Irving Newton Brant papers, 1926-1961

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Brant, Irving, 1885-1976
Title
Irving Newton Brant papers
Dates
1926-1961 (inclusive)
Quantity
5 microfilm reels (positive)
Collection Number
1903 (Accession No. 1903-001)
Summary
Writer, editor
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Writer and editor Irving Newton Brant (1885-1976) served as Treasurer of the Emergency Conservation Committee, 1930-1962.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers and related materials of Irving Newton Brant in this microfilm collection, pertain to his activities with and for conservation from 1926 to 1961. Included here is correspondence intermixed with related materials, speeches, writings, and legislation, bearing directly on his interest in conservation.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donated by Elmo Richardson, 4/1/1972.

Separated Materials

Original collection is housed at the Library of Congress.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Series 1:  Correspondence , 1926-1932Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Reel
1
Abbott, Ernest R.
1
Albright, Horace M.
1
Allen, J. F.
2 items.
1932
1
American Game Protective and Propagation Society
4 items.
1926-1928
1
Atlantic Coast Sportsmens Association
4 items.
1931
1
Audubon Society
16 items.
1930-1932
1
Audubon Society, New Jersey
1 item.
1932
1
Ayres, Douglas
1 item.
1931
1
Baily, H.H.
2 items.
1931-1932
1
Baldwin, Roger N.
3 items.
1930-1932
1
Barbour, Thomas
5 items.
1931
1
Betten, H.L.
3 items.
1929-1930
1
Bigelow, Edward F.
2 items.
1930
1
Birchall, F.T.
1
Blivers, Bruce
1
Boy Scouts of America
2 items.
1931
1
Brodie Club
7 items.
1931-1932
1
Bruette, William A.
32 items.
1927-1931
1
Burnham, John B.
1
Carey, Henry R.
1 item.
1930
1
Clark, John D.
1 item.
1930
1
Clayton, Joshua
3 items.
1932
1
Cloudman, Harold C.
3 items.
1929
1
Committee on the Protection and Preservation of Alaska Brown and Grizzly Bears
1 item.
1932
1
Connecticut Fisheries and Game, State Board
3 items.
1931
1
Darling, Jay N.
1 item.
1932
1
Dill, C.C.
1 item.
1932
1
Edge, Mrs. C.N.
1
Edge, Rosalie
1
Emergency Conservation Committee
185 items.
1929-1932
1
Ewinger, K.O.
2 items.
1931-1932
1
Florida Games and Fresh Water Fish Department
4 items.
1931
1
Grant, W.W.
2 items.
1931
1
Hamlin, Chauncey J.
2 items.
1931
1
Haugen, Gilbert H.
4 items.
1929-1930
1
Holatus, Arthur D.
1 item.
1930
1
Horn, Charles L.
2 items.
1932
1
Hornaday, William T.
116 items.
1926-1932
1
Howell, A. Brazier
6 items.
1930-1932
1
Hoy, Palmer
2 items.
1931
1
Izaak Walton League of America
1 item.
1932
1
Ketcham, John C.
1 item.
1930
1
Kiefer, Helen
1 item.
1932
1
Kirchway, Freda
1
Leachtner, Ruth
1
Louisville Times
1 item.
1930
1
McGuire, J.A.
1
McIlhenny, E.A.
2 items.
1932
1
McNary, Charles L.
1 item.
1929
1
Maury, Antonia C.
5 items.
1931-1932
1
Meyer, Heloise
1 item.
1931
1
Murphy, Robert Cushman
1
Mussey, Henry Raymond
1
Nation magazine
1
National Committee of One Hundred
2 items.
1930-1931
1
National Parks Association
1 item.
1931
1
Nelson, William
1 item.
1926
1
New Republic
1 item.
1928
1
New York Herald-Tribune
1 item.
1927
1
New York Times
2 items.
1928
1
Olmsted, Frederick L.
1 item.
1930
1
Oregon - State Game Commission
1 item.
1931
1
Ottowa Citizen
1 item.
1931
1
Outdoor Life
19 items.
1928-1932
1
Outlook
3 items.
1928-1930
1
Palmer, T.S.
1
Pearson, T. Gilbert
1
Pinchot, Gifford
2 items.
1932
1
Pratt, George D.
3 items.
1931-1932
1
Preble, Edward A.
2 items.
1931-1932
1
Pringle, Henry F.
1
Quinn, Davis
7 items.
1930-1931
1
Rawley, Clarence W.
16 items.
1927-1932
1
Reddington, Paul G.
1
Richey, Lawrence
3 items.
1930
1
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
1 item.
1931
1
Shaver, Jesse M.
1
Shimck B.
1 item.
1930
1
Smith, Burton H.
1
Smith, Lester W.
1 item.
1932
1
Smith, Luther Elyq
3 items.
1932
1
Snyder, L.L.
1 item.
1931
1
Stephens, T.C.
7 items.
1929-1932
1
Stone, Witmer
1
The Auk
3 items.
1931
1
The Nation
9 items.
1927-1929
1
Tilcomb, John W.
1
U.S. Biological Survey Bureau
7 items.
1927-1932
1
U.S. National Park Service - Sequoia National Park
7 items.
1929
1
U.S. National Park Service
9 items.
1929-1932
1
Van Name, Willard G.
20 items.
1930-1932
1
Villard, Oswald Garrison
1
West, James E.
1
Wharton, William P.
1
White, John R.
1
Williams, Charles Dickerman
8 items.
1931
1
Wilson Ornithological Club
13 items.
1932

