WAUZaleskyPhilip3773.xml Guide to the Philip H. Zalesky Papers 1953-2002 Zalesky (Philip H.) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2006 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 3773 Zalesky, Philip H Philip H. Zalesky papers 1953-2002 4.63 cubic feet Collection materials are in English. Papers of an Everett, Washington, conservationist.

Philip Zalesky, an Everett, Washington, conservationist, has played an active role in Pacific Northwest conservation groups. He was president of Olympic Park Associates from 1966 to 1972, secretary during the 1990s, and a board member through at least 2002. Olympic Park Associates is a citizens group, founded in 1948, that is dedicated to the preservation of Olympic National Park. The group's projects included removing dams from the Elwah River and removing non-native goats from the Olympic Peninsula. Members also collaborated with other organizations in attempts to reintroduce native wolf species to the Olympic Peninsula.

Zalesky was a founder, in 1957, and the first president of the North Cascades Conservation Council. The council, whose mission is "to protect and preserve the North Cascades' scenic, scientific, recreational, educational, and wilderness values," led the successful campaign to create the North Cascades National Park complex.

Zalesky initiated a climbing course based in Everett in 1953, when he was elected president of the Everett chapter of the Mountaineers Society. As a member of the Mountaineers Conservation Committee, he chaired the Subcommittee on Mountain Goats, 1954-1955, which supported legislation to ban hunting of mountain goats in Washington State. Zalesky also served as Washington vice president of the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs in 1956.

In 1989 Zalesky became president of the Snohomish County Land Trust. The trust, which helped property owners in Snohomish County, Washington, to preserve their land from development, subsequently merged with land conservancies in King and Pierce Counties to form the Cascade Land Conservancy.

The papers are arranged in two accessions:

Accession No. 3773-001, Philip H. Zalesky papers, 1953-1984 Accession No. 3773-004, Philip H. Zalesky papers, 1968-2002

The bulk of the papers concern Zalesky's activities in various conservation campaigns and organizations, such as the Mountaineers Society Conservation Division, the North Cascades Conservation Council, Olympic Park Associates, and the Snohomish County Land Trust. Major correspondents include Polly Dyer, Brock Evans, Patrick D. Goldsworthy, Harvey Manning, and Grant McConnell.

The papers include correspondence, minutes, writings, ephemera, newsletters, reports, clippings, sound recordings, hearings, and subject files.

The papers are open to all users.

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Literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Accession No. 3773-001 was donated by Philip H. Zalesky in 1986. Accession No. 3773-004 is a merger of papers donated by Zalesky in 1990 and 2002.

Processing of the papers was completed by Emily Inlow in 2005.

Within the accessions, the papers were grouped by organization. Subject matter was consolidated within each organization Zalesky represented despite the fact that certain issues, such as the Glacier Peak wilderness and mountain goats legislation, involved other organizations to which Zalesky belonged. Accession Nos. 3773-002 and 3773-003 were combined to form 3773-004. Materials that Zalesky organized by subject were maintained as subject series.

Zalesky, Philip H.--Archives Dyer, Polly Evans, Brock, 1937- Goldsworthy, Patrick D. (Patrick Donovan), 1919- Manning, Harvey McConnell, Grant Mountaineers Society. Conservation Division Mountaineers Society. Conservation Committee North Cascades Conservation Council Olympic Park Associates Snohomish County Land Trust Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs Washington (State)--Environmental conditions Olympic National Park (Wash.) North Cascades National Park (Wash.) Snohomish County (Wash.)--Environmental conditions Conservationists--Washington (State)--Everett--Archives Conservation of natural resources--Washington (State) Conservation of natural resources--Washington (State)--Societies, etc National parks and reserves--Washington (State) National parks and reserves--Washington (State)--Societies, etc Conservation of natural resources--Political aspects--Washington (State) Land trusts--Washington (State)--Snohomish County Environmental policy--Washington (State) Wilderness areas--Washington (State)--Olympic Mountains Wilderness areas--Cascade Range Forest reserves--Washington (State) correspondence minutes writings reports ephemera hearings (meetings, events) Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Newsletters Sound recordings Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Environmental Activism Environmental Conditions Parks and Playgrounds Washington (State) Sound Recordings

 

