Research Guides: HIST 220: American Environmental History: Recommended Resources

Primary Sources Found Online

John Nolen State Parks Plan
Noted landscape architect John Nolen was hired to draft a plan developing a state park system in WI. His report, published by the State Park Board, provided guidelines and recommended four sites for inclusion in Wisconsin's first state park system.
Maps from the LaBaye Historical Research Archives
Here you will find digital historical maps of Wisconsin.
Photos and Images from the Wisconsin Historical Society
The WHS Archives has more than 3 million images across 6,000 collections.
Primary Source Documents from the Modern Environmental Movement
Learn more about the modern environmental movement in Wisconsin through these primary source documents.

Primary Sources From the UWGB Archives

Wisconsin Ecological Society Records
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Publication Date: 1946-1979
Records of a Green Bay, Wisconsin, group comprised of business and professional people, documenting their efforts to encourage rigorous enforcement of existing environmental protection statutes and to press for stronger legislation.

Online Digital Collections

Aldo Leopold Archives
The Leopold Collection houses the raw materials that document not only Leopold’s rise to prominence but the history of conservation and the emergence of the field of ecology from the early 1900s until his death in 1948.
Digital Public Library of America
Try a sample search for "Wisconsin Parks." DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions
DOCUMERICA Project by the Environmental Protection Agency
For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s.
Recollection Wisconsin
Recollection Wisconsin brings together digital cultural heritage resources from Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies and shares them with the world in partnership with the Digital Public Library of America.

Helpful Websites

The Aldo Leopold Foundation
The Aldo Leopold Foundation is a conservation organization that works to inspire an ethical relationship between people and nature through Leopold’s legacy.
Earth Day and Gaylord Nelson
The website expands access to the riches of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Gaylord Nelson Collection.
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Donated by the Nelson Family, the Collection contains thousands of personal and official papers for the years 1954-2006 of former Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, founder of Earth Day and Counselor of The Wilderness Society. Accessibility on the web continues a Gaylord Nelson focus of making environmental knowledge freely available to all citizens so that local and national decisions could be informed, collaborative, and effective.
The Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is a government organization created to protect human health and the environment.
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute provides leadership in citizen science, outreach, and education on regional conservation issues while fostering the next generation of environmental leaders.
The Wisconsin Conservationist Hall of Fame
The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization composed of over 35 Wisconsin conservation-related organizations. The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame Foundation was established to encourage the growth and practice of a conservation ethic as a legacy for the people of the State.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

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HIST 220: American Environmental History

Primary Sources Found Online

Primary Sources From the UWGB Archives

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