Series 2:  Correspondence, 1933-1937Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Reel
2
Adams, Alva B.
1 item.
1937
2
Appleby, Paul
2
Audubon Society
8 items.
1933-1935
2
Baker, John H.
2
Baldwin, Roger N.
2
Boettiger, Anna Roosevelt
2 items.
1937
2
Burette, William A.
3 items.
1933-1934
2
Cammerer, Arno B.
2
Chapman, Frank M.
2
Christian Science Publishing Society
1 item.
1937
2
Cochran, John J.
9 items.
1934-1937
2
Corcoran, Thomas G.
1 item.
1937
2
Darling, Jay N.
2
Demakay, A.E.
2
Dill, Clarence C.
1 item.
1933
2
Early, Stephen
5 items.
1935-1937
2
Eaton, Warren F.
2
Edge, Mrs. C.N.
2
Eicher, Edward E.
1 item.
1937
2
Emergency Conservation Committee
141 items.
1933-1937
2
Gabrielson, Ira A.
2
Hawes, Harry B.
2 items.
1934
2
Hornaday, William T.
42 items.
1933-1937
2
Ickes, Harold L.
2
Johnson, Herbert A.
2
Joint Conservation Committee of Southern California
1 item.
1936
2
Kulberg, Carl
2
LeCron, J.D.
2
Liebar, Richard
1 item.
1937
2
Lloyd, Hoyes
2
McAtee, W.L.
2
McGuire, Harry
3 items.
1934
2
McIntyre, Marvin H.
2 items.
1935-1937
2
McIlhenny, E.A.
2 items.
1933
2
Macy, Preston P.
2
March of Time Films
2 items.
1936
2
Mason, H.A.
1 item.
1934
2
Maury, Antonia C.
5 items.
1933-1937
2
Midwest Conservation Alliance
6 items.
1935
2
Nature Magazine
8 items.
1936-1937
2
Owen, Ruth Bryan
2 items.
1933
2
Packard, Fred Mallery
2
Pearson, Drew
2 items.
1933
2
Platford, S.D.
2
Plattes, Cyril W.
2
Poole, Rufus G.
1 item.
1937
2
Preble, E.A.
2
Rayburn, Sam
1 item.
1937
2
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
2
Schultz, William G.
32 items.
1936-1937
2
Schute, J.L.
2
Sherman, John W.
1 item.
1933
2
Silcox, F.A.
2
Slattery, Harry
2
Stephens, T.C.
2
Thompson, C.G.
2
Tomlinson, O.A.
2
U.S. Agriculture Department
5 items.
1934-1936
2
U.S. Agriculture Department
18 items.
1933-1937
2
U.S. Biological Survey Bureau
36 items.
1933-1936
2
U.S. Forest Service
2 items.
1937
2
U.S. Interior Department
519 items.
1933-1937
2
U.S. National Park Service
5 items.
1936-1937
2
U.S. National Park Service - Mt. Olympus National Monument
1 item.
1937
2
U.S. National Park Service - Mt. Rainier National Park
3 items.
1937
2
U.S. National Park Service - Yosemite National Park
2 items.
1936
2
Wallace, Henry
2
Wallgren, Monrad C.
1 item.
1936
2
West, Charles
2
Westwood, Richard
2
Wielandy, F.H.
1 item.
1935
2
Wilson Ornithological Club
1 item.
1935
2
Wylie, Robert B.
1 item.
1934

