The Personal/Biographical series contains general background material on Tanton and the various organizations in which he has been active. Included are an oral history transcript, newspaper articles, brochures, and Tanton's vita.
Box 1
Biographical/memoir file
(4 folders)
Box 1
Personal (includes clippings and vita)
Box 1
Miscellaneous letters
Box 1
Oral history interview of John Tanton conducted by Otis Graham
Box 1
Miscellaneous articles; letters to the editor
Box 1
Eulogy written for Wesley Maurer, Sr. 1995
Box 1
Mitchell Prize essay: "International Migration as an Obstacle to Achieving World Stability" 1975
Box 1
Chevron Conservation Award 1990
Population and Immigration Organizations and Issues [series]
Population and Immigration Organizations and Issues is the series relating to Tanton's involvement with Northern Michigan Planned Parenthood, with Zero Population Growth, and with the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
Oakley, Deborah (University of Michigan School of Public Health)
Box 1
Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)
Box 1
Planned Parenthood-World Population (national)
Box 1
Planning and background
Box 1
Pledge of social responsibility
Box 1
Public affairs-region
Box 1
Sterilization
Box 1
Voluntary sterilization
Zero Population Growth 1974-1979 [subseries]
Box 2
Agenda-Executive Committee
Box 2
Board communications
Box 2
Budget
Box 2
By-laws
Box 2
Committees
Box 2
Correspondence
(3 folders)
Box 2
Crime
Box 2
Direct Mail
Box 2
Dues increase
Box 2
Economics
Box 2
Equilibrium fund
Box 2
Executive Director
Box 2
Financial and legal
Box 2
Financial statements
Box 2
Goals statement
Box 2
Grants, in and out
Box 2
History
Box 2
Immigration project proposal
Box 2
International
Box 2
Legal opinions/documents
Box 2
Members survey
Box 2
Michigan
Box 2
Minutes and agendas
Box 2
Minutes, Board
Box 2
Minutes, Executive Committee
Box 2
Only child
Box 3
People and topics to bring up with them
Box 3
Planning
Box 3
Population education
Box 3
Population policy
Box 3
Prophylactics
Box 3
Reorganization
Box 3
Resolutions and policy statements
Box 3
Resources Committee
Box 3
Sex selection
Box 3
Slogans
Box 3
State level projects
Box 3
Tax law changes
Box 3
Teen pregnancy
Box 3
Unemployment/growth
Box 3
Welfare
Box 3
Writings
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) [subseries]
Box 3
Topical files circa 1973-1981
(unprocessed)
Conservation Organizations and Issues [series]
The Conservation Organizations and Issues series brings together various conservation and environmental groups and causes. These include the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, files relating to the preservation of Sturgeon Bay Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes, Tanton's association with the Michigan Natural Areas Council, the Wilderness and Natural Areas Advisory Board, and the Mackinac Chapter of the Sierra Club. In addition, there are files pertaining to the Birchwood Suit and Monroe Creek Suit documenting Tanton's involvement with environmentally-related civil suits. Legal documents comprise the bulk of these last files, though there is also included here Tanton's correspondence with attorneys, other environmentalists, and the general public.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Advisory Commission 1967-1980 [subseries]
Box 3
Beaver Basin
Box 3
Biographies, Commission members
Box 3
Correspondence 1967-1976
(9 folders)
Box 4
Correspondence 1977-1980
(4 folders)
Box 4
Correspondence, Tanton 1974-1975
Box 4
Grand Marais Harbor
Box 4
Miner's Basin
Box 4
Minutes 1968-1979
Printed
Box 4
"An Economic Study," 1963
Box 4
"A Proposal," 1966
Box 4
"Master Plan," 1968
Box 4
"Development Concept," 1970
Box 4
"Review of Alternatives," 1980
Box 4
"Assessment of Alternatives," 1980
Box 4
"Draft General Management Plan," 1981
Box 4
Miscellaneous (includes maps and brochures)
Box 4
Publicity
Box 4
Reports and Legislation
Sturgeon Bay Dunes [subseries]
Box 4
Topical Files circa 1976-1983
(unprocessed)
Sleeping Bear Dunes [subseries]
Box 5
Topical Files circa 1972-1983
(unprocessed)
Michigan Natural Areas Council 1960-1973 [subseries]
Box 5
Constitutions and reports
Box 5
Correspondence
Box 5
Membership lists
Box 5
Minutes 1960-1963
Wilderness and Natural Areas Advisory Board 1972-1975 [subseries]
Box 5
Committee composition
Box 5
Correspondence
Box 5
Criteria development
Box 5
Fairlane
Box 5
Minutes
Box 5
Natural Areas Law
Sierra Club 1968-1978 [subseries]
Mackinac Chapter
Box 6
Correspondence
Box 6
Newsletters and mailings
Box 6
Petoskey Area Group
Population Committee
Box 6
Correspondence 1968-1977
(7 folders)
Box 6
