1898-2010
Guide to the Collection
The Environmental League of Massachusetts records are stored offsite and
must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at
library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request
materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before
requesting cartons by barcode.
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| Creator: | Environmental League of
Massachusetts |
| Title: | Environmental League
of Massachusetts records |
| Dates: | 1898-2010 |
| Physical Description: | 7 records
cartons and 1 oversize carton |
| Call Number: | OFFSITE |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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This collection consists of minutes, reports,
correspondence, financial records, anniversary materials, and publications of
the Environmental League of Massachusetts and its predecessor organizations,
the Massachusetts Forestry Association, the Massachusetts Forest and Park
Association, and the Environmental Lobby of Massachusetts. The organization was
founded to help promote policy for the preservation of forest lands in
Massachusetts.
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Incorporated on June 3, 1898, the Massachusetts Forestry Association
originally focused on "fostering good forestry practices, creating the state
park system, planting shade trees, and combating plant pests and diseases." The
Association's early efforts included opposition to the commercialization of
Mount Greylock, and the formation of the office of State Forester, the Division
of Forestry in the Massachusetts Department of Conservation, and a number town
forests around Massachusetts.
In 1933, the Massachusetts Forestry Association changed its name to the
Massachusetts Forest and Park Association (MFPA). The MFPA helped incorporate
the New England Forestry Association (NEFA) in 1944. An independent non-profit
organization, NEFA sought to provide forestry services to small woodland owners
around New England.
The Massachusetts Forest and Park Association was renamed the Environmental
Lobby of Massachusetts (ELM) in 1981. ELM lobbying included support of several
key environmental protection bills, including the Coastal Wetland and Inland
Wetlands Act (1971), the Massachusetts Clean Waters Act (1973), and the
nation's first Acid Rain Control Act (1983).
Renamed the Environmental League of Massachusetts in 1993, the organization
is still in existence today.
Massachusetts Forest and Park Association: A
History. Boston: Massachusetts Forest and Park Association,
1974.
www.environmentalleague.org
The records of the Environmental League of Massachusetts and its
predecessors, spanning the years 1898-2010, are housed in seven cartons and one
oversize carton stored offsite. The collection is divided into three series:
Administrative records, subject files, and publications.
The first series, Administrative records, contains the Massachusetts
Forestry Association's certificate of incorporation, minutes of the
Association's annual meetings, board and executive committee meetings, reports
of the New England Forestry Association, financial records, and some
correspondence. This series is divided into four sub-series: meeting minutes
and reports, letterpress book, financial records, and other administrative
records.
The second series, Subject files, consists almost entirely of records
relating to the Association's conferences on Dutch Elm Disease. The series also
contains a few folders of other conference materials, speeches on town forests
by Harris Reynolds, videotapes of Environmental League Forums, and labels from
an exhibit to celebrate the organization's centennial. This series is arranged
alphabetically by subject.
The third series, Publications, contains newsletters, bulletins, and other
printed material produced by and about the Environmental League of
Massachusetts and its predecessor organizations. This series is divided into
four sub-series: bulletins and circulars, newsletters, other printed material,
and clippings.
NOTE: The date ranges listed in the Detailed
Description of the Collection below may include gaps. Folders may not contain
records for every month or year within a given date range.
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) holds the following collections
related to the Environmental League of Massachusetts records:
Environmental League of Massachusetts photographs, 1943-1990. Photo. Coll.
198.
The Environmental League of Massachusetts records were given to the
Massachusetts Historical Society by the League in 2001.
The Environmental League of Massachusetts records are stored offsite and
must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at
library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request
materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before
requesting cartons by barcode.
The collection is organized into the following series:
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| I. Administrative records, 1898-1998 |
| | A. Meeting minutes and reports, 1898-1989 |
| | B. Letterpress book, 1898-1899 |
| | C. Financial records, 1907-1987 |
| | D. Other administrative records, 1992-1998 |
| II. Subject files, 1913-2010 |
| III. Publications, 1902-1998 |
| | A. Bulletins and circulars, 1911-1986 |
| | B. Newsletters, 1902-1984 |
| | C. Other printed material, 1942-1998 |
| | D. Clippings, 1898-1988 |
NOTE: The date ranges listed below may include gaps.
