Inventory of the Marion Clawson Papers, 1927 - 1994
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Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | Marion Clawson (1905-1998) was a leading agricultural economist, government official, and senior fellow with the Resources for the Future. |
| The collection contains Clawson's own files, largely related to his research and writing. Included are papers emanating from the research, writing, and publication process of his book, chapter, article publications; unpublished papers; manuscript reviews by Clawson; correspondence and materials related to papers presented at conferences and workshops; teaching notes and syllabi; economic advisory reports about Israel's natural resources; as well as writings resulting from his other consulting and advising endeavors. Also included are statements that Clawson made before the United States House of Representatives and Senate committee hearings, files from his tenure as Acting President and Vice President of Resources for the Future, paperwork regarding two of his awards, and biographical material that includes two family histories written by Clawson. Bound volumes of Clawson's published work (1927-1968) include his M.S. thesis (1929) and Ph.D. dissertation (1945). | |
| Title: | Marion Clawson Papers, 1927 - 1994 |
| Creator: | Clawson, Marion, 1905-1998 |
| Repository: | Forest History Society Library and Archives |
| Call Number: | 6680 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Extent: | 21.0 linear feet (14 record cartons) |
Biographical Note
Marion Clawson (1905-1998) was a leading agricultural economist, government official, and senior fellow with the Resources for the Future.
Robert Marion Clawson (known as Marion Clawson throughout his life) was born in Elko, Nevada, to William Ennes and Agnes Clawson, on August 10, 1905. Marion's father was a miner and rancher, and during Clawson's childhood, the family of four (Marion's younger brother, William, was born in 1907) lived in various towns in northern Nevada. He attended high school in Elko, and graduated in 1922 asvaledictorian of his class. Clawsonreceived both a B.S. in Agriculture in 1926, and a M.S. in Agricultural Economics in 1929, from the University of Nevada at Reno. He later earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1943.
After graduating from college, Clawson worked for the University of Nevada's Agricultural Experiment Station in Reno, where he studied the economics of Nevada farmoperation. While pursuing this job, Clawson also took classes, wrote histhesis, and earned his Master's in Agricultural Economics. From 1929-1946, Clawson worked for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Division of Farm Management and Costs. During this period, Clawson became a recognized figure in agricultural economics through his positions as research coordinator of the USDA and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's studies of the Columbia Basin Joint Investigations (Spokane, Washington) in 1940, and of the Central Valley Project Studies (Berkeley, California) in 1942.
In 1947, Clawson was appointed as the Regional Administrator for California and Nevada of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management. The next year, Clawson became the Bureau's second director, and he served in this position until 1953. His tenure brought reorganization and strength of purpose to the fledgling Bureau.
Clawson journeyed to Pakistan in 1950 for the United Nations. From 1953 to 1955, the American firm of Gass-Bell and Associates employed Clawson as an economic advisor in Israel to advise on land, water, agriculture, and colonization. Clawson continued to consult and attend conferences overseas after 1955, traveling to Venezeula (1959), Chile (1960), and India (1961). In 1955, Clawson joined Resources for the Future, Inc., a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., specifically concerned with studying environmental and natural resource issues. While at RFF, he served in several capacities, including Director of Land Use and Management Studies, Director of Land and Water Studies, Vice President, Acting President, and Consultant. A prolific writer, Clawsonmultiplied his publications of articles and books while at RFF, exploring suchtopics as public lands, land use, and outdoor recreation. He retired in 1976, but continued at RFF as a consultant and Senior Fellow Emeritus (appointed in 1981). Additionally, Clawson served as a consultant to the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, as well as the United Nations.
In the 1970s, Clawson was honored as guest lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (Regent's Professor, 1976 winter term), the University of Washingtonin Seattle (the Walker-Ames Distinguished Professor) and as Visiting Professor at Duke University in Durham, NC (1977-1981).
In 1931, Clawson married Clara Partridge, and they had two children, Robert and Nancy. Marion and Clara divorced in 1947, and shortly thereafter, Clawson and Mary Montgomery married and had two children, Daniel and Patrick. In 1973, they divorced, and Clawson then married Nora McGirr Roots. Marion Clawson died on April 12, 1998, in Washington, D.C., and was survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Societies, organizations, boards, committees served:
- Academy of Leisure Sciences, Founding Fellow
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences National Research Council
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- American Agricultural Economics Association, Vice President, late 1940s; Elected Fellow, 1970
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Forestry Association, Honorary Vice President
- Conference on State Parks, Member, Director
- Cosmos Club, Member
- Forest History Society, President, 1980-1981
- Fossils Club, President
- President's Advisory Panel on Timber and the Environment, Member, 1971-1973
- Range Management Society, Charter Member
- Society for International Development, Executive Secretary, Vice President
- Society for International Development, Vice President
- Soil Conservation Society, Honorary Life Member
- Western Agricultural Economics Association, Vice President and President
Awards:
| 1971 | American Agricultural Economics Association Publication Award |
| 1976 | American Motors Conservation Award |
| 1980 | Theodore C. Blegen Award |
| 1982 | Distinguished Service Award, American Forestry Association |
| 1987 | Horace Albright Lectureship in Conservation, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1987 | Special Achievement Award, National Wildlife Federation |
Collection Overview
The collection contains Clawson's own files, largely related to his research and writing. Included are papers emanating from the research, writing, and publication process of his book, chapter, article publications; unpublished papers; manuscript reviews by Clawson; correspondence and materials related to papers presented at conferences and workshops; teaching notes and syllabi; economic advisory reports about Israel's natural resources; as well as writings resulting from his other consulting and advising endeavors. Also included are statements that Clawson made before the United States House of Representatives and Senate committee hearings, files from his tenure as Acting President and Vice President of Resources for the Future, paperwork regarding two of his awards, and biographical material that includes two family histories written by Clawson. Bound volumes of his published work (1927-1968) are housed at the end of the collection and include Clawson's M.S. thesis (1929) and his Ph.D. dissertation (1945). While Clawson authored and edited multiple books, the papers in this collection only document six of his books (1977-1989).
