Edward A. Ackerman papers

Edward A. Ackerman papers, 1934-1973

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Ackerman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1911-1973
Title: Edward A. Ackerman papers
Dates: 1934-1973 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 55.23 cubic ft. (86 boxes)
Collection Number: 05363
Summary: Contains materials on natural resources, water resources, and environment and conservation issues that Ackerman addressed in various committee and consulting work.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Edward Augustus Ackerman (1911-1973), was a geographer and water resources authority. He earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1939 and was a professor at Harvard from 1940-1948. Ackerman served as a technical advisor on natural resources to U.S. occupational forces in Japan from 1946- 1948 and then was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1948-1955. From 1952-1954 he served as assistant general manager of the Tennessee Valley Authority and became director of water resources program of Resources for the Future from 1954-1958. Ackerman then became director of the Carnegie Institution from 1958-1973. He also served as a trustee of the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies from 1964-1969. Ackerman served on several committees and panels pertaining to natural resources, population growth, and environment and conservation issues.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains materials relating to Ackerman’s work in natural resources, including his work on committees, task forces, and consulting. Much of this material consists of reports and correspondence on environment, water, and land issues throughout the U.S, Japan, Brazil, and Puerto Rico. The collection also contains Ackerman’s publications, speeches, and professional conference papers; correspondence; material from conferences and professional organizations; reports and secondary material; and miscellaneous office files containing photos, correspondence, and research.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into six series according to type of material.

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Edward Ackerman at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Mrs. Adrienne Ackerman in 1973.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Laura Uglean Jackson in November 2010.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Committee, Task Force, and Consulting Work, 1940-1973Return to Top

Contains correspondence, notes, memos, reports, and speeches that Ackerman consulted for government and private committees, task forces, and institutions. Also contains materials grouped by geographic location.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
82	Ad Hoc Committee on Environment	1968-1970
1	Arid Lands Committee	1962
1	Center for Environment and Man	1968-1973
1	China	1940-1943
1	Committee on Atmospheric Sciences	1964
1	The Conservation Foundation - Resources and Environment Task Force	1968
1-2, 82	Development and Resources Corporation	1964-1972
2	Environmetrics	1968-1971
2	International Aspects of Man's Effect Upon His Environment (Ad Hoc Committee)	1968-1969
2-5, 82 and 84	Japan	1946-1963
5	Materials Conservation Study	1951
5	Maryland State Planning Commission	1945-1964
5-6	Missouri River Basin	1944-1952
6-7	NAS-NRC Central Review Committee, Space Applications Summer Study (Satellite Study)	1967-1969
7	NAS-NRC Committee on Geography	1963-1966
8	NAS-NRC Committee on Ocean Engineering	1966-1969
8	NAS-NRC Committee on Space Programs for Earth Observations (Satellite Study)	1970
9	NAS Manpower Committee	1960-1962
9	National Parks Materials	1945-1964
9-10, 83	National Water Commission	1969-1973
10-11	Natural Resources Committees and Task Forces	1946-1964
11	New England Committee and other materials	1950-1953
11	Northeast Illinois Planning Commission	1962-1966
11	Outdoor Recreation Research / Resources	1950-1968
11-13, 83	Potomac Planning Task Force	1956-1969
13-18	President's Water Resources Policy Commission	1950-1955
18-19, 83	Puerto Rico	1966-1971
19-21, 83	Resources for the Future	1955-1972
21	Social Science Research Council	1952
21	Soil Erosion Commission	1950-1953
21-23	State Office of Planning, California	1962-1967
23-29	Tennessee Valley Authority	1950-1957
29-36	Traveler's Research Center	1962-1970
36	Urban Renewal	1963
36-37	U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program- Environmental Physiology Sub-Committee (USNC IBP EP)	1965-1966
37-38	U.S. Senate Select Committee on Natural Water Resources	1959-1960
38-39	York University Graduate Program	1966-1971
39-46	Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies	1962-1973

