AHJ_ah10289 Inventory of the Eric G. Bolen papers, 1956-2017 Bolen (Eric G.) Papers Processed by Shaun Hayes University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2009

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Shaun Hayes August 2009 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Bolen, Eric G. Eric G. Bolen Papers 1956-2017 10289 27.06 cubic ft. (58 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Eric George Bolen was a biologist, professor, and environmentalist. This collection consists of records related to his personal life and professional career as a scientist and scholar. Biography of Eric G. Bolen

Eric G. Bolen was born on November 24, 1937, in New Jersey. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Maine in 1959. He earned a Masters and a Doctoral degree from Utah State University in 1962 and 1967, respectively. Dr. Bolen has worked for both government wildlife management agencies and academic institutions. Between 1957 and 1961, he worked for the Vermont Fish and Game Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He served as an instructor of biology at Texas A and I University in 1965 and 1966. From 1966 to 1973, he worked as a professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He was then hired as Assistant Director of the Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation, in which capacity he served until 1978. He then returned to Texas Tech as professor and Associate Dean of the Graduate School. While there, he served as the research coordinator for the Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation that operated through the university. He was awarded the prestigious Paul Whitfield Horn professorship in 1981. Bolen moved to North Carolina in 1988 to become Dean of the newly established Graduate School of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. In 1994, he relinquished his deanship to return to the classroom as a member of the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Dr. Bolen coauthored or co-edited four major works on ecology and wildlife management. He wrote or coauthored over 140 scientific articles. He was elected to the American Ornithologists’ Union and was named a lifetime member of The Wildlife Society and the Wilson Ornithological Society. Bolen served as editor of the Wildlife Society Bulletin from 1976 to 1978 and acted as a referee for numerous scientific journals.

Scope and Content

The Eric G. Bolen Papers concern Bolen’s professional life as a university professor and administrator. The papers reveal the operational structures and systems of the institutions for which Bolen worked. All of the major administrative functions of a university professor are documented in this collection, from student advising and research direction to departmental operations and tenure and promotion review. The collection contains material on his many committee affiliations and on reviews he conducted for other academic and applied research organizations. It contains Bolen’s doctoral research on black-bellied whistling ducks, as well as research on other issues of concern for wildlife managers. His black-bellied whistling duck research was subsequently continued by two of his graduate students, and some of their field notes are integrated into the data. The Eric G. Bolen Papers primarily document Bolen’s daily professional life.

The papers consist primarily of correspondence files that include manuscripts, notes, and reports. They also contain research data, field notes, grant proposals, project descriptions, photographs, student evaluations of teaching, and a small quantity of printed material. The majority of the material is administrative in nature. The Texas Tech University series contains financial records of the Department of Range and Wildlife Management’s close association with the Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

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

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Eric G. Bolen at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Eric G. Bolen from 1986 to 2009.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Shannon Bowen in April 2002 and updated by Shaun Hayes in August 2009 and Jamie J. Greene in March 2017 and June 2018.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Access Terms Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation. Texas Tech University. University of North Carolina at Wilmington-- Graduate School. Wildlife management. Ornithology. Ducks-- United States. Agriculture and Natural Resources Fisheries and Wildlife Container List Series I. Correspondence Files, 1957-2006.

This material is largely divided into personal and professional correspondence. It is arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject. General correspondence is arranged chronologically. In addition to correspondence, this series contains the supporting documents to which the correspondence pertains. The material concerns Bolen’s professional associations.

