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Rudolf W. Becking Collection 2003.04

Becking (Rudolf W.) Collection
Finding aid prepared by Adrienne R.S. Harling, MLIS and Edith Butler, MA, CA. Help was provided by Suzanne Guerra, Joan Berman, and Tasha Becking Leonard
Processing of this collection was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program.
Humboldt State University
One Harpst Street
Arcata, CA, 95521-8299
(707) 826-3441
2011
Title: Rudolf W. Becking Collection
Identifier/Call Number: 2003.04
Contributing Institution: Humboldt State University
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 122.0 Cubic feet 94 Record Storage Boxes, 9 Oversize Boxes
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1940-2005
Date (inclusive): 1850-2010
Abstract: Rudolf Willem Becking was a professor of Forestry and Natural Resources at Humboldt State University from 1960-1983. He did extensive work in Northwestern California. His research interests included Redwoods, sustainable forestry (Plenturung), plant community ecology (Phytosociology), serpentine endemics, the Marbled Murrelet, timber cruise methodology, and many other topics. He worked in the Great Smoky Mountains in the 1950s-1960s and again in the 1970s. He did additional scholarly work in Indonesia, the USSR and in China. Becking also participated in political processes in the Northern California region. Highlights include involvement in the establishment and later expansion of Redwood National Park (1960s and 1970s), municipal environmental issues related to the city of Arcata, California and Humboldt Bay in the 1970s and 1980s, revision of the California Forest Practices Act in the 1970s, and many other regional environmental issues.
Language of Materials: English
creator: Becking, Rudolf Willem, 1922-2009

Access

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

Copyright to the unpublished Becking material is the sole property of Humboldt State University Library. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Special Collections Librarian.

Aquisition Information

In 2003, Becking moved from his Arcata, California home office and donated the first of three installments of what is now the Rudolf W. Becking Collection to the Humboldt State University Library. Becking sent the second installment when he moved from Oregon to Utah. The last installment came after Becking’s 2009 death, arriving in 2010. The first two installments were packed by Becking, and the last installment was packed and shipped by family from Becking’s final residence in Utah.
A number of foreign language books relating to forestry and botany were not accessioned by HSU. The majority of these books were from or about the Netherlands, Indonesia, India, Fiji, China, Japan, and the USSR.

Biographical Information

Rudolf Willem Becking was born in 1922 in Dutch-occupied Indonesia to a Dutch family. He had an early interest in the natural sciences that he shared with his brother and father. During World War II, Becking was captured as a Prisoner of War by the Japanese. He received two forestry degrees from Wageningen University in The Netherlands in 1952. Becking married H. Louise Sheltema, and they moved together to Seattle, WA, where he received his PhD from the University of Washington in 1954. He had brief employment with the Dutch Forest Service and universities in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Alabama before being hired at Humboldt State University in 1960. He retired from HSU in 1983, but remained an active professor emeritus, teaching classes and sponsoring graduate students for many years after. Both Becking and his wife died in 2009 and were survived by all three of their children.
Becking lived the majority of his life in the United States, but had significant international influences from being raised in Indonesia, attending college in The Netherlands, and traveling extensively throughout his life. Thus, Becking’s approach to forestry and botany were unique amongst his American colleagues. For example, Becking was a strong advocate of Plenturung, an all-aged sustainable harvest model, at a time when even-aged harvest (clear cutting) was central to American forestry. In addition, Becking practiced Phytosociology, a technique of plant community analysis that had international support but very few American proponents. Throughout his career in the United States, Becking corresponded with a vast network of international colleagues.
Although primarily identified as a forester, Becking’s work was interdisciplinary. In addition to forest growth and yield, he did research on plant and forest community ecology, taxonomy, and plant biology. He was a specialist in dipterocarps and redwoods, and did significant work with serpentine endemics, the lichen Usnea longissima, and forest/plant communities of the Great Smoky Mountains. Soil analysis was essential to his forest and plant research. Becking also did substantial research in ornithology (though he considered himself an amateur), primarily focused on the old-growth-forest-dependent Marbled Murrelet. Becking was a skilled illustrator and used his artistic ability as a tool in his scientific work.
Becking was a citizen activist who focused on environmental management issues. During his long-term residence in Arcata, California, he engaged with the City of Arcata’s management of municipal transportation, waste, and forests. Becking was elected onto the Arcata City Council in 1972. Through letter writing, speaking, community organizing and other campaigning, Becking also worked for ancient forest conservation and improved forest policy. He was involved in many regional issues including the establishment and expansion of Redwood National Park, stopping the building of the Gasquet-Orleans Road (G-O Road), and the critique of numerous proposed timber sales on public lands. Becking worked on environmental protection of Humboldt Bay, proposed (with Deane B. Mather) the development of a regional recreation area he called the “Tri-Lake Plan”, and advocated against the proposed Butler Valley Dam.
As a teacher, Becking left a lasting impression on his students who have described him as challenging, approachable, empowering and inspiring. He formed mentorships with students that often became lasting friendships. He was known for engaging his students in scientific studies that involved real-world field, lab and data analysis work. He integrated his own research interests and projects with his forestry and natural resources curricula.
Becking attended the Humboldt Unitarian Fellowship and occasionally gave talks there that provided a view of how his work as a scientist and activist intersected with his spirituality.
For more biographical information, see BEN Botanical Electronic News ISSN 1188-603X No. 421 February 4, 2009 , written by Adolf Ceska (with help from the Becking family).

Scope and Content

The Rudolf W. Becking Collection is documentation of the professional and political work of Dr. Rudolf Becking from the time of his post secondary education in the 1940s and 1950s, through his teaching career in the 1960s-1990s, and his continued work until his death in 2009.
The collection contains primarily textual materials including research notes, data, correspondence, publications, and reports. There are also non-textual materials including photographs, slides, maps, posters, illustrations, sound recordings, and computer files.
Major topics covered include all-aged forest management (Plenturung), plant community ecology (Phytosociology), old growth conservation, serpentine endemic plants, redwood biology, redwood forest ecology, timber cruise methodology, Marbled Murrelets, and the municipal environmental management of Arcata, California.

Processing Information

The Becking Collection came to HSU in three installments, and processing began between the arrival of the second and third installments. When the materials were packed to be delivered to the library, their original order was disrupted. At the library, to prepare for final processing, HSU Archivist Edie Butler and Processing Archivist Adrienne Harling sorted the collection according to topic and geographic area.
Processing was completed primarily off campus, in several installments of 10-20 boxes at one time. The collection was processed efficiently, and series were arranged at different levels of detail (based on need and perceived research value).
Becking used recycled manila envelopes and 3-ring binders to organize his materials. He labeled most envelopes and binders. When processed, materials were transferred out of the envelopes and binders and into file folders and archival storage boxes. Folder contents were transferred in their original order. Becking’s labels were used as folder headings when available, and the processing archivist provided additional information and generated folder headings for unlabeled materials (differentiated from Becking’s labels with brackets []). Becking’s spelling, grammar and punctuation were not edited when his labels were transferred to file folders.
There were many loose materials that came with the collection, which were sorted according to collection series and labeled with the terms “loose” and/or “miscellaneous” without further description. The lack of description of these materials should not be mistaken for lack of research value, and researchers are encouraged to scan these folders for content within each series they are using. Items that were mixed into envelopes or binders of unrelated materials were not moved. Significant quantities of such out-of-place materials were noted in the series descriptions when identified.
Processing of the Rudolf W. Becking Collection was generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The Humboldt State University 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).

Arrangement

The series level arrangement reflects Becking’s roles as researcher, activist, and teacher, with sub-series broken out by topic or geographic area. Folders within series are loosely grouped together according to topic.
Different material types are not separated except for sound recordings, computer files and oversized items.

Related Collections

Pamphlet Collection at Humboldt State University Library’s Humboldt Room – For many years, Becking brought individual unpublished documents such as correspondence into the Humboldt Room to make available to researchers. These items were incorporated into the HSU Library’s Humboldt Room’s Pamphlet Collection and assigned subject headings to be used for retrieval.
Redwood National Park – Two collections at the National Park Service Redwood National Park headquarters in Orick, California are directly related to materials in Humboldt State University’s Rudolf W. Becking Collection. Becking donated some of his papers to the National Park Service in the late 1990s (Rudolf W. Becking Collection, Catalog Number: REDW 27748), before his larger collection came to HSU in 2003. They include documentation of Becking’s involvement in the establishment of Redwood National Park. The collection at Humboldt State University is focused on the expansion of the Park and the movement to protect the Emerald Creek Watershed. The collection at Redwood National Park’s office is focused on the initial establishment of the park.
Another collection at the Orick office is the Dave Van de Mark Photograph Collection  (Catalog Number: REDW 17722). The collection includes photographs that document the Redwood National Park region and land management activities in that region. They were taken in an effort to gather support for the creation and later expansion of the Redwood National Park.
Zoological Museum University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Becking and his brother (J.H. Becking) developed an extensive egg collection from Java, Indonesia, starting as early as the 1930s. They donated their joint collection to the Zoological Museum . Related materials can be found in the Rudolf W. Becking Collection in "Biography" and "Research and Writing : Marbled Murrelet".
Humboldt State University Vascular Plant Herbarium - Several boxes of plant specimen were included in Becking’s donations to the Humboldt State University Library. For proper care, these plant specimens were transferred to the Humboldt State University Vascular Plant Herbarium  in 2011.
Humboldt State University Nonvascular Plant Herbarium - Several boxes of mounted lichens and bryophytes were included in the third installment of Beckings’ donations to the Humboldt State University Library. The lichen and bryophyte specimens were mounted onto index cards that included metadata. For proper care, these specimens were transferred to the Humboldt State University Nonvascular Plant Herbarium in 2011.

Preferred Citation

Rudolf W. Becking Collection, 2003.04. Humboldt State University Library, Arcata, Calif.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary (Calif.).
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.).
Humboldt State University -- College of Natural Resources and Sciences.
Humboldt State University -- Forestry Dept..
Redwood National Park (Calif.).
Wageningen Universiteit.
Arcata (Calif.)
Birds--Nests.
Birds—Eggs
Butler Valley Dam (Proposed)
Champion Trees
Darlingtonia californica.
Douglas Fir
Forest management--California, Northern
Forest management--Environmental aspects.
Forest management--Indonesia.
Forest policy--California.
Forestry schools and education--California--History.
Forests and Forestry
Gasquet-Orleans Road (Calif.)
Herbicides--Environmental aspects.
Humboldt Bay (Calif.)
Humboldt State University. Dept. of Forestry--History.
Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.)
Lichen
Lichen conservation
Logging
Logging—History
Mad River (Calif.)
Marbled murrelet
Natural resources--Study and teaching
Old growth forest conservation
Old growth forests
Oxalis
Photogrammetry.
Plant communities
Redwoods
Redwoods--California--Humboldt County
Sand Dune Plants
Serpentine plants
Soil Profiles
Sustainable forestry
Uncovering California's Environmental Collections Project
 

Biography Series 1

Scope and Contents note

Materials relating to Becking’s personal life cover Becking’s employment, family, spirituality and philosophy. A number of documents pertaining to employment reveal professional tension with some colleagues.
Family materials include Christmas letters from the late 1990s and early 2000s, and publications and correspondence of Becking’s family members. Of note is correspondence between Becking and his brother regarding their joint Java egg collection and some journals containing information provided by their colleague/mentor, zoologist Max Bartels. The Becking Java egg collection is now housed in the Zoological Museum University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Programs and notes from several talks at the Humboldt Unitarian Fellowship present Becking’s spiritual perspective on topics such as the Headwaters controversy, humans and their relationships to plants, differences between childhood times and current times, “ecoactivism”, “ecocide”, salmon, the legal standing of trees, and other topics.
The Biography series also includes documentation of two instances in which Becking defended his professional integrity to institutional authorities:
Becking Fire/Professional Competency Case: In the 1970s, Becking was implicated as the responsible party for a fire that started in Freshwater Forest after Becking and his students had been burning test plots. The materials related to this incident include Becking’s detailed account of the events of the fire and how it was responded to, as well as photographs of the plots and burned areas.
PFR license case: In the 1990s a complaint was filed against Becking to the Professional Forester Registration (PFR), and this organization disciplined Becking with a “Private Letter of Reprimand”. The complaint was filed with regards to Becking’s declaration in a lawsuit filed by a Del Norte County landowner against a neighbor, claiming that they had suffered personal injuries from spraying of Garlon, an herbicide. Becking’s declaration was in support of the effort to stop additional herbicide spraying. The material in these folders includes Becking’s declaration and correspondence regarding the complaint, disciplinary action taken against Becking by the RPF, and Becking’s original declaration. The correspondence shows that Becking himself publicized the matter even though the PFR’s letter was private.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Biography
  2. Research and Writing : Marbled Murrelet (additional documents about the Becking Java egg collection)
Box 1, Folder 1

[Memorial Program and DVD] 2009

Box 1, Folder 2

[Christmas letters from 1997 and 2001, address list from 2001] 1990s, 2000s

Box 1, Folder 3

ZP Growth 1970s

Box 1, Folder 4

[Notes and articles about Samuel Oliver, Russia, philosophy] 1990

Box 1, Folder 5

[Resumé (early 1990s), list of publications up to 1986, copies of letterhead] 1980s, 1990s

Box 1, Folder 6

TAX [information re: taxes and FAO] 1980

Box 1, Folder 7

[Copies of Becking’s illustrations (botanical)]

Box 1, Folder 8

[Salmon spawning drawing by Becking, June 20, 1998] 1998

Box 1, Folder 9

[Correspondence with Jan Hendrik Becking re: Max Bartels collection, notebooks, Java egg collection] 1940s, 2000s

Box 1, Folder 10

[“Mycorrhize de Podocarpus Physiologie et Morphologie” par J.H. Becking, Extrait des Annales de L’Institut Pasteur, Supplement, Septembre 1966, Tome III, Paris] 1966

Box 1, Folder 11

[Publications by J.H. Becking, correspondence between J.H. Becking and Dr. J. Weck of Wageningen, correspondence of Rudi Becking’s, Dutch language, includes photographs] 1950s, 1960s

Box 1, Folder 12

TALKS, PRESENTATIONS [includes several presentations Becking gave at Humboldt Unitarian Fellowship] 1990s

Box 1, Folder 13

HUF talk on legal standing of trees Jan 19, 1975

Box 1, Folder 14

SALMON, a spiritual Encounter Apr 14, 1996 HUUF, 1996

Box 1, Folder 15

[SALMO GO! – Possibly HUUF talk] 1994

Box 1, Folder 16

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE CASE May 1977 [Freshwater Forest Fire Oct 10, 1976, includes photographs] 1976-1977

Box 1, Folder 17

[Professional Foresters Registration License case, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 1, Folder 18

[Professional Foresters Registration License case, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 1, Folder 19

RPF license 1990 – Official Correspondence Only 1990

Box 1, Folder 20

RPF/LIC Related Correspondence and Info Lawyers Contacted 1990s

Box 1, Folder 21

RPF license BACK-UP COPIES and drafts 1990s

Box 1, Folder 22

Becking Clippings 1970s, 1980s

Box 1, Folder 23

Europe Trip Summer 1964 [Many documents in Dutch] 1960s

Box 1, Folder 24

Fulbright 1994-5 Netherlands 1994-1995

Box 1, Folder 25

Fulbright 1993 [Folder 1 of 2] 1993

Box 1, Folder 26

Fulbright 1993 [Folder 2 of 2] 1993

Box 1, Folder 27

[Reference for Dr. Rudolf W. Becking’s Fulbright Application for bird and phytosociological reinventories in Wageningen, Netherlands] 1990s

Box 1, Folder 28

[“Sentient Experiences” brochures, Becking correspondence] 1990s

Box 1, Folder 29

Evan Vallianatos 1992 [correspondence] 1992

Box 1, Folder 30

[Correspondence and Tropical Forestry literature from “Sam and Kathy”] 1989

Box 1, Folder 31

Retirement 1980s

Box 1, Folder 32

[Misc. publications, Folder 1 of 2] mostly 1970s

Box 1, Folder 33

[Misc publications, Folder 2 of 2] mostly 1970s

Box 1, Folder 34

[Entwurf 3, Waldbauliche Fachausdrücke und ihre Umschreibungen]

Box 1, Folder 35

[Books and articles inscribed for Becking – foreign language] 1960s-1980s

Box 1, Folder 36

[Misc inscribed publications] 1950s, 1970s

Box 2, Folder 1

[Foundation for Dutch Forestry Development Cooperation Newsletters and other Wageningen based publications] 1980s

Box 2, Folder 2

[Chris Maser’s “The Redesigned Forest”, inscribed by author] 1988

Box 2, Folder 3

[“Ecoforestry : the Art and Science of Sustainable Forest Use” – inscribed by Becking’s daughter] 1997

Box 2, Folder 4

[Dhillon’s “Some Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide on the Germination of Western Larch Seed, Inscribed by author] 1961

Box 2, Folder 5

[Neumann Verlag : Ertragstafel Anszüge, inscribed by J.H. Becking]

Box 2, Folder 6

[J.H. Becking : De Djaticultuur Op Java] 1928

Box 2, Folder 7

Bedrijfsplan voor de Boswachterij “Leende” 1 aug 1955-1 aug 1965 [includes map] 1955-1965

Box 2, Folder 8

[Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 1 of 5] 1960s

Box 2, Folder 9

[Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 2 of 5] 1960s

Box 2, Folder 10

[Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 3 of 5] 1960s

Box 2, Folder 11

[Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 4 of 5] 1960s

Box 2, Folder 12

[Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 5 of 5] 1960s

Box 2, Folder 13

[Loose, Misc]

Box 2, Folder 14

[POW Talk]

 

Correspondence

Box 2, Folder 15

Grant A 1990s

Box 2, Folder 16

Grant B 1990s

Box 2, Folder 17

Grant C 1990s

Box 2, Folder 18

Grant D 1990s

Box 3, Folder 1

Grant E 1990s

Box 3, Folder 2

Grant F 1990s

Box 3, Folder 3

Grant G 1990s

Box 3, Folder 4

Grant H 1990s

Box 3, Folder 5

Grant I 1990s

Box 3, Folder 6

Grant J 1990s

Box 3, Folder 7

Grant K 1990s

Box 3, Folder 8

Grant L 1990s

Box 3, Folder 9

Grant M 1990s

Box 3, Folder 10

Grant N 1990s

Box 3, Folder 11

Grant O 1990s

Box 3, Folder 12

Grant P 1990s

Box 3, Folder 13

Grant R 1990s

Box 3, Folder 14

Grant S 1990s

Box 3, Folder 15

Grant T 1990s

Box 3, Folder 16

Grant U 1990s

Box 3, Folder 17

Grant V 1990s

Box 3, Folder 18

Grant W [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 3, Folder 19

Grant W [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 3, Folder 20

Grant X 1990s

Box 3, Folder 21

Grant Y 1990s

Box 3, Folder 22

Grant Z 1990s

 

Research and Writing Series 2

 

Wageningen University

Scope and Contents note

Materials from Becking’s student days at Wageningen University (late 1940s to 1952), where he earned a Ir. Tr. M.S. in Tropical Forestry and a Ir. B.M.S. in Temperate Forestry in 1952. Includes twelve hand-bound reports Becking authored and illustrated. One is in English.
Box 3, Folder 23

[Notebook with Becking hand and type written notes re : Douglas, Larix, Naaldhout, Loofhout (in Dutch)] 1940s, 1950s

Box 3, Folder 24

[“Ceres” Publications, “Synthese” and “Herrezen Nederland 1945-1955” – Dutch Language] 1940s, 1950s

Box 3, Folder 25

Het Mechanisch Grondverzet [illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1940s?

Box 3, Folder 26

Waldbau auf naturgesetzlicher Grundlage, Prof. Dr. H. Heibundgut I [Illustrated, bound report by R. W. Becking – foreign language] 1950-1951

Box 3, Folder 27

Waldbau auf naturgesetzlicher Grundlage, Prof. Dr. H. Heibundgut II [illustrated, bound report by R. W. Becking – foreign language] 1940s – 1950s

Box 3, Folder 28

Practykverslag 5 Aug – 30 Oct 1949 [illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Foreign Language, includes Photographs] 1949

Box 3, Folder 29

Practicumverslag PHYTOPATHOLOGIE Mycologie Mei 1951 [Illustrated, bound report by R. W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951

Box 3, Folder 30

De Bostypologie van de Scandinavische landen [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951

Box 4, Folder 1

Loofhout Houtzagers Cand. En Jr. colleges [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951

Box 4, Folder 2

Veeweide – problemen in de Bosbouw [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951

Box 4, Folder 3

Naaldhout Houtzagers Cnd. En Jr. colleges [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951

Box 4, Folder 4

De Strooiselvertering [bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951

Box 4, Folder 5

Ontwerp Wegproject en Brugconstructie [bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951

Box 4, Folder 6

An account of a practise-period July-Oct. 1950 in Scandinavia [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – English Language, includes photographs] 1950

Box 4, Folder 7

Pseudotsuga taxifolía Onderzoek 1950s

 

Forest Ecology and Management

 

Douglas Fir (PhD)

Scope and Contents note

Notes, data, soil profiles, literature, other work Becking did as a student at University of Washington, and writings based on his PhD data. Becking received his PhD in 1954. His dissertation was entitled Site Indicators and Forest Types of the Douglas fir Region of Western Washington and Oregon and included phytosociological analysis of Douglas fir forest types of over 300 plots in Washington State.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Douglas Fir
Box 4, Folder 8

Soil Profiles Pacific NWest Douglas Fir Study 1952-1954 PhD thesis work [Folder 1 of 3] 1952-1954

Box 4, Folder 9

Soil Profiles Pacific NWest Douglas Fir Study 1952-1954 PhD thesis work [Folder 2 of 3] 1952-1954

Box 4, Folder 10

Soil Profiles Pacific NWest Douglas Fir Study 1952-1954 PhD thesis work [Folder 3 of 3] 1952-1954

Box 4, Folder 11

DOUGLAS FIR 1950s

Box 4, Folder 12

[Thesis : “Soil Properties Related to Forest Cover Type and Productivity on the Lee Forest, Snohomish County, Washington”, by Freeman Forristall] 1954

Box 4, Folder 13

[Thesis : “Lethal Surface Temperatures and Their Interpretation for Douglas-Fir” – Silen thesis]

Box 4, Folder 14

[“Effect of Certain Physical Soil Properties and topography on the Site Quality of Douglas Fir in Southwestern Washington”, by Willard H. Carmean] 1953

Box 4, Folder 15

[“Water Relations in the Douglas-Fir Region of Vancouver Island” by Robert Gordon McMinn] 1957

Box 4, Folder 16

FOREST REGION B-1 SITE CLASSIFICATION ONTARIO, Canada Bedell and McLean Bd 796. R.G. Ray Bd. 676 A. Linteau Bd. 1010 1951

Box 4, Folder 17

[“Sampling Procedures and Methods of Analysis for Forest Soils” by the Forest Soils Committee of the Douglas Fir Region] 1953

Box 4, Folder 18

[Copies of “Douglas Fir Forest Type Classification of Western Washington and Oregon”] 1954

Box 4, Folder 19

[Becking published article : “Die natürlichen Douglasien – Waldgesellschaften Washingtons und Oregons. Allgem. Forst. U. Jagdz. 127 : 42-56.” Photocopy] 1954

Box 4, Folder 20

[“First Report of the Academic Year 1952-1953”, Rudolf Willem Becking, regarding experience of studying in America] 1952

Box 4, Folder 21

Seminar Fire and Relationship with Silviculture, Winter Qu 1952

Box 5, Folder 1

Klad-Tabellen 1952, Phytosociological Tables 1952 non DF tables, Field Reports – timber industry 1953, Correspondence DF thesis research 1952-1953

Box 5, Folder 2

Site Indicators and Forest Types of the Douglas Fir Region of Western Washington and Oregon – original master of Ph.D. thesis May 1954

Box 5, Folder 3

Paper on DF forest types of western Washington and Oregon July 1954 Intern. Botan. Congress Paris 1954, Synthesis Tables DF – Forest Types copies from PhD thesis 1954

Box 5, Folder 4

DF typology stencils 1954 [Mislabeled folder? Contains “The Phytosociological Method of the Zurich-Montpellier School” handouts] 1954

Box 5, Folder 5

The Forest Associations Sensu Braun-Blanquet of the Douglas Fir Region (Pacific Northwest) and their Relation with the Site Quality of the Douglas Fir, AAAS meetings, New York Dec 27, 1956

Box 5, Folder 6

Figures of DF Manuscript 1953

Box 5, Folder 7

Manuscript DF Forest Types 1956 never published 1956

Box 5, Folder 8

Die naturlichen Douglasien – Waldgesdlschaften Washingtons und Oregons, Allgem. Forst Jagd Ztg 1956 [Foreign Language] 1956

Box 5, Folder 9

[Becking Ph.D. thesis: “Site Indicators and Forest Types of Douglas-fir Region of Western Washington and Oregon.” Ph.D. thesis. 8339, University of Washington, Seattle. Copy 1 of 2] 1954

Box 5, Folder 10

[Becking Ph.D. thesis: “Site Indicators and Forest Types of Douglas-fir Region of Western Washington and Oregon.” Ph.D. thesis. 8339, University of Washington, Seattle. Copy 2 of 2] 1954

Box 5, Folder 11

[Szczawinsky, A : Bryophytic Communities on Douglas Fir] 1953

Box 5, Folder 12

[Australia and New Zealand – correspondence and publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s

Box 5, Folder 13

[Australia and New Zealand – correspondence and publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s

Box 5, Folder 14

[Forest Soils Committee of the Douglas Fir Region : Sampling Procedures and Methods of Analysis for Forest Soils] 1953

Box 5, Folder 15

Erosion Control, Forestry, Pewee Yarder 1970s

Box 5, Folder 16

[loose misc]

Box 5, Folder 17

[Mueller – Dombois : The Douglas – fir forest associations on Vancouver Island in their initial stages of secondary succession, Ph.D. thesis] 1959

Box 5, Folder 18

Douglas Fir Provenances 1960s

Box 5, Folder 19

Biogeochemical Cycling 1960s

Box 5, Folder 20

DF thesis synthesis tables and maps 1952-4 [includes rolled items] 1950s

 

Redwood

Scope and Contents note

Becking studied all three species of redwood: Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron gigantea, and Metasequoia. Some of the topics Becking pursued were burl development, vegetative propagation of redwoods, albino redwoods, international distribution of redwoods, redwood deformities and fasciations, fossil redwoods, redwood genetics, and more.

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : NSF
  2. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : USSR
  3. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : China
  4. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Ring-O-Gram
  5. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Tallest Trees
  6. Research and Writing : Pocket Flora
  7. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Redwood
  8. Oversized : Over 42”
  9. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 1, 2 and 4)
  10. Teaching
Box 6, Folder 1

SEQUOIA sempervirens [Folder 1 of 3] 1960s-1990s

Box 6, Folder 2

SEQUOIA sempervirens [Folder 2 of 3, includes photographs and negatives] 1960s-1990s

Box 6, Folder 3

SEQUIOIA sempervirens [Folder 3 of 3, includes photographs] 1960s-1990s

Box 6, Folder 4

SEQUOIA gigantea 1960s-1970s

Box 6, Folder 5

METASEQUOIA [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1990s

Box 6, Folder 6

METASEQUOIA [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1990s

Box 6, Folder 7

WEOTT Calif Dept Parks and Recreation Workshop, March 14, 1990 Handouts 1990

Box 6, Folder 8

[Human and Animal Impact Studies – Notes] 1970s

Box 6, Folder 9

BURL DEVELOPMENT Peter Del Tredici 1993 [Literature] 1993

Box 6, Folder 10

BURL [Peter Del Tredici, includes photographs and negatives] 1990s

Box 6, Folder 11

[Correspondence and literature – chromosomes and vegetative propagation] 1990s

Box 6, Folder 12

ALBINO REDWOOD [Folder 1 of 3] 1960s-1980s

Box 6, Folder 13

ALBINO REDWOOD [Folder 2 of 3, includes photographs] 1960s-1980s

Box 6, Folder 14

ALBINO REDWOOD [Folder 3 of 3] NEWS CLIPPINGS, MAPS, RESEARCH NOTEBOOKS and POSTCARDS 1960s-1980s

Box 6, Folder 15

ALBINO REDWOOD 1991

Box 6, Folder 16

ALBINO REDWOOD 1990s-2000s

Box 6, Folder 17

ALBINO R [slides and report from Dr. Willliam L. Bigg] 1999

Box 6, Folder 18

[Loose-Albino Redwoods]

Box 6, Folder 19

Redwood [Distribution Maps]

Box 6, Folder 20

[Redwood Distribution Documents] 1960s-1970s

Box 6, Folder 21

MASTER Field Trip II XI Internat. Botanical Congress August 19-20-1969 Arcata, Calif 95521 1969

Box 6, Folder 22

[Association for Environmental and outdoor Education Conference Materials, April 14, 15, 16] 1970s

Box 6, Folder 23

Fort Bragg Apr 14-16, 1978 1978

Box 6, Folder 24

Chetko Apr 7, 1990

Box 6, Folder 25

[Redwood Community Development Council, Inc. Reforestation Training Project info for review] 1970s

Box 6, Folder 26

Florissant 1990s

Box 6, Folder 27

[Correspondence with Rudolph Light and Ernie Wasson] 1990s

Box 6, Folder 28

[Loose, misc] 1980s-2000s

Box 6, Folder 29

[Misc journal articles]

Box 7, Folder 1

[National Park Service Coast Redwood Study, Folder 1 of 2] 1963

Box 7, Folder 2

[National Park Service Coast Redwood Study, Folder 2 of 2] 1963

Box 7, Folder 3

Vegetation of the California Coast Redwood Region in relation to gradients of moisture, nutrients, light, and temperature, Richard H. Waring, Ph.D., University of California 1963

Box 7, Folder 4

[Emanuel Fritz ad James A. Rydelius, Redwood Reforestation Problems : An Experimental Approach to their Solution] 1966

Box 7, Folder 5

[Redwood Region Logging Conference Proceedings : 19th, 21st, 24th, and 28th annual meetings] 1957-1966

Box 7, Folder 6

[Redwood Region Conservation Council Young Growth Management Conference Proceedings : 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972] 1968-1972

Box 7, Folder 7

[Division of Forestry : A Review of Redwood Harvesting, 2 copies] 1972

Box 7, Folder 8

[Magazines containing Redwood-related articles] 1960s, 1997

Box 7, Folder 9

[Proceedings of the conference on Coast Redwood Forest Ecology and management, June 18-20, 1996, Humboldt State University : article by Becking starting on page 69] 1996

Box 7, Folder 10

[The Redwood Forest Handbook by Reveal and Wallen, Published by Division of Forestry, California Dept of Natural Resources] 1948

Box 7, Folder 11

[California Coast Redwood : An Annotated Bibliography to and including 1955 compiled by Emanuel Fritz] 1957

Box 7, Folder 12

[The Coastal Redwoods : A Travel Course, by Robert N. Wallen] 1978

Box 7, Folder 13

[Misc. Redwood Logging-related documents] 1980s

Box 7, Folder 14

[Pamphlet : “The State of the Redwoods Today”]

Box 7, Folder 15

Redwood Prehistoric Distribution [includes teaching materials] 1970s

Box 7, Folder 16

Ecology of Coastal Redwood [includes Richard Genelly’s 1964 “Birds of the Coastal Redwood Forest”] 1960s

Box 7, Folder 17

METASEQUOIA

Box 7, Folder 18

Ladybird Johnson Wounded Redwood 2000

Box 7, Folder 19

Redwood Talk 1972 1970s

Box 7, Folder 20

[Loose documents re: Redwood, including notes on Metasequoia (1993) and items from 1974 Redwood Ecology Workshop at HSU] 1974, 1993

Box 7, Folder 21

[Requests for publications re: Sequoia sempervirens] 1995

Box 7, Folder 22

Redwood article cancelled Aug 1975 [intended for “Terrestrial Vegetation of California”] 1975

Box 7, Folder 23

SEQUOIA and SEQUOIADENDRON 2000s

Box 7, Folder 24

REDWOOD BURLS 2000s

Box 7, Folder 25

Sequoia sempervirens physiology burl genetics cancers 2000s

Box 7, Folder 26

Die Ökologie des Mammutsbaumes Kaliforniens Nov. 22, 1968 [Allgemeine Forst Zeitschrift 14/15 : 285-289., Manuscript, correspondence and 2 original publications] 1969

Box 7, Folder 27

[Reprints of Becking article “Fasciation of coastal redwoods.” Madroño 20 (1970): 382-383] 1970

Box 7, Folder 28

Figures #1,2,3 [Fog Drip]

Box 7, Folder 29

Sequoia National Park and Whitaker UC, National Park Service 1960s

Box 7, Folder 30

SEQUOIA burls AFOCEL 1990

Box 7, Folder 31

Meteorological Data Redwood Region [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s, 1980s

Box 7, Folder 32

Meteorological Data Redwood Region [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s, 1980s

Box 8, Folder 1

[Redwood research inc. deformities] 1990s

Box 8, Folder 2

FOSSIL REDWOODS [includes soil profile] 1990s

Box 8, Folder 3

[Loose – notes, ring-o-gram technique] 1990

Box 8, Folder 4

1991 Redwood field data FIRE RINGS 1991

Box 8, Folder 5

REDWOOD CONFERENCE June 18-20, 1996

Box 8, Folder 6

Steve Ross [Manuscript by R.W. Becking and S.D. Ross entitled “An Analysis of V-Bar Cruising in Second-Growth Redwood] 1960s

Box 8, Folder 7

[An Annotated Bibliography of the Biology of Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.), 1997] 1997

Box 8, Folder 8

[Publications – Metasequoia]

Box 8, Folder 9

SEQUOIA SEMP. [Data and Publications]

Box 8, Folder 10

[Publications – mostly foreign language]

Box 8, Folder 11

[Pub-Preliminary Architectural Study of Coastal Redwood] 1984

Box 8, Folder 12

Ralph W. Chaney, Sequoia, Taxodium, and Metasequoia [Publication]

Box 8, Folder 13

[Field Trip to the Whitaker Forest of California July 27-30, 1966 by Harold Weaver] 1966

Box 8, Folder 14

The Redwood R.T. Fisher, etc. U.S. Dept Agric. Bureau of Forestry Bull #38 1903

Box 8, Folder 15

[Loose – publications, Folder 1 of 3]

Box 8, Folder 16

[Loose – publications, Folder 2 of 3]

Box 8, Folder 17

[Loose – publications, Folder 3 of 3]

Box 8, Folder 18

[Emmanuel Fritz literature Collection, Folder 1 of 3] 1930s-1960s

Box 8, Folder 19

[Emmanuel Fritz literature Collection, Folder 2 of 3] 1930s-1960s

Box 8, Folder 20

[Emmanuel Fritz literature Collection, Folder 3 of 3] 1930s-1960s

Box 8, Folder 21

SEQUOIA sempervirens Miscell. Research notes 1960s

Box 8, Folder 22

[Seed Sources – Redwoods and some other species, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 8, Folder 23

[Seed Sources – Redwoods and some other species, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 8, Folder 24

[Misc. notes, literature]

Box 8, Folder 25

Forest Meterology and Microclimate, Lake Cowichan, Br. Columbia, November 1 and 2, 1962 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 8, Folder 26

Forest Meterology and Microclimate, Lake Cowichan, Br. Columbia, November 1 and 2, 1962 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 8, Folder 27

[Specific tree data, inc. tree ring mapping] 1990s

Box 8, Folder 28

[Review of Reed F. Noss’s book “The Redwood Forest”] 2000

Box 8, Folder 29

[Manuscript : “Ancient Redwood and the Politics of Finance : Social and Environmental Perspectives”] 1990s?

 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Scope and Contents note

Data, photographs, negatives, codes, computer programming information, maps, report drafts, related writings, and publications, all pertaining to three National Science Foundation (NSF) grants Becking received for research on Redwood Forest plant communities. Materials from Becking’s 1962 regeneration survey of the Bull Creek watershed for the State of California’s Division of Beaches and Parks is also included due to its relatedness to Becking’s NSF research.
The three NSF grants were awarded between the late 1960s and 1971. They funded Becking’s research on Redwood Forest plant communities, the effects of the 1964 flood on redwood vegetation, and the conditions of natural redwood regeneration. The research was conducted primarily in Humboldt Redwood State Park, but also occurred in redwood regions within their California distribution range. The three grants were connected, as Becking described: GB 4690 “extends the research findings of the previously published Final Report of NSF Grant GB# 3346, published January 15, 1967. It further summarizes research still in progress under the NSF Grant GB # 6310 which was awarded to the Redwood Research Institute, Inc., Arcata, California on May 15, 1967”.
A summary of objectives of NSF Grants 3468, 4690, and 6310, based on descriptions in final reports, is as follows: Redwood Forest Plant Communities – 1) “To provide comprehensive descriptions of the plant communities in the redwood forests of Northern California including a vegetational classification which can serve as a reference frame work for future vegetational research.”, 2) “To provide computer analysis of phytosociological inventory records of the Redwood Forest Communities.”, 3) “To correlate vegetational patterns with environmental factors including soil, climate, topography, flooding, biotic factors, and human influences (logging, fire) and to assess these interrelationships.” Floods and Redwood/Riparian Vegetation – 1) “To study the December, 1964 flood impact upon redwood vegetation and to monitor the flood effects with the progression of time. This includes the measurement of temperatures, precipitation and soil moisture trends per month, and the continuous reinventory of redwood regeneration ring plots in the forest environment.”, 2)“To study the riparian vegetation and its effects upon the floods and the ecological significance of riparian vegetation in flood protection., 3) “To study the ecology and change in environment of the riparian plant communities in relation to flooding, silt deposition, and recurrence of flooding. To establish permanent reference plots to study successional trends in vegetation, changes in environmental conditions, and their effect upon flood height and frequency.” Redwood Regeneration – 1) “To study the natural regeneration of the redwood forests by permanent seedling plots. To measure variation in the most important ecological variables such as temperature, light intensity, soil moisture, and soil pH, and to determine the ecological significance of these factors upon redwood seedling development and survival.”