Miscellaneous
Box 6
Reports and proposals 1969-1978
(2 folders)
Box 6
World Population Year
Box 6
Survival Committee
Monroe Creek Suit 1971-1975 [subseries]
Box 6
Basic documents
Box 6
Clippings
Box 6
Correspondence
Box 6
Deeds
Box 6
Expenses
Box 6
Fundraising
Box 6
Gleason's stream survey
Box 7
Legal documents
(3 folders)
Box 7
Miscellaneous
Birchwood Suit 1972-1978 [subseries]
Box 7
Clippings
Box 7
Correspondence
Box 7
Promotional
(mostly brochures and newspaper ads for Birchwood)
Box 7
Legal Documents
(7 folders)
Box 8
Thorne Smith [subseries]
Box 8
Topical Files circa 1983-1984
Nature Conservancy [subseries]
Box 8
Topical Files circa 1974-1983
Photographs [subseries]
Photographs relating to the Monroe Creek wetlands area in Charlevoix County, Michigan, the Birchwood Farm Estates and Bear River in Emmet County, Michigan, and of the members of the Wilderness and Natural Areas Advisory Board.
Box 8
Monroe Creek (photos of the creek and wetlands)
Box 8
Wilderness and Natural Areas Advisory Board (group portrait)
Box 8
Birchwood Farm Estates (aerial photos of development site)
Box 8
Bear River
Box 8
Chevron Conservation Award (Dr. and Mrs. Tanton, 1990)
Box 8
Land use, Michigan (slides)
Preserve Projects [subseries]
Box 8
Topical Files, A-H circa 1980s
Box 9
Topical Files, I-Z circa 1980s
Topical Files and Activities 1956-1983 [series]
(mainly re conservation)
The Topical Files and Activities series relates primarily to conservation organizations and issues in the period 1956-1983. Included is correspondence, published materials, and other documentation.
Box 9
Abitibi Paper Company
Box 9
Agricultural Land-Michigan
Box 9
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Box 9
Bear River Development Commission 1966-1973
Box 9
Newspaper clippings 1967-1974
Box 9
Bear River Watershed 1964-1967
Box 9
Bottle Bill 1969-1983
Box 9
Common Cause
Box 9
Conservation organizations
Box 9
Consumers Power Company 1974-1975
Box 9
Craig Lake Reconnaissance Committee 1968-1969
Box 9
Electric power
Box 9
Energy crisis 1973
Box 10
Environmental Impact Statements-Michigan
Box 10
Environmental Impact Statements-other states
Box 10
Environmental Protection Act-Michigan
Box 10
Escanaba River, Middle Branch Dam-Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, Tilden Project 1972
Box 10
Fort Wilkins Natural History Association
Box 10
Grass concrete
Box 10
Harbor Springs 1970-1971
Hartwick Pines Natural History Association 1969-1975
Box 10
Financial reports 1969-1979
Box 10
Fund raising
Box 10
Legal
Box 10
Highway rest areas
Box 10
Highways
Box 10
Interstate land sales
Box 10
Land Sales Act 1972
Box 10
Land use planning
Box 10
League of Conservation Voters 1970-1974
Box 10
Mackinac Shores Association
Box 10
Michigan Basin Geological Society
Box 10
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Box 10
Michigan Botanical Club
Box 10
Michigan Environmental Protection Fund 1972-1977
Box 10
Michigan Land Use, Governor's Special Commission on 1971-1972
(2 folders)
Box 10
Michigan Land Use Act 1972-1979
(3 folders)
Box 10
Michigan Natural Resources Defense Committee 1969
Box 10
Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC)
Box 10
Michigan United Property Owners Association
Box 10
Michigan wilderness areas
Box 10
Mineral resources
Box 10
Miscellaneous 1976-1977
Box 10
Municipal forests
Box 10
Names, addresses-miscellaneous
Box 10
National Wildlife Federation
Box 10
Natural Resources Commission, Department of Natural Resources-candidacy 1971
Petoskey (Michigan) Public Schools-Land Use Committee 1972-1975
Box 11
Planning and Conservation League
Box 11
Planning conservation leagues
Box 11
Political campaigns 1973-1974
Box 11
Real estate development 1971-1973
Box 11
Recycling 1971-1976
Box 11
Scenic roads
Box 11
Sea Grant Program, University of Michigan
Box 11
Sewage disposal 1969-1976
Box 11
Sewage disposal-Harbor Springs Area Sewage Disposal Authority 1970-1973
Box 11
Shorelands Protection Act
Box 11
Snowmobiles 1970-1973
Box 11
Soil conservation-Michigan
Box 11
Solid waste disposal
Box 11
Tax laws
Box 11
Three Lakes Association Suit 1973
Box 11
Transportation
Box 11
United States Association For the Club of Rome
Box 11
VISTIP (cable television)
Box 11
Walloon Lake
Box 11
West Michigan Environmental Action Council 1970-1971
Box 11
The Wilderness Society 1958-1971
Zoning
Box 11
Airport, Emmet County
Box 11
Bear Creek Township 1970-1972
Box 11
County level
Box 11
Emmet County 1971-1981
Box 11
Federal level
Box 11
Sanitary codes
Box 11
State level 1970-1975
Correspondence [series]
The Correspondence series dates from 1980 to 1994 and pertains to all of Tanton's organizational involvement.
