The Publications series (Box 1-5) contains scrapbooks of Van Coevering's writings in the Detroit Free Press and other publications, arranged chronologically. Duplicate copies of many of these writings are found under their subjects in the Reference file series.
Detroit Free Press"Woods and Waters" column
Box 1
February 1935-December 1946
(7 volumes)
Box 2
January 1947-December 1957
(7 volumes)
Box 3
Grand Rapids Press and Detroit Times Sunday outdoor page 1930-1931
Detroit Free Press Sunday outdoor page
Box 3
1931-1942
(11 folders)
Box 4
1943-1959
(12 folders)
(lacking February 1944-December 1949)
Box 5
1960-1965
(6 folders)
Box 5
Detroit Free Press deer contest 1936-1964
Box 5
Detroit Free Press pheasant tally 1943-1963
Box 5
Detroit Free Press"Save our Streams" column 1947-1950
Box 5
Detroit Free Press"Tips and Tricks" column 1954-1965
(includes index)
Box 5
Detroit Free Press"African Diary" column 1959
Box 5
Detroit Dispatch outdoor page 1967
Box 5
WUOM Conservation report 1972
Reference file [series]
The Reference file series (Box 5-16) covers the years 1926-1975, although the bulk of the material dates from 1931-1960. This series was created to hold background material for Van Coevering's Free Press column and for his television program. Topics include Michigan hunting- and fishing-related subjects, along with information about Michigan parks and forests. There is also a substantial amount of information about Great Lakes water pollution and pesticide contamination in Michigan. A substantial file relating to the introduction of salmon into the Great Lakes in the 1960s and 1970s postdates the bulk of the material in the series.
There is considerable overlap among the various headings used in the series. Hunting and fishing material is found both under the headings "Hunting" and "Fishing" and under the names of species, e.g. "Deer" and "Trout." Material about the Michigan Conservation Commission and Department of Conservation is found under headings for those agencies as well as under most of the other topical headings. Material about DDT is found under the heading "Pesticides" and under the names of birds affected, especially "Robin."
When this series was received from Van Coevering it had been arranged using a very complex classification with many overlapping headings and separate alphabets for "Amphibians and reptiles," "Insects," "Plants," "Birds," "Fish," "Fishing," "Mammals," "Conservation," "Michigan," and "Miscellaneous." In processing, many duplicated headings were consolidated, collected material not related to Michigan conservation was eliminated, and the material was arranged into one alphabet.
Voluminous correspondence with P. S. Lovejoy appears throughout the Reference file series. Lovejoy seems to have been something of a mentor to Van Coevering and provided him with advice on many topics. Lovejoy's letters may be difficult to identify at first, as they are generally typed on poor quality paper (not letterhead), are usually unsigned, and are usually identified only by the typed initials "PSL" at the beginning or end of the letter. There is also correspondence with H. D. Ruhl, head of the Game Division of the Michigan Department of Conservation (under game-related headings), with archer Fred Bear (under headings relating to bowhunting and deer hunting), with G. Harold Earle of the Wisconsin Land and Lumber Company and Blaney Park resort (under deer- and land use-related headings), and with Carl T. Johnson, member of the Michigan Conservation Commission (under headings relating to the commission and Conservation Department).
Although little correspondence with outdoor writers Ben East and Albert Stoll is found in the collection, many clippings of their writings are found throughout the Reference file series.
