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Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster Papers

1957-2003

Guide to the Collection

The Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster papers 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.

There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.

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Collection Summary

Biographical Sketch

Sources

Collection Description

Acquisition Information

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Organization

Detailed Description of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Access Terms


Collection Summary

Creator:Foster, Charles H. W., 1927-
Title:Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster papers
Dates:1957-2003
Physical Description:38 records cartons and 1 oversize carton
Call Number:OFFSITE
Call Number:Ms. N-2188 (Oversize onsite)
Repository:Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org
Abstract:

Papers of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster produced from 1957-1966 as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources; and as the first secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 1971-1975. Also includes teaching papers kept while on the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1988-2002 pertaining to courses on environmental policy topics.

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Biographical Sketch

Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster was born in Boston in 1927. He holds degrees from Harvard University, the University of Michigan (forestry and wildlife management), and Johns Hopkins University (geography and environmental engineering). Foster served as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources (1957-1966), and as the first secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (1971-1975). He was dean of Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies from 1976-1981. He has been a visiting professor, scholar, and research fellow at many universities, including the University of California-Santa Cruz, the University of Virginia, Tufts University, and Clark University. Most recently, he was on the faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Foster has served on numerous boards and advisory committees, including Public Land Law Review Commission, Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Council (chair), and the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission (chair).

Foster's publications include Experiments in Bioregionalism: The New England River Basins Story (University Press of New England, 1984), The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance (University Press of New England, 1985), Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold (Appalachian Trail Conference, 1987), Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River (CIS, 1991), and, with David R. Foster, Thinking in Forest Time (Harvard Forest, 1998). He is co-editor of Stepping Back to Look Forward: A History of the Massachusetts Forest (Harvard Forest, 1998).

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Sources

http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/profiles/chwfoster.html

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Collection Description

This collection, housed in 38 cartons and 1 oversize carton, spans the years 1957-2003 and contains Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster's professional papers.

Among these are records that CHWF produced from 1957-1966 as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources; and as the first secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 1971-1975. This collection also contains teaching papers kept while on the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1988-2002 pertaining to courses on environmental policy topics, as well as files kept while a visiting professor, scholar, and research fellow at other universities. Records relating to CHWF's publications, federal and national service, and other projects contain extensive materials on bioregionalism, the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster, 2005.

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Restrictions on Access

The Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster papers 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.

There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.

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Restrictions on Use

The Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim ownership to the literary rights (copyright) to the Charles H.W. Foster Papers. The literary rights to materials created by Mr. Foster have been retained by the donor (and subsequently his heir or executor) until ten years following his death, or earlier as he or his executors may authorize. The literary rights to materials created by individuals other than Mr. Foster reside with those individuals.

The Massachusetts Historical Society cannot give permission to publish or quote from documents or writings by individuals for whom it does not hold copyright. Use of this collection does not imply permission to quote from or publish, all or in part, documents in the collection. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to contact the Historical Society in writing to request permission to quote from or publish documents written by Mr. Foster in this collection. The Historical Society will then forward the formal written request to the donor or his heir or executor. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to obtain formal permission from the owners of the literary rights (copyright) to publish or quote from documents in this collection written by individuals other than Mr. Foster.

Mr. Foster's "Memoirs" (2002) are a draft and may not be copied or reproduced in any way without his express written permission.

With the exception of Mr. Foster's overviews of each section of the papers (clearly marked that they are not to be copied), photocopies may be made for personal use only. Personal use photocopies may not be donated or deposited in other libraries or archives, or made available to other researchers without the written permission of the donor.

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Organization of the Collection

The collection is organized into the following series:

I. Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources, 1957-1966
II. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 1971-1975
A. Correspondence, 1971-1975
B. Reorganization and other files, 1971-1975
III. Academic assignments, 1976-2002
A. Yale University, 1976-1981
B. The California years, 1981-1986
C. Other academic assignments, 1975, 1984-1987
D. Harvard University, 1988-2002
IV. Writings, 1984-2002
A. "Memoirs" (2002)
B. Experiments in Bioregionalism, 1984-1991
C. Massachusetts Forest History Project, 1995-1999
V. Other projects, 1970-2003
VI. Subject files, 1968-1989
VII. Photographs

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Bracketed numbers in the "Carton" column, i.e., [8], indicate carton numbers used in the box list/preliminary inventory created for this collection between 2002 and 2004.