Collection Arrangement
1. Writings, 1930-1994
2. Conferences and Workshops, 1943-1991
3. Teaching Materials and Special Academic Lectures, 1944-1987
4. Memoranda and Brief Papers Prepared by Marion Clawson and Others While Members of the Economic Advisory Staff, 1953-1954
5. Statements to the United States House and Senate Committees, 1949-1982
6. Resources for the Future Files, 1974-1981
7. Consulting, 1965-1983
8. Awards, 1970-1989
9. Biographical, 1971-1991
10. Bound Volumes, 1927-1968
Subject Headings
- Clawson, Marion, 1905-1998
- Ford Foundation -- Consultants
- Forest policy -- Israel
- Forest policy -- United States
- Forest reserves -- United States
- Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects
- Forests and forestry -- Economists
- Hartley, Robert W.
- Natural resource management and policy -- Israel
- Outdoor recreation -- United States
- Public lands -- United States
- Resources for the Future
- Tunis, Catherine
- United States. Bureau of Land Management
- Weyerhaeuser Foundation
Detailed Description of the Collection
Writings, 1930-1994.
Bulletins, Articles, and Reports by Marion Clawson and Others, 1927-1991
1.1. Books, 1930-1987.
Includes notes, outlines, correspondence, source materials, review drafts, and review comments for six of Clawson's later
publications: Decision-Making in Timber Production, Harvest, and Marketing (1977); New Deal Planning: The National Resources Planning Board (1981); The Federal Lands Revisited (1983); Shelter in America: Costs, Supply Constraints, and the Role of Forests (1985). This subseries also contains edited manuscripts for two books that Clawson edited with Benjamin C. Dysart III: Managing Public Lands in the Public Interest (1988) and Public Interest in the Use of Private Lands (1989).
Of particular interest in this subseries are Robert W. Hartley's files regarding his work with the National Resource Planning
Board, a federal agency established in 1933 to study American's natural resources. Clawson obtained these personal files from
Hartley's widow, after his death, so that he could use them as source material for his book about the NRPB. These files contain
the oldest material in the collection, and the manuscript materials complement the official records of the organization held
by the National Archives. Guides to the National Archives collectionare also included in this subseries, as Clawson consulted
these official records himself for his writing.
This subseries does not include research and draft materials for the rest of Clawson's books. Most of his books, however,
are held by the Forest History Society's Library.
Box 1"Decision Making in Timber Production, Harvest, and Marketing"
Folder 1.3General Correspondence, Notes, Source Materials, 1974-1976
Folder 1.4Review Comments and Revision Notes
Folder 1.5Manuscript Draft
Box 1New Deal Planning: The National Resources Planning Board
Folder 1.6Outlines and Notes on Progress, 1976-1979
Includes Clawson's provenance comments and individual descriptions of Robert W. Hartley's files.
Folder 1.7-1.9Correspondence and Notes, June 1976 to January 1983
Folder 1.10Correspondence between Clawson and Philip White, 1978-1981
Folder 1.11Correspondence regarding Review Draft, 1978-1980
Folder 1.12-1.16Comments from Draft Reviewers
Folder 1.17Final Correspondence from Reviewers, Clawson Notes, 1981
Folder 1.18Robert F. Hartley's Files: Federal Employment Stabilization Act: Background History On, 1930-1945
Folder 1.19Robert F. Hartley's Files: NRPB, 1933-1940
Folder 1.20Robert F. Hartley's Files: Final Report on the Effects of the Urban Communities of the Transmission of Electric Power, December
1936
Folder 1.21Robert F. Hartley's Files: "A Report Concerning A Planning Organization Which Will Facilitate Presidential Management," by Charles McKinley, December 1936
Folder 1.22Robert F. Hartley's Files: 1938-1942
Folder 1.23Robert F. Hartley's Files: The National Resources Committee, Advisory Committee, April 1939
Folder 1.24Robert F. Hartley's Files: E.O. 8455, 1940
Folder 1.25Robert F. Hartley's Files: Miscellaneous Reports not Filed in Original Files (Loose), 1941-1943
Folder 1.26Robert F. Hartley's Files: Confidential Memos by Hartley and Related Materials, 1942
Folder 1.27Robert F. Hartley's Files: New and Proposed NRPB Bill, 1942
Folder 1.28Robert F. Hartley's Files: "National Planning in a Democracy" by Robert Hartley
Handwritten draft.
