |
1942 |
| 26 | 2 | "Grazing Talk" |
1981 |
| 26 | 3 | "Stockmen's Use of Public Lands" |
1948 |
| 26 | 4 | "Citizen-Goverment Cooperation in Emergencies" |
1949 |
| 26 | 5 | "We Cannot Stand Still" |
1948 |
| 26 | 6 | R.L. Nicholson, "Reorganization Plan No. 3" |
1946 |
| 26 | 7 | L.A. Stoddard, "What Hope for Grazing on the Public Lands" |
1965 |
| 26 | 8 | Rangeland Reform '94 Land Status Map |
1993 |
| 26 | 9 | Utah State Advisory Board Meeting Minutes |
1952-1953 |
| 26 | 10 | 80th Annual Convention of the Colorado Stock Growers and Feeders Association |
1947 |
| 26 | 11 | Idaho Wool Growers Bulletin |
1954 |
| 26 | 12 | Taylor Grazing Act |
1939-1985 |
| 26 | 13 | News Clippings and Notes |
1992-1993 |
Court Cases and Lawyer Documents |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 1 | Record of Appeal |
1940 |
| 27 | 2 |
Bert Goldwater v. Robert J. Pinder
|
1955 |
| 27 | 3 |
Alfred Heber Powell v. U.S.A.
|
1955 |
| 27 | 4 |
U.S.A. v. Joe Houston Dickey
|
1958 |
| 27 | 5 |
Natural Resources Defense Council, Ins. v. Morton, et al.
|
1974-1975 |
| 27 | 6 |
Nancy Everheart v. John Albert Knebel
|
1976 |
| 27 | 7 | Utah State Bar |
1954-1981 |
| 27 | 8 | American Bar Association Membership Certificates |
1968-1988 |
| 27 | 9 | Federal Bar Association |
1979-1980 |
Mining Speeches and Legislation |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 28 | 1 | "Availability of Federal Lands for Mineral Development: Principle Legal Questions" |
1954 |
| 28 | 2 | "Mining Law Revision - Its Broad Significance" |
1972 |
| 28 | 3 | "Mining Law Trends" |
1977 |
| 28 | 4 | "Mining Talk" |
1981 |
| 28 | 5 | Speech Before Colorado Mining Association |
1950 |
| 28 | 6 | Statement on Mining |
1978 |
| 28 | 7 | Robert G. Pruitt, Jr., "Mining Claim Titles for Investors and Lenders" |
1987 |
| 28 | 8 | Claude O. Stephens, Remarks on Potash |
1961 |
| 28 | 9 | "Brine Wars on the Great Salt Lake"
Author unknown
|
|
| 28 | 10 | "New Life in the Dead Sea"
Author unknown
|
1963 |
| 28 | 11 | "Rebirth of a Mine"
Author unknown
|
1972 |
| 28 | 12 | Mining - Public Land Policy |
1948-1956 |
| 28 | 13 | Mining Bills |
1976-1980 |
| 28 | 14 | Mining Claims |
1977-1982 |
| 28 | 15 | American Mining Congress |
1977 |
Mining Court Cases |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 29 | 1 | Long Beach Salt Case |
1927-1989 |
| 29 | 2 |
Anschutz Mining Corporation v. NL Industries, Inc.
|
1988-1989 |
| 29 | 3 | First Security Bank San Juan River Mining Claim |
1980-1994 |
| 29 | 4 | Texas Gulf Sulphur Renegotiation Correspondence |
1954-1968 |
| 29 | 5 | Texas Gulf Sulphur Renegotiation Notes |
1968 |
| 29 | 6 | Texas Gulf Sulphur Company Annual Report |
1964 |
| 29 | 7 | Texas Gulf Case Correspondence |
1963-1975 |
| 29 | 8 | Texas Gulf Case Notes |
1972 |
| 29 | 9 | Texas Gulf Court Case |
1972-1974 |
| 29 | 10 | U-7303 Case File |
1968-1981 |
Mining Materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 30 | 1 | Eastern Mineral Law Foundation |
1977 |
| 30 | 2 | Magnesium Corporation of America |
1964-1993 |
| 30 | 3 | National Toxicology Program Executive Summary on Nickel Oxide |
1982 |
| 30 | 4 | Potash Documents |
1949-1970 |
| 30 | 5 | Society of Mining Antiquarians |
1976-1991 |
| 30 | 6 | Solution Mining Method Patent |
1960 |
| 30 | 7 | Surface Management of Mining Claims |
1977 |
| 30 | 8 | Texas General Minerals Corporation |
1981 |
| 30 | 9 | University of Utah College of Mines |
1972 |
| 30 | 10 |
The Democratic News
|
1980-1990 |
| 30 | 11 | Notes and Newspaper Clippings |
1953-1992 |
Oil Materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 31 | 1 | "Areas of Conflict Between Oil and Gas and Mining Activities on the Publc Lands" |
1953 |
| 31 | 2 | "The Oil Shale Advisory Board" |
1965 |
| 31 | 3 | Speech Given to the Directors of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association |
1948 |
| 31 | 4 | Speeches on the Public Land Law Review Commission |
1967-1971 |
| 31 | 5 | El Paso Bribe Documents |
1971 |
| 31 | 6 | Oil and Gas Talks -Bayse, Cherron |
|
| 31 | 7 | Oil Shale Administration Hearing |
1981-1982 |
People |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 32 | 1 | Rex Anderson |
1985 |
| 32 | 2 | Wayne Aspinall |
1972-1983 |
| 32 | 3 | Martin Baldwin |
1987 |
| 32 | 4 | Bill Carter |
1995-1996 |
| 32 | 5 | John A. Carver |
1962-1996 |
| 32 | 6 | Forrest E. Cooper |
1978-1987 |
| 32 | 7 | Stanley K. Hathaway |
1975 |
| 32 | 8 | Lucille and Hutch Hutchinson |
