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Guide to the Roscoe A. Poland Environmental Collection
MS-0192
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Collection Title: Roscoe A. Poland Environmental Collection
Dates: 1957-1986
Identification: MS-0192
Creator:
Poland, Roscoe A.
Physical Description: 3.75 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Roscoe A. Poland has been active in wilderness conservation since the mid-1950s. His personal efforts began with writing letters
to public officials and grew with the publication of
The Conservation Call in the Spring of 1969, which still appears regularly.
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Personal Papers
Publications
Poland, Roscoe A. -- Archives
United States. Wilderness Act
Environmental impact statements -- California
Environmental impact statements -- United States
Wilderness areas -- Environmental aspects -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Wilderness areas -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Wilderness areas -- Law and legislation -- United States
1996
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
This collection is open for research.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Roscoe A. Poland Environmental Collection, Special Collections and University
Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
The collection is organized as follows: materials dealing with California locales are in box 1; boxes 2 and 3 contain materials
on other localities and are arranged alphabetically by state.
The collection documents local agriculture, business, construction, economic conditions, the environment, land, parks, recreation,
and tourism. It consists of correspondence, publications, maps and other data relating to a series of public hearings held
pursuant to the Wilderness Act (PL88-577) of 1964 regarding the disposition of environmentally sensitive localities.