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I. Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources, 1957-1966
The first series, Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources, contains records from Foster's tenure as the department's Commissioner. Among these records are correspondence and other materials relating to the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore as well as letters and publicity relating to Foster's resignation from his post in 1966. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BAnnual reports of the Commissioner of Natural Resources, 1957-1965
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BBoard of Natural Resources [correspondence, press releases], 1966
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BBureau of Outdoor Recreation, 1964, 1966
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BCape Cod National Seashore: correspondence, 1959-1962
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BCape Cod National Seashore: legislation, 1959-1961
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BCape Cod National Seashore: names for letters, 1960-1961
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BCape Cod National Seashore publicity, 1958-1961
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BCape Cod National Seashore publicity [clippings], 1957-1961
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BCape Cod National Seashore: statements by Commissioner Foster, 1960-1961
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BCoastal waters and wetlands, 1965-1966
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BCoastal wetlands program, 1959-1965
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BConservation Commissions, 1960-1965
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD B [Correspondence], 1957-1968
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BDighton Rock, 1963
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BExecutive Department correspondence, 1961, 1964
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BForest fires, 1962-1964
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BForest management program, 1960
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BForest policy advisory group, 1965-1966
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BForest policies, Forest Industries Committee, 1962-1966
Carton 1 [6]SH 14YD BGovernors' correspondence, 1960-1966
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BGypsy Moth program, 1962-1963
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BHatch Act, Chapter 220, Acts of 1965
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BLaw enforcement/Sheehan report, 1962-1965
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD B"A Program for Conservation Law Enforcement," 1963
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BMarine fisheries advisory council, 1960-1962
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BMassachusetts Geological Commission, 1966
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BMassachusetts Historical Commission, 1960, 1963
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD B[Natural Areas Council], n.d.
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BOutdoor recreation resources, 1963-1966
Carton 1 [8]SH 14YD BParks program, 1960-1966
Carton 2 [6]SH 14YC APesticides board, 1961-1964
Carton 2 [6]SH 14YC APublicity, D.N.R., 1960-1966
Carton 2 [8]SH 14YC AResignation, personal letters on, 1966
Carton 2 [8]SH 14YC ALoose items from oversize scrapbook, mainly regarding CHWF's 1966 resignation as Commissioner, D.N.R
Oversize carton 1Ms. N-2188Scrapbook of newspaper clippings on CHWF's resignation as Commissioner, D.N.R., 1966
(Oversize)
Carton 2 [7]SH 14YC ASpeaking engagements, accepted, 1960-1966
Carton 2 [7]SH 14YC ASpeech material, 1957-1968
Carton 2 [7]SH 14YC AState Committee for Conservation of Soil, Water, and Related Resources: Supervisor's Handbook, 1965
Carton 2 [7]SH 14YC ASudbury and Concord River valleys, 1960-1961
Carton 2 [7]SH 14YC AWarwick State Forest prison camps, 1961
Carton 2 [7]SH 14YC AWater Resources Commission, 1960-1965
Carton 2 [7]SH 14YC AWestern Massachusetts Electric, 1965-1966
Oversize carton 1Ms. N-2188Preliminary land use plan, Cape Cod proposed national park, 1959
(Oversize)
Oversize carton 1Ms. N-2188Map, "Proposed Cape Cod National Park, Massachusetts," ca. 1959
(Oversize)
Oversize carton 1Ms. N-2188Map, "Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions," 1 October 1964
(Oversize)
Oversize carton 1Ms. N-2188Map of Massachusetts conservation districts and municipal conservation commissions, 1 January 1965
(Oversize)
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II. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 1971-1975
A. Correspondence, 1971-1975
Foster's general correspondence is arranged chronologically; correspondence to specific departments or individuals is arranged alphabetically by name.
Carton 3 [1]SH 14Y6 4Incoming memos, 1971-1974
Carton 3 [1]SH 14Y6 4Outgoing letters, August 1971-October 1972
Carton 4 [2]SH 14Y7 5Outgoing letters, November 1972-January 1975
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Letters to Commissioner Arthur Brownell, Department of Natural Resources, 1971-1974
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Letters to Commissioner Nathan Chandler, Department of Agriculture, 1971-1974
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Letters to Commissioner John Sears, Metropolitan District Commission, 1971-1974
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Letters to Commissioners Brownell, Chandler, and Sears, 1971-1974
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Letters to Chief Secretary, Executive Department, 1971-1973
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Letters to William McCarty, Executive Director, Outdoor Advertising Division, 1971-1972
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Memos to Governor Francis Sargent, 1972
Reorganization and other files, 1971-1975
Reorganization and other files are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Administration and program services reorganizations, phase II, 1974
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Agriculture hearing, July 25, 1973
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7CHWF notes at staff and cabinet meetings, 1971-1974
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7CHWF reports, ca. 1973?
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Citizens Committee on Environmental Affairs data compilation, March 1973
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Citizens Committee on Environmental Affairs final report, March 1973
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Citizens Committee on Environmental Affairs public meeting on reorganization, December 10-17, 1972
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Citizens Committee on Environmental Affairs public meeting on reorganization transcripts, December 10-17, 1972
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Citizens Committee on Environmental Affairs studies, 1972-1973
Carton 5 [4]SH 14Y9 7Citizens Committee on Environmental Affairs surveys, March 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Clippings
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Coastal zone, Massachusetts, 1975
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Department of Public Works, Registry of Motor Vehicles hearing, July 30, 1973
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Economic Impact Executive Order, 1972
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Education hearing, August 6, 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Environmental management reorganization, phase II, 1974
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Environmental quality reorganization, phase II, 1974
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Federal legislation
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Final hearing, August 8, 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Fish and game hearing, August 7, 1973
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Foundations, 1974-1976
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2General hearing, July 18, 1973
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Governor's Advisory Council on the Environment, 1972
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Governor's Advisory Commission on Open Space and Recreation, 1972
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Governor's Food Commission, 1973
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Interbasin diversions, 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Metropolitan District Commission hearing, July 23, 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Notes on House and Senate bills, 1974
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Park Plaza, 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Proposal for the State Coastal Zone Resource Management Program, August 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Proposed amendments to general laws re: EOEA, ca. 1974
Carton 6 [6]SH 158T 2Public health, 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Administrative and Program Services], 1972-1974
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Citizens Commissions], 1972-1974
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Communications], ca. 1972
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Environmental Management Task Force minutes], 1974
