MTGMss700.xml Guide to the Clifton R. Merritt Papers 1935-2008 Merritt (Clifton R.) Papers Finding aid prepared by Amy Casamassa Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula © 2009
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Mss 700 Merritt, Clifton R. (Clifton Reeve), 1919-2008 Clifton R. Merritt Papers 1935-2008 69.0 linear feet This collection consists of the papers of environmental activist Clifton R. Merritt. From 1964 to 1978 Merritt served as Director of Field Services for The Wilderness Society. After leaving The Wilderness Society, Merritt founded the American Wilderness Alliance (later American Wildlands). His papers include correspondence, research files and other documents from his time with these agencies. Other materials cover his work with Montana Wilderness Association, Montana Wildlife Federation, and Friends of the Bitterroot. The collection also contains personal writings and correspondence. Materials are in English Biographical Note

Clifton R. Merritt was born in November 1919 in the Prickly Pear Valley (now known as the Helena Valley) of Montana. He grew up on the cattle ranch his grandfather settled in the 1890s near the Gates of the Wilderness Mountains along the upper Missouri River. In his youth he was plagued by illness including polio and a triple heart valve leakage at age 15. Despite these physical ailments, Merritt was an avid hunter, fisherman, and hiker, often enjoying these activities with his twin brother, Don.

Clif attended college at Carroll College in Helena, Montana taking courses in liberal arts and sociology. After leaving Carroll, Merritt moved to Kalispell, Montana, and worked for the Bureau of Employment Security and Montana State Employment Service. He rose to Field Supervisor for the Bureau of Employment Security which involved hiring, training, and supervising of over 150 employees in nine (or more) field offices. Merritt held this position from 1953-1964.

During his time in Kalispell, Merritt helped found the Montana Wilderness Association in 1957. He also served in various positions for the Montana Wildlife Federation from 1950 to 1964. With these organizations, Merritt was a leader in getting the Montana Stream Preservation Act adopted and halting the establishment of the Spruce Park and Glacier View dams on the Flathead River, as well as spearheading the movement to get the 15,000 acre Jewel Basin Hiking Area established.

In 1964, Clifton Merritt became director of field services for The Wilderness Society. He began his work in Washington, DC, lobbying for the establishment of the Wilderness Act of 1964. Believing that the wilderness movement needed to garner the support of local citizens in order to add areas to the National Wilderness Preservation System, Merritt established The Wilderness Society’s Western Regional Office in Denver, Colorado, in 1966. In the Regional Office, Merritt trained and supervised a 15-person professional staff of natural resource specialists and field representatives stationed throughout the West. Through the efforts of Merritt and his staff, working closely with local groups, millions of acres were added to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Among those added were the Scapegoat, Absaroka-Beartooth, and River of No Return Wildernesses in Montana and the Weminuche, Flat Tops, and Eagles Nest Wildernesses in Colorado. After an organizational shakeup and upon hearing of the planned closing of the Regional Office, Merritt resigned from the Wilderness Society in 1978.

In 1979, Merritt, Sally Ranney, and Jerry Mallet, seeing a need left by the closing of The Wilderness Society’s Regional Office, formed The American Wilderness Alliance (known after 1983 as American Wildlands) based in Denver, Colorado. The organization worked with conservation groups throughout the Rocky Mountain West to preserve public lands for wildlife habitat and recreation. The American Wilderness Alliance was instrumental in getting the 161,000 acre Elkhorn National Wildlife Management Area established in Montana as well as ensuring the passage of the Colorado Wilderness Bill which gave wilderness designation to 1.4 million acres of public lands. In addition to serving as executive director, Merritt also edited the organization’s Wild America magazine and wrote and edited its On the Wild Side newsletter.

In 1984, Clifton Merritt returned to Montana and settled in the Bitterroot Valley. He still maintained the executive directorship of American Wildlands and the organization relocated to Bozeman, Montana, later that year. In 1990, Merritt stepped back from the executive directorship and became associate executive director. It was in 1990 that Merritt began the Corridors of Life Program. The Program used Geographic Information Systems to map wildlife migration corridors between roadless areas and established wilderness areas. As of 2009, American Wildlands’ Corridors of Life Program continues to work to restore and maintain wildlife corridors.

In 1998, at age 79, Clifton Merritt stepped down as associate executive director of American Wildlands. Though no longer in a leadership role at the organization, Merritt continued to support wilderness and environmental initiatives as a member of the organization he had helped found. He also continued to support local wilderness issues through membership with the organization Friends of the Bitterroot and continued membership with the Montana Wilderness Association and Montana Wildlife Federation.

Clifton Merritt had been a prolific writer all his life and his retirement afforded him more time for this interest. He began to pen his memoirs of the wilderness movement, which he titled Beyond the Roads. He also began work on a history of his grandfather’s settlement in the Prickly Pear Valley which he called I Remember my Grandfather. Merritt died on August 12, 2008 at the age of 89.

The Clifton R. Merritt Papers have been organized into seven series arranged by the periods in Merritt’s professional career. The majority of the series have been further subdivided into subseries, reflecting the order in which they were maintained by Merritt. The largest series in this collection relates to Merritt's time with American Wildlands and includes planning documents, committee minutes, and extensive correspondence files.

Of particular interest within this collection are documents and correspondence related to the recommendation of new wilderness areas into the National Wilderness Preservation System signed into law in 1964. The collection also contains documents related to the research and development of the Corridors of Life Program, which mapped wildlife migration corridors between roadless areas and established wilderness areas. The papers include a small portion of personal writings and correspondence including drafts and research for Merritt’s memoirs titled Beyond the Roads and his family history titled I Remember my Grandfather. The papers also contain awards and certificates received by Clifton R. Merritt.

This collection has been divided into seven series:

Series I: Montana Wildlife Federation, 1954-2004, .75 linear feet

Subseries 1: Administration, 1954-1999, 0.15 linear feet

Subseries 2: Subject Files, 1953-2004, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries 3: Organizational Publications and Newsletters, 1956-2004, 0.10 linear feet

Series II: Montana Wilderness Association, 1949-2005, 1.25 linear feet

Subseries 1: Administration, 1968-2004, 0.25 linear feet

Subseries 2: Subject Files, 1949-2004, 0.75 linear feet

Subseries 3: Organizational Publications and Newsletters, 1978-2005, 0.25 linear feet

Series III: The Wilderness Society, 1954-2000, 23.75 linear feet

Subseries 1: Administration, 1963-2000, 1.0 linear foot

Subseries 2: Subject Files, 1954-1989, 22.70 linear feet

Series IV: American Wilderness Alliance/American Wildlands, 1957-2007, 29.5 linear feet

Subseries 1: Administration, 1965-2007, 5.0 linear feet

Subseries 2: Subject Files, 1957-2007, 20.5 linear feet

Subseries 3: Corridors of Life Program, 1985-2006, 1.5 linear feet

Subseries 4: Organizational Publications and Newsletters, 1979-2007, 2.5 linear feet

Series V: Friends of the Bitterroot, 1991-2006, 0.5 linear feet

Series VI: Personal Materials, 1935-2007, 5.5 linear feet

Subseries 1: Writings and Files, 1935-2007, 2.5 linear feet

Subseries 2: Miscellaneous Materials, 1940-1998 and undated, 3.0 linear feet

Series VII: Awards, 1972-2007, 5.75 linear feet

Subseries 1: Subject Files and Correspondence, 1972-2007, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries 2: Certificates, Statuettes, and Plaques, 1976-2007, 5.25 linear feet

Series VIII: Photographs, unprocessed

Series IX: Motion Picture Films, approximately 1952-approximately 1977, 14 films

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Non-exclusive copyright to the collection was transferred to The University of Montana.

[Name of document or photograph number], Clifton R. Merritt Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

The collection was in the possession of Clifton R. Merritt and maintained at his home until his death in 2008. Merritt's daughter, Sherry Essig, maintained the bulk of the materials in Merritt’s home until their transfer to the Archives.

The collection was acquired by the Archives from Clifton R. Merritt’s daughter, Sherry Essig, in 2008.

Clifton R. Merritt’s daughter, Sherry Essig, cleaned and arranged some materials and folders prior to their arrival at the Archives. Unfoldered and loose materials were foldered during processing at the Archives. Original order was largely maintained throughout the collection, with the exception that within subseries folders were arranged in a stricter alphabetical order to facilitate access. In 2006, Robert Baker (who was writing a thesis about Clif Merritt) loaned the Archives two notebooks of documents supporting an honorary degree proposal for Clif Merritt. A copy was made for the Archives and a copy was given to Sherry Essig. In 2013 the Archives' copy was added to Series VII, Subseries 1 although it is very likely that the original documents exist elsewhere in the collection. Clippings and maps not placed by Merritt within subject-specific folders were removed from the collection during processing and discarded.

In 2022, all motion picture film reels were cleaned, cored, and rehoused for preservation purposes and processed into the collection. Commercial films were removed from the collection.

Most bound monographs, congressional records, and published congressional reports were separated from the collection during processing.

In 2005 Robert N. Baker submitted a MA thesis to The University of Montana entitled Clif Merritt and Wilderness Wildlife: Learning How to Live in Paradise.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Merritt, Clifton R. (Clifton Reeve), 1919-2008--Archives Ranney, Sally Ann Cunningham, Bill American Wilderness Alliance American Wildlands (Organization) Friends of the Bitterroot Montana Wildlife Federation Montana Wilderness Association Wilderness Society (U.S.) West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions Conservation of natural resources--Montana--Societies, etc Conservation of natural resources--Montana--Bitterroot River Valley--Societies, etc Conservation of natural resources--West (U.S.)--Societies, etc Conservationists--West (U.S.)--Archives Corridors (Ecology)--West (U.S.) Environmentalists--West (U.S.)--Archives Wildlife conservation--West (U.S.)--Societies, etc Wildlife conservationists--West (U.S.)--Archives Photographs Alaska Idaho Montana Environmental Activism Fisheries and Wildlife Series I Montana Wildlife Federation 1954-2004 0.75 linear feet

The Montana Wildlife Federation is a Helena, Montana, based organization dedicated to the preservation of wildlife habitat. Merritt served in various positions for the Montana Wildlife Federation from 1950 to 1964, and helped spearhead the movement to establish the Jewel Basin Hiking Area in Montana. This series is arranged into three subseries. Subseries 1, Administration, includes internal correspondence and memos. Subseries 2, Subject Files, consists of correspondence, reports, and news releases. Subseries 3 contains organizational publications and newsletters.

Subseries 1 Administration 1954-1999 0.15 linear feet 1/1 Flathead Lake Wildlife Association Memo 1954 1/2 Membership Mailer 1996-1997 1/3 Memos and Internal Correspondence 1956-1959 1/4 Wildlife Legacy Council 1998-1999 Subseries 2 Subject Files 1953-2004 0.5 linear feet 1/5 General Issue Correspondence 1955-1959 1/6 General Issue Correspondence 1961-1963 1/7 General Issue Correspondence 1964 1/8 Jewel Basin Hiking Area by Clifton Merritt undated 1/9 Jewel Basin Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Flathead National Forest 1957-1964 1/10 Lincoln Back Country 1963-1969 1/11 Clifton Merritt, Editorials and Reports-Middle Fork of the Flathead undated 1/12 Missouri River Breaks Wildlife Area 1953-1964 1/13 News Releases 1964 2/1 News Releases 1956-1963 124/1 Wilderness Society, Correspondence-MATERIALS HAVE MOLD, SEE ARCHIVIST FOR ACCESS 1963-1964 Subseries 3 Organizational Publications and Newsletters 1956-2004 0.10 linear feet 2/2 Flathead Outdoors 1957-1958 2/3 Flathead Outdoors Clippings 1956-1958 2/4 Flathead Outdoors Column 1959-2006 2/5 Montana Wildlife Federation News 1963 2/6 Montana Wildlife Newsletter 1997-2004 2/7 Montana Wildlife Newsletter 1998-2004 2/8 Western Montana Wildlife News 1956 Series II Montana Wilderness Association 1949-2005 1.25 linear feet

Merritt helped found the Montana Wilderness Association (MWA) in 1957. The MWA is a Helena, Montana, based organization that works towards the preservation and designation of wilderness in Montana. Materials in this series related to the Glacier View and Hungry Horse Dams and the Wilderness Walks Program reflect these organizational goals. This series is arranged into three subseries: subseries 1: Administration, includes internal memos and correspondence as well as the organization’s constitution and bylaws. Subseries 2, Subject Files, consists of correspondence, reports and notes. Subseries 3 contains organizational publications and newsletters.