Box 5
Amphibians and reptiles
Box 5
Alewife
Box 5
Au Sable River
Box 5
Bass
Box 6
Bear undated, 1934-1974
(3 folders)
Box 6
Beaver
Box 6
Billboards
Box 6
Binoculars
Box 6
Biography
Box 6
Bird surveys undated, 1941-1969
(4 folders)
Box 6
Birds, General undated, 1930-1966
(4 folders)
Birds, Miscellaneous
Box 6
Bittern-Grosbeak
Box 6
Gull-Pigeon
Box 6
Plover-Woodpecker
Box 6
Bluegill
Box 6
Boats and boating undated, 1936-1967
(2 folders)
Box 6
Bobcat (and other wild cats)
Box 6
Bombing and wildlife
Box 6
Bow hunting undated, 1932-1973
(2 folders)
Box 7
Bullhead
Box 7
Bunyan, Paul
Box 7
Cabins and camps
Box 7
Calendar of the outdoors, January-December
(2 folders)
Predator control (including bounties) undated, 1932-1971
(2 folders)
Box 14
Public lands undated, 1931-1971
(3 folders)
Box 14
Quail
Box 14
Rabbit undated, 1929-1968
(2 folders)
Box 14
Raccoon
Resorts
Box 14
Lower Peninsula
Box 14
Upper Peninsula
Box 14
Robin
Box 14
Rural zoning
Box 14
Saginaw Valley flood control
Box 14
St. Clair islands plan
Box 14
Salmon 1935-1974
(5 folders)
Box 14
Seney Wildlife Refuge
Box 14
Skiing
Box 14
Skunk
Box 14
Sleeping Bear Dunes
Box 14
Smelt 1931-1968
(2 folders)
Box 15
Soil conservation
Box 15
Sportsmen's clubs
Box 15
Spring burning
Box 15
Squirrel
Box 15
State forests
Box 15
State parks
Box 15
Stream improvement undated, 1930-1961
(2 folders)
Box 15
Sturgeon
Box 15
Sturgeon River--Dam
Box 15
Tahquamenon Falls
Box 15
Tourism
Box 15
Trees undated, 1928-1970
(4 folders)
Box 15
Trout undated, 1928-1972
(7 folders)
Box 15
Turkey
Box 15
Vacation pests
Box 15
Walleye
Box 15
Warbler
Water pollution
Box 16
Great Lakes 1939-1975
(4 folders)
Box 16
Lake Erie
Box 16
Mercury, heavy metals, PCB 1970-1973
(3 folders)
Box 16
Water rights
Box 16
Weather
Box 16
Whitefish and cisco
Box 16
Wilderness areas
Box 16
Wolf
Box 16
Wolverine
Box 16
Woodchuck
Box 16
Woodcock
School of Natural Resources file [series]
The School of Natural Resources file series (Box 16-17) was created during the period in which Van Coevering taught at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, from 1967 to 1974, although the bulk of the material covers the years 1965 to 1970. The series seems to have been created as background for his conservation writing course, but it contains the same sort of material--press releases, clippings, memoranda, reports, and other collected documents--as his earlier files. The topics covered in the most depth in this series are water pollution in the Detroit River and Lake Erie and pesticides, topics also documented in the Reference file series.
Box 16
Bibliography
Box 16
DDT
Box 16
Eastern Michigan Nature Association
Environment
Box 16
Attitudes
Box 16
Conservation
Box 16
Education
Box 16
Organizations
Box 16
Hunting and fishing
Box 16
Kniss, Derrell H.
Box 16
Land
Box 16
Nuclear energy
Box 16
Pesticides 1962-1970
(3 folders)
Box 16
Poetry
Box 16
Seton, Ernest Thompson
Box 16
Snowshoe Club
Box 16
Teach-in on the Environment 1970
Water pollution--Lake Erie and Detroit River
Box 17
Articles and clippings
Conference papers
Box 17
HEW conference, Detroit June 1965
Box 17
Water Resources Commission conference, Detroit September 1965
(2 folders)
Box 17
Law enforcement conference, Detroit November 1965
Box 17
UAW conference, Detroit November 1965
Box 17
Michigan Chamber of Commerce conference, Lansing March 1966
Box 17
Correspondence
Box 17
Technical reports, Miscellaneous
Box 17
Writing about wildlife, by Peter M. Sandman, Jo Ann Myer, James B. Garry
Box 17
Miscellaneous
Michigan conservation history file [series]
The Michigan conservation history file series (Box 17-18) was apparently created after Van Coevering moved to Arizona in late 1974. At this time he was working on two books, one a history of conservation in Michigan, the other a series of biographical sketches of conservation leaders in Michigan. The manuscript on the history of conservation in Michigan is located in the 1996 Accession Box 20. The research for the series of biographical sketches can be found in the 1996 Accession Boxes 20-21.
This series contains correspondence from the 1970s with people active in conservation in Michigan describing their interpretation of various events, press releases and other collected material from the 1970s, and older material probably removed from Van Coevering's Reference file series. There is much overlap between topics in this series and those in the Reference file series, although different headings are sometimes used in the two files. For instance, material on the Collins-Gerhardt or Ne-Bo-Shone case, which established the principle of public access to Michigan streams, is found under the heading "Collins-Gerhardt case (Ne-Bo-Shone case)" in this series and under "Fishing--Public access" in the Reference file series.
