Richard Kaplan Papers, 1905-2006

 
Contents List
 + Part 2: Administrative Records and Other Projects
Project File
Container Title
Olson, Sigurd Ferdinand
Biographical information
Box   8
Folder   5-6
Biographical information and tributes
Northland Micro 17
Biographical clippings and scrapbooks
Northland Mss 19
Memorial services
Box   8
Folder   7
Guest books
1468A/3
Services at Northland, 1982 January 20
1468A/4
Services at St. Paul, 1982 February 9
Northland Mss 19
Backes, David
Box   8
Folder   8
Brief biography, 1983
VHA 922
“Northern Lights,” interview with Backes, 1999
Northland Mss 19
Box   8
Folder   9
Bio-bibliography, 1972
Biographical interview of Olson conducted by Ray J. Christensen, 1979
1468A/6-9
Tape recordings
Northland Mss 19
Box   8
Folder   10
Robert Olson's notes on interviews
Compilation sound recording (perhaps for Wilderness World film)
1468A/10-11
Sigurd Olson speaking on life, nature, places, and writing
1468A/12
Sigurd Olson and Sig Jr., around a campfire, also Elizabeth Olson
VHA 921
The Wilderness World of Sigurd Olson, a commercial video
Northland Mss 19
Incoming correspondence
Box   8
Folder   11-14
1927-1978
Box   9
Folder   1-2
1982, undated
Outgoing correspondence
Box   9
Folder   3-12
1917-1949
Box   10
Folder   1-13
1950-1981
Box   10
Folder   14-16
Undated, but , 1930s, 1950s
Box   11
Folder   1-2
Undated, but , 1960s
Subject files
Awards
Box   11
Folder   3-4
Regular size papers
Box   24
Folder   1
Oversize papers
Box   11
Folder   5
Bacon, Charles, 1931
Box   11
Folder   6
Border Lakes Outfitting Company Papers, 1933-1934, 1999
Box   11
Folder   7
Campbell, Sam
Box   11
Folder   8
Colston Leigh Agency, 1970
Box   11
Folder   9
Conservation quotes
Box   11
Folder   10
Dogs
Box   11
Folder   11
Douglas, William O., 1958-1959, 1981
Box   11
Folder   12
Ely, Minnesota, miscellany
Box   11
Folder   13
Ely house documents, 1976-1994
Box   11
Folder   14
Erickson, Errol, Thesis, 1969-1970
Box   17
Folder   1
Estate papers, 1970-1982
Box   11
Folder   15
Golden Trout/Kern Plateau, 1960-1977
Box   12
Folder   1
Grogan, Lady Elinor, 1945-1947
Honorary degrees
Box   12
Folder   2-4
Regular size materials
Box   24
Folder   2
University of Minnesota, oversize materials
Box   13
Folder   5
Income tax working files, 1975-1980
Box   13
Folder   6
Investments, 1956-1969
Box   13
Folder   7
Izaak Walton League
Knopf
Box   12
Folder   8
Miscellany
Box   17
Folder   2
Contracts
Box   12
Folder   9
Langen, Ann (Olson's stenographer), 1980, undated
1468A/13
Law Day, brief interview in which Olson reads from Singing Wilderness, undated
Northland Mss 19
Box   12
Folder   10
“Lonely Land,” KVAL program, 1974
Box   12
Folder   11
Magie, Bill, 1972, 1976, undated
Box   12
Folder   12
Masland, Frank, 1964-1998
Matteson, Robert E.