1 1 Book Dedications undated 1 2 Brownlow, Alexander 1991-1998 1 3 Flores, Dan 1985-2001 1 4 Flores, Dan 1988-1993 1 5 Flores, Dan 1994-2000 1 6 Harper, Craig 1991-1998 1 7 Ingram, Alda 1986-1994 1 8 Ingram, Alda 1991-2001 1 9 Personal- Baldassare, Guy 1988-1995 1 10 Personal- General 1962-1992 1 11 Personal- General 1993, 1994 2 1 Personal- General 1995-2001 2 2 Personal- Low, Jessop, and June 1989-1998 2 3 Personal- Miles, J.D. 1973-1976 2 4 Personal- Students 1994-2000 2 5 Personal- White, Richard and Vicki 1984-2001 2 6 Professional- A 1974-1978 2 7-8 Professional- B 1974-1978 3 1-5 Professional-Baldassare, Guy 1979-1999 3 6 Professional-Bennet, Jim 1973-1978 3 7 Professional- Bentsen, Senator Lloyd 1971-1985 3 8 Professional-Bird banding 1978-1987 4 1 Professional- Bourne, Godfrey 1974-1978 4 2 Professional- Briscoe, Governor Dolph 1976-1977 4 3 Professional- Burzlaff, Donald 1973-1981 4 4 Professional- C 1974-1978 4 5 Professional- Cain, Brian W. 1967, 1977 4 6 Professional- Carter, President Jimmy 1977-1978 4 7 Professional- Chapman, Brian 1974-1988 4 8 Professional- Clark, Arnold 1976-1978 4 9 Professional- Conferences, International Wetlands 1980-1982 4 10 Professional- Cottam, Clarance 1966-1975 5 1 Professional- D 1974-1978 5 2 Professional- Davies, Shannon 1990-2000 5 3 Professional- Davis, R.B. 1967-1969 5 4 Professional- Delnicki, Don 1970-1978 5 5 Professional- E 1974-1978 5 6-7 Professional- F 1974-1978 5 8 Professional- Fleetwood, Raymond 1963-1968 5 9 Professional- Forsyth, Bill 1975, 1976 5 10 Professional- Fulbright Program 1979, 1980 5 11 Professional- Fuller, Robert 1969-1976 5 12-13 Professional- G 1973-1978 5 14 Professional- General undated 6 1-7 Professional- General 1957-1971 6 1-6 Professional- General 1971-1973 8 1-9 Professional- General 1973-1979 9 1-7 Professional- General 1979-1981 10 1-8 Professional- General 1982-1984 11 1-6 Professional- General 1984-1986 12 1-6 Professional- General 1986-1988 13 1-8 Professional- General 1988-1991 14 1-6 Professional- General 1992-1995 15 1-6 Professional- General 1996-2001 56Professional - General1999-2013 57Professional - General2010-2014 58Professional - General1991-2017 15 7 Professional- Gentry, Agnes 1974, 1976 15 8-9 Professional- H 1974-1978 16 1 Professional- Hamerstrom, Fredrick and Frances 1974-1978 16 2 Professional- Henze, Frank 1963-1968 16 3 Professional- I 1974-1976 16 4 Professional- Invitations 1980-2001 16 5 Professional- J 1974-1977 16 6 Professional- Jackson, Jerome A. 1974-1977 16 7 Professional- Jahn, Lawerence 1978-1988 16 8 Professional- Job Contacts 1977-1978 16 9 Professional- Jones, J. Knox 1972-1985 16 10 Professional- Journals, Conservation Biology 1987,1988 16 11 Professional-K 1974-1978 16 12 Professional-Kear, Janet 1972-1981 16 11 Professional-King, Ellen 1983 17 1-2 Professional-L 1974-1978 17 3 Professional-Labuda, Steve 1968-1975 17 4 Professional-Lehner, Phillip 1970-1977 17 5 Professional-Leopold 1984 17 6 Professional-Low, Jessop 1966-1980 17 7 Professional-Lynch, John 1962-1978 17 8-9 Professional-M 1974-1978 17 10 Professional-Matha, Yog, Indian Research Trip 1978-1979 17 11 Professional-Mc 1973-190 17 12 Professional-McCamant, Richard 1977-1980 18 1 Professional-Mock, Doug 1974-1986 18 2 Professional-N 1974-1978 18 3 Professional-Natural Landmarks Program 1968-1973 18 4 Professional-Nelson, Colleen 1963-1984 18 5 Professional-North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 1977 18 6 Professional-North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 1978 18 7 Professional-North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 1985, 1986 18 8 Professional-O 1974-1978 19 1 Professional-Organization for Tropical Studies 1978-1984 19 2 Professional-Otteni, Lee 1968-1977 19 3 Professional-P 1974-1978 19 4 Professional-Permits 1966 19 5 Professional-Publications, Barnacle Goose 1986-1988 19 6 Professional-Publications, Landscape and Urban Studies 1991-1998 19 7 Professional-Q 1974 19 8 Professional-R 1974-1978 19 9 Professional-Raccoons 1973-1979 19 10 Professional-Rare and Endangered Species 1972 19 11 Professional-Recommendations 1976-1990 20 1-7 Professional-Recommendations 1982-2001 20 8-9 Professional-Reviews 1975-1999 20 10 Professional-Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation 1973-1977 20 11 Professional-S 1974-1978 21 1 Professional-S 1974-1978 21 2 Professional-South American Sheldgeese 1971-1979 21 3 Professional-Soutiere, Ed 1969-1978 21 4 Professional-S 1974-1978 21 4-11 Professional-Students 1973-1999 22 1-7 Professional-Students 1971-1987 22 8 Professional-Sutton, George M. 1974-1978 22 9 Professional-T 1974-1978 22 10-11 Professional-Thank You Notes 1978-2000 22 12 Professional-Tower, Senator John 1973-1982 22 13 Professional-U 1974-1976 22 14 Professional-University of Wyoming 1986-2001 23 1-2 Professional-V 1974-1978 23 3-4 Professional-W 1972-1978 23 5 Professional-Warner, Dwain 1974-1978 23 6 Professional-Watson, Jack 1974-1978 23 7 Professional-Werner, Milton 1975-1978 23 8-10 Professional-Whyte, Richard 1978-1988 23 11 Professional-The Wildlife Society 1978-1987 23 12 Professional-The Wildlife Society, Long-Range Planning Committee 1974, 1975 23 13 Professional-Willingham, Betty 1978 23 14 Professional-Wilson Ornithological Society 1978-1985 23 15 Professional-The Wildlife Society 1978-1987 24 1 Professional-World Book Encyclopedia 1976-1988 24 2 Professional-X,Y,Z 1974-1976 24 3 Professional-Young, Congressman John 1975-1978 24 4 Professional-Young, Suzanne 1984-1986 24 5 Professional-Zink, Robert 1974-1978 24 6 Professional-Robinson, William 1985-1999 24 7 Professional-Rodiek, John 1983-1998 43 Miscellaneous 1976-2006 44 Miscellaneous 1955-2014 Series II. Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation, 1959-1978

