UUS_mss081.xml Guide to the American Society of Range Management, Utah Section : records1949-1985 American Society of Range Management, Utah Section : records1949-1985 Finding aid created by the Special Collections Department at Utah State University Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_COLL MSS 081 American Society of Range Management. Utah Section American Society of Range Management, Utah Section : records 1949-1985 26 linear ft. ( 13 boxes ) Records of the ASRM Utah Section, the Brigham Young University Chapter, and the Utah State University Chapter. Includes membership lists, minutes, activities, newsletters from other sections, and financial material. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

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The provenance of the first 12 boxes is unknown; however the first four folders of the Addendum files of box 13 were donated by Art Smith in 1988. The last five folders were donated by Mike Ralphs in 2010.

American Society of Range Management, Utah Section : records, 1949-1985. (COLL MSS 081) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

 Historical Note

The Utah Section of the American Society of Range Management (ASRM) was originated at a meeting of ASRM members in Salt Lake City May 7, 1949. A petition was sent to the national office, signed by all in attendance, requesting a section be organized in Utah. On the 20th of June the same year, notification of approval was received by the elected chairman, Harold J. Burback, and the Utah Section of the American Society of Range Management was born.

In 1957 a student chapter was instituted at Utah State University. Records are unsure of the date of activation, but April of 1957 is the accepted date. The second student chapter was organized at BYU in 1964-65 with Jordan Pederson as the first president.

Since the beginning, tours of rangeland have been a part of the section activities. Almost all of Utah has been covered n the past years, with parts of other states. Also, a scholarship was established in the late 50's, and later other awards for excellence in the field of management came into being.

From the original 22 members of the organization, the enrollment rose and peaked in 1975 with 273 members.

The section is still (of date) alive and active in Utah.

Records of the ASRM Utah Section, the Brigham Young University Chapter, and the Utah State University Chapter. Includes membership lists, minutes, activities, newsletters from other sections, and financial material.