Accession No. 3773-001: Philip H. Zalesky papers, 1954-1984 2.63 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, minutes, ephemera, 1953-1984.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

 Olympic Park Associates 1/1 3773-001 Organizational information 1967, undated Incoming letters 1/2 3773-001 A-J 1957-1971, undated 1/3 3773-001 M-Z 1966-1972 1/4 3773-001 Outgoing letters 1966-1977 1/5-6 3773-001 General correspondence 1966-1969 Interorganizational correspondence 1/7 3773-001 Peterson, Julius & Olga Gull 1966-1971 1/8 3773-001 Others 1966-1976 1/9 3773-001 Minutes of the board of trustees, executive committee, annual meetings 1966-1974 1/10 3773-001 Notices and agendas of the board of trustees, executive committee and annual meetings 1966-1976, undated 1/11 3773-001 Lists of the board members and officers 1966-1973 1/12 3773-001 Reports on park use 1964-1965 1/13 3773-001 Research project on land-use conflicts by Carsten Lien 1960 1/14 3773-001 Statements at hearings 1967, undated 1/15 3773-001 Presentations regarding the Wilderness Bill 1959-1966 1/16 3773-001 Writings undated 1/17 3773-001 Notes undated 1/18 3773-001 Newsletters 1967-1976, undated 1/19-21 3773-001 Clippings 1955-1972, undated Subject series 1/22 3773-001 Barnes Flat Road 1982 1/23-24 3773-001 Boundary study, U.S. Interior Deptartment 1966 1/25 3773-001 Brochure by Ruth Kirk 1966 1/26 3773-001 Clearwater River/clear-cutting 1971 1/27 3773-001 Forest statistics 1953, 1962 1/28 3773-001 Hartzog, George, National Park Service speech at Port Angeles 1968 Hearings on park boundaries 1/29-1/31 3773-001 Letters 1966 1/32 3773-001 Mailings and notes 1966 1/33 3773-001 Statements 1966 1/34 3773-001 Clippings 1966 1/35 3773-001 Hurricane Ridge Road and ski lift development 1968-1969 1/36-40 3773-001 Inholdings, acquisitions, and land use 1966-1968, 1982-1983 1/41 3773-001 KIRO Radio editorial and response 1966 1/42-45 3773-001 Lake Crescent inholdings 1977-1983, undated 1/46 3773-001 Lake Crescent road 1967, 1972 1/47 3773-001 Meetings on park development 1968 1/48 3773-001 National Park Service 1957-1968 1/49 3773-001 Ozette Indian Reservation 1969-1971 1/50 3773-001 Point of Arches beach extension 1970-1976 1/51 3773-001 Point Roberts International Park 1973-1974, undated 1/52 3773-001 Quinault blow-down 1957 1/53 3773-001 Quinault property 1966-1967 1/54 3773-001 Wilderness proposals 1972, 1976 1/55 3773-001 Wilderness recommendations 1974 1/56 3773-001 Wilderness miscellany 1966-1973, undated 1/57 3773-001 Wilderness Boundary Committee 1966-1968 1/58 3773-001 Wilderness Study Areas, U.S. Forest Service 1967-1973, undated Wilderness Master Plan Study Team report 1968 1/59 3773-001 Report 1968 1/60 3773-001 Letters and clippings 1968-1970 1/61 3773-001 Statements 1972, undated 1/62 3773-001 Hearings 1973 1/63 3773-001 Olympic Park Associates positions 1971-1973 North Cascades Conservation Council Incoming letters 2/1 3773-001 McConnell, Grant 1955-1957 2/2 3773-001 Manning, Harvey 1961-1983, undated 2/3 3773-001 C-Z 1956-1963, undated 2/4-6 3773-001 General correspondence of Patrick Goldsworthy 1955-1969 2/7 3773-001 Interorganizational correspondence 1959-1961, undated 2/8 3773-001 Minutes and agendas of board meetings 1958-1983 2/9 3773-001 Chronologies undated 2/10 3773-001 Speeches and writings 1956, undated 2/11 3773-001 Statements 1959-1970, undated 2/12 3773-001 Reports and proposals 1967-1970, undated 2/13 3773-001 North Cascades Study Team 1965 2/14 3773-001 Economic impact studies 1970, undated 2/15 3773-001 Analyses 1962, undated 2/16 3773-001 Resolutions undated 2/17 3773-001 Notes undated 