Like the Reference file series, this series also includes correspondence with P. S. Lovejoy, Fred Bear, G. Harold Earle, and Carl T. Johnson.
Box 17
Correspondence and clippings undated, 1940-1978
(9 folders)
Box 17
Ames, Floyd V., "Farewell wilderness"
Box 17
Bear, Fred
Box 17
Bibliography
Box 17
Biography
Box 17
Burt Lake State Park--Erosion of public lands
Conservation clubs
Box 17
Michigan Audubon Society
Box 17
Michigan Nature Association
Box 17
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Box 18
Miscellaneous
(2 folders)
Box 18
Collins-Gerhardt case (Ne-Bo-Shone case)
Box 18
Detroit News
Box 18
East, Ben
Box 18
Fisheries
Box 18
Fontanna, Stanley G.
Box 18
Gillette, Genevieve
Box 18
Griffith, George
Box 18
Grand Rapids Herald and Press
Box 18
Hazzard, Al
Box 18
Herbert, Paul
Box 18
Hoffmaster, P. J.
Box 18
Houghton, Douglass
Box 18
Johnson, Carl
Box 18
Kitchel Dunes, Grand Haven
Box 18
Lovejoy, P. S. undated, 1932-1975
(4 folders)
Box 18
Martiny Lakes
Box 18
Messner, Clarence
Box 18
Media
Michigan Department of Conservation
Box 18
Biennial report notes
Box 18
Reorganization 1945-1957, 1963-1964
(4 folders)
Box 18
Michigan Department of Natural Resources--Reorganization 1972-1977
Box 18
Michigan Outdoor Writers Association
Box 18
Mullendore, William J.
Box 18
Neff, Mort
Box 18
Oil and gas
Box 18
Olds, Nicholas
Box 18
Porcupine Mountains
Box 18
Shick, Charles
Box 18
Stace, Arthur
Box 18
State parks
Box 18
Taggart case
Box 18
Wolfe, Joan
Box 18
Miscellaneous
Photographs [series]
The Photographs series (Box 19) contains separate subseries of prints and negatives. The photographs cover the period from about 1930 to 1965.
The prints are generally photos sent to Van Coevering by correspondents or agencies to support "big fish" or "big buck" claims or to document other events. They have been removed from the Reference file series. The negatives were apparently taken by Van Coevering to illustrate his Detroit Free Press columns. The two subseries are arranged for convenience into similar topical groups, but there is no overlap between the two: there are no prints in the prints subseries for any of the negatives and no negatives in the negatives subseries for any of the prints.
The topics best documented visually in this series include hunting, fishing, related activities such as fly-tying and trapshooting, conservation activities such as fisheries research and forest fire-fighting, and Michigan scenery.
Prints
Box 19
Animals
Box 19
Birds
Box 19
Cabins, camping, and resorts
Fish and fish culture
Box 19
Stream improvement south of Wolverine on U.S. 27
Box 19
Miscellaneous
Box 19
Fishing
Box 19
Forests and forest fires
Box 19
Gillette, Genevieve
Box 19
Hunting and trapping
Box 19
Insects
Box 19
Lakes
Box 19
Log jams on Pine River (Lake County) Ne-Bo-Shone case 1933
Box 19
Lures
Box 19
Mexico
Box 19
Michigan scenes
Box 19
Plants
Box 19
Portraits, Miscellaneous
Box 19
Soil Erosion
Box 19
Trash
Box 19
Van Coevering informal portraits
Box 19
Miscellaneous
Negatives: Michigan subjects
Cabins, camping, and resorts
Box 19
Bewabic Park, Iron County
(no. 1-1B)
Box 19
Camping scenes 1962-1963
(no. 3-3B)
Box 19
Crystal Downs Resort, Benzie County 1928
(no. 5-5A)
Box 19
Lake Valley Resort October 1956
(no. 6-6B)
Box 19
Trailers at Grand Rapids August 1935