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Container List 1 1 Utah Section Constitution & By-laws undated 1 2 Utah Section Constitution Amendment 1977 1 3-7 Utah Section Constitution & By-laws Corr. 1949-1968 1 8 National By-laws & Charts - Public Relations Handbook undated 1 9 National By-laws & Charts - Leadership guide undated 1 10 National By-laws & Charts - Correspondence 1965 1 11 National By-laws & Charts - Correspondence 1966-1967 1 12 National By-laws & Charts - As amended to 1965 1 13 U.S.U Student Chapter By-laws undated 1 14 State of Utah Chapters undated 1 15 Petitions about organizing new Chapters in Utah undated 1 16-23 Utah Section Membership lists 1948-1966 2 1-9 Utah Section Membership lists 1967-1976 2 10 Utah Section Membership lists - Southern Utah Chapter undated 2 11 Utah Section Officers and Committees 1949-1968 3 1-8 Utah Section - Meeting Minutes 1949-1981 3 9-22 Utah Section - Activities 1949-1966 3 23-24 Utah Section - Annual meeting 1966 4 1-21 Utah Section - Activities 1967-1972 5 1-6 Utah Section - Activities 1973-1979 5 7-8 Utah Section - Awards 1955-1979 5 10 Utah Section - Youth Programs 1956-1975 5 13-14 Utah Section - Misc undated 5 15 Utah Section - Awards Committee 1964-1967 5 17 Utah Section - Misc. Meetings undated 5 18 Utah Section - Requests for information undated 5 19 Utah Section - Membership memos and data undated 5 20-21 Range Society programs 1967 6 1-17 Newsletters and Miscellaneous Material from American Society of Range Management Sections Arranged by state, Arizona - South Dakota undated 7 1-2 Southern Section undated 7 3-5 Texas undated 7 6-7 Wyoming Wyoming Range Management undated 8 1 Minutes of National Meetings - includes Board Meetings undated 8 5-7 Wildlife Section undated 8 8-9 Letters From Committees undated 8 10-12 National Constitution and By-laws undated 8 13 Committee Job Descriptions undated 8 14-17 Miscellaneous Papers - National Committees includes advisory Council & Board of Directors minutes undated 8 18-19 National Membership undated 9 1 Receipt books 1953-1954 9 2-16 Finance, Collection and Distribution 1949-1971 9 17-20 Calendar Year 1950-1959 10 1-22 Calendar Year Files 1960-1967 11 1-3 Calendar Year Files 1968-1969 11 3 Calendar Year Files 1969 11 4-9 Utah Section Newsletters Correspondence and Miscellaneous Data - None of which relates directly to the Utah Section undated 11 10-11 Miscellaneous Correspondence undated 11 12-9 Miscellaneous Correspondence & Reports undated 11 20-21 Range Reprint list undated 12 1 Listing of items given to Special Collections as an addendum to Coll MS 81 undated 12 2 President's Summary Report 1985 November 25 Officers and Committee Chairmen, Utah Section SRM 1985 1985 Council/Committee Assignments-Utah Section 1985 1985 Charge to Committees from Council, Approved 1984 Decemeber 5 12 3 Annual Meeting Report, Moab Convention Center 1985 November 21-22 1985 Awards Committee Report, Ronald S. Wilson, chairman 1985 1985 Historical Annual Report, Utah Section, SRM, B. Austin Haws 1985 I & E Committee Notes, Utah Section 1985 November 12 Membership Committee Annual Report 1985 November 21 Planning: Obtainable Goals and Objectives, Utah Section SRM 1985 12 4 Scholarship, Stoddart Scholarship Committee annual report, James E. Bowns, Chairman 1985 1985 Summer Tour Committee 1985 November 21 1985 Youth Committee, Brock Benson, Chairman 1985 Development of Range Science at B.Y.U. undated Charter for student chapter of the American Society of Range Management at B.Y.U. 1967 November 15 B.Y.U. Chapter of the Utah Section, SRM- Charter Members undated 12 5 Constitution of BYU Chapter (Previous to 1977) American Society of Range Management undated Constitution of the Society of Range Management Chapter at B.Y.U. 1977 Constitution and Bylaws for the Student Conclave of Society for Range Management 1981 February 10 B.Y.U. Chapter Leadership undated Mews Article "B.Y.U Hosts Range Society" 1972 December Utah Section Newsletter, Calender of events, etc. 1982 November Utah Section Newsletter 1981 December 12 6 SRM Conclave Newsletter, Vol. 3:3 1983 SRM Student Conclave Newsletter, Vol. 5:1 1985 Spring Range Club Activities and Officers 1975-1976 Range Club Tentative Schedule [?] September - April Fifth Annual Banquet of B.Y.U. Student Chapter, American Society of Range Management 1969 April 24 BYU Range Club- Range Science at BYU. undated 12 7 Announcements of Lectures, Seminars, Meetings, Socials and Activities undated 12 8 Officers for 1976- Utah Section, Northern Utah Chapter, Southern Utah Chapter, B.Y.U Chapter, U.S.U. Chapter undated Range Management Student information List Spring, 1968 Range Science Student information List 1974 Fall Brigham Young University Student information - Range Science 1975 Fall B.Y.U Student information List - Range Science 1976 Fall B.Y.U. Student information List - Range Science 1980 Fall B.Y.U. Student information- introduction to Range Science (Range 191) 1982 Fall 12 9 B.Y.U Student information- Range Science - 1983 Winter B.Y.U. Student information List - Range Science. 1984 Winter B.Y.U. information List - Range Science 1984 Summer B.Y.U. information List - Range Science. 1985 Fall Range Club Meeting Attendance- 1980 October 15 Range Club 1982 The Society for Range Management Chapter at BYU-List of Membership. undated BYU Range Club, Membership List 1984 September 17 Range Club Meeting undated Range Science Meeting ( Forest Mgr. Class) undated Range Science Paid Members undated 13 1 Addendum Donated by Art Smith - 1960-1969 13 2 Addendum Donated by Art Smith - 1970-1979 13 3 Addendum Donated by Art Smith - 1980-1989 13 4 Addendum Donated by Art Smith - Report entitled "Browns Park, summary of past and current uses, management programs and resource studies" undated 13 5 Addendum Donated by Mike Ralphs - Bylaws of the Utah Section Society for Range Management (updated 2003) 2000-2009 13 6 Addendum Donated by Mike Ralphs - History of Utah Section Society for Range Management, 1979-2010 2010 13 7 Addendum Donated by Mike Ralphs - Beginnings of Range Management: Albert F. Potter, First Cheif of Grazing, U.S. Forest Service, and a Photographic Comparison of his 1902 Forest Service Survey in Utah with Conditions 100 Years Later 2005 13 8 Addendum Donated by Mike Ralphs - Beginnings of Range Management: An Anthology of the Sampson-Ellison Photo Plots (1913 to 2003) and a Short History of the Great Basin Experiment Station 2005 13 9 Conservation Week (later Natural Resources Week) 1958-1995