See Also

  1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : NSF
  2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 2 and 4)
  3. Teaching
Box 9, Folder 1

Reviewed Research Proposal 1967-1971

Box 9, Folder 2

SOS project 1970 [Student Originated Studies] 1970

Box 9, Folder 3

Master Copy Redwood Sprouting Vegetative Propagation 1968 1968

Box 9, Folder 4

Redwood Research Belletto Pollination Studies of redwood DF provenance studies 1964 Redwood Research Grant Reports request 1964

Box 9, Folder 5

Phytosociological Study of Second-growth Redwood demonstration Intern Botan Congress Edinburgh, Engl. 1964 1964

Box 9, Folder 6

NSF-GB 6310 Sept 15, 1971 1970-1971

Box 9, Folder 7

MASTER DITTO’S Field Trip #1 Guide XI International Botanical Congress August 19-20 Arcata, Calif 95521 1969

Box 9, Folder 8

Field Trip Guide Redwood Ecology XI Intern. Botan. Congress Aug 19-20, 1969 Seattle, Wash 1969

Box 9, Folder 9

Original negatives + photos NSF GB 6310 1960s-1970s

Box 9, Folder 10

Final Report NSF GB 6310 Sept 15, 1971 1971

Box 9, Folder 11

NSF – Redwoods 1960s-1970s

Box 9, Folder 12

[NSF Loose, misc.] 1960s-1970s

Box 9, Folder 13

INFRARED FLOOD 1965 HELICOPTER FLIGHT 1965

Box 9, Folder 14

Field Trip #1 Guide XI Internat. Botanical Congress August 19-20, 1969 Arcata, Calif 95521 1969

Box 9, Folder 15

GB 8422 unfinished research Dead Tree Survey alluvial flat 1970s

Box 9, Folder 16

CONE LAB FORMS

Box 9, Folder 17

Redwood Tables 1960s

Box 9, Folder 18

REDWOOD TYPES (Kunkle) NSF project S.H. Kunkle Final Report, original tables, Tables + negative of tables, School Forest, Freshwater Calif. Spring 1961 1961

Box 9, Folder 19

Redwood Germination Succession, Redwood Seedlings + root system [includes photos] 1960s-1970s

Box 9, Folder 20

[Redwood germination photos and negatives] 1960s

Box 9, Folder 21

Flood Scenery [Photograph and negative]

Box 9, Folder 22

[Figure 4 Collection Areas Within the Redwood Region in Humboldt County, California]

Box 9, Folder 23

Forest Ecology Research Assistantships Announcement Offset Negatives 1966-67 1966-67

Box 9, Folder 24

Redwood GB 6310 Soil osmosis Dave Van Scoyoe photos and negatives June 1967 1960s

Box 9, Folder 25

Negative Ring Plot Sheet 1960s

Box 9, Folder 26

Photos HSC School Forest spring 1966 1966

Box 9, Folder 27

Photos Redwood Pollen germination Wayne Bemis

Box 9, Folder 28

S. Kunkle Plenterwald photographs Nov. 1962 Emmental area Kanton Luzern West Switzerland 1962

Box 9, Folder 29

[Photographs – roots of ferns]

Box 9, Folder 30

Redwood Seedlings Febr 9, 1966 top dieback in greenhouse 1966

Box 9, Folder 31

Howard King Cuneo Creek photos Locatelli Property

Box 9, Folder 32

Redwood Deformity Jan 5, 1966 Fickle Hill Road Arcata, Calif. [includes photos] 1966

Box 9, Folder 33

Bull Creek Photos 1955 1966 [includes photos] 1955, 1966

Box 9, Folder 34

[Seedling Analysis]

Box 9, Folder 35

[Loose, misc-data sheets] 1970s

Box 9, Folder 36

SEEDLING Plot 1 1960s

Box 9, Folder 37

HB01 – HB04 Seedlings [Plot Data] 1960s-1970s

Box 9, Folder 38

HB05 – HB08 [Plot Data] 1960s-1970s

Box 9, Folder 39

[NSF GB 4690 and GB 6310 Seedling Analysis Data] 1965-1967

Box 9, Folder 40

YR Jed S JS Seedling Rec’d [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 9, Folder 41

YR Jed S JS Seedling Rec’d [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 9, Folder 42

Seedling Analysis Data Ring Plots HB Lines September 1969 [Folder 1 of 3] 1969

Box 9, Folder 43

Seedling Analysis Data Ring Plots HB Lines September 1969 [Folder 2 of 3] 1969

Box 9, Folder 44

Seedling Analysis Data Ring Plots HB Lines September 1969 [Folder 3 of 3] 1969

Box 10, Folder 1

HB01 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 2

HB01 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 3

HB02 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 4

HB03 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 5

HB04 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 6

HB05 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 1 of 3] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 7

HB05 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 2 of 3] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 8

HB05 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 3 of 3] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 9

HB06 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 10

HB07 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 11

HB07 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 12

HB08 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 13

SYNTHESIS TABLES 1965, VG P-Program version June 1966 1965

Box 10, Folder 14

Redwood Mensuration [includes maps with labeled plots and photos] 1968

Box 10, Folder 15

MAPS Humboldt Redwoods [Plot maps HB01-HB08]

Box 10, Folder 16

MAPS [Plot Maps] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 17

[Data from unlabeled binder] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 18

[Loose – plot data] 1960s-1970s

Box 10, Folder 19

[Cumulative Ring Plot Data (seedlings) HB01-HB08] 1967

Box 10, Folder 20

HUMBOLDT REDWOODS RING PLOTS [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 10, Folder 21

HUMBOLDT REDWOODS RING PLOTS [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 10, Folder 22

GB 6310 [Ring Plot Data] 1960s

Box 10, Folder 23

Crown Cover Percentage Readings HB lines 1960s

Box 10, Folder 24

DENSITY DEC 66, AUG 67, JAN 68, AUG 69 1960s

Box 11, Folder 1

DENSITY 1960s-1970s

Box 11, Folder 2

NSF MOISTURE 1960s-1970s

Box 11, Folder 3

NEUTRON 1967 [Folder 1 of 2] 1967

Box 11, Folder 4

NEUTRON 1967 [Folder 2 of 2] 1967

Box 11, Folder 5

P-PLOT HB01 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 6

P-PLOT HB02 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 7

P-PLOT HB03 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 8

P-PLOT HB04 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 9

P-PLOT HB05 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 10

P-PLOT HB06 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 11

P-PLOT HB07 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 12

P-PLOT HB08 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 13

[Data and Correspondence including about Dead Tree Survey] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 14

Temp Data and Photo Cell Data [Measurements of the Rate of Inversion of Sucrose, NSF GB 4690, Robert E. Mullen] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 15

SUCROSE TEMP VIALS FIELD TRIALS PRAIRIE [Not clear if associated with NSF research] 1961-1962

Box 11, Folder 16

NSF TEMPERATURE [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 11, Folder 17

NSF TEMPERATURE [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 11, Folder 18

[Temperature Data] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 19

Temperature Data File Annual Temp, Seasonal Temp, and Monthly Temp : 1966-68, NSF GB 3469, 6490, 6310 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 20

Temperature Data File Annual Temp, Seasonal Temp, and Monthly Temp : 1966-68, NSF GB 3469, 6490, 6310 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 21

NSF Research Project – CALIBRATION OF FIELD RAIN GAUGES WITH STANDARD RAIN GAUGE 1968

Box 11, Folder 22

PRECIPIATAION DATA FIELD RECDS 1960s

Box 11, Folder 23

PRECIPITATION DATA SUMMARY SHEETS 1960s-1970s

Box 11, Folder 24

[Grizzly Creek Precipitation Data] 1967

Box 11, Folder 25

[Loose – misc.] 1960s

Box 11, Folder 26

[Computer Program Analysis of NSF Data, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 11, Folder 27

[Computer Program Analysis of NSF Data, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 11, Folder 28

Coding Standards NSF 1960s-1970s

Box 11, Folder 29

[Mostly Mathematics from unlabeled binder] 1960s-1970s

Box 12, Folder 1

LITTER DATA [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 12, Folder 2

LITTER DATA [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 12, Folder 3

Vegetation Data Program Trials [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 4

Vegetation Data Program Trials [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 5

The Ecology of the Coastal Redwood Forest and the impact of the 1964 Floods Upon Redwood Vegetation Final Report GB #3468 1967

Box 12, Folder 6

Ecology of the Coastal Redwood Forest and the impact of the 1964 floods upon Redwood Vegetation, Final Report GB #4690 1968

Box 12, Folder 7

The Ecology of the Coastal Redwood Forest and the Impact of the 1964 Floods Upon Redwood Vegetation Final Report GB #6310 1971

Box 12, Folder 8

[Seed Germinative Capacity and Seedling Survival of the Coast Redwood – manuscript] 1990s

Box 12, Folder 9

[Growth Pattern of the Redwood Seedling in its Natural Environment – manuscript and review by Journal of Forestry] 1968

Box 12, Folder 10

BELLETTO / LILLIS [Notes and Correspondence re : radiation of redwood seedlings, includes photographs] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 11

Vegetative Propagation of Redwood Sequoia sempervirens 1960s

Box 12, Folder 12

Original figures NSF GB 3468 1960s

Box 12, Folder 13

[Figures from NSF grant report] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 14

[Original artwork from Final Report Cover for GB #3468] 1967

Box 12, Folder 15

NSF reports [includes correspondence, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 12, Folder 16

NSF reports [includes correspondence, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 12, Folder 17

REPORT [Notes and Photographs] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 18

ORIGINAL LITTER DATA 1960s

Box 12, Folder 19

[Student Papers on NSF – related topics] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 20

[Tree Ring and Seedling Data from unlabeled binder] 1960s-1970s

Box 12, Folder 21

HUMBOLDT REDWOODS PLANTED PLOTS 1960s

Box 12, Folder 22

SEED SOURCES 1 / 100 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 23

SEED SOURCES 1 / 100 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 24

SEED SOURCES 101-177 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 25

SEED SOURCES 101-177 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 26

[Loose Bull Creek documents and correspondence] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 27

BULL CREEK REPORT [Analysis of the Vegetation – Regeneration Survey Bull Creek Project Summer 1962] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 28

BULL CREEK FLORA 1960s

Box 12, Folder 29

[A report to Save-The-Redwoods League on Critical Problems in the Bull Creek Basin by W.C. Lowdermilk, 1961] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 30

Humboldt Redwoods State Park Weott area Bull Creek Photography Aug 14, 1963 1960s

Box 12, Folder 31

[Misc documents re : Becking Redwood NSF research topics]

Box 12, Folder 32

[Reports re : redwood seedlings, germination, pollination] 1960s

Box 12, Folder 33

Thesis study

Box 13, Folder 1

[Possibilities in the Regeneration of Redwood Cut-Overlands-Person and Hallin, 1939] 1939

Box 13, Folder 2

[Gage data – Eel River at Scotia December 1955, North Coast Stream Gage Information 1964] 1955, 1964

Box 13, Folder 3

FLOOD INFORMATION 1964 floods 1964

Box 13, Folder 4

FLOODS 1964 1960s

Box 13, Folder 5

Newspapers Flood 1964-65

Box 13, Folder 6

Flood record Dec 22, 1955

Box 13, Folder 7

[Publications and Documents – misc. flood-related] 1960s

Box 13, Folder 8

[Flood-related congressional documents] 1960s

Box 13, Folder 9

[CA Dept of Water Resources Documents, Folder 1 of 3] 1960s

Box 13, Folder 10

[CA Dept of Water Resources Documents, Folder 2 of 3] 1960s

Box 13, Folder 11

[CA Dept of Water Resources Documents, Folder 3 of 3] 1960s

Box 13, Folder 12

[Proceedings State Board of Forestry Meeting February 26, 1965 Relationship of Land Use to 1964-1965 Flood] 1965

Box 13, Folder 13

[Documents – Forest Service and CA Fish and Game, flood-related] 1960s

Box 13, Folder 14

[USGS Report – Floods of December – 1964 in the Far Western States] 1964

Box 13, Folder 15

[US Corps of Engineers Documents about flood plain of South Fork Eel River] 1960s

Box 13, Folder 16

Report on Floods of December 1964 San Francisco District Corps of Engineers Vol I 1964

Box 13, Folder 17

Report on Floods of December 1964 San Francisco District Corps of Engineers Vol II 1964

Box 13, Folder 18

Report on Floods of December 1964 San Francisco District Corps of Engineers Vol III 1964

Box 13, Folder 19

[Geological Surveys regarding flood – botany relationships] 1964

Box 13, Folder 20

Miscel. Geology Light Surveys NSF 1960s

Box 13, Folder 21

Sequoiadendron Plots 1970s

Box 13, Folder 22

Ecology Redwood HB04 line 1968

Box 13, Folder 23

[Bull Creek Documents] 1960s

Box 14, Folder 1

DHILLON Research [Transplanting] 1960s

Box 14, Folder 2

Research Papers Nursery Project 1970s

Box 14, Folder 3

[Loose NSF reports and related documents] 1960s

Box 14, Folder 4

Seedling / Sprout Apical Meristem Aging 1967 1967

Box 14, Folder 5

Coast Redwood, Flood Impact, Flood Protection [includes Emanuel Fritz’s “Story told by a Fallen Redwood” and Greg Day’s “Bull Creek Management Report”]

Box 14, Folder 6

Manuscript Vegetative Propagation of Coastal Redwood. Rooting of Redwood Cuttings 1970

Box 14, Folder 7

NSF Report purchase requests 1970s

Box 14, Folder 8

Letters and Receipts Redwood Ecology Reports 1970s

Box 14, Folder 9

[Becking report : “The ecology of the coastal redwood forest of northern California and the impact of the 1964 flood upon redwood vegetation.” Unpublished final report. NSF Grant GB No. 6310, 2 copies] 1971

Box 14, Folder 10

MANUSCRIPT The Growth Pattern of the Redwood Seedling in its Natural Environment 1960s

Box 14, Folder 11

RWD Cuttings 3rd Draft Forest Science [co-author Lee O. Belletto] 1965

Box 14, Folder 12

[Manuscript copy : “The Growth Pattern of the Redwood Seedling in its Natural Environment”] 1968

Box 14, Folder 13

MANUSCRIPTS Notes on Redwood Litter Fall in Northern California following the 1964 floods Aug 12, 1968 1968

Box 14, Folder 14

[Becking report : “The ecology of the coastal redwood forest and the impact of the 1964 floods upon redwood vegetation.” Final Report, National Science Foundation. Grant GB 3468. Jan. 16, 1967. 90 p. 2 copies] 1967

Box 14, Folder 15

[Becking report : “The ecology of the coastal redwood forest and the impact of the 1964 floods upon redwood vegetation.” Final Rept. National Science Foundation. Grant 4690. Includes supplement. Copy 1 of 2] 1964

Box 14, Folder 16

[Becking report : “The ecology of the coastal redwood forest and the impact of the 1964 floods upon redwood vegetation.” Final Rept. National Science Foundation. Grant 4690. Includes supplement. Copy 2 of 2] 1964

Box 14, Folder 17

Manuscript Vegetative Propagation of Redwood revised draft Dec. 1971 1971

Box 14, Folder 18

[Loose correspondence and materials relating to manuscript “Vegetative Propagation of Coastal Redwood”] 1971

Box 14, Folder 19

Flood March 1972 1970s

Box 14, Folder 20

Original data redwood plantations PSWFS, Map of Henry Gulch Area Selective logging in 1935, Elk River, Eureka, Calif, The Pacific Lumber Company Aug. 1971 1970s

Box 14, Folder 21

[Loose, misc] 1973

Box 14, Folder 22

Research Humboldt Redwoods Proposals BULL CREEK [includes RNP content] 1970s

Box 14, Folder 23

Research Photographs and Negatives 1960s-1970s

Box 14, Folder 24

[Eel River Documents, Folder 1 of 3] 1960s-1970s

Box 14, Folder 25

[Eel River Documents, Folder 2 of 3] 1960s-1970s

Box 14, Folder 26

[Eel River Documents, Folder 3 of 3] 1960s-1970s

Box 14, Folder 27

Vegetation – Regeneration Survey Bull Creek Project Summer 1962 1962

 

Plenturung

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, notes, grant proposals, private contracts, comments on THPs, publications, and workshop materials pertaining to a forestry approach that Becking advocated throughout his career, called “Plenturung”. Becking described Plenturung as a “unique forest management system to maintain constantly a dynamic all-aged stand structure while periodically harvesting timber at controlled monitored sustainable levels.” and a “very old system dating from the medieval coppice forests. It consists of timber harvest without clearing the land, only trees cut which were needed and the rest of the forest was left. Individual tree selection system. Gradually the uneven-aged management system has been evolved by practice of local small forest owners and farm foresters. Aim is now ultimately toward a free, elastic type of management with the basic ideas of selection forest and stand improvement”.
Becking worked some with the Mendocino Real-Wood Co-op, consulted for private property owners, commented on THPs and forestry practices, and taught public workshops about Plenturung. In the 1990s, Becking was active in advocating that Plenturung forestry techniques be applied to the Jackson State Demonstration Forest (JSDF) and other properties in Mendocino County (including the Little River Airport property).

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : ISF
  2. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Plenturung
  3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
  4. Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Forest Management
  5. Teaching : Forestry : Instructional Materials
Box 15, Folder 1

BOF meeting and public hearing Sept. 20, 1994 Camp One JDSF Fort Bragg, CA. 1994

Box 15, Folder 2

[Mendocino County Rule Proposal] 1994

Box 15, Folder 3

CHRIS HIPKINS [Hipkins THP] 1993

Box 15, Folder 4

John M. Phillips String Creek Willits, CA [Steward Incentive Program, Folder 1 of 2] 1993-1994

Box 15, Folder 5

John M. Phillips String Creek Willits, CA [Steward Incentive Program, Folder 2 of 2] 1993-1994

Box 15, Folder 6

Jackson State 1990 Publications JDSF Newsletters 1990

Box 15, Folder 7

PDP review sheets [Plenturung Demonstration project] 2000

Box 15, Folder 8

[Correspondence with Tomas Fiore] 1997

Box 15, Folder 9

CASPAR CREEK 1995

Box 15, Folder 10

PDP Proposal [Plenturung Demonstration Project] 2000

Box 15, Folder 11

THP Information Little River Airport July 1993 1992

Box 15, Folder 12

Plenturung 1997

Box 15, Folder 13

Fort Bragg, CA Sept 20-25, 1998 [Watershed Academy for Registered Professional Foresters] 1998

Box 15, Folder 14

APPENDIX [Little River Airport THP] 1993

Box 15, Folder 15

[Correspondence re : Plenturung Demonstration Project] 1980s-1990s

Box 15, Folder 16

CDF Publications Caspar Cutting Trials 1989 1989

Box 15, Folder 17

RFP [Plenturung Demonstration Project] 1990s-2000s

Box 15, Folder 18

SURPLUS APPENDIX materials [Little River Airport] 1990s

Box 15, Folder 19

Contracts THP / LTO Humboldt Mendocino Cruise Book 1990s

Box 15, Folder 20

[Becking – featured newsletter of Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op] 1994

Box 15, Folder 21

CLINTON US-EPA [Plenturung Demonstration Project] 1990s

Box 15, Folder 22

Jackson State Forest Fort Brag, Calif. [Jackson State Forest Report] 1960s

Box 15, Folder 23

[Introduction to Plenturung Workshop – June 26, 1993] 1993

Box 15, Folder 24

Chuck HINSCH 1993

Box 15, Folder 25

[Plenturung Demonstration Project, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 15, Folder 26

[Plenturung Demonstration Project, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 15, Folder 27

Plenturung Talks Workshops [includes slides] 1990s

Box 15, Folder 28

MRWC [Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op] 1990s

Box 15, Folder 29

Option 9 PDP MRWC [Plenturung Demonstration Project, Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op, Folder 1 of 3] 1990s

Box 15, Folder 30

Option 9 PDP MRWC [Plenturung Demonstration Project, Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op, Folder 2 of 3] 1990s

Box 15, Folder 31

Option 9 PDP MRWC [Plenturung Demonstration Project, Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op, Folder 3 of 3] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 1

[Percent of inventory] 1991

Box 16, Folder 2

LAWSUIT MENDOCINO Jan 1988 1988

Box 16, Folder 3

Warren DeSmidt 1990s

Box 16, Folder 4

[THP 1-131-94 SON] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 5

Sinkyone 1990s

Box 16, Folder 6

NATIVE AMERICANS contracts 1990s

Box 16, Folder 7

[Loose, misc] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 8

[Becking correspondence, notes, reports, proposals, Folder 1 of 3] 1990s-2000s

Box 16, Folder 9

[Becking correspondence, notes, reports, proposals, Folder 2 of 3] 1990s-2000s

Box 16, Folder 10

[Becking correspondence, notes, reports, proposals, Folder 3 of 3] 1990s-2000s

Box 16, Folder 11

[Miscellaneous publications – many authored by Robert Ziemer] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 12

[Misc. gray literature, including some on Jacoby Creek] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 13

[Materials in Support of the May 10, 1994 Request of Mendocino County to the Board of Forestry…, Folder 1 of 2] 1994

Box 16, Folder 14

[Materials in support of the May 10, 1994 Request of Mendocino County to the Board of Forestry…, Folder 2 of 2] 1994

Box 16, Folder 15

[Misc. Publications, including newsletters, journal articles and others] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 16

[University Publications] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 17

[Little River Airport Property Proposed Timber Harvesting and Management Plan] 1993

Box 16, Folder 18

[Hans Burkhardt publications] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 19

[Government Publications] 1990s

Box 16, Folder 20

[Soil Survey of Mendocino County…, Folder 1 of 2] 1991

Box 16, Folder 21

[Soil Survey of Mendocino County…, Folder 2 of 2] 1991

Box 17, Folder 1

[Advanced Uneven-aged Young Growth Forest Management field school, April 15-16, 1985, Blodgett Forest Research Station, Georgetown, California, Folder 1 of 2] 1985

Box 17, Folder 2

[Advanced Uneven-aged Young Growth Forest Management field school, April 15-19, 1985, Blodgett Forest Research Station, Georgetown, California, Folder 2 of 2] 1985

Box 17, Folder 3

[Misc uneven-aged timber mgmt documents] 1990s

Box 17, Folder 4

[All-aged management course (from binder), Folder 1 of 2] 1970s, 1980s

Box 17, Folder 5

[All aged management course (from Binder), Folder 2 of 2] 1970s, 1980s

Box 17, Folder 6

[Loose Plenturung-Jackson State Forest Materials] 1990s, 2000s

Box 17, Folder 7

CRYPTOS Modeling Course Nov. 17-18, 1994 Eureka, CA 1994

Box 17, Folder 8

[1999 State Forest Research and Demonstration Project Applications] 2000

Box 17, Folder 9

[Jackson State Forest Plenturung Demonstration Project Grant Reviews, Clippings] 2000s

Box 17, Folder 10

THP 1-86-659 MEN/LAK Trout Creek Eel River Febr 27, 1986

Box 17, Folder 11

Even-All Aged Longevity-Tolerance 1970s?

Box 17, Folder 12

[Becking paper : “Tending Forests, Not Trees : All-Aged Forestry, the Viable Untried Alternative”]

Box 17, Folder 13

Correspondence [Covelo] 1970s

Box 17, Folder 14

[Correspondence, course information and NOTA ranch data, includes soil profiles] 1970s

Box 17, Folder 15

[Maps – Noble Butte, Ca area (near Covelo)] 1990s

Box 17, Folder 16

Photos Covelo, Calif March 1, 1978 1978

Box 17, Folder 17

Covelo Curriculum Summer 1978 Soils-Forest Ecology [Includes Becking’s illustration of Nota Ranch] 1978

Box 17, Folder 18

[Covelo Field Notebooks #1-8] 1970s

Box 17, Folder 19

UC Berkeley Forest Mgt Short Course Apr. 1992 Eureka, CA [Folder 1 of 3] 1992

Box 17, Folder 20

UC Berkeley Forest Mgt Short Course Apr. 1992 Eureka, CA [Folder 2 of 3] 1992

Box 17, Folder 21

UC Berkeley Forest Mgt Short Course Apr. 1992 Eureka, CA [Folder 3 of 3] 1992

Box 17, Folder 22

CONTROL [Caspar Creek data] 1960s, 1992

Box 17, Folder 23

[James B. Baker : Production and Financial Comparisons of Uneven-aged and Even-aged Management of Loblolly Pine] 1980s

Box 17, Folder 24

CASPAR WATERSHED 1995

 

Institute of Sustainable Forestry (ISF)

Scope and Contents note

Newsletters, correspondence, grant proposals and workshop materials regarding the Institute of Sustainable Forestry of Redway, CA (of which Becking was a board member for some years during the 1990s).

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Plenturung
  2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
Box 18, Folder 1

Lectures ISF Jan 4-5, 1992 1992

Box 18, Folder 2

Instit Sust Forestry Dec 14, 1991 WALK-IN-THE-WOODS 1991

Box 18, Folder 3

NTMP Workshop ISF Craig Blencowe Oct 27, 1995 Briceland, CA 1995

Box 18, Folder 4

ISF 1990s

Box 18, Folder 5

[Loose Institute for Sustainable Forestry materials] 1990s

Box 18, Folder 6

FUNDING ISF PROPOSALS 1990s

Box 18, Folder 7

ISF 1990-1995 [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 18, Folder 8

ISF 1990-1995 [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 18, Folder 9

[ISF Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 18, Folder 10

[ISF Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 18, Folder 11

ISF Workshops [Plenturung] 1990s

Box 18, Folder 12

Logging in the 21st Century Saturday, June 6, 1998, Fort Bragg, CA. ISF. 1998

Box 18, Folder 13

Forest incentive Programs PCEFP certification 1990s

 

Logging History

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, photographs, slides, interview notes, and documents Becking gathered for a 1968 grant he received from the Humboldt State College Foundation. The funding was for collecting images and information regarding the history of Redwood logging in the Humboldt County region. Also included is a set of photos Becking collected in 1954 of Allis-Chambers diesel crawler tractors from the manufacturer, Humboldt State College school forest photos apparently depicting early logging there, and materials relating to the history of reforestation in Humboldt County.
Many documents are specific to Humboldt County, including:
  1. "A History of the Plywood Industry in Humboldt County" by Walt Noah (1958).
  2. “First Evidence of Use of Earth mounds in the Earliest Redwood Logging in Humboldt County, California” by Rudolf W. Becking and Joedy Coletti (unpublished manuscript and related correspondence, 1972)
  3. an article in Western Conservation Journal’s September-October 1953 issue entitled “Humboldt’s Forest Future” (Box 18, Folder 18)
  4. an unidentified article entitled “Eureka Redwood Lumber Company” (Box 18, Folder 18)
  5. “Forestry: What it Means” by Donald Bruce, copy provided “compliments of the Humboldt Redwood Reforestation Association”. (Box 18, Folder 18).
  6. “Clean Logging in the Redwoods” by Eugene A. Hofsted, Forester, Arcata Redwood Company, 1961, (Box 18, Folder 29).

See Also

  1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Logging History
Box 18, Folder 14

[Allis-Chalmers diesel crawler tractor photographs] 1954

Box 18, Folder 15

HSC School Forest Photographs Oldest Logging [Folder 1 of 2, Photographs and Negatives] 1970s

Box 18, Folder 16

HSC School Forest Photographs Oldest Logging [Folder 2 of 2, clippings] 1970s

Box 18, Folder 17

HISTORY PROJECT 1967

Box 18, Folder 18

[Notes and literature regarding Redwood Logging history, including in Humboldt County] 1880s-1950s

Box 18, Folder 19

LOCAL INFORMANTS [Redwood Logging History Project, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 18, Folder 20

LOCAL INFORMANTS [Redwood Logging History Project, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 18, Folder 21

[Whistle Signals for Logging Operations]

Box 18, Folder 22

[Joedy Colletti project – notes, diagrams] 1972

Box 18, Folder 23

[Manuscript and correspondence with journal of Forestry. “First Evidence of Use of Earth Mounds in the Earliest Redwood logging in Humboldt County, California” Joedy P. Colletti and Rudolf W. Becking] 1972

Box 18, Folder 24

Manuscript Old Logging history 1974

Box 18, Folder 25

HISTORY OF LUMBERING HUMBOLDT COUNTY Talk Sept. 27, 1966 Humboldt Historical Society Eureka, Calif. 1966

Box 18, Folder 26

History of Reforestation Work 1923-1931 Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California [includes Willis Corbitt and other photos 1920s, 1930s, 1970s

Box 18, Folder 27

[Historic Logging Photographs – source unidentified]

Box 18, Folder 28

[Historic Logging Photographs (duplicates) – source unidentified]

Box 18, Folder 29

[Loose Redwood and Logging ephemera and documents] 1932, 1960s

Box 18, Folder 30

Historic Photos Nannie Escola Collection

Box 18, Folder 31

[Misc Logging history publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s, 1970s

Box 18, Folder 32

[Misc Logging history publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s, 1970s

Box 18, Folder 33

[Misc Pubs, including 1966 Humboldt County Economic Almanac] 1966, 1989

 

Tallest Trees

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, data, notes, and publications related to height-record-breaking trees of different species throughout the world. Of particular note is a redwood tree in Dyerville that Becking measured and declared was taller than the record at the time. After remeasurement, however, Becking determined that he had made an error the first time and that the tree was shorter than the record holder after all. This story got political and press attention.
Box 19, Folder 1

[Devil’s Creek Trees (Redwood), Cavin and Tod’s Tallest Tree Book], 1970s 1970s

Box 19, Folder 2

All Species Tall Tree measurements Summary [includes Becking-authored report “The Regional Redwood Park Plan in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties…”] 1960s-1970

Box 19, Folder 3

Tall Tree 1970s

Box 19, Folder 4

[Correspondence, Draft of Becking-authored article “Found : the World’s Tallest Trees”, notes and data] 1970s

Box 19, Folder 5

[Mr. Gerald L. Partain : “Measurement of Redwood Trees at Dyervill, California”] 1960s?

Box 19, Folder 6

Original records of measurement of Zinke Tree 1966

Box 19, Folder 7

[Notes, field notebooks from “Dyerville Fallen Giant Survey”, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 19, Folder 8

[Notes, field notebooks from “Dyerville Fallen Giant Survey”, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 19, Folder 9

Tallest Tree photo and negative June 1966 1966

 

Ring-O-Grams

Scope and Contents note

Data from Becking’s “Ring-O-Gram” analyses, collection permit applications, and correspondence including Becking’s communication with CalTrans (regarding data collection from “fallen giant” trees). Ring-O-Grams are the graphical representations of cross-sections of fallen trees. Tree rings, rot, fire scars, and other data are represented on a data sheet to visually record the information. It is unclear whether this method was an innovation of Becking’s. Tree genera covered include Abies, Chamaecyparis, Cryptomeria, Pinus, Pseudotsuga, Sequoia, Tsuga, Thuja, Cryptomeria, and more.
Box 19, Folder 10

Master + Extras Redwood RingOGrams 1990s

Box 19, Folder 11

RINGOGRAM US Japan [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 19, Folder 12

RINGOGRAM US Japan [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 19, Folder 13

[Data from Redwood near HSU Wildlife Building] 2000

Box 19, Folder 14

TREE RING Forms

Box 19, Folder 15

Duplicate RingOGrams 1990s

Box 19, Folder 16

RINGOGRAMS Originals, already copied! – US / Japan

Box 19, Folder 17

TREE RINGS ringogram research 1990s

Box 19, Folder 18

[Douglas Fir RingOGram Oct. 7, 2005 Indian Prairies Burning Trials, USFS Willamette Nat. Forest, Sweet Home Ranger District, includes soil profiles] 2005

Box 19, Folder 19

ISOLATED TREES ringograms DF, Abies, Hemlock 1990s

Box 19, Folder 20

TREE RING FIELD FOLDER 2003

Box 19, Folder 21

Orick R. Tree [Hwy 101 / Fish Hatchery Redwood Tree on highway] 2002

Box 19, Folder 22

[Redwood from HSU campus Wildlife Building cut after it died from construction activities] 2000

 

Photogrammetry

Scope and Contents note

Becking’s manuscripts and related materials about forestry applications of aerial photography.

See Also

Materials pertaining to Photogrammetry classes Becking taught at Humboldt State University and Auburn University can be found in:
  1. Teaching : Forestry : Instructional Materials.
Box 19, Folder 23

[Photo analysis notes] 1950s

Box 19, Folder 24

Correspondence Paper Aerial Color Photography ASP 1959 [Manuscript included] 1959

Box 19, Folder 25

Manuscript Annual Report 1959 Working Group Forestry Applications Photo Interpretation and Source Materials 1959

Box 19, Folder 26

Annual Report 1960 Commission on Photo Interpretation Working Group Forestry Applications Correspondence 1960

Box 19, Folder 27

Annual Report 1960 Commission on Photo Interpretation Working Group on Forestry Applications Jan. 1961 [includes original reprints] 1960, 1961

Box 19, Folder 28

Annotated Bibliography Photo Interpretation 1957-1959 manuscript, unfinished 1957-1959

Box 19, Folder 29

Remote Sensing ERST Canada 1975 1975

Box 19, Folder 30

Freeman Photos (4) Jan. 1978 1978

Box 19, Folder 31

[Unlabeled aerial photographs – poss Humboldt Co.] 1960s

Box 19, Folder 32

[Aerial Photographs – many labeled (including from Humboldt Co.)]

 

Indonesia

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, maps, contract, and clippings pertaining to the following:
  1. In the 1970s Becking went on leave from HSU to work under contract for the South East Asian Ministers of Education Council’s (SEAMEC) Regional Center for Tropical Biology (BIOTROP) in Bogor, Indonesia to (in Becking’s words): “help establish BIOTROP as a regional supported South-East Asian Center in tropical biology training and research”.
  2. Becking was a (in his words): “FAO Forest Inventory specialist for 18 months till the FAO Forestry mission was discontinued by the FAO”.
  3. Becking worked on protesting the Mega-project in Central Kalimantan that would (in his words): “convert over one million hectares of peat-swamp forest into a rice-producing area”.
  4. Dipterocarp research
  5. Deforestation in Indonesian forests.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Indonesia
  2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 3)
Box 20, Folder 1

[Biotrop documents] 1970

Box 20, Folder 2

BOGOR Project [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 20, Folder 3

BOGOR Project [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 20, Folder 4

INDONESIA package 1975 [Photographs, negative, journal articles] 1975

Box 20, Folder 5

BOGOR SOIL MAP SOIL REPORT 1980s

Box 20, Folder 6

INDONESIA 1980s

Box 20, Folder 7

[Excursion to Central and West Java Under the Auspices of Perum Perhutani, Includes soil samples] 1980s

Box 20, Folder 8

Ujung Kulon 1981

Box 20, Folder 9

[Indonesian Journal of Tropical Agriculture 1(1)] 1989

Box 20, Folder 10

[Loose Mega Rice Project] 1990s

Box 20, Folder 11

MEGA RICE Kalimantan 1998

Box 20, Folder 12

[World Bank Correspondence and selected publications, Indonesia Proposal] 1990s

Box 20, Folder 13

FOREST INVENTORIES CIBODAS [Notebook] 1981

Box 20, Folder 14

INDONESIA TALK 2/28/82 1982

Box 20, Folder 15

[Correspondence regarding FAO assignment in Indonesia] 1980

Box 20, Folder 16

INDONESIA [Correspondence re : study of Dipterocarps] 1980s

Box 20, Folder 17

[Forestry and Forest Products Development Indonesia : Working Papers, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s, 1980s

Box 20, Folder 18

[Forestry and Forest Products Development Indonesia : Working Papers, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s, 1980s

Box 20, Folder 19

[Forestry and Forest Product Development, Indonesia : Occasional Papers] 1980s

Box 20, Folder 20

[Publications (foreign language) by Nuridin Suprapto] 1970s

Box 20, Folder 21

[loose, misc] 1980s, 2000s

Box 20, Folder 22

[Becking article : “Preliminary evaluation of some quick cruising techniques in tropical forests.” Frontir 3 : 40-51. Samarinda : Universitas Mulawarman. Original issue] 1975

Box 20, Folder 23

[“Forestry and Forest Products Development Indonesia : Forest Inventory Manual” by R.W. Becking, FAO of U.S. in cooperation with Directorate General of Forestry of the Government of Indonesia, Bogor] 1981

Box 20, Folder 24

[Cibodas Nature Reserve documents]

Box 20, Folder 25

[Samarinda Map]

Box 20, Folder 26

Dipterocarps Samarinda 1975 1975

Box 20, Folder 27

[West Java map and data] 1970s

Box 20, Folder 28

Wildlife, W.A. Laurie 1978 Greater One horned Rhinoceros, Nepal 1980s

Box 21, Folder 1

Ujung-Kulon Report Apr 19-May 1981 1981

Box 21, Folder 2

Strand-Mangrove 1970s

Box 21, Folder 3

[Film of travel in Indonesia, including logging] 1975

 

USSR

Scope and Contents note

Materials from Becking’s 1986 participation in a foreign exchange program to the USSR, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. He spent three months in Tallinn, Estonia and Novosibirisk to research Sequoia sempervirens. Becking had previously planned on a broader research focus and longer visit to the USSR, but shortened his trip due to disappointment during the planning phase.
Box 21, Folder 4

Carter Johnson and Russian Trip 1976

Box 21, Folder 5

RUSSIA application 2/18/85 1985

Box 21, Folder 6

SOVIET PERSONAL INVITATIONS Apr 22. 1988 [includes some correspondence re : China trip] 1988

Box 21, Folder 7

[Documents re : USSR trip] 1980s

Box 21, Folder 8

[Documents re : USSR trip 2] 1980s

Box 21, Folder 9

RUSSIA responses 1986

Box 21, Folder 10

USSR 1989 Joint Research Proposals 1989

Box 21, Folder 11

Russia VISA APPLICATION 1986

Box 21, Folder 12

USSR May 1989 1989

Box 21, Folder 13

FREY 1987 [Dr. Toomas Frey Tartu Estonia] 1987

Box 21, Folder 14

Russia after April 1, 1986 1986

Box 21, Folder 15

USSR Georgian fossil records Sequoia 1990s

Box 21, Folder 16

[Loose documents re : USSR] 1970s-1980s

Box 21, Folder 17

TAXODIACEAE Measurements Soviet Union Sept 15 – Dec 15, 1986 original data 1986

Box 21, Folder 18

SOVIET UNION Talk May 17, 1987 / RUSSIA TALK May 19, 1987 1987

Box 21, Folder 19

[Biographic Information from application] 1986

 

China

Scope and Contents note

Becking visited China (in his words): “to further explore the Metasequoia region in search of remnant virgin Metasequoia forests to study its ecology, soils and vegetation in its native setting”.