2/18 3773-001 Articles 1956-1970, undated 2/19 3773-001 Brochures and mailings 1957-1970, undated Publications regarding the North Cascades 2/20 3773-001 The Living Wilderness 1959-1961 2/21 3773-001 Sierra Club Bulletin 1958-1959 2/22-23 3773-001 Maps undated 2/24 3773-001 Clippings undated Subject series 2/25 3773-001 Alpine Lakes 1963-1970, undated 2/26-27 3773-001 Boulder River 1979-1981, undated 2/28-30 3773-001 Forest resources 1956-1965, undated Glacier Peak 2/31 3773-001 Letters and writings 1956-1959 2/32 3773-001 Proposals and plans 1957-1959 2/33 3773-001 Notes and statistics undated 2/34 3773-001 Publications and clippings 1955-1965, undated Hearings on North Cascades 2/35 3773-001 Letters and mailings 1966 2/36 3773-001 Statements 1966 2/37 3773-001 Clippings 1966 2/38 3773-001 Hearings and bill on North Cascades Park 1967-1970 2/39 3773-001 Statistics Mt. Baker National Park 1956-1965 Wilderness Bill 2/40 3773-001 Mailings 1958-1964, undated 2/41 3773-001 Report and analysis 1959, 1964 2/42-43 3773-001 Statements 1958-1961 2/44 3773-001 Speeches, writings, and clippings of others 1958-1962, undated Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs 2/45 3773-001 Incoming letters 1956 2/46 3773-001 Resolutions 1966 2/47 3773-001 Conference on Northwest Wilderness 1956 2/48 3773-001 Northwest conservation representative (Brock Evans) 1968-1970 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs, Joint Committee on Salvage Logging in Olympic National Park 2/49 3773-001 General correspondence 1956-1957, undated 2/50 3773-001 Meetings with National Park Service and regional directors 1956 2/51 3773-001 Reports 1956, undated 2/52 3773-001 Publications and articles 1955-1957 2/53 3773-001 Notes undated 2/54-55 3773-001 Clippings 1955-1957, undated Mountaineers Society, Conservation Division 3/1 3773-001 General correspondence regarding conservation fund and director 1970 3/2 3773-001 Writing by Zalesky regarding conservation 1966 3/3 3773-001 Statements 1959, 1973 3/4 3773-001 Policies 1954-1959 3/5 3773-001 Conferences 1953 Subject series Mountain goat hearings 3/6-7 3773-001 Letters 1954-1955 3/8 3773-001 House Bill 38 & statements 1954-1955 3/9 3773-001 Writings by Zalesky 1954-1955 3/10 3773-001 Notes 1954-1955 3/11 3773-001 Articles, mailings, and information 1954-1955 3/12 3773-001 Photographs and clippings 1954-1955 Northwest Wilderness Conference, 10th, 1974 3/13-14 3773-001 General correspondence 1974 3/15 3773-001 Notes 1974 3/16 3773-001 Programs 1974, 1984 Personal papers 3/17 3773-001 Tape-recorded interview with Professor Art Harrison regarding Northwest glaciers 1959 3/18 3773-001 Clippings undated 4/1 3773-001 Miscellany undated 4/2 3773-001 Ephemera undated Subject series 4/3 3773-001 Forest practice regulations, Washington Environmental Council 1974-1975 4/4 3773-001 Forest resources and wilderness preservation 1956-1966, undated 4/5 3773-001 Nisqually River Delta 1970 4/6 3773-001 River preservation 1964-1966 Sierra Club 4/7 3773-001 Letters 1956-1960 4/8 3773-001 Speeches by David Brower 1957 4/9 3773-001 Newsletters 1966 4/10 3773-001 Biennial Wilderness Conferences 1951-1959 4/11 3773-001 Statistics on Washington State tourism 1958, 1965 4/12-13 3773-001 Wilderness issues 1966, 1971-1981, undated Accession No. 3773-004: Philip H. Zalesky papers, 1968-2001 2.28 cu. ft (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, newletters, reports, clippings, ephemera, and subject files, relating to Zalesky's work with the North Cascades Conservation Council, 1981-2001, Olympic Park Associates, 1968-2002, and Snohomish County Land Trust, 1986-1999