(no. 8-8B)
Box 19
Winter camping scenes
(no. 9-9E)
Farms
Box 19
Bowine Farm 1945
(no. 10-10C)
Box 19
James Murphy Farm, Livingston County June 1945
(no. 11-11E)
Fish and fish culture
Box 19
Bass
(no. 12)
Box 19
Bass rearing ponds, Holland Fish and Game Club, Ottawa County 1928
(no. 13-13C)
Box 19
Dams
(no. 14-14B)
Box 19
Feeding apparatus, Paris Hatchery summer 1932
(no. 15)
Box 19
Fin clipping, State fish hatchery, Drayton Plains April 1949
(no. 16-16B)
Box 19
Fish work, Meadowlane Farm near Brighton
(no. 18-18B)
Box 19
Fisheries work, seining in Huron River when low August 1936
(no. 19-19B)
Box 19
Marsh reconstruction, Sebewaing, Huron County, Oc. 1960
(no. 20)
Box 19
Perch, gathering spawn, Reeds Lake April 10, 1930
(no. 21)
Box 19
Perch, seining minnows, Traverse City October 1931
(no. 22-22B)
Box 19
Stream insect work, J.W. Leonard on Au Sable 1948
(no. 24-24B)
Box 19
Lifting trout over Foote Dam with Arthur Leitz April 28, 1936
(no. 25-25D)
Box 19
Brook trout at Gangle Lake July 11, 1936
(no. 26)
Box 19
Brown trout stripping at Paris Hatchery November 14, 1935
(no. 27-27B)
Box 19
Trout cleaning, Ben Allen 1942
(no. 28-28C)
Box 19
Trout, jaw tag and fin clip, Dave Shetter April 1938
(no. 29-29A)
Box 19
Trout work, A.S. Hazzard and J.W. Leonard
(no. 30)
Box 19
Trout work, Hunt Creek Experiment Station, J.W. Leonard April 29, 1941
(no. 31-31C)
Box 19
Trout work, Hunt Creek Experiment Station, Dave Shetter July 14, 1939
(no. 32-32A)
Forests and trees
Box 19
Birch trees June 30, 1946
(no. 33)
Box 19
Birch trees peeled and initialed, Ocqueoc Falls May 30, 1950
(no. 34-34A)
Box 19
Black alder, Ogemaw County October 1935
(no. 35)
Box 19
Kent County, sycamore and elm intergrown
(no. 37)
Box 19
Snow gauge, Ogemaw State Forest February 1935
(no. 38)
Box 19
Frost on trees, Ogemaw State Game Refuge February 1933
(no. 41)
Box 19
Hartwick Pines
(no. 42-42A)
Box 19
Norway flowering pine, Wilderness Park
(no. 43-43A)
Box 19
Pine seedlings, just out, Higgins Lake Nursery July 1935
(no. 44)
Box 19
Tree growing, Albert Engel, Lake City September 1957
(no. 46-46C)
Box 19
Tree planting April 1932
(no. 47)
Box 19
Tree with two trunks, near Ortonville July 7, 1950
(no. 48)
Box 19
Trees on Orchard Lake Road, Orchard Lake, being cut September 25, 1950
(no. 49-49F)
Box 19
Town Forest, Flint Kiwanis Club and Harry Black July 23, 1944
(no. 50-50B)
Forest fires and prevention
Box 19
Forest fire, U.S. 27 north of Grayling July 31, 1933
(no. 52-52B)
Hunting and trapping
Box 19
Archery tournament, Grayling June 1960
(no. 54-54B)
Box 19
Duck marsh, Sebewaing Bay September 1948
(no. 55)
Box 19
Duck hunting, Nilo farms March 1958
(no. 55A-55C)
Box 19
Traps
(no. 56-56C)
Box 19
Trapshooting, Paul Bunyan Club at Doc Stricker's October 1955
(no. 56E-56F)
Insects
Box 19
Monarch butterfly, Aut. 1940
(no. 58)
Box 19
Collecting caddis larvae, Rudolph Johnson, White Cloud January 1938
(no. 59-59B)
Box 19
Dragon flies September 1940
(no. 60)
Box 19
Hawk moth on Au Sable River June 21, 1942
(no. 61)
Box 19
Mayfly June 1948
(no. 62)
Box 19
Io moth June 1951
(no. 63)
Lakes
Box 19
Round Lake, north of Charlevoix
(no. 67)
Box 19
Disappearing lakes, Upper Peninsula
(no. 68-68A)
Box 19
Grand Traverse County, filled lake on U.S. 131 near Fife Lake July 30, 1933
