NAU.MS.284
NAU.MI.2002.35
NAU.AU.2000.38
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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: | Grand Canyon Trust |
| Title: | Grand Canyon Trust Records |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1985-2002 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear feet textual material, 1 hand-bound volume, 4 audio cassettes, 7 U-matic tapes, 1 VHS tape, roughly 1 linear foot textual material (UNPROCESSED) |
| Abstract | These records consists of Grand Canyon Trust's organizational records such as correspondence, financial statements, mission statement and plans, board member resumes, and meeting minutes. The records also contain documentation and sound recordings related to oral history interviews with Bert Fingerhut, Martin Litton, and Jim Trees, as well as a memorial volume about Paula Schiewe. |
| Collection Number | NAU.MS.284 NAU.MI.2002.35 NAU.AU.2000.38 |
| Language: | Material in English |
| Repository: |
Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department Northern Arizona University Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523-5551 Fax: 928 523-3770 Email: special.collections@nau.edu |
The Grand Canyon Trust started in 1985. Jim Trees decided to leave behind a successful career to pursue starting a conservation organization that had germinated on a river trip in the Grand Canyon. The first board meeting of the Grand Canyon Trust was held May 4, 1985 in New York. Grand Canyon Trust is headquartered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and maintains field offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, Moab, Utah, and Springdale, Utah. The Trust's growing membership, which in 2009 totaled about 6,000 individuals and organizations, includes residents of Plateau communities, Native Americans, state, federal and tribal government officials, public and private land managers, scientists, business interests, and others from around the world. Their primary mission is to protect and restore the canyon country of the Colorado Plateau.
The Grand Canyon Trust Records consists of organizational records of the Grand Canyon Trust, including correspondence, meeting minutes, financial statements, board member resumes, a mission statement and plans. It also contains several files relating to the Grand Canyon History project, including a copy of a letter from Barry Goldwater to Mary Beckwith, documentation and sound recordings related to oral history interviews conducted in 2000 with Bert Fingerhut, Martin Litton, and Jim Trees, and some working documents related to relevant environmental issues. The records include a memorial volume produced by Steve Ratcliff and dedicated to the memory of Paula Schiewe.
Certain materials, including 8 video cassettes and roughly 1 linear foot of textual materials, remain unprocessed (2019).
No restrictions on use for processed materials.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Special Collections and Archives digitized audio and video recordings from the Grand Canyon Trust Records in 2019. 3 digitized oral history interviews (audio) and 8 digitized videos are available through Digital Collections. Select "Colorado Plateau Archives." Use the advanced search menu to search for "Grand Canyon Trust" in the "Creator" field or in the "Collection name" field.
Click here to view all the digitized material from the Grand Canyon Trust Records.
Grand Canyon Trust Records, NAU.MS.284, NAU.MI.2000.35, Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Dept.
| Series 1: Grand Canyon Trust operations information, 1985-1999 (0.25 linear feet textual materials) | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1.1 | Mission of the Grand Canyon Trust, June 1985-December 1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1.2 | Correspondence relating to perspective board members, board member resumes, and board member list, October 1985-November 1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1.3 | Grand Canyon Trust Board members, long range plan, budgets (estimated 1986 and proposed 1987), and financial statements, December 31, 1985, April 1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1.4 | Program introducing Grand Canyon Trust and miscellaneous program flyers sponsored by Grand Canyon Trust, 1985-1997 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1.5 | Board of directors meeting minutes and related items, May 1985-June 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1.6 | Correspondence, press release on formation and organization of the Grand Canyon Trust, October 1985-November 1986. | |||||||||
| 1 | 1.7 | General business correspondence regarding GCT activities, October 1985-February 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1.8 | History publications - field notes and student paper used for GCT History project, 1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1.9 | Press release, March 17, 1986 | |||||||||