Box 12
June 1980-June 1983
(35 folders)
Box 13
July 1983-June 1985
(24 folders)
Box 14
July 1985-August 1991
(22 folders)
Box 15
September 1991-December 1994
(20 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 16
1995-1997
(20 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 17
1998-2001
(27 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 18
1973-2006 (scattered)
(12 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Population and Immigration Organizations and Issues [series]
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) [subseries]
Board of Advisors and Board of Directors
Box 18
Board of Advisors 1979-1980, 1983-1992, 1998
(4 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 18
Board meeting agenda 1979-1985[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 18
Board meeting minutes 1978-1989, 1993, 1998-1999
(5 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
(On loan to donor)
Box 18
Reports to the Board 1979-1996
(4 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
(On loan to donor)
Meetings
Box 18
Summer Summit 1989-1990
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
(On loan to donor)
Box 19
Summer and Spring Summit 1991-1993
(3 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Finances
Box 19
Laurel Foundation 1978-1983[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
C.S. May Family trust 1983-1986, 1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
Proposal Book 1985-1986[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
Pioneer Fund 1981-1994
(9 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Publications
Box 19
Correspondence 1979-1995 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
Ideas for topics 1978-1985 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
Topics 1981-1982[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
Brochures 1980s-1990s
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
The Case for a Rational Immigration Policy, [ 1980[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
The Chicken Little Media Scam 1987[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
Fact Sheet 1981, 1986-1987[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
Immigration Papers 1980-1985[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 19
Immigration Report 1979/1980-1988/1989
(10 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Immigration report 1990-1993, 2001-2004
(6 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
In the News 1986-1989
(4 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Immigration Issues in the News 1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Information Exchange 1982-1989, 1991
(9 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Press Releases 1984-1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Sanctuary Information Packet 1985[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Miscellaneous, [ 1984, 1993[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Geographic file
Box 20
Arizona 1984, 1988[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
California 1981-1991
(5 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Illinois 1980-1989 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Colorado 1981[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Connecticut undated[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Florida 1975-1985 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Iowa 1981[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Mary 1980[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Massachusetts 1976-1989 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Michigan 1979-1989 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Minnesota 1981, 1992
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Missouri 1981[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Nebraska undated[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
New Jersey 1981-1982[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
New Mexico 1981[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
New York 1981-1993 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
North Carolina undated[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Ohio undated[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Oregon 1983[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Pennsylvania 1989, 1992[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Texas 1981-1991 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 20
Europe 1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) [subseries]
Box 20
Correspondence 1985-1989
(4 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 21
Correspondence 1990-1991
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 21
Publications 1988-1990[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Ford Foundation [subseries]
Box 21
Immigration Research 1985-1990
(4 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Gerry Mackie [subseries]
Box 21
Correspondence 1986-1990
(15 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
WITAN [subseries]
Box 22
Meetings 1986-1988[Closed until April 06, 2035]
(On loan to donor)
American Civil Responsibilities Union (ACRU) [subseries]
Box 22
Correspondence 1987[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Ideas and issues 1987[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Articles and accompanying material 1987[Closed until April 06, 2035]
American Civil Rights and Responsibilities Union (ACRRU) [subseries]
Box 22
Meetings 1987-1988
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Advisory letters 1987-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Correspondence 1987-1988
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
People file 1987-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Ideas and issues 1988-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Articles and accompanying material 1987-1988
(3 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Program planning 1987-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Weingart Foundation 1987-1989
(3 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Direct mail 1987-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Cases
Box 22
Rob Riley 1987-1988[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Legal cases 1987-1988[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Case statements 1987-1988
(3 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Publications
Box 22
Information Exchange 1988-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Newsletter materials 1988-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 22