See Also

  1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
Box 21, Folder 20

[mostly Correspondence re : trip to China Metasequoia forests, some correspondence re : USSR] 1985

Box 21, Folder 21

CHINA [literature] 1980s

Box 21, Folder 22

CHINA NSF Application June 22, 1987 Nat. Geogr. Society Application Apr 19, 1988 [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 21, Folder 23

CHINA NSF Application June 22, 1987 Nat. Geogr. Society Application Apr 19, 1988 [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 21, Folder 24

SPOT PI report Nov. 23, 1987 1987

Box 21, Folder 25

[Loose correspondence re : China trip] 1980s

Box 21, Folder 26

[NSF Proposal] 1987

Box 21, Folder 27

[Correspondence re : Becking’s US – China Cooperative Science Program NSF Proposal, includes maps] 1987

Box 21, Folder 28

[Correspondence re : Dawn Redwood Study Proposals] 1980s

 

Consulting

Scope and Contents note

Work products for contracts Becking completed, trade publications, and other documentation related to his employment as a consultant. Examples include research from two reports Becking prepared with Lloyd Hayes for the Public Land Law Review Commission related to forestry case studies in Oregon (Pass Creek, Cutting Practice Composite), information Becking collected about forest estate planning for forest landowners, reports for various private landowners, and the Board of Forestry’s newsletter “Licensing News” issues from 1987-2002.

See Also

  1. Biography
  2. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Consulting
Box 22, Folder 1

[Tom Woodhouse] 1990s

Box 22, Folder 2

[Loose, miscellaneous] 1988, 1993

Box 22, Folder 3

[Jesse Noell] 1994

Box 22, Folder 4

[Lamonts regarding Dawn Sreda and Randy Lucerno property] 1993

Box 22, Folder 5

[Christopher Rush] 1994

Box 22, Folder 6

[Jim McCrumb] 1994

Box 22, Folder 7

[J.M. Middleton Property] 1990s

Box 22, Folder 8

Paul Simas Exemption 1990s

Box 22, Folder 9

[Audubon Canyon Ranch invoice and correspondence] 1987

Box 22, Folder 10

[Audubon Canyon Ranch] 1980s

Box 22, Folder 11

J.S. Eley M.D. Property Elk River drainage May 1965 1965

Box 22, Folder 12

Shelburn, S.J. Trinidad Property [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 22, Folder 13

Shelburn, S.J. Trinidad Property [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 22, Folder 14

[Freeman Property – Surveys, correspondence, timber notes, Folder 1 of 3] 1970s-1980s

Box 22, Folder 15

[Freeman Property – Surveys, correspondence, timber notes, Folder 2 of 3] 1970s-1980s

Box 22, Folder 16

[Freeman Property – Surveys, correspondence, timber notes, Folder 3 of 3] 1970s-1980s

Box 22, Folder 17

[Freeman Orchard] early 1970s

Box 22, Folder 18

[Black Bear Damage to Forest Trees literature review and report on Black Bear damage on Freeman Property] 1979

Box 22, Folder 19

[Freeman Property THPs] late 1970s

Box 22, Folder 20

Consultancy 1990s, 2000s

Box 22, Folder 21

Research Permission 1990s, 2000s

Box 22, Folder 22

Rudi’s Resignations SAF/Rotary/RRI [Society of American Foresters, Rotary, Redwood Research Institute, includes correspondence with R. Tüxen and a letter to President Ronald Regan re: American-Japanese relations] 1970s-1980s

Box 22, Folder 23

Contract Institute Ecology 1960s-1990s

Box 22, Folder 24

[Misc. permits, correspondence, consultant documents] 1970s-2000s

Box 22, Folder 25

[Consultant documents and correspondence and other documents] 1990s-2000s

Box 22, Folder 26

[Becking notes from “Archeological Training Session for Resource Professionals” with text of manual, Folder 1 of 4]

Box 22, Folder 27

[Becking notes from “Archeological Training Session for Resource Professionals” with text of manual, Folder 2 of 4]

Box 22, Folder 28

[Becking notes from “Archeological Training Session for Resource Professionals” with text of manual, Folder 3 of 4]

Box 22, Folder 29

[Becking notes from “Archeological Training Session for Resource Professionals” with text of manual, Folder 4 of 4]

Box 22, Folder 30

Pass Creek 1960s

Box 22, Folder 31

Environmental Project #8 Pass Creek, Reply from Mr. Archie D. Craft Director, State of Oregon Bureau of Land Management [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 22, Folder 32

Environmental Project #8 Pass Creek, Reply from Mr. Archie D. Craft Director, State of Oregon Bureau of Land Management [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 23, Folder 1

Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite Interviews, Letters, Responses December 1969 [Report co-authored with Lloyd Hayes under contract for the Public Land Law Review Commission] 1969

Box 23, Folder 2

Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite Photographs Esthetics December 1969 [Report co-authored with Lloyed Hayes under contract for the Public Land Law Review Commission] 1969

Box 23, Folder 3

[Board of Forestry, Professional Foresters Registration Licensing News, Folder 1 of 4] 1987-2002

Box 23, Folder 4

[Board of Forestry, Professional Foresters Registration Licensing News, Folder 2 of 4] 1987-2002

Box 23, Folder 5

[Board of Forestry, Professional Foresters Registration Licensing News, Folder 3 of 4] 1987-2002

Box 23, Folder 6

[Board of Forestry, Professional Foresters Registration Licensing News, Folder 4 of 4] 1987-2002

Box 23, Folder 7

[Department of Forestry THP Forms and related info] 1990s

Box 23, Folder 8

[Forest Sustainability, Assessment, and Certification Options] 2001

Box 23, Folder 9

[Correspondence with Don Tuttle] 1973

Box 23, Folder 10

[Pacific Forest Trust – Estate Planning for Family Forestlands] 1994

Box 23, Folder 11

[Forest landowners information / handouts] 1990s

Box 23, Folder 12

[Landowner Forum 26 March 1999], 1999

Box 23, Folder 13

NTMP preparation UC Extension 17 Feb 1996 [Estate Planning for Forest Landowners] 1996

Box 23, Folder 14

Forest Estate Planning March 2, 1996 Eureka, CA

Box 23, Folder 15

Land Trust Meeting Humboldt County Sept. 24, 1994 1994

Box 23, Folder 16

[Loose documents, publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 23, Folder 17

[Loose documents, publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 23, Folder 18

[Becking paper : “Survey and Tree Inventory Report Audubon Canyon Ranch Egret Grove Pitcher Canyon”] 1987

Box 23, Folder 19

[Beau Pre Corporation contract regarding McKinleyville Mobile Home Park environmental impact – Redwood Research Institute, Inc.] 1973

Box 23, Folder 20

Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite CASE STUDIES MATERIALS not used in the PLLRC Report [Folder 1 of 3] 1969

Box 23, Folder 21

Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite CASE STUDIES MATERIALS not used in the PLLRC Report [Folder 2 of 3] 1969

Box 23, Folder 22

Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite CASE STUDIES MATERIALS not used in the PLLRC Report [Folder 3 of 3] 1969

Box 24, Folder 1

Environmental Project No. 6 Cutting Practices Composite Dr. Rudolf W. Becking and G. L. Hayes [Folder 1 of 2] 1971

Box 24, Folder 2

Environmental Project No. 6 Cutting Practices Composite Dr. Rudolf W. Becking and G. L. Hayes [Folder 2 of 2] 1971

Box 24, Folder 3

Environmental Project 8 Dr. R. Becking and Mr. Lloyd Hayes PASS CREEK 1970

Box 24, Folder 4

Environmental Project #8 PASS CREEK Letters, Interviews, and Reprints 1969-1970 1969-1970

Box 24, Folder 5

PASS CREEK near Roseburg, Oregon : A Case Study in the Effects of Logging upon the Stream Habitat Nov.–Dec. 1969 1969

 

Other Forestry

Scope and Contents note

Materials pertaining to unique forestry interests of Becking’s represented by a relatively small amount of materials, from one to a few folders. Topics in this subseries that consist of multiple folders include Becking’s research and manuscript on the African tree species Aucoumea klaineana, organizational documents for the Redwood Research Institute, Inc., and materials relating to the environmental management of Ski Areas.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Other Forestry
Box 24, Folder 6

[Misc. Publications regarding forest management, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1980s

Box 24, Folder 7

[Misc. Publications regarding forest management, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1980s

Box 24, Folder 8

[Prescribed burning in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks – misc. documents] 1970s

Box 24, Folder 9

[Misc documents regarding reforestation] 1960s

Box 24, Folder 10

A Factor Analysis of Soil Erosion and Stream Sedimentation in Northern California, James Richard Wallis 1960s

Box 24, Folder 11

[Misc documents regarding sedimentation and logging] 1980s, 1990s

Box 24, Folder 12

[Correspondence with Daniel Hall and Robert Curtis, including publications] 1990s

Box 24, Folder 13

[“The Forest Service and its constituents : A Study in Conflict Resolution”, Bill Devall, Stephen Metcalf, HSU] 1972

Box 24, Folder 14

[Prospects for Sawtimber output in California’s North Coast. 1975-2000, Daniel D. Oswald] 1970s

Box 24, Folder 15

[Log Exporting Problems, Part 1 and 2, Select Committee on Small Business, United States Senate] 1968

Box 24, Folder 16

[Publications regarding Integrated Forest Survey and Timber Management Inventories in California, Forest Survey Project] 1960s

Box 24, Folder 17

Price revisions – Chap III Bureau of Land Management Portland, Oregon 1960s

Box 25, Folder 1

A Tree-Based Forest Yield Projection System for the North Coast Region of California, Bruce E. Krumland, Univ. Calif. Berkeley, CA. Ph.D. Thesis June 1982 1982

Box 25, Folder 2

[Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 1 of 6] 1960s-1980s

Box 25, Folder 3

[Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 2 of 6] 1960s-1980s

Box 25, Folder 4

[Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 3 of 6] 1960s-1980s

Box 25, Folder 5

[Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 4 of 6] 1960s-1980s

Box 25, Folder 6

[Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 5 of 6] 1960s-1980s

Box 25, Folder 7

[Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 6 of 6] 1960s-1980s

Box 25, Folder 8

[Misc. scientific articles] 1920s, 1940s, 1960s, 1990s

Box 25, Folder 9

[Proceedings - Research on Coniferous Forest Ecosystems - A symposium. Bellingham, Washington – March 23-24, 1972] 1970s

Box 25, Folder 10

[NRC Grant T-92 Reports, by V.J. Krajina, Folder 1 of 2] 1959-1965

Box 25, Folder 11

[NRC Grant T-92 Reports, by V.J. Krajina, Folder 2 of 2] 1959-1965

Box 25, Folder 12

[Ecology of Western North America, edited by V.J. Krajina, Vol. 1] 1965

Box 25, Folder 13

[Misc Forest Service documents] 1970s

Box 25, Folder 14

[Riparian Forests in California : Their Ecology and Conservation, Edited by Anne Sands, Institute of Ecology No 15 (UC Davis)] 1978

Box 25, Folder 15

[Laszlo Orloci : Forest Types of the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone] 1961

Box 25, Folder 16

[Everett Bruce Peterson : Plant Association in the Subalpine Mountain Hemlock Zone in Southern British Columbia, Folder 1 of 2] 1964

Box 25, Folder 17

[Everett Bruce Peterson : Plant Association in the Subalpine Mountain Hemlock Zone in Southern British Columbia, Folder 2 of 2] 1964

Box 25, Folder 18

[An Ecological Classification of the Ponderosa Pine Stands in the Southwestern Interior of British Columbia, Thomas Chr. Brayshaw] 1955

Box 25, Folder 19

[Richard B. Smith : Edaphic aspects of an ecological classification of the Interior Western Hemlock dry subzone forests of British Columbia, Folder 1 of 2] 1963

Box 25, Folder 20

[Richard B. Smith : Edaphic aspects of an ecological classification of the Interior Western Hemlock dry subzone forests of British Columbia, Folder 2 of 2] 1963

Box 25, Folder 21

[Biogeoclimate Regions and Zones in British Columbia (V.J. Krajina, NRC Grant No. T-92)] 1964

Box 25, Folder 22

[C.T. Dyrness : Legend for Mapping Vegetation in the Alsea Basin Area, Oregon]

Box 26, Folder 1

[Marcus Arthur Money Bell : Phytocoenoses in the dry subzone of the interior Western Hemlock zone of British Columbia, Folder 1 of 2] 1957

Box 26, Folder 2

[Marcus Arthur Money Bell : Phytocoenoses in the dry subzone of the interior Western Hemlock zone of British Columbia, Folder 2 of 2] 1957

Box 26, Folder 3

[A taxonomical-ecological study of the vegetation by habitats in eight forest types of the Olympic Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington] 1956

Box 26, Folder 4

Harry Wiant’s Research Reprints [Tanoak Volume and Tarif Access Tables for Humboldt County, CA] 1960s

Box 26, Folder 5

Pass Creek Photos + movie Pass Creek at Media Center HSU, Pass Creek, OR Roseburg 1960s

Box 26, Folder 6

[Becking article : “A Summary of Information on Aucoumea Klaineana.” Forestry Abstracts 21(1): 1-6, 21(2): 168-172. Original reprint] 1960

Box 26, Folder 7

OKOUME (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre.) excerpts Photostats maps (1958) [Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1970s

Box 26, Folder 8

OKOUME (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre.) excerpts Photostats maps (1958) [Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1970s

Box 26, Folder 9

OKOUME paper Internat. Sympos. Trop. Ecology Lubumbashi, Zaire 7-13 Apr. 1975 1975

Box 26, Folder 10

Correspondence and literature excerpts for manuscript (1958) Okoumé (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre) 2nd edition and partly 1st edition 1958

Box 26, Folder 11

Manuscript OKOUME 1950s?

Box 26, Folder 12

[SILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY Oct, 1979 CDF Draft Report, Board of Forestry, California] 1979

Box 26, Folder 13

[Becking, Lenihan, Muldavin Final Report : “The Forest Communities of the Big Butte / Shinbone Region of Northern California’s Yolla Bolly Mountains.” Freestone Wilderness Institute. Covelo, CA., 2 copies] 1979

Box 26, Folder 14

Tropical Forestry E.F. Brünig Reinbek / Hamburg West Germany 1970s

Box 26, Folder 15

Logging Systems and Erosion / Streams, Talk Jan 12, 1977 HSU Chapter Amer. Fisheries Society 1977

Box 26, Folder 16

Froehlich March 1977 Yarding Systems Efficiency and Costs Stream Buffer Strips 1977

Box 26, Folder 17

Helicopter Logging Aerial Systems [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 26, Folder 18

Helicopter Logging Aerial Systems [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 26, Folder 19

[Microfilm – Egolfs v. Bakuzis : Synecological Coordinates in Forest Classification and in Reproduction Studies, PhD] 1959

Box 26, Folder 20

Yellowstone NPS Forest Fires 1988 1980s

Box 26, Folder 21

Productivity Papers [Appalachian, New England] 1960s

Box 26, Folder 22

[Various literature from unlabeled envelope, mostly Canadian, includes correspondence in Dutch] 1980s

Box 26, Folder 23

S.H. Kunkle Danish Forest terminology list 1963

Box 26, Folder 24

Red Tree Vole Habitat, Nina Meiselman 1987 1987

Box 26, Folder 25

Movie Project Verne Korb May 20, 1971 – sent to S.F. Bay Area [Redwood Research Institute, Inc.] 1971

Box 26, Folder 26

Original Articles of Incorporation March 16, 1967 [Redwood Research Institute, Inc.] 1967

Box 26, Folder 27

EIS Letters [Redwood Research Institute, Inc.]

Box 26, Folder 28

[Ski Areas – Literature, Folder 1 of 3] 1970s

Box 27, Folder 1

[Ski Areas – Literature, Folder 2 of 3] 1970s

Box 27, Folder 2

[Ski Areas – Literature, Folder 3 of 3] 1970s

Box 27, Folder 3

[Ski Areas – correspondence] 1970s

Box 27, Folder 4

ASPEN Conference ski areas June 1-3, 1972 1972

Box 27, Folder 5

P.D. Moore (edit) 1984 European Mires Academic Press, London UK [includes additional publications] 1950s-1980s

Box 27, Folder 6

[Loose, misc publications, Folder 1 of 2]

Box 27, Folder 7

[Loose, misc publications, Folder 2 of 2]

Box 27, Folder 8

[loose, misc]

Box 27, Folder 9

[R-5 Ecosystem Classification by Barbara Kosco et. al.] 1980s

Box 27, Folder 10

[Space Sciences laboratory : Fuel Mapping in Relation to the Management of Brushlands and Timberlands in Mendocino County, California] 1977

Box 27, Folder 11

[Environmental Effects of Forest Residues Management in the Pacific Northwest – a State-of-Knowledge compendium] 1974

 

Botanical Studies

Scope and Contents note

Becking’s botanical work ranged from determining taxonomic differences between individual plant species (such as Hastingsia, Oxalis, Asarum and Salix species) to classifying and describing entire plant communities. Phytosociology, a method of plant community classification originating from J. Braun-Blanquet’s Zurich-Montpellier school, was central to Becking’s approach to plant and ecosystem science. This approach, commonly practiced in Europe, has had significant criticism in the United States and Becking was one of the strongest advocates for its practice within the US in his time. Becking also studied various aspects of serpentine-related flora, primarily in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of Northeastern California and Southern Oregon. Materials relating to these studies can be found in the sub-subseries Darlingtonia Bogs, Hastingsia and Serpentine Floras.
Note to researchers: Becking studied different plants at the same time and sometimes from similar places, so researchers interested in a particular plant or sub-subseries should scan the other sub-subseries to find additional content about their topic of interest. For example, there are scattered materials related to Asarum with the sub-subseries Hastingsia, and vice versa, due to Becking having researched these two plants in similar areas at similar times and occasionally kept his notes together about the two.
 

Phytosociology

Scope and Contents note

Phytosociological relevés/synthesis tables, technical information relating to the computer programs used to generate relevés/synthesis tables, correspondence, manuscripts and other writings, and materials from Becking’s trips and activities relating to the International Association of Phytosociology. Of note is a description of the codes and acronyms that Becking developed for his synthesis tables (RWB handout #141 for NRPI 420). Please note that phytosociological data and information can be found throughout the Becking collection, often as a part of a research project of a specific plant community or place.

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Douglas Fir
  2. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Sand Dunes
  3. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Darlingtonia Bogs
  4. Oversized : Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Phytosociology
  5. Teaching
  6. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1 has materials related to Becking’s work in Japan)
Box 27, Folder 12

[Misc. loose correspondence] 1960s-2000s

Box 27, Folder 13

[Synthesis tables – loose, Includes Yolla Bolly, Japanese Salt Marsh, Folder 1 of 4] 1980s?

Box 27, Folder 14

[Synthesis Tables – loose, Includes Mariana Islands, Japan, Folder 2 of 4]

Box 27, Folder 15

[Synthesis Tables – loose, Folder 3 of 4]

Box 27, Folder 16

[Synthesis Tables – loose, Folder 4 of 4]

Box 27, Folder 17

[Diagrams and synthesis table – east coast location] late 1950s, early 1960s?

Box 27, Folder 18

Synthesis Tables Lieth Programs [includes correspondence with Dr. J.J. Braun-Blanquet and Dr. Helmut Lieth] 1960s-1970s

Box 27, Folder 19

[Literature – loose]

Box 27, Folder 20

[Literature, Folder 1 of 2]

Box 27, Folder 21

[Literature, Folder 2 of 2]

Box 28, Folder 1

[literature and Correspondence with Dr. Marcel Rejmanek of UC Davis] 1990s

Box 28, Folder 2

Ordination [literature and correspondence – includes correspondence with Adolf Ceska and others re: Pseudotsuga forest overview] 1980s-2000s

Box 28, Folder 3

Flora vegetation, Codes, Acronyms [includes acronym rules for ZM relevés and info. Re: DBXL plant index] 1990s

Box 28, Folder 4

[Loose notes re: JPP2. PHYTOPAK]

Box 28, Folder 5

[Loose notes / documents re : computer programs such as COENOS and SYNTAB] 1990s

Box 28, Folder 6

[Correspondence, data and info. Re : computer programs, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 28, Folder 7

[Correspondence, data and info. Re : computer programs, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 28, Folder 8

International Field Trip June 1-22, 1976 Michigan-Quebec [North America Field Trip, International Society of Phytosociology] 1976

Box 28, Folder 9

[VII International Botanical Congress, Stockholm 1950 proceedings, notes from IX International Botanical Congress Canada 1959, and article about the Ninth International Phytogeographical Excursion 1949] 1940s-1950s

Box 28, Folder 10

[ZM Relevee Database, misc. notes] 1998

Box 28, Folder 11

[Synthesis Table? – loose]

Box 28, Folder 12

[Bound published book in Dutch language “In leiding tot de Plantensociologie” Door Jacques Meltzeren Victor Westhoff] 1944

Box 28, Folder 13

What is phytosociology Plant Science Seminar Auburn University Nov. 1958 1958

Box 28, Folder 14

The Zurich-Montpellier School of Phytosociology 1957 Manuscript, Correspondence, Critical Reviews, North America, Europe [Folder 1 of 2] 1957

Box 28, Folder 15

The Zurich-Montpellier School of Phytosociology 1957 Manuscript, Correspondence, Critical Reviews, North America, Europe [Folder 2 of 2] 1957

Box 28, Folder 16

ZM – Paper 1957 [correspondence and reprint requests] 1957

Box 28, Folder 17

The Fog Belt Rainforest of the Pacific Northwest – 9th Pacific Science Congress 1957 1957

Box 28, Folder 18

Quantitative Evaluation of Phytosociological Data IX Internat. Botan. Congress Aug. 1959 [includes original reprints from various publishers] 1959

Box 28, Folder 19

Vegetational Response to change in environment and change in species tolerance with time Dec. 1968 requests 1968

Box 28, Folder 20

[Becking article : “Vegetational response to change in Environment and change in species tolerance with time.” Vegetatio 16 : 135-168. 2 copies] 1968

Box 28, Folder 21

Reinhold Tüxen A Personal Tribute Vegetatio 1970 [Manuscript draft] 1970

Box 28, Folder 22

[Tüxen piece for “Jubilee Book’, correspondence with J.H. Gehu, France] 1970s

Box 28, Folder 23

[Notes from 1976 “Symposium Quebec”, includes notes relating to R. Tüxen] 1976

Box 28, Folder 24

MANUSCRIPT Becking 1967 – Vegetational Response to changes in the environment and changes in species tolerance with time – Tüxen, a personal tribute [includes correspondence with Braun-Blanquet] 1967

Box 28, Folder 25

Changing Vegetational Response in Relation to Time, Tolerance, and Environmental Change XI. Inter. Bot. Congress Aug 31, 1969 Seattle, Wash 1969

Box 28, Folder 26

X Botanical Congress Edinburgh, Scotland 1964 [Folder 1 of 3] 1964

Box 28, Folder 27

X Botanical Congress Edinburgh, Scotland 1964 [Folder 2 of 3] 1964

Box 28, Folder 28

X Botanical Congress Edinburgh, Scotland 1964 [Folder 3 of 3] 1964

Box 28, Folder 29

ZM Methodology [includes what may be teaching notes]

Box 28, Folder 30

Biogeography of Pacific Northwest, west of Cascades AIBS, Corvallis, Oregon Aug. 1962 [includes Becking’s text from presentation “Forest, Savanna, and Prairie of the Coastal Slopes”] 1962

Box 28, Folder 31

[J.M. Gehu : La Vegetation des Dunes Maritimes, Paris – 1971] 1970s

Box 28, Folder 32

[Publications – 2 articles by Reinhold Tüxen, Vegetatio Volume 26, Issue 1-3] 1950s-1970s

Box 29, Folder 1

[Publications – foreign language] 1960s-1970s

Box 29, Folder 2

[Miscellaneous loose documents re : plant communities] 1970s

Box 29, Folder 3

[Volland, Leonard Allan : Phytosociology of the Ponderosa pine type on pumice soils in the Upper Williamson River Basin, Klamath County, Oregon. (MS Thesis, Oregon State University)] 1963

Box 29, Folder 4

PHYTOSOCIOLOGY FRESHWATER ZM [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s-2000s

Box 29, Folder 5

PHYTOSOCIOLOGY FRESHWATER ZM [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-2000s

Box 29, Folder 6

[Synthesis Tables, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 29, Folder 7

[Synthesis Tables, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 29, Folder 8

[H. Doing : Landschapsoecologie Van De Duinstreek Tussen Wassenaar En Ijmuiden] 1974

Box 29, Folder 9

Yoshima Sugiyama Chiba City JAPAN [includes numerous photographs of Becking during 1984 Japan trip] 1980s

Box 29, Folder 10

[Publications and materials from 1984 Japanese trip, includes newspaper clippings of Becking] 1984

Box 29, Folder 11

[Correspondence with Dr. Y. Takei of Tokoha University] 1992

Box 29, Folder 12

[Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius martius – publications (mostly in Japanese)] 1990s

Box 29, Folder 13

[Committee of the International Symposium on the Restoration of Natural Forest] 1990s?

Box 29, Folder 14

[Notes and Publications from the International Excursion and Symposium on Vegetation Science Japan 1984] 1984

Box 29, Folder 15

Hirao – Plateau Kita Kyushu Japan K. Suzuki and H. Sumata

Box 29, Folder 16

[Literature re : International Excursion and Symposium on In-quest for agreeable living environments of amenity for green and the human life ’84 Okinawa Japan] 1984

Box 29, Folder 17

[Publications and Photos from Kazuo Odaki] 1984

Box 29, Folder 18

Hukushima Fagetum [Publications by Hukusima] 1980s

Box 29, Folder 19

[Notes and publications from Chiba Institute and Museum] 1995

Box 29, Folder 20

[Publications from M. Numata] 1990s

Box 29, Folder 21

[Publications including T. Ohba, H. Sugawara]

Box 29, Folder 22

[Publications by Makoto Numata] 1980s

Box 29, Folder 23

[Loose journal articles from 1984 Japan trip, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 29, Folder 24

[Loose journal articles from 1984 Japan trip, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 30, Folder 1

[Chamaecyparis obtusa in Japan – documents]

Box 30, Folder 2

[Loose Misc documents from 1984 International Symposium for International Association for Vegetation Science] 1984

Box 30, Folder 3

[Publications, notes, travel info from 1984 Japan trip, includes Becking’s paper “Regreening the Urban Environment”] 1984

Box 30, Folder 4

[Materials from 1984 Japan trip] 1984

Box 30, Folder 5

[Select documents from 1984 Japan trip] 1980s

Box 30, Folder 6

84 Japan Mitsui-No-Mori 67. Prof. Dr. R.W. Becking 1984

Box 30, Folder 7

[Misc publications]

Box 30, Folder 8

[includes letter from Mr. J.S. Rowe to Dr. D. R. Redmond – 1959] 1959

 

Sand Dunes

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, permit applications, work related to Becking’s unfinished manuscript Sand Dune Flora, data, and other materials. Becking studied the plant communities of the Sand Dunes in Humboldt County for many years, including conducting phytosociological relevés. He studied sand dune formation, dune restoration, control of non-native species, native plant communities, and impacts from Off-Road Vehicles and other activities. Becking began writing an illustrated Sand Dune and Marsh flora in the 1990s, similar in concept and format to Pocket Flora of the Redwood Forest. He was also interested in birds in the Sand Dunes, and at one point he approached the managers of the Lanphere Christenson Dunes about conducting an avian study in the preserve. This proposal was abandoned due to concern about how his going off trail would negatively impact the dune flora. Some materials relating to salt marshes are also included.

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Pocket Flora
  2. Teaching
  3. Oversized : Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Sand Dunes
  4. Oversized : Over 42”
  5. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 1, 4, 7 and 10)
Box 30, Folder 9

[loose – maps, notes, correspondence, literature, clippings, includes photographs]

Box 30, Folder 10

Samoa Dunes [Vegetation maps]

Box 30, Folder 11

Lanphere 1990s

Box 30, Folder 12

USFWS Humboldt Bay – Lanphere Dunes 1990s

Box 30, Folder 13

RFP SAMDUN91 [Humboldt County Beach and Dunes Program] 1990s

Box 30, Folder 14

SAND DUNES [Relevés] 1970s

Box 30, Folder 15

[Bird inventories, North Spit Samoa Dunes, includes rolled documents labeled with names Dr. Paul Springer and Peter Sorenson] 1976

Box 30, Folder 16

Sand Dune Corresp. Vegetation Data Oregon – BC 1994 1994

Box 30, Folder 17

Sand Dune Corresp. California 1994 1994

Box 30, Folder 18

[Correspondence re : management of dunes, data, Becking illustrations of artifacts found in dunes] 1970s-1980s

Box 30, Folder 19

[Literature, notes] 1980s?

Box 30, Folder 20

Sand Dune Vegetation [Correspondence, Notes] 1970s

Box 30, Folder 21

Sand Dunes Flora Mini-Grant 1970s

Box 30, Folder 22

Sand Dunes Flora Species Descr. [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 30, Folder 23

Sand Dunes Flora Species Descr. [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 31, Folder 1

[Menzies’ Wallflower Dunes Mitigation Bank Enhancement Plan documentation] 1980s

Box 31, Folder 2

[NSF Grant Proposal : “Ecology and phytogeography of Pacific Coast beach vegetation, 48-30°N”] 1970s

Box 31, Folder 3

[Phanerogams of the Sand Dunes, Humboldt Co., Ca.]

Box 31, Folder 4

SALT MARSH 1970s

Box 31, Folder 5

[Salt Marsh – Humboldt Bay]

Box 31, Folder 6

SALT MARSH [Literature]

Box 31, Folder 7

SALT MARSH Original Data 1970s

Box 31, Folder 8

[Publications – Government Documents – loose]

Box 31, Folder 9

Sand Dunes Samoa [Publications – Vegetation Classification, Rare Plant Analysis, Impacts, Restoration, and Habitat Management Strategies for the Humboldt County Beach and Dunes Management Plan] 1992

Box 31, Folder 10

Oregon Dunes Resource Report Proposal 1973 Sand Dunes [Publication, maps and ephemera] 1970s

Box 31, Folder 11

[Publications – graduate theses] 1980s

Box 31, Folder 12

[Publications – miscellaneous]

Box 31, Folder 13

[Miscellaneous bound documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1980s

Box 31, Folder 14

[Miscellaneous bound documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1980s

Box 31, Folder 15

[Kumler : Succession and certain adaptative features of plants native to the sand dunes of the Oregon Coast (dissertation from Oregon State University)] 1963

Box 31, Folder 16

[Davidson, Eric Duncan : Demography of Lupinus arboreus at Bodega Head, Calif. (dissertation from UC Davis)] 1960s

Box 31, Folder 17

[Gordon, David M. : Ecology of bees from coastal dunes Humboldt County, California. (MA thesis, Humboldt State University), Folder 1 of 2] 1984

Box 31, Folder 18

[Gordon, David M. : Ecology of bees from coastal dunes Humboldt County, California. (MA thesis, Humboldt State University), Folder 2 of 2] 1984

 

Serpentine Floras

Scope and Contents note

Serpentine plant lists (floras) that Becking gathered, correspondence, maps and literature reprints. Becking studied the chemical makeup of serpentine soils and heavy metals in plants in the Klamath-Siskiyou region as well as places throughout the world. Geographic areas covered include (but are not restricted to) BLM Arcata Resource Area, El Dorado N.F., Klamath N.F., Plumas N.F., Shasta-Trinity N.F., Siskiyou N.F., Umpqua N.F., and Japan.

See Also

  1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 3, 4 and 5)
  2. Research and Writing : Pocket Flora (Illustrations of Serpentine Plants)
Box 31, Folder 19

Serpentine Geology Toxicity [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 31, Folder 20

Serpentine Geology Toxicity [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 31, Folder 21

Flora lists of Serpentine Sites [includes original illustrations] 2000

Box 31, Folder 22

Flora Serpentine Calif / Or. 1990s

Box 31, Folder 23

[Notes on ultramafics] 1991

Box 31, Folder 24

Six Rivers NF, Shasta / Trinity NF [Correspondence with Lisa Hoover of Six Rivers NF, data and maps] 1997

Box 31, Folder 25

[Loose map – annotated]

Box 31, Folder 26

Maps SW Oregon Serpentine [Some annotated]

Box 32, Folder 1

[Publications and correspondence relating to NICORE mine in Siskiyou national Forest] 1997

Box 32, Folder 2

[Barker, Linda M., A Flora of the Old Gasquet Toll Road Del Norte County, California (MS Thesis Dec 1978, HSU)] 1978

 

Darlingtonia Bogs

Scope and Contents note

Materials from Becking’s contract with Six Rivers National Forest to do a phytosociological study of Darlingtonia Bogs in the Klamath-Siskiyou region, research on Darlingtonia bog conservation, and pollination biology of the carnivorous plant Darlingtonia californica.

See Also

  1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 3, 4, 6 and 8)
Box 32, Folder 3

[Loose, unsorted] 1960s-1980s

Box 32, Folder 4

Published Papers Darlingtonia [includes map and correspondence] 2000s

Box 32, Folder 5

Siskiyou Conference 1997 1997

Box 32, Folder 6

Darlingtonia [includes microfiche, correspondence, and data] 1997-2001

Box 32, Folder 7

Darlingtonia NSF Proposal 1999 1999

Box 32, Folder 8

Pollination Ecology 1998

Box 32, Folder 9

Darlingtonia ZM Analysis 1984 [Folder 1 of 2] 1984

Box 32, Folder 10

Darlingtonia ZM Analysis 1984 [Folder 2 of 2] 1984

Box 32, Folder 11

[Sensitive Plant Site Report Data – SLID] 1982

Box 32, Folder 12

Darlingtonia listing

Box 32, Folder 13

[Annotated Maps – loose]

Box 32, Folder 14

[Maps]

Box 32, Folder 15

Master File CYBER FOR PRG / Main data files 1980s

Box 32, Folder 16

[Publications – Graduate Theses] 1970, 1987, 1997

Box 32, Folder 17

SARRACENIACEAE 2000s

Box 32, Folder 18

DARLINGTONIA Main Sources CARNIVORY [Folder 1 of 2]

Box 32, Folder 19

DARLINGTONIA Main Sources CARNIVORY [Folder 2 of 2]

 

Hastingsia

Scope and Contents note

Gray literature, handwritten notes by Becking regarding Hastingsia chromosomes, pollen, collections at various herbariums, bulb plantings at HSU greenhouse, data analysis (computer printouts from vegetation analysis software), material related to a USFS contract for an ecological investigation of Erigeron and Schoenolirion (ecology and distribution of both genera), drafts of manuscripts, and correspondence. Also included are Becking's Hastingsia illustrations and correspondence with editors of "Flora of North America" about their possible inclusion of them into their book (1998), correspondence between Becking and Kenton Chambers of Oregon State University regarding comments on Flora North Americana Project (2000), and correspondence between Donald Heinze and Becking regarding Heinze's request for illustrations for his book "Plants of the Siskiyou Mountains and Valleys" (2001).
Of special note: Becking published a description of a new species (Hastingsia atropurpurea) in 1986 in the botanical journal "Madroño". In 1997, botanists F.A. Lang and P.F. Zika published a paper in "Madroño" about their conclusions that Hastingsia atropurpurea was not a distinct species from Hastingsia bracteosa as Becking had proposed. At around the same time, Becking had developed a manuscript entitled "Annotations to Hastingsia (Liliaceae) nomenclature" which was submitted to "Madroño" as well. Becking’s manuscript was rejected by "Madroño" editors and reviewers due to the preferred conclusion of Lang and Zika, and there is significant correspondence related to this controversy.