(no. 69)
Box 19
Half Moon Lake on Jewell property near Bitely, Newaygo County 1928
(no. 70)
Box 19
Kent Lake July 1945
(no. 71)
Box 19
Loon Lake near Wellston August 1940
(no. 72)
Box 19
Lost Lake, Pigeon River State Forest April 1935
(no. 73)
Box 19
Lost Lake, Lost Lake Woods Club, Montmorency County August 1941
(no. 74-74A)
Box 19
Lake Michigan near Brevoort, Mackinac County August 1935
(no. 75)
Box 19
Lake Michigan and lighthouse in winter, Grand Haven 1929
(no. 76)
Box 19
Lake Michigan and lighthouse in winter, Grand Haven 1954
(no. 78)
Box 19
Orchard Lake and fishermen June 25, 1946
(no. 80)
Box 19
Ottawa County beach at Grand Haven July 4, 1930
(no. 81-81B)
Box 19
Portage Lake, Jackson County
(no. 82)
Box 19
Rush Lake, Huron County April 1936
(no. 83-83A)
Box 19
Sage Lake, Ogemaw County 1944
(no. 84)
Box 19
Union Lake at Greggs Livery June 1948
(no. 85)
Box 19
Wabasis Lake, Kent County 1929
(no. 86)
Lumbering and conservation
Box 19
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp no. 1662 Ogemaw
(no. 87-87B)
Box 19
Civilian Conservation Corps fighting fires
(no. 88-88A)
Box 19
Lumber camp, Herb Woland camp, Cheboygan County April 1937
(no. 89-89D)
Box 19
Lumbering in Kent County 1929
(no. 90-90C)
Lures and equipment
Box 19
L.L. Dickerson making trout rod March 1938
(no. 92-92C)
Box 19
Mayfly lure
(no. 93)
Box 19
Straw man lure by Paul Young May 1932
(no. 94)
Box 19
Fly tying, Ed Reith and group March 16, 1941
(no. 96)
Box 19
Fly tying tools
(no. 97)
Box 19
Fly and tackle box
(no. 98)
Plants and fungi
Box 19
Columbine May 4, 1965
(no. 100)
Box 19
Jack in the pulpit 1951
(no. 101)
Box 19
June berry 1935
(no. 102)
Box 19
Lobelia, blue
(no. 103)
Box 19
Marsh marigold--cowslip May 3, 1941
(no. 104)
Box 19
Mushroom September 1934
(no. 106)
Box 19
Mushroom, shaggy mane
(no. 107)
Box 19
Pickerel weed, near Sage Lake June 1950
(no. 108)
Box 19
Trillium May 4, 1965
(no. 109)
Box 19
Wintergreen blossom
(no. 110)
Pollution
Box 19
Aurora Oil Company oil break
(no. 111-111A)
Box 19
Buchanan Disposal Plant July 18, 1949
(no. 112-112B, 113)
Detroit River
Box 19
Pollution 1948
(no. 114-114D)
Box 19
Fills, etc. April 7, 1961
(no. 115-115B)
Box 19
Oil May 10, 1959
(no. 116-116A)
Box 19
Oil drifting down on ice October 1948
(no. 117-117A)
Box 19
Oil soaked ducks October 1948
(no. 118-118B)
Box 19
Erosion, Looking Glass River, Clinton County October 1935
(no. 119-119A)
Box 19
Erosion control, Ludington State Park September 1934
(no. 120)
Box 19
Kalamazoo, Upjohn Company, disposal plant September 1949
(no. 122-122A)
Box 19
Lake St. Clair fill-in 1954-1955
(no. 123-123B)
Box 19
East Lansing sewage disposal plant, Dept. 1948
(no. 124-124A)
Box 19
Michigan Sugar Company, Sebewaing, water pollution October 1948
(no. 125-125A)
Box 19
Pollution lecture, Rackham Building, U of M 1948
(no. 126)
Box 19
Pollution testing on boat
(no. 127)
Box 19
River Raisin, Monroe, water pollution
(no. 128-128A)
Box 19
St. Joseph River, Blackhawk Camp July 18, 1949
(no. 129-129A)
Portraits
Box 19
Christofferson, Carl, Blaney Park November 1941
(no. 131)
Box 19
Criqui, Francis B., President MUCC
(no. 132)
Box 19
Dice, L.H. U of M Museum of Zoology December 15, 1937
(no. 133)
Box 19
Engel, Albert, Congressman circa July 1943
(no. 134)
Box 19
Flynn, Felix, of Cadillac July 1, 1933