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings 1987-1988[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Alliance for American Rights and Responsibilities (AARR) [subseries] [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Board of Directors [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Records and correspondence 1989-1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Board meetings 1989-1990[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Meetings and conferences 1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Correspondence 1989-1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
People file 1989-1990[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Ideas and issues 1989-1990[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Program planning 1989-1990[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Weingart Foundation 1989-1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Direct mail 1990-1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Annenberg project 1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Cases [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Legal cases 1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Case statements 1989-1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Newsletter materials 1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Immigration Reform Law Institute [subseries]
Board
Box 23
Meetings and reports 1986-1990
(3 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
(On loan to donor)
Box 23
Correspondence 1986-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Correspondence 1985-1990
(4 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Publications 1989-1990[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Media clippings 1986-1987, 1989-1990
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Negative Population Growth (NPG) [subseries]
Box 23
Correspondence 1973, 1976, 1980-1991
(6 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Publications
Box 23
The NPG Forum 1987-1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Human Survival 1981-1988 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Miscellaneous 1980-1991 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Population Reference Bureau [subseries]
Box 23
Proposals 1983-1984[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
California study 1985-1986[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
California graphs undated[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
California Samizdat 1986[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Texas study 1986-1987[Closed until April 06, 2035]
LEADERS [subseries]
Box 23
Meeting 1993[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Prospectus and replies 1992-1993[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 23
Clippings 1992-1993[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Growth and Development Forum (GDF) [subseries]
Box 24
GDF Committee 1989-1992, 1994[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
Correspondence 1988-1992, 1994-1995
(5 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
Bay Area Tomorrow 1988[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
ACME project 1989-1991, 1994
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
Information Exchange 1988-1989[Closed until April 06, 2035]
American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) [subseries]
Box 24
Correspondence 1988-1991
(5 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
Miscellaneous publications 1986-2006 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
U.S. [subseries]
Box 24
Organization 1982[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Projects
Box 24
E Pluribum Unum 1993[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
Recycle North 1993-1994[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Finances
Box 24
Statements 1990-1991
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
Chart accounts 1991[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
C.S. May Family Trust 1991-1993[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
Donor Directed Fund 1993-1994[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
Correspondence 1992-1993[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Cases
Arizonians for Official English
Box 24
U.S. Court of Appeals 1993-1995[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 24
U.S. Supreme Court 1995-1996[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Public Interest Organizations and Issues [series]
The Public Interest Organizations and Issues series includes materials of organizations that combined social, political, immigration, environmental, and other causes on their agenda, as well as material on the subject of public interest. This series includes materials of a non-profit organization -- Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves, and materials related to the issues of gambling, programs for the partially sighted and individuals with low vision, charitable causes, the U.S. Constitution, and American politics and government.
Box 24
Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves, correspondence 1987-1997
(6 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Gambling, correspondence about 1995-1996
(3 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Vision
Box 25
Low Vision, correspondence about 1977-1979[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Lighthouse for Partially Sighted, correspondence 1983-1984
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Politics and government
Box 25
Unicameral legislature 1971-1972[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution 1986-1987[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Miscellaneous Projects and Publications 1979-1981, 1983-1987[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Conservation Organizations and Issues [series]
Box 25
Correspondence 1971-1992 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Dam Construction
Box 25
Correspondence 1971-1977, 1980[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Dam Study Committee 1977-1982, 1985
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Dam Study Committee survey 1982
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Dam construction regulations 1968-1983 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Emmet County Sanitary Code, miscellaneous material 1981-1983[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Energy: Miscellaneous material 1980-1983[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Three Fires Pointe
Box 25
Environmental assessment 1988[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Research and memoranda 1990-1993
(3 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter 1970-1972[Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Newspaper clippings 1981-1995 (scattered)
(2 folders) [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Box 25
Photographs [Closed until April 06, 2035]
Oversize Folder 1
Miscellaneous clippings and news articles 1968-2006 (scattered)[Closed until April 06, 2035]
