AHJ_ah05363 Inventory of the Edward A. Ackerman papers, 1934-1973 Ackerman (Edward A.) Papers Processed by Laura Uglean Jackson 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/
2010

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Laura Uglean Jackson November 2010 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Ackerman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1911-1973 Edward A. Ackerman papers 1934-1973 05363 55.23 cubic ft. (86 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Contains materials on natural resources, water resources, and environment and conservation issues that Ackerman addressed in various committee and consulting work. Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged into six series according to type of material.

 Biography of Edward A. Ackerman

Edward Augustus Ackerman (1911-1973), was a geographer and water resources authority. He earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1939 and was a professor at Harvard from 1940-1948. Ackerman served as a technical advisor on natural resources to U.S. occupational forces in Japan from 1946- 1948 and then was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1948-1955. From 1952-1954 he served as assistant general manager of the Tennessee Valley Authority and became director of water resources program of Resources for the Future from 1954-1958. Ackerman then became director of the Carnegie Institution from 1958-1973. He also served as a trustee of the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies from 1964-1969. Ackerman served on several committees and panels pertaining to natural resources, population growth, and environment and conservation issues.

Scope and Content

This collection contains materials relating to Ackerman’s work in natural resources, including his work on committees, task forces, and consulting. Much of this material consists of reports and correspondence on environment, water, and land issues throughout the U.S, Japan, Brazil, and Puerto Rico. The collection also contains Ackerman’s publications, speeches, and professional conference papers; correspondence; material from conferences and professional organizations; reports and secondary material; and miscellaneous office files containing photos, correspondence, and research.

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 no known other archival collections created by Edward Ackerman at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Mrs. Adrienne Ackerman in 1973.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Laura Uglean Jackson in November 2010.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Access Terms Tennessee Valley Authority. Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies. Development and Resources Corporation Maryland. State Planning Commission Potomac Planning Task Force Travelers Research Center Travelers Research Corporation Water resources development -- Japan. Water resources development -- United States. Natural resources Conservation of natural resources. Missouri River Everglades (Fla.) Puerto Rico United States -- Population Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Agriculture and Natural Resources Water and Water Rights Environment and Conservation Environmental Conditions Container List Series I. Committee, Task Force, and Consulting Work 1940-1973

Contains correspondence, notes, memos, reports, and speeches that Ackerman consulted for government and private committees, task forces, and institutions. Also contains materials grouped by geographic location.

82 Ad Hoc Committee on Environment 1968-1970 1 Arid Lands Committee 1962 1 Center for Environment and Man 1968-1973 1 China 1940-1943 1 Committee on Atmospheric Sciences 1964 1 The Conservation Foundation - Resources and Environment Task Force 1968 1-2, 82 Development and Resources Corporation 1964-1972 2 Environmetrics 1968-1971 2 International Aspects of Man's Effect Upon His Environment (Ad Hoc Committee) 1968-1969 2-5, 82 and 84 Japan 1946-1963 5 Materials Conservation Study 1951 5 Maryland State Planning Commission 1945-1964 5-6 Missouri River Basin 1944-1952 6-7 NAS-NRC Central Review Committee, Space Applications Summer Study (Satellite Study) 1967-1969 7 NAS-NRC Committee on Geography 1963-1966 8 NAS-NRC Committee on Ocean Engineering 1966-1969 8 NAS-NRC Committee on Space Programs for Earth Observations (Satellite Study) 1970 9 NAS Manpower Committee 1960-1962 9 National Parks Materials 1945-1964 9-10, 83 National Water Commission 1969-1973 10-11 Natural Resources Committees and Task Forces 1946-1964 11 New England Committee and other materials 1950-1953 11 Northeast Illinois Planning Commission 1962-1966 11 Outdoor Recreation Research / Resources 1950-1968 11-13, 83 Potomac Planning Task Force 1956-1969 13-18 President's Water Resources Policy Commission 1950-1955 18-19, 83 Puerto Rico 1966-1971 19-21, 83 Resources for the Future 1955-1972 21 Social Science Research Council 1952 21 Soil Erosion Commission 1950-1953 21-23 State Office of Planning, California 1962-1967 23-29 Tennessee Valley Authority 1950-1957 29-36 Traveler's Research Center 1962-1970 36 Urban Renewal 1963 36-37 U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program- Environmental Physiology Sub-Committee (USNC IBP EP) 1965-1966 37-38 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Natural Water Resources 1959-1960 38-39 York University Graduate Program 1966-1971 39-46 Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies 1962-1973 Series II. Writings by Ackerman 1934-1972

Contains speeches, articles, drafts, lectures, and conference papers written by Ackerman addressing natural resources, water resources, policy making, geography, population, and planning. Some titles include additional research and correspondence.

