MTGMss637.xml Guide to the Cecil Garland Papers 1924-2006 Garland (Cecil) Papers Finding aid prepared by Ann Sullivan Funding for processing this collection was provided by the Matthew Hansen Endowment. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula © 2006
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Mss 637 Garland, Cecil, 1925-2014 Cecil Garland Papers 1924-2006 4.5 linear feet Cecil Garland has worked throughout his life to protect undeveloped areas. During the 1960’s, Garland lead the effort include the Scapegoat Wilderness in the National Wilderness Preservation System. This collection contains materials from Cecil Garland’s work with the Lincoln Back Country Protective Association and his personal conservation and Forest Service work. This includes correspondence, writing, materials from the Lincoln Back Country Protective Association, general wilderness and conservation research materials, maps, various publications, photographs and two pieces of artwork. Materials are inEnglish Biographical Note

Cecil Garland was born on September 7, 1925. As a young man, he moved to Lincoln, Montana where owned and operated a hardware store iand worked for the Forest Service. These work experiences allowed Garland the opportunity to use and work with other users of the wilderness from just north of the Lincoln to the Scapegoat Mountains, which boarder the Bob Marshall Wilderness.

Attempts to develop this area lead Garland and William Meyger to form the Lincoln Back Country Protective Association in 1960. The Forest Service had approved the area for road development and the Anaconda Mining Company had applied for a permit to mine copper with the Montana Land Board. Meyger died in 1962 and Garland then became president of the Association. By 1969, the Association’s efforts to hinder logging and mining development in the Scapegoat Wilderness prompted community members to boycott Garland’s hardware store. However, the Associations efforts did receive support from other communities in the state.

The Scapegoat Wilderness became part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1972. It is both the first wilderness area proposed only by citizens after passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act and the first de facto wilderness area to enter the system.

Garland moved from Montana in the 1970s and has continued to work for protection of undeveloped land. During the 1980s, he worked with The Great Basin MX Alliance to protect the Utah’s Great Basin from military development and during the 1990s he spoke out against a Las Vegas water project.

Garland died in Utah on May 11, 2014.

This collection contains materials from Cecil Garland’s work with the Lincoln Back Country Protective Association and his personal conservation and Forest Service work in Montana. This includes correspondence, writing, materials from the Lincoln Back Country Protective Association, general wilderness and conservation research materials, maps, various publications, photographs and two pieces of artwork. It is divided into five series.

Series I, Correspondence and Writings, contains incoming and outgoing correspondence with government officials, Lincoln Back Country Protective Association members and community members regarding various wilderness issues. It also contains various speeches, position statements, a biographical statement and articles by Garland. This series is organized between correspondence and writings each in chronological order.

Series II, Lincoln Back Country Protective Association Materials, contains publications, news releases, resolutions, a mailing list, membership lists, testimonies, proposals, the Association constitution and by-laws, clippings, photos, a cashbook and scrapbooks. This series is organized by format.

Series III, Wilderness and Conservation Research, contains correspondence, articles, reports, meeting minutes, resolutions, pamphlets, clippings and miscellaneous papers on various Montana and National conservation topics. These topics include Big Sky Resort, Blackfoot-Sun River Divide, Sun Butte Dam, pollution, timber and various state and national wilderness organizations. This series is arranged alphabetically by topic or organization.

Series IV, Maps and Publications, contains various maps of National Forests in Montana, one map, hand-drawn by Garland, of the Helena National Forest roads and trails and publications on Montana conservation topics. This series is divided into two categories, maps and publications, each arranged chronologically.

Series V, Artwork, contains two empty binders with artwork by Garland on the covers.

The collection is divided into five series:

Series I: Correspondence and Writings, 1.1 linear feet, 1954-2006

Series II: Lincoln Back Country Protective Association Materials, 0.8 linear feet, 1954-1976

Series III: Wilderness and Conservation Research, 0.8 linear feet, 1952-1973

Series IV: Maps and Publications, 0.8 linear feet, 1924-1977

Series V: Artwork, 1.0 linear foot, undated

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 transferred to The University of Montana--Missoula.

[Name of document or photograph number], Cecil Garland Papers, Archives and Special Collections, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Materials held by Cecil Garland.

Materials were donated to the Archives by Cecil Garland, 2005.

The letter contained in Series I, box 2, folder 5 was added to the collection with permission of the donor. The letter references materials throughout the collection. Item A is located in Series I, Box 3, Folder 1. Item B is located in Series II, Box 5, Folder 5. Item C is located in Series II, Box 5, Folder 6. Item D is located in Series II, Box 6, Folder 7.

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.

