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Robert G. Lee papers, 1967-2017

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lee, Robert G.
Title
Robert G. Lee papers
Dates
1967-2017 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.28 cubic feet (1 box, including 1 videocassette (VHS) and 1 flash drive)
Collection Number
6486 (Accession No. 6486-001)
Summary
Papers of a researcher and professor at the University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access for paper-based materials.

Analog and digital media is closed until evaluated.

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Languages
English, German
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Biographical Note

Robert G. Lee, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, was born in 1941 in Deer Park, California. After several years of working as an inventory specialist for Rockport Redwood Company, Lee entered the Yale School of Forestry in 1967. After receiving his Master's degree from Yale, Lee began his doctoral studies at UC Berkeley while also holding an appointment as a Research Sociologist for the U.S. National Park Service. Lee would continue to the University of Washington in 1978, where he was a Professor of Forest Resources (Sociology of Natural Resources) until 2007.

Lee's research was animated by a commitment to help "humanize" forestry. He blended studies in philosophy, ecology, sociology, and human behavior to address questions of natural resource management and its effect on communities. At the University of Washington, Lee researched, among other topics, how rural forest-based communities depend on the use and management of forest lands, and how ecological processes are institutionalized to meet human objectives. (Source: Donor Provided Biography)

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Content Description

Biographical materials, CVs, correspondence, paper drafts and proofs, published writings, research reports, conference programs, and talks. Papers include writings that are unavailable elsewhere. All papers are by Lee unless otherwise noted. Also includes a VHS copy of a film and accompanying German-language transcript that relate to Lee's research on the role of nature in Nazi propaganda.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 11 series.

  • Series 1, Personal Records
  • Series 2, Social-Cultural Impacts of Spotted Owl Conservation
  • Series 3, International Forestry Contributions
  • Series 4, Forests and Trees as Sacred Objects
  • Series 5, Institutionalization of Landscapes
  • Series 6, Public Participation
  • Series 7, Wildfire Management
  • Series 8, Socioeconomic Base for Rural Communities
  • Series 9, Sociology of Natural Resources
  • Series 10, Sigma Xi National Lectures
  • Series 11, Outdoor Recreation

Acquisition Information

Donated by Robert Lee, 2024-01-17

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Series 1: Personal Records

  • Series 2: Social-Cultural Impacts of Spotted Owl Conservation

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: social cultural implications of conservation strategy; risk assessment; evaluation of Option 9; moral exclusion; and critique of FEMAT social assessment.

  • Series 3: International Forestry Contributions

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: Japan-U.S. comparisons; Japanese mountain villages; British Columbia community impacts; labor dynamics in British Columbia; sociology talks at international meetings; wildlife conservation; "Man and the Biosphere" program-UNESCO.

  • Series 4: Forests and Trees as Sacred Objects

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: commoditization to singularity in Pacific Northwest forests; tree of life; forest as Volk: Ewiger Wald (eternal forest) and the religion of nature in the Third Reich (published work with U.S. formatted VHS 1936 Nazi propaganda film, together with German written transcription of voice enclosed with papers).

  • Series 5: Institutionalization of Landscapes

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: energy accounting in managed landscapes (a study brutally rejected by forest economists and never implemented); Dungeness 50-year case study; role of professional societies in institutionalization.

  • Series 6: Public Participation

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: Alaska wildlands social science agenda; Tongass N.F. public participation; theoretical background for public participation; social science Alaska.

    • Description: Alaska Wildlands Social Science Agenda
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box/Folder 1/35
      Location: Series 6: Public Participation
    • Description: "An Administrative Study of the Public Participation on the Tongass National Forest" - Final Report
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/36
      Location: Series 6: Public Participation
    • Description: "Alternative Models for Natural Resource Conservation Development in Southeast Alaska"
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/37
      Location: Series 6: Public Participation
    • Description: Theoretical Background for Public Participation
      Dates: approximately 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/38
      Location: Series 6: Public Participation

  • Series 7: Wildfire Management

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: cultural values affecting historical fire prevention and suppression (e.g. fire demons); fire on the forest/urban interface; institutional structure and change of fire management; state/county precautionary adjustment to interface fire hazards; international wildfire; Yellowstone fires review final report.

    • Description: Forest Health and Fire Danger in Inland Western Forests - Conference Proceedings
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box/Folder 1/39
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management
    • Description: "Organizational Adaptation and Wildfire Control"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 1/40
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management
    • Description: Institutional Structure and Change of Fire Management Studies
      Dates: approximately 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 1/41
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management
    • Description: May 5, 1989 Final Report on Fire Management Policy, Yellowstone
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box/Folder 1/42
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management
    • Description: "Can Reason Suppress the Fire Demon?"
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box/Folder 1/43
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management
    • Description: "Predicting Precautionary Adjustments to Fire Hazards on the Residential/Wildland Interface"
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 1/44
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management
    • Description: "Ecological Sustainability Through Chaos: The Case of Wildfire Management"
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box/Folder 1/45
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management
    • Description: "Residential-Wildfire Hazard Mitigation"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/46
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management
    • Description: "Residential Wildland Interface Fire Hazards and Protection Responsibilities in Three Fire-Prone Counties"
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 1/47
      Location: Series 7: Wildfire Management

  • Series 8: Socioeconomic Base for Rural Communities

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: small wood-producers in spotted owl region; socioeconomic impact of DNR harvest levels.

  • Series 9: Sociology of Natural Resources

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: social construction of environment; Kaufman "Paradox of Excellence;" local community myth and organization; non-commodity values; sociological decision making model-beyond individual rationality.

  • Series 10: Sigma Xi National Lectures

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: sustained yield history; myths of Mount St. Helen eruption; conservation as creation of future; ecology and ethics of wood-producing communities.

  • Series 11: Outdoor Recreation

    Includes materials related to the following research topics: landscape visual quality; sociology of leisure; observational methods; social group as unit of analysis; Yosemite visitor use; recreation carrying capacity.

    • Description: "Social Definition of Public Outdoor Recreational Places: Subcultural Variation in Meaning and Use"
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box/Folder 1/59
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: Landscape Visual Quality Studies
      Dates: 1975-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 1/60
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Visitor Use Studies in National Parks -- with Special Emphasis on Yosemite"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/61
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Conduct as Culture in Outdoor Recreation: Competing Formulas"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 1/62
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Research on the Human Sensitivity Level Portion U.S. Forest Service Visual Management System Final Report"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 1/63
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Toward a Biobehavioral Theory of Leisure and Recreation"
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box/Folder 1/64
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Say 'Hello' and You're an Extravert: A Commentary on Lee's Investigation of the Privacy-In-Wilderness Issue," Doyle Bishop
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/65
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Suggestions Concerning Need for and Content of Wilderness Regulations"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 1/66
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Observations in Public Settings"
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box/Folder 1/67
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Some Theoretical Underpinnings for Assessing Recreation Carrying Capacity"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 1/68
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Call for an Empirical Assessment of Leisure Behavior: Reply to Lucas and Stankey"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/69
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Social Groups as Behavioral Entities on Public Beaches"
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box/Folder 1/70
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation
    • Description: "Density as a Spurious Case of Crowding in Outdoor Recreation"
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 1/71
      Location: Series 11: Outdoor Recreation

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Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

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