1981-1997 |
| 32 | 9 | Harold M. Isbell |
1994 |
| 32 | 10 | Henry M. Jackson |
1971-1982 |
| 32 | 11 | Eduard E. Lindeman |
1936-1976 |
| 32 | 12 | Neil R. Mitchell |
1982-1988 |
| 32 | 13 | Lorna Morris |
1992 |
| 32 | 14 | Wayne Owens |
1992 |
| 32 | 15 | Milton Pearl |
1971 |
| 32 | 16 | Donald A Peterson |
1980-1985 |
| 32 | 17 | Ronald Reagan |
1980 |
| 32 | 18 | Helen Riser |
1954-1955 |
| 32 | 19 | Roland Robison |
1985 |
| 32 | 20 | George F. Skinner |
1980 |
| 32 | 21 | Nancy E. Smith |
1970-1983 |
| 32 | 22 | Elizabeth L. Snedden |
1959 |
| 32 | 23 | Marie Strauch |
1963 |
| 32 | 24 | James G. Watt |
1980-1984 |
| 32 | 25 | R. M. Whittier |
1985 |
| 32 | 26 | Walter Russell Young |
1981 |
Public Land Law Review Commission |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 33 | 1 | Correspondence |
1982-1984 |
| 33 | 2 | Public Land Law Review Commission Notes |
1967-1970 |
| 33 | 3 | Conference at the University of Montana |
1980-1981 |
| 33 | 4 | Speeches and Papers |
1953-1983 |
| 33 | 5 | Reports and Programs |
1972-1992 |
| 33 | 6 |
One Third of the Nation's Land
|
1970 |
| 33 | 7 | Land-Rights Clippings |
1982-1995 |
Preston Nutter Scrip |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 34 | 1 | Correspondence |
1969-1983 |
| 34 | 2 | Notes |
|
| 34 | 3 | Original Documentation Concerning Land Holdings |
1914-1971 |
| 34 | 4-5 | Case Documents |
1971-1977 |
| 34 | 6 | Private Bill |
1977 |
| 34 | 7 | Tar Sand Study |
1975 |
| 34 | 8 | Pamphlets |
1962-1979 |
| 34 | 9 | Maps |
1975 |
| 34 | 10 | Clippings |
1980-1982 |
Utah Land Law Review Commission |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 35 | 1 | Correspondence |
1955-1986 |
| 35 | 2 | Project BOLD Manual and Notes |
1981-1985 |
| 35 | 3 | ULLRC Final Report and Proposed Legislation |
1984 |
| 35 | 4 | Energy, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Interim Committee |
1985 |
| 35 | 5 | Summary of Statements of Support and Recommendations Received on the State Land Law Act |
1985 |
| 35 | 6 | Briefing Paper Land Law Act |
1985-1986 |
| 35 | 7 | State Land Law Act General Session |
1986 |
| 35 | 8 | Clippings |
1981-1985 |
Western Land Rights Association |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 36 | 1 | Correspondence |
1976 |
| 36 | 2 | General Materials |
1975 |
| 36 | 3 | Meetings |
1976 |
| 36 | 4 | Notes and Clippings |
1976 |
General Materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 37 | 1 | Chief Information Officer |
1953 |
| 37 | 2 | Congressional Record - Appendix |
1953-1954 |
| 37 | 3 | Crusade for Freedom |
1952 |
| 37 | 4 | KSL Radio Script |
1949 |
| 37 | 5 | Hercules Inc. |
1987 |
| 37 | 6 | "Legal Services to Insurance Claimants"
Author unknown
|
1977 |
| 37 | 7 | "Liaison" Outline |
1937 |
| 37 | 8 | Richard Nixon, "The Checkers Speech" |
|
| 37 | 9 | Politics |
1936-1964 |
| 37 | 10 | Power Policy |
1953 |
| 37 | 11 | Publications |
1959-1968 |
| 37 | 12 | The Society to Preserve from Decay the Acts and Words of Quintessential Characters |
1963-1964 |
| 37 | 13 | Swivel Chair Bureaucracy Article |
1947 |
| 37 | 14 | Wings of Friendship |
1994-1995 |
News Clippings |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 38 | 1 | Obituaries |
1977-2004 |
| 38 | 2 | "Utah-Colorado Press Book" |
1946-1948 |
| 38 | 3 | Clippings |
1935-2004 |
| Box | |||
| 39 | Certificates and Honors
This box contains diplomas and certificates from Mock's high school and colleges, as well as from his fraternity. It also contains Mock's military patches and dog tags. In addition, it contains certificates from The Bureau of Land Management, the American Bar Association, the Utah Bar, the United States Army, various mining and engineering organizations. There are also a number of licenses for praciticing law.
This box also contains items that belonged to Mock's father. It includes a ribbon from the State Democratic Convention in San Antonio, Texas in 1904, as well as a Bachelor of Law certificate from the University of Texas, and another certificate to practice law.
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1902-1999 | |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Grazing--West (U.S.)
- Lawyers--Utah
- Mines and mineral resources--West (U.S.)
Corporate Names
- United States. Bureau of Land Management
Form or Genre Terms
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Journals
Finding aid prepared by Lisa DeMille
2002 (last modified: 2018)