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Environmental Management], 1974
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Environmental Quality], 1973
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Fisheries, Wildlife, and Recreational Vehicles], 1974
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Legal services], 1972-1974
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [Metropolitan District Commission], 1972-1974
Carton 6 [25]SH 158T 2Reorganization [miscellany], 1972-1974
Carton 7 [6]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization [Natural Resources and Agriculture], 1972-1975
Carton 7 [6]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization [Public Information and Education], 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization [Regional Assessments], 1967-1971
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization [Regional Councils], 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization [Task Force reports], 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization [Water Resources], 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization [Wetlands Protection Act], 1973
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization [Wildlife Management Institute], 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reorganization legislation, 1972-1975
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Report by Environmental Council for Region I, 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Report by Environmental Council for Region II, 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Report by Environmental Council for Region VII, 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Report by Environmental Council for Region VIII, 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reprints of House bills, 1973-1975
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Reprints of Senate bills, 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Resources Management Policy Council, 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Solid Waste Council, 1973
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Statements and memos re: reorganization of EOEA, 1974
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Summary statement on reorganization of Environmental Affairs [draft?], ca. 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Summary statement on reorganization of Environmental Affairs [draft?], ca. 1973
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Task Force reports: agriculture and land resources, 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Task Force reports: education and communication, 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Task Force reports: energy, 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Task Force reports: environmental quality, 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Task Force reports: human resources, 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Task Force reports: ocean resources, 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Task Force reports: open space and recreation resources, 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Task Force reports: water resources, 1972
Carton 7 [3]SH 14Y8 6Waste water re-use, 1971
Oversize carton 1Ms. N-2188Organization chart, Division of Water Resources, Department of Natural Resources, 1972?
(Oversize)
Oversize carton 1Ms. N-2188Organization chart, Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources, ca. 1974?
(Oversize)
Oversize carton 1Ms. N-2188Map of Massachusetts Water Pollution Contral Regions, ca. 1974?
(Oversize)
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III. Academic assignments, 1976-2002
The third series, Academic assignments, contains correspondence, teaching files, and other materials relating to Foster's appointments at Yale University, Stanford University, the University of California-Santa Cruz, Tufts University, Clark University, Brown University, and the University of Rhode Island. This series is arranged in chronological order by appointment date.
A. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 1976-1981
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NOverview paper - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NAdvanced Management Training Program, 1976-1977
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP N[Connecticut Natural Resource Center information], 1978
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP N[Correspondence, memos, notes], 1972-1983
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NDean's Project, 1977-1981
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NNatural Resources Administration course, Forestry and Environmental Studies 722a, Fall 1978
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NNew Haven Coastal Program, 1982
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NPolicy statement, 1981
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP N[Press], 1975-1981
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NUniversity Council Committee, 1980
B. The California years, 1975, 1984-1987
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NOverview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NStanford University, 1982
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NSanta Cruz, 1981-1986
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NStanford University, 1981-1985
Carton 8 [19]SH 14YP NStanford University/California Fund for the Environment, 1982-1984
C. Other academic assignments, 1975-1988
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA VOverview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA VUniversity of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1975
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA V[Tufts University]
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA VTufts University: Bioregionalism, 1983-1986
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA VTufts University: Interviews, 1984
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA VClark University [correspondence], March 1985-November 1986
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA VClark University: Earth Transformed Symposium, 1984-1987
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA VBrown University: Blackstone Valley Heritage Corridor, 1987-1988
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA VBrown University: Correspondence, July 1986-September 1987
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA V[Brown University course materials]
Carton 9 [38]SH 17BA V[University of Rhode Island]
D. Harvard Teaching Papers, 1988-2002
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 1Overview paper - not to be copied without CHWF permission
S-117: "The Politics of Federal Water Policy: Toward An Agenda For Action," winter-spring 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 2Water policy course: bibliography
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 3Water policy course: budget and administration, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 4-7Water policy course: correspondence, 1986-1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 8Water policy course: course materials, 1987-1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 9-10Water policy course: education, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 11Water policy course: groundwater, 1987-1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 12Water policy course: [guest speaker] Daniel Beard
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 13-14Water policy course: [guest speaker] Henry P. Caulfield, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 15Water policy course: [guest speaker] Robert Dawson, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 16Water policy course: [guest speaker] Anthony S. Earl, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 17Water policy course: [guest speaker] Madge Ertel, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 18Water policy course: [guest speaker] Lawrence Jensen, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 19Water policy course: [guest speaker] Theodore Schad, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 20Water policy course: [guest speaker] Kyle Schilling, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 21Water policy course: [guest speaker] Gerald Seinwill, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 22-23Water policy course: [guest speaker] Warren Viessman, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 24Water policy course: interstate compacts, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 25Water policy course: mini-symposium, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 26Water policy course: Nielson report (second round), 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 27-28Water policy course: outside interest groups, 1987
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 29Water policy course: references, 1988-1989
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 30Water policy course: regions, 1983-1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 31Water policy course: resumes/interests of class, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 32Water policy course: Save the Harbor field trip
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 33Water policy course: student papers, 1988
Carton 10 [42]SH 17BI $Folder 34-36Water policy course: student papers (first round), 1988
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 1-3Water policy course: student papers (second round), 1988
