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BANC MSS 79/95 c
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Collection Title: George Marshall papers
Date (inclusive): 1836-1993,
Date (bulk): bulk 1945-1980
Collection Number: BANC MSS 79/95 c
Creators :
Marshall, George, 1904-2000
Extent:
Number of containers: 56 cartons, 3 oversize folders, 1 tube
Linear feet: 72 linear ft
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The George Marshall Papers(1836-1993) consists of Marshall's professional materials accumulated during his lifelong career
as a leading conservationist. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence and records of three conservation organizations;
the Adirondack Mountain Club, The Wilderness Society, and Sierra Club; where he served in official positions and as a member
of various committees. Resource files compiled by Marshall relating to National Parks and conservation issues consist of correspondence,
statements, testimonies, legislative and legal documents, organization records, press releases, announcements, newsletters,
brochures, maps, and photographs. The collection contains writings of Robert Marshall, George Marshall's brother, who died
at an early age. There are both published and unpublished drafts of articles by Robert Marshall, articles written about Robert
Marshall, and correspondence and materials relating to the posthumously published book,
Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range, which was compiled and edited by George Marshall. Also included are records of the Robert Marshall Foundation and the Robert
Marshall Wilderness Fund. George Marshall's personal papers contains correspondence with his family and friends, published
writings and typescript drafts, childhood memorabilia, school papers, and miscellany. It should be noted, the collection does
not includes George Marshall's professional papers as an economist or materials relating to his political activities in the
National Federation for Constitutional Liberties and the Civil Rights Congress.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
[Identification of item], George Marshall Papers, BANC MSS 79/95 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Robert Marshall papers, BANC MSS 79/94pz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Sierra Club records, BANC MSS 71/103c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Marshall, George, 1904-2000--Archives
Wilderness Society (U.S.)
Sierra Club
Conservation of natural resources--United States--History
Forests and forestry
Conservation of natural resources--Alaska
Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Forests and forestry
United States. National Park Service
Marshall, Robert, 1901-1939
Uncovering California's Environmental Collections Project
The George Marshall Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by George Marshall 1978-1979. Additions were made on August
and October 1993.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing of the George Marshall Papers was generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The Bancroft Library was awarded a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections
and Archives grant from 2010-2012, "Uncovering California's Environmental Collections," in collaboration with eight additional
special collections and archival repositories throughout the state and the California Digital Library (CDL). Grant objectives
included processing of over 33 hidden collections related to the state's environment and environmental history. The collections
document an array of important sub-topics such as irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use, activism,
and research. Together they form a multifaceted picture of the natural world and the way it was probed, altered, exploited
and protected in California over the twentieth century. Finding aids are made available through the Online Archive of California
(OAC).
George Marshall, born in 1904, was the son of Louis Marshall, noted constitutional lawyer and co-founder of the American Jewish
Committee, and Florence Lowenstein. He was raised in Manhattan with his sister, Ruth, and brothers, James and Robert. Marshall
attended the Ethnical Culture School, continued his education at Columbia University and the Brookings Institution, where
he received his PhD in economics. From 1934 to 1937, Marshall worked as an economist for the National Recovery Administration
under Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Along with his wife, Elisabeth Dublin, Marshall shifted focus to left-wing politics
in New York City and served as chairman of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties and the Civil Rights Congress.
In 1950, he was convicted of contempt for refusal to turn over records of the organization and sent to federal prison for
three months. During the 1950s and 1960s, Marshall lived in Los Angeles where he raised his son, Roger, and daughter, Nancy.
George Marshall also had a career as a leading conservationist. He spent his childhood along the shores of Saranac Lake, New
York, where he and his brother, Bob, climbed all 46 Adirondack peaks taller than 4,000 feet, an accomplishment that made him
a charter member of the "46ers." After his brother's early death, Marshall became a trustee of the Robert Marshall Wilderness
Fund, which supported conservation activities. Marshall made major contributions for over 50 years to both The Wilderness
Society, which was founded by his brother, and the Sierra Club. Throughout those years, he served in many official capacities
as well as editing The Wilderness Society's magazine, The Living Wilderness. He also compiled and edited Bob Marshall's notebooks
on the Alaskan wilderness and published, Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range.
Marshall moved to London, England until late in his life and returned to the United States following the death of his wife
in 1993. He died on May 2000 in Nyack, New York.
Scope and Content of Collection
The George Marshall Papers (1836-1993) consists of Marshall's professional materials accumulated during his lifelong career
as a leading conservationist. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence and records of three conservation organizations;
the Adirondack Mountain Club, The Wilderness Society, and Sierra Club; where he served in official positions and as a member
of various committees. Resource files compiled by Marshall relating to National Parks and conservation issues consist of correspondence,
statements, testimonies, legislative and legal documents, organization records, press releases, announcements, newsletters,
brochures, maps, and photographs. The collection contains writings of Robert Marshall, George Marshall's brother, who died
at an early age. There are both published and unpublished drafts of articles by Robert Marshall, articles written about Robert
Marshall, and correspondence and materials relating to the posthumously published book,
Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range, which was compiled and edited by George Marshall. Also included are records of the Robert Marshall Foundation and the Robert
Marshall Wilderness Fund. George Marshall's personal papers contains correspondence with his family and friends, published
writings and typescript drafts, childhood memorabilia, school papers, and miscellany. It should be noted, the collection does
not includes George Marshall's professional papers as an economist or materials relating to his political activities in the
National Federation for Constitutional Liberties and the Civil Rights Congress.