Folders may not contain records for every month or year within a given date
range.
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| Carton | Barcode | Folder | Contents |
| | | I. Administrative records,
1898-1989 |
| | | | A. Meeting minutes and reports,
1898-1989
This sub-series contains the organization's certificate of incorporation,
agreement of association, amended by-laws, and materials documenting the 1933
name change. Also included are minutes from annual meetings, Board of Directors
and Executive Committee meetings, and reports from the New England Forestry
Association (NEFA).
Minutes include lists of meeting attendees, agendas, resolutions, financial
updates, and information about new members. NEFA annual reports include letters
to members, updates on the Foundation's finances and current projects. Later
NEFA reports include lists of members, officers, and directors.
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| Carton 1 | SH 12TL C | Folder 1 | | | Original certificate of incorporation,
1898 |
| Carton 1 | SH 12TL C | Folder 2 | | | Agreement of association, first meeting, by-laws, name change,
1898-1959 |
| Carton 1 | SH 12TL C | Folder 3-12 | | | Annual meeting,
1898-1984 |
| Carton 1 | SH 12TL C | Folder 13-21 | | | Board of Directors meetings,
1981-1987 |
| Carton 1 | SH 12TL C | Folder 22-37 | | | Executive Committee minutes,
1928-1956 |
| Carton 1 | SH 12TL C | | | | Executive Committee minutes, volume 1,
January 7, 1898 - October 10, 1906 [also includes
preliminary meetings] |
| Carton 1 | SH 12TL C | | | | Executive Committee minutes, volume 2,
November 14, 1906 - March 29, 1907 |
| Carton 1 | SH 12TL C | | | | Executive Committee minutes, volume 3,
April 27, 1917 - December 23, 1927 |
| Carton 2 | SH 12TM D | Folder 1-20 | | | Executive Committee minutes,
1957-1989 |
| Carton 2 | SH 12TM D | Folder 21 | | | New England Forestry Association reports,
1950-1956 |
| Carton 2 | SH 12TM D | | | | Registers, 1898-1911; reports,
1913-1925 [2 volumes] |
| Carton 2 | SH 12TM D | | | B. Letterpress book,
1898-1899
One volume of outgoing letters from the Massachusetts Forestry Association's
Secretary's Office.
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| | | | C. Financial records,
1907-1987
Ten volumes of ledgers and account books document the ELM's expenditures and
income from membership dues and trust fund interest. This sub-series also
includes other related material, including leases and certificates of
registration as a tax-exempt organization.
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| OS 1 | SH 17CH $ | | | | Account book, Records of the Trust of the Permanent Fund,
1907-January 1950
(Oversize container) |
| OS 1 | SH 17CH $ | | | | Account book,
November 1925-June 1935
(Oversize container) |
| OS 1 | SH 17CH $ | | | | Account book,
April 1930-June 1935
(Oversize container) |
| OS 1 | SH 17CH $ | | | | Account book,
January 1943-December 1948
(Oversize container) |
| OS 1 | SH 17CH $ | | | | Account book,
January 1949-December 1955
(Oversize container) |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | | | | Account book,
March 1964-February 1967 [volume] |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | | | | Account book,
February 1967-February 1969 [volume] |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | | | | Account book,
February 1969-April 1970 [volume] |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | | | | Account book,
June 1970-March 1972 [volume] |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | | | | Account book,
March 1972-September 1973 [volume] |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 1 | | | ELM Education Fund financial,
1982-1986 |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 2 | | | Financial miscellany,
1959-1987 |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 3 | | | Record of C.A. Fox Fund, now in hands of Trustees of Permanent Fund,
April 1, 1954 |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 4 | | | Tax exemption documents,
1921-1939, 1959 |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 5 | | | Leases,
1959-1976 |
| | | | D. Other administrative records,
1992-1998 |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 6-7 | | | Environmental lobby mailing,
April 1992 |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 8-9 | | | Miscellany,
1947-1996 |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 10 | | | Old appeals,
1996-1998 |
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| Carton | Barcode | Folder | Contents |
| | | II. Subject files,
1913-2010
The bulk of this series, arranged alphabetically by subject, contains
records relating to the organization's annual conference on Dutch Elm Disease
(DED), including meeting announcements and published proceedings, as well as
other reports, surveys, and correspondence relating to DED. This series also
includes materials relating to an exhibit of ELM records to celebrate the
organization's centennial, videocassettes of Environmental League Forums,
speeches by Harris Reynolds and articles about town forests, the MFPA's 75th
Anniversary event's guest book, and a history of ELM with biographical sketches
of the founders.
