John Duncklee Collection, 1969-1974.

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John Duncklee Collection, 1969-1974.

NAU.MS.335
NAU.PH.2000.63


Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Duncklee, John
Collection Name	John Duncklee Collection,
Inclusive Dates:	1969-1974.
Physical Description	2 ft. and one photograph collection (14 images).
Abstract	The John Duncklee Collection contains written notes, documents, newspaper clippings, and pictures relating to the Hart Prairie development controversy and other related environmental issues in the Flagstaff, Arizona area. It also contains a finished copy of his dissertation on the San Francisco Peaks, as well as rough drafts and notes leading up to its completion.
Collection Number	NAU.MS.335 NAU.PH.2000.63
Language	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

Biographical Note

John Duncklee was born in 1929. When he was twelve years old, he was sent to school outside Tucson, where he fell in love with the idea of becoming a cowboy and learning Spanish. After spending four years in the Navy during the Korean War, he returned to southern Arizona and entered the cattle ranching business. After suffering through a prolonged drought in the 1950's, he sold his first ranch and started to raise Mexican steers and quarter horses at a ranch near Nogales, Arizona.

He earned a Master's degree in Geography from the University of Arizona and taught there for a year and a half; he then went on to earn a Ph.D. in Geography from UCLA, and accepted a faculty postion at NAU. While in Flagstaff he got involved in the fight to save the San Francisco Peaks from land developers, and developed an appreciation for Native American beliefs. This eventually helped to provide the inspiration for him to write his first novel.

John left NAU in 1973 and returned to Tucson to write full time. During this period he spent a year teaching at the Universidad de Sonora in Hermosillo, and afterwards became a designer of mesquite wood furniture. He now writes full time, dividing his time between Alpine and Oracle, Arizona. He lives with his wife Penny, who also illustrates many of his books.

Scope and Content Note

The John Duncklee Collection contains written notes, documents, newspaper clippings, and pictures relating to the Hart Prairie Controversy and other environmental issues in the Falgstaff region. It also contains a finished copy of his dissertation on the San Francisco Peaks, as well as rough drafts and notes leading up to its completion.

The photograph collection contains images from a picnic honoring the efforts of those involved in the Save the Peaks movement lead by the Coconino Citizens Association which opposed further development and expansion of the Arizona Snowbowl into the Hart Prairie area.

Organization

Organized in 3 series and one photograph collection.

I. Hart Prairie Controversy, 1969-1974.
II. Subject Files, 1971-1974.
III. Dissertation, 1971-1974.
Photographs

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

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.

Related Material

Mangum, Wall, Stoops, and Warden Collection [manuscript], NAU.MS.1

Jean and Richard Wilson Collection [manuscript], NAU.MS.73

Coconino Citizens Association Collection [manuscript], NAU.MS.201

Walter and Nancy Taylor Collection [manuscript], NAUl.MS.59

Access Points

Personal Name(s)

Wilson, Jean H.

Corporate Name(s)

Coconino County Planning and Zoning Commission.

Coconino County (Ariz.). Board of Supervisors.

Post Company (Firm)

Summit Properties (Firm)

United States. Forest Service.

Geographic Name(s)

Arizona Snow Bowl.

San Francisco Peaks (Ariz.)

Subject(s)

Actions and defenses--Arizona.

Environmentalism--Songs and music.

Hopi Indians--Religion.

Land use, Rural--Law and legislation--Arizona.

Navajo Indians--Religion.

Real estate development--Arizona--Environmental aspects.

Ski resorts--Arizona--Environmental aspects.

Water-supply--Arizona--San Francisco Peaks.

Zoning--Arizona--Flagstaff.

Actions and defenses--Arizona--Economic aspects.

Arizona Snow Bowl.

Cities and towns--Growth.

Environmentalism--Arizona.

Real estate development--Arizona--Sociological aspects.

Genre Form(s)

Clippings.

Correspondence.

Legal documents.

Scrapbooks.

Sound recordings.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

John Duncklee Collection, NAU.MS.335, Cline Library, Special Collections and Archives Dept.

John Duncklee Collection, NAU.PH.2000.63, Cline Library, Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Container List


Series 1, boxes 1-3, Hart Prairie Controversy, 1969-1974.