Folder 1.29Robert F. Hartley's Files: 1943
Box 2New Deal Planning: The National Resources Planning Board
Folder 2.1Robert F. Hartley's Files: Liquidation of NRBP, 1943
Folder 2.2Robert F. Hartley's Files: RWH Historical Memo, 1943
Folder 2.3Robert F. Hartley's Files: 1944
Folder 2.4Robert F. Hartley's Files: Lynch Bill, 1943-1945
Folder 2.5Robert F. Hartley's Files: Notes by Hartley Regainding National Planning, undated
Folder 2.6Robert F. Hartley's Files: "National Planning" by Harvey S. Perloff, undated
Folder 2.7Source Materials: Interview Steno Book #1, 1978-1979
Folder 2.8Source Materials: Interview Materials
Folder 2.9Source Materials: Notes, Steno Book #2
Folder 2.10Source Materials: "Guide to the files of the National Resources Planning Board and Predecessor Agencies: Ten Years of National Planning, 1933-1943" by Charles W. Eliot and Harold A. Merrill, 1943; National Archives' Preliminary Inventories: "Preliminary Inventory of the Central Office Records of the National Resources Planning Board (Record Group 187)," 1953
Folder 2.11Source Materials: "Final Report: Status of Work, National Resources Planning Board" by Charles W. Eliot, 1943
Folder 2.12Source Materials: Manuscript, "Federal Long-Range Planning: The Heritage of the National Resources Planning Board" by Norman Beckman, 1958
Folder 2.13Source Materials: Published Article, "Federal Long-Range Planning: The Heritage of the National Resources Planning Board" by Norman Beckman in the Journal of the American Institute of Planners, May 1960
Folder 2.14Source Materials: Published Article, "Needed: A National Growth Policy" by James Sundquist, in Brookings: The Brookings Bulletin, Winter-Spring 1978
Folder 2.15Source Materials: Manuscript Photocopy, "Style and Substance in Contemporary Planning: The American New Deal's National Resources Planning Board as a Model by Albert
Lepawsky," 1978
Folder 2.16Source Materials: Background Materials, Appendix A
Folder 2.17Source Materials: Title Pages of Source Materials
Folder 2.18Source Materials: Notes on Source Dissertations (White, 1949, and Rockwell, 1942)
Folder 2.19-2.45Review Draft Marked by Clawson
Folder 2.46Published Reviews, 1981-1983
Box 2Federal Lands Revisited
Folder 2.47Correspondence and Notes, 1981
Folder 2.48Correspondence and Notes: RFF Workshop on Federal Lands, 1981-1982
Folder 2.49Correspondence, 1981-1983
Folder 2.50-2.52Comments from Draft Reviewers, 1982
Folder 2.53Correspondence: Natural Resources Journal Article Submission, 1983
Folder 2.54Proposals, November 1981
Folder 2.55Notes, 1981-1983
Folder 2.56Work Tables, Statistical Materials and Memos to and from Research Assistant Catherine Tunis
Box 3Federal Lands Revisited
Folder 3.1Catherine Tunis' Files: General Notes on Statistical Research
Folder 3.2Catherine Tunis' Files: Grazy
Folder 3.3Catherine Tunis' Files: Recreation
Folder 3.4Catherine Tunis' Files: Forest Service and BLM, Receipts and Expenditures
Folder 3.5Catherine Tunis' Files: Forest Service Financial Statements
Folder 3.6Catherine Tunis' Files: Coal
Folder 3.7Catherine Tunis' Files: Oil and Gas
Folder 3.8Catherine Tunis' Files: Timber
Folder 3.9Catherine Tunis' Files: National Park Service Data
Folder 3.10Source Materials with Correspondence, 1982-1985
Folder 3.11Source Materials: Mailings, Articles
Folder 3.12-3.231981 Review Draft
Folder 3.24Published Reviews, 1984-1985
Box 3Shelter in America
Folder 3.25Correspondence and Notes Regarding Funding from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), 1979-1981
Folder 3.26Printed Materials and Newsletters from the Urban Land Institute, 1980
Folder 3.27Correspondence Regarding Source Materials and Sources, 1979-1983
Folder 3.28Correspondence and Notes, 1979-1985
Folder 3.29Correspondence Regarding Catherine Tunis, 1980
Folder 3.30Memos and Notes from Catherine Tunis to Marion Clawson, 1980-1982
Folder 3.31Correspondence Regarding Review Draft, 1981-1982
Folder 3.32-3.33Comments from Draft Reviewers
Folder 3.34Notes and Materials Regarding Revision, 1982
Folder 3.35Notes and Materials Regarding Revision, 1983
Folder 3.36General Outlines and Notes, 1979-1981
Folder 3.37-3.40Chapters 2-5: Drafts, Outlines, Notes, and Tables
Box 4Shelter in America
Folder 4.1-4.12Chapters 6-12: Drafts, Outlines, Notes, and Tables
Folder 4.9Appendix, Notes, and Tables
Folder 4.10Source Materials and Correspondence Regarding Farm Real Estate, 1980
Folder 4.11Source Materials
Folder 4.12Source Materials and Bibliographic Cards
Folder 4.13Catherine Tunis' Files: Notes on Individuals Contacted Regarding Shelter Project
Box 4Managing Public Lands in the Public Interest
Folder 4.14First Drafts, Franzese Paper
Folder 4.15First Drafts, Klima Paper
Folder 4.16First Drafts, Masselli Paper
Folder 4.17First Drafts, Popper Paper
Folder 4.18First Drafts, Priscoli and Lefkoff Paper
Folder 4.19First Drafts, Tanacredi Paper
Folder 4.20-4.22Edited Drafts: Chapters 1-11, 1987
Box 4Public Interest in the Use of Private Lands
Folder 4.23Drafts: Chapter 1, 1986
Folder 4.24Drafts, 1986, Loehr Paper
Folder 4.25Drafts, 1986, Morell Paper
Folder 4.26Drafts, 1986, Doyle Paper
Folder 4.27Drafts, 1986, Sampson Paper
Folder 4.28Drafts, 1986, Crosson Paper
Folder 4.29Drafts, 1986, Browder Paper
Folder 4.30Drafts, 1986, Thorner Paper
Folder 4.31Draft, 1986, Viachos Paper
Folder 4.32Draft, 1986, Berg Paper
Folder 4.33Draft, 1986, Peelle Paper
1.2. Chapters in Books (Edited), 1982-1994.
Includes manuscript materials related to Clawson's writings that were published in edited books.
