Summary Information

Title: Orie Loucks papers
Inclusive Dates: 1954-2007

Creators:

• Loucks, Orie

• Loucks, Eric

Unique Identifier: uac14

Quantity: Collection includes: slides; maps; overhead projector transparencies; color photographs; VAX 11/780 backup tape; plant leaves; floppy disks, compact discs, and reel-to-reel audio tapes.

• 102.13 cubic feet
• 76 record cartons, 10 letter document boxes, 4 half-letter document boxes, 1 other small flat box

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management

Abstract:

Papers of Dr. Orie Loucks (1931-2016), a noted ecologist and environmentalist, which date from 1954-2007. The collection documents Dr. Loucks's work and research throughout his career, and contains records which cover topics including his graduate studies and work with the Canada Forestry Department, his work as a professor of botany and environmental science at UW-Madison and Miami University in Ohio, his role as director of the Holcomb Research Institute at Butler University, and his research with governmental departments such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Natural Resources. Of particular note are paper materials relating to Dr. Loucks's testimony in the successful 1968-1969 trial against DDT in Wisconsin and his work on the Lake Wingra Study and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

Language: English .

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-uac14

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