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Darlingtonia Bogs
  2. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Asarum
  3. Oversized : Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Hastingsia
  4. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 5)
Box 32, Folder 20

[Six Rivers National Forest contract records – study of Schoenilirion bracteosum and Erigeron delicatus, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 32, Folder 21

[Six Rivers National Forest contract records – study of Schoenilirion bracteosum and Erigeron delicatus, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 32, Folder 22

[Notes about Hastingsia research, including chromosome counting and Bulb plantings in the Forestry Greenhouse] 1980s

Box 32, Folder 23

Schoenolirion bracteosum, Erigeron delicatus, Six Rivers N.F. Contract 439A 47016-45, October 1982 1982

Box 32, Folder 24

[Hastingsia research and data, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 33, Folder 1

[Hastingsia research and data, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 33, Folder 2

[Correspondence] 1980s-2000s

Box 33, Folder 3

[Correspondence regarding “Annotations to Hastingsia (Liliaceae) Nomenclature” Manuscript] 2000s

Box 33, Folder 4

[Publications – Biosystems Analysis] 1981

Box 33, Folder 5

[Becking article : “Hastingsia atropurpurea (Liliaceae : Asphodeleae) : A new species from southwestern Oregon. Madroño 33 : 175-181, 3 original reprints] 1986

Box 33, Folder 6

[Becking article : “Segregation of Hastingsia serpentinicola sp. Nov. from Hastingsia alba (Liliaceae : Asphodeleae). Madroño 36 : 208-216, 3 original reprints] 1989

Box 33, Folder 7

[Becking article : “The generic distinctiveness of Schoenolirion and Hastingsia. Madroño 38 : 130-138. 3 original reprints] 1991

Box 33, Folder 8

[Interim Report 2 : Results of Field Investigation of Erigeron delicatus] 1980s

 

Asarum

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Hastingsia
  2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 5)
Box 33, Folder 9

Asarum [data, notes] 1980s, 1990s

Box 33, Folder 10

Asarum 2 [notes, correspondence, data, includes pressed Aristolochia clematis leaf sample] 1990s-2000s

Box 33, Folder 11

Klamath N. Forest Happy Camp [includes content on Happy Camp Outplant Site Expansion] 2002

Box 33, Folder 12

[Asarum caudatum Lindl., Asarum hartwegii Wats. And Oxalis oregana nutt. Location listings] 1997

Box 33, Folder 13

Asarum Creasy [referring to Max Creasy] 1998

Box 33, Folder 14

Aristolochia [includes illustrations] 2000s

 

Oxalis

Scope and Contents note

Materials pertaining to taxonomy and phenology (effects of climate on biological expression) of Oxalis.

See Also

  1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 5, 6 and 9) – includes 1994 manuscript entitled “Segregation of Oxalis smalliana from Oxalis oregano in California”
Box 33, Folder 15

Oxalis [including tests oregana vs. smalliana, Greenhouse experiments, and criteria codes for databases] 1980s

Box 33, Folder 16

Oxalis : Type specimens, correspondence, Oxalis acetosella L., Oxalis oregana Nutt., Oxalis smalliana Kunth Bkg, Oxalis Montana Rafin. + synonyms / Personal notes 1984-now, definition of ranges, phenology [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 33, Folder 17

Oxalis : Type specimens, correspondence, Oxalis acetosella L., Oxalis oregana Nutt., Oxalis smalliana Kunth Bkg, Oxalis Montana Rafin. + synonyms / Personal notes 1984-now, definition of ranges, phenology [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 33, Folder 18

Oxalis literature : Oxalis correspondence by herbaria, literature 1980s

Box 33, Folder 19

Oxalis griffithii Japan correspondence 1990s

Box 33, Folder 20

Oxalis montana Grandtner experiments, Gervais chromosome count, Phenological observations 1980s-1990s

Box 33, Folder 21

SPSS OXA 2 Feb [includes correspondence] 1990s

Box 33, Folder 22

[SPSS analysis Printouts] 1996

Box 33, Folder 23

Oxalis [notes, data on various species at various U.S. and international locations, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 33, Folder 24

Oxalis [Notes, data on various species at various U.S. and international locations, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 33, Folder 25

Oxalis smalliana Reviews of draft, March 1997 [Manuscript and related correspondence] 1997

Box 33, Folder 26

Codes – Oxalis, Hastingsia, Location, Color [U.S. and International] 1990s

Box 34, Folder 1

[SPSS, Oxalis phenological data, Freshwater Inventories] 1980s

 

Usnea

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, literature, notes, and data pertaining to Becking’s work with Darrel Wright (editor of the California Lichen Society Bulletin CALS), and on his own, on conservation of unique populations of the lichen Usnea Longissima (USLO) and research on USLO dispersal. Includes content relating to Usnea populations on Pacific Lumber/Maxxam land.
Becking described himself as: “an amateur lichenologist dating back to Dr. A.W.T.C. Herre.” He wrote: “I collected for Dr. Herre bulk collections of USNEA since 1953. I met Dr. Herre at the University of Washington during my Ph.D. candidate years…”. In 1988 Becking reported that he and Wright: “both discovered the only sorediate USLO on record in the U.S.”.

See Also

  1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 6, 8 and 10)
Box 34, Folder 2

USNEA 1990s

Box 34, Folder 3

[Usnea correspondence, data, includes digital prints] 2000s

Box 34, Folder 4

Usnea ID Keys 1990s-2000s

Box 34, Folder 5

USNEA determinations by Darrell Wright FMC Collections / CAS collections 1999-2001, [Folder 1 of 2] 1999-2001

Box 34, Folder 6

USNEA determinations by Darrell Wright FMC Collections / CAS collections 1999-2001 [Folder 2 of 2] 1999-2001

Box 34, Folder 7

[Loose – notes, correspondence] 2000s

Box 34, Folder 8

March 21-24, 2001 Arcata, CA [Northwest Scientific Association Annual Meeting] 2001

Box 34, Folder 9

USLO CNDDBbase 2003

Box 34, Folder 10

Various Usnea Collections 1990s-2000s

Box 34, Folder 11

USNEA longissima trebauxia 2000s

Box 34, Folder 12

USNEA longissima studies, USNEA collections musea, USNEA records museum / Herbarium 2000s

Box 34, Folder 13

USNEA longissima Petition USFWS 27 March 2000 2000

Box 34, Folder 14

USNEA Rudi Pacific Lumber / Maxxam, 2000 USLO – endangered species 2000

Box 34, Folder 15

AVIAN USNEA [includes report authored by Becking entitled : “Lichen Use in Bird’s Nests”] 1990s-2000s

Box 34, Folder 16

AVIAN USE 1990s-2000s

Box 34, Folder 17

LICHEN – Bird Nests [includes Becking-authored report entitled : “Lichen Use in Bird’s Nests”] 2000s?

Box 34, Folder 18

[Publication : Factors Limiting the Distribution of the Sensitive lichen Usnea longissima in the Oregon Coast Range : Habitat or Dispersal?, Dylan B. Keon (Master’s Thesis, Oregon State University)] 2001

Box 34, Folder 19

[Publication : Materials for study of the lichen genus USNEA, Assembled by D. Wright, Arcata, February, 1999] 1999

Box 34, Folder 20

[Publication : A Lichen Flora of the Samoa Peninsula, Humboldt Bay, California, by John B. Lindsay (Master’s Thesis, HSU)] 1973

Box 34, Folder 21

[Becking paper : “Lichen Use is Bird’s Nests”] 1990s

Box 34, Folder 22

MOSS / LICHEN LABELS Excel Printing, Sorting 1990s-2000s

Box 34, Folder 23

LICHENS CLS membership CLS Field Trips lichen correspondence 1990s-2000s

 

Other Botanical

Scope and Contents note

Materials pertaining to unique botany interests of Becking’s represented by a relatively small amount of materials, from one to a few folders. Topics in this subseries that consist of multiple folders include Salix, Dipterocarps, and Epicactis.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Other Botanical
  2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 5 contains materials about Salix)
Box 34, Folder 24

Oak Taxa 1990s

Box 34, Folder 25

Acorn Germination Jan 2000 2000

Box 34, Folder 26

[Salix codes, data, maps, correspondence, includes original illustrations and salix chromosome photographs] 1980s-1990s

Box 34, Folder 27

Salix Crovello Data Set and Key

Box 34, Folder 28

[Salix : literature reprints, includes original illustrations] 1990s

Box 34, Folder 29

Salix [Correspondence, notes, literature] 1990s

Box 34, Folder 30

[Loose salix data]

Box 34, Folder 31

Salix Studies, Computer Applications, Theodore J. Crovello [Literature Reprints]

Box 34, Folder 32

SALIX [Correspondence, illustrations] 1980s

Box 34, Folder 33

Monotropaceae [Reproductions of herbaria specimen, correspondence, literature, notes, includes original illustrations, Folder 1 of 2] 2000s

Box 35, Folder 1

Monotropaceae [Reproductions of herbaria specimen, correspondence, literature, notes, includes original illustrations, Folder 2 of 2] 2000s

Box 35, Folder 2

Dipterocarp [Codes and Species Notes, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 35, Folder 3

Dipterocarp [Codes and Species Notes, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 35, Folder 4

Epicactis literature [includes correspondence] 1990s

Box 35, Folder 5

Epicactis [Data, correspondence] 1990s

Box 35, Folder 6

Geraniaceae

Box 35, Folder 7

USFS Six Rivers Contract Bids 1978/9 1978-1979

Box 35, Folder 8

[Miscellaneous documents] 1960s-1980s

Box 35, Folder 9

Role of chemical Inhibition in the Patterning of Vegetation, Talk given by Dr. Cornelius Mueller, Professor of Biological Sciences, Given in the year of 1966 [includes 2 slides provided by Mueller] 1960s-1980s

Box 35, Folder 10

[An Analysis of the Vascular Flora of the Northern Yolla Bolly Mountains]

Box 35, Folder 11

[John H. Thomas : Botanical explorations in Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent regions, Reprint from HUNTIA 3 : 5-62. 1969] 1969

Box 35, Folder 12

[Guide to Excursion III, Tenth Pacific Science Congress, Published by University of Hawaii (illustrated by Becking) Copy 1 of 2] 1972

Box 35, Folder 13

[Guide to Excursion III, Tenth Pacific Science Congress, Published by University of Hawaii (illustrated by Becking) Copy 2 of 2] 1972

Box 35, Folder 14

[“Darlingtonia” Newsletters (Northcoast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society)] 1980s

Box 35, Folder 15

Plants Europe [Floral Diagrams and illustrations] 1940s

Box 35, Folder 16

FUNGI Redwoods [includes Becking illustrations of fungi from Humboldt County Locations such as Freshwater Forest, Samoa Dunes, HSC School Forest] 1970s

Box 35, Folder 17

[Correspondence with Edward Alverson] 2005

Box 35, Folder 18

CAMAS Benton County Projects, Jackson-Frazier [Folder 1 of 2] 2000s

Box 35, Folder 19

CAMAS Benton County Projects, Jackson-Frazier [Folder 2 of 2] 2000s

Box 35, Folder 20

SEVEN MTS Research Data 1960s

Box 35, Folder 21

Indian Food Plants Ruth Hansen 1970s

Box 35, Folder 22

[Slides of plants in Siskiyou region, Folder 1 of 2]

Box 35, Folder 23

[Slides of plants in Siskiyou region, Folder 2 of 2]

Box 35, Folder 24

Diptera keys 1990s?

Box 35, Folder 25

Diptera Keys [2, includes original illustrations, photographs. Content related to pollination of Aristolochia californica, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s, 2000s

Box 35, Folder 26

Diptera Keys [2, includes original illustrations, photographs. Content related to pollination of Aristolochia californica, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s, 2000s

Box 35, Folder 27

[Genetics of Sequoia sempervirens, Oxalis, Hastingsia, etc. – correspondence, literature] 1980s

Box 35, Folder 28

Work Copy of Keys P.S. Ashton : Dipterocarpaceae, Flora Malesiana 1982, Description and key for GENUS, Family key, Distribution Maps 1980s

Box 35, Folder 29

ATHROTAXUS 1970s

Box 36, Folder 1

Applegate Fire Plan May 3, 2003 Ashland, OR [Oak Restoration] 2003

Box 36, Folder 2

[loose, misc.]

Box 36, Folder 3

Ecological Investigations of Sanicula Tracyi Final Report Jacqueline Greenleaf 3 Oct. 1980 1980

Box 36, Folder 4

[Correspondence regarding Becking reviews of articles in “Ecology” (paper by Hodgkins on plant indicators) and “Biotropica” (paper by Henwood-Baker on structural analysis of buttressing in tropical rain forest trees)] 1972

Box 36, Folder 5

Time, a new concept in Ecosystem Analysis AAAS meetings Berkeley Dec 10, 1965 1965

Box 36, Folder 6

[Legends and Supplemental information to Accompany Soil-Vegetation Maps of California, Folder 1 of 2] 1975

Box 36, Folder 7

[Legends and Supplemental Information to Accompany Soil-Vegetation Maps of California, Folder 2 of 2] 1975

Box 36, Folder 8

[Loose, misc, includes notes and correspondence, Folder 1 of 2, also includes circle templates used to draw floral formulas] 1980s-2000s

Box 36, Folder 9

[Loose, misc, includes notes and correspondence, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-2000s

Box 36, Folder 10

Central Valley Prairie Valley Oaks James R. Griffin 1974 1974

Box 36, Folder 11

Assorted Papers on Vegetation of the pacific Northwest 1940s-1960s

Box 36, Folder 12

[Plant Association and Management Guide-Willamette National Forest] 1987

Box 36, Folder 13

[New Zealand Fulbright Application] 1982

Box 36, Folder 14

[A Guide : to sensitive plants of the Siskiyou National Forest, USDA Forest Service] 1987

Box 36, Folder 15

[Illustrations of insects, possibly related to pollination] 1990s?

 

Pocket Flora

Scope and Contents note

Materials from Becking’s "Pocket Flora of the Redwood Forest" (PFRF) manuscript (published by Island Press in 1982), an updated version of the manuscript Becking sought publication of in the 1990s, and an unfinished manuscript Becking referred to as “Sand Dune Flora”. Materials include illustrations, notes, worksheets and text drafts for plant families included in PFRF (and possibly intended for the Sand Dune text), illustrations, negatives and plates, floral diagrams, and correspondence with Island Press regarding PFRF publication and sales. Becking employed students to help him prepare the PFRF text, and some communications with them are also included.
"Pocket Flora of the Redwood Forest" featured Becking’s original botanical illustrations and keys to the plants commonly found in Redwood Forests. Island Press eventually stopped printing this title. However, starting in the late 1990s, Becking began updating the book and looking for a publisher to reprint it. He was not successful in finding a publisher and appears to have been continuing to work on this project at the end of his life.
Becking also worked on a "Sand Dune Flora" with the same format he used for PFRF. Becking kept many of the documents and materials for the Sand Dune flora together with his Redwood flora materials.
Some materials came to the collection later than the rest. Those delivered to the library after Becking’s death included quantities of loose and unsorted materials. It is recommended that researchers investigate these folders of unsorted loose materials.
There are some items included in this subseries that have a broader scope than the Redwood or Sand Dune floras, including an inventory of Becking’s botanical drawings which includes other habitats such as Serpentine.

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Sand Dunes
  2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 3, 4 and 7)
Box 36, Folder 16

[Pocket Flora of the Redwood Forest, Dr. Rudolf W. Becking] 1982

Box 36, Folder 17

[Unlabeled binder – notes, correspondence regarding original publication of PFRF, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 36, Folder 18

[Unlabeled binder – notes, correspondence, regarding original publication of PFRF, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 36, Folder 19

[Pocket Flora notes, plates – from unlabeled binder] 1980s

Box 36, Folder 20

[Correspondence with Island Press] 1980s-1990s

Box 36, Folder 21

[Original slides for PFRF] 1982, 1999

Box 36, Folder 22

Pocket Flora [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 36, Folder 23

Pocket Flora [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 37, Folder 1

1 A-L [Family Descriptions, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 37, Folder 2

1 A-L [Family Descriptions, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 37, Folder 3

Fagaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 4

Polygonaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 5

Asteraceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 6

SCROPHULARIACEAE text, plates missing 1980s

Box 37, Folder 7

TEXT : BORAGINACEAE 1980s

Box 37, Folder 8

Fabaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 9

Helleboraceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 10

Droseraceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 11

Dennstaedtiaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 12

Cupressaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 13

Crassulaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 14

Cornaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 15

Chenopodiaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 16

Blechnaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 17

Berberidaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 18

Aristolochiaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 19

Asteracea (compositae) 1980s

Box 37, Folder 20

Adiantaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 21

Amaryllidaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 22

Apocynaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 23

Poaceae Text 1980s

Box 37, Folder 24

Rosaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 25

Liliaceae Text 1980s

Box 37, Folder 26

Brassicaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 27

Lamiaceae 1980s

Box 37, Folder 28

Floral Diagrams A-B [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s?

Box 37, Folder 29

Floral Diagrams A-B [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s?

Box 37, Folder 30

Floral Diagrams C-J [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s?

Box 37, Folder 31

Floral Diagrams C-J [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s?

Box 37, Folder 32

Floral Diagrams L-O [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s?

Box 37, Folder 33

Floral Diagrams L-O [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s?

Box 38, Folder 1

Floral Diagrams P 1980s?

Box 38, Folder 2

Floral Diagrams Q-Z [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s?

Box 38, Folder 3

Floral Diagrams Q-Z [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s?

Box 38, Folder 4

[Annotated Manuscript proof] 1990s?

Box 38, Folder 5

[Unlabeled binder – PFRF notes, manuscript proofs, soil profiles] 1990s, 2000s

Box 38, Folder 6

[Correspondence regarding PFRF republishing] 2000s

Box 38, Folder 7

PFRF old [Folder 1 of 2] 2000s

Box 38, Folder 8

PFRF old [Folder 2 of 2] 2000s

Box 38, Folder 9

PFRF corrected obsolete 2004 [Folder 1 of 2] 2000s

Box 38, Folder 10

PFRF corrected obsolete 2004 [Folder 2 of 2] 2000s

Box 38, Folder 11

Obsolete PFRF 1980s

Box 38, Folder 12

Glossary Illustrated 1980s

Box 38, Folder 13

Becking Negs [Folder 1 of 3] 1980s

Box 38, Folder 14

Becking Negs [Folder 2 of 3] 1980s

Box 38, Folder 15

Becking Negs [Folder 3 of 3] 1980s

Box 38, Folder 16

[Photonegative replacements for defective items] 1980s

Box 38, Folder 17

Main Flora Negatives Only 1970s

Box 38, Folder 18

Redwood Pocket Flora Final Edit May 21, 2003 2003

Box 38, Folder 19

[Correspondence re : PFRF reprinting] 1990s

Box 38, Folder 20

REPRINTING Pocket Flora 1990s

Box 38, Folder 21

[Publisher brochures and correspondence re : PFRF reprinting] 1990s

Box 38, Folder 22

REDWOOD POCKET FLORA 2000s

Box 38, Folder 23

Flora Project Representative Samples Surplus May 1992 1992

Box 38, Folder 24

Sand Dunes Flora Master Xerox Copies and cut-up copies of completed plates A-L by Family [Folder 1 of 3] 1990s?

Box 38, Folder 25

Sand Dunes Flora Master Xerox Copies and cut-up copies of completed plates A-L by Family [Folder 2 of 3] 1990s?

Box 38, Folder 26

Sand Dunes Flora Master Xerox Copies and cut-up copies of completed plates A-L by Family [Folder 3 of 3] 1990s?

Box 38, Folder 27

Xerox Copies of Master Copies Plates M-Z by Family [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s?

Box 39, Folder 1

Xerox Copies of master Copies Plates M-Z by Family [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s?

Box 39, Folder 2

[Correspondence with Island Press regarding Sand Dune / Salt Marsh Flora] 1990s

Box 39, Folder 3

[Unlabeled binder that includes “A Vascular Plant Species List for Redwood National State Parks”, Becking and Wiedemann’s “Flora of Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes” and other items] 1990s

Box 39, Folder 4

Sand Dune Flora 1990s

Box 39, Folder 5

Computer Ready 1980s

Box 39, Folder 6

Master List Floras US 1990s

Box 39, Folder 7

[Blank data forms and maps]

Box 39, Folder 8

[Loose – unsorted, Folder 1 of 6] 1980s-2000s

Box 39, Folder 9

[Loose – unsorted, Folder 2 of 6] 1980s-2000s

Box 39, Folder 10

[Loose – unsorted, Folder 3 of 6] 1980s-2000s

Box 39, Folder 11

[Loose – unsorted, Folder 4 of 6] 1980s-2000s

Box 39, Folder 12

[Loose – unsorted, Folder 5 of 6] 1980s-2000s

Box 39, Folder 13

[Loose – unsorted, Folder 6 of 6] 1980s-2000s

Box 39, Folder 14

Comprehensive Listing of Plant Drawings 1990s?

Box 39, Folder 15

[Glossary and notes] 1980s?

Box 39, Folder 16

[Loose illustrations and photographs] 1980s-2000s

Box 39, Folder 17

[unlabeled envelope with misc. plant descriptions] 1980s?

Box 39, Folder 18

[Pocket Flora Reprinting] 1990s

Box 39, Folder 19

Photonegative File A-B 1980s

Box 39, Folder 20

Photonegatives C-D 1980s

Box 39, Folder 21

Photonegatives E-G 1980s

Box 39, Folder 22

Photonegatives H-L 1980s

Box 39, Folder 23

Photonegatives M-P 1980s

Box 39, Folder 24

Photonegatives Q-S 1980s

Box 39, Folder 25

Photonegatives T-Z 1980s

 

Soils

Scope and Contents note

Contents of 15 binders of soil profiles Becking called “sputograms”, collected from his vegetation plots. Twelve of the binders were labeled 1-13 (Binder 2 was not found). Also included are materials specific to soils and soil science that were found loose throughout the collection, (some pertaining to northern California and to Humboldt County), including Becking’s manuscript on the sputogram technique.
Becking made sputograms by mixing a small sample of soil with his own saliva and mounting it onto an absorbant paper. He did this for each soil horizon, resulting in a complete soil profile for a given plot. Once the paper had dried thoroughly, he mounted the profile onto a backing paper and made notes about the site and the soil. Corresponding vegetation plot numbers are located on each individual sputogram, so correlating this soil profile data with related data from specific plots is theoretically possible.
Many of the vegetation plots were related to National Science Foundation grants Becking received in the 1960s for research on Redwoods. Also included are sputograms from Indonesia, Canada, and other places.
Researchers should note that Becking’s sputograms are integrated into Becking’s work and can be found throughout the collection. In general, folders elsewhere in the collection containing sputograms can be identified by the term “includes soil profiles” included in the folder heading.

See Also

  1. Teaching
  2. Oversized : Research and Writing : Soils
For maps annotated with plot numbers possibly correlated with the plot numbers provided on these soil profiles, see:
  1. Research and Writing : Maps
Additional plot numbers can be found throughout the Becking Collection, with concentration in:
  1. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies
Box 40, Folder 1

Soils 1 [Soil profiles – Canada (vegetation plots 590822-590838), Alabama, California – Humboldt, Mendocino (vegetation plots 600701-610720)] 1950s-1960s

Box 40, Folder 2

Soils 3 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt Co. north Spit and “Near Dr. Lanphere’s”, Blue Lake Kerr Ranch – (vegetation plots 620402-620606, 860113 and 860111), Oregon – H.J. Andrews Exp. Forest and other places, Washington (vegetation plots 630602-630828)] 1960s, 1980s

Box 40, Folder 3

Soils 4 [Soil Profiles – Mendocino – mostly Jackson State Forest (vegetation plots 640102-640113), Germany, West Germany, Scotland (mostly no veg plot numbers except 640807), Prairie Creek State Park (vegetation plots 641001-641002)] 1960s

Box 40, Folder 4

Soils 5 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt County – various places (vegetation plots 650308-650639), Mendocino County – various places (vegetation plots 650641-650657), Humboldt County (veg plots 650661-650665)] 1950s, 1960s

Box 40, Folder 5

Soils 6 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino Counties – various places (vegetation plots 650701-650789)] 1960s

Box 40, Folder 6

Soils 7 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte Counties – various – likely NSF plots (veg plots 650801-651218)] 1960s

Box 40, Folder 7

Soils 8 – Wayne Bemis Redwood Study Soil Profiles Apr – July 1966 [vegetation plots 660101-660778, Folder 1 of 2] 1966

Box 40, Folder 8

Soils 8 – Wayne Bemis Redwood Study Soil Profiles Apr – July 1966 [vegetation plots 660101-660778, Folder 2 of 2] 1966

Box 40, Folder 9

Soils 9 [Soil Profiles – mostly Sequoia National Park, vegetation plots 660793-660829] 1966

Box 40, Folder 10

Soils 10 [Soil Profiles – Redwood groves in Humboldt County, Santa Cruz, and Other places (vegetation plots 670601-670810)] 1967

Box 40, Folder 11

Soils 11 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt, Mendocino, and Sonoma Counties – probably NSF related (veg plots 670812-6708P114)] 1967

Box 40, Folder 12

Soils 12 [Soil profiles – Bull Creek, Mima mounds, Oregon, Humboldt County (vegetation plots 690602-720901), Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 40, Folder 13

Soils 12 [Soil Profiles – Bull Creek, Mima Mounds, Oregon, Humboldt County (vegetation plots 690602-720901), Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 40, Folder 14

Soils 13 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Canada, Mendocino (vegetation plots 710400-770201)] 1970s

Box 40, Folder 15

Soils [Soil Profiles – Mostly Humboldt Co., some Sonoma (vegetation plots 780601-830708)] 1970s-1980s

Box 40, Folder 16

Soils [Soil Profiles – mostly Ca, Some Yellowstone and Other Locations (vegetation plots 880501-950806), Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 40, Folder 17

Soils [Soil Profiles – Mostly Ca, Some Yellowstone and Other Locations (vegetation plots 880501-950806), Folder 2 of 2] 1980s -1990s

Box 40, Folder 18

Indonesia 1975 Soils [Soil Profiles] 1975

Box 41, Folder 1

[Munsell-System of Color Notation, Soil Color charts, color charts for Plant Tissues] 1950s

Box 41, Folder 2

[Department of Soils and plant Nutrition, University of California at Davis : “Soils of Western Humboldt County California” and “Soils of Coastal Del Norte County California”] 1960s

Box 41, Folder 3

[Lesko : Ecological Study of Soils in the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone, MS Thesis (University of British Columbia)] 1961

Box 41, Folder 4

[Gerald W. Olson : Field Guide to Soils and the Environment, Application of soil surveys] 1984

Box 41, Folder 5

[Soil Resource inventory : Siskiyou national Forest] 1979

Box 41, Folder 6

[California soil and geology articles] 1950s-1970s

Box 41, Folder 7

[Curry County, OR geology documents] 1977

Box 41, Folder 8

[Soil Profiles for Vegetation Plots 050801 and 050802, Finley NW Refuge Pidgeon Butte Marsh Corvallis, OR] 2005

Box 41, Folder 9

[North American Forest Soils Conference] 1963

Box 41, Folder 10

[U.S. Forest Service : “Physical and Chemical Soil Data State Cooperative Soil Vegetation Survey”] 1960s

Box 41, Folder 11

[R. Earl Storie and Walter W. Weir : “Manual for Identifying and Classifying California Soil Series”, includes loose papers titled “Soils of the Eureka Area”] 1948

Box 41, Folder 12

[James DeLapp : “A Preliminary Guide to the Wildland Soils of Humboldt County”] 1960

Box 41, Folder 13

MANUSCRIPT Paper on Sputogram Technique 1960 Never Finished [“The Sputogram Technique for Soil Color Reference”, includes photographs and negatives] 1960

Box 41, Folder 14

[Procedure for Construction of Spit-O-Gram Soil Profile Model]

Box 41, Folder 15

[Soil Profiles, mostly Oregon, inc. Darlingtonia bogs, SLID sites (vegetation plots 820618-850615)] 1980s

Box 41, Folder 16

[Loose, misc, includes soil profiles] 1980s, 2000s

 

Great Smoky Mountains

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, data, field maps, and substantial literature associated with Becking’s research in the Great Smoky Mountains. Includes some unrelated documents (primarily from the International Association for Vegetation Science field trip of 1976) that were not separated because Becking kept them with his Smoky Mountain materials.
Becking summarized his research in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this way: “In 1948, Dr. Robert H. Whittaker established the first series of 13 vegetation plots in different plant communities as a part of a survey of insect communities. In 1955, these research plots formed the basis for the publication of a classification of vegetation patterns of the Smoky Mountains [published by Whittaker in 1956]. Between 1959 to 1962 [Whittaker and Becking] expanded this vegetation research and reinventoried these research plots for biomass productivity."
In 1976 Becking was funded by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to resurvey the Whittaker/Becking plots in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as well as to establish permanent markers for them so that they could continue to be reinventoried in the future. Becking wrote that the objectives of this study were:
  1. “To summarize changes in southern forests since earlier [studies by Whittaker and Becking].
  2. To project vegetational impacts to be anticipated from climatic change (including 1° to 5° C warming over the next century).
  3. To advise [Oak Ridge National Laboratory] and cooperating organizations on feasible ways to predict and monitor ecosystem changes in forests.”

See Also

  1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Great Smoky Mountains
Box 41, Folder 17

[Loose correspondence and photographs] 1960s-1980s

Box 41, Folder 18

[Loose, miscellaneous] 1970s

Box 41, Folder 19

[Bound Plot and Inventory Records 1959-1977, original field data of vegetation plots, Folder 1 of 2] 1959-1977

Box 41, Folder 20

[Bound Plot and Inventory Records 1959-1977, original field data of vegetation plots, Folder 2 of 2] 1959-1977

Box 41, Folder 21

[Draft annotated report re : ORNL subcontract] 1970s?

Box 41, Folder 22

Smoky Mts. Project 1990s

Box 41, Folder 23

[Correspondence with Mark Harmon and data] 1970s

Box 41, Folder 24

[Whittaker documents, notes, and maps] 1950s-1960s

Box 41, Folder 25

[Photographic album] 1970s

Box 41, Folder 26

[Correspondence] 1970s

Box 41, Folder 27

[Correspondence and data, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 41, Folder 28

[Correspondence and data, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 42, Folder 1

Climate Data Tennessee – W. Virginia 1970s

Box 42, Folder 2

[Research data from Whittaker] 1960s

Box 42, Folder 3

[Data re : plant species, from unlabeled binder] 1960

Box 42, Folder 4

[Data from unlabeled binder] 1959

Box 42, Folder 5

[Data graphs from unlabeled binder] 1960

Box 42, Folder 6

[Data from unlabeled binder Abies fraseri, Folder 1 of 2] 1959

Box 42, Folder 7

[Data from unlabeled binder Abies fraseri, Folder 2 of 2] 1959

Box 42, Folder 8

[Data from unlabeled binder – tree analysis] 1959

Box 42, Folder 9

[Data from unlabeled binder – increment analysis, branch growth analysis, other data] 1950s-1960s?

Box 42, Folder 10

DATA original masters 1970s

Box 42, Folder 11

[Soil Profiles from unlabeled binder, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 42, Folder 12

[Soil Profiles from unlabeled binder, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 42, Folder 13

SOILS Penna 1958 [Tennessee Great Smoky Mts. National Park 1959 and 1962] 1959, 1962

Box 42, Folder 14

[Loose – Plot location Surveys] 1970s

Box 42, Folder 15

[Great Smoky Mtns maps and Ephemera] 1970s

Box 42, Folder 16

[Field notebook with correspondence] 1959

Box 42, Folder 17

[Data, Correspondence, Project Write-Up, Folder 1 of 2] 1959

Box 42, Folder 18

[Data, Correspondence, Project Write-Up, Folder 2 of 2] 1959

Box 42, Folder 19

OAK RIDGE ORNL 1976 report originals 1976

Box 42, Folder 20

OAK RIDGE ORNL 1976 depository materials [Folder 1 of 2] 1976

Box 42, Folder 21

OAK RIDGE ORNL 1976 depository materials [Folder 2 of 2] 1976

Box 42, Folder 22

OAK RIDGE ORNL – contract 1977 1977

Box 42, Folder 23

Copy draft report 1977 GSMNP / ORNL 1977

Box 42, Folder 24

Smoky Mts Becking / Whittaker Plots 1960-1970-1989 data from Graham 1989, 1960, 1970, 1989 1960, 1970, 1989

Box 42, Folder 25

SMOKY MTS FIELD MAPS 1977 1977

Box 42, Folder 26

[Field Maps, Folder 1 of 3] 1959-1962

Box 43, Folder 1

[Field Maps, Folder 2 of 3] 1959-1962

Box 43, Folder 2

[Field Maps, Folder 3 of 3] 1959-1962

Box 43, Folder 3

Smoky Mts old maps 1950s-1960s

Box 43, Folder 4

[Loose – vegetation data, International Association for Vegetation Science field trip materials] 1950s-1970s

Box 43, Folder 5

[Monthly Means for Selected Weather Stations] 1976

Box 43, Folder 6

[Data from unlabeled folder] 1959

Box 43, Folder 7

[Unlabeled folder – literature and correspondence regarding computer analysis techniques, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 43, Folder 8

[Unlabeled folder – literature and correspondence regarding computer analysis techniques, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 43, Folder 9

[Unlabeled folder – literature and correspondence regarding computer and mathematical analysis] 1960s-1970s

Box 43, Folder 10

FORET program – mitricacies 1976

Box 43, Folder 11

[Documents in French from Quebec] 1976?

Box 43, Folder 12

[Documents regarding International Association for Vegetation Science North American Assembly 1976] 1976

Box 43, Folder 13

[International Association of Vegetation Science ephemera, Folder 1 of 2] 1976

Box 43, Folder 14

[International Association of Vegetation Science ephemera, Folder 2 of 2] 1976

Box 43, Folder 15

[Index cards with bibliographic citations]

Box 43, Folder 16

SMOKY MTS [Literature and correspondence] 1980s

Box 43, Folder 17

NSF annual report [G-8647, Productivities of Plant Communities in the Great Smoky Mountains] 1959

Box 43, Folder 18

[Literature and Correspondence] 1960s

Box 43, Folder 19

[Correspondence and data from R.H. Whittaker, Folder 1 of 2] 1976

Box 43, Folder 20

[Correspondence and data from R.H. Whittaker, Folder 2 of 2] 1976

Box 44, Folder 1

[Maps and vegetation species lists]

Box 44, Folder 2

[Botkin, Janak, and Wallis : “Some Ecological Consequences of a Computer model of Forest Growth] 1972

Box 44, Folder 3

LITERATURE [Folder 1 of 2] 1976

Box 44, Folder 4

LITERATURE [Folder 2 of 2] 1976

Box 44, Folder 5

[Jerry Olson-authored documents] 1950s

Box 44, Folder 6

[Literature and notes] 1970s

Box 44, Folder 7

[Literature – FORET Program – includes notes] 1976

Box 44, Folder 8

[Literature and Correspondence re : remote sensing] 1976

Box 44, Folder 9

[Literature, notes re: climate and temperature] 1976

Box 44, Folder 10

[literature re : climate] 1970s

Box 44, Folder 11

[Miscellaneous documents and literature, Folder 1 of 4] 1970s

Box 44, Folder 12

[Miscellaneous documents and literature, Folder 2 of 4] 1960s-1980s

Box 44, Folder 13

[Miscellaneous documents and literature, Folder 3 of 4] 1915, 1940s

Box 44, Folder 14

[Miscellaneous documents and literature, Folder 4 of 4] 1970s

Box 44, Folder 15

[Thesis – Forest Soil Characteristics as Influenced by Vegetation and Bedrock in the Spruce-Fir Zone of the Great Smoky Mountains, Wolfe] 1967

Box 44, Folder 16

[Thesis – The Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Under a Mixed Forest Plantation, Wiant] 1963

Box 44, Folder 17

[Thesis – Dry Matter and Nutrient Dynamics in Red Spruce – Fraser Fir and Yellow Birch Ecosystems in the Balsam Mountains, Western North Carolina, Weaver] 1972

Box 44, Folder 18

[Thesis – Bryoecology of the Appalacian Spruce-Fir Zone, Norris] 1964

Box 44, Folder 19

[Thesis – A Comparison of Climatic Elements At Four Elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Luther Allin Stephens, Jr.] 1969

Box 44, Folder 20

[ephemera from mid-west sites] 1970s?