Series II. Writings by Ackerman, 1934-1972Return to Top

Contains speeches, articles, drafts, lectures, and conference papers written by Ackerman addressing natural resources, water resources, policy making, geography, population, and planning. Some titles include additional research and correspondence.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
64	The 1937 California Freeze	1937
83	Air Pollution Lecture	undated
64	Albania- A Balkan Switzerland?	1938
64	An Algerian Oasis	1936
64	American Eco-Hysteria	1971
64-66	American Resources: Their Management and Conservation	1949-1959
66	Annals of the AAG (Book Reviews)	1971
66	Application of Space Technology to Developing Countries	1970
66	Are Problems of Public Policy Problems for Geographical Science?	1952
66	Armed and Disarmed Worlds	1963
66-67	ASTP Manuscript	1934
67	Background of Korea	1950
67	Balance Maps of Eastern North America (foreword by Ackerman)	1958
67	Benefits and Problems Associated with Integrated Development of Natural Resources, with Particular Reference to New England	1953-1954
67	Bibliography, Ackerman	undated
85	Bibliography- Card Format	undated
67	Black Sea Paper	1972
67	The Changing World	1954
73	China	undated
67	Conservation of Water in Agriculture, Industry, and Municipal Use	1967
67	Course Lectures	undated
67	Criteria for Judging Relevance of Research	1970-1971
67	Depletion in New England Fisheries	1938
67	Demography as a Science	1956
67	Development of Missouri River Basin Resources	1948
67	EASCON Paper	1970
67	Economic Growth vs. Air Quality: Can Science Resolve the Paradox	1968
67	Emerging Concepts and Techniques in a Field of Geography	1952
67	Energy Resources and Consumption as Related to Population Size and Growth	1954
67	Fifteen Years of Innovation, Discovery, and Evolution at the Carnegie Institution	1971
68	The Geographic Meaning of Ecological Land Use	1946
68	Geographic Training, Wartime Research, and Immediate Professional Objectives	1945
68	Geography and Demography	1959
68	Geography as a Fundamental Research Discipline	1958
68	How to Plan and Pay for the Safe and Adequate Highways We Need	1953
68	The Impact of new Techniques on Integrated Multiple-Purpose Water Development	1960
73	India	undated
68	Influences of Climate on the Cultivation of Citrus Fruits	1938
68	Is Planning Harmful for the Potomac Valley?	1956
73	Japan (Far East)	undated
68	Japan: Have or Have-Not Nation? The Industrial and Commercial Prospect	undated
68	Japanese Industry Looks Ahead	1956
68	Japanese Resources and United States Policy	1948
68	The Koppen Classification of Climates in North America	1941
68	Korea	1950
68	L'Organisation de L'espace: Elements de Geographie Volontaire	1967
68	Land Use in the Washington-Baltimore Region: A Mirror for Metropolitan America	1972
68	Life in Central France	1937
68	Major Trends in Water Development and Water Policies	1973
69	The Meaning of the World Population Explosion for U.S. Foreign Policy	1968
69	Memorial	undated
69	Miscellaneous Speeches and Articles	undated
68	Modern Comprehensive Multiple-Purpose Development	1962
69	Mountain, City, and Sea in Japan: Their Meaning for International Relations	1954
69	Muscle Shoals Speech	1952
69	National Considerations	1968
69	National Environment for Urban Planners	1958
69	The National Environment of Urban Growth and Highway Construction	1957
69	National Objectives and National Policy in Natural Resource Use	1958
69	National Resources: Progress and Poverty	1949
69	National Water Policy	1956
69	Nature of Geographical Research	1964
69	New England's Fishing Industry	1941
70	New England Talk	1953
70	Our Stake in Natural Resources	1953
70	Past and Future Impact of Dense Populations on the Natural Environment	1972
70	Planning in an Age of Information Revolution	1969
70	Policy Considerations in Planning and Development: The U.S. Experiment	undated
70	Policy Decisions Faced by an Urban United States	1957
70	Population and Ecology	1972
70	Population and Natural Resources	1965
70	Population, Natural Resources, and Technology	1967
70	Problems for Resource Development Planning in Southern Illinois	1957
70	Public Policy Issues for the Professional Geographer	1962
70	Public Policy Relating to Weather Modification	1959
70	Questions for Designers of Future Water Policy	1956
70	Radio Talks	undated
70	Reasons for Water Research and Development on Water Desalting	1961
70	Recommended Study of the Economic Implications of Weather Modification	1956
70	Regional Planning in the U.S.	1964
70	Regional Research - Emerging Concepts and Techniques in the Field of Geography	1953
70	The Relation of New Technology to Resource and Population Problems as Illustrated by Japan's Case	1955
71	Report on Awards	May, 1962
71	Research on the Water Supply	1963
71	Resource Development through Demonstration	1958
71	Resources Development Planning in 1958	1958
71	Reviews for Periodicals	1941-1944
71	Review of Resource for Freedom	1953
71	RFF Inc. and Resource Use Education	1957
71	Role of Water Resources in Economic Development	1966
71	Sequent Occupance of a Boston Suburban Community	1941
71	The Small Watershed Movement as Viewed from a Private Foundation	1957
71	Social Meaning of Under-Developed Area Programs	1954
71	Socio-Economic Studies and Actions Strategic to the Future Development of Cuba	1958
71	Some Comments on Civil Rights	1965
71	Some Concepts of Ellen C. Semple	1961
71	Some Relationships Between Populations and the Natural Environment	1972
71	The Soul of a Corporation	1954
71	Speech Notes	undated
71	Speech - USDA	1958
71	Speech - Weather Modification	1959
71	Statement	1961
71	Statement on Air Pollution Control	1968
71	States Lagging Behind	1955
71	The Suburban Community in Metropolitan Area Planning	1957
71	Technology in American Water Development	1959
71	Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.), Miscellaneous	1955
72	Toward a National Land Use Information System	1973
72	Toward a Permanent Farm Policy	1961
72	Unidentified	undated
72	The United States: Economic Aspects of Domestic Governmental Affairs in The Changing World	1956
72	The United States, Japan, and Under-Developed Areas	1953
72	University of Indiana Talk	1957
72	Water Balance Maps of Eastern North America	1958
72	Water Conservation Draft	1966
72	Water Development in the Light of Modern Science and Technology with Examples from the United States	1961
72	Water, Drought, and the Land	1957
72	Water Research Needs	1962
72	Water Resource Planning and Development in Agriculture	1959-1960
72	Water Resources in the United States	1957
72	Water Resources Material, Miscellaneous	undated
72	Weather Modification Symposium Lecture	1965
72	Where is a Research Frontier	1963
73	Who Should Manage our Water Resources	1951
73	The Wine Valley of North Portugal	1937
73	World Population and World Resources	1967