 Subseries 1 Administration 1968-2004 0.25 linear feet 2/9 Constitution, Bylaws 1978-1979 2/10 Constitution, Bylaws 1978-1979 3/1 Interorganizational Correspondence 1987-1996 3/2 Missoula-Bitterroot Chapter 1993 3/3 Notices, Communiqués, Correspondence 1997-2004 3/4 Proposed Beartooth Wilderness-Meetings 1968 Subseries 2 Subject Files 1949-2004 0.75 linear feet 3/5 Cabinet Mountains Wilderness-Kootenai National Forest-Idaho Panhandle 1967-1985 3/6 Convention 1978 3/7 Dallas Eklund Award 1978-1992 3/8 Doris Milner Special Conservation Award 1975-1996 3/9-11 Glacier National Park-Montana 1966-1975 3/12 Glacier View Dam 1955-1959 3/13 Hungry Horse Dams 1949-1957 4/1 Island Range Chapter Newsletters 1999 and undated 4/2 Ken and Florence Baldwin Special Conservation Award, Montana Wilderness Association 1973-1998 4/3 Legislating the Wild-A Guide to Montana Wilderness Legislation-Montana Wilderness Association 1994 4/4 Montana Wilderness Issues 1950-1957 4/5 National Wildlife Federation Conservation News 1954-1958 4/6 Quiet Trails Montana 1994 4/7 Recreation Values 1960 4/8 Robert F. Cooney Special Conservation Award 1994 4/9 Smoky Range Dam 1956 4/10 Thurman Trosper Special Conservation Award 1991-2001 4/11 Wilderness Walks 1992-1993 4/12 Wilderness Walks 1997-2002 4/13 Wilderness Walks 2000-2004 4/14 Wilderness Walks 2003-2004 Subseries 3 Organizational Publications and Newsletters 1978-2005 0.25 linear feet 4/15-16 Newsletters and Bulletins 1978-2003 5/1 Wild Montana 1996-2005 5/2-3 Wild Montana, Letter Be Wild 1984-1990 Series III The Wilderness Society 1954-2000 23.75 linear feet

The Wilderness Society (TWS) is a national environmental organization dedicated to the preservation and designation of wilderness throughout the United States. In 1964, Clifton Merritt became director of field services for TWS. He began his work in Washington, DC, lobbying for the establishment of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and established the Society’s Western Regional Office in Denver, Colorado, in 1966. Of particular interest in this series are memos, notes, correspondence, and research done on areas proposed for entry in the National Wilderness Preservation System. This series has been divided into three subseries. Subseries 1, Administration, includes internal memos and correspondence, executive committee meeting notes and minutes, an organizational manual, and other notes. Subseries 2, Subject Files, consists of correspondence, notes, research files, and clippings.