Folder 4.34"Conserving the Soil," in Food Policy and Farm Programs, eds. Don F. Hadwiger and Ross B. Talbot, 1982
Includes correspondence, notes, and draft.
Folder 4.35"Private Forests," in Current Issues in Natural Resource Policy, ed. Paul R. Portney, 1982
Includes correspondence and edited draft.
Folder 4.36"Worldwide Rural Development of the Past Generation," in Human Settlement and Regional Development, ed. Abraham Rozenman, 1984
Reprint.
Folder 4.37"The Evolving Use and Management of our Forests," in 1987 Yearbook of Agriculture
Includes correspondence, notes, and draft.
Folder 4.38"Outdoor Recreation and Wilderness," in America's Renewable Resources, eds. Kenneth D. Frederick and Robert A. Sedjo, 1991
Draft.
Folder 4.39"Global Forests Revisited," in The State of Humanity, ed. Julian Simon, 1995
Includes correspondence, notes, and draft.
Folder 4.40"History of Research in Forest Economics and Forest Policy," in Forest and Wildlife Science in America: A History, ed. Harold K. Steen, 1999
Includes correspondence, notes, draft, and sources.
1.3. Published Articles, 1951-1990.
Includes reprints, notes, correspondence,and drafts of articles that were published in journals such as Natural Resource Journal, Journal of Forestry, American Forests, and Science.
Folder 4.41Reprint, "Administration of Federal Lands in the Public Interest," in Journal of Politics, August 1951
Folder 4.42Reprint, "Land Use Potentialities of Artificially-Induced Precipitation in the Western United States," in Land Economics, February 1952
Folder 4.43Reprint, "Administration of Grazing Districts," in Land Economics, February 1953
Folder 4.44Reprint, "Reminiscences of the Bureau of Land Management, 1947-1948," in Agricultural History, 1959
Folder 4.45RFF Reprint #10, "Methods of Measuring the Demand for and Value of Outdoor Recreation," February 1959
Folder 4.46News release regarding "The National Parks in the Year 2000" in National Parks Magazine and related article by Harold Bradley, 1959
Folder 4.47Reprint, "Living Historical Farms: A Proposal for Action," in Agricultural Weekly, 1965
Folder 4.48Manuscript, reprint, "Urban Renewal in 2000," in Journal of the American Institute of Planners, May 1968
Folder 4.49Reprint, "Your Land and Mine: A Brief Account of the Public Lands of the United States," in National Wildlife Federation, 1969
Folder 4.50Published Article, "An Intensively Managed Wilderness," excerpted from American Forests Magazine in Scouting: A Magazine for Adults, February 1969
Folder 4.51RFF Reprint #78, "Desalted Sea Water for Agriculture: Is It Economic?" 1969
Folder 4.52Published Article, "Public Acquisition of Land is Vital for Orderly Growth," in Nation's Cities, December 1969
Folder 4.53RFF Reprint #81, "Negotiation and Land Conversion," January 1970
Folder 4.54RFF Reprint #82, "A New Policy direction for American Agriculture," April 1970
Folder 4.55Published Article, "Urban Research Needs a Boost," in Nation's Cities, October 1970
Folder 4.56Published Article, "Population, Settlement, and Growth Patterns," in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 1970
Folder 4.57Published Article, "State Parks," in Parks and Recreation, December 1970
Folder 4.58Published Article, "Economic Development and Environmental Impact: International Aspects," in Social Science Information, August 1971
Folder 4.59Published Article, "The Scrambled Pattern of Suburban Land Conversion,"Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, July-August 1972
Folder 4.60Published Article, "The Finiteness and Flexibilities of Land Resources," in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, September-October 1972
Folder 4.61RFF Reprint #105, "The Future of Nonmetropolitan America," January 1973
Folder 4.62Published Article, "A Look to the Past... A Look to the Future," in Planning for Progress, Spring/Summer 1973
Folder 4.63Published Article, "Historical Overview of Land-Use Planning in the United States," 1974
Folder 4.64Published Article, "Competition for Land," in Rangeman's Journal, February 1975
Folder 4.65Published Article, "Ecology: Second Thoughts," in The Washington Post, February 28, 1975
Folder 4.66Published Article, "Conflicts and Strategies in Forest Land Management," in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, March-April 1975
Folder 5.1Reprint, "Economic and Social Conflicts in Land Use Planning," in Natural Resources Journal, July 1975
Folder 5.2Published article, "Higher Plateaus of Productivity," in Agricultural Engineering, September 1975
Folder 5.3Notes for Article, "Forests For Whom and for What?" 1975
Folder 5.4Published Entry, "Public Land," 1976
Folder 5.5Notes, Source Materials, and RFF Reprint #127, "The National Forests," February 1976
Folder 5.6Manuscript and Review Comments, "The National Forests: A Great But Poorly Managed and Unproductive National Assets," in Science, February 1976
Folder 5.7Published Brochure Set, "Rural Land Use: Problems and Possibilities," for Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, September 1976
Folder 5.8Reprint, "Economic Implications of the Recent Population Shift toward Rural Areas," in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 1976
Folder 5.9Published article, "Forests and Forestry: A Look Ahead," in Duke Alumni Letter, May 1977
Folder 5.10Reprint, "Introduction: Social Controls over Private Land Use," in South Dakota Law Review, Summer 1977
Folder 5.11Published Article, "Agriculture and Natural Resources in the West: The Next 100 Years," in Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, June 1977
Folder 5.12Published article, "Preservation of Prime Agricultural Land," in Environmental Comment, January 1978