| Series 2: Grand Canyon Trust History Project, 1955-2000 (0.16 linear feet textual materials, 4 audio cassettes) | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2.1 | History Project: Notes and correspondence, February 2000-March 2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2.2 | NAU.AU.2000.38.1 History Project: Bert Fingerhut questions and cassette tape for oral history interview, February 9, 2000 | |||||||||
| Click here to listen to Bert Fingerhut's oral history interview (NAU.AU.2000.38.1) through Digital Collections. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2.3 | NAU.AU.2000.38.2 History Project: Martin Litton questions and cassette tape for oral history interview, February 8-9, 2000 | |||||||||
| Click here to listen to Martin Litton's oral history interview (NAU.AU.2000.38.2) through Digital Collections. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2.4 | History Project: Barry Goldwater letter to Mary Beckwith, February 19, 1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2.5 | History Project: Correspondence with Jim Trees regarding GCT meeting minutes from 1985-1987, February 15, 2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2.6 | NAU.AU.2000.38.3 History Project: Notes, questions and cassette tapes for Jim Trees' oral history interviews, December 1999-February 5, 2000 | |||||||||
| One of the audio cassettes contained in this file was found to be blank in 2019. | |||||||||||
| Click here to listen to Jim Tree's oral history interview (NAU.AU.2000.38.3) through Digital Collections. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2.7 | History Project: Jim Trees correspondence, notes from interview, August 1984-March 2000 | |||||||||
| Series 3: Grand Canyon Trust working papers, 1987-2000 (0.1 linear feet textual materials) | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 3.1 | BLM [Bureau of Land Management] flyer and town hall meeting, September 16, 1997-March 24, 2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3.2 | Marketability of Coal from Andalex Resources, May 20, 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3.3 | Draft Management Plan and EIS for Grand Canyon National Park, May 8, 1995. | |||||||||
| 1 | 3.4 | Preserving Traces of the Past: Executive Summary, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3.5 | Correspondence by Grand Canyon Trust members and legislators regarding aircraft operations, August 1986-April 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3.6 | Memos, correspondence, reports, and meeting agenda regarding uranium mining, November 1986-January 1987 | |||||||||
| Series 4: Memorial volume dedicated to Paula Schiewe, 1995 (1 bound volume, 6 color photographs, 1 black-and-white photocopy) | |||||||||||
| Scope & Content | |||||||||||
| This series contains a bound volume written and compiled by Steve Ratcliff in memory of his fiancee Paula Schiewe, who died of breast cancer at the age of 33. The volume includes reproductions of photos, correspondence, stories, pamphlets, and other memorabilia related to Paula Schiewe's life and death. The materials speak to Schiewe's strong connection to the Grand Canyon. This is number 38 of 50 limited editions of this book. | |||||||||||
| After Schiewe's death in June of 1994, the Grand Canyon Trust introduced the Paula Schiewe Memorial Fund in 1994. The fund was designed to support direct conservation in the Grand Canyon. | |||||||||||
| The series also includes 6 color photographs and 1 black-and-white photocopy of a photograph from the book in a separate envelope. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 4.1 | Runs with Wolves, Soars with Eagles written, edited and compiled by Steve Ratcliff, February 1995 | |||||||||
| Series 5: Board of Trustees videos, date unknown (7 U-matic tapes, 1 VHS tape) | |||||||||||
| Scope & Content | |||||||||||
| This series contains video recordings of the Grand Canyon Trust Board of Trustees Colorado Plateau Symposium, featuring Mike Kinsley, Bruce Babbitt, and Dan Kimmis. | |||||||||||
| Video recordings from this series have been digitized by Special Collections and Archives. | |||||||||||
| Click here to watch digitized videos from this series through Digital Collections. | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2002.35.1 | The Colorado Plateau Board of Trustees Tape #1 Day 2, date unknown | ||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2002.35.2 | The Colorado Plateau Mike Kinsley Tape #2 Day 2, date unknown | ||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2002.35.3 | The Colorado Plateau Mike Kinsley Tape #3 Day 2, date unknown | ||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2002.35.4 | The Colorado Plateau Bruce Babbot [Babbitt] Tape #4 Day 2, date unknown | ||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2002.35.5 | The Colorado Plateau Group Presentations Tape #1 Day 3, date unknown | ||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2002.35.6 | The Colorado Plateau Group Presentations Tape #2 Day 3, date unknown | ||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2002.35.7 | The Colorado Plateau Dan Kimmis Tape #3 Day 3, date unknown | ||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2002.35.8 | The Colorado Plateau Dan Kimmis Tape #3 Day 3 60 min., date unknown | ||||||||||