 Subseries 1 Administration 1963-2000 1.0 linear foot 5/4 Stewart Brandborg 1976 5/5 Bill Cunningham, Activity Reports 1976-1978 5/6 Bill Cunningham, Correspondence 1976-1978 5/7 Development of Other Wilderness Support Groups 1978 5/8 Executive Committee Meetings 1964-1966 5/9 Field Office Reorganization 1977-1978 5/10 Field Office Reorganization 1977-1980 6/1 Governing Council Meeting 1978-2000 6/2 Mailers and Memos to Membership 1966-1978 6/3 Clifton Merritt, Notes 1968-1978 6/4 Clifton Merritt, Statements 1972-1974 6/5 Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association Grant 1968-1975 6/6-7 Organization Manual 1973 6/8 Zahniser, Craighead, Brandborg Correspondence 1963-1976 Subseries 2 Subject Files 1954-1989 22.70 linear feet 6/9-11 Absaroka 1973-1974 7/1-4 Absaroka Primitive Area-Gallatin and Custer National Forests 1968-1978 7/5-7 Absaroka Primitive Area-Gallatin and Custer National Forests 1968-1973 7/8 Absaroka-Beartooth Primitive Area Hearing Statements 1970-1975 7/9 Absaroka-Beartooth Primitive Area Hearing Statements 1974-1978 8/1 Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness 1968-1978 8/2-4 Absaroka-Beartooth-Slough Creek Primitive Area-Boulder River, Cooke City Road-Gallatin National Forest 1974-1978 8/5 Alaska Bill-Admiralty Island National Preserve and Other 1977 8/6 Alaska Bill-Seward National Recovery Area and Other 1977 8/7 Alaska Coalition Fact Sheet-Land Ownership undated 8/8 Alaska D-2 Hearings Correspondence 1973-1977 8/9 Alaska Fish and Wildlife General 1968-1977 8/10 Alaska Maps 1972 8/11 American Motors Conservation Awards 1976 9/1-2 Anaconda Pintler Wilderness-Beaverhead, Deerlodge, and Bitterroot National Forests 1966-1976 9/3 Arguments for Wilderness 1970-1979 9/4 Bear Trap Canyon Primitive Area-Dillon Bureau of Land Management 1970-1972 9/5 Beartooth Plateau-Draft Environmental Statement 1976 9/6 Beartooth Primitive Area 1968-1978 9/7-9 Beartooth Primitive Area-Gallatin and Custer National Forests 1955-1976 10/1 Beartooth Ranch Acquisition-Montana Nature Conservancy 1970 10/2 Beartooth Reclassification Study Committee Final Report 1972-1973 10/3 Beaverhead and Deer Lodge National Forests-Tobacco Roots-Middle Mountain Proposed Wilderness Study Area 1974-1977 10/4-5 Beaverhead National Forest 1971-1978 10/6 Beaverhead National Forest-Anaconda-Pintler Enlargement-Wilderness Study Area 1974-1977 10/7 Beaverhead National Forest-East Pioneer Wilderness Study Area 1974 10/8-9 Beaverhead National Forest-General Phase I 1970-1973 10/10 Beaverhead National Forest-General Phase II 1972-1973 10/11-12 Beaverhead National Forest-General Phase III 1972-1987 11/1 Beaverhead National Forest-Land Use Planning 1972-1978 11/2 Beaverhead National Forest-Snowcrest Proposed Wilderness Study Area 1975-1977 11/3-4 Beaverhead National Forest-West Pioneer Proposed Wilderness Study Area 1970-1978 11/5 Beaverhead National Forest-West Pioneer Proposed Wilderness Study Area 1971-1975 11/6 Beaver-Marten-Vermillion Land Management Plan 1979 11/7 Bitterroot National Forest 1964-1975 11/8 Bitterroot National Forest-General Phase I 1972 12/1 Bitterroot National Forest-General Phase II 1972-1973 12/2-3 Bitterroot National Forest-General Phase III 1972-1978 12/4 Bitterroot National Forest-Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Great Burn 1976-1978 12/5 Bitterroot National Forest-Warm Springs, Medicine Tree 1976-1977 12/6 Black Foot River-Alice Creek Proposed Wild and Scenic River 1970 12/7 Blue Joint Wilderness Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Bitterroot National Forest 1974-1976 12/8 Blue Ribbon Streams Committee 1968-1969 12/9 Bob Marshall Wilderness 1965-1977 12/10 Bob Marshall Wilderness-Clippings 1970-1978 12/11-12 Bob Marshall Wilderness-Flathead and Lewis and Clark National Forests 1963-1977 12/13 Bob Marshall Wilderness-Flathead and Lewis and Clark National Forests, Maps undated 13/1 Bob Marshall Wilderness-Sun Butte Dams 1964-1966 13/2 Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge-Proposed Wilderness 1973-1978 13/3 Guy Brandborg, Forest Conservation 1965-1968 13/4 Bull Lake-Napoleon 1979 13/5 Bull Mountain Area 1971 13/6 Bureau of Land Management Wilderness 1977-1978 13/7 Canyon County Coalition 1972-1976 13/8-9 Carter Administration Proposal-HR 39-Native Claims Act 1977 13/10 Dick Carter, Wilderness Coordinator 1974-1978 13/11-12 Castle Reef and Sun River Dams 1967-1968 13/13 Centennial Mountains Primitive Area-Dillon Bureau of Land Management 1971-1976 13/14 Center for the Public Interest, Inc. 1963-1969 14/1 Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Range #1 1974-1975 14/2-4 Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Range #2 1974-1975 14/5-6 Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Range-Correspondence and Maps 1966-1975 14/7 Cloud Peak, Popo Agie, and Seven Lakes-Wyoming 1973-1978 15/1 Colorado Wilderness Bills and National Forest 1971-1974 15/2 Colorado Forest Service Wilderness Bills-Indian Peaks 1978 15/3 Colorado Wilderness Study Act of 1975 1974-1978 15/4 Congressional Record-Montana Wilderness Study Act, S. 393 1975 15/5 Congressional Statements, Clifton R. Merritt 1966-1975 15/6 Continental Divide Trail 1969-1973 15/7 Crazy Mountain Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Gallatin National Forest 1978-1979 15/8 Custer National Forest 1977-1978 15/9 Custer National Forest-General Phase I 1972 15/10 Custer National Forest-General Phase II 1973 15/11 Custer National Forest-General Phase III 1974-1976 15/12 Deerlodge National Forest-General Phase I 1972-1973 15/13 Deerlodge National Forest-General Phase II 1972-1973 15/14 Deerlodge National Forest-General Phase III 1974-1978 15/15 Deerlodge National Forest-North End 1976 16/1 Dolores River Correspondence 1975-1976 16/2 Dolores River-Proposed Wild and Scenic 1968-1977 16/3 Dolores River-Wild and Scenic River Study-Public Meetings Notes 1975-1976 16/4 Eagle's Nest Wilderness 1964-1975 16/5 Ecological Impact of Outfitting in Montana 1974 16/6 Elkhorn Environmental Impact Statement, Maps, and Proposals 1973-1978 16/7 Elkhorn Wilderness 1973-1980 16/8 Elkhorn Wilderness 1974-1979 16/9 Elkhorn Wilderness 1974-1982 16/10-11 Elkhorn Wilderness Area-Helena National Forest 1971-1980 17/1 Elkhorn Wilderness Proposed Wilderness Study Area Clippings-Helena and Deerlodge National Forest 1976-1979 17/2 Endangered American Wilderness Act-Colorado Areas 1976-1977 17/3-4 Environmental Statements-Colorado Parks 1967-1974 17/5-6 Flat Tops Primitive Area-Colorado 1968-1972 17/7 Flat Tops Wilderness 1966-1973 17/8-10 Flat Tops Wilderness-Correspondence 1966-1973 18/1-4 Flat Tops Wilderness-Statements and Mailers 1965-1973 18/5 Flathead Clippings-North, South, and Middle Forks 1969-1978 18/6 Flathead National Forest 1954-1970 18/7-9 Flathead National Forest-General Phase I 1971-1973 19/1 Flathead National Forest-General Phase II 1973-1977 19/2-3 Flathead National Forest-General Phase III 1975-1977 19/4-5 Flathead National Forest-Middle Fork-Continental Divide Wilderness Study Area 1971-1978 19/6-8 Flathead National Forest-Mission Mountain Wilderness 1963-1974 20/1-2 Flathead National Forest-Mission Mountain Wilderness 1969-1974 20/3 Flathead National Forest-Roadless Area Review 1977-1978 20/4-5 Flathead-Continental Divide Wilderness Study Area-Flathead and Lewis and Clark National Forests 1969-1971 20/6 Dave Foreman, Historical Overview of the Wilderness Society 1986-1989 20/7 Forest Service comments on the Montana Wilderness Act of 1975, S. 393 1974-1976 20/8 Fort Hawley Game Preserve 1963 20/9-11 Fort Hawley Waterfowl Development 1963-1966 20/12 Fox Creek Area, Gallatin National Forest 1977 21/1 Friends of the Dolores 1978 21/2 Gallatin National Forest-Absaroka-Beartooth Primitive Area 1971-1978 21/3 Gallatin National Forest-General Phase I 1972-1973 21/4 Gallatin National Forest-General Phase II 1972-1973 21/5 Gallatin National Forest-General Phase III 1972-1978 21/6 Gallatin National Forest-Lionhead undated 21/7 Gallatin River-Proposed Wild and Scenic River 1971-1973 21/8 Gallatin, Beaverhead National Forests-Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Taylor Hilgard-Legislation and Clippings 1974-1977 22/1-3 Glacier National Park 1968-1978 22/4 Glacier National Park 1973-1978 22/5 Glacier Park Wilderness-Mailer and Memo 1971-1973 22/6 Grasslands Articles 1967 22/7 Grave Creek-Eureka-Kootenai National Forest 1974 22/8 Great Bear Wilderness #1 1977 22/9 Great Bear Wilderness #2 1978 22/10 Great Bear Wilderness #3 1977-1978 23/1 Grizzly Bear Recovery 1966 23/2 Hearing Statements, S. 393 1975-1977 23/3 Helena City Park-Montana 1975 23/4 Helena National Forest-Gates of the Mountain Wilderness 1965-1978 23/5 Helena National Forest-General Phase I 1972-1982 23/6 Helena National Forest-General Phase II 1972-1973 23/7-8 Helena National Forest-General Phase III 1972-1982 23/9 Helena National Forest-Mount Baldy Roadless Area 1981-1982 23/10 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 1964-1970 23/11-12 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 1967-1971 24/1-2 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 1968-1971 24/3-5 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 1968-1973 24/6 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 1968-1973 25/1-4 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 1970-1973 25/5 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 1973-1974 25/6-7 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation Act-Clippings 1976-1980 26/1 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation Act Counter and Related Proposals 1977 26/2 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation ActD-2 Pronunciation Sheet 1977-1978 26/3-4 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation Act General 1973-1979 26/5 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation Act General Legislation 1978 26/6 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation Act Hearing Statements 1975-1977 26/7 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation Act Hearing Statements 1977 26/8 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation Act Interior Committee Cosponsors 1977 26/9 HR 39-Alaksa National Interest Lands Conservation Act Interior Department Comments 1977 26/10 Humbug Spires Primitive Area-Dillon Bureau of Land Management 1970-1975 27/1-3 Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Proposed Wilderness Study Area, Gallatin National Forest 1971-1978 27/4 Information from the Forest Service on 9 of the 9 Areas in the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1975 1974-1977 27/5 International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Meeting, Clifton Merritt Speech regarding Fish and Wildlife Management 1978 27/6 Jewel Basin Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Flathead National Forest 1965-1970 27/7 Kootenai National Forest-Big Swede Pipe Land Use Planning 1976 27/8 Kootenai National Forest-General Phase I 1972 27/9 Kootenai National Forest-General Phase II 1973-1975 27/10-13 Kootenai National Forest-General Phase III 1972-1974 28/1 Kootenai National Forest-Maps 1977 28/2 Kootenai National Forest-O'Brien, Seventeen mile, Cross Mountain Land Use Planning 1976 28/3 Kootenai National Forest-Ziegler Land Use Planning 1976 28/4 Lee Metcalf Wilderness-Clyde Park-Dillon Transmission Line 1976-1977 28/5 Legislation Needed to Save the Upper Selway 1966 28/6 Letter Regarding S. 393 to Montana CWs and Members 1975 28/7 Lewis and Clark National Forest-Big Snowies Proposed Wilderness Study Area 1973-1978 28/8-9 Lewis and Clark National Forest-Middle Fork Judith Proposed Wilderness Study Area 1967-1978 28/10 Lewis and Clark national Forest-Rocky Mountain Front and Continental Divide Wilderness Study Areas 1971 28/11 Lewis and Clark National Forest-Tenderfoot-Deep Creek Roadless Areas 1978 28/12 Lincoln Back Country 1963-1976 28/13 Lincoln Back Country 1965-1966 28/14 Lincoln Back Country 1967 29/1-3 Lincoln Back Country-Scapegoat Wilderness Proposal 1964-1972 29/4 Lincoln Scapegoat 1964-1968 29/5 Lincoln-Scapegoat 1965-1970 29/6 Lincoln Scapegoat 1967-1968 29/7 Lincoln Scapegoat 1968-1969 30/1 Lincoln-Scapegoat 1968-1969 30/2-3 Lincoln-Scapegoat 1968-1972 30/4-5 Lincoln-Scapegoat 1969 30/6 Lincoln-Scapegoat Wilderness 1969-1972 30/7-8 Lincoln-Scapegoat-Correspondence, Notes and Clippings 1967-1976 30/9 Lolo National Forest-Big Hole 1975-1978 31/1-2 Lolo National Forest-Rattlesnake Roadless Area Proposed Wilderness Study Area 1975-1978 31/3 Lolo National Forest-Welcome Creek 1977 31/4 Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge 1973-1976 31/5 Metcalf and Mansfield Wilderness Bill, S.107 1963-1964 31/6 Lee Metcalf 1967 31/7-8 Middle Fork of the Flathead-Correspondence and Articles 1970-1976 31/9 Middle Fork of the Flathead-Correspondence and Articles 1972-1978 32/1-2 Middle Fork-Continental Divide Wilderness Study Area-Great Bear 1957-1978 32/3 Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness 1971-1979 32/4-6 Mission Mountains Wilderness-Flathead National Forest 1963-1979 32/7 Missouri Breaks Proposed Scenic Recreation River 1963-1972 32/8 Missouri Breaks Proposed Scenic Recreation River 1969-1978 33/1 Missouri Breaks Proposed Wildlife Area 1965-1975 33/2 Missouri River-Miscellaneous 1962-1965 33/3 Montana Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Review 1978-1979 33/4 Montana Conservation 1968-1971 33/5 Montana Established Wilderness 1978 33/6 Montana Fish and Wildlife 1966-1978 33/7 Montana Forest Service Roadless Area Review, Phase II 1979 33/8 Montana Highway Department-Gallatin National Forest 1975-1976 33/9 Montana Lands, S. 393 1979 33/10 Montana Missouri River Breaks Congressional Record Excerpts, S. 1506 1975-1976 33/11 Montana National Parks 1978-1979 33/12 Montana Natural Areas System 1973-1978 33/13 Montana Rivers-North Fork of the Flathead-Cabin Creek, Canada Mine 1975-1976 33/14 Montana Roadless Area Review I-Phase I 1972-1977 34/1 Montana Roadless Area Review I-Phase II 1974-1975 34/2 Montana Roadless Area Review I-Phase III 1975-1976 34/3 Montana Roadless Area Review II-Phase I 1977 34/4 Montana Roadless Area Review II-Phase II 1978 34/5 Montana Roadless Area Review II-Phase III 1972-1973 34/6 Montana Roadless Area Review II-Phase III 1977-1983 34/7 Montana Stream Preservation Act 1965-1975 34/8 Montana Wild and Scenic Rivers 1974-1978 34/9 Montana Wilderness 1965-1971 34/10 Montana Wilderness Bill 1968-1970 34/11-12 Montana Wilderness Study Act 1974-1979 34/13 Montana Wilderness Study Act Clippings 1975-1978 35/1 Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1974 1974 35/2-3 Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1974-Lee Metcalf 1973-1974 35/4-5 Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1975 1974-1975 35/6-7 Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1975-Correspondence 1975 35/8 Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1975-S. 393-Maps-Revised 1976 1975 35/9 Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977-Maps 1974-1977 35/10-11 Montana Wilderness Study Act-Correspondence 1975-1977 36/1-2 Montana Wilderness Study Area Act of 1975 1974-1976 36/3 Montana Wilderness Study Area-Maps 1975 36/4 Montana Wilderness Study Bill 1977, S. 393-Correspondence 1975-1977 36/5 Montana Wilderness Study Bill 1977, S. 393-Legislation 1977 36/6 Montana, 1964 and Previous 1960-1964 36/7 Mount Henry Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Kootenai National Forest 1972-1976 36/8 National Bison Range 1974 36/9 Northern Rockies Action Group 1978 36/10 Northern Tier Pipeline 1979 36/11 Pacific Northwest Conservation Council 1968 37/1 Policy for Wilderness within National Forests-Rupert Cutler 1968-1978 37/2 Powderhorn Primitive Area-Montrose District Office-Colorado Bureau of Land Management 1972 37/3 Proposed Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness-Absaroka Beartooth Task Force 1971 37/4 Proposed Beartooth Wilderness-Correspondence 1971-1978 37/5 Proposed Lincoln Backcountry Wilderness 1965-1966 37/6-7 Proposed Sun Butte Dams 1964-1965 37/8-10 Proposed Sun Butte Dams 1965 38/1 Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range 1968-1976 38/2 Ravalli Waterfowl Refuge 1963-1964 38/3-5 Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge 1971-1976 38/6 Redwoods Bill 1968 38/7 Reference Acts 1966-1977 38/8 Reichle Dam-Big Hole River-Proposed Wild and Scenic River 1965-1969 38/9-10 River of No Return-Idaho and Salmon River Breaks Primitive Areas-Wilderness Correspondence 1966-1973 39/1 Roadless Area Review I and Roadless Area Review II, Montana 1973-1978 39/2-4 Roadless Area Review II 1976-1978 39/5 Roadless Area Review II 1978 39/6 Roadless Area Review II References 1979 39/7 Rock Creek Proposed Wild and Scenic River 1971-1977 39/8 Rocky Mountain Front Land Management Plan 1971-1979 39/9 Russell Fiord Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Tongass National Forest 1970 39/10-11 Sapphire Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Bitterroot and Deerlodge National Forests 1974-1977 40/1-2 Sapphire Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Bitterroot and Deerlodge National Forests 1974-1977 40/3 Sapphire Wilderness Study Area-Bitterroot National Forest-North Sapphire Area 1977 40/4 Scapegoat Enlargement-Helena, Lolo, and Lewis and Clark National Forests Proposed Wilderness Study Areas 1963-1977 40/5 Scapegoat Wilderness-Bills 1965 40/6 Scapegoat Wilderness-Proposals 1968-1976 40/7-8 Scapegoat Wilderness-Helena, Lolo, and Lewis and Clark National Forests 1968-1972 40/9 Scenic and Wild Rivers-Yellowstone River-Montana 1972-1977 41/1 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness-Big Creek Dam 1977-1978 41/2 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness-Bitterroot, Lolo National Forests 1965 41/3 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness-Wilderness Society Trips 1972-1977 41/4 Ski Yellowstone 1974-1978 41/5 South San Juans #1 1975-1977 41/6 South San Juans #2 1966-1978 41/7-8 Spanish Peaks Correspondence 1965-1966 41/9 Spanish Peaks Correspondence 1967-1971 41/10 Spanish Peaks Hearing Statements 1972-1975 42/1 Spanish Peaks Primitive Area 1966-1967 42/2 Spanish Peaks Primitive Area-Gallatin National Forest Clippings 1971-1977 42/3-5 Spanish Peaks Primitive Area-Gallatin National Forest Correspondence 1966-1978 42/6 Spanish Peaks Primitive Area-Gallatin National Forest Correspondence 1967-1973 42/7-8 Spanish Peaks Primitive Area-Gallatin National Forest Correspondence 1970-1973 42/9-10 Spanish Peaks Primitive Area-Gallatin National Forest Maps 1966-1977 43/1-5 Spanish Peaks Primitive Area-Jack Creek Area 1967-1969 43/6-8 Spanish Peaks Wilderness 1966-1968 44/1 Spanish Peaks Wilderness 1966-1970 44/2 Spanish Peaks-Gallatin National Forest 1966-1975 44/3 Spanish Peaks-Jack Creek 1970-1971 44/4 St. Louis Peak Roadless Area 1973 44/5 State Wilderness Waterways 1966 44/6 Statement before Magruder Corridor Committee 1965-1967 44/7 Summaries of D-2 Environmental Impact Statement 1973-1974 44/8 Sun River Game Preserve-Bob Marshall Wilderness 1964 44/9 Swan Bunker Wilderness Study Area-Flathead National Forest 1964-1974 44/10 Sweetwater-Honker Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Tongass National Forest 1975 45/1-3 Taylor-Hilgard-Montana Wilderness Study Area-Correspondence 1958-1977 45/4-7 Taylor-Hilgard Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Gallatin and Beaverhead National Forests, Correspondence 1974-1979 45/8 Ten Lakes Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Kootenai National Forest 1970-1975 45/9 Thompson Seton Wilderness Study Area-Flathead and Kootenai National Forests 1975 45/10-11 Timber Practices 1970 46/1-3 Timber Practices 1971-1972 46/4-5 Timber Practices 1971-1974 46/6 Tongass National Forest-Misty Fiords Proposed Wilderness Study Area 1978 46/7 Tracy Arms Fiord Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Tongass National Forest 1971 46/8 UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge 1967-1974 46/9 United States Geological Survey Topographic Map of Montana 1976-1977 47/1-3 Upper Selway #4-Magruder Corridor 1970-1971 47/4 Upper Selway Proposed Forest Service Logging Area undated 47/5 Upper Selway Wilderness 1964 47/6-8 Upper Selway Wilderness 1965 48/1-3 Upper Selway Wilderness 1965 48/4 Upper Selway Wilderness 1965-1967 48/5 Upper Selway Wilderness 1966 48/6-8 Upper Selway Wilderness 1966 49/1 Upper Selway Wilderness 1968-1969 49/2-3 Upper Selway Wilderness 1970 49/4-5 Upper Selway Wilderness-Magruder Corridor Review 1960-1968 49/6-8 Upper Selway Wilderness-Magruder Corridor Review #1 1966-1968 50/1-3 Upper Selway Wilderness-Magruder Corridor Review #1 1966-1968 50/4 Utah Wilderness Resources 1977 50/5 War Horse Lake National Wildlife Refuge 1973 50/6 Washington State Sportsmen's Council-North Cascades circa 1970 50/7 Weminuche Wilderness-Colorado-San Juan National Forest 1968-1969 50/8 West Big Hole Wilderness 1973 50/9-10 West Chichagof-Yakobi Island Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Tongass National Forest 1969-1976 50/11 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 1968-1976 50/12 Wild Missouri River-Montana #1 1963-1972 51/1-2 Wild Missouri River-Montana #2 1967-1969 51/3-4 Wild Missouri River-Montana #3 1969-1975 51/5 Wild Missouri River-Montana #4 1971-1975 51/6-8 Wild Missouri River-Montana #5 1963-1978 52/1 Wild Missouri River-Montana Clippings 1965-1976 52/2 Wild Missouri River-Montana Hearing Statements 1971-1975 52/3 Wild Missouri River-Montana Legislation 1965-1976 52/4 Wild River System 1963-1965 52/5 Wild River-Middle Fork of the Flathead 1965 52/6-7 Wild Rivers Bill System 1965-1966 52/8 Wilderness Acts 1966-1978 52/9 Wilderness Bills-Drafts 1973-1978 52/10 Wilderness Classification Procedures 1965-1966 52/11 Wilderness Clippings 1960-1963 52/12 Wilderness Conventions 1975-1976 52/13 Wilderness Preservation System-Clippings, Correspondence, Memos 1968-1978 53/1 Wilderness Proposals 1975-1978 53/2 Wilderness Resource Areas-New Mexico/West Texas 1977 53/3 Wilderness Review-Department of the Interior 1978 53/4 Wilderness System 1970-1977 53/5 Wildlife Refuges 1965 53/6 Wood Tikchik Area-Tongass National Forest undated 53/7 Yakutat Forelands Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Tongass National Forest 1976-1977 53/8 Yellowstone National Park 1970-1975 53/9 Yellowstone National Park-Big Sky Resort 1975 53/10 Yellowstone River National Recreation Area 1970-1972 Series IV The American Wilderness Alliance / American Wildlands 1957-2007 29.5 linear feet