Folder 5.13Notes, drafts, correspondence regarding article, "The Forest Service: A New Law, A New Opportunity, A New Challenge," in American Forests, January 1978
Folder 5.14Notes, Draft, RFF Reprint #151, "Public Log Markets as a Tool in Forest Management," February 1978
Folder 5.15Notes, Correspondence, Draft Regarding Article, "Will There Be Enough Timber?" in Journal of Forestry, May 1978
Folder 5.16Reprint, "The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 in a Broad Historical Perspective," in Arizona Law Review, 1979
Folder 5.17Discussion Paper, "Natural Resource Management for Multiple Objectives," for Rutgers University Geography Discussion Papers Series, May 1979
Folder 5.18Correspondence, Drafts, Tables, RFF Reprint #164, "Forests in the Long Sweep of American History," June 1979
Folder 5.19Booklet, "Forests in the Long Sweep of American History," Japanese Translation, 1980
Folder 5.20Reprint, "The Dying Community: The Natural Resource Base," 1980
Folder 5.21Reprint, "An Eclectic and Inclusive Approach to Resource Policy Analysis," in Journal of Business Administration, 1980
Folder 5.22Published article, "Politicizing the Environment," in The Environmental Professional, 1980
Folder 5.23Published Article, "Timber Supply," in Ames Forester, 1980
Folder 5.24Correspondence, Notes, Published Article, "An American Perspective on Land," in Built Environment, 1980
Folder 5.25Notes, Correspondence, Drafts, "The Global 2000 Report," in Resources, Spring 1981
Folder 5.26
Notes, correspondence, draft, "How Much Forest Land Does the United States Have? Or Need?" in Journal of Forestry, 1981 Nov
Folder 5.27Published Article, "Land Use: Problems, Issues and Policies," in Looking Ahead and Projection Highlights, December 1981
Folder 5.28Reprint, "The Role of the Agricultural Economist,"Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, Fall 1983
Folder 5.29Notes, Correspondence, Draft, Published Article, "Reassessing Public Lands Policy," in Environment, October 1983
Folder 5.30RFF Reprint #233, "Global Forests," 1984
Folder 5.31Notes, Correspondence, Draft, Reprint, "Outdoor Recreation: Twenty-Five Years of History, Twenty-Five years of Projection," in Leisure Sciences, 1985
Folder 5.32Notes, Correspondence, Drafts, Reprint, "Did National Forest Accelerate Inflation?" in Journal of Forestry, December 1985
Folder 5.33Discussion paper, "Public Forests in New Zealand and in the United States," for Renewable Resources Division of RFF, 1988
Folder 5.34Notes, Correspondence, Draft, "Retreat," in Forum, Summer 1989
Folder 5.35Notes, Correspondence, Draft, Published Article, "Outdoor Recreation and Forests," in Journal of Business Administration, 1989/1990
1.4. Publications of the Bureau of Land Management, 1950-1953.
Includes published materials from Marion Clawson's tenure as the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. As Director, Clawson
contributed largely to the writing of these informational brochures andbooklets, though he is not usually acknowledged as
the author.
Folder 5.361950
Includes Trespass Handbook, "Highlights in the History of the Public Domain," and two copies of Brief Notes on the Public Domain.
Folder 5.371951
Includes Land of the Free, Vacant Public Lands, and Our Public Lands.
Folder 5.381952
Includes Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners and Subdivision of Sections.
Folder 5.391953
Includes The Ephemeris and The Public Domain in 1953.
1.5. Unpublished Writings, 1962 and undated.
"An Evaluation of the Ford Foundation Grants to California, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard Princeton, and Yale Universities, to
Establish rotating Research Professorships in American Governmental Affairs," February 15, 1962
Folder 5.41"International Aspects of RFF's Activities," undated
1.7. Manuscript Reviews by Clawson, 1978-1989.
Includes notes and correspondence about manuscripts that Clawson critiqued during his career. For published reviews by Clawson,
the researcher may consult The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, book review reference books, or any number of databases related to the field.
Folder 5.42Manuscript Review: "Economics of Timber: A Renewable Resource for the Long Run" by Peter Berck for The Bell Journal of Economics, 1978
Folder 5.43Manuscript Review: "Rangelands" by B. Delworth Gardner of Brigham Young University, 1981
Includes original manuscript and Marion Clawson's review.
Folder 5.44Manuscript Reviews, 1981-1982
Folder 5.45Manuscript Reviews, 1983-1985
Folder 5.46Book Review: History of Public Land Law Development by Paul W. Gates, for Agricultural History, 1969
Folder 5.47Report Review: The Use of Land: A Citizen's Policy Guide to Urban Growth sponsored by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, for Planning Magazine, 1973
Folder 5.48Book Review: Decade of Change: The Remaking of Forest Service Statutory Authority During the 1970s by Dennis C. LeMaster, for Natural Resources Journal, 1984-1985
Folder 5.49Book Review, Correspondence, Drafts: The Cassandra Conference: Resources and the Human Predicament by Paul R. Erlich and John P. Holdren, for Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 1988-1989
1.8. Reviews of Clawson's Publications, 1957-1990.
Includes one file of published reviews of specific publications, including The Federal Lands: Their Use and Management, Statistics on Outdoor Recreation, "Methods of Measuring the Demand forand Value of Outdoor Recreation," and Clawson's autobiography, From Sagebrush to Sage: The Making of a Natural Resource Economist.