64 The 1937 California Freeze 1937 83 Air Pollution Lecture undated 64 Albania- A Balkan Switzerland? 1938 64 An Algerian Oasis 1936 64 American Eco-Hysteria 1971 64-66 American Resources: Their Management and Conservation 1949-1959 66 Annals of the AAG (Book Reviews) 1971 66 Application of Space Technology to Developing Countries 1970 66 Are Problems of Public Policy Problems for Geographical Science? 1952 66 Armed and Disarmed Worlds 1963 66-67 ASTP Manuscript 1934 67 Background of Korea 1950 67 Balance Maps of Eastern North America (foreword by Ackerman) 1958 67 Benefits and Problems Associated with Integrated Development of Natural Resources, with Particular Reference to New England 1953-1954 67 Bibliography, Ackerman undated 85 Bibliography- Card Format undated 67 Black Sea Paper 1972 67 The Changing World 1954 73 China undated 67 Conservation of Water in Agriculture, Industry, and Municipal Use 1967 67 Course Lectures undated 67 Criteria for Judging Relevance of Research 1970-1971 67 Depletion in New England Fisheries 1938 67 Demography as a Science 1956 67 Development of Missouri River Basin Resources 1948 67 EASCON Paper 1970 67 Economic Growth vs. Air Quality: Can Science Resolve the Paradox 1968 67 Emerging Concepts and Techniques in a Field of Geography 1952 67 Energy Resources and Consumption as Related to Population Size and Growth 1954 67 Fifteen Years of Innovation, Discovery, and Evolution at the Carnegie Institution 1971 68 The Geographic Meaning of Ecological Land Use 1946 68 Geographic Training, Wartime Research, and Immediate Professional Objectives 1945 68 Geography and Demography 1959 68 Geography as a Fundamental Research Discipline 1958 68 How to Plan and Pay for the Safe and Adequate Highways We Need 1953 68 The Impact of new Techniques on Integrated Multiple-Purpose Water Development 1960 73 India undated 68 Influences of Climate on the Cultivation of Citrus Fruits 1938 68 Is Planning Harmful for the Potomac Valley? 1956 73 Japan (Far East) undated 68 Japan: Have or Have-Not Nation? The Industrial and Commercial Prospect undated 68 Japanese Industry Looks Ahead 1956 68 Japanese Resources and United States Policy 1948 68 The Koppen Classification of Climates in North America 1941 68 Korea 1950 68 L'Organisation de L'espace: Elements de Geographie Volontaire 1967 68 Land Use in the Washington-Baltimore Region: A Mirror for Metropolitan America 1972 68 Life in Central France 1937 68 Major Trends in Water Development and Water Policies 1973 69 The Meaning of the World Population Explosion for U.S. Foreign Policy 1968 69 Memorial undated 69 Miscellaneous Speeches and Articles undated 68 Modern Comprehensive Multiple-Purpose Development 1962 69 Mountain, City, and Sea in Japan: Their Meaning for International Relations 1954 69 Muscle Shoals Speech 1952 69 National Considerations 1968 69 National Environment for Urban Planners 1958 69 The National Environment of Urban Growth and Highway Construction 1957 69 National Objectives and National Policy in Natural Resource Use 1958 69 National Resources: Progress and Poverty 1949 69 National Water Policy 1956 69 Nature of Geographical Research 1964 69 New England's Fishing Industry 1941 70 New England Talk 1953 70 Our Stake in Natural Resources 1953 70 Past and Future Impact of Dense Populations on the Natural Environment 1972 70 Planning in an Age of Information Revolution 1969 70 Policy Considerations in Planning and Development: The U.S. Experiment undated 70 Policy Decisions Faced by an Urban United States 1957 70 Population and Ecology 1972 70 Population and Natural Resources 1965 70 Population, Natural Resources, and Technology 1967 70 Problems for Resource Development Planning in Southern Illinois 1957 70 Public Policy Issues for the Professional Geographer 1962 70 Public Policy Relating to Weather Modification 1959 70 Questions for Designers of Future Water Policy 1956 70 Radio Talks undated 70 Reasons for Water Research and Development on Water Desalting 1961 70 Recommended Study of the Economic Implications of Weather Modification 1956 70 Regional Planning in the U.S. 1964 70 Regional Research - Emerging Concepts and Techniques in the Field of Geography 1953 70 The Relation of New Technology to Resource and Population Problems as Illustrated by Japan's Case 1955 71 Report on Awards May, 1962 71 Research on the Water Supply 1963 71 Resource Development through Demonstration 1958 71 Resources Development Planning in 1958 1958 71 Reviews for Periodicals 1941-1944 71 Review of Resource for Freedom 1953 71 RFF Inc. and Resource Use Education 1957 71 Role of Water Resources in Economic Development 1966 71 Sequent Occupance of a Boston Suburban Community 1941 71 The Small Watershed Movement as Viewed from a Private Foundation 1957 71 Social Meaning of Under-Developed Area Programs 1954 71 Socio-Economic Studies and Actions Strategic to the Future Development of Cuba 1958 71 Some Comments on Civil Rights 1965 71 Some Concepts of Ellen C. Semple 1961 71 Some Relationships Between Populations and the Natural Environment 1972 71 The Soul of a Corporation 1954 71 Speech Notes undated 71 Speech - USDA 1958 71 Speech - Weather Modification 1959 71 Statement 1961 71 Statement on Air Pollution Control 1968 71 States Lagging Behind 1955 71 The Suburban Community in Metropolitan Area Planning 1957 71 Technology in American Water Development 1959 71 Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.), Miscellaneous 1955 72 Toward a National Land Use Information System 1973 72 Toward a Permanent Farm Policy 1961 72 Unidentified undated 72 The United States: Economic Aspects of Domestic Governmental Affairs in The Changing World 1956 72 The United States, Japan, and Under-Developed Areas 1953 72 University of Indiana Talk 1957 72 Water Balance Maps of Eastern North America 1958 72 Water Conservation Draft 1966 72 Water Development in the Light of Modern Science and Technology with Examples from the United States 1961 72 Water, Drought, and the Land 1957 72 Water Research Needs 1962 72 Water Resource Planning and Development in Agriculture 1959-1960 72 Water Resources in the United States 1957 72 Water Resources Material, Miscellaneous undated 72 Weather Modification Symposium Lecture 1965 72 Where is a Research Frontier 1963 73 Who Should Manage our Water Resources 1951 73 The Wine Valley of North Portugal 1937 73 World Population and World Resources 1967 Series III. Correspondence 1934-1973

