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Lincoln Ellison papers, 1895-2003
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Lincoln Ellison papers
- Dates
- 1895-2003 (inclusive)18952003
- Quantity
- 11 boxes, (5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 317
- Summary
- Journals and field notes, professional writings, prose and verse, correspondence, and information about Lincoln's family, career, and death.
- 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
Alfred Lincoln Ellison was born to Alrena and A.O. Ellison on August 2, 1908, in Portland, Oregon. The family soon moved to California, living in San Francisco, Burlingame, and Los Angeles before finally settling in the farming community of Arcadia. In 1923, A.O. walked out on his wife and children, eventually prompting Ellison to legally drop the "Alfred" from his name. He then assumed much of the household responsibility, providing income, tending to the two-acre farm, and caring for his two younger siblings. Ellison graduated from Monrovia High School in 1926 and enrolled in UCLA. Over the next five years, he worked to earn his BA in botany and spent summers working for the Forest Service. After graduation, Ellison continued his work with the Forest Service, taking assignments in remote areas for long periods of time. In 1933 he married Laurel Elver, a young woman he met at UCLA. The couple moved to Miles City, Montana, in 1934 and later to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Lincoln earned his master of science degree in 1938. Later that year they moved Ephraim, Utah, where Lincoln served as the director of the Great Basin Experiment Station. While employed at the station, Ellison spent two years in Minneapolis completing coursework for his PhD at the University of Minnesota, which he completed in 1948. He transferred to Ogden in 1945, assuming the position of director for the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Ellison's employment in Ogden included two research trips to Australia in 1951 and to New Zealand in 1957. An enthusiastic researcher, writer, and outdoorsman, Ellsion died in an avalanche on March 9, 1958, while skiing on Mt. Ogden.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains the papers of Lincoln Ellison and spans the period of 1895-2003. It is organized in various broad categories, using folder headings mostly created by Liane, his daughter. The collection includes journals and field notes, professional writings, prose and verse, correspondence, and information about Lincoln's family, career, and death.
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 Lincoln Ellison papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Lincoln Ellison papers USU_COLL MSS 317, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 317, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Processing Note
Processed in May of 2007.
Acquisition Information
The materials in this collection were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 2007 by the Lincoln's daughter, Liane Ellison Norman. Liane donated additional materials (housed in box 9a) in 2015.
Bibliography
Lincoln Ellison: Director, Great Basin Branch Experiment Station 1938-1945 by Liane Ellison NormanDetailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Journal and Field Notes, 1923-1957Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Journal and Field Notes |
1923-1924 |
1 | 2 | Journal and Field Notes
Arcadia, California, and Los Angeles County, California
|
1924 |
1 | 3 | Journal and Field Notes |
1925 |
1 | 4 | Journal and Field Notes |
1925 February |
1 | 5 | Journal and Field Notes |
1925 April |
1 | 6 | Journal and Field Notes |
1925 |
1 | 7 | Journal and Field Notes |
1924-1926 |
1 | 8 | Journal and Field Notes |
1926 |
1 | 9 | Journal and Field Notes |
|
1927 | |||
Journal and Field Notes |
1927 | ||
1 | 10 | Journal and Field Notes |
1928 |
1928 | |||
1 | 11 | Journal and Field Notes |
1930-1931 |
Journal and Field Notes |
1930-1931 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1930-1931 | ||
1 | 12 | Journal and Field Notes
Sierras
|
1931 |
1 | 13 | Journal and Field Notes
Bogalusa
|
1932 |
1 | 14 | Journal and Field Notes
Missoula
|
1932 |
2 | 1 | Journal and Field Notes |
1930-1932 |
2 | 2 | Journal and Field Notes |
1933 |
2 | 3 | Journal and Field Notes |
1937 |
2 | 4 | Journal and Field Notes |
1935 |
2 | 5 | Journal and Field Notes |
1936 |
2 | 6 | Journal and Field Notes |
1937 |
2 | 7 | Journal and Field Notes |
1938 |
2 | 8 | Journal and Field Notes |
1939 |
2 | 9 | Journal and Field Notes |
1940 |
2 | 10 | Journal and Field Notes |
1941 |