Box   12
Folder   13
Correspondence, 1981-1991, undated
VHA 920
The Last Canoe Trip, a documentary narrated by Matteson
Northland Mss 19
Box   12
Folder   14
Mayo Clinic, 1963
Box   12
Folder   15
Memorabilia
Box   13
Folder   1-2
Memorabilia and miscellany
Box   13
Folder   3
Memoranda books, 1946-1966, undated
Box   13
Folder   4
National Parks Association, 1967-1968, 1982
Northland College
Box   13
Folder   5
Paper file, 1918-1992
Box   24
Folder   3
Alumni award plaque
Northwoods Nights (Ely)
Box   13
Folder   6
Papers, 1972
1468A/15
Recording, 1972
1468A/5
Recording, 1982
Northland Mss 19
Notebooks
Box   13
Folder   7
Names and addresses
Box   13
Folder   8
Miscellaneous
Centennial anniversary events
Box   13
Folder   9
Paper files, 1999
1468A/14
Speech by Vance Martin, 1999
Northland Mss 19
Box   13
Folder   10
Ottertale, Al, 1928, undated
Box   13
Folder   11
Passports
Quetico-Superior region
Box   13
Folder   12
Paper file, 1951-1984
VHA 924
Wilderness Canoe Country, a film about the need for preservation
Northland Mss 19
Rodell, Marie F. (Knopf)
Box   13
Folder   13-14
1954-1955
Box   14
Folder   1-13
1956-1970
Box   15
Folder   1
Royalties
1468A/15
Sig Olson Night, Ely, 1972 July 19
Northland Mss 19
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Northland College
Box   15
Folder   2
Paper files, 1981-2001
VHA 925
20th Anniversary banquet proceedings, 1992
Northland Mss 19
Sigurd Olson Elementary School
Box   15
Folder   3
Paper files, circa 1971-1972
1468A/16
Dedication ceremony, 1971 November 29
1468A/17
Sigurd Olson Wilderness Center, discussion of proposed center on Minnesota Public Radio, 1999 December 28
Note: No Olson family member speaks.
Northland Mss 19
Box   15
Folder   4
Social Security, 1970-1975
Box   15
Folder   5
Teachers' Retirement Fund
Box   15
Folder   6
Trygg, J. William, 1952-1953
Box   15
Folder   7
Vermillion College, program for naturalists, 1977
Box   15
Folder   8
Voyageurs materials, 1955-1994, undated
Box   15
Folder   9
Voyageurs National Park, 1991-1992
Box   15
Folder   10
White Canoe Company, 1953
Box   15
Folder   11
Who's Who
Box   15
Folder   12
Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame, 1987
World War II
Box   15
Folder   13
Army educational manuals
Box   16
Folder   1
Army educational manuals (continued)
Box   16
Folder   2
Shrivenham American University history, 1946
Box   16
Folder   3
Wartime miscellany
Box   17
Folder   3
SFO orders, 1945-1946
Writings
Articles
Box   17
Folder   5-9
1921, 1928, 1930-1949
Box   18
Folder   1-7
1950-1980s, undated
Box   24
Folder   4
Sportalogue and layout for “Arrowhead” article, 1932
Northland Micro 17
Minneapolis Star Tribune series, 1941
Northland Mss 19
Box   18
Folder   8
Posthumous reprints
Box   18
Folder   9
Manuscripts for short pieces, undated
Box   18
Folder   10
Citizens National Resources Association of Wisconsin report, circa 1962
Box   23
Folder   1-8
Journals, 1930-1946, 1964
Access Restrictions: These journals are closed until 2018.
Box   19
Folder   1
Listening Point chapter drafts
Box   19
Folder   2
Miscellany
Of Time and Place
Box   19
Folder   3
Editorial correspondence, 1981
Box   19
Folder   4
Manuscript (typewritten), circa 1981
Box   19
Folder   5
Typesetter's draft, circa 1981
Box   19
Folder   6-7
Galleys
Box   20
Folder   1
“Packsack Adventures,” undated manuscript
Box   19
Folder   8
Planning an Awareness Environment, Foreword by Olson, 1974
Box   20
Folder   2
Reflections, Printers proof sections
Box   20
Folder   3
Singing Wilderness, Miscellaneous reviews
Speeches
Box   20
Folder   4
Speeches and speech miscellany
Box   22
Folder   1
Speech notes and outlines
Box   22
Folder   2
“To do,” speech notes, 1950s
Teaching materials
Box   20
Folder   5-6
Botany lectures, 1932-1934
Box   20
Folder   7-8
Genetics lectures, 1934-1936
Box   20
Folder   9-10
Zoology lectures, 1934-1938, 1945
Box   22
Folder   3
Sex education lectures, circa 1946
Box   21
Folder   1
Lectures/writings for Army I&E Division, circa 1946
Timber wolf materials