(no. 135)
Box 19
Herbert, Paul, MSU Dept. of Forestry 1945
(no. 136)
Box 19
Hickey, Joseph J. U of M, Ornithology
(no. 137)
Box 19
Hubbs, Carl, Director, Fisheries Research, U of M January 1937
(no. 138)
Box 19
Keely, Walter, President MUCC June 20, 1943
(no. 139)
Box 19
Kennedy, Ed, Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery, Kalamazoo, with Henry
(no. 140)
Box 19
McLouth, Don, Conservation Commissioner May 6, 1945
(no. 141)
Box 19
Miller, Volmar, President MUCC June 15, 1952
(no. 142)
Box 19
Ruhl, Harry D., Chief, Game Division, Michigan Conservation Dept. August 12, 1960
(no. 144)
Box 19
Stewart or circa 1937, 1940
(no. 145)
Box 19
Sutton, George M. with J. Van Tyne at U of M August 1934
(no. 146)
Box 19
Van Coevering, Jack November 1946
(no. 147)
Box 19
Van Coevering, Jack June 25, 1954
(no. 148)
Reptiles
Box 19
Fiddler crabs, Sea Grape Is March 1953
(no. 150)
Box 19
Swamp tree frog
(no. 151)
Box 19
Snake, red bellied August 1940
(no. 153)
Box 19
Snapping turtle October 15, 1942
(no. 154)
Box 19
Toad eggs April 1939
(no. 155)
Rivers and streams
Box 19
Agate Falls September 1941
(no. 157-157A)
Box 19
Au Sable River 1933-1964
(no. 158A-158E)
Box 19
Bond Falls September 1941
(no. 159-159B)
Box 19
Chocolay River Falls near Marquette October 1, 1936
(no. 160)
Box 19
Clinton River mouth June 1946
(no. 161)
Box 19
Jordan River 1939, 1949
(no. 162-162A)
Box 19
Kent County, ice breaking in Ken-O-Sha Creek 1928
(no. 163)
Box 19
Leland Harbor April 29, 1963
(no. 164)
Box 19
Straits of Mackinac June 2, 1946
(no. 165-165B)
Box 19
Manistee River
(no. 166-167)
Box 19
Pine River Bridge at M55 November 1936
(no. 168-168A)
Box 19
Manistee River, Bill Stuck removing logs April 24, 1937
(no. 169-169B)
Box 19
Peshekee River, Marquette County August 1935
(no. 170)
Box 19
Pere Marquette River 1933-1962
(no. 171-173)
Box 19
Michigamme River
(no. 174-174A)
Box 19
Newaygo Sounty stream tributary to Little Muskegon near Croton 1930
(no. 175)
Box 19
Otsego County trout stream April 1935
(no. 176)
Box 19
Ottawa County, Grand River, Grand Haven, "bloom" on the water 1929
(no. 177)
Box 19
Paint River, near Crystal Falls July 1936
(no. 178)
Box 19
Pine River, publicly owned stretch with Conservation Commission July 1937
(no. 179-179A)
Box 19
Rouge River, Detroit, canoe trip June 1, 1943
(no. 180)
Box 19
Sault Ste. Marie, locks June 1936
(no. 181-181A)
Box 19
Tahquamenon River and Falls 1931-1949
(13 negatives)
(no. 182-187B)
Scenery
Box 19
Beaver Island, St. James Harbor August 1930
(no. 189)
Box 19
Charity Islands lighthouse July 18, 1941
(no. 190)
Box 19
Cheboygan County winter scene 1942
(no. 191)
Box 19
Crystal Lake June 1942
(no. 192)
Box 19
Drummond Is September 1940
(no. 193-193C)
Box 19
Fayette Harbor, Garden Peninsula May 30, 1950
(no. 194-194A)
Box 19
Port Sanilac July 21, 1956
(no. 195)
Box 19
Grand Is July 1, 1951
(no. 196)
Box 19
Isle Royale 1935, July 1964
(5 negatives)
(no. 197-198)
Box 19
Kent County, Bear Creek in Townsend Park April 1931
(no. 199)
Box 19
Kent County, Honey Creek April 1931
(no. 200)
Box 19
Luce County, Lake Superior State Forest
(no. 201-201A)
Box 19
Mackinac Is August 1945
(no. 202-202C)
Box 19
Mason County, Ludington State Park July 1933, October 1934
(no. 203A-203C)
Box 19
Copper mine north of Calumet