For an item-level inventory of correspondence, please see the reference department.

 47 September 6, 1934 - December 31, 1949 48 January 3, 1950 - March 31, 1953 49 April 1, 1953 - May 28, 1954 50 June 1, 1954 - May 1959 51 January, 1958 - December, 1960 52 January, 1961 - December, 1961 53 January 1, 1962 - September, 1962 54 October, 1962 - April 29, 1963 55 May 2, 1963 - October 31, 1963 56 November 1, 1963 - July, 1964 57 August, 1964 - May, 1965 58 June, 1965 - March 18, 1966 59 April 5, 1966 - March 31, 1967 60 April 3, 1967 - May, 1968 61 June, 1968 - July, 1969 62 August, 1969 - July, 1970 63 August, 1970 - March, 1973 64 Undated Series IV. Professional Organizations and Conferences 1949-1973

Contains conference materials, agendas, newsletters and correspondence from professional organizations, symposiums, and workshops.

 83 Academy for Contemporary Problems 1971 83 A.I.D. Remote Sensing Symposium 1970 83 American Association for the Advancement of Science 1958-1972 83 American Association of Geographers 1968-1973 76 American Geographical Society 1962-1972 83 American Geological Institute 1971-1972 76, 83 American Institute of Architects 1970 76 American Institute of Planners 1967 77 American Meteorological Society 1966 77 Association of American Geographers 1949-1969 77 Boulder Conference 1972 83 Central American Workshop on Development and the Environment 1971 77 Compagne Nationale du Rhone 1955 77 Conservation Foundation 1966-1969 77 International Conference on Regional Planning 1955 78 International Geographical Congress 1964 78 League for International Food Education 1970 78 NAS-NRC Committee on Water 1967 78 National Conference on Government 1954-1961 78 National Research Council Division of Earth Sciences Committee on Resources and Man 1967 78 National Social Science Foundation 1967 78 Newcomen Society Material 1962 78 Pacific Science Congress 1966 78 Planning Foundation of America 1965-1969 78 Polish Academy of Sciences 1964 78 Population Conference 1967 83 Regional Science Association 1959-1966 78 Society for International Development 1959 78 Speeches at Conferences by others undated 78 Technical Advisory Committee 1962-1963 83 U.N. Conference on Gaps in Knowledge of Interrelations of Population and Economic Factors 1953 78 U.N. Graduate Study Program 1972 78 U.N. Population Conference 1965 78 U.N. Science and Technology Conference 1963 78-79 Water for Peace 1967 79 Water for Texas Conference 1965 79 Water Resources Research Conference 1967 79 Weather Modification 1965 79 World Population Conference 1954 and 1965 Series V. Subject Files 1944-1973