This file only holds a few of the reviews of Clawson's numerous works. For more reviews, please consult other sources.
Folder 5.50Published Reviews
Includes reviews of The Federal Lands: Their Use and Management, Statistics on Outdoor Recreation; "Methods of Measuring the Demand for and Value of Outdoor Recreation"; "The Dynamics of Park Demand"; Land Use Information: A Critical Survey of U.S. Statistics, Including Possibilities for Greater Uniformity; and From Sagebrush to Sage: The Making of a Natural Resource Economist.
2. Conferences and Workshops, 1943-1991.
Includes manuscripts and notes regarding papers that Clawson delivered at numerous conferences and workshops in North America
and abroad, as well as some printed materials relating to individual conferences. Included in this series are several files
of planning materials and related correspondence about two Resources for the Future-sponsored conferences: Forum on Forest
Policy for the Future (May 1974) and Symposium on Forest Economics and Forest Policy (June 1977).
All files are arranged chronologically by conference date.
Folder 5.51Regional Land Tenure Conference, Berkeley, California, February 8-9, 1943
Folder 5.52Natural Resources Public Policy Seminar, University of Washington, October 13, 1964
Item 1A Report of the Committee on Environmental Design, National Association of Home Builders, Inc., Washington, DC, 1965
Folder 5.53Conference 2020, New York, New York, January 30-31, 1969
Folder 5.54National Agricultural Policy Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, September 10, 1969
Folder 5.55American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1969
Folder 5.56Council on Ocean Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Memphis, Tennessee, January 28, 1970
Folder 5.57Conference on Research Possibilities on Nonmetropolitan Problems and Prospects, Washington, DC, May 4-5, 1970
Folder 5.58National Council for the Social Studies, New York City, New York, November 26, 1970
Folder 5.59Resources for the Future Seminar, Washington, DC, March 1971
Folder 5.60United Nations Conference on Human Environment, March 22, 1971
Folder 6.125th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, Washington, DC, February 4-11, 1972
Folder 6.2Ford Foundation's Middle East and North Africa Review Conference, June 1972
Folder 6.3Second World Conference on National Parks: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, September 18-27, 1972
Folder 6.4American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 27, 1972
Folder 6.540th North American Wildlife Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 1973
Folder 6.6Symposium on Deserts and Arid lands, CONACYT-AAAS Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, June 27, 1973
Folder 6.7Resources for the Future Forum on Forest Policy for the Future, Washington, DC: Correspondence, May 8-9, 1974
Folder 6.8Resources for the Future Forum on Forest Policy for the Future, Washington, DC: Regrets on Attendance, May 8-9, 1974
Folder 6.9Resources for the Future Forum on Forest Policy for the Future, Washington, DC: Planning and Attendance Materials, May 8-9,
1974
Folder 6.10American Agricultural Economics Association Meeting, Texas A&M, August 18-21, 1974
Folder 6.11Third North American Forest Biology Workshop, Fort Collins, Colorado, September 11, 1974
Folder 6.12North Carolina Land Use Congress, Greensboro, North Carolina, November 7, 1974
Folder 6.13Conference on Food, Nutrition and Developing Countries, New York, New York, January or February 1975
Folder 6.14Ontario Forestry Association Annual Dinner, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 22, 1975
Folder 6.15Graduate Program Evaluation, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, February 11-13, 1975
Folder 6.16Pacific Science Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 1975
Folder 6.17Committee of Scientists, National Forest Management Act of 1976
Folder 6.18Pacific Logging Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 7-10, 1976
Folder 6.19Resources for the Future Symposium on Research on Forest Economics and Forest Policy: Correspondence and Notes, January 13-14,
1977
Folder 6.20Resources for the Future Symposium on Research on Forest Economics and Forest Policy: Correspondence with Society of American
Foresters and the American Forestry Association, January 13-14, 1977
Folder 6.21Resources for the Future Symposium on Research on Forest Economics and Forest Policy: Invitations and Replies, January 13-14,
1977
Folder 6.22Resources for the Future Symposium on Research on Forest Economics and Forest Policy: Correspondence with Paper Preparers,
January 13-14, 1977
Folder 6.23Resources for the Future Symposium on Research on Forest Economics and Forest Policy: Outlines, January 13-14, 1977
Folder 6.24Resources for the Future Symposium on Research on Forest Economics and Forest Policy: Clawson's Notes Regarding Publication
of Proceedings, January 13-14, 1977
Folder 6.25Centers of Influence and United States Forest Policy Symposium, Durham, North Carolina, April 14-15, 1977
Folder 6.26Western Forests Economists, Wemme, Oregon, May 2-4, 1977
Folder 6.27Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference, Eugene, Oregon, May 5-7, 1977
Folder 6.28Cost of Housing Conference, San Francisco, California, December 6-7, 1977
Folder 6.29Symposium on Nonindustrial Private Forests: Correspondence, February to Decemeber 1978
Folder 6.30Environmental Law Symposium on Federal Lands Forest Policy, Portland, Oregon, April 20-21, 1978
Folder 6.31Western Forest Economists' Meeting, Wemme, Oregon: Papers Regarding Visit to Weyerhauser Company, May 1-3, 1978
Folder 6.32Joint Convention of the Society of American Foresters and Canadian Institute of Forestry, St. Louis, Missouri, October 22-26,
1978
Folder 6.33Western Forestry Conference, Sacramento, California, December 5-7, 1978
Folder 6.34Workshop on Great Plains Drought Management Strategies, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 26-28, 1979