Series 3:  Correspondence, 1938Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Reel
3
Adams, Alva B.
1 item.
1938
3
Aldwell, Thomas T.
3
Baldwin, Roger N.
3
Bergren, A.W.
2 items.
1938
3
Buckingham, H.E.
1 item.
1938
3
Burlow, Erbert K.
3
Cammerer, Arno B.
3
Chamber of Commerce - Port Angeles, Washington
2 items.
1938
3
Clark, Irving M.
3 items.
1938
3
Darling, Jay W.
2 items.
1938
3
Davidson, Ernst A.
3
Demaray, A.E.
3
Dion, Carl R.
1 item.
1938
3
Edge, Mrs. C.N.
3
Edge, Rosalie
3
Emergency Conservation Committee
91 items.
1938
3
Gabrielson, Ira A.
3
Hildebrand, Joel H.
3
Ickes, Harold L.
3
Kitteridge, Frank A.
3
McAtee, W.L.
1 item.
1938
3
Macy, Preston P.
3
Madsen, David H.
3
Maury, Antonia C.
1 item.
1938
3
Maverick, Maury
1 item.
1938
3
Olson, Ingar
2 items.
1938
3
Packard, Arthur W.
2 items.
1938
3
Packard, Fred Mallery
1 item.
1938
3
Phillips, Benjamin N.
3 items.
1938
3
Quinn, David
3
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
5 items.
1938
3
Rush, W.M.
3
Schultz, William G.
93 items.
1938
3
Sierra Club
7 items.
1938
3
Starr, W.A.
2 items.
1938
3
Straus, Michael W.
3
Summer, E. Lowell
1 item.
1938
3
Thompson, Margaret
1 item.
1938
3
Tomlinson, O.S.
3
U.S. Biological Survey Bureau
9 items.
1938
3
U.S. Interior Department
24 items.
1938
3
U.S. National Park Service
22 items.
1938
3
U.S. National Park Service - Mt. Olympus National Monument
9 items.
1938
3
U.S. National Park Service - Mt. Rainier National Park
2 items.
1938
3
Van Name, Willard G.
3
Wallgren, Monrad C.
1 item.
1938

Series 4:  Correspondence, 1939Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Reel
4
Beard, Daniel C.
2 items.
1939
4
Bliven, Bruce
4
Burlow, Erbert K.
4
Clark, Irving M.
13 items.
1939
4
Cochran, John J.
1 item.
1939
4
Davidson, Ernst A.
4
Demaray, A.E.
4
Dion, Carl R.
6 items.
1939
4
Drury, Newton B.
4
Edge, Mrs. C.N.
4
Edge, Rosalie
4
Emergency Conservation Committee
89 items.
1939
4
Hildebrand, Joel H.
4
Holstein, Elwood M.
4
Ickes, Harold L.
4
International Committee for Bird Preservation
2 items.
1939
4
Kitteridge, Frank A.
4
Landis, George
1 item.
1939
4
MacLaughlin, H.R.
2 items.
1939
4
Macy, Preston P.
4
Maier, Walter A.
1 item.
1939
4
Maury, Antonia C.
3 items.
1939
4
Millikin, Mack
1 item.
1939
4
New Republic
1 item.
1939
4
Neuberger, Richard L.
1 item.
1939
4
Norris, George W.
1 item.
1939
4
Overly, Fred J.
4
Packard, Arthur W.
1 item.
1939
4
Pearson, T. Gilbert
4
Port Angeles Evening News
1 item.
1939
4
Rachford, C.E.
4
Rankin, John Elliott
2 items.
1939
4
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
6 items.
1939
4
Save the Redwoods League
3 items.
1939
4
Schultz, William G.
36 items.
1939
4
Sierra Club
11 items.
1939
4
Subcommittee on Civil Liberties
1 item.
1939
4
Thompson, Benjamin
2 items.
1939
4
U.S. Forest Service
1 item.
1939
4
U.S. Interior Department
46 items.
1939
4
U.S. National Park Service
7 items.
1939
4
U.S. National Park Service - Olympic National Park
5 items.
1939
4
Van Name, Willard G.
21 items.
1939
4
Webster, Charles N.
4
Williams, Landon N.
1 item.
1939

