AHJ_ah05003 Inventory of the Samuel H. Ordway papers, 1913-1972 Ordway (Samuel H.) Papers Processed by Kathryn Brooks The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. 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/
2012

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Brooks February 2012 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Ordway, Samuel H. (Samuel Hanson), 1900-1971 Samuel H. Ordway papers 1913-1972 05003 14.43 cubic ft. (33 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The papers of Samuel H. Ordway contain materials relating to his career as a lawyer, conservationist, and civil service reform advocate. Biography of Samuel H. Ordway

Samuel Hanson Ordway, Jr. (1900-1971) was a lawyer, author, and conservationist. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1924 and practiced law in New York City from 1925-1958 and was also a civil service reform advocate in New York City and in the federal government. Ordway was a founder and board member of the Conservation Foundation and wrote several books on conservation, including The Intellect is a Brute (1929), A Conservation Handbook (1949), Resources and the American Dream (1953), and Prosperity Beyond Tomorrow (1956).

 Scope and Content

Collection contains materials relating to Ordway's role in civil service reform and conservation work including correspondence regarding the Civil Service Reform Association of New York City, the United States Civil Service Commission, and the Conservation Foundation (1939-1971); speeches on civil service; miscellaneous materials relating to the Conservation Foundation (1948-1968); newspaper clippings; photographs of Ordway; the manuscript for The Intellect is a Brute; subject files on conservation, the Conservation Foundation and civil service reform (1913-1968); and 4 scrapbooks.