Series III. Correspondence, 1934-1973Return to Top

For an item-level inventory of correspondence, please see the reference department.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
47		September 6, 1934 - December 31, 1949
48		January 3, 1950 - March 31, 1953
49		April 1, 1953 - May 28, 1954
50		June 1, 1954 - May 1959
51		January, 1958 - December, 1960
52		January, 1961 - December, 1961
53		January 1, 1962 - September, 1962
54		October, 1962 - April 29, 1963
55		May 2, 1963 - October 31, 1963
56		November 1, 1963 - July, 1964
57		August, 1964 - May, 1965
58		June, 1965 - March 18, 1966
59		April 5, 1966 - March 31, 1967
60		April 3, 1967 - May, 1968
61		June, 1968 - July, 1969
62		August, 1969 - July, 1970
63		August, 1970 - March, 1973
64		Undated

Series IV. Professional Organizations and Conferences, 1949-1973Return to Top

Contains conference materials, agendas, newsletters and correspondence from professional organizations, symposiums, and workshops.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
83	Academy for Contemporary Problems	1971
83	A.I.D. Remote Sensing Symposium	1970
83	American Association for the Advancement of Science	1958-1972
83	American Association of Geographers	1968-1973
76	American Geographical Society	1962-1972
83	American Geological Institute	1971-1972
76, 83	American Institute of Architects	1970
76	American Institute of Planners	1967
77	American Meteorological Society	1966
77	Association of American Geographers	1949-1969
77	Boulder Conference	1972
83	Central American Workshop on Development and the Environment	1971
77	Compagne Nationale du Rhone	1955
77	Conservation Foundation	1966-1969
77	International Conference on Regional Planning	1955
78	International Geographical Congress	1964
78	League for International Food Education	1970
78	NAS-NRC Committee on Water	1967
78	National Conference on Government	1954-1961
78	National Research Council Division of Earth Sciences Committee on Resources and Man	1967
78	National Social Science Foundation	1967
78	Newcomen Society Material	1962
78	Pacific Science Congress	1966
78	Planning Foundation of America	1965-1969
78	Polish Academy of Sciences	1964
78	Population Conference	1967
83	Regional Science Association	1959-1966
78	Society for International Development	1959
78	Speeches at Conferences by others	undated
78	Technical Advisory Committee	1962-1963
83	U.N. Conference on Gaps in Knowledge of Interrelations of Population and Economic Factors	1953
78	U.N. Graduate Study Program	1972
78	U.N. Population Conference	1965
78	U.N. Science and Technology Conference	1963
78-79	Water for Peace	1967
79	Water for Texas Conference	1965
79	Water Resources Research Conference	1967
79	Weather Modification	1965
79	World Population Conference	1954 and 1965