Folder 6.35Workshop on Great Plains Drought Management Strategies, Lincoln, Nebraska: Correspondence and Draft for Publication, March
26-28, 1979
Folder 6.36Forest Improvement Committee, State Board of Forestry, Sacramento, California, April 12, 1979
Folder 6.37Society of American Foresters, Alabama Chapter Annual Meeting, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, August 16-17, 1979
Folder 6.38Symposium on Forest History, Nancy, France, September 24-28, 1979
Folder 6.39Canadian Institute of Forestry Annual Meeting, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, September 30 to October 4, 1979
Folder 6.40Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, February 25, 1980
Folder 6.41Natural Resources Defense Council Meeting, April 9, 1980
Folder 6.42Resources for the Future Conference on Agricultural Land, Washington, DC, June 19-20, 1980
Folder 6.43Association of American Geographers Conference, College Park, Maryland, June 24-25, 1980
Folder 6.44Urban Land Institute Development Choices for the 1980s meeting, Washington, DC, November 20, 1980
Folder 6.45American Association for the Advancement of Science, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 3-8, 1981
Folder 6.46Resources for the Future Conference on Forest Land Use, Washington, DC, March 30-31, 1981
Folder 6.47Western Forest Economists' Annual Meeting, Wemme, Oregon, May 4-6, 1981
Folder 7.1Conference on Public Lands, Logan, Utah, April 21-23, 1982
Folder 7.2Heritage Foundation Conference on Private Rights and Public Lands, Washington, DC, June 21, 1982
Folder 7.3Urban/Forest Interface Symposium, Seattle, Washington, October 27-29, 1982
Folder 7.4Wilderness Society's Conference on Public Lands, Warrenton, Virginia, November 15-16, 1982
Folder 7.5National Symposium on Forest Policy, Denver, Colorado, January 17-18, 1983
Folder 7.6Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14-17, 1983
Folder 7.7International Symposium on Foothills for Food and Forests, Oregon, April 25-28, 1983
Folder 7.8Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 20-23, 1983
Folder 7.9Resources for the Future Workshop on Rural Development, Poverty, and National Resources, Airlie House, Virginia, July 27,
1983
Folder 7.10Ucross Foundation's Land Management and Ownership Conference, Wyoming, September 25-28, 1983
Folder 7.11Forest Policy Education Workshop, Washington, DC, January 13, 1984
Folder 7.1225-Year Symposium, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, School of Forestry and Wildlife Resources, April 19-20, 1984
Folder 7.13Convocation on Physical Dimensions of the Erosion Problem, Washington, DC, December 6-7, 1984
Folder 7.14Rene Dubos Center Forum on Managing Water Resources, New York, February 21-22, 1985
Folder 7.15Outdoor Recreation Trends Symposium II, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 24-27, 1985
Folder 7.16National Range Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 6-8, 1985
Folder 7.17Eastern Economic Association's Annual Convention, April 10, 1986
Folder 7.18Advisors to the President's Commission on Americans Outdoors Meeting, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, April 25-26, 1986
Folder 7.19Northeast Forest Resource Planners Association Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 7, 1986
Folder 7.2015th International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences, Washington, DC, November 27-30, 1986
Folder 7.2110th World Media Conference, Washington, DC, March 22-25, 1988
Folder 7.2210th World Media Conference, Washington, DC, March 22-25, 1988: Manuscript, Drafts, Notes
Folder 7.23Cooperative Forestry Supervisors-Extension Foresters Meeting, Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 13-16, 1988
Folder 7.24Cooperative Forestry Meeting, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1989
Folder 7.25Alabama Forest Resources Conference, Auburn, Alabama, May 29-30, 1991
3. Teaching Materials and Special Academic Lectures, 1944-1987.
Includes course outlines and lecture notes from the classes that Clawson taught at the Pacific School of Religion and at the
United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, both located in Berkeley, California. Also included in this series
are correspondence, outlines, and manuscripts of lectures and special speeches that Clawson gave at various universities.
Folder 7.26Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California: Course Outline and Bibliographies, Summer 1944
Folder 7.27United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, Berkeley, California: Lecture Notes, October 1945 to February 1946
Folder 7.28United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, Berkeley, California: Lecture Notes, June to March 1946
Folder 7.29Syracuse University, New York: Convocation Address, Decemeber 5, 1962
Folder 7.30University of Guelph, the Centre for Resources Development: Lecture, September 1971
Folder 7.31Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University, New York: Lecture, January 29, 1974
Folder 7.32College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley: Address to Graduates, June 14, 1975
Folder 7.33Montana State University, Milburn Lincoln Wilson Distinguished Lecture: Correspondence, Notes, and Manuscript, November 7,
1980
Folder 7.34Clemson University, SC, Hartzog Lecture: Correspondence and Notes, September 24, 1982
Folder 7.35University of California, Berkeley, Larid Distinguished Visitor Program: Correspondence, Notes and Manuscript, January 25,
1983
Folder 7.36Oregon State University, "Forest Resource in the Future of the Pacific Northwest" Lecture Series: Correspondence and Notes, November 7, 1985
Folder 7.37University of California, Berkeley, Horace M. Albright Lectureship in Conservation: Correspondence, Notes, and Printed Lecture,
April 2, 1987
4. Memoranda and Brief Papers Prepared by Marion Clawson and Others While Members of the Economic Advisory Staff, 1953-1954.
