Walter E. Scott Papers, 1804-1979
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Summary Information

Title: Walter E. Scott Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1804-1979

Creator:
  • Scott, Walter Edwin, 1911-1984
Call Number: Mss 656; AC 236; AC 372; PH 3645; PH 3646; Tape 1137A

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes), 2 films, photographs, and 1 tape recording

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers, mainly 1937-1979, of Walter E. Scott, a Wisconsin conservationist, consisting of personal and subject files. The personal files include biographical material, annual Christmas newsletters, and copies of a few of his writings and speeches. Also included are bird-watching notebooks and correspondence with Margaret Elizabeth Armstrong, a missionary in post-World War II Japan. Subject files, which were collected in connection with numerous conservation activities and for a proposed history of conservation in Wisconsin, include original correspondence of Earl W. May, president of the Wisconsin Duck Hunters Association and copies of papers by Adolph Kanneberg, Aldo Leopold, Ernest Swift, and others. One film includes a presentation made by Scott about development of the Wolf River area.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00656
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