In 1979, Clif Merritt, Sally Ranney, and Jerry Mallet formed The American Wilderness Alliance (known after 1983 as American Wildlands) based in Denver, Colorado. The organization worked with conservation groups throughout the Rocky Mountain West to preserve public lands for wildlife habitat and recreation. Merritt served as executive director until 1990, when he became associate executive director. In 1990, Merritt began the Corridors of Life Program, which used Geographic Information Systems to map wildlife migration corridors between roadless areas and established wilderness areas.

This series is arranged into four subseries. Subseries 1: Administration includes internal memos and correspondence, meeting notes and minutes, resumes, notes, and financial and funding information. Subseries 2: Subject Files consists of correspondence, notes, research files, action reports, and clippings. Of particular interest are Subseries 3: Corridors of Life contains correspondence, research files, and notes. Subseries 4: Organizational Publications and Newsletters contains newsletters and publications, correspondence, notes, and drafts.

 Subseries 1 Administration 1965-2007 5 linear feet 53/11 25th Anniversary Celebration 2002 53/12 About American Wilderness Alliance undated 53/13 About American Wilderness Alliance 1988 53/14 About American Wildlands 1980-1996 53/15 Advisory Council 1992-1993 53/16 Rob Ament, Executive Director, Correspondence 2000-2003 53/17 Rob Ament, Resume 1996 53/18 Annual Review 1979-1986 53/19 Annual Review 1994-1995 53/20 Arrow Corporation, Yvon Chouinard 1986-1990 53/21 Arrow Corporation, Yvon Chouinard 1987 53/22 Board and Advisors List, office and Field Staff List 1993 and undated 53/23-24 Board Meetings 1991-1998 53/25 Board Meetings 1996-1999 53/26 Board Members 1987 53/27 Board Members 1997 53/28 Board Memos, Meeting Notes 1992 54/1 Board of Directors and Executive Director Memos and Correspondence 1996-1999 54/2 Board of Directors Manual and Meeting Minutes 1992-1999 54/3 Board of Directors Memos and Internal Documents 1987-1998 54/4-5 Board of Directors Memos and Internal Documents 1990-1998 54/6 Board of Trustees Meeting 1987 54/7-10 Board of Trustees Memos, Correspondence, Notes, and Internal Documents 1976-1997 55/1 Board of Trustees Packet for Board Meetings 1992 55/2 Board of Trustees, Meeting Minutes, Northern Regional Office Issues, and Development Information 1993-1994 55/3 Leslie Buckmaster, Resume 1994-1995 55/4 Budget Projections and Financial Reports 1996-1997 55/5 Bullitt Foundation 1993 55/6 Dale Burk, Resume and Vitae 1997-2006 55/7 By-Laws 1992-1993 55/8 Dan Chandler, Resume 1994-1996 55/9 Charter Members #1 1978 55/10 Cinnabar Foundation 1987-1988 55/11-13 Cinnabar Foundation-Annual Report and Grants 1986-1996 55/14-15 Clifton Merritt Internal Documents 1989-2000 56/1 Conferences 1996-2007 56/2 Conservation Endowment Fund, John Taft 1987 56/3 Consultants and Advisory Councils 1993 56/4 Corporate Certificate of Authority 1988-1996 56/5 Lance Craighead, Resume 1997 56/6 CS Fund 1986 56/7 Bill Cunningham, Resume 1980-1987 56/8 Directories, American Wildlands and Affiliates 1998 and undated 56/9 Directory, Board of Trustees and Staff 1993-1994 56/10 Duties and Responsibilities of Associate Executive Director 1986 56/11 Duties and Responsibilities of Montana Field Representatives and Natural Resources Specialist undated 56/12 Economic Inventory Grant Proposal-Big Hole, Montana undated 56/13 Employment Inquiries 1987 56/14 Executive Director Search 1994-1996 56/15 Executive Director's Manual 1986-1987 56/16 Expense Claims 1988 56/17 Expenses 1980-1987 56/18 Expenses 1980-1989 56/19-21 Financial Reports 1987-1997 57/1 Financials 1985 57/2 Financials 1986 57/3 Jim Frain, Resume 1995-1996 57/4 Paul Fritz, Idaho Representative 1988-1993 57/5 Paul Fritz, Personnel 1987 57/6 Fund Raising 1986-1990 57/7 Fund Raising 1996-1998 57/8 Funding 1987-1992 57/9 Funding 1994-1995 57/10 Funding File 1986-1988 57/11 General Office Procedures 1986-1987 57/12 Goals and Objectives undated 57/13 Grant and Funding Proposals 1993-1999 57/14 Grant Proposals 1985-1986 57/15 Grant Status 1994 57/16 Dan Heinz, Resume undated 57/17 History of American Wildlands 1994 57/18 Robert Hitchcock, Resume 1992-1996 57/19 Internal Documents 1978-2001 58/1 Internal Memos, organizational history, and board meeting minutes 1988-1992 58/2 Internal Revenue Service Letter 1978 58/3 IRS Exemption Letter 1982-1993 58/4 Job Descriptions 1992-1995 58/5 Ken Knapp, Director of Development 1993-1994 58/6 Jeff Larmer, Resume 1995-1997 58/7 Letterhead and Artwork 1994 58/8 Dave McCargo, Resume 1987-1996 58/9 Membership Brochure 1993-1994 58/10 Membership Information 1986-1987 58/11 Membership Letters 1965-1994 58/12 Membership Lists 1989 58/13 Membership Reference Materials 1965-1981 58/14 Membership Solicitation 1987 58/15-16 Memos and Internal Documents 1994-2005 59/1 Clifton Merritt, Background Sketches 1973-1986 59/2 Clifton Merritt, Expense Claims 1995-1996 59/3 Clifton Merritt, Expenses 1992-1994 59/4 Clifton Merritt, Meeting Notes 1990-1997 and undated 59/5 Clifton Merritt, Personal 1996-1998 59/6 Clifton Merritt, Personnel 1979-1986 59/7 Clifton Merritt, Resume 1979-1998 59/8 Clifton Merritt, Resume 1987 59/9 Clifton Merritt, Vitae and Biographical Information 1978-1997 59/10 Mission and Vision 1994 59/11 Montana Contributions 1986-1987 59/12 Montana Field Office Grant Proposal to Montana Outfitters and Guides 1986-1987 59/13 Montana Grant Proposal 1985-1986 59/14 Montana Mailing Lists 1986-1988 59/15 Montana Solicitation 1986-1987 60/1 Montana Wilderness Association, Friends of the Bitterroot, and American Wildlands Bitterroot Lawsuit 2001 60/2 Monthly Activity Reports, Bozeman Offices 1989-1995 60/3 Carla Neasel, Development Director, Correspondence 2000 60/4 New Choices-Funding Submission and Correspondence 1992 60/5 New Land Foundation-Grant Proposal 1996 60/6 New/Renew Membership Contributions 1986-2001 60/7 Organization Planning 1997 60/8 Patagonia Foundation 1990-2000 60/9 Patagonia Grant 1989-1990 60/10 Personnel 1985-1989 60/11 Personnel Policies 1993-1994 60/12 Personnel Policies-Revised 1994 60/13 Pledge Program 1987 60/14 Potential Applicants 1997 60/15 Dr. Thomas Power, Resource Economist, Resume 1993 60/16 Program Plan 1997 60/17 Program Plans 1998-1999 60/18 Purposes and Functions Advisory Council undated 60/19 Purposes and Functions-Board of Trustees undated 60/20 Range Management Policy Reform Program and Grant Proposal 1993 60/21 Range Management Policy Reform Program and Grant Proposal 1994 61/1 Sally Ranney, Correspondence 1986-1996 61/2 Reports from the Director 1996-1997 61/3-5 Resumes for Executive Director 1993-1994 61/6 Resumes of the Board 1992-1997 61/7 Roadless Area Mailers 1993-1996 61/8 Brooke Russell, Resume 1995 61/9 Ruth Mott Fund-Grant Proposal 1990-1994 61/10 Ruth Mott Fund-Correspondence 1993 61/11 Special Appeals Letters 1986-1993 61/12 Staff Reports and Memos 1986-1997 61/13 Strategic Planning 2000-2001 61/14 Tatshenshini-Board Meeting 1993 61/15 Testimonials 1994 62/1 Darcy Tickner, Resume 1992-1994 62/2 Time Sheets and Lobby Reports 1994-1996 62/3 Vanguard Brochures and Information 1987 62/4-5 Vanguard Correspondence 1985-1994 62/6 Vanguard Letter 1986-1989 62/7 Vanguard Letter #1 1986 62/8 Vanguard Letter #2 1986 62/9 Vanguard Letter #3 1986 62/10 Vanguard Letter #4 1987 62/11 Vanguard Membership Renewal 1987-1991 62/12 Vanguard Proposal 1985-1994 62/13 Vanguard Solicitation-Follow Up 1987-1994 62/14 Wage Slips 1980 63/1 Richard Walker, Resume 1996 63/2 Don Whittemore and Dawn Amato, Resumes 1989 63/3 Wild Country Fund Endowment 1994 63/4 Wild Country Vanguard 1985-1987 63/5 Wild Country Vanguard Letter 1987-1989 63/6 Wilderness Vanguard 1982-1987 63/7 Robert Williams, Resume 1989 63/8 John Wright, Resume 1991 63/9 Year-End Fundraising Letters 1990-1993 63/10 Dennis Zadra, Resume 1993-1994 Subseries 2 Subject Files 1957-2007 20.5 linear feet 63/11 Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness 1977-1989 63/12 Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness 2002-2003 63/13 Acreages added to the Wilderness System in 1984 1984-1985 63/14 Ad Hoc Northern Rockies Wildlands Steering Committee 1992-1993 63/15 Adam's Rib Proposal-Colorado 1987 63/16 Adventure Travel Society 1991-1998 63/17 Alaska 1986-1987 63/18 Alaska 1992-2005 63/19 Alaska Fish and Wildlife-Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1986-1987 63/20 Alaska Fish and Wildlife-General 1981-1987 63/21 Alaska Fish and Wildlife-Service News 1987 63/22 Alaska Lands Bill 1979-1980 63/23 Alaska National Interest Lands 1980 63/24 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) 1978-1982 63/25 Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Appeal 1994 64/1 Alice Creek Area 1997 64/2 Allan Mountain-Bitterroot National Forest 1974-1997 64/3 Allan Mountain (Colter-Shields) Area-Sula Ranger District 1988 64/4 Alliance for the Wild Rockies 1988-1992 64/5 Alliance for the Wild Rockies 1991-2004 64/6 Alliance for the Wild Rockies Newsletter 1991-1995 64/7 Alliance for the Wild Rockies Newsletter 1999-2004 64/8 Alliance for the Wild Rockies-Grizzly Bear Recovery 1998 64/9 Alternative Wilderness-Montana 1983-1986 64/10 American Land Conservation Award-Dick Carter 1996-2003 64/11 American Pioneer Skills Award 1987-1988 64/12 American Trails Network 1987 64/13 American Wilderness Adventures 1990-1991 64/14 Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness 1996-1999 64/15 Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Additions 1993 64/16 Ancient Forest Legislation 1992 64/17 Appeals and Litigation 1994 65/1-2 Appeals, etc.-Dan Heinz-Montana and Colorado 1987-1989 65/3 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1986-1987 65/4-5 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1986-1989 65/6 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1987 65/7 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-Alaska Coalition 1987-1989 65/8 Arizona 1974-1987 65/9 Arrow Ranch, Jim Welch 1987 65/10 Articles, Clifton R. Merritt 1958-1995 65/11 Aspen Wilderness Workshop 1983 65/12 Audubon Wild Country Program 1983-1984 66/1 Badger-Two Medicine Roadless Area 1984 66/2 Badger-Two Medicine Roadless Area 1986-1993 66/3 Badger-Two Medicine Roadless Area 1991-1993 66/4 Baucus, Max, Correspondence Regarding Legislation 1990-2003 66/5 Bear News Publications 1995 66/6 Beartooth Wildlife Management Area 2002 66/7 Beaverhead National Forest 1980-1986 66/8 Beaverhead National Forest Land Use Planning 1982-1985 66/9 Below-Cost Timber Sales undated 66/10 Below-Cost Timber Sales 1986-1987 66/11 Benefits and Costs of the United States Forest Service in Colorado 1981-1984 66/12 Best of the West 1987 66/13 Big Belt Mountains 1994-1996 66/14 Big Creek Lake-Comments on Permanent Storage Shed 2003 66/15 Big Open Project 2002 66/16 Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area 1996-2001 66/17 Big Snowy Mountains-Wilderness Study Area-Lewis and Clark National Forest 2001 66/18 Big Wild Action Report 1997-2001 66/19 Big Wild Advocates 1999 66/20 Big Wild Advocates 1999-2000 66/21 Big Wild Advocates 1999-2001 66/22 Bitter Creek 1994-2001 66/23 Bitter Creek Wilderness Study Area 1991-1999 66/24 Bitter Creek Wilderness Study Area and Mixed-Grass Prairie 1984-1999 67/1 Bitterroot Forest Plan Negotiations 1987-1988 67/2 Bitterroot National Forest 1980-1985 67/3 Bitterroot National Forest 1992-1997 67/4 Bitterroot National Forest-Appeal 1985-1988 67/5 Bitterroot National Forest-Comments on the Burned Area Recovery Draft Environmental Impact Statement 2001-2003 67/6 Bitterroot National Forest-Fiscal Year 1995 Monitoring and Evaluation Report 1995-1996 67/7 Bitterroot National Forest-Projects 1999 67/8-9 Bitterroot National Forest-Wilderness Issues 1995-2007 67/10 Bitterroot