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Title: Joye Harold Severaid papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 1991/02
Contributing Institution:
California State University, Sacramento Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
20.0 Linear feet
(16 record cartons, 1 oversize box)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1950-1966
Date (inclusive): 1897-1971
Language of Materials note: Collection materials for the Joye Harold Severaid papers are in English.
Abstract: Joye Harold Severaid specialized in mammology and the natural history of the Sacramento area. An active conservationist, Dr.
Severaid served on the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Zoological Society and co-edited the society’s bulletin. He also
served as President and Chair of the Save the American River Association and was the CSUS representative to the 58th National
Audubon Society Convention in 1962. The collection consists of reports, correspondence, diaries, maps, photographs and artifacts.
creator:
Severaid, Joye Harold
[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 1991/02, Joye Harold Severaid papers, Department of Special Collections
and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento.
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from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives.
Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University
Library, California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.
1915 – Joye Harold Severaid was born in Boone, Iowa (July)
1938 – Received a Bachelors of Science degree in Zoology (Iowa State College)
1941 – Received a Masters of Science degree in Wildlife Conservation (University of Maine)
1941-1946 – Active duty in U.S. Naval Air Corps Reserve
1942 – Published The Snowshoe Hare: Its Life History and Artificial Propagation
1949 – Received a Masters of Art degree in Vertebrate Zoology (University of California, Berkeley)
1951 – Became a faculty member of the Life Sciences Department at California State University (then known as Sacramento State
College)
1952 – Led students in the archaeological removal of the "Live Oak Mastodon."
1955 – Obtained a Doctoral Degree in Vertebrate Zoology (University of California, Berkeley)
1957-1960 – Head of Department of Life Sciences at Sacramento State College
1960-? – Assistant Chairman, Division of Science and Mathematics (S.S.C.)
1962 – CSUS representative to the 58th National Audubon Society Convention
1962 – Published Mammals of the Sacramento Area
1965 – Received an invitation from President Lyndon Johnson to attend the White House Conference on National Beauty
1987 – Died and Buried in Huxley, Iowa
Processed by Lynn Drennan, Staff Archivist, at CSU, Sacramento’s Special Collections and University Archives. Completed August
2016.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The Joye Harold Severaid papers were donated to the Department of Special Collections & University Archives in 1992. Additions
were donated in 1998.
No additions are expected.
Joye Harold Severaid was born in July 1915 in Boone, Iowa. He received a Bachelors of Science degree in Zoology from Iowa
State College in 1938, a Masters of Science degree in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Maine in 1941 and a Masters
of Art degree in Vertebrate Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1949. He obtained a Doctoral Degree in
Vertebrate Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1955.
He became a faculty member of the Life Sciences Department at California State University (then known as Sacramento State
College) in 1951. Dr. Severaid specialized in mammology and the natural history of the Sacramento area. In 1952 he and a colleague
led students in the archaeological removal of the "Live Oak Mastodon." An active conservationist, Dr. Severaid served on the
Board of Directors of the Sacramento Zoological Society and co-edited its bulletin. He also served as President and Chair
of the Save the American River Association (SARA) and was the CSUS representative to the 58th National Audubon Society Convention
in 1962. In 1965, Dr. Severaid received an invitation from President Lyndon Johnson to attend the White House Conference on
National Beauty. He wrote several articles and books for publication including
The Snowshoe Hare: Its Life History and Artificial Propagation (1942), and
Mammals of the Sacramento Area (1962). (Written by Marta Knight.)
Joye Harold Severaid died and was buried in 1987 in Huxley, Iowa.
The collection contains documents, diaries, letters, books, newspapers, photographs, and artifacts relating to the personal
and professional life of Joye Harold Severaid. The language of the materials included in this collection is English. The collection
consists of 16 cartons (20.0 linear feet), and an oversized box.
There are 13 main series pertaining to the Joye Harold Severaid papers. Included are the following: Biographical (Personal,
Items written by Joye Harold Severaid); Correspondence (Personal and Family, S.S.C. (Sacramento State College), Goethe, Learning
Institutions, Mail Packets, “Letters” Box, Associations, Societies, and Groups, and other); S.S.C. (Sacramento State College)
(Department Business, Committees, System-Wide Documents, Classes, Field Tours, Other); Natural Sciences Subject Notes; Maps,
Info Brochures by Location (United States, Outside United States, Other); Associations and Societies (A.A. of F.G.B. (American
Association of Fish and Game Biologists), SARA (Save the American River Association), Wildlife Society); Newsletters/Publications;
Clippings; Miscellaneous, Colleagues (Martin Brittan, Hubert O. Jenkins (General, Richardson Grove, Writings by H.O. Jenkins));
Photographs and Negatives; Artifacts, and Oversized.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brittan, Martin R.
Goethe, C.M. (Charles Matthias), 1875-1966
Jenkins, Hubert O.
Save the American River Association.
Severaid, Joye Harold
Severaid, Joye Harold
Yeaw, Effie
American River (Calif.)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Diaries
Environmentalism
Letters
Natural history -- California -- Sacramento Region
Ornithology.
Photographs
Rivers -- California
Writings