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 4Water policy course: syllabus and initial handouts, 1988
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 5Water policy course: Water extension service, 1988
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 6Water policy course: Water Resource Development Act of 1990
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 7Water policy course: Water Resources Research, 1978-1988
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 8Water policy course: Western Governors Conference, 1980-1982
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 9Water policy course: Western States Water Council, 1982
S-121m: "Bioregionalism: Environmental Issues in Joint Jurisdictions" fall 1989
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 10Bioregionalism course: administrative, 1989-1990
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 11Bioregionalism course: correspondence, 1989
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 12-13Bioregionalism course: red binders #1 and #2, 1989
S-122: "Can and Should Wetlands Be Replicated?" spring 1991
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 14Wetlands course: administration, 1991
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 15-16Wetlands course: black binders #1 and #2, 1991
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 17-18Wetlands course: consensus session (speakers), 1991
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 19-21Wetlands course: correspondence, 1991
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 22-27Wetlands course: course materials, 1991
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 28Wetlands course: student papers, 1991
Carton 11 [9]SH 14YE CFolder 29-33Wetlands course: wetlands banking, 1991
Carton 12 [34]SH 17B6 RWetlands course background, reference material
Carton 13 [31]SH 17B3 OWetlands course background, reference material
S-122: "Economies of Forested Regions," fall 1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 1-4Forest course: correspondence, 1991-1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 5Forest course: course materials, 1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 6-7Forest course: final papers, 1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 8Forest course: handouts/readings, 1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 9Forest course: Northern Forest Lands Council, 1991-1993
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 10-14 Forest course: red binder [course materials, readings], 1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 15-16Forest course: reference materials, 1989-1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 17Forest course: speakers notes, 1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 18-19Forest course: students [correspondence, papers], 1992-1993
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 20Forest course: symposium, 1992
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 21-24Enr. 522: "Northern Forest" course materials, 1992
Enr. 522: "Multiobjective Resources Management Planning" [Cape Cod course], spring 1993
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 25Cape Cod course: advisory committees, 1992-1994
Carton 14 [32]SH 17B4 PFolder 26-29Cape Cod course: Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission meeting minutes and transcripts, 1979-1992
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 1-4Cape Cod course: Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission meeting minutes and transcripts, 1992-1994
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 5Cape Cod course: charter schools, 1993-1994
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 6-7Cape Cod course: correspondence, 1992-1993
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 8-16Cape Cod course: course materials, 1993
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 17Cape Cod course: Delphi surveys, 1992
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 18Cape Cod course: dune shacks, 1994
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 19Cape Cod course: highland light, 1994
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 20Cape Cod course: human dimensions, 1994
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 21Cape Cod course: jury, 1993
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 22Cape Cod course: legislation, 1990-1992
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 23Cape Cod course: legislative history, 1959-1975
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 24Cape Cod course: Marsh-Billings National Historic Park, 1993
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 25-26Cape Cod course: National Park Service, general, 1993
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 27Cape Cod course: National Park Services general management plan, 1978-1993
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 28Cape Cod course: news media briefing kit, 1992
Carton 15 [10]SH 14YF DFolder 29-30Cape Cod course: Nickerson Fund, 1990-1991
Carton 16 [33]SH 17B5 QFolder 1-3Cape Cod course: ORVs [Off Road Vehicles] issue, 1992
Carton 16 [33]SH 17B5 QFolder 4-23Cape Cod course: references, 1992-1993
Carton 16 [33]SH 17B5 QFolder 24-25Cape Cod course: student papers, 1993
Enr. 522: "Multiobjective Resource Management Planning," [Quabbin course], fall 1993
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 1-3Quabbin course: correspondence, 1993-1994
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 4Quabbin course: course evaluations, 1993
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 5-7Quabbin course: course materials, 1993
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 8-9Quabbin course: [course packet/readings], 1993
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 10Quabbin course: expenses, 1993
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 11Quabbin course: field trip, 1993
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 12Quabbin course: student biographical information, 1993
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 13Forest communities conference, April 1994
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 14[Forest communities conference] student assistants, 1993-1994
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 15Forest Communities Project, 1993-1994
Enr. 522 - "Managing Resources as Whole Systems," fall 1994
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 16Whole systems course: [administrative], 1994
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 17-18Whole systems course: correspondence, 1992-1995
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 19-21Whole systems course: course material, white binder
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 22Whole systems course: expenses, 1994-1995
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 23Whole systems course: field trip, 1994
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 24-25Whole systems course: "Publications of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study," compiled by Phyllis C. Likens, 1994
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 26-27Whole systems course: [references]
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 28-29Whole systems course: student papers, 1994-1995
Enr. 522m: "Forested Biosphere Reserves," fall 1995
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 30Biosphere course: [administrative], 1995
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 31Biosphere course: brown binder [miscellany], 1995
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 32Biosphere course: colloquium, 1995
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 33Biosphere course: [correspondence], 1995-1996
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 34-36Biosphere course: course materials, 1995
Carton 17 [11]SH 14YG EFolder 37-38Biosphere course: [course packets/readings], 1995
Carton 18 [12]SH 14YH FFolder 1-2Biosphere course: lectures, 1995-1996
Carton 18 [12]SH 14YH FFolder 3Biosphere course: [student biographies], 1995
Carton 18 [12]SH 14YH FFolder 4Biosphere course: student papers, 1996
Stm-151m: "Introduction to Philanthropy," fall 1996
Carton 18 [12]SH 14YH FFolder 5Philanthropy course: The Boston Foundation, 1996
Carton 18 [12]SH 14YH FFolder 6-8Philanthropy course: correspondence, 1996-1997
Carton 18 [12]SH 14YH FFolder 9-16Philanthropy course: course materials, 1996
Carton 18 [12]SH 14YH FFolder 17Philanthropy course: course syllabi, 1995-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 1-3Philanthropy course: lecture notes and lectures, 1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 4Philanthropy course: materials for CHWF's class, 10 October 1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 5Philanthropy course: "The Once and Future Philanthropists: A discussion paper derived from STM 151m," by CHWF, February 1997
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 6Philanthropy course: [student biographies], 1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 7-10Philanthropy course: [student papers], 1996