2 | 11 | Journal and Field Notes |
1941-1942 |
2 | 12 | Journal and Field Notes |
1942 |
2 | 13 | Journal and Field Notes |
1943 |
2 | 14 | Journal and Field Notes |
1946 |
2 | 15 | Journal and Field Notes |
1948 July and August |
3 | 1 | Journal and Field Notes |
1947-1950 |
3 | 2 | Journal and Field Notes |
|
Journal and Field Notes |
1950-1954 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1950-1954 | ||
3 | 3 | Journal and Field Notes
Australia
|
1951-1952 |
Journal and Field Notes |
1951-1952 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1951 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1952 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1952 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1951 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1951 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1952 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1952 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1952 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1951 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1951 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
1951 | ||
Journal and Field Notes |
undated | ||
3 | 4 | Journal and Field Notes |
1954-1956 |
3 | 5 | Journal and Field Notes
New Zealand
|
1956 |
3 | 6 | Journal and Field Notes |
1957 |
Professional WritingsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Ellison Bibliography |
undated |
4 | 2 | Book Review: Of Men and Mountains
|
undated |
4 | 3 | "Applications of Ecology in Forest Management" |
undated |
4 | 4 | "Comparison of Methods of Quadratting Short-Grass Vegitation" |
undated |
4 | 5 | "Effects of Drought on Vegetation Near Miles City, Montana" |
undated |
4 | 6 | "Establishment of Vegetation on Depleted Subalpine Range as Influenced by Microenvironment" |
undated |
4 | 7 | "Grazing Standards in Range Management" |
undated |
4 | 8 | "How Wasteful is 'Waste Range?'" |
undated |
4 | 9 | "Indicators of Condition and Trend on High-Range Watersheds of the Intermountain Region" |
undated |
4 | 10 | "Influence of Grazing on Plant Succession of Rangelands" |
undated |
4 | 11 | "Influence of Pocket Gophers on Vegetation of Subalpine Grassland in Central Utah" |
undated |
4 | 12 | "A Natural Seedling of Western Aspen" |
undated |
4 | 13 | "Note on Food Habits of Juncos" |
undated |
4 | 14 | "Observations on Ecological Research Relating to Soil Erosion of Pasturelands in Eastern New South Wales" |
undated |
4 | 15 | "Our Weight in the Balance of Nature" |
undated |
4 | 16 | "Overlays as a Visual Aid in Analysis of Permanent Quadrant Records" |
undated |
4 | 17 | "A Panel Discussion of Place and Functions of the Division of Range Management in the Society of American Foresters" |
undated |
4 | 18 | "The Place of Indicators in Judging Condition and Trend of High Mountain Rangeland" |
undated |
4 | 19 | "The Pocket Gopher in Relation to Soil Erosion on Mountain Range" |
undated |
4 | 20 | "Principles and Indicators for Judging Condition and Trend of High-Range Watersheds" |
undated |
4 | 21 | "Subalpine Vegetation of the Wasatch Plateau, Utah" |
undated |
4 | 22 | "Trends of Forest Recreation in the United States" |
undated |
4 | 23 | Excerpt from a rough draft of Ellison's paper |
undated |
4 | 24 | History of Wasatch Plateau |
undated |
4 | 25 | Range Research Seminar |
1939 |
4 | 26 | Obligations Report |
1942 |
4 | 27 | Annual Reports of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station |
1939-1948 |
5 | 1 | Annual Reports of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station |
1949-1959 |
Prose and VerseReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
6 | 1 | Prose and Verse |
1924 |
6 | 2 | Prose |
1930 |
6 | 3 | Prose |
1931 |
6 | 4 | Verse |
1931 |
6 | 5 | Prose |
1932 |
6 | 6 | Verse |
1932 |
6 | 7 | Prose |
1934 |
6 | 8 | Lincoln's Early Excursions into Creative Writing |
undated |
6 | 9 | Miscellaneous Verse |
undated |
6 | 10 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
7 | 1 | "Collection of Useless Information" |
1924 |
7 | 2 | "Employment for the Dead" |
undated |
7 | 3 | "Giggin' Frawgs" |
undated |
7 | 4 | "Handbook of Information – Useless and Otherwise" |
undated |
7 | 5 | "Mormon Cricket" |
1940-1945 |
7 | 6 | "Mormon Cricket" |
1946-1957, 1960 |
7 | 7 | "Pacific Shore" |
undated |
7 | 8 | "Rambling Rhymes" |
undated |
7 | 9 | "A Sporting Proposition" |
undated |
7 | 10 | "The Triumph of Peter Wall" |
undated |
7 | 11 | "Unknown Visitor" |
undated |
7 | 12 | "Valley of the Shadow (The Blockhouse)" |
undated |
7 | 13 | "What Can One Believe?" |
undated |
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 1 | Correspondence