Box-folder
1.1			Aubineau Canyon, ca. 1972.
Box-folder
1.2			Black Bill Proposal. ,
Box-folder
1.3			Black Bill and Doney Park Water Users Association, 1967.
Box-folder
1.4			John Butler and the Eagle Feather. ,
Box-folder
1.5			Coconino National Forest. ,
Box-folder
1.6			County Cost. ,
Box-folder
1.7			Critiques. ,
Box-folder
1.8			Correspondence, 1972-1974.
Box-folder
1.9			Correspondence, 1972-1974.
Box-folder
1.10			Correspondence, 1972-1974.
Box-folder
1.11			Doney Park Problems. ,
Box-folder
1.12			Environmental Impact Study. ,
Box-folder
1.13			Environmental Fragility. ,
Box-folder
1.14			Correlation of Settlements and Fire. ,
Box-folder
1.15			Fire Growth Tables Fuel Model. ,
Box-folder
1.16			Forest and Range Publication, 1970.
Box-folder
1.17			Questions for Forest Services. ,
Box-folder
1.18			General Notes. ,
Box-folder
1.19			Hart Prairie Allotment, 1964.
Box-folder
2.20			Hart Prairie Petition, 1972.
Box-folder
2.21			Hart Prairie, 1974.
Box-folder
2.22			Memorandum Report on /water Supply at Hart Prairie, 1971.
Box-folder
2.23			Haphazard Land Development, 1972.
Box-folder
2.24			Critique of the Draft Environmental Statement-Land Use, 1972.
Box-folder
2.25			Letters to the Editor, 1972.
Box-folder
2.26			Maps. ,
Box-folder
2.27			Native Americans. ,
Box-folder
2.28			Newspaper Stories, 1972-1974.
Box-folder
2.29			Newspaper Stories, 1972-1974.
Box-folder
2.30			News Clips and Mementos, 1972-1974.
Box-folder
2.31			News Clips and Mementos, 1972-1974.
Box-folder
3.32			Newspaper Articles, 1972-1975.
Box-folder
3.33			Research Proposal, 1973.
Box-folder
3.34			Road Notes. ,
Box-folder
3.35			Rogersdale. ,
Box-folder
3.36			San Francisco Peaks, 1972.
Box-folder
3.37			USDA Forest Service, Bristlecone Pine, 1970.
Box-folder
3.38			Inner Basin Snow Surveys, 1969-1970.
Box-folder
3.39			Glaciation Abstract. ,
Box-folder
3.40			Questionaire on San Francisco Peaks, 1971.
Box-folder
3.41			Avalance Hazard on the San Francisco Peaks. ,
Box-folder
3.42			San Francisco Peaks Land Use Proposal, 1972.
Box-folder
3.43			Religious View of San Francisco Peaks, 1973.
Box-folder
3.44			Sheep Raising. ,
Box-folder
3.45			Snow Bowl, 1971.
Box-folder
3.46			Soil Creep. ,
Box-folder
3.47			Statement of John Duncklee, 1974.
Box-folder
3.48			Timberline. ,
Box-folder
3.49			Transect #1 and Quadrate, South of Wilson Spring. ,
Box-folder
3.50			Transect and Quadrate on Summit (Well). ,
Box-folder
3.51			Upper Greenlaw Raw Data. ,
Box-folder
3.52			Weatherford Road. ,
Box-folder
3.53			Wildlife. ,


Series 2, box 4, Subject Files, 1971-1974.


Box-folder
4.54			The Arizona Republic, 1974.
Box-folder
4.55			Arizona Environment, 1974.
Box-folder
4.56			Arizonans for Quality Environment, 1972.
Box-folder
4.57			Arts and Science Class Roster, 1972.
Box-folder
4.58			Coconino County Highway Department, 1970-1971.
Box-folder
4.59			Complying with NEPA, Environment Impact Statement. ,
Box-folder
4.60			Earthquake Hazards and The Urban Environment, 1973.
Box-folder
4.61			Earthquakes. ,
Box-folder
4.62			The Ecology of Fire, 1961-1974.
Box-folder
4.63			Local Climate Summary, 1967.
Box-folder
4.64			Merriam's Life Zones. ,
Box-folder
4.65			Tatum-Reese Development Corporation, 1972.
Box-folder
4.66			Timber Plan Draft, 1972.
Box-folder
4.67			Defenders of Wildlife, 1974.


Series 3, box 5, dissertation drafts, 1971-1974.


Box-folder
5.68			Dissertation, Finished Original. ,
Box-folder
5.69			Dissertation, Rough Draft. ,
Box-folder
5.70			Dissertation, The Thing. ,
Box-folder
5.71			Dissertation, Maps, Photos, Notes. ,


NAU.PH.2000.63, Photographs: , ca. 1970s
	This collection contains images from a picnic honoring the efforts of those involved in the Save the Peaks movement lead by the Coconino Citizens Association which opposed further development and expansion of the Arizona Snowbowl into the Hart Prairie area.
	Digital versions of parts of this collection are available online here.