Stm-152m: "Introduction to Environmental Philanthropy," fall 1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 11Philanthropy course: administration, 1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 12Philanthropy course: [class list], 1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 13Philanthropy course: corporate philanthropy, 1995-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 14-15Philanthropy course: course materials, 1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 16Philanthropy course: expenses, 1995-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 17Philanthropy course: family foundations, 1994-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 18Philanthropy course: foundations, 1994-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 19Philanthropy course: giving, 1990-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 20Philanthropy course: government, 1994-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 21Philanthropy course: grantmaking, 1995-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 22Philanthropy course: Letts, Christine, 1993-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 23Philanthropy course: non-profit sector, n.d.
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 24Philanthropy course: philosophy, 1995
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 25Philanthropy course: reference, 1993-1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 26Philanthropy course: [team projects], 1996
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 27-29NPS 410: "Philanthropy and the Creation of American Elites," Fall 1997: course packets
Colloquium on Watershed Management and Decisionmaking: Mexico and the United States, May 29-30, 1997
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 30Colloquium: [agenda, participant biographies], 1997
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 31Colloquium: background papers, 1997
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 32-35Colloquium: informational material and correspondence, 1997
Carton 19 [13]SH 14YI GFolder 36Enr. 522: "Watershed/River Basin Approaches Around the World," Fall 1997 (cancelled)
Enr. 522: "Using History to Inform Policy: Lessons from the Massachusetts Forest," Fall, 1998
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 1-6Forest history course: course materials, 1998
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 7Forest history course: field trip, 1998
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 8Forest history course: colloquium, November 1998
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 9Forest history course: notes on visiting lecturers, 1998
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 10Forest history course: student memos, 1998
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 11Forest history course: student papers, 1998
Enr. 522: "Environmental Regionalism," fall 1999
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 12-15Regionalism course: correspondence, 1999-2001
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 16-18Regionalism course: course materials, 1999
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 19-20Regionalism course: course materials, green binder, 1999
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 21Regionalism course: mailing labels, ca. 1999?
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 22Regionalism course: student papers, 1999-2000
Carton 20 [14]SH 14YJ HFolder 23-26Regionalism course: white paper, 1999-2000
Enr. 522: "Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Conservation and the Environment," fall 2000
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 1-2Innovation course: [course materials], 200-2001
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 3Innovation course: environmental trusts, 1999-2001
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 4Innovation course: speakers, 2000
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 5Innovation course: "State Environmental Innovations," 1999
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 6-10Innovation course: student papers, 2000-2001
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 11-14Innovation course: white binder [readings, correspondence, other course materials], 2000-2001
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 15Innovation course: white paper, 2000-2001
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 16Harvard/Complutense Universities' Wetlands Research Conference: wetland workshop papers
Carton 21 [15]SH 14YK IFolder 17-28Harvard Environmental Regionalism Project
Carton 37 [41]SH 17BD YHarvard Environmental Regionalism Project
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IV. Writings, 1984-2002
The fourth series, Writings, contains files relating to the research, writing, and publication of Foster's books, Experiments in Bioregionalism: The New England River Basins Story, The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance, Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold, and Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River. Also included in this series are files relating to the publication of Stepping Back to Look Forward: A History of the Massachusetts Forest, which Foster co-edited. This series is arranged in chronological order by publication date.
Carton 22 [6]SH 158N $Folder 39A. "Memoirs" (2002) - not to be copied without CHWF permission
B. Experiments in Bioregionalism book series, 1984-1991
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 1Overview paper - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 2-5New England River Basins Story: Research files, 1950-1957
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 6New England River Basins Story: Annual Conference, New England Council, 1950
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 7-20New England River Basins Story: Background material and interview notes, 1968-1969
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 21-22New England River Basins Story: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1958-1968
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 23-24New England River Basins Story: New England Governors' Conference, 1937-1956
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 25New England River Basins Story: New England New York Inter-Agency Committee minutes, 1951-1955
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 26-27New England River Basins Story: New England New York Inter-Agency Committee public hearings, 1951-1954
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 28-29New England River Basins Story: Northeastern Resources Committee, 1957-1967
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 30-31New England River Basins Story: Northeastern Resources Committee minutes, 1965-1967
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 32-34New England River Basins Story: Northeastern Resources Committee minutes excerpts, 1957-1967
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 35New England River Basins Story: Northeastern Water and Related Land Resources Compact Act, 1959-1961
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 36New England River Basins Story: Northeastern Water and Related Land Resources Compact Act statements, 1960-1962
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 37New England River Basins Story: Saint Lawrence Seaway, 1945-1946
Carton 22 [20]SH 158N $Folder 38New England River Basins Story: Southeastern New England Water and Related Land Resources Study, 1975
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 1-3The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Background material and interview notes, 1975
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 4The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Budget, 1975
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 5-7The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Burling, Francis, 1975-1976
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 8The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Cape Cod Advisory Commission meetings and issues, 1966-1967
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 9-13The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Correspondence, 1975-1980
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 14The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Foundations, 1975
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 15The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Gibbs, Robert, 1976-1976
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 16The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Interviews (misc.), 1959, 1975
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 17The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Land acquisition plan, 1980
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 18The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Local meetings, 1959
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 19The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Manuscript: "Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Committee," by CHWF, 1976
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 20The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Manuscript: "Cape Cod National Seashore Case Study: Land Acquisition Program," by Robert Gibbs
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 21The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Manuscript: "Cape Cod National Seashore: Zoning Regulations," by Robert Gibbs
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 22-23The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Notes and references, 1975-1984
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 24The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Project outline and proposal
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 25-31The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Outlines, 1962-1983