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| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 11-42 | | Dutch Elm Disease conferences,
1947-1977 |
| Carton 3 | SH 12TN E | Folder 43 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Conference report: Dutch Elm Disease, Elm Phloem
Necrosis, Oak Wilt, New York City,
February 4-5, 1954 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 1-4 | | Dutch Elm Disease correspondence,
1940-1970 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 5 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Gates Elm Fund,
1953-1955 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 6 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Letters on Trelife and Dr. [Howard D.] Salins,
1957-1958 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 7 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Massachusetts Advisory Committee on Dutch Elm
Disease,
1946-1947 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 8-10 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Massachusetts and New England Dutch Elm
Diseases,
1934-1938 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 11 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Massachusetts Committee on Dutch Elm Disease
annual reports,
1941-1954 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 12-20 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Miscellaneous reports and leaflets on Dutch Elm
Disease,
1933-1978 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 21 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] National conference on Dutch Elm Disease,
1936-1943 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 22-26 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Release and form letters,
1935-1966 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 27 | | Dutch Elm Disease speeches,
1935-1946 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 28 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Spraying programs with DDT,
1955-1959 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 29 | | Dutch Elm Disease survey,
1948 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 30 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] Tristate, Northeastern Dutch Elm Disease
Committees,
1942 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 31 | | [Dutch Elm Disease] United States Department of Agriculture
proceedings on Dutch Elm Disease,
December 5, 1934 |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | | | Environmental League Forum: Open Space Bond Bill,
March 15, 1994 [videotape] |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | | | Environmental League Forum: Boston Harbor,
March 22, 1994 [videotape] |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | | | Environmental League Forum: Department of Environmental Protection,
April 5, 1994 [videotape] |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | | | Environmental League Forum: Matt Wilson,
June 14, 1994 [videotape] |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | | | Environmental League of Massachusetts,
March 29, 1994 [videotape] |
| Carton 4 | SH 12TP G | Folder 32-34 | | Environmental League of Massachusetts exhibit,
1998 |
| Carton 5 | SH 12TQ H | | | Massachusetts Forest and Park Association 75th Anniversary,
October 4, 1973 [volume] |
| Carton 5 | SH 12TQ H | Folder 1 | | Town forests,
1931, 1960-1966 |
| Carton 5 | SH 12TQ H | Folder 2-7 | | Articles [speeches, etc.] on town forests by Harris Reynolds,
1913-1945 |
| Carton 5 | SH 12TQ H | Folder 8 | | "The 1890s and the Founding of ELM,"
2010 |
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| Carton | Barcode | Folder | Contents |
| | | III. Publications,
1902-1998 |
| | | | A. Bulletins and circulars,
1911-1986
This sub-series contains eight volumes of semi-technical bulletins and
circulars, arranged chronologically, that address an array of forestry issues,
including pest control, forest fires, and shade trees; volumes also contain
brochures, guides, annual reports, and flyers. This sub-series also contains
unbound and legislative bulletins.
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| Carton 5 | SH 12TQ H | | | | Miscellaneous bulletins, circulars, etc.,
1911-1935 [6 volumes] |
| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | | | | Miscellaneous bulletins, circulars, etc.,
1936-1940 [2 volumes] |
| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | Folder 1-3 | | | Miscellaneous bulletins, circulars, etc.,
1941-1962 |
| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | Folder 4-8 | | | Conservation Legislative Bulletin,
1968-1982 |
| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | Folder 9 | | | Environmental Legislative Bulletin,
1982 |
| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | Folder 10 | | | Legislative Bulletin,
1976, 1985-1996 |
| | | | B. Newsletters,
1902-1984
Arranged alphabetically by title, this sub-series contains newsletters
published by ELM and its predecessor organizations, including articles on the
organization's activities and other items of environmental concern.