Box 44, Folder 21

[Inscribed and signed publications of R.H. Whittaker including “Productivities of Plant Communities in the Great Smoky Mountains”] 1961

Box 45, Folder 1

[Thesis – Forest Vegetation and Site Relationships in the Central Portion of the Great Smoky Mountains national park, Golden] 1974

Box 45, Folder 2

[Loose Literature – Scientific Journal Articles, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1970s

Box 45, Folder 3

[Loose Literature – Scientific Journal Articles, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1970s

Box 45, Folder 4

[Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents Folder 1 of 5] 1930s-1980s

Box 45, Folder 5

[Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents, Folder 2 of 5]

Box 45, Folder 6

[Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents, Folder 3 of 5] 1930s-1980s

Box 45, Folder 7

[Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents, Folder 4 of 5] 1930s-1980s

Box 45, Folder 8

[Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents, Folder 5 of 5] 1930s-1980s

Box 45, Folder 9

[Publications – Tennessee Valley Authority Technical Notes] 1950s-1960s

Box 45, Folder 10

[Publications – Tennessee Valley Authority Forestry Bulletins and related publications] 1950s-1960s

Box 45, Folder 11

[National Park Service management Reports] 1970s-1980s

Box 45, Folder 12

[Remeasurement of Permanent Vegetation Plots in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, and the implications of Climatic Changes on Vegetation, Becking and Jerry Olson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory] 1978

Box 45, Folder 13

[Oak Ridge National Laboratory Documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 45, Folder 14

[Oak Ridge National Laboratory Documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 45, Folder 15

[Becking and Olson report : “Remeasurement of Permanent Vegetation Plots in the Great Smoky Mountains National park, Tennessee, USA, and the implications of Climatic Changes in Vegetation”. ORNL / TM – 6083, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 2 copies] 1978

Box 45, Folder 16

[Misc. Publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 45, Folder 17

[Misc. Publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 45, Folder 18

[Photographs and Negatives] 1970s

Box 45, Folder 19

[Correspondence re : Becking – Whittaker plots] 2000s

Box 45, Folder 20

[Forest Litter and Humus Types of East Tennessee, John Thurlow McGimn, Univ. Tenn. MS Thesis] 1958

Box 46, Folder 1

[Final Report for Oak Ridge Project] 1976

Box 46, Folder 2

[Planted Tree Diameter Data] 1959

 

Marbled Murrelet

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, original data and writing, and publications. Original data relates to measurements of preserved Murrelet skins from museum collections throughout the west, identified Murrelet nest locations, found Murrelet eggs and egg shells, found live juvenile Murrelets and accounts of their care and survival, Murrelet critical habitat characteristics, and other topics. Correspondence includes information queries about methods for surveying Murrelets. Also included are Becking’s original illustrations of his live observations, museum specimens, nest maps and habitat structure diagrams.
Becking identified himself as an amateur ornithologist in his pursuits of Marbled Murrelet-related research. He studied juvenile states and breeding biology of Marbled Murrelet, the genus Brachyramphus, and (in his words): “if there are racial differences in the marbled murrelet”. Becking studied Murrelets throughout the world, including Japan and the USSR.
Some content does not relate directly to Marbled Murrelets, such as correspondence about placing Becking’s egg collection from Java in a repository, Becking’s early studies of eggs, nests and birds of Indonesia, a project in which Becking developed a standardized way to measure eggs without damaging them, and a project in which Becking (in his words): “developed and standardized a unique measuring system of bird nests with a full description of nest materials”. This material was not separated because Becking kept it with his work on Marbled Murrelets.

See Also

  1. Biography (for additional information about the Java egg collection)
  2. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Usnea (for materials from Becking’s study of avian use of lichen)
  3. Oversized : Research and Writing : Marbled Murrelet
  4. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 1 and 3)
 

Correspondence

Box 46, Folder 3

[Alpha by last name, Binder 1 of 2, Folder 1 of 4]

Box 46, Folder 4

[Alpha by last name, Binder 1 of 2, Folder 2 of 4] 1980s-1990s

Box 46, Folder 5

[Alpha by last name, Binder 2 of 2, Folder 3 of 4] 1980s-1990s

Box 46, Folder 6

[Alpha by last name, Binder 2 of 2, Folder 4 of 4] 1980s-1990s

Box 46, Folder 7

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 46, Folder 8

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 46, Folder 9

[Japanese Murrelet] 1993

Box 46, Folder 10

Collecting Permits 1980s-1990s

Box 46, Folder 11

CMM / Telemetry Letters 1980s

Box 46, Folder 12

Birds Smithsonian [Becking’s Java Egg Collection] 1980s

Box 46, Folder 13

Netting Gun

Box 46, Folder 14

MM Surveys Br. Columbia [includes soil profile] 1989-1991

Box 46, Folder 15

IM / Export Permit USFWS 1991-1992

Box 46, Folder 16

MORPHOSYS [computer program for morphometric analysis] 1989

Box 46, Folder 17

Marbled Murrelet [misc.] 2001

Box 46, Folder 18

Murrelet Issues [includes some content on Usnea] 2003

Box 46, Folder 19

Avian Data Bank 1988 1988

Box 46, Folder 20

Marbled Murrelet 1988-1991

Box 46, Folder 21

MM Nest Egg Address, Addresses Unpublished research, Brachyramphus marmoratus, correspondence, records / slides / photos [Folder 1 of 3] 1990s

Box 46, Folder 22

MM Nest Egg Address, Addresses Unpublished research, Brachyramphus marmoratus, correspondence, records / slides / photos [Folder 2 of 3] 1990s

Box 46, Folder 23

MM Nest Egg Address, Addresses Unpublished research, Brachyramphus marmoratus, correspondence, records / slides / photos [Folder 3 of 3, includes slides] 1990s

Box 46, Folder 24

[Loose, misc, includes info re : hummingbirds, Becking drawings of bushtit nest] 1970s-1980s

 

Becking-Authored Work

Box 47, Folder 1

MaMa 1990 Review MS Reed and Wood, Eggshell + chick Washington 1990

Box 47, Folder 2

MUREGG manuscript – condor 3/26/90 1990

Box 47, Folder 3

EGG-SHELL Marbled Murrelet Apr. 1990 [Correspondence and Manuscript] 1990

Box 47, Folder 4

FINAL MANUSCRIPT 2/20/1991 MM EGG 3 1991

Box 47, Folder 5

[Reprint Requests – loose]

Box 47, Folder 6

Northwestern Naturalist MUREGG 2 1990

Box 47, Folder 7

Marbled Murrelet 1987 Reports [At-sea census and Breeding Biology Studies of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Northern California] 1987

Box 47, Folder 8

Steve Singer Nest 1974 Aug 7 1974

 

Grant Proposals

Box 47, Folder 9

California Dept Fish and Game 1988 RFP Proposal Marbled Murrelet 1988

Box 47, Folder 10

Grant Travel MM Feb 7, 1993 1993

Box 47, Folder 11

[loose] 1993

Box 47, Folder 12

REA Postdoctoral Fellowship Feb 25, 1994 Dr Alan Poole Birds of North America 1944 1994

Box 47, Folder 13

Murrelet Grant Application 1987 1987

Box 47, Folder 14

Packard Grant Feb 15, 1988 1988

 

Data

Box 47, Folder 15

[Illustrations – originals and copies] 1990-1994

Box 47, Folder 16

MM data inventories Butano. Big Basin 1991

Box 47, Folder 17

[loose] 1992

Box 47, Folder 18

MM [Data from museum samples, notes, includes photographs, negatives and original illustrations] 1994

Box 47, Folder 19

Figures MM TREE 1975

Box 47, Folder 20

Stand Profiles 1989-1990, Strip Surveys 10x50 m² 1989-1990

Box 47, Folder 21

[Coding Marbled Murrelet Data] 1988

Box 47, Folder 22

[Coded Data] 1988

Box 47, Folder 23

Musea [Notes, data and correspondence, regarding museum inventories of MM specimen, Folder 1 of 4] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 24

Musea [Notes, data and correspondence, regarding museum inventories of MM specimen, Folder 2 of 4] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 25

Musea [Notes, data and correspondence, regarding museum inventories of MM specimen, Folder 3 of 4] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 26

Musea [Notes, data and correspondence, regarding museum inventories of MM specimen, Folder 4 of 4] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 27

MM Data Bank [Master list + codes, Data Sheets, Folder 1 of 3 (includes MM feathers)] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 28

MM Data Bank [Master list + codes, Data sheets, Folder 2 of 3] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 29

MM Data Bank [Master list + codes, Data sheets, Folder 3 of 3 (includes original illustrations)] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 30

[Bird Maps, Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 1 of 5] 1980s-1990s

Box 47, Folder 31

Marbled Murrelet Nest Trees, Washington State, Jean Cross [Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 2 of 5]

Box 47, Folder 32

Masters Stand Profiles Redwood [Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 3 of 5] 1980s

Box 47, Folder 33

Stand Profiles MM [Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 4 of 5] 1980s

Box 47, Folder 34

Slabs / Ring Counts, Redwood / Douglas Fir [Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 5 of 5] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 35

[Musea Data Sheets, Copies of Illustrations] 1990s

Box 47, Folder 36

[Research Itineraries, Oregon and California Surveys] 1980s

Box 47, Folder 37

Research data files, Bird / egg measurements, breeding records / Range, Taxonomy [Folder 1 of 4] 1990s

Box 48, Folder 1

Research data files, Bird / egg measurements, breeding records / Range, Taxonomy [Folder 2 of 4] 1990s

Box 48, Folder 2

Research data files, Bird / egg measurements, breeding records / Range, Taxonomy [Folder 3 of 4] 1990s

Box 48, Folder 3

Research data files, Bird / egg measurements, breeding records / Range, Taxonomy [Folder 4 of 4] 1990s

Box 48, Folder 4

MM Data 1990s

Box 48, Folder 5

[MURRLAB coding] 1990s

 

Pacific Seabird Group

Box 48, Folder 6

[Loose correspondence, notes, documents] 1980s, 1990s

Box 48, Folder 7

[PSG Organizational Documents and Publications] 1990s

Box 48, Folder 8

[Pacific Seabird Group XXII Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 10-13 January 1995] 1995

Box 48, Folder 9

Survey Protocol Marbled Murrelet, April 1994 1994

Box 48, Folder 10

PSG Annual Meeting 1994, Jan 25-29, 1994, Sacramento, CA 1990s

Box 48, Folder 11

Molts and Plumage of Marbled Murrelets, Harry R. Carter and Janet Stein, PSG Annual Meeting, 1994 Sacramento 1994

Box 48, Folder 12

PSG Protocols 1987, 1988, Agency Reports, Oregon, California [Folder 1 of 2] 1987, 1988

Box 48, Folder 13

PSG Protocols 1987, 1988, Agency Reports, Oregon, California [Folder 2 of 2] 1987, 1988

Box 48, Folder 14

[Pacific Seabirds Volume 22 : 1-2, Volume 23 : 2] 1995-1996

Box 48, Folder 15

[Pacific Seabirds Volume 24 : 1-2, Volume 25 : 2] 1997-1998

 

Publications

Box 48, Folder 16

[Ornithological Newsletter issues] 1992-1996

Box 48, Folder 17

[Misc. articles, newsletters and pamphlets] 1990s

Box 48, Folder 18

[Correspondence and reprints with Japanese scientists] 1990s

Box 48, Folder 19

MM Literature [Marbled Murrelet Bibliography, compiled by Steven M. Speich]

Box 48, Folder 20

Breeding Biology and Feeding Ecology of the Black Guillemots, Aevar Peterson [includes correspondence] 1981

Box 48, Folder 21

1987 Literature Marbled Murrelet 1987

Box 48, Folder 22

Standardized Sunrise and Sunset Data Bird Surveys Sept. 1988, Steve Harris [Folder 1 of 2] 1988

Box 48, Folder 23

Standardized Sunrise and Sunset Data Bird Surveys Sept. 1988, Steve Harris [Folder 2 of 2] 1988

Box 48, Folder 24

Marbled Murrelet [Correspondence, reprints, reproduced articles, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s, 2000s

Box 48, Folder 25

Marbled Murrelet [Correspondence, reprints, reproduced articles, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s, 2000s

Box 48, Folder 26

[Loose reprints]

Box 48, Folder 27

MM Survey 1987-2000 [Folder 1 of 2] 1987-2000

Box 48, Folder 28

MM Survey 1987-2000 [Folder 2 of 2] 1987-2000

Box 48, Folder 29

[Fish and Wildlife Service Documents] 1990s

Box 49, Folder 1

[Canadian Wildlife Service Documents] 1991

Box 49, Folder 2

[Washington Department of Wildlife Documents] 1990s

Box 49, Folder 3

[California Department of Fish and Game Documents] 1988, 1990

Box 49, Folder 4

[US Forest Service Documents]

Box 49, Folder 5

[Miscellaneous loose documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s, 1990s

Box 49, Folder 6

[Miscellaneous loose documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s, 1990s

Box 49, Folder 7

[loose clippings]

Box 49, Folder 8

[Documents regarding Bird Surveys] 1980s-1990s

Box 49, Folder 9

[Sealy, Spencer George : Adaptive differences in breeding biology in the marine bird family Alcidae, PhD thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor] 1972

Box 49, Folder 10

[loose misc]

 

Project Egg

Scope and Contents note

Becking’s work to develop a standardized formula for measuring egg dimensions, correspondence with oologists, literature reprints, etc. It also includes Becking’s write up summarizing the (in his words): “egg dimension and shape project”.
Becking researched what kind of technology would allow the most precise measurements of eggs without damaging them. Becking sought to develop a standardized formula for quantifying egg size and shape so that he could safely increase access to old and fragile eggs in museums. He measured and described eggs to detect variation in egg size and color within a clutch.
Box 49, Folder 11

[loose-correspondence re: technology for measuring eggs, collection permit, data] 1990s

Box 49, Folder 12

Egg [correspondence, literature, Becking drawings re : methods for standardized egg measurements, oomorphology] 1980s, 1990s

Box 49, Folder 13

Egg [Egg dimensions and shape project – includes summary written by Becking, correspondence re : technology] 1992

 

Nests (All Species)

Scope and Contents note

Notes, illustrations and data regarding Becking’s bird, nest and egg observations during the 2000s. The notes are primarily focused on nest dimensions, construction and contents.
Box 49, Folder 14

[Bird Nest Egg Data NOAM] 2000s

Box 49, Folder 15

[Notes, data, illustrations] 2000s

Box 49, Folder 16

[Papers relating to cavity-nesting birds] 1970s-1990s

 

Maps

Scope and Contents note

Maps Becking kept separate from related data or documentation. Many of the maps are annotated, including some with plot numbers. Some were originally in envelopes with labels and others were loose without labels. Information from these maps may correlate to data and documentation in other subseries, such as botanical studies, soils, and forest ecology and management.

See Also

Plot numbers on these maps may be correlated to the plot numbers found in:
  1. Research and Writing : Soils
Box 49, Folder 17

Office Maps Div. of Beaches and Parks, National Forests [Folder 1 of 2]

Box 49, Folder 18

Office Maps Div. of Beaches and Parks, National Forests [Folder 2 of 2]

Box 49, Folder 19

Sierra Maps Nat Forests and Parks [Folder 1 of 2]

Box 49, Folder 20

Sierra Maps Nat Forests and Parks [Folder 2 of 2]

Box 49, Folder 21

WIMAR ROAD Maps Kalamiopsis

Box 49, Folder 22

USGS ordering maps reports 1997

Box 49, Folder 23

[Loose maps – international]

Box 49, Folder 24

Field Maps Humboldt Co. [includes aerial photos and ephemera]

Box 49, Folder 25

USFS Cutting map Middle Fork Eel

Box 50, Folder 1

[Field Maps – Siskiyou County and Eastern Humboldt Co.]

Box 50, Folder 2

Maps Siskiyou N.F. [Some annotations, sensitive plant info]

Box 50, Folder 3

Field Maps Mendocino Co. Sonoma / Marin Co. [many annotated]

Box 50, Folder 4

Field Maps Soil – Vege [Some annotated]

Box 50, Folder 5

[Loose field maps – many annotated with field numbers]

 

Other Research

Scope and Contents note

Materials from unique research interests of Becking’s that are not directly related to other series. In general, the topics are represented by one to a few folders. Topics covered in multiple folders include Mima Mounds, the Azalea Reserve, and watershed management and ecology. The Azalea Reserve files include notes and publications regarding vegetation management at the Azalea State Reserve in Arcata, as well as the history of the park and information about rhododendrons, soil profiles, and bird inventory data from within the reserve.

See Also

Oversized : Research and Writing : Other Research
Box 50, Folder 6

[Correspondence with Vice President Gore’s office re : request for federal assistance] 1990s

Box 50, Folder 7

[Misc. statistical and mathematical, loose]

Box 50, Folder 8

[Channel Islands] 1980s

Box 50, Folder 9

[“Teacher Handbook”] 1970s

Box 50, Folder 10

[Norman Burnley Bliss : The Role of Specialized Structures in the Analysis of Ecosystems] 1970

Box 50, Folder 11

[Range management] 1980s

Box 50, Folder 12

Marine Environment and Marine Organisms

Box 50, Folder 13

Edwin H. Hammond : Procedures in the Descriptive Analysis of Terrain 1958

Box 50, Folder 14

[William B. Devall : The Governing of a Voluntary Organization : Oligarchy and Democracy in the Sierra Club] 1970

Box 50, Folder 15

[Forest Science Graduate Studies, Corvallis, OR. Oregon State University] 1993

Box 50, Folder 16

[Institute of Ecology : Feasibility Study Report on a proposed Ecosystems Data Handbook, includes review by Becking] 1979

Box 50, Folder 17

[Kipahulu Valley report (Hawaii), includes photographs] 1970

Box 50, Folder 18

HAWAII RESEARCH March 15, 1975 [re : feral pigs] 1975

Box 50, Folder 19

[Notes regarding wildlife in Pulan Pencang (Malaysia)] 1981

Box 50, Folder 20

[International Biological Program] 1960s

Box 50, Folder 21

[lake Tolowa documents] 1980s

Box 50, Folder 22

Lower Klamath [National Wildlife Refuge] 1990s

Box 50, Folder 23

[Misc publications, Folder 1 of 2]

Box 50, Folder 24

[Misc publications, Folder 2 of 2]

Box 50, Folder 25

[Loose, misc, Folder 1 of 6] 1990s

Box 50, Folder 26

[Loose, misc, Folder 2 of 6]

Box 50, Folder 27

[Loose, misc, Folder 3 of 6]

Box 51, Folder 1

[Loose, misc., Folder 4 of 6]

Box 51, Folder 2

[Loose, misc., Folder 5 of 6]

Box 51, Folder 3

[Loose, misc., Folder 6 of 6]

Box 51, Folder 4

Papers R.W. Becking 1952-1968 Conferences 1952-1968

Box 51, Folder 5

Appendix #2 Publications [Original reprints of many Becking publications, Course outlines, sample “Pocket Flora” illustrations, Folder 1 of 2]

Box 51, Folder 6

Appendix #2 Publications [Original reprints of many Becking publications, course outlines, sample “Pocket Flora” illustrations, Folder 2 of 2]

Box 51, Folder 7

[Loose material regarding various Becking-authored publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1970s

Box 51, Folder 8

[Loose material regarding various Becking-authored publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1970s

Box 51, Folder 9

BOOK REVIEW 1993 [Becking’s review of “California Wildlife Viewing Guide” by Jeanne L. Clark] 1993

Box 51, Folder 10

MIMA SOILS OR 2000s

Box 51, Folder 11

Mima Prairies 1970s

Box 51, Folder 12

Azalea State Reserve North Bank Road Mad R. Arcata, CA 95521 1980s

Box 51, Folder 13

AZALEA STATE PARK 1977-1999 1970s-1990s

Box 51, Folder 14

AZALEA PARK 1980s?

Box 51, Folder 15

Appendix A [Maps and Overlays re: Azalea Reserve] 1980s?

Box 51, Folder 16

Appendix B [Soil Profiles and analysis re: Azalea Reserve] 1980s?

Box 51, Folder 17

[Coastal Protection Program] 1995

Box 51, Folder 18

[Watershed and fisheries restoration] 1990s

Box 51, Folder 19

[Salmon, Steelhead and Trout Restoration Conference Febr. 24-26, 1989] 1989

Box 51, Folder 20

COHO Conference Mar 1995 1995

Box 51, Folder 21

[River, stream management literature] 1990s

Box 51, Folder 22

URBAN STREAM Conf. 15-17 Nov. 1996 1996

Box 51, Folder 23

STREAM REACH SURVEY STREAM CHANNEL INVENTORY Pat Armijo December 1976 1976

Box 51, Folder 24

[Willamette National Forest Streamside Management Unit Guidelines] 1978

Box 51, Folder 25

[“Dynamics of Recovery : A Plan to Enhance the Mattole” by Mattole Restoration Council, includes Becking review] 1995

Box 51, Folder 26

[California Riparian Study Program] 1979

 

Activism and Civic Involvement Series 3

Scope and Contents note

Becking consistently sought information about political issues that were important to him, and worked to influence environmental policy and management. Becking’s efforts were focused on the Northwestern California region, but extended at times to broader policy issues. Becking studied specific issues in depth, and expressed his opinions about them through letter writing and participation in campaigns. He advocated for infrastructure development for bicycling and public transportation in Arcata and on the HSU campus. He supported environmental conservation through the establishment and later expansion of Redwood National Park, and through improved regulation of the timber industry. He kept informed of and commented on factors effecting water quality in Humboldt Bay.
 

Arcata

Scope and Contents note

Materials from Becking’s efforts to stay informed of and contribute to the management of the city of Arcata, California. In 1972, Becking was elected onto the Arcata City Council. Throughout his years as a resident of the city, Becking was active in municipal environmental issues, including management of the Arcata Community Forest and of city waste.
 

Transportation

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, public comments, gray literature and press coverage of various transportation issues in Arcata and the surrounding area, including the Arcata Freeway project, the Arcata Bike Master Plan, HSU Parking, and related topics. Becking was concerned about the effects of transportation planning on ecological factors such as native vs. nonnative landscaping, use of herbicides, wildlife passage including fisheries passage in stream crossings, and how transportation planning effects safety for alternative modes of transportation such as walking and biking. Becking’s work with the Bike Master Plan led to smaller communities across the country contacting him to gather information about how to create a similar plan for their communities. He advocated for mass transit development and improvement instead of freeway improvement. Also included are materials about the HSU general plan and Becking’s opposition and concerns about the construction of the Jolly Giant dormitory structure. He often addressed this and campus parking issues together.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Transportation
  2. Cassettes
Box 52, Folder 1

[Loose – includes Becking comments re: Arcata Freeway, HSU Master Plan] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 2

[Bike Master Planning – includes itemized table of contents at front of folder] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 3

Arcata Bike Master Plan May-Sept 1974 1970s

Box 52, Folder 4

[Bike Master Plan, includes table of contents at beginning of folder] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 5

[Bikecology, Arcata Bike Master Plan] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 6

[Master Bike Plan – HSU, includes table of contents in front of folder, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 7

[Master Bike Plan – HSU, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 8

Mass Transit 1974

Box 52, Folder 9

Arcata Freeway – Freeway Folder, includes index at beginning of folder [Folder 1 of 3] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 10

Arcata Freeway – Freeway Folder [Folder 2 of 3] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 11

Arcata Freeway – Freeway Folder [Folder 3 of 3] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 12

[Arcata Freeway – Correspondence, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 13

[Arcata Freeway – Correspondence, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 14

Arcata Freeway 1972

Box 52, Folder 15

Arcata Freeway [2] 1972

Box 52, Folder 16

Freeway Clippings [includes correspondence and publications regarding Arcata Freeway] 1974

Box 52, Folder 17

Arcata Freeway 1974 1974

Box 52, Folder 18

Duplication of Material in the Freeway File [Humboldt Tomorrow, no duplications noted within Becking Collection, includes historical overview of Arcata Freeway opposition and Bike Master Plan] 1970s

Box 52, Folder 19

Freeway controversy Eureka Blue vs Red Jed Smith 1970s

Box 52, Folder 20

Freeway Eureka, Calif. 1970s

Box 52, Folder 21

HSU / City Transportation Task Force 1990 1990

Box 52, Folder 22

HSU Transportation Task Force Mtgs 1990 1990

Box 52, Folder 23

Jolly Giant [Becking comments about HSU Master Plan, Campus Parking, and proposed construction of new dormitory complex] 1990

Box 52, Folder 24

HSU Master Plan 1990

Box 52, Folder 25

Sally Marcus [HSU General Plan, Parking] 1990

Box 52, Folder 26

[Mass Transit] 1970s

Box 53, Folder 1

[Publications – Impact of Highways and Freeways on Park Values, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Folder 1 of 2] 1964

Box 53, Folder 2

[Publications – Impact of Highways and Freeways on Park Values, Prairie Creek redwoods State Park, Folder 2 of 2] 1964

Box 53, Folder 3

[Publications – Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Freeway Relocation Between 2.0 Miles North of Orick and 0.3 Mile North of the Del Norte County Line] 1964

Box 53, Folder 4

[Publication – Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Arcata Freeway, 2 copies, annotated] 1970s

Box 53, Folder 5

[Publications – Record of Division of Highways Design Public Hearing May 15, 1973 and City of Arcata Traffic Safety Report – annotated] 1972, 1973

Box 53, Folder 6

[Publications – Final Environmental Impact Statement Arcata Freeway – annotated] 1973

Box 53, Folder 7

[Publications – Misc.]

Box 53, Folder 8

[HSU Off-campus parking memo] 1976

Box 53, Folder 9

Correspondence Concerning Prairie Creek Freeway 1960s

Box 53, Folder 10

[Freeway documents] 1970s

Box 53, Folder 11

[Lumberjack with article regarding Eureka Freeway] 1974

Box 53, Folder 12

[Loose materials re : Last Chance Slide; attached is 2002 comment letter to Mark Jameson regarding a Jackson Demonstration State Forest draft management plan – relates to Plenturung] 2000s

Box 53, Folder 13

Humboldt Tomorrow 1970s

Box 53, Folder 14

[Arcata Master Bike Plan Clippings and ephemera] 1970s

 

Wastewater

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, clippings, planning documents, and literature pertaining to wastewater reclamation science and Arcata and Eureka’s wastewater treatment facilities. In the 1970s, pollution into Humboldt Bay from Arcata/Eureka sewage was detected and the cities both began developing plans to redesign their wastewater treatment systems. Becking actively supported the idea of developing a wastewater recycling facility using marsh plant communities to biologically treat Arcata’s wastewater. Both scientific and political discussion is represented.
Box 53, Folder 15

[Loose – includes correspondence and planning documents] 1970s

Box 53, Folder 16

Correspondence Water Pollution Clippings 1970s

Box 53, Folder 17

Draft EIR Eureka-Arcata Sewage Project 1970s

Box 53, Folder 18

Sewage Arcata Eureka 1970s

Box 53, Folder 19

Arcata – Eureka Sewage Plan Correspondence 1970s 1970s

Box 53, Folder 20

Arcata – Eureka Sewage Wastewater Regional Plan News Clippings 1970

Box 53, Folder 21

Ocean Ranching Alternative to HBWA Plans, City of Arcata Sept – Nov 1977, RW Becking correspondence EPA letter Nov. 16, 1977 1970s

Box 53, Folder 22

HBWA 1977-79 Ocean Ranching Wastewater uses 1970s

Box 53, Folder 23

Waste Water HBWA – 1976 1976

Box 53, Folder 24

HBWA 1977

Box 53, Folder 25

25. Arcata sewage Oxidation Pond – Biological Treatment George Ellinwood Project [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 54, Folder 1

Arcata Sewage Oxidation Pond – Biological Treatment George Ellinwood Project [Folder 2 of 2] – Pamphlets, Publications, etc. 1970s

Box 54, Folder 2

[Marsh Pilot Project – data, includes soil profiles] 1980s

Box 54, Folder 3

[Loose copies of publications, Folder 1 of 2]

Box 54, Folder 4

[Loose copies of publications, Folder 2 of 2]

Box 54, Folder 5

[Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 1 of 5]

Box 54, Folder 6

[Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 2 of 5]

Box 54, Folder 7

[Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 3 of 5]

Box 54, Folder 8

[Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 4 of 5]

Box 54, Folder 9

[Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 5 of 5]

Box 54, Folder 10

[Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 1 of 7]

Box 54, Folder 11

[Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 2 of 7]

Box 54, Folder 12

[Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 3 of 7]

Box 54, Folder 13

[Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 4 of 7]

Box 54, Folder 14

[Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 5 of 7]

Box 54, Folder 15

[Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 6 of 7]

Box 54, Folder 16

[Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 7 of 7]

Box 54, Folder 17

[Misc. documents re: municipal wastewater] 1970s

 

Solid Waste

Scope and Contents note

Information about and data from Becking’s 1972 volunteer-run survey of Arcata garbage, as well as publications, correspondence, notes, and a small amount of photographs pertaining to solid waste management and recycling municipal waste. In Becking’s words, volunteers for the Arcata garbage survey determined the “% composition and weight of glass, aluminum, other metals, newspaper, other paper, plastic, raw garbage, and miscellaneous materials.” Becking supported the development of the Arcata Recycling Center, and his comments to the city in 1997 when the center was at risk of closure are included.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Solid Waste
Box 54, Folder 18

[Materials regarding “United Stand of Humboldt” organization and their campaign for Owner-Builder rights and alternatives to flush toilets] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 1

[Loose – includes Becking-Authored “Solid Waste Management” handout and 1997 letter to Arcata City Council re : Recycling Ctr.] 1970s, 1997

Box 55, Folder 2

Solid Waste Management Practices [Publications and Becking–authored “Solid Waste Management” Handout] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 3

Arcata Landfill Solid Waste Clippings [includes Becking’s “Garbage Survey” Press Release] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 4

Arcata Solid Waste Ordinance 1990s

Box 55, Folder 5

Incineration 1972

Box 55, Folder 6

Landfill [publications, clippings]

Box 55, Folder 7

City of Arcata Garbage Dump – Information and Contracts 1970s

Box 55, Folder 8

Arcata Garbage Survey Sept. 1972 Codes, Data 1972

Box 55, Folder 9

Composition of Municipal Refuse Study Folder 1970s

Box 55, Folder 10

[Arcata Garbage Survey Data and Forms] 1972

Box 55, Folder 11

Arcata Recycling 1990s

Box 55, Folder 12

[Publications, includes correspondence, photos] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 13

[Publications – Pamphlets, clippings, articles, newsletters] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 14

[Publications – Humboldt County, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 15

[Publications – Humboldt County, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 16

[Humboldt County Solid Waste Management Plan] 1975

Box 55, Folder 17

[Publications – Reports, studies, Folder 1 of 4] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 18

[Publications – Reports, studies, Folder 2 of 4] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 19

[Publications – Reports, studies, Folder 3 of 4] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 20

[Publications – Reports, studies, Folder 4 of 4] 1970s

Box 55, Folder 21

[Publications – Journals, magazines]

 

Forest Management

Scope and Contents note

City documents, correspondence, clippings, and Becking’s comments on the management of Arcata city forests. Becking expressed his concerns and ideas to the City of Arcata’s Forest Management Advisory Committee, to the City Forester (including Gary Miller during his time as Forester) and in local publications. He was critical of cruise methodology, the public participation process, spending of timber revenues, accounting and documentation, and stand management strategies. Becking promoted Plenturung forest management being applied to Arcata city forests, and he applied for the position of city forester in 1984. Includes coverage of the potential acquisition of the McDowell property adjacent to the Arcata Community Forest in the 1990s, a Christmas Tree Farm Project in the 1980s, a Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan (NTMP) that was proposed in 1999, and the controversial Sunnybrae Timber Harvest Plan of Sierra Pacific Industries that an organization led by Mark Lovelace called the Sunnybrae Arcata Neighborhood Association (SANA) actively opposed in the 2000s.

See Also

  1. Teaching
  2. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Forest Management
  3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1 has materials about the Arcata Community Forest)
Box 55, Folder 22

Arcata Community Forest [Planning documents, correspondence, clippings, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1970s

Box 55, Folder 23

Arcata Community Forest [Planning documents, correspondence, clippings, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1970s

Box 55, Folder 24

[Loose – inspection reports, City Council handouts, Forest Mgmt Advisory Committee meeting minutes, correspondence] 1980s-1990s

Box 56, Folder 1

[Becking comments, notes, and research regarding city forest management, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 56, Folder 2

[Becking comments, notes, and research regarding city forest management, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 56, Folder 3

ARCF Forest Advis. Comm. [includes data from “Arcata Community Forest Survey of 1997”] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 4

Forest Advisory Committee [1] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 5

Forest Advisory Committee [2] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 6

Forest Mgt Advisory Committee 1998

Box 56, Folder 7

Correspondence Forest Advisory Committee 1990s

Box 56, Folder 8

ARCF [Correspondence with Forest Advisory Committee] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 9

McDowell ARCF 1990s

Box 56, Folder 10

Arcata Community Forest, Jacoby Creek City Forest, Foster Robinson Cruise? 1975 regeneration survey, [includes photos] 1975

Box 56, Folder 11

Original Data ARCF, ARCF Mark André Nov 1997 THP and Stocking Surveys 1990s

Box 56, Folder 12

ARCF Masters 1991 [Maps] 1991

Box 56, Folder 13

MASTERS ARCF Arcata Community Forest [Maps]

Box 56, Folder 14

Arcata Community Forest June 1982 1980s

Box 56, Folder 15

Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 1 of 6] 1980s

Box 56, Folder 16

Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 2 of 6] 1980s

Box 56, Folder 17

Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 3 of 6] 1980s

Box 56, Folder 18

Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 4 of 6] 1980s

Box 56, Folder 19

Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 5 of 6] 1980s

Box 56, Folder 20

Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 6 of 6] 1980s

Box 56, Folder 21

ARCF [correspondence with Lee C. Wensel of UC Davis] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 22

Certification [Arcata Community Forest – Smartwood] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 23

ARCF [City Council Docs and Newspaper Clippings] 2000s

Box 56, Folder 24

[Arcata Community Forest and Jacoby Creek] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 25

[City forests and Arcata General Plan Update, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 26

[City forests and Arcata General Plan Update, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 56, Folder 27

NTMP [non-Timber Management Plan, Includes Becking-authored “Primer for the Arcata 1999 NTMP”] 1999-2000

Box 56, Folder 28

[NTMP (Non-Industrial Timber management Plan), Folder 1 of 2] 1999

Box 56, Folder 29

[NTMP (Non-industrial Timber Management Plan), Folder 2 of 2] 1999

Box 56, Folder 30

[Loose NTMP, includes Becking letter to the Lumberjack editor, 1 Oct. 1999] 1999

Box 57, Folder 1

[City of Arcata Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan] 1999

Box 57, Folder 2

S.A.N.A. – SPI SunnyBrae 2000 2000

Box 57, Folder 3

S.A.N.A. 2001 SunnyBrae THP SPI 1-00-234HUM 2000s

Box 57, Folder 4

SunnyBrae THP S.A.N.A. [Folder 1 of 2] 2000

Box 57, Folder 5

SunnyBrae THP S.A.N.A. [Folder 2 of 2] 2000

Box 57, Folder 6

[Publications – Arcata Community Forest / Jacoby Creek Forest Multiple Use Management Plan] 1980

Box 57, Folder 7

[Publications – Ecosystem Analysis of Arcata Community Forest] 1993

Box 57, Folder 8

[Publications – Arcata Community Forest and Jacoby Creek Forest Management Plan 1994] 1994

Box 57, Folder 9

[Loose clippings] 1970s-2000s

Box 57, Folder 10

[Jacoby Creek notes and charts, text from unknown document] 1970s?