This material is arranged alphabetically by subject or document type. It contains memoranda and other correspondence, reports, and research material. This series deals with both administrative and mission-related issues associated with Bolen’s work at the Welder Wildlife Foundation.

24 8 Correspondence- Cotam, Clarence 1962-1970 24 9 Delta Marsh 1974 24 10-12 Memoranda 1959-1978 25 1 Reports 1975 25 2 Scientific Equipment, Orders 1975, 1976 25 3-4 Trustees 1973-1978 25 4 Reports 1975 45 COrrespondence 1989 Series III. Texas Tech University, 1968-1988.

This material is arranged alphabetically by subject or document type. It contains memoranda and other correspondence, grant application materials, proposals, reports, student evaluations of Bolen’s teaching, and other manuscripts. This series documents administrative aspects of Bolen’s work as a professor in Texas Tech’s Range and Wildlife Management Department and as Associate Dean of the university’s Graduate School.

 25 5 Administrative 1981-1988 25 6 Annual Faculty Reports 1979-1985 25 7 Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Annual Reports 1979-1984 25 8-11 Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Correspondence File 1978-1988 25 12 Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Projects 1979, 1980 26 1-2 Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Projects 1979-1982 26 3-5 Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Research Proposals 1980-1985 26 6-7 Evaluations 1979-1987 26 8 Events 1988 26 9 Examinations 1979-1981 26 10 Examinations, Doctoral 1983-1986 26 11 Grants 1988 26 12 Grants, American Philosophical Society 1968-1971 27 1 Charles A. Lindbergh fund 1980, 1981 27 2-10 Grants 1967-1983 27 11 Manuscripts undated 27 12 Memoranda 1977-1986 28 1-7 Memoranda 1978-1987 28 8 Project, Welder Wildlife Foundation 1982 29 1 Range and Wildlife Management, Degree Proposal 1978 29 2 Range and Wildlife Management, Personal Objectives 1980, 1981 29 3 Research and Project Report 1979-1985 29 4 Range and Wildlife Management, Review 1972, 1973 29 5 Rubber Duck Award 1980, 1981 29 6-9 Students 1973-1987 45 Personal and Professional 1980-1986 Series IV. University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1988-2001.