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 32The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Other commissions, 1959
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 33The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Press releases, 1975
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 34The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: Superintendents replies, 1975
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 35The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: University Press of New England, 1985-1986
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 36The Cape Cod National Seashore: A Landmark Alliance: University Press of New England [correspondence], 1984-1986
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 37The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Research files, pre-1968
Carton 23 [21]SH 158P +Folder 38-49The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Research files, 1968-1975
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 1-19The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Research files, 1976-1986
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 20The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Allagash Environmental Institute, 1976
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 21The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Anniversary Report, 1973
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 22The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Appalachian Greenway, 1974-1976
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 23The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Appalachian Trailway News, 1969-1977
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 24The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Articles [CHWF notes on], n.d.
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 25-26The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: "Background Information on Appalachian Trail Management"
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 27The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Benton MacKaye Trail, 1978
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 28The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Charter and Membership, 1986
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 29The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1984-1987
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 30-32The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Interviews, 1985
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 33The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Interviews, notes, 1985-1986
Carton 24 [22]SH 158Q %Folder 34-35The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Interviews, potential, 1984-1986
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 1-2The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Guidelines, 1971, 1976
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 3The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: The Irland Group, 1988
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 4The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Land protection plan, 1986
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 5-6The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Legislation, 1972-1986
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 7The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: "Long Distance Trails: The Appalachian Trail as a Guide to Future Research and Management Needs," 1979
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 8-10The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Management delegation, 1977-1984
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 11The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Miscellaneous Appalachian Trail material, 1985
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 12The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: National Inholders Association, 1985
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 13The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Pacific Coast Trail, 1975-1976, 1985
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 14-15The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Pennsylvania meetings, 1975-1976
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 16The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: References, 1986
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 17-18The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Reports, 1984, 1988
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 19The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Research symposium, 1977
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 20The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Resource Project Case Study, June 1982
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 21The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Sherburne Corporation, 1983-1985
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 22The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: [John] Stebbins - [David] Cioffi, 1983-1984
Carton 25 [23]SH 158R 0Folder 23-24The Appalachian National Scenic Trail: A Time to Be Bold: Trail route, 1966-1978
Carton 26 [26]SH 158U 3Folder 1-36Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Research files, 1983-1993
Carton 27 [27]SH 158V 4Folder 1-18Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Research files, 1955-1982
Carton 27 [27]SH 158V 4Folder 19Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Commercial fisheries, 1983-1984
Carton 27 [27]SH 158V 4Folder 20-26Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission, 1983-1991
Carton 27 [27]SH 158V 4Folder 27-30Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Connecticut River program reports, 1967-1988
Carton 27 [27]SH 158V 4Folder 31Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Connecticut River Watershed Council, 1989
Carton 27 [27]SH 158V 4Folder 32Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Descriptive material, 1981-1988
Carton 27 [27]SH 158V 4Folder 33Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: International Atlantic Salmon Federation, 1971-1987
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 1Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: International Atlantic Salmon Federation conference, 1975
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 2Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: International Atlantic Salmon Federation [notes on] daybooks, 1975-1989
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 3-4Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Interstate compact, 1982-1989
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 5-6Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Interviews, 1987-1990
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 7-8Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Interviews: notes, 1987-1990
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 9Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Kennedy (Maureen) project; Denise Toussaint project, 1989
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 10Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Lyman notebooks, 1988
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 11Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: New England Atlantic Salmon Committee, 1984-1988
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 12Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization, 1982-1989
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 13-16Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Policy Committee minutes, 1969-1983
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 17Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: References, 1989
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 18-19Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Research material I, 1989
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 20-22Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Research material II, 1988-1989
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 23-24Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Restoration of Atlantic Salmon in America, Inc., 1977-1993
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 25-26Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: [Stephen G.] Rideout files
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 27Yankee Salmon: The Atlantic Salmon of the Connecticut River: Strategic plan
C. Massachusetts Forest History Project, 1995-1999
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 28Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 29-30[Overview and participants], 1995-1997
Carton 28 [16]SH 14YL JFolder 31-33Massachusetts Forest History [correspondence, notes, drafts], 1998-1999
Carton 29 [28]SH158W 5Folder 1-25Massachusetts Forest History [correspondence, notes, drafts], 1995-1998
Carton 29 [28]SH158W 5Folder 26-33Stepping Back to Look Forward, CHWF's overview chapter reference material, 1994-1998
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V. Other projects, 1970-2003
The fifth series, Other projects, contains files relating to Foster's work as a consultant, in national and federal service, and activities undertaken through the New England Natural Resources Council. Also included in this series are files from Foster's professional appointments at Wildlife Conservation, Inc. and the W. Alton Jones Foundation. This series is arranged chronologically by project start date.