Wilderness Proposals 1971-2002 67/11 Black Hills National Forest 1990-1992 67/12 Black Ridge Canyons and Black Ridge Canyons West Wilderness Study Area 1987 67/13 Blackfoot River-Montana 1998 67/14 Blue Joint and Sapphire Wilderness 1985-1996 67/15 Blue Joint Wilderness Study Area 1984-1996 67/16 Bob Marshall 1985-1996 67/17 Bob Marshall Wilderness Area-Fish and Wildlife Plan 1988 67/18 Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex Newsletters 1995-1998 67/19 Bob Marshall Wilderness Study Area 1981 68/1 Bob Marshall Wilderness-Gas and Oil 1979-1993 68/2 Bob Marshall Wilderness-General Correspondence 1982 68/3-4 Boggs, Denise, Correspondence 1992-1994 68/5 Buffalo Campaign 2000 68/6 Bunker Creek Issue-Flathead National Forest 1996-2001 68/7 Bureau of Land Management 1985 68/8 Bureau of Land Management 1989-1995 68/9 Bureau of Land Management 1991-1996 68/10-12 Bureau of Land Management Action Taken on Wilderness Study Areas 1986-1996 68/13 Bureau of Land Management Fact Sheet 1984 68/14 Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Proposals-Montana 1991-1993 68/15 Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study Area Permits 1987 69/1-2 Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study Areas 1988 69/3 Bureau of Land Management Wilderness/Primitive Areas 1988 69/4 Bureau of Land Management-Oil and Gas 1980-1987 69/5 Conrad Burns, Correspondence Regarding Legislation 1990-2004 69/6 Senator Conrad Burns, Wilderness 1990-1991 69/7 Butte District Bureau of Land Management 1980-1981 69/8 California 1987 69/9 California Big Horn Sheep 1987 69/10 California Desert Protection Act 1987 69/11 Canada 1987 69/12 Cascade Holistic Economic Consultants 1989-1992 69/13 Celebrate America's Rivers Conference undated 69/14 Centennial Mountains Wilderness Study Area 1999 69/15 Center for Public Integrity 1994 69/16 Central Montana Guides and Wilderness 1988 69/17-18 Central Rockies Wilderness Issues 1988-1995 69/19 Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge 1979-1981 69/20 Charles M. Russell Wildlife Range 1994 70/1 Chevron Conservation Awards Program 1988 70/2 Chief Joseph Wildlands 1993 70/3-4 Clif Merritt and Wilderness Wildlife: Learning How to Live in Paradise, Robert N. Baker Thesis Drafts 2005 70/5 Clippings 1957-1981 70/6 Coalition for Conservation of Colorado Fisheries 1994 70/7 Colorado Forest Service Wilderness Bills-Colorado National Forest Wilderness Act 1980 70/8 Colorado National Forest Wilderness Act of 1979, S.2123 1979-1980 70/9 Colorado National Forest Wilderness-General Correspondence 1987 70/10 Colorado Outdoor Recreation Commission 2002 70/11 Colorado Rivers 1987 70/12 Colorado Roadless Area Inventory 1985 70/13 Colorado Roadless Area Review II, H.R. 5487 1979-1980 70/14 Colorado Roadless Area Review II-H.R. 5487 Clippings 1979-1980 70/15 Colorado Roadless Area Review II, H.R. 5487 1979-1981 71/1 Colorado Water Project-Dolores Project 1980-1986 71/2 Colorado Wild and Scenic Rivers-Dolores 1983-1987 71/3 Colorado Wilderness 1959-2003 71/4 Colorado Wilderness 1972-1980 71/5 Colorado Wilderness 1985-1986 71/6 Colorado Wilderness 1986-1987 71/7 Colorado Wilderness Act of 1980 1979-1980 71/8 Colorado Wilderness Act of 1983 1983 71/9 Colorado Wilderness Act, General Correspondence 1979-1980 71/10 Colorado Wilderness Additions 1986-1987 71/11-12 Colorado Wilderness Bill 1980-1987 71/13 Colorado Wilderness Bill 1984 71/14 Colorado Wilderness Bill 1993 72/1 Colorado Wilderness Bill, 1985 1982-1986 72/2 Colorado Wilderness Bill, S. 2123 1979-1980 72/3 Colorado Wilderness Bill, S. 2123-Mallett's Statement Press Releases and Correspondence 1980 72/4 Colorado Wilderness Bills and Correspondence 1983-1984 72/5 Colorado Wilderness Issues 1983-1996 72/6 Colorado Wilderness Legislation 1984-1986 72/7 Colorado Wilderness Legislation, Armstrong, S. 2741 1980 72/8 Colorado Wilderness Projects 1988-1990 72/9 Colorado Wilderness Proposal 1983 72/10 Colorado Wilderness Study Act, 2741 1980-1981 72/11 Colorado Wilderness Study Areas #1 1981 72/12 Colorado Wilderness Study Areas #2 1982 72/13 Colorado-Miscellaneous Wilderness Materials 1991-1993 73/1-2 Columbia River Basin 1987-1994 73/3 Conference on Wilderness Philosophy and Management 1983-1990 73/4 Congressional and Forest Service Directories 1986-1987 73/5 Congressional Correspondence Regarding Legislation 1987-2008 73/6 Congressional Correspondence-General 1980-1982 73/7 Continental Divide Trail Alliance 1996-2003 73/8 Continental Divide Trail-Possible Motorized Use 2004 73/9 Correspondence-Timber Interests 1989 73/10 Craighead Wildlife-Wildlands Institute, 30 Year Anniversary of the Wilderness Act 1994-1998 73/11 Frank and John Craighead 1985 73/12 Crazy Mountain Proposed Wilderness Study Area-Gallatin National Forest 1980 73/13 Crippen Cabin Removal-Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness 2002 73/14 Bill Cunningham, Articles and Correspondence 1982-2000 73/15 Custer National Forest 1979-1982 73/16 Kim Davitt, Correspondence 2006 73/17 Deep Creek Mountains 1980 73/18 Deerlodge Forest Defense Fund 1998 73/19 Deerlodge National Forest 1981-1985 73/20 Deerlodge National Forest 1992 73/21 Deerlodge National Forest-Perry/Pole Environmental Analysis Report 1981 73/22 Deerlodge Ranger District 1979-1981 73/23 Department of Agriculture News Releases 1987 73/24 Department of the Interior News Releases 1987 73/25 Dolores River 1968-1981 73/26 Dolores River Correspondence 1978-1982 73/27 Draft Environmental Assessment-Missouri National Wild and Scenic River 1990 74/1 Draft Montana Wilderness Proposals-Bureau of Land Management 1993-1994 74/2 East Pioneers 1980-1984 74/3 East Pioneers-Beaverhead National Forest 1979-1984 74/4 Ecosystem Management 1995-1996 74/5 Electric Peak-Little Blackfoot 1984 74/6 Elkhorn Conservation Initiative-Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation undated 74/7 Elkhorn Mountains 1965-2005 74/8 Elkhorn Mountains Properties for Sale 1999 74/9 Elkhorn Mountains Wildlife Management Area 1987-2005 74/10 Elkhorn Mountains Wildlife Management Unit, Clippings 1997-1999 74/11 Elkhorn National Wildlife Management Area 1984-2006 74/12-14 Elkhorn National Wildlife Management Area 1985-1997 75/1 Elkhorn Wilderness 1979-1995 75/2 Elkhorn Wilderness Interview and Miscellaneous Articles 1982-2005 75/3 Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area 1981-2001 75/4 Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area-Helena National Forest 1976-2005 75/5 Elkhorn Wildlife Management Area 1979-1995 75/6 Elkhorn Wildlife Management Area-Interview 2005 75/7 Elkhorn Wildlife Management Area-Mining Correspondence 1982-1997 75/8 Elkhorn Wildlife Management Unit 1981-1997 75/9 Elkhorn Wildlife Management Unit 2005 75/10 Employment Impact-Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA)-Dr. Tom Power's Report 1992 75/11 Endangered Species Act 1994 75/12 Endangered Species Act 1995 75/13 Entomological Society of America and the National Insect 1990 75/14 Environmental Communication Specialists-Don Whittemore and Dawn Amato 1992 75/15 Falcons 2003-2005 76/1-2 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs 1980-1993 76/3 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs 1981-1983 76/4 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs 1981-1987 76/5 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs 1994-2003 76/6 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs 1998-2004 76/7 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs-Articles, Clifton R. Merritt 1988-1996 77/1 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs-Executive Committee 1983-1990 77/2 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs-Executive Committee Minutes 1987 77/3 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs-Hazel Wolf Correspondence 1988-1999 77/4 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs-News Articles and Correspondence 1992-1997 77/5 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs-Newsletters 1984-1985 77/6 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs-Newsletters 1992-1995 77/7 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs-Outdoors West 1984-2006 77/8 Field Advisory Group on Effectiveness of Wilderness Management 1990 77/9 Fire in Wilderness 1983-1985 77/10 Fire Policy 1984-1985 77/11 Fires of 1988 1988-1997 77/12 First American Energy-Westland Wind Project 2004 77/13 Flat Tops Wilderness 1985-1987 77/14 Flathead National Forest 1969-1987 77/15 Flathead National Forest-North Fork Valley 1982 78/1-3 Flathead National Forest-Wild and Scenic Rivers 1979-1983 78/4 Flathead River 1983-1987 78/5 Flint Creek Range-Deerlodge National Forest 1982-1997 78/6 Forest Economics Clippings 1994 78/7 Forest Fires 2001-2002 78/8 Forest History Articles 1986-2001 78/9 Forest Service 75th Anniversary Award 1980 78/10 Forest Service Moratorium on Roads in Roadless Areas 1998 78/11 Forest Service News 1987-1998 78/12 Forest Service Partnership with Outfitters 1980-1990 78/13 Forever Wild 1983 78/14 Forever Wild Endowment 1986 78/15 Forever Wild Endowment 1986-2001 78/16 Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness-Commercial Outfitters and Guides Lawsuit 1987-1989 78/17 Fred Burr Waster User Association 1990 78/18 Frenchman Creek Roadless Area 1999 78/19 Frenchmen Creek-Bureau of Land Management 1994-2000 78/20 Friend of the Westslope Cutthroat Trout circa 2002 78/21 Friends of the Wild Swan 1996-2005 79/1 Michael Frome, Correspondence 1990 79/2 Gallatin National Forest 1966-1984 79/3 Gallatin National Forest 1980-1981 79/4 Gallatin National Forest 1986-1997 79/5 Gallatin National Forest 2002 79/6 Gallatin National Forest-Jack Creek 1979-1980 79/7 Gallatin National Forest-Robert E. Breazeale Supervisor 1986-1987 79/8 Game Farms 1994-2002 79/9 Gila Lower Box and Blue Creek Wilderness Study Area 1987 79/10 Glacier Clippings 1998 79/11 Glacier National Park 1980-1982 79/12 Grant-Kohrs Ranch Historic Site-Deerlodge National Forest 1980 79/13 Great Bear Foundation 2001 79/14 Great Smoky Mountains 1990 79/15 Great Western Trail 1999-2000 79/16 Greater Salmon-Selway Ecosystem 1987 79/17-18 Greater Yellowstone Coalition 1983-1992 80/1 Greater Yellowstone Coalition 1984-1987 80/2 Greater Yellowstone Coalition undated 80/3 Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem 1987 80/4 Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grant Proposal 1986-1988 80/5 Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grant Proposal-Steele and Reese 1987-1989 80/6 Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem-Bald Eagle Habitat 1987 80/7 Green and Yampa Rivers-Colorado River Drainage 1971-1980 80/8 Grizzly Bear Metapopulations 1994 80/9 Grizzly Bear Recovery-Salmon-Selway Grizzly Coalition 1996-1998 80/10-11 Halting Road building-Proposals, Memos, Correspondence 1986-2002 80/12 Tom Harding, Correspondence 1997 80/13 Dan Heinz, Correspondence 1986-1989 80/14 Helena National Forest 1973-1985 80/15 Helena National Forest 1995 80/16 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area-Oregon and Idaho 1986-1996 80/17 Hells Canyon Preservation Council 1993-2003 80/18 Hells Canyon-Oregon and Idaho 1993 and undated 80/19 High Uintas 1995-1997 81/1 High Uintas Preservation Council 1997-1998 81/2 Rick Hill, Representative from Montana-Conservation Concerns 1996 81/3 History of the Scapegoat Wilderness and Montana Wilderness Study Areas 2003-2004 81/4 Holy Cross Wilderness 1987 81/5 Holy Cross Wilderness (Homestake II Project-Colorado) 1987 81/6 HR 631, Colorado Wilderness Bill 1993 81/7 Humane Society Newsletter 1996 81/8 Humbug Spires-Montana 1985 81/9 Hunter Organizations and Newsletters 1992-1994 81/10 Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Proposed Wilderness Study Area, Gallatin National Forest 1983-1996 81/11 Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn, Statement-Clifton