This material is arranged alphabetically by subject or document type. It contains memoranda and other correspondence, reports, student evaluations of Bolen’s teaching, course material, and grant application materials. This series concerns Bolen’s work as Dean of UNCW’s Graduate School and his subsequent return to the classroom in the Biological Sciences Department.

29 10 Administrative 1990-2001 29 11 Annual Departmental Reports 1991-1994 29 12-14 Annual Faculty Report 1995-2000 29 15 Class Field Trips 1999-2000 29 16 Course Material 1990-2001 29 16 Courses Taught 1994-2000 29 17 Course Material 1990-2001 29 18 Electronic Mail Messages 1994-1999 30 1-2 Electronic Mail Messages 1996-2001 30 3-6 Evaluations 1992-1998 30 7 Grants 1990-1999 30 8 Grants, Faculty and Research Committee 1988-1989 30 9 Grants, Roadside Wildlife 1998-1999 30 10 Honors Courses 1994-2000 30 11-13 Memoranda 1988-1999 31 1 Memoranda 1998-2000 31 2 Students- Brady, Susan 1993-1995 31 3 Thesis Direction 1990-2000 Series V. Research Files, 1956-2000.

This material is arranged by subject and document type. It contains correspondence, contracts, research data, printed material, field notes, photographs, and manuscripts. It primarily concerns Bolen’s research into wildlife ecology and management.

31 4-5 Banding Permits 1982-1985, 1987-2000 31 6 Bird Banding Records 1980, 1981 31 7-9 Black-bellied Tree Ducks 1963-1965 31 10-12 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks 1962-1979 32 1-12 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks 1962-1975 33 1-14 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks 1963-1978 34 1-2 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Research Proposal undated 34 3 Blood Parasites in Waterfowl, Manuscript 1978-1979 34 4-14 Eagle/Livestock Relationship Study 1967-1969 35 1-2 Eagle/Livestock Relationship Study 1963-1973 35 3 Field Collection Data 1956-1963 35 4 Field Notebook 1976, 1977 35 5 Green-Winged Teal 1974-1978 35 6 Insecticide-TEMIK 1970-1973 35 7 Lesser Scaup 1976-1978 35 8 Lesser Whistiling Duck, India 1969-1976 35 9 Lesser Whistling Teal- Measurements 1973 35 10 Lesser Whistling Teal- Research Proposal undated. 35 11 Manuscripts 1982-1995 35 12 Mexican Pheasant Data 1963,1964 35 13 Mottled Duck 1976-1978 35 14 Permits 1967-1970 36 1 Permits 1971-1977 36 2 Photographs 1971-1978 36 3 Photographs, Red Tail Hawks 1968 36 4 Printed Material 1962-1997 36 5 Telemetry Application 1972 46 Various Research Materials 1962-2008 56Vermont Loon Recovery Project1999-2013 Series VI. Publications, 1979-2004.

This material is arranged alphabetically by publication title or subject and document type. It contains contracts, manuscripts, illustrations, drafts, correspondence, and memoranda. The material deals primarily with Bolen’s contributions to book- length works.