Series 5:  Correspondence , 1940-1961Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Reel
5
A.N. Marquis Company
1 item.
1943
5
Adirondack Moose River Committee
1 item.
1948
5
Alabama - Geneva County - Children's Museum Association
1 item.
1944
5
Anderson, R.M.
2 items.
1940
5
Barrett, Frank A.
1 item.
1947
5
Basford, H.R.
1 item.
1948
5
Bathurst, Effie B.
3 items.
1940
5
Bliven, Bruce
5
Blunt, Carleton
1 item.
1940
5
Brannan, Charles F.
5
Brown, Mannie
5
Bruette, William A.
2 items.
1943
5
Burlew, E.K.
5
California - Natural Resources Department
4 items.
1947-1949
5
California War Memorial Park Association
31 items.
1948-1951
5
Chapman, Oscar L.
5
Chicago Sun
1 item.
1944
5
Clark, Irving M.
15 items.
1941-1947
5
Collins, George L.
5
Demaray, Arthur
5
Dick, Raymond
4 items.
1943-1944
5
Dingell, John D.
1 item.
1953
5
Dion, Carl R.
7 items.
1940-1941
5
Dolder, Edward F.
5
Drury, Aubrey
5
Drury, Newton B.
5
Edge, Mrs. C.N.
5
Edge, Rosalie
5
Elliott, John B.
5
Emergency Conservation Committee
279 items.
1940-1951
5
Freeman, Orville L.
5
Ferguson, Virginia
5
Forbes, John Ripley
5
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library - Hyde Park, New York
3 items.
1954
5
Gillette, Guy M.
1 item.
1944
5
Gordon, King
5
Greene, Earle R.
5
Hatch, Carl
1 item.
1944
5
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
1 item.
1940
5
Hildebrand, Joel H.
5
Holifield, Chester
1 item.
1949
5
Ickes, Harold R.
5
John Muir Association
2 items.
1940
5
Kahn, Herman
5
Kenndy, K.R.
5
Kitteridge, Frank A.
5
Krug, J.A.
5
LaBudda, Mrs. Edward
5
LeCompte, Karl
1 item.
1947
5
Leonard, Roy S.
5
McCune, Wesley
5
McKay, Douglas
5
Maury, Antonia C.
2 items.
1940-1942
5
Murphy, Charles
2 items.
1952
5
National Wildlife Federation
1 item.
1944
5
New Republic
1 item.
1943
5
New York Times
2 items.
1949
5
Oakes, John
5
Olmsted, Frederick Law
1 item.
1949
5
Packard, Fred M.
1 item.
1945
5
Peterson, J. Harden
1 item.
1947
5
Port Angeles Evening News
8 items.
1940-1943
5
Pravins, Ray
2 items.
1948
5
Richard, Edward N.
5
Robertson, A. Willis
2 items.
1945
5
Rockefeller, John D.
3 items.
1945
5
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
10 items.
1940-1944
5
Ross, Charles G.
2 items.
1947
5
Saugstad, Standley
1 item.
1945
5
Save the Redwoods League
23 items.
1940-1948
5
Schultz, William G.
9 items.
1940
5
Sierra Club
7 items.
1940-1941
5
Shoemaker, Carl
5
Soften, Paul
5
Taylor, Frank
5
The Nation
1 item.
1944
5
Tolson, Hillery A.
5
Truman, Harry S.
8 items.
1946-1953
5
Union for Democratic Action
1 item.
1945
5
U.S. Agriculture Department
1 item.
1949
5
U.S. Agriculture Department - Secretary, Office of
9 items.
1949-1961
5
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
3 items.
1940
5
U.S. Interior Department
30 items.
1940-1954
5
U.S. National Park Service
12 items.
1940-1949
5
U.S. President
5
U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority
1 item.
1944
5
U.S. War Production Board
2 items.
1942
5
Van Name, Willard G.
5
Wallgren, Monrad C.
1 item.
1947
5
Webster, Charles N.
5
Wilber, Gene
5
Williams, Landon Morris
2 items.
1940
5
Wolfe, Linnie Marsh
5
Womans Conservation League of America
3 items.
1943

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Conservation of natural resources--History--Sources
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Brant, Irving, 1885-1976--Archives
  • Clark, Irving M., 1883-1960--Correspondence
  • Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937--Correspondence
  • Schultz, William G.--Correspondence
  • Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Correspondence

Corporate Names

  • Emergency Conservation Committee (U.S.)--History--Sources
  • United States. Department of the Interior--History--Sources
  • United States. National Park Service--History--Sources

Geographical Names

  • Olympic National Park (Wash.)--History--Sources

Titles within the Collection

  • Outdoor Life

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Bruette, William A (creator)
    • Rawley, Clarence W (creator)
    • Stephens, T. C. (Thomas Calderwood), 1876-1948 (creator)
    • Van Name, Willard G. (Willard Gibbs), 1872-1959 (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • California War Memorial Park Association (creator)
    • National Audubon Society (creator)
    • Save-the-Redwoods League (creator)
    • United States. Bureau of Biological Survey (creator)
    • United States. Department of Agriculture (creator)