This series contains office files that include correspondence, printed material, notes, and miscellany. It also contains biographical information on Ackerman, photographs and slides for conference papers.

 80 1 American Resources Association 1959-1960 80 2 Ants undated 80 3 Appalachian Studies Corps of Engineers 1965-1967 80 4 Bibliography- Cards undated 80 5-14 Biographical Information undated 80 15 Bishop, Dr. Amasa S. - Correspondence 1971-1973 80 16-17 Board of Visitors, School of Architecture and Urban Planning- Univ. of California (Dean Harvey S. Perloff) 1961-1973 80 18 Brookings Institution 1963-1966 80 19 Chicago, University of 1951-1955 80 20 Civil Defense- National Emergency 1961 80 21 Clippings 1959 80 22 Connecticut, University of - Environment 1970-1971 80 23 Consortium of Universities 1970 80 24 D- Unidentified 1960 80 25 Delaware River Basin Compact Board 1970-1971 80 26 Delaware, University of (Archie Hart) 1966 80 27 Department of the Interior 1969-1970 80 28 Economic Commission for Europe Water Committee (Dr. Fagen) 1969 80 29 Eisenhower Fellowships Material undated 80 30 Environmental Clearinghouse, Inc. (Frank M. Potter, Jr.) 1968-1969 80 31 Expense Statements 1967-1970 80 32 Extractive Industries Map 1944-1946 80 33-36 GAP: Geographic Applications Program (Alexander, et. al) 1968-1973 81 1-2 GAP: Geographic Applications Program (Alexander, et. al) 1968-1972 81 3 Geography Personnel undated 81 4-5 Geological Survey 1968-1971 81 6- GEOMET, Inc. (George Milly) 1969-1973 81 8 George Washington University 1964 81 9 Great Lakes 1959-1962 81 10 Guatemala - ICAITI 1973 81 11-12 Guatemala- NAS 1969-1973 81 13-15 Haskins,Dr. Caryl 1961-1973 82 1 Hells Canyon undated 82 2 High School Geography Project 1962-1970 82 3 Industrial College 1945 82 4 Lease undated 82 5-6 Lists undated 82 7 Maps undated 82 8 Maryland 1965-1966 82 9 McCullough, Max 1954 82 10 McGraw Hill Book Company 1970 82 11 Morgan, Henry S 1959-1962 82 12-17 Notes undated 82 18 National Academy of Sciences 1963-1972 82 19 National Science Board Committee 1969 82 20-21 National Science Foundation 1967-1972 82 22 National Science Foundation Land-Use Steering Committee 1971 82 23 Personnel 1958-1963 82 24-26 Peter Lee Development Corporation, Durham, England 1969 82 27 Pacific Relations, Institute of 1952-1953 82 28-29 Photographs undated 82 30 Posters undated 82 31 Proposal for a Research Study 1952 82 32 Reclamation Maps undated 82 33 Releases 1960-1963 82 34 Revision of Applications, Etc. undated 85-86 Slides 1964-1972 and undated 82 35 Smith, Denys, Biographical Details undated 82 36 Smithsonian Ceramic Tech. Laboratory 1963-1964 82 37 Stanford University (Virello) 1965 82 38 Think 1957 82 39-40 Travel 1944-1968 82 41 U.N. Institute for Social Development, Antoni Kuklinski 1968-1972 82 42 Unidentified circa 1960 82 43 Wadsworth Publishing Company (Dr. Alex Kugushev) 1969 82 44 Yale, Dept. of Geo (James - Pelzer) 1965-1966 82 45 Yale University Press 1971 Series VI. Printed Materials 1936-1972

Arranged by title. Contains articles, reports, speeches, and other writings by people other than Ackerman.

 73, 84 A-D 1941-1954 74 D-M 1940-1970 75, 79 N-S 1949-1972 76, 83 S-W 1936-1970