Merritt 1985-1986 81/12 Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area 1985-1997 81/13 Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Wilderness Study Area 1980-1986 81/14-16 Idaho 1976-1988 81/17 Idaho Alternative Wilderness-Roadless Area Review II 1978-1984 81/18 Idaho Environmental Council 2000-2001 81/19 Idaho Environmental Council Newsletter 1988-1999 81/20 Idaho Outfitter Lawsuit 1987 82/1 Idaho Outfitters-Wilderness Caches 1989-1991 82/2 Idaho Wilderness 1988 82/3 Idaho Wilderness Bill 1975-1988 82/4 Idaho Wilderness Bill 1983-1986 82/5 Idaho Wilderness Bill 1991 82/6 Idaho Wilderness Bill undated 82/7 Idaho Wilderness Bills 1993 82/8 Inland Empire Public Lands Council 1990-1993 82/9-11 Inland Empire Public Lands Council-Dr. John Osborn 1988-1994 82/12 Interim Colorado Wilderness Bill-Senator Tim Wirth 1990 82/13 Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project 1997 82/14 Interior Committee Schedules 1987 82/15 Interview in Western Outdoors on the American Wilderness Alliance 1985 82/16 Jewel Basin 1983-2004 82/17-18 Jewel Basin Proposed Wilderness Study Area, Flathead National Forest 1968-1983 83/1 Kootenai and Lolo Wilderness Accords 1990-1996 83/2 Kootenai National Forest 1980-1985 83/3 Kootenai National Forest 1995 83/4 Kreck, Dr. Loren, Correspondence 1992-1997 83/5 Land Use Planning Flow Chart-Wilderness undated 83/6 Las Cruces/Lordsburg Resource Area 1987 83/7 Last Refuge Project-Montana's Wilderness Legends 2000 83/8 Laws 1975-1986 83/9 Lee Metcalf Celebration 2002 83/10 Lee Metcalf Wilderness Alliance 1978-1979 83/11 Lee Metcalf Wilderness Alliance 1979-1981 83/12 Lewis and Clark National Forest 1979-1985 83/13 Lewis and Clark National Forest 1986-1995 83/14 Lifescapes 1996 83/15 Limekiln Canyons Wilderness Study Area 1980 83/16 Limits of Acceptable Change Fish and Wildlife Plan 1991-1993 83/17 Lincoln-Scapegoat Correspondence, Notes and Clippings 1980-2003 83/18 Little Blackfoot 1983 83/19 Lolo 1978-1982 83/20 Lolo and Rattlesnake National Forests 1983 83/21 Lolo National Forest 1994-1998 83/22 Lolo National Forest 2000-2004 83/23 Lolo National Forest Plan 1982-1996 83/24 Dr. John Loomis, Natural Resource Economist 1987-1988 83/25 Lost Trail Powder Mountain 1996 83/26 Jerry Mallett, Correspondence 1993-1998 83/27 Jerry Mallett, Election-Sportsmen in Colorado 2004-2005 83/28 David McCargo, Correspondence 1987 84/1 Melcher, et. Al 1986-1988 84/2 Clifton Merritt, Notes and Correspondence 2002-2005 84/3 Clifton Merritt, Newsletter Article about 2007 84/4 Clifton Merritt, Remarks on Wilderness 1999 84/5 Clifton Merrtt, Speeches 1968-1988 84/6-7 Clifton Merritt, Speeches, etc. 1968-2000 84/8 Donna Metcalf 1994-1995 84/9 Lee Metcalf, Correspondence 1979-1983 84/10 Middle Fork Flathead 1980 84/11 Middle Fork of the Flathead, Correspondence and Articles 1969-2005 84/12 Middle Fork of the Judith-Wilderness Study Area 1992-1996 84/13 Mineral Policy Center 1996 84/14 Mining 1981 84/15 Mining Claims-Montana Wilderness 1996 84/16 Mining on Public Lands 1993-1998 84/17 Mining Reform 1987-1993 84/18 Miscellaneous Clippings 1995-2001 84/19 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1987-1997 85/1 Miscellaneous Newsletters 1999-2000 85/2 Miscellaneous Newsletters-Montana Wilderness 1990-2000 85/3 Miscellaneous Wilderness Articles 1983-1986 85/4 Miscellaneous Wilderness Organizations' Newsletters 1987-2005 85/5 Miscellaneous Wilderness Organizations' Newsletters and Mailers 1987-1999 85/6 Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness 1981 85/7 Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness 1981-1986 85/8 Missouri Breaks Wilderness 1987-1994 85/9 Missouri River Breaks National Monument 2003 85/10 Montana Alternative "W" (Citizens' Wilderness Proposal) 1984 85/11 Montana Blackfoot River and Mining 1990-1993 85/12 Montana Bureau of Land Management 1986-1994 85/13 Montana Bureau of Land Management Bear Trap Canyon 1980 85/14 Montana Bureau of Land Management Lewistown District 1980-1981 86/1 Montana Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Proposals 1980-1991 86/2 Montana Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Review 1977-1981 86/3 Montana Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Review 1979-1982 86/4 Montana Bureau of Land Management-Sleeping Giant Wilderness Area undated 86/5 Montana Clippings 1977-1994 86/6 Montana Conservation Voters 2001 86/7-8 Montana General 1976-1980 86/9 Montana Guides and Outfitters 1981-1994 86/10 Montana National Forests 1970-1995 86/11 Montana Natural Areas System 1987 86/12 Montana Outfitter Guests 1986 86/13 Montana Project 1990 86/14 Montana Proposed Highways Through Wilderness 2002-2003 86/15 Montana Proposed Wilderness Maps 1985 and undated 86/16 Montana River Action 2002-2003 86/17 Montana Special Alerts 1985-1987 86/18 Montana State Bills 1995 86/19 Montana State Lands and Montana Law Board 2002-2004 86/20 Montana Wilderness 1982-1987 86/21 Montana Wilderness 1987 86/22 Montana Wilderness 1987-2005 87/1 Montana Wilderness Act Correspondence 1984-1989 87/2 Montana Wilderness Association 2000-2002 87/3 Montana Wilderness Bill 1975-1993 87/4-5 Montana Wilderness Bill 1982-1986 87/6 Montana Wilderness Bill 1987-1989 87/7-9 Montana Wilderness Bill 1989-1995 87/10 Montana Wilderness Bill 1990 87/11 Montana Wilderness Bill 1991 87/12 Montana Wilderness Bill, 1984 1984-1985 87/13 Montana Wilderness Bill, 1988-Senator Melcher 1988 88/1 Montana Wilderness Bill, 1989 1988-1989 88/2 Montana Wilderness Bill, 1990 1990-1991 88/3 Montana Wilderness Bill, 1991, S. 1696 1991-1992 88/4 Montana Wilderness Bill, 1993 1993-1994 88/5 Montana Wilderness Bill, 1994 1994 88/6 Montana Wilderness Bill, Baucus 1987-1992 88/7 Montana Wilderness Bill, HR 2090, Representative Pat Williams 1986-1987 88/8 Montana Wilderness Bill, Summaries 1988-1993 88/9 Montana Wilderness Bills, 1968-1987 1981-1987 88/10 Montana Wilderness Clippings 1969-1998 88/11 Montana Wilderness Correspondence 1982-1992 88/12 Montana Wilderness Designation Book-Lerna Naegele 1991-1992 89/1-2 Montana Wilderness Issues 1988-1993 89/3-4 Montana Wilderness Issues 2000-2001 89/5 Montana Wilderness Maps 1979-1980 89/6 Montana Wilderness News Clippings 1988-1996 89/7 Montana Wilderness Status Map 1981 89/8-10 Montana Wilderness Study Act 1975-1981 89/11 Montana Wilderness Study Act 1975-2004 89/12 Montana Wilderness Study Act 2002-2003 89/13 Montana Wilderness Study Act, S. 393 1977-2006 90/1 Montana Wilderness Study Act, S. 393, Metcalf 1974-1986 90/2 Montana Wilderness Study Act, Lawsuit 1996-1998 90/3 Montana Wilderness Study Areas, Clippings 1995-2004 90/4 Montana Wilderness-Bureau of Land Management 1978-1985 90/5 Montana Wildlands Coalition 1988-1990 90/6 Montana Wildlife Management 1982-2001 90/7 National Conservation Area-Law and Bill 1991 90/8 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Documents-Bitterroot National Forest 1998 90/9 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Documents-Wise River District-Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest 1997 90/10 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)-American Wildlands Overview 1992-1993 90/11 National Forest Management Act 1999 90/12 National Forest Protection and Restoration Act 1997 90/13 National Forest Road Policy 1997-1998 90/14 National Forests 1995 90/15 National Forests 1996 90/16 National Parks and Monuments 1995 90/17 National Parks and Monuments 1999 90/18 National Scenic and Historic Trails 1988-1989 90/19 National Wetlands Inventory 1984-1985 90/20 National Wild and Scenic and Rivers 1997-1999 90/21 National Wild and Scenic and Rivers undated 90/22 National Wilderness Preservation System 1978-1989 90/23-25 National Wilderness System 1962-1986 90/26 National Wildlife Refuges undated 90/27 Native Ecosystem Council 1998 91/1 Natural Resources Defense Council 2004 91/2 Natural Resources Laws and Public Lands Protection Conference 1999 91/3 Nevada 1985-1988 91/4 Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association 1987-1996 91/5 Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association-Bureau of Land Management Grants 1988-1999 91/6 Nevada Wilderness Bill-Friends of Nevada Wilderness 1987-2000 91/7 New Mexico Wilderness 1987 91/8 New York 1987 91/9 News Articles 1984-1986 91/10 Northern Rockies Bioregion undated 91/11 Northern Rockies Bioregion and Montana Wilderness 1987-1992 91/12 Northern Rockies Bureau of Land Management Task Force 1990-2004 91/13-15 Northern Rockies Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Issues 1990-1997 91/16 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA) 1991-1994 91/17 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA)-Alliance for the Wild Rockies 1999 92/1 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA)-Booklets before Congress 1987-1993 92/2-3 Northern Rockies Task Force-Montana Wilderness 1986-1993 92/4 Northern Rockies Wilderness Issues 1989-1997 92/5 Northern Yellowstone Rim-Montana Issue 1984-1986 92/6 Northwest-General Information 1987 92/7 Notes 2003 and undated 92/8 Notes-Clifton Merritt 1981-1989 92/9 Notes-Clifton Merritt 1995-1996 92/10 Off-road vehicle and snowmobile use on Public Lands 1987-1998 92/11 Oil and Gas Leasing in Wilderness 1981-1982 92/12 Oil and Gas Leasing on the Rocky Mountain Front 1997 92/13 Oral Hearing and Appeal Highlights on the South Fork of the Flathead River Management Decision 1987 93/1 Oregon 1986-1988 93/2 Oregon Natural Desert Association 1989 93/3 Oregon Rivers Council 1987 93/4 Other Montana Rivers 1995 93/5 Pacific Crest Trail Conference 1988 93/6 Partnership Information 2000 93/7 Pew Environmental Research Center 2001 93/8 Pew Wilderness Center, Doug Scott 2001 93/9 Pike and San Isabel National Forests 1987 93/10 Pinchot Institute for Conservation 1998-1999 93/11 Pintler-Anaconda Wilderness-Montana 1979-1981 93/12 Pioneer Skills Award Program-Bill Worf 1985-1987 93/13 Predator Support 2002-2003 93/14-16 Proposed Centennial Mountains Wilderness 1985-1999 93/17 Proposed Garnet Range Wilderness 1998 94/1 Proposed Great Burn Wilderness 1997-2000 94/2 Proposed Great Divide Wilderness-Montana and Idaho 1989-1991 94/3 Proposed Lee Metcalf Wilderness 1978-1983 94/4 Proposed Sleeping Child Wilderness undated 94/5-6 Proposed Sleeping Child Wilderness-Bureau of Land Management 1988-1991 94/7-8 Proposed Wilderness Study Additions-Western Montana 1986-1988 94/9 Publicity-Newspapers, Texas-San Antonio Light 1981 94/10 Rangeland Management 1994 and undated 94/11 Sally Ranney 1997 94/12 Sally Ranney-Award Nomination 1995 94/13 Rattlesnake Wilderness 1979-1981 94/14 Rattlesnake Wilderness, Lolo National Forest 1980 94/15 Ravalli County Fish and Wildlife Association 1998-2003 94/16 Ravalli Republic Interview 2003 94/17 Recommended Actions for Governmental Agencies to Mitigate Risk and Discover Cause of Observed Symptoms in People and Wildlife in the Bitterroot Valley 1995-1996 94/18 Reports on Garnet Range Roadless Area as Potential Wilderness Areas-Bill Cunningham 1998 94/19 Resource Specialist/Wildlife Biologist Position-American Wildlands 1994 94/20 Response to Robert Dreher's Report on the Oral Hearing for the Montana Wilderness Association regarding the Flathead River Management Plan 1987 95/1 Review of the Bitterroot Final Forest Plan and Environmental Impact Statement 1985 95/2 River Monitor 2000-2002 95/3 Rivers-Denver Water 1986-1988 95/4 Road building Moratorium in Roadless Areas 1998-1999 95/5 Roadless Area Review (RARE) III 1987 95/6 Roadless Area Review II-Buffalo Peaks-San Isabel National Forest 1981-1987 95/7-8 Roadless Area Reviews and Evaluations 1973-1988 95/9 Roadless Rule 2001-2004 95/10 Rock Creek 1990-1996 95/11 Rock Creek -Lolo, and Deerlodge National Forests 1990-1994 95/12 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 2001-2003 95/13 Rocky Mountain Front 1996-2004 