at UCLA
|
1930 |
8 | 2 | Correspondence |
1931 |
8 | 3 | Correspondence
Lincoln to Laurel
|
1932 |
8 | 4 | Correspondence |
|
Correspondence
Lincoln to Laurel
|
1933 | ||
8 | 5 | Correspondence |
1934 |
8 | 6 | Correspondence |
1935 |
8 | 7 | Correspondence |
1936 |
8 | 8 | Correspondence |
1937 |
8 | 9 | Correspondence
Lincoln to Laurel
|
1938 May 31(?) |
8 | 10 | Correspondence |
1939 |
8 | 11 | Correspondence |
1940 |
8 | 12 | Correspondence |
1941 |
8 | 13 | Correspondence |
undated |
8 | 14 | Correspondence
to Wellner
|
1943 |
8 | 15 | Correspondence |
1943 |
8 | 16 | Correspondence
Wellner
|
1944 |
8 | 17 | Correspondence |
1944 |
8 | 18 | Correspondence
to Liane
|
1945 |
8 | 19 | Correspondence
Wellner
|
1945 |
8 | 20 | Correspondence |
1945 |
8 | 21 | 1946 | |
8 | 22 | Correspondence
Lincoln to Laurel
|
undated |
9 | 1 | Correspondence |
1949 |
9 | 2 | Correspondence |
1953-1954 |
9 | 3 | Correspondence |
1955 |
9 | 4 | Correspondence |
1956 |
9 | 5 | Correspondence |
1957-1958 |
9 | 6 | Correspondence
Letters of Condolence
|
1958 |
9 | 7 | Correspondence |
1925 |
9 | 8 | Correspondence
Harvey Anderson Letters
|
1932-1957 |
9 | 9 | Correspondence
Letters to Joseph and Nesta Evans
|
undated |
9 | 10 | Correspondence
Letters from Laurel (Ellison) and Monroe Everett
|
1973 |
9 | 11 | Correspondence
Bob Marshall Letters
|
2003 |
9 | 12 | Correspondence
Letters to Chuck Wellner
|
undated |
9 | 13 | Correspondence |
|
Letters concerning Ellison's publications
|
undated | ||
Correspondence |
1944 | ||
Correspondence |
undated | ||
Correspondence |
undated | ||
Correspondence |
undated | ||
Correspondence |
undated | ||
Correspondence |
1958 | ||
9 | 14 | Correspondence
Correspondence concerning the use of terms "condition" and "trend"
|
1946 |
9 | 15 | Correspondence
Attempts to establish natural areas
|
undated |
9 | 16 | Correspondence
Misc. Office Correspondence
|
undated |
9a | 1 | Correspondence
Laurel to Lincoln
|
1931 |
9a | 2 | Correspondence
Laurel to Lincoln
|
1932 January - June |
9a | 3 | Correspondence
Laurel to Lincoln
|
1932 July - December |
9a | 4 | Correspondence
Laurel to Lincoln
|
1933 |
9a | 5 | Correspondence
Laurel to Lincoln
|
1934-1936 |
9a | 6 | Correspondence
Laurel and Liane to Lincoln
|
1948 |
9a | 7 | Correspondence
Laurel to Lincoln
|
1945-1954 |
9a | 8 | Correspondence
"Correspondence Course in Business Training"
|
1933 |
9a | 9 | Correspondence
Laurel to Mother Eee
|
1951, 1958 |
9a | 10 | Correspondence
Christmas Letter
|
1957 |
Information about Family, Career, and DeathReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
10 | 1 | Academic Records |
undated |
10 | 2 | Employment Information |
undated |
10 | 3 | Honors, Awards, and Posthumous Tributes |
undated |
10 | 4 | Lincoln's will, death certificate, and various claims for insurance and benefits |
undated |
10 | 5 | Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated |
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche - Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche - Newspaper Clippings |
1958 | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
Death in Avalanche – Newspaper Clippings |
undated | ||
10 | 6 | Family Tree Information |
undated |
10 | 7 |
Lincoln Ellison: Director, Great Basin Experiment Station, 1938-1945 by Liane Ellison Norman |
undated |
10 | 8 | Essays about Laurel and Lincoln Ellison by Liane Ellison |
undated |
10 | 9 | Misc. Cards, etc. |
undated |
10 | 10 | Family Photos |
undated |
Family Photos |
1944 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1948 | ||
Family Photos |
1940 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1935 | ||
Family Photos |
1950 | ||
Family Photos |
1932 | ||
Family Photos |
1932 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1940 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1945 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1930 | ||
Family Photos |
1935 | ||
Family Photos |
1944 | ||
Family Photos |
1935 | ||
Family Photos |
1915 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1935 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1950 | ||
Family Photos |
1950 | ||
Family Photos |
1935 | ||
Family Photos |
1950 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1940 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
Family Photos |
1950 | ||
Family Photos |
1940 | ||
Family Photos |
1895 | ||
Family Photos |
1940 | ||
Family Photos |
1945 | ||
Family Photos |
1930 | ||
Family Photos |
undated | ||
10 | 11 | Laurel and Lincoln Ellison Wedding Announcement |
undated |
10 | 12 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Forest management
- Range management