Box 57, Folder 11

[Various materials from unlabeled envelope – some regarding Arcata Community Forest] 1980s

Box 57, Folder 12

[Loose newsletters, Arcata Community Forest blank form, appeal on behalf of Jolie Lonner to Arcata Planning Commission, and other materials] 2000s

Box 57, Folder 13

ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST Press Clippings 1970s, 1980s

Box 57, Folder 14

Press Clippings ARCF 1990s

Box 57, Folder 15

[Arcata Community Forest Documents, includes aerial photographs] 1980s

Box 57, Folder 16

[Correspondence to Forest Management Committee, 2 copies] 2006

Box 57, Folder 17

[Non-Timber Management plan – Becking correspondence and commentary] 1999

Box 57, Folder 18

[misc. loose correspondence] 2000s

Box 57, Folder 19

[A Study of the Jacoby Creek Watershed, Humboldt County, California by Alison Murray and Robert Wunner] 1980

Box 57, Folder 20

[Arcata Community Forest and Jacoby Creek Forest Management Plan] 1994

 

Other Arcata

See Also

  1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Other Arcata
Box 57, Folder 21

[Loose City Council Documents, includes Becking’s Oath of Office] 1970s

Box 57, Folder 22

[Arcata City Budget 1970-1971, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 57, Folder 23

[Arcata City Budget 1970-1971, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 57, Folder 24

[City of Arcata Maps and Ephemera, Folder 1 of 3] 1970s

Box 57, Folder 25

[City of Arcata Maps and Ephemera, Folder 2 of 3] 1970s

Box 57, Folder 26

[City of Arcata Maps and Ephemera, Folder 3 of 3] 1970s

Box 57, Folder 27

Master Map 1970s

Box 57, Folder 28

[Becking for Arcata City Council Campaign, Folder 1 of 4, includes photographs] 1970s

Box 57, Folder 29

[Becking for Arcata City Council Campaign, Folder 2 of 4] 1970s

Box 57, Folder 30

[Becking for Arcata City Council Campaign, Folder 3 of 4] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 1

[Becking for Arcata City Council Campaign, Folder 4 of 4 – Clippings] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 2

Env. Policy Task Force 1990s

Box 58, Folder 3

Envir. Policy Task Force 1990s

Box 58, Folder 4

Planning-Zoning Ordinances City of Arcata 1970s

Box 58, Folder 5

[Arcata, California General Plan 1975] 1975

Box 58, Folder 6

GP Task Force [1] 1990s

Box 58, Folder 7

GP Task Force [2] 1990s

Box 58, Folder 8

GP Task Force [3] 1990s

Box 58, Folder 9

[The Ponds, Arcata – Debets Property] 1990s

Box 58, Folder 10

[Newspaper clippings – city council Election] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 11

[Maps and Ephemera – Arcata and nearby municipalities]

Box 58, Folder 12

EIR Lindley / Hess Property (For Thonson) 1980s

Box 58, Folder 13

WATER QUALITY CONTROL HUMBOLDT AREA 1960s-1970s

Box 58, Folder 14

[A Study of Land Use for Conservation and Open Space in the Jacoby Creek Watershed] 1973

Box 58, Folder 15

[United States Weather Bureau : The Climate of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties] 1964

Box 58, Folder 16

[Documents relating to Municipal water management] 1960s-1970s

Box 58, Folder 17

[Arcata Union with article regarding sale of Mather holdings] 1968

Box 58, Folder 18

[City of Arcata, Arcata Small Craft Harbor, Engineering and Economic Feasibility Study] 1968

Box 58, Folder 19

[correspondence re : Draft Final GP 2020] 2000

Box 58, Folder 20

[HSU Master Plan correspondence] 1990

Box 58, Folder 21

[An Historical Assessment of 1068 I Street Arcata, California, by Environmental Research Consultants, Inc.] 1975

Box 58, Folder 22

[Holiday Inn Site-Bayside Cutoff] 1973

 

Humboldt Bay

Scope and Contents note

Materials regarding Proposition 20 of 1972 (a controversial “Coastal Initiative” that Becking supported for its preservation measures), proposed Off Road Vehicle (ORV) parks on the North Spit/Samoa Peninsula (and other environmental threats to the Sand Dunes in the Humboldt Bay region), maintenance dredging and illegal fills in the Humboldt Harbor area, and the “Exxon Project” (proposed construction of an oil jacket assembly yard on Humboldt Bay that Becking opposed). Becking was chairman of the Humboldt Bay League in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a concerned citizens group that organized around Humboldt Bay issues.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Humboldt Bay
  2. Oversized : Over 42”
Box 58, Folder 23

[Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 1 of 6] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 24

[Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 2 of 6] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 25

[Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 3 of 6] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 26

[Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 4 of 6] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 27

[Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 5 of 6] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 28

[Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 6 of 6] 1970s

Box 58, Folder 29

[Loose – Coastal Zone planning notes, newsletters, league of California cities write-up] 1970s

Box 59, Folder 1

Coastline Commission [Recommendations re: Coastal Zone Planning] 1970s

Box 59, Folder 2

[Prop 20 Coastal Initiative – notes, comments, ephemera, clippings, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 59, Folder 3

[Prop 20 Coastal Initiative – notes, comments, ephemera, clippings, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 59, Folder 4

[Lanphere – Christensen Dunes Preserve – newsletters and clippings] 1990s

Box 59, Folder 5

Sand Dunes Humboldt Bay Clippings [and Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge EA 1992] 1990s

Box 59, Folder 6

[Sand Dunes – loose – Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, includes Off-Road Vehicle content] 1980s-1990s

Box 59, Folder 7

Minutes Beaches and Dunes Advisory Committee meetings 1991 1991

Box 59, Folder 8

O.R.V. Park Samoa Peninsula 1980s

Box 59, Folder 9

[Loose – Army Corps of Engineers dredging notices, EA] 1980s, 1990s

Box 59, Folder 10

[Dredging document + Becking notes] 1988-9

Box 59, Folder 11

North Jetty Project, Humboldt Bay 1972

Box 59, Folder 12

[EA Maintenance Dredging of Humboldt Harbor 1991] 1991

Box 59, Folder 13

Humboldt Harbor District 1997

Box 59, Folder 14

Mitigation Braycut US Army Corps of Engineers June 1986 1986

Box 59, Folder 15

US Army Corps of Engineers comments on project proposals 1970s

Box 59, Folder 16

[Army Corps of Engineers Public Notices and Becking Responses] 1970s

Box 59, Folder 17

Humboldt Bay Harbor Commission 1973

Box 59, Folder 18

California Coastal Commission 1980s

Box 59, Folder 19

EXXON Project Aug 1987 1987

Box 59, Folder 20

[Loose misc. pamphlets, correspondence and notices – McBride Ranch, Oyster Racks, pesticide contamination at Osprey colony at Usal Creek] 1970s-1990s

Box 59, Folder 21

[loose clippings – cord grass, H-3 submarine, HBWA] 1970s-1980s

Box 59, Folder 22

Gunther Island 1970

Box 59, Folder 23

[Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge EA Update, includes correspondence] 1971

Box 59, Folder 24

[Draft Feasibility and EIS / R for Navigation Improvements, Humboldt Harbor and Bay (Deepening), Folder 1 of 2] 1994

Box 59, Folder 25

[Draft Feasibility Report for Navigation Improvements Appendices, Humboldt Harbor and Bay (Deepening), Folder 2 of 2] 1994

Box 59, Folder 26

[Publication : The Natural Resources of Humboldt Bay] 1973

Box 59, Folder 27

[Preliminary Coastal Plan Hearing Draft, March 1975, annotated] 1975

Box 59, Folder 28

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Env. Assessment 1980 Update 1980

Box 59, Folder 29

[Off Road Vehicles – misc documents] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 1

[Misc documents] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 2

Army Corps Engineers Comments 1990s

Box 60, Folder 3

[Doc re: Humboldt Harbor and Bay Jetties and Dredging] 1973

Box 60, Folder 4

EXXON 1980s

Box 60, Folder 5

Exxon Permit 1-84-69E Permit Extension Sept 1986 1980s

Box 60, Folder 6

EXXON NORTH SPIT California Coastal Commission North Spit [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 60, Folder 7

EXXON NORTH SPIT California Coastal Commission North Spit [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 60, Folder 8

HUMBOLDT BAY [Originally in binder, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 9

HUMBOLDT BAY [Originally in binder, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 10

HUMBOLDT BAY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 1970s

Box 60, Folder 11

HUMBOLDT BAY WILDLIFE REFUGE 1970s

Box 60, Folder 12

HUMBOLDT BAY [includes materials re: Humboldt Bay bridge, cross-bay pipeline project, wildlife refuge, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 13

HUMBOLDT BAY [clippings, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 14

HUMBOLDT BAY HARBOR DISTRICT 1970s

Box 60, Folder 15

[Materials in unlabeled folder – Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, includes content on “Mad River Diversion Project”] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 16

Humboldt Bay Bridge [Folder 1 of 2, includes content on Eureka Freeway] 1960s

Box 60, Folder 17

Humboldt Bay Bridge [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 60, Folder 18

Technical Information [includes Humboldt Bay Ecological Society’s “Partial Bibliography on Humboldt Bay”, correspondence re: refuge and Butler Valley Dam, Humboldt Bay bridge, correspondence with Lanpheres] 1960s

Box 60, Folder 19

Newspaper Clippings Humboldt Bay Bridge 1960s-1970s

Box 60, Folder 20

Humboldt Bay League [clippings] 1960s-1970s

Box 60, Folder 21

HUMBOLDT BAY LEAGUE ditto masters 1960s-1970s

Box 60, Folder 22

[Karen Theiss and Associates’ “Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals of the Humboldt Bay Beach and Dunes Study Area”] 1992

Box 60, Folder 23

[Owen Coy’s 1929 “The Humboldt Bay Region 1850-1875” and 2 journal articles about pilots and visibility] 1920s, 1970s, 1980s

Box 60, Folder 24

[Humboldt Bay Development Commission Final Report] 1969

Box 60, Folder 25

HUMBOLDT BAY POLLUTION 1960s

Box 60, Folder 26

Water Quality Control Correspondence 1960s, 1970s

Box 60, Folder 27

EIR responses [includes water quality, solid waste and Humboldt Bay-related content] 1990s

Box 60, Folder 28

[Findings and Policies of the Forest Resources chapter of the Coastal Land Environment Element of the Coastal Plan] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 29

[Coastal Zone Plan documents] 1970s

Box 60, Folder 30

[Planning Documents and Becking’s comments re: Indian Island Bank Stabilization project] 2002

Box 60, Folder 31

[correspondence re: Humboldt Bay Bridges] 2001

Box 60, Folder 32

[Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Designation of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site off Humboldt Bay, California] 1995

Box 61, Folder 1

[Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Map – annotated] 1970s

Box 61, Folder 2

Humboldt Bay League [Letterheads and envelopes, info sheet] 1970s

Box 61, Folder 3

[The Natural Resources of Humboldt Bay] 1973

Box 61, Folder 4

[Final Environmental Impact Report, Preliminary, Exxon Platform Jacket Assembly Site] 1984

Box 61, Folder 5

[Humboldt Bay Master Plan, Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District 1974] 1974

Box 61, Folder 6

Lease Sale #91 Oil Drilling Febr / March 1988 1988

 

Pulp Mills

Scope and Contents note

Notes, correspondence, reports and clippings regarding air quality concerns about the Simpson and L-P Pulp Mills on Humboldt Bay in the 1980s, and what should be done to reduce toxic emissions from the mills.
Box 61, Folder 7

[Publication: “An Evaluation of the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District Program”] 1989

Box 61, Folder 8

TOXIC WASTES DRINKING WATER 1990s

Box 61, Folder 9

PULP MILLS Nov-Dec 1987 1987

Box 61, Folder 10

AIR QUALITY 1988 1988

Box 61, Folder 11

PULP MILL HEARING Nov 21, 1987 1987

Box 61, Folder 12

NCUAQMD North Coast Air Quality Management District Nov 21, 1987 Pulp Mills 1980s

Box 61, Folder 13

Simpson Pulp Mill 1989 1989

Box 61, Folder 14

Pulp Mill 1990 1990

Box 61, Folder 15

[North Coast Unified Air Quality and Mgmt District – documents and correspondence] 1990s

Box 61, Folder 16

[Loose – Pulp List]

Box 61, Folder 17

Pulp Mill [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 61, Folder 18

Pulp Mill [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

 

Butler Valley Dam

Scope and Contents note

News clippings, correspondence, ephemera, reports and publications relating to the Tri-Lake and Butler Valley Dam proposals (described below) and the community response to these proposals in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Also includes some content regarding the Dios Rio Dam proposal for the Eel River during the same time period (also controversial when proposed and never built), and documentation of Becking’s running for 3rd District Director of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District.
Background - Becking and Deane B. Mather proposed damming Maple Creek, Little River and Lindsay Creek for recreational, local economic development and municipal water use purposes in 1967. Their proposal was called the “Tri-Lake” proposal and was located in the Southern Recreational Area of the Regional Redwood Park Plan (RRPP). At the same time, the US Army Engineer District had proposed building a dam on the Mad River at Butler Valley for similar purposes. While Becking viewed the Tri-Lake plan as an independent project rather than a substitute plan to the Butler Valley Dam proposal, he criticized the Butler Valley Dam project as compromising water quality, fish and wildlife habitat and recreational potential in order to simply get more water to the communities of McKinleyville and Trinidad. He considered the Tri-Lake plan to offer more balance in relation to those issues. However, the Tri-Lake plan was treated by reviewers as an alternative or competing project to the Butler Valley Dam, and it was deemed to be economically infeasible by the State of California in 1968.
Becking did continue to promote the Tri-lakes idea, but as the Butler Valley Dam project moved forward in the process of getting approved and funded he also contributed to organized community efforts to oppose the dam construction. The dam was ultimately never built.

See Also

  1. Activism and Civic Involvement : RNP
  2. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Tri Lakes and Butler Valley Dam
  3. Cassettes
  4. Activism and Civic Involvement : Other Activism (for additional information about the Dios Rio Dam proposal)
Box 61, Folder 19

Tri lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Unlabeled Folder 1 – inc. Public Statements] 1960s

Box 61, Folder 20

Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Unlabeled Folder 2 – Correspondence with Gianelli of Department of Water Resources, includes Clippings] 1960s

Box 61, Folder 21

Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Unlabeled Folder 3 – Clippings] 1960s

Box 61, Folder 22

Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Unlabeled Folder 4 – Correspondence, Data, Notes] 1960s

Box 61, Folder 23

Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Loose clippings and misc.] 1960s

Box 61, Folder 24

Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 – McKinleyville Water Controversy Letter enclosed 1960s

Box 61, Folder 25

Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 – Crannell – Fieldbrook excursion March 13, 1967 1960s

Box 61, Folder 26

Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 – Tri Lake Butler Valley release #2 Jan 28, 1968 1960s

Box 61, Folder 27

Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 – Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Dec 1, 1967 hearing Dec 2, 1970 1960s-1970s

Box 61, Folder 28

Butler Valley [Notes, Clippings, Correspondence] 1960s-1970s

Box 61, Folder 29

CONCERNED CITIZENS COMMITTEE 1973

Box 61, Folder 30

[Unlabeled Folder – includes Becking campaign for 3rd district Director of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 62, Folder 1

[Unlabeled Folder – includes Becking campaign for 3rd district Director of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 62, Folder 2

WATER RESOURCES 1960s

Box 62, Folder 3

[Unlabeled envelope – correspondence and literature citations] 1960s

Box 62, Folder 4

[Unlabeled Envelope – mostly Citizens for Feasible Water Supply Planning] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 5

[Unlabeled Folder – notes, clippings, workshop and presentations?] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 6

[Loose material – mostly Department of Water Resources correspondence] 1960s

Box 62, Folder 7

[Unlabeled Folder – correspondence and notes] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 8

[Unlabeled envelope – correspondence, notes, data] 1960s-1970s

Box 62, Folder 9

BUTLER VALLEY DAM Controversy [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 10

BUTLER VALLEY DAM Controversy [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 11

BUTLER VALLEY July 1972 [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 12

BUTLER VALLEY July 1972 [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 13

BUTLER VALLEY 1973 election 1970s

Box 62, Folder 14

1973 1973

Box 62, Folder 15

BUTLER VALLEY [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 16

BUTLER VALLEY [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 17

Ruth lake Ecological Studies of Lake phytoplankton cycles 1970s

Box 62, Folder 18

[Loose – misc.] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 19

[Loose – Humboldt County Board of Supervisors] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 20

[An Analysis of Little River Watershed, Gerald A. Ahlstrom] 1967

Box 62, Folder 21

[Misc. Documents] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 22

[Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Documents] 1967

Box 62, Folder 23

[DEIR Butler Valley Dam and Blue Lake Project] 1972

Box 62, Folder 24

[DEIR Butler Valley Dam and Blue Lake Project] 1973

Box 62, Folder 25

[US Army Corps of Engineers documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 26

[US Army Corps of Engineers documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 62, Folder 27

[Hum Bay Municipal Water District documents re: Butler Valley Dam] 1960s

Box 62, Folder 28

[Public Hearing Comments : North Coastal Area Action Program : A Study of the McKinleyville – Trinidad Area] 1969

Box 62, Folder 29

[Sediment Transport, Turbidity, Channel Configuration, and Possible Effects of Impoundment of the mad River, Humboldt County, California] 1975

 

Redwood National Park (RNP)

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, clippings, publications, and some scientific research efforts relating to the Redwood National Park (RNP) expansion and merger proposals in the 1970s and 1990s. Includes materials Becking kept after donating most of his Redwood National Park-related personal papers to the National Park Service at Redwood National Park.
Background - Congress established Redwood National Park (RNP) in 1968 to preserve some of the last remaining old growth redwood stands. In 1978, RNP was expanded to include roughly twice as much land as the original park. Three other redwood region parks had previously been established by the state of California: Jedidiah Smith, Del Norte Coast Redwoods, and Prairie Creek State Parks. In the 1990s, there was an effort to transfer ownership and management responsibilities of the three state parks to the National Park Service as a part of the Redwood National Park. This effort was not successful, though a Memorandum of Understanding for coordinated management was approved.
Becking was a strong and active supporter of the original establishment of the Redwood National Park and the 1978 park expansion. He was a founding member of the Emerald Creek Committee advocating proper management of the original park area and protection of the Emerald Creek Watershed (also called Harry Weir Creek) through park expansion. There was much controversy in the redwood region about the park expansion due to expected logging job losses. Becking was also active in supporting the proposal to merge the state parks into the National park system in the 1990s.
Researchers interested in this subseries may also be interested in the Becking Collection located at Redwood National Park headquarters in Orick, CA. The collection in Orick was donated by Becking to the park in 1999, and covers the original park establishment in the late 1960s with limited coverage of park expansion in the 1970s. Highlights of the Becking Collection at RNP include correspondence with policy makers relating to legislation and rationale for establishment of Redwood National Park, transcriptions of public statements, and ephemera relative to management of redwood forests produced by a range of stakeholders.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : RNP
  2. Oversized : Over 42”
  3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
  4. Cassettes
  5. Activism and Civic Involvement : G-O Road (for further information about Redwood Creek and the Chilula)
Box 63, Folder 1

RNP Information 1960s-1970s

Box 63, Folder 2

Redwood Nat. Park 1972 1972

Box 63, Folder 3

Economy Forest Practices Jan 1977 – Apr 1977 [Folder 1 of 2] 1977

Box 63, Folder 4

Economy Forest Practices Jan 1977 – Apr 1977 [Folder 2 of 2] 1977

Box 63, Folder 5

Extras and Duplicates June 1977 1977

Box 63, Folder 6

McKillop Report March 13, 1977 1977

Box 63, Folder 7

Publications by Environmental Groups on Redwood Nat’l Park Feb. ’77-Oct. ’77 1977

Box 63, Folder 8

Redwood Creek April 1977 RNP 1977

Box 63, Folder 9

CLIPPINGS RNP Emerald Creek Committee Febr 1977 Clippings / Correspondence 1977

Box 63, Folder 10

REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK Jan 1977 – Sept. 1977 Correspondence Rudi 1977

Box 63, Folder 11

Burton – expansion RNP meeting April 13, ’77 1977

Box 63, Folder 12

[Sunset Magazine manuscript for review] 1976

Box 63, Folder 13

[RNP expansion documents from unlabeled envelope] 1977

Box 63, Folder 14

REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK CDF – State Board Forestry Jan 1977 – May 1977 Meeting Notices 1977

Box 63, Folder 15

Redwood Creek May 1977 NRP “Clippings” 1977

Box 63, Folder 16

Newspaper Clippings of Redwood Nat’l Park July-Oct. 1977 1977

Box 63, Folder 17

June 1977 RNP “Clippings” 1977

Box 63, Folder 18

Redwood Creek RNP Clippings Dec 1976 – Apr 1977 [Folder 1 of 2] 1976-1977

Box 63, Folder 19

Redwood Creek RNP Clippings Dec 1976 – Apr 1977 [Folder 2 of 2] 1976-1977

Box 63, Folder 20

Redwood National Park Establishment Historic Development

Box 63, Folder 21

Transfer of State Redwoods Park CDPR – RNP Febr 6, 1992 [Folder 1 of 3] 1992

Box 63, Folder 22

Transfer of State Redwoods Park CDPR – RNP Febr 6, 1992 [Folder 2 of 3] 1992

Box 63, Folder 23

Transfer of State Redwoods Park CDPR – RNP Febr 6, 1992 [Folder 3 of 3] 1992

Box 63, Folder 24

RNP dedication 25 yrs 1992

Box 63, Folder 25

Emerald Creek Committee 1993

Box 63, Folder 26

[CA State Parks and Rec Commission] 1993

Box 63, Folder 27

1977 Publications by Lumber Companies on Redwood National Park 1977

Box 63, Folder 28

Redwood Creek Corrective Work / Rehabilitation State California proposal Dec 1976, NPS Redwood Nat Park agreement March 3, 1976 with timber companies, CDF Forest Practices Act proposals Jan 1977 – Apr 1977 1976-1977

Box 63, Folder 29

Redwood Creek Corps Engineers 1970s

Box 63, Folder 30

[Correspondence and Notes from unmarked binder] 1970s

Box 63, Folder 31

Redwood Nat. Park Hearings Sept 7, 1977 Senate Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation Wash. D. C. [Folder 1 of 3] 1977

Box 63, Folder 32

Redwood Nat. Park Hearings Sept 7, 1977 Senate Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation Wash. D.C. [Folder 2 of 3] 1977

Box 64, Folder 1

Redwood Nat. Park Hearings Sept 7, 1977 Senate Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation Wash. D.C. [Folder 3 of 3] 1977

Box 64, Folder 2

REDWOOD NAT PARK 1977-79 [Folder 1 of 2] 1977-1979

Box 64, Folder 3

REDWOOD NAT PARK 1977-79 [Folder 2 of 2] 1977-1979

Box 64, Folder 4

[RNP – related documents and clippings, Folder 1 of 3] 1970s

Box 64, Folder 5

[RNP – related documents and clippings, Folder 2 of 3] 1970s

Box 64, Folder 6

[RNP – related documents and clippings, Folder 3 of 3] 1970s

Box 64, Folder 7

Emerald Creek Duplicate Material 1970s

Box 64, Folder 8

WM 103 S79 Crew #2 aerial photos [not clearly related to RNP but orig. rubber-banded with RNP material] 1970s

Box 64, Folder 9

[Clippings and correspondence from unlabeled envelope, originally rubber-banded with RNP materials] 1970s

Box 64, Folder 10

Emerald Creek RNP Expansion News Clippings 1970s

Box 64, Folder 11

NPS Holter Ridge [includes correspondence and deed of gift for Becking’s donated personal papers to RNP] 1990s

Box 64, Folder 12

RNP Information 1990s

Box 64, Folder 13

RNSP Ecol. Monitoring Apr 20-22, 1999 [Folder 1 of 2] 1999

Box 64, Folder 14

RNSP Ecol. Monitoring Apr 20-22, 1999 [Folder 2 of 2] 1999

Box 64, Folder 15

[Becking correspondence and report : “The Redwood National Park Proposals 1963 to 1968 Feb 23, 1968”] 1968, 1990s

Box 64, Folder 16

[Misc RNP ephemera]

Box 64, Folder 17

[Misc Maps]

Box 64, Folder 18

[Misc RNP documents]

Box 64, Folder 19

[Government Documents – misc. unbound]

Box 64, Folder 20

[Congressional Records Vol 124(9) and Vol 124(15)] 1978

Box 64, Folder 21

[Misc. research reports]

Box 64, Folder 22

[Clippings – Loose]

Box 64, Folder 23

[Redwood National Park Hearings – 2 vols] 1966

Box 64, Folder 24

[Redwood National Park Hearings] 1967

Box 64, Folder 25

[Redwood National Park Forum : Compiled Addresses On the Redwood National Park Issue] 1970s

Box 64, Folder 26

[Redwood Ecology Project Reports, Wildland Research Center, University of California] 1950s, 1960s

Box 64, Folder 27

[The Economic Impact of Possible Additions to a Redwood National Park in Humboldt County, Arthur D. Little, Inc.] 1967

Box 65, Folder 1

[Redwood National Park Studies Data Release Number 2 Redwood Creek Humboldt Co. and Mill Creek Del Norte Co.] 1975

Box 65, Folder 2

[Misc booklets] 1970s

Box 65, Folder 3

[Hand-bound collection of news, ephemera and correspondence regarding Redwood state parks transfer to RNP, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 65, Folder 4

[Hand-bound collection of news, ephemera and correspondence regarding Redwood State parks transfer to RNP, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 65, Folder 5

[Items for consideration in consolidation of three state parks with Redwood National Park] 1990s

Box 65, Folder 6

[History Basic Data Redwood National Park, Bearss, National Park Service] 1969

Box 65, Folder 7

[A Survey of Cultural Resources in and near Redwood National Park, California, Michael J. Moratto, includes Arnold Pilling “Yurok” reprint with author inscription] 1973

Box 65, Folder 8

[A Study of Cultural Resources in Redwood National Park, Polly McW. Bickel] 1979

Box 65, Folder 9

[Watershed Rehabilitation in Redwood National Park and Other Pacific Coastal Areas August 24-28, 1981] 1981

Box 65, Folder 10

[Bound National Park Service documents re: RNP, Folder 1 of 4] 1970s-1980s

Box 65, Folder 11

[Bound National Park Service Documents re: RNP, Folder 2 of 4] 1970s, 1980s

Box 65, Folder 12

[Bound National Park Service Documents re: RNP, Folder 3 of 4] 1970s, 1980s

Box 65, Folder 13

[Bound National Park Service Documents re: RNP, Folder 4 of 4] 1970s, 1980s

Box 65, Folder 14

[Exotic Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Redwood National Park, California] 1994

Box 65, Folder 15

[NPS Fire Manual 1992] 1992

Box 65, Folder 16

[Draft Fire Management Plan, Redwood National Park] 1994

Box 65, Folder 17

[Environmental Assessment : Management options for Redwood Creek, Redwood National Park] 1975

Box 65, Folder 18

[RNP Technical Reports 2, 4, 5, 6] 1981

Box 65, Folder 19

[RNP Technical Reports 7, 10, 11, 12] 1980s

Box 65, Folder 20

Slideshow N Park 3 3/4" speed slide show [BASF Reel]

Box 66, Folder 1

[RNP Technical Reports 17, 18, 19] 1980s

Box 66, Folder 2

[RNP Technical Reports 13, 14, 16] 1980s

Box 66, Folder 3

[RNP Technical Reports 21, 23, 24, 25] 1980s

Box 66, Folder 4

[RNP Fire Management Documents] 1985

Box 66, Folder 5

[RNP Documents : architecture, artifacts, cultural resources projects] 1980s

Box 66, Folder 6

[RNP Resources Management Plans] 1980s

Box 66, Folder 7

[RNP Backcountry Trail Plans] 1980s

Box 66, Folder 8

[RNP Water / Watershed Mgmt Documents] 1980s

Box 66, Folder 9

[Bald Hills Vegetation Management Plan] 1992

Box 66, Folder 10

[Redwood Creek Docs] 1980s

Box 66, Folder 11

[Redwood National Park, Diane Warde] 1970s, 1980s

Box 66, Folder 12

[Redwood Park Seminar] 1967

Box 66, Folder 13

[RNP legal documents] 1970s

Box 66, Folder 14

[Redwood National and State Parks Draft General Mgmt Plan and EIS] 1990s

Box 66, Folder 15

[Proceedings of the First Biennial Conference of Research in California’s National Parks] 1982

Box 67, Folder 1

[Davison Ranch Draft and Final EAs] 1980s

Box 67, Folder 2

[Marbled Murrelet Habitat Conservation Plan for the Timber Operations of Arcata Redwood Company Draft, includes Becking correspondence] 1990s

Box 67, Folder 3

[Economic Losses Associated With Reduction in Timber output Due to Expansion of the Redwood National Park] 1977

Box 67, Folder 4

[Redwood Creek Documents] 1970s

Box 67, Folder 5

[Misc RNP bound documents] 1970s, 1990s

Box 67, Folder 6

Redwood Bypass 1996 1996

Box 67, Folder 7

[Redwood Bypass documents] 1990s

Box 67, Folder 8

[Draft Environmental Impact Statement U.S. 101 Demonstration Project Redwood National Park…] 1981

Box 67, Folder 9

Legislation RNP proposal state / congress Jan 1977 – Apr 1977 1970s

Box 67, Folder 10

Curry Report 1973

Box 67, Folder 11

Bill Devall Articles 1970s

Box 67, Folder 12

Assorted Suit File and Bills 1970s

Box 67, Folder 13

Correspondence received Dec. 76 – Apr 1977 RNP issue 1970s

Box 67, Folder 14

Redwood Creek THP Correspondence copies from Rudi to CDF Dec 1976 – Apr 1977 + CDF official responses 1970s

Box 67, Folder 15

Emerald Creek THP Board of Forestry 1970s

Box 67, Folder 16

EMERALD CREEK COMMITTEE : SCIENTIFIC / WATERSHED [Folder 1 of 2, includes negatives of “Becking excursions”] 1970s-2000s

Box 67, Folder 17

EMERALD CREEK COMMITTEE : SCIENTIFIC / WATERSHED [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-2000s

Box 67, Folder 18

[National Park Service documents – Master Plan and Watershed Rehabilitation Plan] 1970s

Box 67, Folder 19

[RNP-related ephemera] 1970s

Box 67, Folder 20

[“Economic Impact of Possible Additions to a Redwood National Park in Humboldt County : A Report to the National Park Service”] 1967

Box 67, Folder 21

[Stone and Associates Reports] 1960s-1970s

Box 67, Folder 22

[“Critique of Preliminary Redwood National Park Master Plan”, Recreation Planning Class Winter 1972 Section II] 1972

Box 68, Folder 1

[Grady Shannon McMurtry’s 1972 Thesis : “Redwood National Park : A Case Study of Legislative Compromise”] 1972

Box 68, Folder 2

[Loose RNP materials] 1960s-1990s

Box 68, Folder 3

[Proposal for “Lichen Ecological Baseline Study of Redwood National Park”] 1980s

Box 68, Folder 4

[Becking report : “An Analysis of the Redwood National Park in Relation to the Timber Economy of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, Ca., 3 copies] 1975

Box 68, Folder 5

[Requests for copies of study on the Redwood National Park and Humboldt / Del Norte Counties economies] 1970s

Box 68, Folder 6

[Vale : The Redwood Park : A Conservation Controversy, MA Thesis, UC Berkeley] 1960s

Box 68, Folder 7

[Misc publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s, 1980s

Box 68, Folder 8

[Misc publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s, 1980s

Box 68, Folder 9

[Newspaper clippings] 1960s

Box 68, Folder 10

Redwood Park [correspondence, ephemera, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 68, Folder 11

Redwood Park [clippings, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 68, Folder 12

[Lack’s Creek, Old Growth Management, some correspondence regarding Menzies wallflower on Samoa Spit] 1990s

Box 68, Folder 13

[clipping] 1985

Box 68, Folder 14

WLDL 309A Redwood national Park Formation [materials used for teaching] 1990s

Box 68, Folder 15

Devil’s Creek including map of area 1970s

Box 68, Folder 16

[Unlabeled Photographs – possibly related to RNP?]

Box 68, Folder 17

[Photograph contact Sheets and Negatives] 1970s

Box 68, Folder 18

Trespassing on ARCO property for the Tallest Tree + Howard King 1967? Emerald Creek RNP 1960s

Box 68, Folder 19

Emerald Creek RNP [Photograph]

Box 68, Folder 20

Howard King Photographs 1960s

Box 68, Folder 21

HOLTER RIDGE RNP Problems 1990s

Box 68, Folder 22

[RNP Soil Survey] 1980s

Box 68, Folder 23

[Correspondence regarding Redwood research proposals – from unlabeled envelope] 1970s

Box 68, Folder 24

DRAFT – Forest associations of the Little Lost Man Creek Natural Area Redwood National Park, California James M. Lenihan Corvallis, OR. March 1989 1989

Box 68, Folder 25

ATLAS / PARADOX 1990s

Box 68, Folder 26

Hydrology of Redwood Creek Watershed 1970s

Box 68, Folder 27

CHILULA INDIANS Redwood Creek 1972 [Folder 1 of 2] 1972

Box 68, Folder 28

CHILULA INDIANS Redwood Creek 1972 [Folder 2 of 2] 1972

Box 68, Folder 29

[Steven Veirs documents and related documents] 1980s

Box 68, Folder 30

[North Coast Redwood Master Plan] 1965

Box 68, Folder 31

Fire Plan Yosemite N.P. [includes notes from Steven Veirs at RNP] 1970s

Box 68, Folder 32

[Annual Report Upper Redwood Creek Juvenile Salmonid Downstream Migration Study, 2000-1] 2002

Box 68, Folder 33

[Correspondence re: Chilula and loose clippings] 1970s

 

Ancient Forests

Scope and Contents note

Timber Harvest Plans with Becking’s associated comments, correspondence with managing agencies and companies, correspondence with environmental leaders and organizations, and news clippings and ephemera regarding regional ancient forest controversies.
Background - Management of old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest and California became highly politicized in the 1980s and 1990s. Political controversy increased on the north Coast when Maxxam Corporation of Texas took over a local Humboldt County timber company Pacific Lumber (PL). Maxxam’s management of local PL holdings included increasing the rate and amount of old growth redwood forests cut. Environmental activism increased in the region in response, and Earth First!, the Environmental Protection and Information Center (EPIC), Forests Forever, and other groups organized to protect ancient redwood forests. Becking participated in local activist efforts to protect ancient redwood forests and to improve legal mandates regarding their management.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Ancient Forests
  2. Oversized : Over 42”
  3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
  4. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Indonesia (for materials related to Becking’s work to prevent deforestation in Indonesia)
  5. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Usnea (for additional materials related to Maxxam / PL lands)
Other sections of the collection also include Becking’s comments on THPs, including (but not limited to):
  1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Plenturung
  2. Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Forest Management
  3. Activism and Civic Involvement : Klamath-Siskiyou
Box 69, Folder 1

[Clippings – many about Maxxam takeover of PL] 1980s

Box 69, Folder 2

THP 1-87-84 HUM 1987

Box 69, Folder 3

Pacific Lumber Company additional RHP information Jan. 29, 1988 1988

Box 69, Folder 4

THP 1-88-462 HUM Aug 10, 1988 Pacific Lumber Owl Creek [Folder 1 of 4] 1988

Box 69, Folder 5

THP 1-88-462 HUM Aug 10, 1988 Pacific Lumber Owl Creek [Folder 2 of 4] 1988

Box 69, Folder 6

THP 1-88-462 HUM Aug 10, 1988 Pacific Lumber Owl Creek [Folder 3 of 4] 1988

Box 69, Folder 7

THP 1-88-462 HUM Aug 10, 1988 Pacific Lumber Owl Creek [Folder 4 of 4] 1988

Box 69, Folder 8

[HUM 1-88-462, Folder 1 of 2] 1988

Box 69, Folder 9

[HUM 1-88-462, Folder 2 of 2] 1988

Box 69, Folder 10

Guest Speakers THP / CDF 1980s

Box 69, Folder 11

THP 1-87-50 HUM Maxxam Elk head Springs March 13, 1987 1987

Box 69, Folder 12

EPIC-MAXXAM 1980s

Box 69, Folder 13

[Information requests THP 1-87-625, 1-87-690] 1988

Box 69, Folder 14

ESOP Patrick Shannon [Employee Stock Ownership Plan] 1980s

Box 69, Folder 15

MAXXAM Environmental Concerns Environmentalists 1980s

Box 69, Folder 16

MAXXAM Forestry Concerns 1980s

Box 69, Folder 17

MAXXAM Congressional Hearing 1980s

Box 69, Folder 18

MAXXAM 1988 background material 1988

Box 69, Folder 19

RPI 485 Background [MAXXAM Controversy Folder 1 of 2] 1988

Box 69, Folder 20

RPI 485 Background [MAXXAM Controversy Folder 2 of 2] 1988

Box 69, Folder 21

EPIC vs MAXXAM lawsuit Nov 1988 1988

Box 69, Folder 22

EPIC MAXXAM lawsuit June 22, 1987 1987

Box 69, Folder 23

TPL / MAXXAM 1992 [Folder 1 of 2] 1992

Box 69, Folder 24

TPL / MAXXAM 1992 [Folder 2 of 2] 1992

Box 69, Folder 25

THP 1-85-524 MEN SALLY BELL GROVE Dec 9, 1985 [Folder 1 of 2] 1985

Box 69, Folder 26

THP 1-85-524 MEN SALLY BELL GROVE Dec 9, 1985 [Folder 2 of 2] 1985

Box 70, Folder 1

Butano THP issues 1990, Santa Cruz THP’s 1990s

Box 70, Folder 2

THP and Comments on THP’s 1990s

Box 70, Folder 3

CDF lawsuits

Box 70, Folder 4

Board of Forestry CDF 1988 THP review 1988

Box 70, Folder 5

ANCIENT FOREST [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 70, Folder 6

ANCIENT FOREST [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 70, Folder 7

ANCIENT FOREST May 1990 [Folder 1 of 2] 1990

Box 70, Folder 8

ANCIENT FOREST May 1990 [Folder 2 of 2] 1990

Box 70, Folder 9

Forest Practice Rules EIR Certification 1980s

Box 70, Folder 10

FOREST PRACTICES 1988 1988

Box 70, Folder 11

Forest Initiative 1991 [Folder 1 of 2] 1991

Box 70, Folder 12

Forest Initiative 1991 [Folder 2 of 2] 1991

Box 70, Folder 13

NEWS CLIPPINGS 1991 1991

Box 70, Folder 14

EARTH FIRST May / June 1990 Newspaper Clippings 1990

Box 70, Folder 15

Forest Forever Initiative 1990s

Box 70, Folder 16

FOREST FOREVER 1990

Box 70, Folder 17

[Forest Initiatives – timber industry and Forests Forever] 1990

Box 70, Folder 18

Forest Initiative 1991 1991

Box 70, Folder 19

Prop 130 Ancient Forest 1991 1991

Box 70, Folder 20

ISF [Institute of Sustainable Forestry] 1990s

Box 70, Folder 21

Institute Sustainable Forestry [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s

Box 70, Folder 22

Institute Sustainable Forestry [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s

Box 70, Folder 23

ISF newsletters 1990s

Box 70, Folder 24

AFAC 1990s

Box 70, Folder 25

OLD GROWTH 1988 Conferences / HSU / Portland OR THP Surveys 1988

Box 70, Folder 26

FOREST SUMMIT Apr. 2, 1993 [Folder 1 of 2] 1993

Box 70, Folder 27

FOREST SUMMIT Apr. 2, 1993 [Folder 2 of 2] 1993

Box 70, Folder 28

Habitat / Decision Conference Oct 28-30, 1996 UC Davis 95616 1996

Box 70, Folder 29

MAXXAM 1990s

Box 70, Folder 30

Headwaters [Folder 1 of 3] 1990s

Box 70, Folder 31

Headwaters [Folder 2 of 3] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 1

Headwaters [Folder 3 of 3] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 2

HEADWATERS [2] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 3

CAFA 1994 [California Ancient Forest Alliance] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 4

PCL Meeting Nov 10, 1995 Ukiah, CA [Planning and Conservation League] 1995

Box 71, Folder 5

WATERSHEDS Richard Giener 2000s

Box 71, Folder 6

WATERSHED Concerns Dr. Giener EPIC [Folder 1 of 2] 2000s

Box 71, Folder 7

WATERSHED Concerns Dr. Giener EPIC [Folder 2 of 2] 2000s

Box 71, Folder 8

ARCF [comments to PL regarding THPs, includes discussion of Usnea longissima and correspondence with Darrel Wright] 2000s

Box 71, Folder 9

[Clippings and Newsprint ephemera – loose – Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 71, Folder 10

[Clippings and Newsprint ephemera – loose – Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 71, Folder 11

[Loose ephemera, Folder 1 of 3] 1980s-1990s

Box 71, Folder 12

[Loose ephemera, Folder 2 of 3] 1980s-1990s

Box 71, Folder 13

[Loose ephemera, Folder 3 of 3] 1980s-1990s

Box 71, Folder 14

[Unlabeled hand-bound papers – includes content on “Keene’s Initiative”] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 15

[Misc Bound Documents] 1980s-1990s

Box 71, Folder 16

[Miscellaneous Board of Forestry Documents] 1980s-1990s

Box 71, Folder 17

[Misc loose notes / correspondence – includes content on Headwaters Forest Stewardship Plan] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 18

[Unlabeled grouping of water quality documents] 1998

Box 71, Folder 19

[Ancient Forest Activism ephemera from unlabeled folder] 1980s-1990s

Box 71, Folder 20

[Ancient Forest Activism ephemera from unlabeled folder 2] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 21

[Correspondence from Alice Richards] 1989

Box 71, Folder 22

[Correspondence with Steve Hackett and associated materials] 1990s-2000s

Box 71, Folder 23

[Loose documents re: forest initiatives and Prop 130, Folder 1 of 3] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 24

[Loose documents re: forest initiatives and prop 130, Folder 2 of 3] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 25

[Loose documents re: forest initiatives and Prop 130, Folder 3 of 3] 1990s

Box 71, Folder 26

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS [significant content on PL] 1990s

Box 72, Folder 1

[Loose notes, correspondence, and clippings – includes content on Spotted Owl] 1990s

Box 72, Folder 2

REDWOOD PRESERVATION SAN MATEO, CA, 1973 1973

Box 72, Folder 3

SPOTTED OWL NCEC 1987 1987

Box 72, Folder 4

[Misc documents, Folder 1 of 4] 1960s-2000s

Box 72, Folder 5

[Misc documents, Folder 2 of 4] 1960s-2000s

Box 72, Folder 6

[Misc documents, Folder 3 of 4] 1960s-2000s

Box 72, Folder 7

[Misc documents, Folder 4 of 4] 1960s-2000s

Box 72, Folder 8

[Cascade Holistic Economic Consultant documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 72, Folder 9

[Cascade Holistic Economic Consultant documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 72, Folder 10

[Timber management Plan for Six Rivers Working Circle, Six Rivers National Forest] 1971

Box 72, Folder 11

Environmental Impact Information Guidelines – State [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 72, Folder 12

Environmental Impact Information Guidelines – State [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 72, Folder 13

ANCIENT FOREST / OG Clippings 1980s, 1990s

Box 72, Folder 14

SPOTTED OWL Clippings 1992 1992

Box 72, Folder 15

[Correspondence, clippings re: Forestry Reform, THP on Trout Creek in Mendocino, and misc.] 1990s

Box 72, Folder 16

AMA Hayfork Mad River 1990s

Box 72, Folder 17

Senate Select Comm. On Forest Resources Jan 29, 1988 Eureka Inn, Eureka, CA 1988

Box 72, Folder 18

Butano 1990s

Box 72, Folder 19

Butano Ridge 1990s

Box 72, Folder 20

[Loose, misc – rich correspondence!] 1970s-1980s

Box 72, Folder 21

[Items from unlabeled folder – includes correspondence with Board of Forestry and publications from environmental organizations] 1980s

Box 72, Folder 22

[Report of the President’s Advisory Panel on Timber and the Environment] 1973

Box 72, Folder 23

Young Growth Management Conference Proceedings] 1968

Box 72, Folder 24

[Correspondence re: PL THP 1-99-336 HUM withdrawl] 2000

Box 72, Folder 25

[Correspondence to Ca. State Legislature re: timber harvest in NW California] 1988

Box 72, Folder 26

OWL [Film of release of prob. Spotted owl] 1970s?