95/14 Rocky Mountain Front 2002 95/15 Rocky Mountain Front 2004 96/1 Rocky Mountain Front-Proposed Addition to the Bob Marshall-Scapegoat Wilderness 1980-1984 96/2 Rupert Cutler Articles 1982-1984 96/3 Salvage Logging 1994-2002 96/4 Sample Letters to Representatives and Senators 1992 96/5 San Juan National Forest 1987-1988 96/6 Santa Fe Gold Environmental Assessment-Elkhorn Mountains 1990-1998 96/7 Sapphire Crest Wilderness 1978-1996 96/8 Sapphire Wilderness Study Area 1977-2003 96/9 Sapphire Wilderness Study Area 1984-1987 96/10 Sapphire Wilderness Study Area and Stony Mountain 2005 96/11 Saylor, Congressman John P., Correspondence 1998 96/12 Scapegoat Enlargement-Helena, Lolo, and Lewis and Clark National Forests Proposed Wilderness Study Areas 1987-2005 96/13 Scapegoat Wilderness Anniversary 2002 96/14 Scapegoat Wilderness Area 2002 96/15 Scapegoat-Miscellaneous 1968-2002 96/16 Brian Schweitzer, Correspondence 2000-2004 96/17-19 Scotchman Peak Wilderness Study Area 1975-1981 97/1 Selway-Bitterroot National Forest-Grizzly Bear Reintroduction 1996-1997 97/2 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness-Bitterroot and Lolo National Forests 1969-1998 97/3 Seniors for Wilderness 1988 97/4 September Addendum to Deerlodge Forest Area 1998 97/5 Sheep Mountain Logging 1987 97/6 Shoshone District Wilderness Study Area 1987-1988 97/7 Sierra Borealis 1987 97/8 Sierra Club Suit-Water 1985 97/9 Ski Yellowstone 1983 97/10 Sleeping Child Wilderness 1988-1993 97/11 Smith River 1986 97/12 Snowmobiling on Public Lands 1996-1997 97/13 South San Juan Wilderness Expansion 1981 97/14 South San Juans-Draft Report 1982 97/15 South San Juans-Grizzly Incident 1979-1981 97/16 South San Juans-Rio Grande National Forest 1979-1981 97/17 Southeast Alaska Conservation Council 1987-1992 97/18 Southeast Alaska-Tongass Timber Reform 1986-1987 97/19 Special Appeals 1986-1993 97/20 Special Pieces on Wildlands and Wildlife, Clifton Merritt 1970-1998 97/21 Speeches and Statements, Clifton Merritt 1978-1999 97/22 Speeches on Wilderness 1994-1999 98/1 Stateline Snowmobile Analysis-Idaho and Montana 1997 98/2 Stony Mountain 1985-1989 98/3 Sunday Session Summaries, Annual Western Wilderness and Rivers Conference 1980 98/4 Tatshenshini-Alsek Rivers 1991-1992 98/5 Taylor-Hilgard 1980-1981 98/6 Taylor-Hilgard Wilderness Study Area 1975-1981 98/7 Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area 1991 98/8 Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area 1998 98/9 Ten Lakes, Montana 1980 98/10 Tenderfoot Deep Creek 1980-1987 98/11-12 The Economic Effects of Timber Harvesting on Recreational and Commercial Fisheries and Municipal Watersheds," by John B. Loomis 1987 98/13 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Alliance undated 98/14 Timber Articles and Clippings 1987-1998 98/15 Timber Trends 1992 98/16 Tin Cup Dam-Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness 1997 98/17 Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge 1995 98/18 Tobacco Road Roadless Area-Deerlodge National Forest 1981 98/19 Tongue River Breaks-Custer National Forest 1979 98/20 Trail Creek Lawsuit 1995 98/21 Trail Creek Lawsuit-Beaverhead National Forest 1994-1995 98/22 Travel Brochures 1998-2002 99/1 Trip Correspondence 1981 99/2 Trout Unlimited Newsletter-Flaming Gorge/Lower Green River Chapter 1997 99/3 Tsongas-Roth Alaska Lands Bill 1980-1981 99/4 Tuchuck Wilderness Study Area-Flathead and Kootenai National Forests 1980-1981 99/5 Two Forks Dam 1987-1988 99/6 Two Forks Dam 1987-2006 99/7 United Sportsman's Foundation-Articles of Incorporation) undated 99/8 United Sportsman's Foundation-Tax-Deductible Internal Revenue Service) 1979 99/9 United States Forest Service 1980-1985 99/10 United States Forest Service-Shared Views Newsletter 2000-2001 99/11 Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument 2001-2004 99/12 Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument-Bureau of Land Management 2000-2004 99/13 Utah 1987-1988 99/14 Utah Bureau of Land Management: Conservationists Wilderness Proposal 1985-1986 99/15 Utah Wilderness Association 1979-1987 99/16-17 Utah Wilderness Association 1986-1996 100/1 Utah Wilderness Association 1991 100/2-3 Utah Wilderness Coalition 1988-1992 100/4-6 Utah Wilderness, Bureau of Land Management 1972-1990 100/7 Wall Canyon Wilderness Study Area 1987 100/8 Washington Wilderness Coalition, Washington Wildfire 1987 100/9 Wasting Disease Clippings 1999 100/10 Water Pollution 1996 100/11 Water Rights for Wilderness Areas 1987 100/12-14 Watershed Economics Grant Proposal-Dr. John B. Loomis 1980-1988 101/1 Weminuche Wilderness-Colorado. San Juan National Forest 1982-1987 101/2 West Big Hole 1980-1988 101/3 West Big Hole Wilderness Proposal 1979-1980 101/4 West Pioneer 1976-1981 101/5 West Pioneers Wilderness Study Area 1986-1996 101/6 Western States General 1987 101/7 Western Wilderness and Rivers Conference 1980 101/8 Western Wilderness Calendar 1983 101/9 Westlope Cutthroat Trout Campaign 1997 101/10 Westslope Cutthroat Trout Clippings 1992-2005 101/11 Westslope Cutthroat Trout Symposium 1983-1987 101/12 Whitetail-Haystack-O'Neil (WHO) Roadless Area-Deerlodge National Forest-Paul Richards' Correspondence 1997 101/13 Wild Idaho Conference 1990 101/14 Wild Missouri Wilderness Proposal Correspondence-Bureau of Land Management 1989-2003 101/15 Wild Rockies Wilderness 1990-1995 101/16 Wilderness Article Drafts 1991 101/17 Wilderness Article Drafts and Editing 1982-1998 101/18 Wilderness Article Drafts and Notes 1988-2002 101/19 Wilderness Articles 1967-2001 101/20 Wilderness Associated Wildlife-Montana 1978 102/1 Wilderness Clippings 1985-1993 102/2 Wilderness Economics 1986-1992 102/3 Wilderness Economics 1987 102/4 Wilderness Education 1988 102/5 Wilderness Highlights 1979-1985 102/6 Wilderness Institute undated 102/7 Wilderness Leaders Conference 1987 102/8 Wilderness Management 1989-1994 102/9 Wilderness Management Dilemma-David N. Cole and Draft of Bill Worf Response 1996 102/10 Wilderness Management-Bill Worf 1987-1988 102/11 Wilderness Movement and National Forests: 1964-1980-Dennis Roth's Draft 1983 102/12 Wilderness Society-American Wildlands Correspondence 1987-1988 102/13-14 Wilderness Society-Wilderness Proposals 1983-2002 102/15 Wilderness Watch 1997-2004 103/1 Wilderness Watch Board, Notes, Minutes, Correspondence 1999 103/2-3 Wilderness Watch-Bill Worf 1994-1996 103/4 Wilderness Watcher 1998-2003 103/5-6 Wildland Economic Studies 1980-1995 123/ Wildlife Distribution and Proposed Montana Wilderness Maps 1983-1993 103/7 Wildlife Economics 1987-1997 103/8 Wildlife-Hunting-Colorado Wilderness Bill 1984-1985 103/9 Tim Wirth-Senate Campaign and Correspondence 1986-1987 103/10 Hazel Wolf, Speeches 1997 103/11 Words on Wilderness-The Wildlands Studies and Information Center 1996 103/12 Worf Family Memorial Wilderness Scholarship 1997 103/13 Written Statements and Remarks 1988-1996 103/14 Wyoming Chapter of the Sierra Club 2002 103/15 Wyoming Outdoor Council Annual Meeting 1988 103/16 Wyoming Wildlife Federation, Response to Governor Geringer's "Gag Order" on State Agencies 1995 103/17 Wyoming Wildlife Summit 1994 103/18 Yellowstone National Park-Snowmobile Issue 1999-2002 103/19 Yellowstone to Yukon 1993 and undated 103/20 Yellowstone to Yukon Biodiversity Strategy 1995-2001 103/21 Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative 1997-1999 103/22 Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative 2000-2002 104/1 Yellowstone to Yukon Project, Memos and Correspondence 1996 104/2 Yellowstone to Yukon Strategy 1995-1996 104/3 Dennis Zadra, Resource Specialist, Correspondence and Reports 1994 Subseries 3 Corridors of Life Program 1985-2006 1.5 linear feet 104/4 Corridor Mapping 1986-1987 104/5-6 Corridors of Life 1992-1997 104/7-8 Corridors of Life 1993-1996 104/9 Corridors of Life 1994-2003 104/10 Corridors of Life 1995-1997 104/11 Corridors of Life 1997 104/12 Corridors of Life 1997-1999 104/13 Corridors of Life-Board Meeting 1993 104/14 Corridors of Life-Feasibility Study 1992-1999 105/1 Corridors of Life-Feasibility Study 1993-1996 105/2 Corridors of life-Funding and Grants 1992-1998 105/3 Corridors of Life-Model Building Phase 1996-1997 105/4 Corridors of Life-Outreach Mailers undated 105/5 Corridors of Life-Outreach Proposals 1997-1998 105/6-7 Corridors of Life-Strategy 1993-1997 105/8-11 Corridors of Life-Wildlife Corridors Grant Proposals 1985-1995 105/12 Corridors Research-Bighorn Sheep 1994 105/13 Corridors Research-Bison 1995-1997 105/14 Corridors Research-Buffalo 1998 105/15 Corridors Research-Bull Trout 1994-2001 105/16 Corridors Research-Bull trout 1992-1997 106/1 Corridors Research-Cutthroat Trout 1996-1997 106/2 Corridors Research-Eagle 1992 106/3 Corridors Research-Elk 1991-1996 106/4 Corridors Research-Geese 1996 106/5 Corridors Research-Grayling 1994 106/6-7 Corridors Research-Grizzly Bear 1986-2000 106/8 Corridors Research-Grizzly Bear Recovery 1988-2000 106/9 Corridors Research-Lynx 1990 106/10 Corridors Research-Mule Deer 1996 106/11 Corridors Research-Owl 1990 106/12 Corridors Research-Rainbow Trout 1994-1997 106/13 Corridors Research-Wolf 1994-1999 106/14 Corridors Research-Wolverine, Lynx, Fisher 1995 106/15 Corridors Research-Woodland Caribou 1986-1991 106/16 Forest Environments, Montana Biological Survey: Corridors of Life-Student Letters 1998 106/17 Program Director, Corridors of Life 1994 107/1-3 Wildlife Corridors 1991-2006 107/4 Wildlife Corridors in the Northern Rockies 1993 Subseries 4 Organizational Publications and Newsletters 1979-2007 2.5 linear feet 107/5 Annual Review and Report Mailers 1993-2004 107/6 It's Time To Go Wild Newsletter, Drafts and Correspondence 1987 107/7 It's Time To Go Wild Newsletter 1986-1988 107/8 Material Used for Summer/Fall Issue, On the Wild Side 1995 107/9 Miscellaneous Member Mailers undated 107/10 Miscellaneous Organizational Publications and Mailers undated 107/11 Newsletter Drafts and Correspondence 1988-1990 107/12 On the Wild Side, Article Drafts 1992 107/13 On the Wild Side, Article Drafts 1994 107/14 On the Wild Side, Articles and Correspondence 1994 107/15 On the Wild Side, Articles Drafts and Correspondence 1994-1996 107/16 On the Wild Side, Article Drafts and Correspondence 1995 108/1 On the Wild Side, Cartoons for issue 1994 and undated 108/2 On the Wild Side, Copy for the Next Journal 1991-1995 108/3 On the Wild Side, Correspondence 1994 108/4 On the Wild Side, Correspondence 1995-1996 108/5 On the Wild Side, Correspondence and Articles 1993-1994 108/6 On the Wild Side, Correspondence with Ecos 1994-1995 108/7 On the Wild Side, Correspondence 1994 108/8 On the Wild Side, Draft and Copies 1985-1986 108/9 On the Wild Side, Draft and Copies 1987 108/10 On the Wild Side, Edited Draft 1997 108/11 On the Wild Side, Clifton R. Merritt Articles 1996-1997 108/12 On the Wild Side, Special Issue Correspondence and Article Drafts 1995-1996 108/13 On the Wild Side, Unedited Copy 1995-1996 108/14 On the Wild Side, Used Drafts 1994 109/1 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 1979-1980 109/2 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 1981-1983 109/3 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 1984-1987 109/4 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 1987-1991 109/5 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 1991-1992 109/6 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 1993-1995 109/7 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 1996-1999 109/8 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 1999-2002 109/9 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 2002-2003 110/1 On the Wild Side, Newsletters 2004-2006 110/2 Wild America Publications 1979-1980 110/3 Wild America Publications 1980-1982 110/4 Wild America Publications 1983-1986 Series V Friends of the Bitterroot 1991-2006 0.5 linear feet