(no. 204)
Box 19
Wakefield open pit iron mine September 1941
(no. 205)
Box 19
Mouille Marsh 1944
(no. 206-206B)
Box 19
Mountain Drive, Keweenaw Peninsula August 1935
(no. 207-207A)
Box 19
Muskegon County sand dunes
(no. 208-208A)
Box 19
Newaygo Desert 1936
(no. 209-209B)
Box 19
Ocqueoc Falls May 30, 1950
(no. 210-210A)
Box 19
Otsego County winter scenes January 10, 1943
(no. 211-211A)
Box 19
Passage Is August 1935
(no. 212)
Box 19
Pigeon River State Forest
(no. 213-214)
Box 19
Point Aux Barques July 1941
(no. 215)
Box 19
Porcupine Mountains September 1941
(no. 216-216A)
Box 19
St. Clair Flats June 8, 1962
(no. 217)
Box 19
Seney Refuge October 2, 1936
(no. 218-218A)
Box 19
Sleeping Bear Dunes 1930-1962
(7 negatives)
(no. 219-221B)
Box 19
Sleet storm, Otsego? 1939
(no. 222)
Box 19
The Snows September 1940
(no. 223-223D)
Box 19
Winter scenes 1935-1945
(5 negatives)
(no. 225-227B)
Negatives: Non-Michigan subjects
Box 19
Alaska August-September 1947
(9 negatives)
(no. 228-229C)
Box 19
Arizona, Tucson 1958
(14 negatives)
(no. 230-233B)
Box 19
Bahamas March 1960
(no. 234-234B)
Canada
Box 19
Banff, Alberta July 1953
(no. 235-235A)
Box 19
Quebec August-September 1958
(no. 235B-235D)
Box 19
Florida, fishing circa 1951-1957
(10 negatives)
(no. 236-242)
Box 19
Mexico 1937
(no. 243-243I)
Box 19
Mississippi November 1939
(no. 244-244B)
Box 19
Missouri and Ozarks May 1939
(no. 245-245E)
Box 19
Montana, West Yellowstone August 1951
(no. 246-246D)
Box 19
North Carolina, March October 1954
(5 negatives)
(no. 247-248A)
Box 19
North Dakota circa 1946
(no. 249-249C)
Box 19
Oregon July 1946
(no. 250-250B)
Box 19
Panama March 1963
(no. 250C-250E)
Box 19
South Dakota
(no. 251-251C)
Box 19
Wyoming July 1944
(no. 252-252J)
Box 19
Colorado or New Mexico 1939
(8 negatives)
(no. 253-254D)
Box 19
Glacier Park
(no. 255-255H)
"A Brief History of Conservation in Michigan" circa 1978 [series]
The series "A Brief History of Conservation in Michigan" (Box 20) contains the manuscript for a book of the same title completed after his move to Arizona in 1974 and prior to his death in 1978. The manuscript was never published. The subsequent folders contain the research used to produce the manuscript and are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 20
Manuscript of history
Collected Background Information
Box 20
Banana peel engineering notes
Curwood, James Oliver
Box 20
Notes and Clippings circa 1970s
Box 20
Photocopies of Correspondence circa 1922
Box 20
East, Ben September 28, 1968
Box 20
Herbert, Dr. Paul (interviewed 1967)
Box 20
Lovejoy, P.S., circa 1935
Box 20
McGregor, Louis D. (interviewed September 26, 1968)
Box 20
Michigan History circa 1930s
Box 20
Michigan Indian Lore articles circa 1930s-1960s
Box 20
Notebook Index 1930-1965
Box 20
Pigeon River Conservation Project 1973-1977
(2 folders)
Research for proposed history : Prominent Michigan Conservationists [series]
The Research for proposed history: Prominent Michigan Conservationists series (Boxes 20-21) contains the transcripts of interviews, correspondence, and papers relating to twenty-one prominent Michigan conservationists. This background was collected for a book on the subject that was never completed. The audio-tape interviews are located in the Audio tapes series in box 21.
