These materials were selected for transfer to Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections from a larger accession of papers and printed materials donated by Jeanne Crouch to the WSU Museum of Anthropology in 2014.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Leslie Wildesen (1944-2014) was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ. She earned a B.A. from Stanford University (1966), an M.A. from San Francisco State College (1970), and a Ph.D. from Washington State University (1973). She was an expert in archaeological preservation and cultural resource management. During her career as an archaeologist and environmental consultant, she held a variety of positions including Colorado State Archaeologist, U.S. Forest Service Regional Archaeologist for the Rocky Mountain region, and President of Environmental Training and Consulting International, Inc., which she co-founded with Jeanne Crouch. She authored over 250 professional papers and presentations, and was awarded a Congressional Fellowship by the American Anthropological Association.
This collection contains presentations, articles, reports, notes, and other professional papers of anthropologist and environmental consultant Leslie Wildesen, related to cultural resource management and public archaeology. A preliminary inventory of the contents is on file at the repository.