Box 73, Folder 1

Lawsuit RARE II State of California Trinity Bd Supervisors – USFS Nov. 1979 – Apr 1980 1979-1980

Box 73, Folder 2

[Various documents re: Sinkyone, EPIC, Indian Creek Rehabilitation Project (Richard Gienger) and ephemera : “The Ah-Pah File”] 1979

 

Gasquet-Orleans Road (G-O Road)

Scope and Contents note

Materials pertaining to the Gasquet-Orleans Road (G-O Road), including correspondence with anthropologist Arnold Pilling and the Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association Inc.. Materials Becking collected about other issues concerning local indigenous rights are also included in this subseries, including issues related to the Chilula of Redwood Creek.
Background - In the 1960s the Forest Service began plans for a road to be built between Orleans and Gasquet (nicknamed the G-O Road, alternatively spelled GO Road) which would allow them access to lands they intended to log (e.g. Eightmile and Blue Creek Units). However, the area the road was to go through and which the Forest Service hoped to log is sacred to local tribes, and these tribes and their supporters organized to stop the G-O Road from being built. Becking took interest in this controversy and gathered information about it as well as wrote letters to colleagues and politicians advocating that they support the tribes’ efforts to protect their sacred lands. The G-O Road controversy went to the Supreme Court in 1988, (Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetary Protective Association Inc.). The Supreme Court did not rule in favor of the Northwest Indian Cemetary Protective Association Inc. Some of the land was included in the California Wilderness Act of 1984, and in the early nineties the Smith River National Recreation Area further prevented the Forest Service access to the lands they were interested in logging. In the end, the G-O Road construction was started but never completed.

See Also

  1. Activism and Civic Involvement : Forest Ecology and Management : RNP (for additional Chilula materials)
Box 73, Folder 4

GO Road 1977 1978

Box 73, Folder 5

[Loose materials – GO Road] 1970s

Box 73, Folder 6

GO Road Soil – Erosion Report 1970s

Box 73, Folder 7

GO Road [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 73, Folder 8

GO Road [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 73, Folder 9

[Review of Certain Cultural Resource Management Documents Pertaining to the Gasquet – Orleans (G-O) Road Six Rivers National Forest, California by Chartkoff and Chartkoff] 1977

Box 73, Folder 10

INDIANS GO-Road USFS Siskiyou Mts Newspaper Clippings 1976-1977 1976-1977

Box 73, Folder 11

[GO Road correspondence, clippings, and related materials from unlabeled envelope, Folder 1 of 2, includes information related to Redwood Creek] 1970s

Box 73, Folder 12

[GO Road correspondence, clippings and related materials from unlabeled envelope, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 73, Folder 13

[GO Road documents, including original reprint of Peter Matthiessen’s “Stop the GO Road”, originally published in Audubon in Jan 1979] 1970s-1980s

Box 73, Folder 14

Steve DeVall Research Proposal Blue Creek 1975

Box 73, Folder 15

[Forest Service documents re: Eight mile Blue Creek Units and FEIS GO Road, correspondence included] 1970s-1980s

Box 73, Folder 16

[DEIS Gasquet-Orleans Road Chimney Rock Section 1977] 1977

Box 73, Folder 17

INDIAN CONCERNS 1970s

Box 73, Folder 18

[Summary FEIS, Record of Decision] 1980s

 

Herbicides

Scope and Contents note

Materials from a presentation at the Vegetation Management Conference on November 23, 1989 (Becking spoke about the use of herbicides in forestry) and other materials he gathered about herbicide use in land management. Becking was concerned about the negative health impacts associated with herbicides and advocated that land managers use alternatives to chemicals for vegetation management.
Box 73, Folder 19

[Loose publications re: herbicides] 1970s

Box 73, Folder 20

Rudi published photos of herbicide sprayed redwoods under powerline at Fickle Hill Rd. 1970s?

Box 74, Folder 1

Letter May 5, 1978 protest spraying 2, 4, 5-T Six Rivers / Klamath 1970s

Box 74, Folder 2

2-4-5T Spray Goats USFS [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 74, Folder 3

2-4-5T Spray Goats USFS [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 74, Folder 4

[Newsletters featuring anti-pesticide movement] 1970

Box 74, Folder 5

2, 4, 5-T damages to R, DF, Monterey Pine Spring 1977 Simpson, Korbel CA [Photographs and Negatives] 1977

Box 74, Folder 6

[Involuntary Exposure to Toxic Herbicide and pesticide Products – House of Reps subcommittee mtg] 1979

Box 74, Folder 7

[Binder contents re: herbicides / pesticides, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s-1980s

Box 74, Folder 8

[Binder contents re: herbicides / pesticides, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-1980s

Box 74, Folder 9

[Loose / misc herbicides – related correspondence, documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s-1980s

Box 74, Folder 10

[Loose / misc herbicides – related correspondence, documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-1980s

Box 74, Folder 11

[From Draft DEIS on Vegetative Management] 1970s-1980s

Box 74, Folder 12

[Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for Vegetation Management Program, Ca Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection, includes review from Becking] 1998

 

Klamath-Siskiyou

Scope and Contents note

Collected information about public land management (primarily timber management) in the Klamath-Siskiyou region, and Becking’s public comments to land management agencies in the region.

See Also

Researchers interested in Becking’s scientific research in the Klamath-Siskiyous should look in:
  1. Research and Writing: Botanical Studies
  2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
Box 74, Folder 13

[Loose Klamath-Siskiyou Documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 74, Folder 14

[Loose Klamath-Siskiyou Documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 74, Folder 15

[Department of Water Resources : Bulletin No. 83 Klamath River Basin Investigation] 1964

Box 74, Folder 16

[Draft Six Rivers National Forest Plan, annotated] 1993

Box 74, Folder 17

[Miscellaneous Klamath-Siskiyou region docs, including regarding Siskiyou Project and Resighini Rancheria gravel extraction] 1990s-2000s

Box 74, Folder 18

[Six Rivers national Forest Timber Mgmt documents, clippings, and comments, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 74, Folder 19

[Six Rivers National Forest Timber Mgmt documents, clippings, and comments, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 74, Folder 20

[Klamath National Forest DEIS, comments, and correspondence (including with Alan Cranston and Kenneth Briggeman)] 1982-1983

Box 74, Folder 21

[Correspondence and maps regarding Chimney Rock Draft Environmental Statement] 1970s

Box 74, Folder 22

Siskiyou Region [includes “Forest Types of the Russian Peak Study Area Klamath Region, California” by J.O. Sawyer, “Siskiyou Country” publications] 1980s-2000s

Box 74, Folder 23

[Siskiyou Study Area] 1960s

Box 75, Folder 1

[Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Klamath National Forest] 1983

Box 75, Folder 2

[Loose, misc.] 1990s-2000s

 

Forest Practices Act

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence between Becking and members of the California legislature about the mid-1970s revision of the Forest Practices Act, and information and correspondence about regulation of forestry in California up to the 2000s. California’s Forest Practices Act was revised partially due to a lawsuit that Becking was involved in that resulted in the law being declared unconstitutional.

See Also

  1. Activism and Civic Involvement : Redwood National Park
  2. Activism and Civic Involvement : Ancient Forests
  3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
  4. Cassettes
Box 75, Folder 3

Z’Berg Committee Reports June 1967-Forest Practice Act, Lake Tahoe, Regional Planning [includes correspondence between Becking and O. James Pardau re: RNP] 1960s

Box 75, Folder 4

Forest Practice Act File [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 75, Folder 5

Forest Practice Act File [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 75, Folder 6

[Loose – Forest Practices Act, including correspondence with Edwin Z’Berg and itinerary for the Natural Resource and Conservation Committee Field Trip of Dec 6, 1971 1970s

Box 75, Folder 7

Environmental Legislation Z’Berg 1971-1972 1970s

Box 75, Folder 8

NRCD letter re: Nat. Res. Mgt Act 1976 Nov 24 1976

Box 75, Folder 9

FOREST PRACTICE ACT RULES and RULE CHANGES 1990s

Box 75, Folder 10

Forest Practice Rules April 1994 494 4/14/94 1994

Box 75, Folder 11

[email correspondence re: Passage of AB 717] 2000s

Box 75, Folder 12

[Timber Harvest plan regulation comments] 2002

Box 75, Folder 13

[California Forest Practice Rules] 1991

Box 75, Folder 14

[Loose Forest Practices Act documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 75, Folder 15

[Loose Forest Practices Act documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 75, Folder 16

Forest Practice Act 1973 [Board of Forestry docs and Forest Service reform docs] 1980s

Box 75, Folder 17

Calif. Forest Practice Act Reform Attempt 1/9/87 1980s

Box 75, Folder 18

[Forest Practice Rule Booklet Revisions] 1989

 

Other Activism

Scope and Contents note

Materials pertaining to unique political interests of Becking’s represented by a relatively small amount of materials, from one to a few folders. Includes several folders of loose, miscellaneous materials. Topics in this subseries that consist of multiple folders include Eel River, wilderness and timber management, and several folders of newspaper clippings that Becking collected on various topics.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Other Activism
  2. Cassettes
Box 75, Folder 19

[Loose documents and correspondence relating to Eel River projects and erosion] 1970s

Box 75, Folder 20

[Eel River water development documents and appropriate rural technology proposals] 1970s

Box 75, Folder 21

DOS RIOS DAM Controversy [Eel River] 1960s-1970s

Box 75, Folder 22

Lawsuit Bayside Timber Corp vs. Bd. Supervisors San Mateo 1971

Box 75, Folder 23

Mattole meeting Jan. 1991 [Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan] 1991

Box 75, Folder 24

Mattole R. Council Sept 1993 [Harwood THP] 1993

Box 75, Folder 25

[Booklet : “A Citizen’s Guide to Timber Harvest Plans” by Marylee Bytheriver] 1979

Box 75, Folder 26

[Lumber export information] 1975

Box 75, Folder 27

Lumber Companies Economics 1970s

Box 75, Folder 28

Logging vs Water Quality July 1972 EUREKA hearing 1972

Box 75, Folder 29

CSIP Publications [California Forest Improvement Program] 1990s

Box 75, Folder 30

Tree Planting Manual [Poetry and documents by Howard Horowitz] 1980s

Box 75, Folder 31

[Proposal and Maps for Snow Mountain Wilderness, Mendocino National Forest California, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 76, Folder 1

[Proposal and Maps for Snow Mountain Wilderness, Mendocino National Forest California, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 76, Folder 2

[Sinkyone Wilderness documents] 1980s

Box 76, Folder 3

A Proposal : Trinity Alps Wilderness Area 1970s

Box 76, Folder 4

Wilderness Proposals 1970s

Box 76, Folder 5

Humboldt County Trails Plans

Box 76, Folder 6

Minimum Size of Stable Ecosystems Panel Nature Conservancy San Francisco, Calif July 1967 [Prepared text for Panel Discussion on Field Biology at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Nature Conservancy, Sept 9, 1967] 1967

Box 76, Folder 7

[Regional Meeting Ca. Water Board Documents – Meeting date Feb 27, 2002] 2002

Box 76, Folder 8

Australia World Heritage Program 1989 1989

Box 76, Folder 9

California Water Plan 1970s

Box 76, Folder 10

Shelter Cove Controversy 1970

Box 76, Folder 11

[Alternative Energy inquiries and Ca. Energy Commission reports – solar and wind] 1980s

Box 76, Folder 12

Court Case, Filed Sept. 21, 1972, Friends of Mammoth vs Board of Supervisors Mono County, Court Opinion and Dissenting opinion 1972

Box 76, Folder 13

Biodiversity Council Eureka Mtg. Sept 21, 1995 1995

Box 76, Folder 14

TAXES [re: yield tax] 1976

Box 76, Folder 15

General Environmental Issues [clippings, correspondence with Senate, Congress, White House representatives and others] 1960s

Box 76, Folder 16

[Loose clippings – entire issues, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 76, Folder 17

[Loose clippings – entire issues, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 76, Folder 18

[Loose news clippings – varied topics, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s-1990s

Box 76, Folder 19

[Loose news clippings – varied topics, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-1990s

Box 76, Folder 20

WILDLIFE – habitat issues [clippings] 2000s

Box 76, Folder 21

ESP Endangered Species [clippings] 2000s

Box 76, Folder 22

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FLOODS [clipping] 1974

Box 76, Folder 23

LITERATURE NEWS CLIPPINGS [includes topics such as G-O-Road, Timber Companies] 1970s, 1980s

Box 76, Folder 24

[Loose, misc correspondence] 1970s-1990s

Box 76, Folder 25

[Loose, misc reports] 1970s-1990s

Box 76, Folder 26

[Loose, misc newsletters and magazines] 1970s-1990s

Box 76, Folder 27

[Misc newsletters, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 76, Folder 28

[Misc newsletters, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 76, Folder 29

[loose, misc] 1970s-1980s

Box 77, Folder 1

[Proceedings International Snowmobile Conference Albany, New York May 20-21, 1969] 1969

Box 77, Folder 2

[Proceedings of the 1971 Snowmobile and Off the Road Vehicle Research Symposium] 1971

Box 77, Folder 3

[South Fork Mtn. Draft Environmental Statement] 1977

Box 77, Folder 4

[loose, misc]

Box 77, Folder 5

[Smith River Draft Waterway Management Plan] 1980

Box 77, Folder 6

[Economic Development Action Plan and Strategy for Del Norte County, California] 1975

Box 77, Folder 7

[Natural Resources of Lake Earl and the Smith River Delta] 1975

Box 77, Folder 8

[Van Duzen River Waterway Management Plan] 1977

Box 77, Folder 9

[A Prospectus for the Future : Renewable Resources Investment Fund] 1979

Box 77, Folder 10

[Getting Down to Earth (an environmental handbook) – Bank of America publication] 1972

Box 77, Folder 11

[Draft Six Rivers National Forest Environmental Impact Statement and Summary] 1993

Box 77, Folder 12

[Proceedings : National Symposium on Trails, Washington D.C. June 2-6, 1971] 1971

Box 77, Folder 13

[Restoring the Balance : California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout 1988 Annual Report] 1988

 

Teaching Series 4

Scope and Contents note

Curriculum materials, handouts, and student work associated with Forestry and Natural Resources courses Becking taught from the late 1950s through the late 1990s. Primarily covering Becking’s teaching at HSU, with some material in the Forestry subseries from his brief teaching positions at the University of New Hampshire and Auburn University in the late 1950s. Becking taught in the Forestry department at Humboldt State University from 1960-1970, and in the Natural Resources department until the late 1990s.
Becking incorporated many of his research pursuits into his teaching, and his assignments and course activities often resulted in usable data and information. Concepts and approaches that were central to Becking’s scientific work such as Phytosociology and creating soil profiles (sputograms) were taught throughout Becking’s courses. Becking designed coursework involving significant data collection in local natural areas, including Freshwater Forest, Arcata Community Forest, Samoa Sand Dunes, and many more Humboldt County places.
This series also has content that is informative about relationships between faculty members in the Forestry and Natural Resources departments during the time of Becking’s teaching career at HSU.

See Also

  1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : NSF
  2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
 

Forestry

Scope and Contents note

Courses Becking taught included Photogrammetry (forestry applications of aerial photographs), Forest Mensuration, Field Problems, Seminar in Forest Land Management, and Tropical Forestry. This list may not be comprehensive.
 

Instructional Materials

See Also

  1. Oversized : Teaching : Forestry : Instructional Materials
Box 77, Folder 14

Even Aged – Uneven-Age [Misc teaching materials re : Plenturung / uneven-aged management, mostly early (1957)] 1957

Box 77, Folder 15

Tree Fork Data [instrument Evaluation] 1959

Box 77, Folder 16

Site Index Expansion

Box 77, Folder 17

Arcata Community Forest Data [Plot data] 1960

Box 77, Folder 18

[loose] mostly 1960s

Box 77, Folder 19

Site Biotic Factors [HSC School Forest data, includes notes re: NSF GB6310] late 1960s

Box 77, Folder 20

Forestry Becking [Binder 1 of 2 : Data relating to 100% inventory] 1969

Box 77, Folder 21

Forestry Becking [Binder 2 of 2 : data relating to 100% inventory] 1969, 1993

Box 77, Folder 22

Volume Tables [Binder 1 of 1, correspondence and documents re: updating information on volume tables] mostly 1993

Box 77, Folder 23

[unlabeled folder re: 100% inventory]

Box 77, Folder 24

Redwood Cubic ft. Volume

Box 77, Folder 25

Inventory 1-4, Continuous Inventory Growth Calculations

Box 77, Folder 26

Exercise #4 [Freshwater Forest Map T.5N R.1E NE1/4 NE1/4 Section 33]

Box 77, Folder 27

FM 110 Cruise Volume Computation Program 81001

Box 78, Folder 1

Forestry Curriculum Committee 1966

Box 78, Folder 2

HB 01-08 Inventories 1967, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Rudolf W. Becking 1967

Box 78, Folder 3

[Forestry 112 Exams, Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, once on reserve at HSU Library] 1968

Box 78, Folder 4

[FORTRAN] 1969

Box 78, Folder 5

GROWTH-STANDS Stand measurements – Inventory 1960s?

Box 78, Folder 6

HARVARD FOREST IR MB 1:12,000 9/13/45 1945

Box 78, Folder 7

TREE HEIGHT by SHADOW 1954

Box 78, Folder 8

[Aerial photos and correspondence] 1960

Box 78, Folder 9

Dr. R.W. Becking – 211 Forestry 1950?

Box 78, Folder 10

Univ. Forest, Orono, MAINE IRMB 1:15,840 1949?

Box 78, Folder 11

OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Box 78, Folder 12

[Photogrammetry exercise and aerial photos] 1954?

Box 78, Folder 13

PI gadgets

Box 78, Folder 14

GEOLOGICAL PHOTOS Tobin Aerial Surveys

Box 78, Folder 15

YIELD TABLES [Stereograms] 1950s

Box 78, Folder 16

3 grey-scales 1958

Box 78, Folder 17

[Map/Photo analysis tools] 1957

Box 78, Folder 18

AERIAL VOLUME TABLES Miscellaneous 1960s

Box 78, Folder 19

ANSCO COLOR 1940s-1950s

Box 78, Folder 20

For: 455 Photogrammetry Exercises 1960s

Box 78, Folder 21

NEGATIVES 1950s?

Box 78, Folder 22

COLOR PHOTOS Pacific Northwest USFS 1950s?

Box 78, Folder 23

FOREST MAPPING 1930s-1950s

Box 78, Folder 24

PI Exercises Auburn, Ala. 1950s?

Box 78, Folder 25

[Wedges] 1950s?

Box 78, Folder 26

Reflectance 1950s-1960s

Box 78, Folder 27

PHOTO-GEOLOGY-SOILS 1960s?

Box 78, Folder 28

CROWN DENSITY STOCKING COVER 1940s-1950s

Box 78, Folder 29

Correspondence [Foliage reflectivity] 1960s

Box 78, Folder 30

Feb 1959 – Nov 1958 [graphed data] 1950s

Box 78, Folder 31

Systemic Botany 582 I.T.C. International Bibliography of Photogrammetry 1950s?

Box 78, Folder 32

[Canadian forest stereopairs] 1950s?

Box 78, Folder 33

[Simpson Logging Field Procedure for Timber Surveys on the Shelton Cooperative Sustained Yield Unit, Petzold] 1951

Box 78, Folder 34

[Loose photogrammetry materials] 1950s?

Box 78, Folder 35

[literature – Photogrammetry, Folder 1 of 4] 1950s, 1960s

Box 78, Folder 36

[literature – Photogrammetry, Folder 2 of 4] 1950s, 1960s

Box 78, Folder 37

[literature – Photogrammetry, Folder 3 of 4] 1950s, 1960s

Box 78, Folder 38

[literature – Photogrammetry, Folder 4 of 4] 1950s, 1960s

Box 79, Folder 1

[Misc Loose docs re: Continuous Forest Inventory, Forest Surveying, and Site index curves] 1940s, 1950s, 1960s

Box 79, Folder 2

Bio : 439 Summer 1969 – Sand Dunes Florence, Ore – Eastern Oregon Sister, Ore. – H.J. Andrews Exp. Forest Blue River, Ore. 1969

Box 79, Folder 3

United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office, Volume III, Cruise and Appraisal 1960s

Box 79, Folder 4

[Log grading documents] 1950, 1960s

Box 79, Folder 5

[Log scale books] 1950s

Box 79, Folder 6

[Yield Tables – Douglas Fir, Young-Growth Redwood, Western Hemlock] 1940s, 1960s

Box 79, Folder 7

[Volume tables – Redwood (old growth and young growth)] 1940s-1960s

Box 79, Folder 8

[Volume books and documents, Folder 1 of 3] 1940s-1980s

Box 79, Folder 9

[Volume books and documents, Folder 2 of 3] 1940s-1980s

Box 79, Folder 10

[Volume books and documents, Folder 3 of 3] 1940s-1980s

Box 79, Folder 11

[Duke University School of Forestry : Stratification of Microclimates in Forests, Outlines and aids for field exercises] 1961

Box 79, Folder 12

[Documents regarding aerial photography] 1960s

Box 79, Folder 13

[List of theses concerned with silviculture, ecology and watershed management – Penn State University 1958-1962, School of Forestry] 1958-1962

Box 79, Folder 14

[Papers on Redwood – once on library reserve at HSU Library] 1960s

Box 79, Folder 15

Tropical Forestry [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 79, Folder 16

Tropical Forestry [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 79, Folder 17

[misc Logging documents, including cable logging terms, conversion factors, basal area, stem form and taper, and other topics, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 79, Folder 18

[Misc logging documents, including cable logging terms, conversion factors, basal area, stem form and taper, and other topics, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 79, Folder 19

[Official Scribner Log Scale Tables booklet]

Box 79, Folder 20

Tropical Forest Ecology Current Quarter 1970s

 

Student Work

See Also

  1. Oversized : Teaching : Forestry : Student Work
Box 79, Folder 21

[Troy Kurth : Operational Planning for Medium-Size Jet Helicopters in Arial Fire Suppression Within Southern California National Forests]

Box 80, Folder 1

Stu Gresswell, Von Bertalanffy 1969

Box 80, Folder 2

Bob Clayton, F.M. 125 – Problem “Thinning Project” 1962

Box 80, Folder 3

Warren Ristow and Ted Stubblefield S^32 radioactive translocation 1964

Box 80, Folder 4

Thornton H. Rhodes FM 125 1962

Box 80, Folder 5

FM 125 Prairie Soils Greenhouse Experiment 1960

Box 80, Folder 6

Planting Field Trials Redwood Creek RWB 61 PR-2B Vegetation Cover – Soil Series Comparative Report RWB 61 PR-2A Leonard R. Askham [includes Becking correspondence with E.J. Viers] 1962-1964

Box 80, Folder 7

Prairie Encroachment Progress Report, FM 125, Jan 16, 1962, by William C. Tate 1962

Box 80, Folder 8

Lucky Lahti, FM 225, Photo Cruise, Freshwater Forest [includes photographs]

Box 80, Folder 9

2nd Progress Report, Project RWB 61-PR2B Leonard R. Askham, May 15 1962 [Report on Planting Field Trials in December 1961 on Redwood Creek for FM 125 on Prairie Restoration] 1962

Box 80, Folder 10

[Management Plan based on Photo Interpretation, by Peter C. Passof, Jan 28, 1963, FM 220A] 1963

Box 80, Folder 11

Some Effects of Age, Position, and Hydrogen Peroxide upon the germination of Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) seed, R. Coulter and C. Nussbaumer 1962

Box 80, Folder 12

Study of Site Productivity with regard to site conditions in the Sierra mixed conifer type by James Mierkey [FM 125] 1967

Box 80, Folder 13

Thinning of Second-Growth Douglas-Fir Stands By Robert V. Clayton F.M. 125 1962

Box 80, Folder 14

Freshwater online Analysis [notebook of Esteban Muldavin] 1980s

Box 80, Folder 15

[Gerald A. McCormick papers – “Maximum Basal area and Site Ecology of Old-Growth Redwood”, includes soil profiles] 1965

Box 80, Folder 16

Some possibilities of S% as an index for thinning red pine. U.N.H. Forestry 140, Dr. Becking, 15 May 1957, E.C. Woodward 1957

Box 80, Folder 17

Forest Prairies by Edwin G. Katlas [FM 125] 1961

Box 80, Folder 18

Pilot Survey for preparation of preliminary aerial volume table for second growth redwood stand in Humboldt Bay Area [R.P. Lathi] 1966

Box 80, Folder 19

A Comprehensive observation of various factors affecting the survival of seedlings in nutrient inorganic growth solutions in vermiculite, Paramajit Dhillon 1961

Box 80, Folder 20

The Amount and value of Japanese Timber exports from Humboldt Bay, California, by Larry Roy Foxworthy [For 225] 1969

Box 80, Folder 21

Preparation of preliminary aerial volume table for Redwood (Thesis Outline) [R.P. Lathi] 1966

Box 80, Folder 22

Soil Relations of Prairie and Forest Areas Edwin Katlas

Box 80, Folder 23

Simmons and Savercool, Douglas Fir Provenances 1962

Box 80, Folder 24

Articles on Trinidad, California, appearing in the Humboldt Times January 1865 to December 1874 by Ned Simmons, Jr. [FM 225] 1970

Box 80, Folder 25

[Loose – Folder 1 of 2] 1964

Box 80, Folder 26

[Loose – Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 80, Folder 27

[Wayne A. Bemis : Phenotypic variation in Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. In Humboldt County, California, MS thesis] 1967

Box 80, Folder 28

[Lee Belletto : The Introduction of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) as a commercial timber species in Northwestern California] 1965

Box 80, Folder 29

[Mensuration Report by Peter C. Passof, Forest Management III] 1962

Box 80, Folder 30

[Kerr Ranch Field Plantings FM 125 by Peter Heide] 1966

Box 80, Folder 31

[Preliminary Survey of Forest Communities in the Black Hills of South Dakota, by J. Bruce Coulter]

Box 80, Folder 32

Study of Plant Indicators for the Sierra Pine Region, Stephen J. Paulson 1967

Box 80, Folder 33

Evaluation of Natural Regeneration Nursery Techniques in the Tropics FM 125 by Josh Mabonga-Mwisaka 1965

Box 80, Folder 34

The Reliability of Weight Scaling in terms of Seasonal Variations, Paul Wilms, December 1970 1970

Box 80, Folder 35

[Annual Ring Files : Manufacturer’s Directory of Humboldt County, Ca including lumber, logging and Forest Products Plants] 1960s

Box 80, Folder 36

[Annual Rings and related publications, Folder 1 of 4] 1960s

Box 80, Folder 37

[Annual Rings and Related Publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 81, Folder 1

[Annual Rings and Related Publications, Folder 3 of 4] 1970s

Box 81, Folder 2

[Annual Rings and Related Publications, Folder 4 of 4] 1960s-1970s

Box 81, Folder 3

[Annual Ring 1990, Becking article on pp 98-99 with note from Becking enclosed in volume : “’Smuggled’ in as 2 last pages of text by editor!” Article entitled “Changing Times – Challenging Times”] 1990

Box 81, Folder 4

FM -111 Growth Reports Fall 1961 – Fall 1963 Projects 5, 6 [Folder 1 of 2] 1963

Box 81, Folder 5

FM-111 Growth Reports Fall 1961 – Fall 1963 Progects 5, 6 [Folder 2 of 2] 1961-1962

Box 81, Folder 6

FM-111 Growth Reports Spring-1964 2812-2822 1964

Box 81, Folder 7

FM-111 Growth Reports Fall 1965 2822 Spring 1964, 2832 Spring 1964, 1965 1960s

Box 81, Folder 8

Seminar I and II Fall 1962 FM-111 [once on reserve at HSU Library] 1962

Box 81, Folder 9

FM 111 Sample Trees Monday Lab. [Seminar II Spring 1963, Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1963

Box 81, Folder 10

Seminar I and II 1964 FM-111 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1964

Box 81, Folder 11

Seminar I and II 1965 FM-111 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1965

Box 81, Folder 12

Seminars I and II FM-111 Spring 1966 Fall 1966 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1966

Box 81, Folder 13

Seminar I and II 1966 FM-111 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1966

Box 81, Folder 14

Seminars Spring 1967 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1967

Box 81, Folder 15

Seminars II FM 111 Spring 1963 and Spring 1968 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1963, 1968

Box 81, Folder 16

[Loose-misc. student reports and forms] 1960s

Box 81, Folder 17

FM 125 Dec. 1961 Douglas J. Jager, Relationships of Site Quality with Soil and Physiography of a Second-Growth Forest in Humboldt County [includes soil profiles] 1961

Box 81, Folder 18

Redwood : Cuttings Exp. #90 Cuttings Planted @ McKinleyville Ranch Weyerhauser Experimental Area [Black Walnut paper by Lee O. Belletto] 1965

Box 81, Folder 19

Height Growth Von Bertalanffy for conifers 1969 [Folder 1 of 2] 1969

Box 81, Folder 20

Height Growth Von Bertalanffy for conifers 1969 [Folder 2 of 2] 1969

 

Freshwater Forest Cruise

Scope and Contents note

Materials related to the Freshwater Forest “Continuous Forest Inventory” (CFI) include a plot manual describing how the CFI was conducted (including sample data tables, references and explanations of methodology), correspondence, aerial photographs of plot locations in Freshwater Forest, a local volume table based on the CFI data, and more. The Freshwater Forest CFI data was gathered by students between 1960 and 1969. The data includes (in Becking’s words): “measurements of some 700 sample trees of the five tree species of the redwood forests of all crown classes”. Becking also referred to this body of data as the 100% Forest Inventory or 100% Cruise, and described it as providing the “possibility of determining the periodic growth of a forest from the results of successive inventories”.
Becking included two notes about the Freshwater Forest data when he donated that set of materials to the Humbodlt State University Library. The first note read: “These are the only periodic printouts from the 100% Cruise Data of the HSU Freshwater Forest. These areas have [been] cruised 2-3x from 1962-1970. If the computer tape works these data can be extracted from the large magnetic tape drive”. The second note read: “Printed HSU School Forest Inventories. If not possible to retrieve from HSU Admin Computer, these will become the only available inventories”.
Please note that materials related to the Freshwater Forest Inventory can be found throughout Teaching : Forestry, and researchers interested in the Freshwater Forest CFI/100% Cruise should refer to the entire subseries and not just those sections where most of the data is grouped together.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Teaching : Forestry : Freshwater Forest Cruise
  2. Oversized : Over 42”
  3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 1 and 10)
  4. Biography (for “Becking Fire” materials)
  5. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Logging History (for “mounds and oldest logging" materials)
  6. Teaching : NR/RPI : Instructional Materials (for correspondence from 1974 related to Becking’s activity in response to some of the CFI plot stands being logged by Pacific Lumber)
  7. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Phytosociology (for phytosociological data from the “HSC School Forest”)
Box 81, Folder 21

H.S.C. Freshwater Surveys 1962

Box 81, Folder 22

C.F.I. Plots 6-10 1960s

Box 81, Folder 23

C.F.I. Plots 17-22 1960s

Box 82, Folder 1

C.F.I. Plots 23-28 1960s

Box 82, Folder 2

CFI Photos Freshwater Forest [includes photographs]

Box 82, Folder 3

Aerial Photos 1962 in Stereo Pairs locating CFI Plots [includes photographs] 1962

Box 82, Folder 4

CFI References and H.S.C. Forest Plot Manual Master File Copy 1963

Box 82, Folder 5

Local Volume Freshwater ARCF late 1980s

Box 82, Folder 6

Guidelines to the Becking Data Base of Forest Inventories Deposited with the HSU Library for Scientific Use [also: Becking-authored note to library staff describing 100% cruise data of the HSU Freshwater Forest] 1998 and later

Box 82, Folder 7

[1962 Cruise Report by Bob Ettner (Library Copy) and Computer-related instructions] 1962

Box 82, Folder 8

[Data 1961-1963] 1961-1963

Box 82, Folder 9

Sample Trees and 1964 100% Inventory 3321 1964

Box 82, Folder 10

2822 100% Inventory Spring 1965 1965

Box 82, Folder 11

Sample Trees and 1965 100% Inventory 2842, 2822 1965

Box 82, Folder 12

NE1/4 SE1/4 Sec 2842 12/15/65 FM 110 Acre 1965

Box 82, Folder 13

2832 100% Inventory Lab A Spring 1966 [Folder 1 of 2] 1966

Box 82, Folder 14

2832 100% Inventory Lab A Spring 1966 [Folder 2 of 2] 1966

Box 82, Folder 15

NW1/4 SE1/4 Sec. 2842 2/1/66 FM 110 1966

Box 82, Folder 16

Sample Trees and 100% Inventory Lab B Spring 1966 3341 1966

Box 82, Folder 17

NE1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 33 3311 Fall 1966 11-15E Spring 1967 15-20E [Folder 1 of 3] 1966-1967

Box 82, Folder 18

NE1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 33 3311 Fall 1966 11-15E Spring 1967 15-20E [Folder 2 of 3] 1966-1967

Box 82, Folder 19

NE1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 33 3311 Fall 1966 11-15E Spring 1967 15-20E [Folder 3 of 3] 1966-1967

Box 82, Folder 20

3331 11/30/1966 Spring Quarter Apr. 1969 1966, 1969

Box 82, Folder 21

NW1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 33 3341 FM-110 Spring ’66 100% Inventory [Folder 1 of 2] 1966

Box 82, Folder 22

NW1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 33 3341 FM-110 Spring ’66 100% Inventory [Folder 2 of 2] 1966

Box 82, Folder 23

Growth Report Spring 1967 Sect 33 SW1/4 NE1/4 3331 1967

Box 82, Folder 24

Work Copy FM 111 2822 100% Inventory Crews 21-30E Fall 1967 1967

Box 82, Folder 25

Freshwater Forest Boundary Survey Corner Location Project, Norman H. Pillsbury, Spring Quarter 1968 1968

Box 82, Folder 26

100% Information and 40 acre summary of the SW/4, SE/4, Sec. 28 Cruised Spring 1968 by For. 110 Original Copy 2832 1968

Box 82, Folder 27

[Data] 1968

Box 82, Folder 28

MLR Deck (Source) 1968

Box 82, Folder 29

100% Inventory and 40 acre summary of the SW/4, SE/4, Sec. 28 Cruised Spring 1968 by For. 110 Work Copy for For. 111 2832 1968

Box 83, Folder 1

NW/4, SE/4 Sec. 28 2842 Winter 1968 100% Inventory and per acre summary for the 40 acre block work copy [Folder 1 of 2] 1968

Box 83, Folder 2

NW/4, SE/4 Sec. 28 2842 Winter 1968 100% Inventory and per acre summary for the 40 acre block work copy [Folder 2 of 2] 1968

Box 83, Folder 3

Freshwater Forest Data April 1975 Graphs, Printouts [Folder 1 of 2] 1975

Box 83, Folder 4

Freshwater Forest Data April 1975 Graphs, Printouts [Folder 2 of 2] 1975

Box 83, Folder 5

[Note from Dr. Darius Adams to Edie Butler (HSU Archivist) regarding 5 binders Rudi Becking gave to him in 2005 for reexamination of Freshwater Forest Cruise data, mailed to HSU for inclusion in Becking Collection] 2010

Box 83, Folder 6

[Freshwater Forest data with 2005 note from Becking to Dr. Darius Adams regarding plans to reexamine data, Binder 1 of 5 given to Dr. Adams in 2000s, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s, 2000s

Box 83, Folder 7

[Freshwater Forest data with 2005 note from Becking to Dr. Darius Adams regarding plans to reexamine data, Binder 1 of 5 given to Dr. Adams in 2000s, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s, 2000s

Box 83, Folder 8

[Freshwater Forest Data, Binder 2 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s, 2000s

Box 83, Folder 9

[Freshwater Forest Data, Binder 2 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s, 2000s

Box 83, Folder 10

Mensurational Data Bruce (1922) Palley (1958) [Binder 3 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s] 1970s, 2000s

Box 83, Folder 11

GP Thinning S% - 1961-1964 [Georgia-Pacific Thinning S% Study, Binder 4 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s] 1960s, 2000s

Box 83, Folder 12

3321 Work Copy SE/4, NE/4 Sec. 33 CR 1-10E 40 Acre Block Dec 1966 [Binder 5 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s] 1960s, 2000s

Box 83, Folder 13

CFI Plots 1-5 Surveys 1960s

Box 83, Folder 14

CFI Plots 11-16 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 83, Folder 15

CFI Plots 11-16 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

Box 83, Folder 16

CFI Plots 29-33 1960s

 

Natural Resources / Resources Planning and Interpretation (NR/RPI)

Scope and Contents note

Courses Becking taught in the Natural Resources department included Natural Resources Conservation, Man and the Land, Ecosystem Analysis, Ecology of the Redwood Biome, Natural Resources Recreation, RPI Seminar, Tropical Forestry Ecology, Shifting Agriculture, People and the Land, Soil Survey Interpretation, Elementary Biometry, Research Proposal Writing, Senior Seminar, and Environmental Impact Assessment. This list may not be comprehensive.
 