Friends of the Bitterroot is a forest-watch organization based in Hamilton, Montana. This series contains meeting memos, notes, correspondence, and newsletters.

 110/5 Meeting Agendas, Memos, and Internal Correspondence 1991-2003 110/6 Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1992 110/7 Meeting Notes and Memos 2003-2005 110/8 Memos, and Internal Correspondence 2000-2003 110/9 Friends of the Bitterroot News 1998-2006 Series VI Personal Materials 1935-2007 5.5 linear feet

This series is arranged into two subseries. Subseries 1, Writings and Files, contains drafts, correspondence, articles, and publications. Subseries 2, Miscellaneous Materials, consists of a scrapbook, a yearbook, and rolodexes.

Subseries 1 Writings and Files 1935-2007 2.5 linear feet 110/10 Beyond the Roads 1985-2003 110/11 Beyond the Roads undated 110/12 Beyond the Roads, Book Chapter Drafts and Notes 1992-2006 and undated 110/13 Beyond the Roads, Book Chapters 1999-2004 110/14 Beyond the Roads, Book Chapters and Writing Submissions-Wilderness and Wilderness Policy 1990 110/15 Beyond the Roads, Chapters 2000-2002 111/1 Beyond the Roads, Chapters 2001-2003 111/2 Beyond the Roads, Chapters for the book 2005 and undated 111/3 Beyond the Roads, Older Drafts 1975-2005 111/4 Conquest of the Land through 7,000 Years 1953-1983 111/5 Employment Applications and Correspondence 1946 111/6 Grandfather 2005 111/7 Grandfather Copy undated 111/8 Grandfather Merritt 1994-1999 111/9 Grandfather Merritt, Finished Chapters 2005-2007 111/10 High School Writings and Report Cards undated 111/11 I Remember my Grandfather 2001 112/1 I Remember my Grandfather undated 112/2 I Remember my Grandfather, Draft 2003 112/3 I Remember my Grandfather, Draft 2003 112/4 I Remember my Grandfather, Draft 2005 112/5 I Remember my Grandfather, Draft undated 112/6 I Remember my Grandfather, Draft-includes Brother Don, but not Sister Bernice undated 112/7 I Remember my Grandfather, Drafts 2005-2006 113/1-4 I Remember my Grandfather, Drafts, Notes, Research 1991-2006 113/5 Information Requests and Correspondence 1997-1998 113/6 Memoirs, Copies of Photos for undated 113/7 Memoirs, Correspondence Regarding 1997-2006 113/8 Memoirs of Grandfather Merritt 2005-2006 113/9 Clifton Merritt, Older Articles 1965 and undated 113/10 Clifton Merritt, Oral History Interview Transcripts 1997-2001 113/11 Miscellaneous Book Chapter Drafts 2006 and undated 113/12 Personal Correspondence 1971-2005 113/13 Poems and Songs, Drafts 1937-1941 and undated 114/1 Poems and Songs, Drafts undated 114/2-3 Poetry and Song Notebooks 1935-1939 and undated 114/4-5 Poetry and Song Notebooks undated 114/6-8 Poetry and Song Notes and Drafts 1935 and undated 115/1-2 Publications 1946-1986 115/3 Poem Clipping-Published Copy undated 115/4 Recollections in the Conservation Movement 1985 115/5 Jeanine Ricketts 1972-2005 115/6 Scapegoat Book Chapter Copies undated Subseries 2 Miscellaneous Materials 1940-1998 and undated 3.0 linear feet 115/7 Helena High School Yearbook, "The Vigilante" 1940 117 Rolodex undated 118 4 rolodexes undated 119 Scrapbook 1998 Series VII Awards 1972-2007 5.75 linear feet

This series is arranged into two subseries. Subseries 1, Subject Files and Correspondence, and Subseries 2, Certificates, Statuettes, and Plaques.

Subseries 1 Subject Files and Correspondence 1972-2007 0.5 linear feet 116/1 American Motors Award 1974-1978 116/2 American Motors Conservation Award 1973-1996 116/3 Conservation Award Correspondence and Clippings 1972-1978 116/4 Gift Sketch from Montana Wilderness Association 1984 116/5 Montana Wilderness Association Award 1990 116/6 University of Montana Commencement Program and Manual 2007 116/7 Proposal for Honorary Degree, Suppoting Documents circa 1970-2005

Photocopies of documents gathered to support honorary degree proposal. The original documents likely exist elsewhere in the collection.

 116/8 'Photocopies from Blue Binder' circa 1970-2005

Photocopies of documents likely gathered to support honorary award proposals. The original documents likely exist elsewhere in the collection.

 Subseries 2 Certificates, Statuettes, and Plaques 1976-2007 5.25 linear feet 120 University of Montana Honorary Doctoral Degree Certificate 2007 120 American Motors Award Plaque 1976 120 American Motors Award Framed Certificate 1976 121 Frank Church Award Certificate and Award Correspondence-Unframed 1981 121 Friends of the Bitterroot Lifetime Achievement Award Framed Certificate 2003 121 Nick Kramis Award Framed Certificate 2005 122 Award Plaque undated 123 Nick Kramis Award Statuette 2005 123 University of Montana Graduation Cap and Tassel 2007 Series VIII Photographs 5.2 linear feet

This series primarily contains images of back country and wilderness areas. There are some photographs of Clif Merritt, his family, and individuals who were associated with The Wilderness Society. This series is currently unprocessed.

125-127 Slides ca. 1950s-1970s 128-129 Prints ca. 1950s-1970s Series IX Motion Picture Films 14 16mm films

This series contains fourteen 16mm home movies primarily featuring outdoor recreation, family, and the Glacier National Park fish hatchery.

In 2022, films were viewed and content descriptions and dates provided as possible.

 1 Untitled

Shots of body of water - possibly Flathead Lake

16 mm

Color, 2 ft, No Sound

ca. 1950s 2 Untitled

Glacier National Park Fish Hatchery - shots of hatchery and workers, shots of workers loading fish into truck then releasing into pond or lake (unknown location)

16 mm

Color, 50 ft, No Sound

ca. 1950s 3 Untitled

Shots of passenger train

16 mm

Color, 5 ft, No Sound

ca. 1955 4 Untitled

Shots of family decorating Christmas tree with tinsel and wrapping presents and placing them under the tree. Includes shots of baby.

16 mm

Color, 50 ft, No Sound

ca. 1974 5 Untitled

Shots of two men fishing on river (unknown loactaion), one man may have been Clifton Merritt

16 mm

Color, 50 ft, No Sound

ca. 1977 6 Untitled

Shots of two men fishing on river (unknown location), Two children sledding - dog in one shot

16 mm

Color, 50 ft, No Sound

ca. 1976 7 Untitled

Shots of baby shoes in crib

16 mm

Color, 2 ft, No Sound

ca. 1974 8 Untitled

Shots of forest and mountain, shots of men fishing

16 mm

Color, 50 ft, No Sound

ca. 1976 9 Elk Hunting on Quintonknon Creek

Elk Hunting on Quintonknon Creek - Shots of hunting camp and hunters packing out elk

16 mm

Color, 50 ft, No Sound

ca. 1952 10 Untitled

Shots of child sitting in high-chair eating meal and drinking milk. Shots of child eating lollipop

16 mm

Color, 50 ft, No Sound

ca. 1974 11 Untitled

Shots of car entering West Glacier. Shots of child fishing. Shots of Lake McDonald

16 mm

Color, 30 ft, No Sound

March 14, 1955 12 Untitled

Shots of family walking out of house and getting into car with baby and child. Shots of child and baby playing near river with mother. Shots of child and baby playing in car. Shots of baby in high-chair. Shots of baby in crib. Shots of beby crawling and walking. Shots of baby's first birthday.

16 mm

Color, 200 ft, No Sound

ca. 1974 13 Glacier National Park Fish Hatchery

Shots of Glacier National Park fish hatchery. Shots of catching fish in hatchery and loading them on truck. Shots of Tally Lake Ranger Station. Shots of releasing fish into Tally Lake. Shots of Trail Creek. Shots of men netting fish and dog splashing in water. Shots of collecting fish eggs.

16 mm

Color, 200 ft, No Sound

ca. 1976 14Fishing Trip

Shot of highway sign for Swan Lake, Polson, and Missoula. Various shots of Flathead Lake, men fishing, women on beach, men in canoe, children fishing and playing, boating, and the camp.

16 mm

Color, 210 ft, No Sound

ca. 1972