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 1Wildlife Conservation, Inc.: Overview paper - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 2-3Wildlife Conservation, Inc.: scrapbook [items removed and binder discarded]
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 4Wildlife Conservation, Inc.: Salt marshes [loose matter from carton], 1955
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 5Site Preservation in New England: Overview paper - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 6Site Preservation in New England: Agency questionnaire, 1970
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 7Site Preservation in New England: Connecticut Valley landowner questionnaire, n.d.
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 8Site Preservation in New England: General instructions, 1969
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 9Site Preservation in New England: Land acquisition research project [questionnaires], 1970
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 10Site Preservation in New England: Letter of introduction, 1969
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 11Site Preservation in New England: Owner questionnaire, 1970
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 12Site Preservation in New England: Pre-test questionnaires, 1970
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 13Site Preservation in New England: "Site Preservation in New England" by CHWF, June 1970
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 14National and Federal Service: Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 15-16National and Federal Service: Corps of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board, 1971-1976
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 17-23National and Federal Service: Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission: General, 1975-1994
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 24National and Federal Service: Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission: Meeting notes, 1990-1994
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 25National and Federal Service: Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission: Meeting summaries, 1991-1994
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 26National and Federal Service: Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission: Science at the Seashore, 1993-1994
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 27National and Federal Service: Massachusetts Bays Program: Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan draft, June 1995
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 28National and Federal Service: Massachusetts Bays Program: Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan final, 1996
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 29National and Federal Service: Massachusetts Bays Program: Draft and final reports, peer review panel, 1992
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 30-33National and Federal Service: Massachusetts Bays Program: General, 1992-1993
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 34National and Federal Service: Massachusetts Bays Program: "The National Estuary Program After Four Years: A Report to Congress," 1992
Carton 30 [40]SH 17BC XFolder 35-38National and Federal Service: Massachusetts Bays Program: Peer review, 1991-1995
Carton 31 [17]SH 14YM KFolder 1New England Natural Resources Center: Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 31 [17]SH 14YM KFolder 2-16New England Natural Resources Center: [Chronological files], 1981-2002
Carton 31 [17]SH 14YM KFolder 17-18New England Natural Resources Center: Mellon Project, 1981-1982
Carton 31 [17]SH 14YM KFolder 19New England Natural Resources Center: Mellon Project: New England Governors Conference resolutions, 1981
Carton 31 [17]SH 14YM KFolder 20-21New England Natural Resources Center: Mellon Project: New England River Basins Commission termination materials, 1981
Carton 31 [17]SH 14YM KFolder 22New England Natural Resources Center: Mellon Project: Supporting material, 1979-1981
Carton 31 [17]SH 14YM KFolder 23-25New England Natural Resources Center: Saugus River Project, 1987-1993
Carton 31 [17]SH 14YM KFolder 26New England Natural Resources Center: Special reports, 1974-1988
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 1W. Alton Jones Foundation: Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 2W. Alton Jones Foundation: Annual reports, 1981, 1983
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 3W. Alton Jones Foundation: Board meetings, 1982
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 4-7W. Alton Jones Foundation: Contracts and correspondence, 1982-1984
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 8W. Alton Jones Foundation: Grants, 1983
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 9W. Alton Jones Foundation: Personal, 1982
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 10-11W. Alton Jones Foundation: Philanthropic counseling: University Press of New England, 1980-1986
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 12W. Alton Jones Foundation: President's Report, November 19, 1982
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 13W. Alton Jones Foundation: University of Virginia, 1982-1983
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 14Fund for Alaska: Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 15-16Fund for Alaska: Anchorage, 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 17Fund for Alaska: Clippings, 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 18Fund for Alaska: Conservation Foundation, 1983-1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 19-24Fund for Alaska: Correspondence, 1989-1994
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 25Fund for Alaska: [Court documents], 1991
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 26Fund for Alaska: Curricula vitae, 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 27Fund for Alaska: "Establishing the Fund for Alaska," September 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 28Fund for Alaska: "Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Plan," November 1994
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 29Fund for Alaska: Fairbanks, 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 30Fund for Alaska: Financial, 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 31Fund for Alaska: Interviews, 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 32Fund for Alaska: Juneau, 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 33Fund for Alaska: Memoranda, 1989
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 34Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 32 [44]SH17BK +Folder 35-46Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): [Chronological files], 1984-1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 1Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Cape Cod legislation, 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 2Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Connecticut River, 1986-1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 3Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Farmington River, 1986
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 4Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): "A Land Conservation Strategy for the New England Region," September 1986
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 5Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Mattapoisett River, 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 6Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Nashua River, 1986-1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 7Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): "New England Conservation: The Funding and Financing Option," by CHWF, October 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 8Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): New Hampshire, 1983-1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 9Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Rhode Island, 1983-1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 10Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Vermont, 1985-1986
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 11Land Conservation in New England (Lincoln Institute): Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition, 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 12Consulting files: Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 13Consulting files: University Press of New England, 1985, 2003
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 14New England Bioregionalism: Overview statement [Bioregionalism in New England and New England Bioregional Roundtable] - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 15Bioregionalism in New England: Advisory Committee on Bioregionalism, 1986-1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 16Bioregionalism in New England: Albany paper "Bioregionalism: Cooperation to Live By," 1996
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 17Bioregionalism in New England: Comparative Bioregionalism, 1987-1988
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 18Bioregionalism in New England: "Cooperation to Live By: Bioregionalism in New England," September 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 19-21Bioregionalism in New England: Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy, 1986-1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 22-25Bioregionalism in New England: Massachusetts legislation, 1983-1988