 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 several other related archival collections affiliated with Samuel H. Ordway, Jr. including the American Nature Study Society records at Cornell University; the Civil Service Reform Association records also at Cornell University; and the Letters, 1964-1967, to Lewis Mumford at the University of Pennsylvania.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Samuel and Anna (wife) Ordway from 1969-1973.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in February 2012.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Access Terms Conservation Foundation. Civil Service Reform Association (New York, N.Y.) United States Civil Service Commission. Civil service reform -- United States. Conservation of natural resources -- United States. Photographs. Scrapbooks. Politics, Government, and Law Civic Activism Environment and Conservation Environmental Activism Container List Series I. Manuscripts & publications 24 A Bishop is Going for a Ride undated 24 A Child's Book of Life and God 1933 28 A Conservation Handbook (hardback, 5) 1949 28 A Conservation Handbook (paperback, 6) 1950 18 A Short Book of Verse 1917 March 21 Advanced Personnel Seminar (taught by Ordway at NYU) 1946-1947 24 Amaryllis - A Comedy in Three Acts undated 28 An Elegant History of New York Society 1926 24 An Elegant History of Political Parties undated 28 An Elegant History of Political Parties 1928 24 Beyond Illusion 1930 24 Departure undated 24 Ear Muffs or The Story of Little Sun Burnian undated 26 From the Shores of a Rowboat undated 24 Heart High 1925-1926 26 Introduction to Land Ethics undated 26 Irrelevant Sniping at the Back Door - A Case Study of Professor Litchfield's Cerebration 1941 26 Kris Kringle's Revolution 1940 3 List of books by Samuel Ordway undated 1 Little Codfish Cabot at Harvard (2) 1924 25 Love and Science for Environmental Quality 1970 4 Manuscripts 1928, 1969-1971 28 Memoranda of Agreement & related 1924-1929 19 Navy's Industrial Relations in War Time 1946-1947 26 Of Man in the New World undated 1 Ordway writings 1945-1964 26 Part V: Retorts and Stars undated 18 Prologue to a Plea for the Living Earth, by Ann and Sam Ordway 1950 29 Prosperity Beyond Tomorrow 1955 10 Publications 1956-1961 29 Resources and the American Dream 1953 24 The American Weigh 1936 9 The Land is Life: Quest for a Land Ethic from Myth to Technology undated 25 The Navy's Industrial Relations in Wartime 1946 26 The Reed Committee Report 1941 March 20 26 U.S. Navy - History of Civilian Personnel World War II undated 26 Unidentified and mis. poetry circa 1922-1926 26 What Woodrow Wilson Meant to Me undated 26 What, Why and Whither New York? undated 23 Zahowers(?) Club circa 1932 Series II. Conservation Foundation 29 A Conversation on Population, Environment, and Human Well-Being 1969 May 20 Adirondack Association 1951-1959 7 Alaska Program Analysis 1952 February 1 20 Alaska 1951-1952 20 Alaska, Cooley 1958-1968 20 Allagash material 1963-1964 31 Annual report 1970 18 Annual reports 1949-1964 20 C.C.C. Conservation Camps 1952-1959 20 Citizens Union & Bancroft 1951-1959 5 Congressional publication: Selected Readings on Economic Growth in Relation to Population Increase, Natural Resources Availability, Environmental Quality Control, and Energy Needs (feat. Ordway) 1971 September 14 "Conservation Ethic," 1965-1970 13 Conservation Foundation - The Beginning 1947-1948 13 Conservation Foundation Advisory Council 1952-1962 2 Conservation Foundation publications 1947-1969 3 Conservation speeches & articles 1948-1965 30 Conservation-related publications 1948-1971 14 Correspondence & notes 1948-1953 14 Environmental Development 1954-1963 7 Exuma Cays - Bahamas - 1958 1957-1960 21 Forestry report 1952 5 Frank Fraser Darling 1964 7 Meetings & addresses 1951-1961 21 Memoranda & drafts 1946-1947 20 Misc. 1961-1967 5 Miscellaneous notes & correspondence - Conservation Foundation 1953-1959 21 Miscellaneous 1960 32 Mounted photos (7.5" x 9.5") of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies undated 10 National Key Deer Refuge 1950-1961 10 Natural Resources Council of America 1950-1955 28 Natural resources notes & writings 1953-1964 10 Pesticide-Researchers 1958-1961 10 Pesticides 1957-1960 27 Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies dedication 1963 27 Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies 1962-1968 27 Pinchot Institute/Conservation Foundation 1963-1964 23 Prosperity Beyond Tomorrow 1949-1958 14 Publications & speeches 1957-1964 7 Report on the Allagash to the Natural Resources Council of Maine 1961 December 2 Resolution Board of Trustees of The Conservation Foundation, Inc. 1965 November 9 29 Resource Training for Business, Industry, Government 1958 14 Retirement letters 1965 23 Roger Hale 1954-1963 23 Sidney Howe 1969-1970 10 Solar stove 1952-1953 7 The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks 1960-1970 5 U.S. Congress Hearing document feat. Ordway representing the Conservation Foundation 1958 June 14 U.S.D.I. Secretary's Advisory Board 1953-1954 29 When President Kennedy Visited Pike County 1964 Series III. Civil Service Reform 18 Approaches to the Measurement and Reward of Effective Work of Individual Government Employees by Ordway and John C. Laffan (3) 1935 October 17 Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report 1949-1952 28 Civil Service misc. 1937-1946 2 Civil Service publications 1927-1970 17 Civil Service Reform Association 1962-1971 3 Civil Service speeches 1934-1955 16 Civil Service work 1937-1959, undated 17 Committee on Administrative Personnel 1945-1947 23 Conference on University Education and the Public Service - Princeton University 1946 15 Council of Personnel Administration - minutes 1940-1941 7 Discussion of Problems of Recruitment and Examination in the Federal Service and Proposal for a New Examining Program… 1939 February 17 Federal Civil Service Commission 1938-1939 20 First draft of report on interviews 1939 29 History of the Federal Civil Service 1789-1939 1939 17 Material for book 1945-1946 17 National Civil Service League 1952-1971 13 Navy - Civil Service 1946 13 Navy - Ordway survey 1943-1944 13 Navy - re: History 1945-1947 13 Navy consultations with the Defense Department 1945-1957 13 Navy historical data on civilian personnel circa 1943-1945 13 Navy Work Improvement Program 1945-1946 21 New York Civil Service 1935-1939 18 Oral Tests in Public Personnel Selection 1943 17 Outline for book undated 27 Photos - National Conference on Public Administration 1964 June 1 18 Problems and Progress of 1934 50th and 51st Annual Reports to the Mayor of the City of New York and the State Civil Service Department 1934 17 Special Board - correspondence 1939-1947 28 The Story of the Merit System in the Civil Service undated Series IV. Correspondence 7 City Boys' Club 1948 20 Congratulations 1962 3 Correspondence 1945-1970 22 Correspondence 1941-1945 7 Fine Arts Federation of New York 1952-1958 11 Harvard Advocate - Agency account 1949-1959 11 Harvard Advocate - finances, leases, etc. 1956-1967 11 Harvard Advocate - loans 1956-1961 11 Harvard Advocate correspondence 1932-1946 11 Harvard Advocate from 1950 1950-1969 12 Harvard Advocate 1956-1971 12 Harvard School of Administration 1947-1957 21 Harvard 1948-1950 33 Letters 1940-1958 22 Letters 1913-1939 20 Ordway to FDR 1938-1939 23 Pomfret School 1969 23 Replies to Reiner 1953-1963 23 Resources and the American Dream 1942-1954 21 The Human Enterprise Process 1951-1961 Series V. Printed materials 2 Announcements undated 29 Catalogue of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 undated 3 Harvard publications 1921-1972 21 Land Ethic 1960-1967 31 Memorandum on the Turkey Mountain Property, Yorktown, New York 1967 May 10 7 National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel 1942 June 6 Pamphlets (some by Ordway) 1914-1965, undated 8 Periodicals (written by or featuring Ordway) 1935-1967 5 Pomfret publications 1914, 1969-1970 18 Reminiscences of a Lawyer, with a foreword by Samuel H. Ordway 1927 1 Reprints 1960-1971 29 Restoring the Quality of Our Environment - Report of the Environmental Pollution Panel, President's Science Advisory Committee 1965 November 31 The Explorers Club Explorers Journal 1970 March 4 The Pontefract newspapers 1915-1917 Series VI. Personal 2 Certificates 1963 27 College scrapbook 1918-1922 32 Harvard Class Album 1921 31 Harvard College Class of 1921 10th Anniversary Report 1931 31 Harvard College Class of 1921 25th Anniversary Report 1946 31 Harvard College Class of 1921 30th Anniversary Report 1951 31 Harvard College Class of 1921 45th Anniversary Report 1966 31 Harvard College Class of 1921 50th Anniversary Report 1971 31 Harvard College Class of 1921 First Report 1922 31 Harvard College Class of 1921 Secretary's Second Report 1924 May 31 Harvard College Class of 1921 Secretary's Sixth Report 1936 28 Harvard diplomas 1921, 1924 21 Misc. - S.H.O. 1958-1969 4 Notebooks 1927-1943, undated 28 Notes on Pacific Northwest trip 1947 4 Obituary material 1971 11 Photographs undated 27 Scrapbook - clippings circa 1926-1946 32 Scrapbook - clippings 1953-1957 1 Scrapbook (photocopied) circa 1935-1954 10 Scrapbook 1935-1954 29 The Harvard Freshman Red Book 1921-1924