Box 20
Allen, Shirley. Interviewed May 6, 1968
Box 20
Bartlett, Ilo. Interviewed July 24, 1968
Box 20
Clark, Horace. Interviewed September 3, 1967
Box 20
Dana, Samuel Trask. Interviewed October 7, 1968
Box 20
Earle, G. Harold. Interviewed September 27, 1967
Box 20
Glassen, H.W. Interviewed February 25, 1971
Box 20
Gunia, Larry. Interviewed November 17, 1966
Box 20
Harris, William. Interviewed November 14, 1967
Box 20
Millar, Charles and Bartlett, Ilo. Interviewed October 18, 1968
Box 20
Michigan United Conservation Clubs (No interview 1956)
Box 20
Pirnie, Miles, Dr. Interviewed September 20, 1968
Box 20
Raff, George. Interviewed October 11, 19??
Box 20
Rahilly, Joseph B. Interviewed September 27, 1967
Box 20
Ruhl, Harold. Interviewed October 12, 1967
Box 20
Saunders, Carl M. Interviewed October 30, 1968
Box 20
Slater, Kenneth. Interviewed April 4, 1958
(No audio tape)
Box 20
Smits, Lee. Interviewed May 9, 1968
Box 20
Stephenson, Joe. Interviewed December 8, 1966
Box 20
Stewart, Gilbert. Interviewed November 22, 1966
Box 20
Titus, Harold. Interviewed November 17, 1966
Box 21
Westerman, Fred. Interviewed September 23, 1968
Box 21
Notes for proposed history: Prominent Michigan Conservationists
Miscellaneous [series]
The Miscellaneous series (Box 21) contains a second unpublished manuscript by Jack Van Coevering, "How industry fights pollution." Also included are general notes and resources for the proposed history and a bibliography of environmental and conservation literature prepared by Jack Van Coevering
Box 21
"How Industry Fights Pollution" Manuscript by J. Van Coevering 1967
Box 21
"Looking Backwards in Conservation" Publication by James W. Stuber
Box 21
Bibliography of Environmental and Conservation Literature compiled by J. Van Coevering 1973
Audio Tapes [series]
The Audio Tapes series (Box 21) contains the twenty 7-inch reel-to-reel tapes of the interviews for the proposed history of prominent Michigan conservationists, as well as ten unprocessed reel-to-reel tapes of various sizes and speeds that include assorted game calls and a copy of WUOM's "Conservation Report" from 1969 and 1972.
Transcribed Interviews for Prominent Michigan Conservationists
(Tapes 19 and 20 not transcribed)
(7-in. reel-to-reel tapes)
Box 21
Joe Stephenson
(Reel no. 1)
Box 21
Larry Gunia, Gilbert Stewart, Harold Titus
(Reel no. 2)
Box 21
Gibert Stewart
(Reel no. 3)
Box 21
Dr. Paul Herbert
(Reel no. 4)
Box 21
Dr. Paul Herbert
(Reel no. 5)
Box 21
G. Harold Earle, William Harris
(Reel no. 6)
Box 21
Horace Clark, Joseph B. Rahilly
(Reel no. 7)
Box 21
Shirley Allen, Joseph B. Rahilly
(Reel no. 8)
Box 21
Harold Rhul
(Reel no. 9)
Box 21
George Raff
(Reel no. 10)
Box 21
Ilo Bartlett, Lee Smits
(Reel no. 11)
Box 21
Dr. Miles Pirnie
(Reel no. 12)
Box 21
Fred Westerman
(Reel no. 13)
Box 21
Ben East
(Reel no. 14)
Box 21
Charles Millar and Ilo Bartlett, Carl M. Saunders
(Reel no. 15)
Box 21
Louis D. McGregor
(Reel no. 16)
Box 21
Samuel T. Dana
(Reel no. 17)
Box 21
H. W. Glassen
(Reel no. 18)
Box 21
Genevieve Gillette
(Reel no. 19)
Box 21
Genevieve Gillette
(Reel no. 20)
Box 21
Miscellaneous Audio Tapes
(10 tapes)
(various sizes and speeds; unprocessed but includes some game calls, bawdy deer camp stories, voice recording of Ernest Thompson Seton, and WUOM "Conservation Report" from 1969 and 1972)