36 6 Mississippi Kite- Correspondence 1990-1999 36 7-8 Mississippi Kite- Manuscript undated 36 9 Mississippi Kite- Miscellaneous 1994-1998 36 10 Mississippi Kite- Page Proofs undated 36 11 Playa Lakes- Correspondence 1988, 1989 36 12 Rangeland Wildlife 1991-1995 36 6 Symposium, “Habitat Management for Migrating and Wintering Waterfowl in North America” 1988 37 1-3 Waterfowl Ecology and Management- Correspondence 1980-1996 37 4 Waterfowl Ecology and Management- Illustrations undated 37 1-3 Waterfowl Ecology and Management- Miscellaneous 1993 37 1-4 Waterfowl Ecology and Management- Agreements 1980-1996 37 5 Waterfowl Ecology and Management- Illustrations undated 37 6 Waterfowl Ecology and Management- Miscellaneous 1993 37 7 Waterfowl Ecology and Management- Agreements 1980-1985 37 8-9 Wildlife Ecology and Management- Correspondence 1979-1987 38 1-7 Wildlife Ecology and Management- Correspondence 1981-1983 39 1-5 Wildlife Ecology and Management- Correspondence 1983-1999 39 6 Wildlife Ecology and Management- Miscellaneous 1985-1998 39 7-8 Wildlife habitats in Managed Landscapes- Correspondence 1989-1991 47 Manuscripts and Correspondence 1980-2005 48 Manuscripts and Correspondence 1989-2003 49 Ecology of North America 1984-1997 50 Manuscripts and Correspondence 1989-2003 51 Waterfowl Ecology and Management 2002-2004 Series VII. Committees, 1974-2007.

This material is arranged alphabetically by organization. It contains meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, reports, newsletters, and research material. It deals with Bolen’s committee affiliations.

39 9 Bald Head Island Conservancy 1996-2000 39 10 Coastal Bend Environmental Forum 1977 39 11 Corpus Christi Area Waterfowl Preservation, Oil Spill Control Association 1974-1977 40 1 Interagency Playa Lakes Disease Council 1983, 1984 40 2 Interagency Playa Lakes Disease Council 1985-1988 40 3 Konza Prairie Advisory Board 1977, 1978 40 4 Meeting Minutes- Miscellaneous 1983, 1984 40 5 Natural Sciences Advisory Committee 1975-1977 40 6 Society for Conservation Biology 1987-1999 40 7-9 Wilson Ornithological Society- Conservation Committee 1977-1981 41 1 Wilson Ornithological Society- Conservation Committee, Reports undated 41 2 Wilson Ornithological Society- Conservation Committee, Research 1975-1978 52 Councils and Symposia 1990-2007 Series VIII. Course Materials, 1958-2003.

This material is arranged alphabetically by document type or subject. It contains examinations, syllabi, course outlines, and notes. This series contains material from classes that Bolen both taught and took as a student.

41 3 Class Reports 1958-1960 41 4 Doctoral Examinations 1970-1973 41 5 Notes- Upland Gamebirds undated 41 6 Tests- Upland Gamebirds 1977 41 7 Texas A and I University 1974-1977 41 8-9 Waterfowl Ecology, Tests, Texas A and I, Corpus Christi 1968-1976 53 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1990-2003 54 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1990-2003 Series IX. Reports, 1975-1993.

This material is arranged alphabetically. It contains correspondence and memoranda, as well as report drafts. It deals primarily with program reviews.

41 10 Consultations, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 1990, 1991 41 11 Journal Referee 1989-1993 41 12 Savannah River Forest Research Program Review 1975, 1976 41 13 University of Florida, Department of Wildlife and Range Sciences 1988, 1989 Series X. Biographical Files, 1956-2006.

This material is arranged alphabetically, primarily by document type. It contains correspondence and memoranda, printed material, clippings, certificates, resumes, photographs, and manuscript material. This series concerns Bolen’s professional life.

 42 1 Certificates 1981-2000 42 2 Clippings 1986-1999 42 3 Graduate School Examinations 1960-1964 42 4 Horn Professorship 1981 42 5 Miscellaneous 1956-1988 42 6 Outstanding Researcher Award 1980,1981 42 7 Photographs 1979-2000 42 8 Press Releases 1985-1999 42 9 Printer Materials 1987-2000 42 10 Resumes undated 42 11 Speaking Engagements 1986-2000 42 12 Speech Manuscripts 1986-1996 42 13 University Coursework 1959-1962 55 Miscellaneous 1972-2006