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 26Bioregionalism in New England: Miscellaneous correspondence and materials, 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 27Bioregionalism in New England: Workshop, Dartmouth, 22 May 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 28Bioregionalism in New England: Workshop, Hartford, 15 May 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 29Bioregionalism in New England: Workshop, Providence, 8 May 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 30Bioregionalism in New England: Workshop, Williams, 29 May 1987
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 31Bioregionalism in New England: Workshops, 1987-1988
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 32-34Bioregionalism in New England: Workshops, 1987-1988
Carton 33 [39]SH17BB WFolder 35-45New England Bioregional Roundtable: Bioregional roundtable, 1992-1996
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 1 New England Bioregional Roundtable: Cambridge roundtable, 1993-1995
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 2-3New England Bioregional Roundtable: Financial, 1993-1995
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 4New England Bioregional Roundtable: Final report, New England Bioregional Roundtable, 1995
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 5New England Bioregional Roundtable: Final reports to New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, New England Natural Resources Council
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 6-7New England Bioregional Roundtable: New England Bioregional roundtable, 1993-1994
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 8New England Bioregional Roundtable: New England Bioregions: A Roundtable Colloquy, April 1994
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 9 New England Bioregional Roundtable: Williamstown reports, 1991-1992
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 10Appalachian Trail: Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 11-21Appalachian Trail: [Chronological files], 1986-2003
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 22Massachusetts Environmental Trust: Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 23-27Massachusetts Environmental Trust: Background material, 1987-1997
Carton 34 [29]SH 158X 6Folder 28-36Massachusetts Environmental Trust: [Chronological files], 1986-1992
Carton 35 [18]SH 14YN LFolder 1-14Massachusetts Environmental Trust: [Chronological files], 1993-2001
Carton 35 [18]SH 14YN LFolder 15-16Island Press, 1991-1992
Carton 35 [18]SH 14YN LFolder 17ENFOR (Environmental Forestry): Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 35 [18]SH 14YN LFolder 18-25ENFOR (Environmental Forestry): [Chronological files], May 1999-November 2001
Carton 35 [18]SH 14YN LFolder 26-34ENFOR (Environmental Forestry): Advisory Board meetings, 1999-2001
Carton 35 [18]SH 14YN LFolder 35ENFOR (Environmental Forestry): University of Vermont Regional Distance Learning Forestry Center Proposal (not funded), 2001
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 1Civic Environmentalism: Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 2-4Civic Environmentalism: Environmental Citizenship Academy, 2002-2003
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 5Civic Environmentalism: Massachusetts Institute of Technology roundtable, 1999-2000
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 6Civic Environmentalism: Memos to the Governor: "Civic Environmentalism," by CHWF et al., March 2002
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 7Civic Environmentalism: Memos to the Governor: Curricula vitae and biographies
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 8-12Civic Environmentalism: Memos to the Governor: [General], 2001-2003
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 13Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): Overview statement - not to be copied without CHWF permission
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 14-20Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): ENREG, 2001
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 21Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): Regionalism in the West, 2001-2002
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 22-27Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): ENREG, 2002
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 28Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): ENREG Advisory Board meeting, 4 February 2002
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 29Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): Resources for the Future meeting, 25 February 2002
Carton 36 [24]SH 158S 1Folder 30-31Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): Eastern Environmental Regionalism Conference, 24-25 April 2002
Carton 37 [41]SH 17BD YFolder 1Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): ENREG Advisory Board meeting, 28 May 2002
Carton 37 [41]SH 17BD YFolder 2Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): ENREG final report, October 2002
Carton 37 [41]SH 17BD YFolder 3-6 Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): ENREG, 2003
Carton 37 [41]SH 17BD YFolder 7Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): Facilitating Regional Collaboration, 8-9 April 2003
Carton 37 [41]SH 17BD YFolder 8-10Environmental Regionalism Project (ENREG): Regionalism references, 1999-2003
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VI. Subject files, 1968-1989
The sixth series, Subject files, contains secondary material on a variety of environmental issues, including forests, land use, and water resources. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Acid rain, 1983
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Appalachian Trail, ca. 1968-1970
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8California - resources and environment, 1982
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Citizens for Economy in Government, "Towards More Efficient Massachusetts State Government," 1975
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8[Corporate priorities report, 1973]
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Directories, 1971-1972
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Endangered species, 1984
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Environmental concerns, critical, 1974
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Environmental Management, Massachusetts Department of, Annual Report, 1979
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Food, Governor's Commission on, 1974
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Forests - Air Pollution
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Forests - Forest Industries Council, Forest Productivity Report, 1977
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Forests - National, 1975
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Forests - National Forest Management Act, Academic Management Seminar, 1976
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Forests - preservation, 1981
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Land use - agricultural lands protection, 1977
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Land use - Alaska natural resource planning, 1975
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Land use - [Center for Rural Massachusetts, 1988]
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Land use - Vermont, natural resources planning, 1987
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Land use laws, 1974, 1976
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Land use planning, ca. 1971
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Land use planning - Connecticut, 1978
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Land use planning, rural, 1977, 1987
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Massachusetts Pesticide Control Act (proposed), 1974
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Power plant siting, 1981
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Power plant siting (Energy Studies Group report #2), 1979
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Water resources - Boston, 1984
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Water resources - Boston Harbor, 1983
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Water resources - Chesapeake Bay Project, 1983
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Water resources - Connecticut River, 1986
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Water resources - "Massachusetts Estuarine and Coastal Wetlands Program: A Case History," 1969
Carton 38 [5]SH 14YA 8Water resources - NERBC [New England River Basins Commission], 1974
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VII. Photographs
The seventh series, Photographs, contains photographs removed from elsewhere in the collection.
Carton 37 [41]SH 17BD YCharles H.W. Foster photographs

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Preferred Citation

Charles H.W. Foster Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

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.

Organizations:
John F. Kennedy School of Government--Faculty.
Massachusetts. Dept. of Natural Resources.
Massachusetts. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.

Subjects:
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.

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Collection processed by Cheryl Beredo, July 2005.
Revised December 2005
Encoded by Cheryl Beredo, August 2005


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