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| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | Folder 11-13 | | | ELM Newsletter,
1981-1984 |
| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | | | | Forest and Park News,
1937-1956 [1 volume] |
| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | Folder 14-27 | | | Forest and Park News,
1944-1980 |
| Carton 6 | SH 12TR I | | | | Woodland & Roadside,
1902-1910 [2 volumes] |
| | | | C. Other printed material,
1942-1998
This sub-series, arranged in chronological order, contains printed material
created by ELM and its predecessor organizations, including books, brochures,
issue papers, and other publications.
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| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 1-2 | | | Membership brochures,
1942-1989 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 3 | | | The American Elm, n.d. |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 4 | | | Conservation Education Program at Camp Child,
Old Colony Council, Boy Scouts of America, by Alfred M. Williams, Jr.,
n.d. |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 5 | | | Forestry and Conservation Study Outline for
Agricultural Teachers of Massachusetts, n.d. |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 6 | | | The Forestry Primer,
1906-1926, 1926 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 7 | | | The First Fifty Years of the Massachusetts
Forest and Park Association, prepared by W.H. Clark,
1948 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 8 | | | The First Fifty Years of the Massachusetts
Forest and Park Association, additions to 1960 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 9 | | | Fifty Years a Forester, by Harold O.
Cook,
1961 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 10 | | | Massachusetts Forest and Park Association: A
History, 1898-1973, by Richard M. Applegate,
1974 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 11 | | | New England Forestry Foundation: A
History, by Richard M. Applegate,
1975 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 12 | | | The Inside Track: The Behind-the-Scenes Story
of the Massachusetts Environmental Budget Process, by Debra R.
Sanderson,
January 1986 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 13 | | | Land: Financing of Open Space, by
Edith M. Netter and Daniel J. Barry,
November 1988 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 14 | | | Land: Guiding Development, by
Alexandra D. Dawson,
November 1988 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 15 | | | Land and Housing Banks,
November 1988 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 16 | | | Halfway to… where? A Report on the
Implementation of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, by James
Gomes,
May 1994 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 17 | | | The Carcinogens Around Us: Chemical Use in
Massachusetts, 1990-1992, by Elizabeth Sturcken,
August 1994 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 18 | | | Commonwealth at Risk: Toxic Chemical Use in
Massachusetts, 1992-1994, by James R. Gomes and Deborah L. Adler,
May 1996 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 19 | | | Enforcement Trends at the Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection, 1989-1996, by Donna Tesiero and
James R. Gomes,
May 1996 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 20 | | | The Green Budget,
March 12, 1998 |
| | | | D. Clippings,
1898-1988 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | | | | Scrapbook,
January 1898-November 1902 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | | | | Scrapbook,
October 1904-November 1906 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 21 | | | Items found loose in scrapbook,
January 1898-1902 |
| Carton 7 | SH 12TS J | Folder 22-26 | | | Clippings,
1908, 1981-1988, n.d. |
Environmental League of Massachusetts Records, Massachusetts Historical
Society.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in
ABIGAIL,
the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers
desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should
search the catalog using these headings.
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| Organizations: |
| | Environmental Lobby of
Massachusetts (Boston, Mass.). |
| | Massachusetts Forest and Park
Association (Boston, Mass.). |
| | Massachusetts Forestry
Association. |
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| Subjects: |
| | Associations, institutions,
etc.--Massachusetts--Boston. |
| | Environmental agencies. |
| | Environmental policy--Massachusetts. |
| | Environmental
protection--Massachusetts. |
| | Lobbyists--Massachusetts. |
Photographs from this collection have been removed to the Environmental
League of Massachusetts photographs, 1943-1990. Photo. Coll. 198.
Pins have been removed from this collection and are stored onsite in the MHS
Numismatic Collection.
For a list of printed materials removed from this collection, see Curator of
Manuscripts.
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