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

 North Cascades Conservation Council 1/1 3773-004 Historical information 1990 1/2 3773-004 Organizational information 1984-2000 General correspondence 1/3 3773-004 Manning, Harvey 1990-1999 1/4 3773-004 B-L 1986-1999 1/5 3773-004 M-W 1983-1999 1/6 3773-004 Minutes 1983-1998 1/7 3773-004 Newsletters 1992-1998 1/8 3773-004 News releases 1998 1/9-11 3773-004 Reports and proposals 1983-1989 Subject series 1/12 3773-004 Military overflights 1993-1995 1/13 3773-004 North Cascades Conservation Council - council report 1990-1993 1/14 3773-004 North Cascades Conservation Council retreat 2001 1/15 3773-004 North Cascades International Park 1993 1/16 3773-004 North Cascades management 1998 1/17-18 3773-004 Pasayten 2000-2001 1/19 3773-004 Wild Cascades 1995 1/20 3773-004 Clippings from newspapers 1994-1997 1/21 3773-004 Clipping photocopies 1981-1999 1/22 3773-004 Ephemera 1987-1999 Olympic Park Associates 1/23 3773-004 Organizational records 1968-2000 General correspondence 1/24 3773-004 Dyer, Polly 1980-2000 1/25 3773-004 Morgan and McNulty 1981-2002 1/26 3773-004 Miscellaneous correspondence, A-Z 1981-2000 1/27-31 3773-004 Minutes 1968-2000 1/32 3773-004 Legislation 1988-1997 1/33 3773-004 Lists of board members and officers 1980-1994 1/34 3773-004 Newsletters 1984-2000 1/35 3773-004 News releases 1987-1991 2/1-2 3773-004 Reports 1978-1998 2/3 3773-004 Speeches and writings 1983-2000 2/4 3773-004 Clippings from periodicals 1980-1997 2/5 3773-004 Clippings photocopies 1981-2001 2/6 3773-004 Ephemera 1996 Snohomish County Land Trust 2/7 3773-004 Organizational information undated 2/8 3773-004 General correspondence about organizing trust 1989 2/9 3773-004 General correspondence 1989-1993 2/10 3773-004 Intraorganizational correspondence 1991-1993 2/11-12 3773-004 Minutes 1991-1994 2/13 3773-004 Audiocassette - county convention undated Newsletters 2/14 3773-004 Others' newsletters 1991-1999 2/15 3773-004 Notes from the Land Trust 1991-1998 2/16 3773-004 Snohomish County Land Trust 1990-1991 2/17 3773-004 News releases 1991-1992 2/18 3773-004 Publications 1979, 1988 2/19 3773-004 Reports 1991 Subject series 2/20 3773-004 Barnbaum (Bruce)/Thompson property 1991-1993 2/21 3773-004 Big Sky Land Trust rally 1993 2/22 3773-004 Conservation Futures Fund 1989-1990 2/23 3773-004 Estuary project 1990 2/24 3773-004 Executive director 1990 2/25 3773-004 Fee stewardship 1997 2/26 3773-004 Foundations 1991-1992 2/27 3773-004 Groenveld - Port Susan 1991 2/28 3773-004 Industrial insurance 1986-1990 2/29 3773-004 Insurance, Green Umbrella 1990-1991 2/30 3773-004 Knoll easement 1986-1990 2/31 3773-004 The Land Conservancy 1999 2/32 3773-004 Land trust easement information 1990-1991 2/33 3773-004 Land Trust Exchange 1989 2/34 3773-004 Land trust - options for acquisition 1989, undated 2/35 3773-004 Mission Creek 1994 2/36 3773-004 Northwest Land Trust Council 1989-1990 2/37 3773-004 Pilchuck Estates 1991-1992 2/38 3773-004 Significant areas undated 2/39 3773-004 Speech materials 1989-1990 2/40 3773-004 Standards 1989 2/41 3773-004 Tax information 1989 2/42 3773-004 Trust for Public Lands 1989 2/43 3773-004 Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition 1989 2/44 3773-004 Wildlife Department (Washington State) 1983, undated 2/45 3773-004 Clippings 1990-1991 2/46 3773-004 Ephemera undated