Series V. Subject Files, 1944-1973Return to Top

This series contains office files that include correspondence, printed material, notes, and miscellany. It also contains biographical information on Ackerman, photographs and slides for conference papers.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
80	1	American Resources Association	1959-1960
80	2	Ants	undated
80	3	Appalachian Studies Corps of Engineers	1965-1967
80	4	Bibliography- Cards	undated
80	5-14	Biographical Information	undated
80	15	Bishop, Dr. Amasa S. - Correspondence	1971-1973
80	16-17	Board of Visitors, School of Architecture and Urban Planning- Univ. of California (Dean Harvey S. Perloff)	1961-1973
80	18	Brookings Institution	1963-1966
80	19	Chicago, University of	1951-1955
80	20	Civil Defense- National Emergency	1961
80	21	Clippings	1959
80	22	Connecticut, University of - Environment	1970-1971
80	23	Consortium of Universities	1970
80	24	D- Unidentified	1960
80	25	Delaware River Basin Compact Board	1970-1971
80	26	Delaware, University of (Archie Hart)	1966
80	27	Department of the Interior	1969-1970
80	28	Economic Commission for Europe Water Committee (Dr. Fagen)	1969
80	29	Eisenhower Fellowships Material	undated
80	30	Environmental Clearinghouse, Inc. (Frank M. Potter, Jr.)	1968-1969
80	31	Expense Statements	1967-1970
80	32	Extractive Industries Map	1944-1946
80	33-36	GAP: Geographic Applications Program (Alexander, et. al)	1968-1973
81	1-2	GAP: Geographic Applications Program (Alexander, et. al)	1968-1972
81	3	Geography Personnel	undated
81	4-5	Geological Survey	1968-1971
81	6-	GEOMET, Inc. (George Milly)	1969-1973
81	8	George Washington University	1964
81	9	Great Lakes	1959-1962
81	10	Guatemala - ICAITI	1973
81	11-12	Guatemala- NAS	1969-1973
81	13-15	Haskins,Dr. Caryl	1961-1973
82	1	Hells Canyon	undated
82	2	High School Geography Project	1962-1970
82	3	Industrial College	1945
82	4	Lease	undated
82	5-6	Lists	undated
82	7	Maps	undated
82	8	Maryland	1965-1966
82	9	McCullough, Max	1954
82	10	McGraw Hill Book Company	1970
82	11	Morgan, Henry S	1959-1962
82	12-17	Notes	undated
82	18	National Academy of Sciences	1963-1972
82	19	National Science Board Committee	1969
82	20-21	National Science Foundation	1967-1972
82	22	National Science Foundation Land-Use Steering Committee	1971
82	23	Personnel	1958-1963
82	24-26	Peter Lee Development Corporation, Durham, England	1969
82	27	Pacific Relations, Institute of	1952-1953
82	28-29	Photographs	undated
82	30	Posters	undated
82	31	Proposal for a Research Study	1952
82	32	Reclamation Maps	undated
82	33	Releases	1960-1963
82	34	Revision of Applications, Etc.	undated
85-86		Slides	1964-1972 and undated
	Folder
82	35	Smith, Denys, Biographical Details	undated
82	36	Smithsonian Ceramic Tech. Laboratory	1963-1964
82	37	Stanford University (Virello)	1965
82	38	Think	1957
82	39-40	Travel	1944-1968
82	41	U.N. Institute for Social Development, Antoni Kuklinski	1968-1972
82	42	Unidentified	circa 1960
82	43	Wadsworth Publishing Company (Dr. Alex Kugushev)	1969
82	44	Yale, Dept. of Geo (James - Pelzer)	1965-1966
82	45	Yale University Press	1971

Series VI. Printed Materials, 1936-1972Return to Top

Arranged by title. Contains articles, reports, speeches, and other writings by people other than Ackerman.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
73, 84	A-D	1941-1954
74	D-M	1940-1970
75, 79	N-S	1949-1972
76, 83	S-W	1936-1970

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Conservation of natural resources.
Natural resources
Water resources development -- Japan.
Water resources development -- United States.

Corporate Names

Development and Resources Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies.
Maryland. State Planning Commission
Potomac Planning Task Force
Travelers Research Center
Travelers Research Corporation

Geographical Names

Missouri River
Everglades (Fla.)
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Puerto Rico
United States -- Population

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