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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Aldo Leopold Charts, Ms1974-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

Aldo Leopold Charts were donated to Special Collections in June 1974.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Aldo Leopold Charts was completed prior to 2010. Additional description was completed in January 2011.

Biographical Note

Aldo Leopold was born in Burlington, Iowa, on January 11, 1887. He went to Yale for their programs in Forestry. After graduating, he worked for the Forest Services where he was in charge of killing the predatory animals negatively impacting the local area. This brought about his research in environmental ethics. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin. His works as an ecologist, forester and environmentalist were influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and the movement for wilderness conservation. His most well known work was A Sand County Almanac (1949).

Scope and Content

The Aldo Leopold Charts contain two charts on the Cumulative History of Game Cycles and Other Fluctuations in Abundance of Game in North America and Wisconsin, and a summary of the game cycle data.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged so that a carbon copy letter is at the front, followed by a summary of Game Cycle Data, with the two larger charts at the back.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Science and Technology

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Aldo Leopold Charts by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).