United States. Forest Service. Lincoln Back Country Protective Association. Helena National Forest (Mont.)--Maps Scapegoat Wilderness (Mont.) Dams--Montana Forest reserves--Montana Nature conservation--Montana--Societies, etc. Nature conservation--United States Pollution. Environmental aspects--Montana Resorts--Montana Roads--Montana--Helena National Forest--Maps Timber--Montana Trails--Montana. Helena National Forest--Maps Wilderness areas--Montana Articles Clippings Mailing Lists Maps--Montana Minutes--Montana Pamphlets Photographs--Montana Resolutions Scrapbooks Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Montana Testimonies Helena Montana Sports and Recreation Environmental Activism Conservationists--Montana Series I Correspondence and Writings 1954-2006 1.1 linear feet 1/1 Correspondence 1960-1963 1/2 Correspondence 1964 1/3 Correspondence 1965 1/4 Correspondence 1966-1967 1/5 Correspondence 1968 1/6 Correspondence 1968 2/1 Correspondence 1969 2/2 Correspondence 1970-1971 2/3 Correspondence 1972 2/4 Correspondence 1964-1977 and undated 2/5 Correspondence with K. Ross Toole Archives regarding unidentified materials in the collection June 2006 3/1 Statement by Garland regarding Forest Service circa 1952 3/2 Town of Lincoln, Dispositions, clippings, reports, Constitution of Lincoln Community Hall Association 1954-1976 and undated 3/3 Statement and correspondence 1962-1964 and undated 3/4 Speeches, articles and correspondence drafts 1970 and undated 3/5 Speeches, articles and correspondence drafts 1970-1973 and undated 3/6 Disposition circa 1974 3/7 Statement and letters undated 3/8 Notes undated 3/9 "Gun Book," Presidents report and unidentified statement undated 3/10 Comments by C. Garland on the "Patterns of Management of the Blackfoot Sun River Divide Area" undated Series II Lincoln Back Country Protective Association Materials 1954-1976 0.8 linear feet 4/1 Publications, cartoons and miscellaneous 1954-1938 and undated 4/2 Congressional bills, records, resolutions and news releases 1960-1972 and undated 4/3 Reports, proposals and correspondence 1962-1972 and undated 4/4 Resolutions and correspondence 1963-1970 and undated 4/5 Correspondence complied at White Tail Ranch, Ovando, MT 1965 4/6 Mailing and membership list 1966 and undated 4/7 Congressional Hearings on S. 1121 1968 4/8 Congressional Statements, testimonies and correspondence 1968-1973 4/9 Constitution and By-Laws undated 5/1 Clippings and notes 1962-1974 and undated 5/2 Clippings 1963-1968 5/3 Clippings 1963-1972 5/4 Clippings 1965-1976 and undated 5/5 Photo of Cecil Garland with magazine article

Photo number 637(II)1

1970 5/6 Photo of "Show Me Trip" pack trip

Photo number 637(II)2

 circa 1950s 5/7 Photo of award ceremony for teaching hunting safety, Cecil Garland, Florence Baldwin, Margret Adams and Robert Cooney

Photo number 637(II)3

 undated 5/8 Photographs undated 5/9 Photographs undated 5/10 Cashbook and Scrapbook 1953-1963 and undated Series III Wilderness and Conservation Research 1952-1973 0.8 linear feet 6/1 Big Sky Resort, articles and correspondence 1970-1971 and undated 6/2 Blackfoot Sun River Divide, Coordinated Resource Development Plan 1968-969 6/3 Blackfoot Sun River Divide, reports and correspondence 1965-1971 and undated 6/4 Miscellaneous Papers from various conservation projects 1969-1972 and undated 6/5 Montana Wilderness Association 1965-1968 and undated 6/6 Montana Wildlife Federation, correspondence, meeting minutes, and resolutions 1963-1968 and undated 6/7 National Wild and Scenic Rivers, articles and reports 1958-1970 and undated 6/8 Pollution: Air, Water, Pesticides, Vehicles, articles, correspondence, and pamphlets 1959-1972 and undated 6/9 Population control, articles 1968-1973 and undated 7/1 Sun Butte Dams, correspondence, reports and clippings 1965-1968 and undated 7/2 Timber, articles and reports 1962-1972 and undated 7/3 Various state and national conservation groups 1963-1971 and undated 7/4 The Wilderness Society, correspondence and articles 1952-1969 and undated 7/5 Wildlife, articles reports and correspondence 1963-1971 and undated 7/6 Wildlife and Conservation, articles and pamphlets 1968-1971 and undated Series IV Maps and Publications 1924-1977 0.8 linear feet 8/1 Coopers Lake, Montana, USGS map 1924 8/2 Lewis and Clark National Forest, map 1938 8/3 Silver Tip, Montana, USGS map 1942 8/4 Flathead National Forest, south half, map 1951 8/5 Helena National Forest, timber inventory map 1953 8/6 Helena National Forest Road Map "A" and Trail Map "B", "Wet Speggeta" [sic] hand-drawn map and note 1958 8/7 Southeastern part of Lewis and Clark Range, map circa 1968 8/8 Spanish Peaks, Gallatin and Beaverhead National Forests, map circa 1965 8/9 Bob Marshall Wilderness, visitors’ map 1967 8/10 Absaroka Wilderness, map 1968 8/11 Southeastern part of Lewis and Clark Range, geo-chemical map 1958 8/12 Vernon-Golden, Canada, map 1969 8/13 Lincoln Back Country, mineral resource maps 1971 8/14 Scapegoat Wilderness, Forest visitors’ map 1973 8/15 Blackfoot Sun River Divide Area, map undated 8/16 Partial and Unidentified maps undated 9/1 Anaconda and Strip Mining, publications, correspondence and statements 1970-1972 9/2 A Design for Wild and Scenic Rivers, Forest Service Northern Region 1969 9/3 Forest Service Handbook, Multiple-Use Management Guide for Northern Region February 1963 9/4 Lower Rock Creek Planning Unit: Management Alternatives 1977 9/5 A Proposed Lewis and Clark National Waterway 1962 9/6 Reconnaissance Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry of the Southeastern Part of the Lewis and Clark Range, Montana 1968 9/7 Recreation: Opportunities and Problems in the National Forests of the Northern and Intermountain Regions 1962 9/8 Upper Blackfoot River Study: A Pre-mining Inventory of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Montana Fish and Game December 1975 Series V Art Work undated 1.0 linear foot 10/1 Binders with artwork on covers undated