This is an unbound compilation of the documents Clawson preserved from his economic advisory position with the American firm
of Gass-Bell and Associates in Israel, from 1953 to 1955. He advised on land, water, agriculture, and colonization. The other
volumes Clawson bound relating to his other writings are in the Forest History Society Library.
Folder 8.1-8.7"Volume XIV: Memoranda and Brief Reports Prepared by Marion Clawson and Others, June 1953 to December 1954, While Member of
the Economic Advisory Staff"
5. Statements to the United States House and Senate Committees, 1949-1982.
Includes materials related to Clawson's involvement as a witness on natural resource management and economy to the U.S. House
of Representatives and the U.S. Senate special committees.
Folder 8.8Statements to U.S. Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations on H.R. 2623, 1949
Folder 8.9Statements to U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee of Committee on Appropriations, 1953
Folder 8.10Statement to U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, April 1972
Folder 8.11Statement to U.S. House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, July 15, 1974
Folder 8.12Statement to Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, "Issues for Consideration: Review of National Breeder Reactor Program", August 1975
Folder 8.13Statement to U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, March 1976
Folder 8.14Statement on Resources Planning Act: Correspondence and notes regarding, June 1976 to July 1977
Folder 8.15Soil and Water Conservation Oversight Committee Report No. 60, September 1976
Folder 8.16Statement to U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Forests, Committee on Agriculture, June 1977
Folder 8.17Statement to U.S. House Subcommittee on Advanced Energy Technologies and Energy Conservation Research, Development and Demonstration,
December 1978
Folder 8.18Statement to U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Correspondence, Notes, and Manuscript, May to June 1982
Folder 8.19Statement to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture: Correspondence and Notes, August to September 1982
6. Resources for the Future Files, 1974-1981.
Includes Resources for the Future internal files from the time during which Clawson was the Acting President (1974-1974),
the Vice President (1975), and as a Consultant (1976 to circa 1990). This series does not thoroughly represent the organization
during this period, but rather represents specific facets of the organization and its work, including files relating to RFF's
relations with the Ford and Weyerhauser Foundations, interoffice memoranda, the extended family newsletter, and materials
regarding the Albright Fellowship, awarded by RFF.
Folder 8.20Ford Foundation: Correspondence, 1974
Folder 8.21Weyerhauser Foundation: Correspondence, 1974-1975
Folder 8.22Extended Family Newsletter, 1975
Folder 8.23Interoffice Memoranda, 1975
Folder 8.24Albright Fellowship, 1980-1981
7. Consulting, 1965-1983.
These files reflect part of Clawson's various consulting endeavors, outside of Resources for the Future. Files include notes
and materials regarding Clawson's work with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's formulation of flood insurance;
the Outdoor Recreation Policy Review Group; and the Rockefeller Foundation and Clark University.
Folder 8.25-8.26HUD Report on Insurance and Other Programs for Financial Assistance to Flood Victims: Correspondence, Notes, and Drafts, November
1965 to August 1966
Folder 8.27-8.30"Insurance and Other Programs for Financial Assistance to Flood Victims" Report Draft: Introduction, Chapter 5, August 1966
Folder 8.31Clark University, Climate and Population Study, December 1976 to February 1981
Folder 8.32Rockefeller Foundation, May 1979 to April 1980
Folder 8.33David A. Clary, April to July 1980
Folder 8.34Outdoor Recreation Policy Review Group: Draft of James Watt's "Proposed Land Protection Policy" and Comments, July to September 1981
Folder 8.35Outdoor Recreation Policy Review Group: Correspondence, Drafts, and Minutes, November 1981 to April 1983
Folder 8.36Outdoor Recreation Policy Review Group: Correspondence, Notes, and Manuscript, March to November 1982
8. Awards, 1970-1989.
American Agricultural Economics Association Fellow, August 1970
Folder 8.38National Wildlife Federation Special Achievement Award, January to March 1988
9. Biographical, 1971-1991.
History of the Clawson and Thompson Families by Marion Clawson, 1971
Folder 8.401984 Supplement to the History of Clawson and Thompson Families by Marion Clawson
Folder 8.41Biographical Articles and Interviews, 1988-1989
Folder 8.42Articles in which Clawson is Referenced or Quoted, 1959-1984
Folder 8.43Letter from Clawson to Rhea Padelford of Silver and Blue Regarding Clawson's Experiences with Dr. Peter Fransen of the University
of Nevada, September 6, 1991
10. Bound Volumes, 1927-1968.
Includes published materials by Clawson that he bound into volumes 1-26, with the exception of Volume 14 (Series 4). The volume
numbers correlate to his chronological listing of his published and unpublished works, "Bulletins, Articles, and Reports by Marion Clawson and Others," located in the first two folders of Box 1. Also included are Clawson's M.S. thesis (1929) and his Ph.D. dissertation (1945).
Box 9"Bulletins, Articles, and Reports by Marion Clawson and Others": Volumes 1-13, 15-26
Box 9M.S. Thesis, May 1929
Box 9Ph.D. Dissertation, March 1945
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