Instructional Materials

Scope and Contents note

Contents noted by the processing archivist include:
Classroom Handouts: RWB numbered documents - This set of material includes Becking-authored handouts for his Natural Resources classes at HSU. He used many of his handouts for multiple classes, and incorporated ideas and topics Becking had personal interest in. These included local municipal topics such as wastewater treatment, Humboldt County Economy, the Eureka Waterfront, and other topics. They also include information about local places such as Humboldt Bay, HSU Freshwater Forest, Cheatham Grove, Redwood National Park, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Samoa Dunes, the Simpson Demonstration Forest, and many other locations. Many of the core concepts important to Becking (as evidenced by his manuscripts and research pursuits) appear in these handouts. Becking numbered his handouts with unique identifiers that followed the pattern of this example: RWB #134. There are 139 handouts in this set in the Natural Resources subseries, originally kept in three large binders. Becking did use documents that utilized this numbering format in his Forestry classes, as well, but this particular set refers only to their use in Natural Resources (including RPI) courses after 1970.
PL Logging in Freshwater Forest - When he was with the Forestry department, Becking coordinated a Continuous Forest Inventory of Freshwater Forest (as referenced in the above description of the Teaching : Forestry subseries). In the Teaching : Natural Resources subseries, there is a small set of materials relating to logging in Freshwater Forest by Pacific Lumber in 1974. These materials include correspondence and historical Freshwater Forest data Becking gathered. These materials include reference to Becking wanting to re-inventory existing CFI plots before they were logged, correspondence regarding historical Freshwater Forest data (ca. 1920s) gathered in order to re-measure for second-growth redwood studies, and letters from Becking to Jerry Partain about Becking’s proposal to teach a Forestry course that would involve students thinning a 40 acre section of Freshwater Forest according to all-aged management principles. This set of materials, originally in a single large binder, included a history of Freshwater Forest ownership and management probably written by Becking.
Bird Inventories - Included in this subseries are bird inventories and surveys, including spotted owl survey data. There is limited correspondence or background material relating to this work, so it is not conclusive how Becking used this material in his teaching or if he used all of it in the teaching context at all. However, enough of this material is clearly linked to specific courses that it is included in the teaching series. Most of the data collected is in Becking’s handwriting. Also, in the Bird Maps folders is content regarding Becking’s ideas about how the Forestry faculty could use Freshwater Forest in coordinated curriculum efforts, including doing timber harvest demonstrations of all-aged and even-aged timber management.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Teaching : NR/RPI : Instructional Materials
Box 83, Folder 17

[RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 1 of 3, Folder 1 of 6, Docs 1-29 of 139] 1970s

Box 83, Folder 18

[RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 1 of 3, Folder 2 of 6, Docs 30-49 of 139] 1960s-1980s

Box 83, Folder 19

[RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 2 of 3, Folder 3 of 6, Docs 50-59 of 139] 1970s

Box 83, Folder 20

[RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 2 of 3, Folder 4 of 6, Docs 60-79 of 139] 1970s-1990s

Box 83, Folder 21

[RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 2 of 3, Folder 5 of 6, Docs 80-99 of 139] some 1970s

Box 83, Folder 22

[RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 3 of 3, Folder 6 of 6, Docs 100-139 of 139] 1960s-1990s

Box 84, Folder 1

[Loose, miscellaneous material, some relating to course development and HSU curriculum] 1970s-1990s

Box 84, Folder 2

Freshwater Forest [Correspondence, research and activity in response to 1974 logging by Pacific Lumber, Binder 1 of 1, Folder 1 of 2] 1974

Box 84, Folder 3

Freshwater Forest [correspondence, research and activity in response to 1974 logging by Pacific Lumber, Binder 1 of 1, Folder 2 of 2] 1974

Box 84, Folder 4

Library Resources 1986

Box 84, Folder 5

Project Arcata 1986

Box 84, Folder 6

Steve Veirs Fire Ecology [regarding prescribed burning in Redwood stands] 1970s-1980s

Box 84, Folder 7

Project Area Report 1980s

Box 84, Folder 8

NR 151 Current Course 1980s

Box 84, Folder 9

Soil Classification Soil Criteria

Box 84, Folder 10

Humboldt Redwoods Field Trip [Tourist Information]

Box 84, Folder 11

Excerpts Ingles, Lloyd G. Mammals of the Pacific States California, Oregon and Washington Shields, P.W. 1958 1958

Box 84, Folder 12

RPI 485 RPI Senior Seminar Current Course 1980s

Box 84, Folder 13

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 1 of 3]

Box 84, Folder 14

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 2 of 3]

Box 84, Folder 15

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 3 of 3]

Box 84, Folder 16

Dr. Rudi Becking RPI 120 Field Notes and Sputograms Fall 1983 [includes soil profiles] 1983

Box 84, Folder 17

Soil Profiles, ARC Forest Simpson Demonstr [includes soil profiles] 1970s-1980s

Box 84, Folder 18

[Loose soil profiles Arcata Community Forest] 1970s

Box 84, Folder 19

Redwood Creek Field Trip [Includes soil profiles] 1970s

Box 84, Folder 20

HSC Freshwater Forest [includes soil profiles] 1970s, 1990s

Box 84, Folder 21

[Arcata Community Forest Maps Handouts]

Box 84, Folder 22

Arcata Community Forest Map

Box 84, Folder 23

[Synthesis Table “lowland fogbelt”, Redwood Sprout Seedling Data Sheet Blanks]

Box 84, Folder 24

Handouts Redwood Ecosystem

Box 84, Folder 25

CDF-THP Process [RPI 485 Senior Seminar] 1980s

Box 84, Folder 26

[RWB Numbered Document #54] 1971

Box 84, Folder 27

Clustering 1970s-1980s

Box 84, Folder 28

[Clumped RWB Numbered Documents previously rubber banded together]

Box 84, Folder 29

Shuffle [RPI 120 Sand Dunes Data and Codes, CYBER information] 1980s

Box 84, Folder 30

Simpson Demonstration Trip 1970s, 1980s

Box 84, Folder 31

RPI 120 Ecosystem Analysis [Handouts]

Box 84, Folder 32

RPI 120 Ecosystems Analysis #5 [Handouts]

Box 84, Folder 33

RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 32 [Folder 1 of 2]

Box 84, Folder 34

RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 32 [Folder 2 of 2]

Box 84, Folder 35

RPI 190 Tropical Forest Ecology #22

Box 85, Folder 1

[RPI 5 Man and the Land Handouts] 1970s

Box 85, Folder 2

Papers on Redwood [once on library reserves]

Box 85, Folder 3

RPI 198 – Seminar Packet 1 [once on library reserves]

Box 85, Folder 4

RPI 198 – Seminar Packet 2 [once on library reserves]

Box 85, Folder 5

RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 15 [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 85, Folder 6

RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 15 [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 85, Folder 7

RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 23 [Folder 1 of 2]

Box 85, Folder 8

RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 23 [Folder 2 of 2]

Box 85, Folder 9

RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 46 [Folder 1 of 2]

Box 85, Folder 10

RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 46 [Folder 2 of 2]

Box 85, Folder 11

RPI 122 Final Exams [once on library reserves] 1983

Box 85, Folder 12

[RPI 20 Final Exams once on library reserves] 1983

Box 85, Folder 13

[NR 120 – misc notes, reprints re: population dynamics, Alcidae] 1970s-1990s

Box 85, Folder 14

[Elementary Biometrics Lab #1 Instructions] 1980s?

Box 85, Folder 15

[RPI 120 – loose field exercise instructions]

Box 85, Folder 16

Spotted Owl Surveys SPOWLS 1992

Box 85, Folder 17

Spotted Owl Nest Tree Survey 1990

Box 85, Folder 18

[Bird Inventories, Arcata Community Forest] 1980s

Box 85, Folder 19

Freshwater Forest [Bird Inventories] 1970s

Box 85, Folder 20

Originals Bird Maps 1974, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 1970s

Box 85, Folder 21

Freshwater Forest 2 [Bird Inventories] 1970s

Box 85, Folder 22

Arcata Community Forest (Total Map) 1970s

Box 85, Folder 23

Bird Maps [Arcata Community Forest, Freshwater Forest, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 85, Folder 24

Bird Maps [Arcata Community Forest, Freshwater Forest, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s

Box 85, Folder 25

[Loose – mostly Sand Dunes-related] 1990s

Box 85, Folder 26

Humboldt Bay 1999 NRPI Eco-topia [notes and materials from guest lecture to Dick Hansis’ class Nov 3, 1999, includes Becking-authored report entitled “Planning for the Multiple Use of Humboldt Bay : History, Past and Present Use and Misuse”] 1999

Box 85, Folder 27

Sand Dune Data/ARCF 1990s

Box 85, Folder 28

[Sand Dune vegetation maps, mice data] 1980s

Box 85, Folder 29

[lab data? Soil profiles, notes, data sheets] 1980s

Box 86, Folder 1

Redwood Seedlings [NR 122 field lab] 1970s

Box 86, Folder 2

[Loose, misc.] 1970s

Box 86, Folder 3

An Introduction to Computer Assisted Analysis in the Biological Sciences by R.P. Banaugh 1976

Box 86, Folder 4

WM 125 Snow Hydrology and Management 1970s?

Box 86, Folder 5

[Ways to the Wilderness : Books on Wilderness Travel C.S.U. Humboldt Library 1972] 1972

Box 86, Folder 6

[Reading Assignments for Geography 355, Spring 1970] 1970

Box 86, Folder 7

[Soil ecology and litter decomposition : A Field Guide to soil fauna, Freshwater Forest, T6N R1E sect. 33 and 28 Arcata, California]

Box 86, Folder 8

Meet Your Prof Talk Febr 23, 1968 [includes RNP documents by Becking] 1960s, 1970s

Box 86, Folder 9

[Aerial photographs for use in RPI 420 – Crescent City, CA] 1980s

Box 86, Folder 10

RPI 122 #1 Becking [Slides, Carousel 1 of 4, once on library reserves] 1950s, 1960s

Box 86, Folder 11

RPI 122 #2 Becking [Slides, Carousel 2 of 4, once on library reserves] 1960s-1970s

Box 86, Folder 12

RPI 122 #3 Becking [Slides, Carousel 3 of 4, once on library reserves 1950s-1970s

Box 86, Folder 13

RPI 122 #4 Becking [Slides , Carousel 4 of 4, mostly reptiles and amphibians, once on library reserves] 1950s – 1970s

Box 86, Folder 14

Sand Dunes Tray #1 [once on library reserves (slides)]

Box 86, Folder 15

RPI 420 Sand Dunes Tray #2 [once on library reserves (slides)]

Box 86, Folder 16

RPI 420 Sand Dunes Tray #3 [once on library reserves (slides)]

Box 86, Folder 17

NR 600 Research Proposal Writing 1980s-1990s

Box 86, Folder 18

NR 600 Master File Forms 1980s

Box 86, Folder 19

NR 600 MASTER LETTERS 1980s

Box 86, Folder 20

NR 600 Past Courses 1980s

Box 86, Folder 21

Thesis Organization 1980s

Box 86, Folder 22

NR 600 Library 1980s

Box 86, Folder 23

Library Orientation, Robert Sathrum, Libr 114 1980s?

Box 86, Folder 24

NR 600 Presentations 1980s

Box 86, Folder 25

NR 600 Course Evaluations 1980s

Box 86, Folder 26

Title / Outline / Objectives Introduction 1980s

Box 86, Folder 27

NR 600 Abstract Writing 1980s

Box 86, Folder 28

Literature Review 1980s

Box 86, Folder 29

Methods and Materials 1980s

Box 86, Folder 30

GRANT SUPPORT 1980s

Box 86, Folder 31

Graphics 1980s

Box 86, Folder 32

Statistics Parametric – non Parametric 1980s

Box 86, Folder 33

Hypothesis Testing 1980s

Box 86, Folder 34

Computer Applications Pat Collins 1980s

Box 86, Folder 35

Fish and Game Regulations / Permits 1980s

Box 86, Folder 36

Envir. Engin. Resource Program Envir. Systems 1980s

Box 86, Folder 37

Program and Proposal Writing 1980s

Box 86, Folder 38

Grad Student Advice 1980s

Box 86, Folder 39

NR 600 NRS Graduate Director 1980s

Box 86, Folder 40

Graduate Program Coordinator 1980s

Box 86, Folder 41

Computer Graphics, Steve Carlson 1980s

Box 86, Folder 42

Oral Presentation (Jerry Roelofs) 1980s

Box 86, Folder 43

Milestone Chart Timeline 1980s

Box 86, Folder 44

RNP Steve Veirs 1980s

Box 86, Folder 45

Thesis Topics 1980s

Box 86, Folder 46

Thesis Presentations 1980s

Box 86, Folder 47

[Jim Lenihan thesis proposal] 1980s?

Box 86, Folder 48

Exercise #1 Discussion 1980s

Box 86, Folder 49

Levels of Planning 1980s

Box 86, Folder 50

Regional Authorities 1980s

Box 86, Folder 51

Local Zoning Powers and Regulations 1980s

Box 86, Folder 52

Subdivision Map Act 1980s

Box 86, Folder 53

Ramapo NY / Petaluma CA 1980s

Box 86, Folder 54

Carrying Capacity 1980s

Box 86, Folder 55

Soil – Soil Erosion 1980s?

Box 86, Folder 56

CDF Soil Erosion Ratings 1980s

Box 86, Folder 57

Hydrology / Floods 1980s

Box 86, Folder 58

Climate 1980s

Box 86, Folder 59

Land Suitability Maps 1980s

Box 86, Folder 60

Cost-Benefit Assessment Goals – Achievement Matrix 1980s

Box 86, Folder 61

Land Use Control 1980s

Box 86, Folder 62

Rules of Combination 1980s

Box 86, Folder 63

Native Americans 1980s

Box 86, Folder 64

RPI Planning Courses 1980s

Box 86, Folder 65

Computer Base Systems 1980s

Box 86, Folder 66

Wilderness Planning 1980s

Box 86, Folder 67

Resource Planning 1980s

Box 87, Folder 1

Nat. Forest Service Planning 1980s

Box 87, Folder 2

Nat Park Service Planning 1980s

Box 87, Folder 3

US Forest Service EIS Policies 1980s

Box 87, Folder 4

Six Rivers Planning 1980s

Box 87, Folder 5

Taking Issue 1980s

Box 87, Folder 6

Exercise #2 State Regulations State Statutes 1980s

Box 87, Folder 7

California Tomorrow 1980s

Box 87, Folder 8

RIPARIAN HABITAT field trip [Correspondence regarding Riparian Ecosystem Analysis Course, includes soil profiles from Jacoby Creek flood plain] 1970s

Box 87, Folder 9

Seminar 6 [McIntire-Stennis Program Application] 1980s

Box 87, Folder 10

[Teaching packet?]

Box 87, Folder 11

[Misc. loose] 1970s-1990s

Box 87, Folder 12

RPI 485 Senior Seminar Maxxam Committee Hearings of the U.S. House of Representatives Oct. 5, 1987 [once on library reserves] 1987

Box 87, Folder 13

Rudi Becking Redwood Biome HSU Class Materials 1970s

Box 87, Folder 14

[RWB #46A: The Redwood National Park Controversy Over Its Management and Protection] 1975

Box 87, Folder 15

[Ways to the Wilderness – Books on Wilderness Travel C.S.U. Humboldt Library] 1972

Box 87, Folder 16

[RWB #160: Planning for the Multiple Use of Humboldt Bay History, Past and Present Use and Misuse] 1999

Box 87, Folder 17

HSC Forest Maps [Bird Inventories] 1970s

 

RPI 420

Box 87, Folder 18

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 1 of 2] mostly 1990s

Box 87, Folder 19

[loose, unsorted, Folder 2 of 2] mostly 1990s

Box 87, Folder 20

[Handout Packet] 1989-1992

Box 87, Folder 21

Complete set NR 420 syllabus 1994 for students [Folder 1 of 3] 1970s-1990s

Box 87, Folder 22

Complete set NR 420 syllabus 1994 for students [Folder 2 of 3] 1970s-1990s

Box 87, Folder 23

Complete set NR 420 syllabus 1994 for students [Folder 3 of 3] 1970s-1990s

Box 87, Folder 24

[1992 NRPI 420 Syllabus, Folder 1 of 2] 1992

Box 87, Folder 25

[1992 NRPI 420 Syllabus, Folder 2 of 2] 1992

Box 88, Folder 1

ARCF 1990 RWB # 135 and 136 1990

Box 88, Folder 2

Arcata Community Forest [map handout]

Box 88, Folder 3

RPI 420 Arcata Community Forest

Box 88, Folder 4

RPI 420 Litter Data Past Courses 1988-1991

Box 88, Folder 5

COENOS / EDIT 1980s

Box 88, Folder 6

[Phytosociology Info – loose] 1980s

Box 88, Folder 7

[Arcata Community Forest Field Inventory Instructions and maps] 1991

Box 88, Folder 8

[Arcata Community Forest History] 1989

Box 88, Folder 9

RPI 420 [Arcata Community Forest data, relevés, redwood sprout data sheets, includes soil profile and 5 ½ “ floppy disk] 1992

Box 88, Folder 10

Menzies Wall Flower Research Reports HSU [once on library reserves] 1989

Box 88, Folder 11

[Final Exam Spring 1993] 1993

 

Student Work

Scope and Contents note

Reports and term papers that were placed on library reserve each semester for students to refer to. Becking included two notes about this material when he initially donated it to the HSU library. The first note read: “Student Reports/term papers, Student evaluations of course and teacher, student exams – all put officially on open file in HSU Lbirary of the former class. Substantial protest (anonymous) by NR Faculty and officially being investigated by Faculty Committee as to grades too high, incompetence to deal with subject matter like land use population control, environmental impact and elaborate field work every lab session. Interesting that course quality improved from 1970-1990! – Rudi. Reports were later required in Word Perfect while Word Perfect was not required in the NR Curriculum? Students loved computers WP!” The second note read: “Mostly Student papers. – First beginnings of ‘ecosystem’ concept and interdisciplinary approach! –Interesting comparisons over years as to student perceptions…-Rudi”.
Box 88, Folder 12

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 1 of 3]

Box 88, Folder 13

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 2 of 3]

Box 88, Folder 14

[Loose, unsorted, Folder 3 of 3]

Box 88, Folder 15

Fire Ecology Study Oct. 1974-March 1976, [Ron Holcomb NR 199] 1976

Box 88, Folder 16

Ecosystem Analysis on the Arcata Community Forest [Jennifer Berman, Perry Tarsitano, Steve Naser, Includes Soil Profiles] 1991

Box 88, Folder 17

[Loose RPI 420 Mice Trapping, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 88, Folder 18

[Loose RPI 420 Mice Trapping, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s

Box 88, Folder 19

LP Demo Forest Trinidad 1980s

Box 88, Folder 20

RPI 5 Term Papers Spring 1975 M-Z [Folder 1 of 2 once on library reserves] 1975

Box 88, Folder 21

RPI 5 Term Papers Spring 1975 M-Z [Folder 2 of 2 once on library reserves] 1975

Box 88, Folder 22

RPI 5 Term Papers Fall 1975 Binder 1 of 1 [Folder 1 of 4, once on library reserves] 1975

Box 88, Folder 23

RPI 5 Term Papers Fall 1975 Binder 1 of 1 [Folder 2 of 4, once on library reserves] 1975

Box 88, Folder 24

RPI 5 Term Papers Fall 1975 Binder 1 of 1 [Folder 3 of 4, once on library reserves] 1975

Box 88, Folder 25

RPI 5 Term Papers Fall 1975 Binder 1 of 1 [Folder 4 of 4, once on library reserves] 1975

Box 88, Folder 26

RPI 20 Man and the Land Term Papers Spring 1982 [Folder 1 of 3, once on library reserves] 1982

Box 88, Folder 27

RPI 20 Man and the land Term Papers Spring 1982 [Folder 2 of 3, once on library reserves] 1982

Box 88, Folder 28

RPI 20 Man and the Land Term Papers Spring 1982 [Folder 3 of 3, once on library reserves] 1982

Box 88, Folder 29

NR 122 term Papers Spring Quarter 1972 [Folder 1 of 3, once on library reserves] 1972

Box 89, Folder 1

NR 122 Term Papers Spring Quarter 1972 [Folder 2 of 3, once on library reserves] 1972

Box 89, Folder 2

NR 122 Term Papers Spring Quarter 1972 [Folder 3 of 3, once on library reserves] 1972

Box 89, Folder 3

NR 122 Ecology Redwood Biome Spring Quarter 1971 Term Papers #3 [Folder 1 of 3, once on library reserves, includes soil profiles and photographs] 1971

Box 89, Folder 4

NR 122 Ecology Redwood Biome Spring Quarter 1971 Term Papers #3 [Folder 2 of 3, once on library reserves, includes soil profiles and photographs] 1971

Box 89, Folder 5

NR 122 Ecology Redwood Biome Spring Quarter 1971 Term Papers #3 [Folder 3 of 3, once on library reserves] 1971

Box 89, Folder 6

[NR 120 Ecosystem Analysis Term Papers Folder 1 of 2] 1982

Box 89, Folder 7

[NR 120 Ecosystem Analysis Term Papers Folder 2 of 2] 1982

Box 89, Folder 8

[RPI Term Papers 1983, includes soil profiles] 1983

Box 89, Folder 9

[RPI 120 Term Papers 1982, Folder 1 of 2] 1982

Box 89, Folder 10

[RPI 120 Term Papers 1982, Folder 2 of 2] 1982

Box 89, Folder 11

NR 120 Field Reports Winter 1975 [Soil profiles included] 1975

Box 89, Folder 12

RPI Field Reports North Spit Sand Dunes Winter 1977 [includes photographs, Folder 1 of 2, once on library reserves] 1977

Box 89, Folder 13

RPI Field Reports North Spit Sand Dunes Winter 1977 [includes photographs, Folder 2 of 2, once on library reserves] 1977

Box 89, Folder 14

RPI 120 Field Reports Fall 1978 Lo-Z [Folder 1 of 2, once on library reserves, includes soil profiles] 1978

Box 89, Folder 15

RPI 120 Field Reports Fall 1978 Lo-Z [Folder 2 of 2, once on library reserves, includes soil profiles] 1978

Box 89, Folder 16

RPI 120 Field Reports Winter ’79 J-Z [Folder 1 of 2, includes soil profiles, once on library reserves] 1979

Box 89, Folder 17

RPI 120 Field Reports Winter ’79 J-Z [Folder 2 of 2, includes soil profiles, once on library reserves] 1979

Box 89, Folder 18

RPI 120 Field Reports Fall 1979 Sand Dunes [once on library reserves, includes photographs] 1979

Box 89, Folder 19

RPI 120 Field Reports – Fall 1979 Forests [once on library reserves, includes soil profiles and photographs] 1979

Box 90, Folder 1

RPI 120 Ecosystem Analysis Term Papers, Winter 1980 [once on library reserves] 1980

Box 90, Folder 2

Term Papers RPI 120 Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 1 of 3, once on library reserves, includes photos] 1981

Box 90, Folder 3

Term Papers RPI 120 Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 2 of 3, once on library reserves, includes photos] 1981

Box 90, Folder 4

Term Papers RPI 120 Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 3 of 3, once on library reserves, includes photos] 1981

Box 90, Folder 5

[Student Papers – Ecosystems Analysis, Includes soil profiles] 1980s

Box 90, Folder 6

[RPI 120, 1983 – papers and data] 1983

Box 90, Folder 7

The Forest Associations of the Little Lost Man Creek Research Natural Area, James M. Lenihan, M.S. Thesis July 1986 1986

Box 90, Folder 8

[Esteban H. Muldavin : Forest Communities of Shinbone Ridge in the Yolla Bolly Mountains of Northern California, MS Thesis] 1982

Box 90, Folder 9

[John S. Baird : Horizontal and Vertical Air Temperature variations in Arcata, California, MS Thesis] 1976

Box 90, Folder 10

[Lorraine J. Holden : Biological Control of Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.) on a disturbed coastal prairie in Del Norte County, California, MS Thesis] 1989

Box 90, Folder 11

[Steven A. Harris : Relationship of Convection Fog to Characteristics of the Vegetation of Redwood National Park, MS Thesis] 1987

Box 90, Folder 12

[James M. Lenihan : The Forest Associations of the Little Lost Man Creek Research Natural Area, Redwood National Park, CA, MS Thesis] 1986

Box 90, Folder 13

[Kirk C. Gothier : The Impact of Recreational Hiking on the Redwood Forest, MS Thesis] 1980

Box 90, Folder 14

[Ronald E. Widmar : Effect of Environmental Perspective Upon Soils Information Comprehension in Environmental Impact Reports : A Constructivist’s Analysis, MS Thesis] 1978

Box 90, Folder 15

[Deborah Simmons and Christine McElroy : Development and Evaluation of an Environmental Education Curriculum, MS Thesis] 1977

Box 90, Folder 16

[Marvin Goss : Landtype Association Classification : A Basis for Estimating Sediment Yields and Road Costs Within a Non-Urban Environment, MS Thesis] 1984

Box 90, Folder 17

[Marvin Goss : Climatological Summary of Plumas County, California – Proposal] 1973

Box 90, Folder 18

[Marvin Goss : A Climatological Summary of Plumas, County, California, MS Thesis] 1975

Box 91, Folder 1

[Sand Dunes Student Papers] 1980s

Box 91, Folder 2

An Ecosystems Analysis of the North Samoa Spit [Term Papers, Folder 1 of 2] 1984

Box 91, Folder 3

An Ecosystems Analysis of the North Samoa Spit [Term Papers, Folder 2 of 2] 1984

Box 91, Folder 4

Term Papers RPI 120 Becking Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 1 of 2, once on library reserves] 1981

Box 91, Folder 5

Term Papers RPI 120 Becking Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 2 of 2, once on library reserves] 1981

 

Evaluations

Box 91, Folder 6

Summary Evaluation Sheets for RPI-120 Ecosystem Analysis and RPI 122 Redwood Biomes 1974-1980

Box 91, Folder 7

Summary Evaluations 1969-1978 [includes Forestry and NR/RPI courses] 1969-1978

Box 91, Folder 8

Summary Evaluation sheets RPI-20 1971-1980

Box 91, Folder 9

Summary Sheets of Student Evaluation of Class and Instructor NR 2 1969-1977

Box 91, Folder 10

RPI-110 Natural Resource Recreation Student Evaluations 1976-1978

 

Cheatham Grove

Scope and Contents note

Student data and reports, correspondence, notes, maps and bird inventories of field trip destination Cheatham Grove (an old growth forest stand along the Van Duzen River in Carlotta, California). Students travelled to the site with Becking to study plant communities, soil characteristics, management, wildlife, and site history.

See Also

  1. Oversized : Teaching : NR/RPI : Cheatham Grove
Box 91, Folder 11

Van Duzen Past Reports 1970s-1980s

Box 91, Folder 12

[Loose – includes field notebooks] 1970s-1980s

Box 91, Folder 13

[Cheatham Grove Field Trip Reports, 1973 and 1975, includes soil samples] 1970s

Box 91, Folder 14

CHEATHAM GROVE Map of Grove 1970s?

Box 91, Folder 15

[Field Data] 1970s

Box 91, Folder 16

[Cheatham Grove Maps] 1973

Box 91, Folder 17

CHEATHAM Maps, Bird MAPS 77/78/82/84/1988 1970s-1980s

Box 91, Folder 18

[Field Data –student work] 1979

 

Oversized Series 5

 

Research and Writing

 

Forest Ecology and Management

 

Douglas Fir

Box 92, Folder 1

[Douglas Fir – 4 Rolled Items]

Box 92, Folder 2

PH.D. THESIS Rudi Tables ZM 1954 data OR, WA, BC 1954

Box 92, Folder 3

[Site Indicators Synthesis data sheets] 1950s?

Box 92, Folder 4

Originals used in Rudi’s Ph.D. Thesis and battle to expand the 1964 RNP used in RNP battle slide presentations!

 

NSF

Box 92, Folder 5

[Bull Creek – 3 Rolled Items]

Box 92, Folder 6

NSF GB 4690 Climate Data 1960s

Box 92, Folder 7

PHOTOS US Army Engineers, Flood 1964, Holmes / Pepperwood Area of Eel River 1964

 

Plenturung

Box 92, Folder 8

[Mendocino – Forest Maps, 4 Rolled Items]

Box 92, Folder 9

Covelo – Yolla Bolly Mendocino-Trinity-Humboldt Co’s FIELD MAPS

 

Redwoods

Box 92, Folder 10

[Trinidad-Fossil Redwoods]

Box 92, Folder 11

[Redwood Forests of Northern California – Presentation Materials]

 

Indonesia

Box 93, Folder 1

KOORDERS ORCHIDACEAE

Box 93, Folder 2

[Maps]

 

Logging History

Box 93, Folder 3

Manuscript – Earliest Logging of Redwood Use of Mounds Nov 15, 1971 1971

 

Consulting

Box 93, Folder 4

[Shelburn Property Survey, Trinidad, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 93, Folder 5

Audubon Canyon Ranch Maps Nov 1987 1987

 

Other Forestry

Box 93, Folder 6

YUROK EXP. FOREST [includes plot numbers, 1 rolled item]

Box 93, Folder 7

[Siskiyou National Forest Chetco District Redwood Data 1991, letter included, 1 Rolled Item] 1991

Box 93, Folder 8

Gabon Africa Becking Manuscript 1960 1960

Box 93, Folder 9

MASTER COPY Management Map [Durham N.H. – 19 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 93, Folder 10

[Prairie Creek Field Maps of Sample plots – 4 rolled items]

Box 93, Folder 11

[Contract landscaping plans for Route 101 in Sonoma County from Petaluma to Healdsburg]

Box 93, Folder 12

[H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Annotated Map, 1986, 1 Rolled Item]

 

Soils

Box 94, Folder 1

Simpson Korbel, CA Soil Study Map [1 Rolled Item] 1960

Box 94, Folder 2

[Tokyo Forest Experiment Station : Forest Soil Profiles] 1952

 

Botanical Studies

 

Phytosociology

Box 94, Folder 3

[Phytosociology synthesis tables and figures, 3 rolled items]

Box 94, Folder 4

[data and IBM card organization notes] 1960s

 

Hastingsia

Box 94, Folder 5

[Maps]

 

Sand Dunes

Box 94, Folder 6

[hand drawn maps of Samoa dunes]

 

Other Botanical

Box 94, Folder 7

Tjio Yoe Hin chromosome photos

 

Great Smoky Mountains

Box 94, Folder 8

[Great Smoky Mountains maps and data – 4 rolled items]

 

Marbled Murrelet

Box 94, Folder 9

[Diagrams of nests, eggs – 2 rolled items]

 

Other Research

Box 94, Folder 10

[Maps – Azalea Reserve]

Box 94, Folder 11

[Misc. Field and office Map packets, many annotated with plot numbers]

 

Activism and Civic Involvement

 

Arcata

 

Transportation

Box 95, Folder 1

[Arcata Freeway – maps – 7 Rolled Items] 1970s

Box 95, Folder 2

[Bike Plans for campus and city of Arcata – 2 rolled items]

Box 95, Folder 3

[Eureka Freeway Impact Study Summary Report] 1970

 

Forest Management

Box 95, Folder 4

Master Map MAP ARCF [1 Rolled Item]

Box 95, Folder 5

G.P. Forest Type Map [1 Rolled item]

 

Solid Waste

Box 95, Folder 6

[Maps – Solid Waste Disposal Maps – 2 Rolled Items]

Box 95, Folder 7

[Proposed Willow Cr. Landfill]

 

Other Arcata

Box 95, Folder 8

[Maps – 3 rolled items]

Box 95, Folder 9

[Arcata Redwood Park – 1 Rolled Item]

 

RNP

Box 96, Folder 1

[Emerald Creek Bake Sale Poster – 1 Rolled Item]

Box 96, Folder 2

[RNP Expansion Map – 1 Rolled Item]

Box 96, Folder 3

SURVEY MAPS RNP [20 sheets, 1 rolled item]

Box 96, Folder 4

RNP Tri Lake Map Becking [1 Rolled Item]

Box 96, Folder 5

[Emerald Creek / RNP Maps, 1 Rolled Item, 2 Sheets]

Box 96, Folder 6

[Emerald Creek Committee Appreciation Scroll]

Box 96, Folder 7

REDWOOD CREEK logging [4 sheets, 1 rolled item]

Box 96, Folder 8

RNP EMERALD CREEK [1 Rolled Item]

Box 96, Folder 9

[RNP Map – 1 Rolled Item]

Box 96, Folder 10

Redwood Nat Park Ownership Map [3 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 96, Folder 11

[Regional Recreation Area Map RNP]

Box 96, Folder 12

[Redwood National Park Area Maps – annotated, 7 sheets, 1 rolled item]

Box 97, Folder 1

Redwood Creek at Orick U.S. Army Engineers [15 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 97, Folder 2

[Regional Park Plan Map – Becking RNP, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 97, Folder 3

[RNP Map – 1 Rolled Item, 2 sheets]

Box 97, Folder 4

[Regional Redwood National Park Plan Becking – 2 sheets, 1 rolled item]

Box 97, Folder 5

[RNP Maps, 8 sheets, 1 rolled item]

Box 97, Folder 6

[Regional Redwood Park Plan and Senate Plan Maps 1960s – 2 sheets, 1 rolled item] 1960s

Box 97, Folder 7

[Additional Lands – Redwood National Park Map – 1 Rolled Item]

Box 97, Folder 8

PRAIRIE CREEK Grove Map [1 Rolled Item]

Box 97, Folder 9

[Orick Quadrangle Map Annotated re : RNP and Mgmt Guidelines – 1 Rolled Item]

Box 97, Folder 10

[Ridge East of Redwood Creek – 3 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 97, Folder 11

ASSESSORS MAPS Redwood Creek Valley [4 sheets, 1 rolled item]

Box 97, Folder 12

PRAIRIE CREEK S. PARK MEMORIAL GROVE MAP [1 Rolled Item]

Box 97, Folder 13

REDWOOD NAT PARK MAPS Logging Plans 1964 [4 sheets, 1 rolled item] 1960s

Box 97, Folder 14

1966-1967 Photos used to expand RNP of logging at edge or near the tall tree Grove sent to US Congress 1960s

Box 97, Folder 15

Redwood National Park RNP Trail maps Redwood Creek basin

Box 97, Folder 16

Forestry Club Honor Guard Dedication Ceremony Lady Bird Johnson and President Nixon

Box 97, Folder 17

[George Lester signed print]

 

Humboldt Bay

Box 98, Folder 1

[Humboldt Bay – 2 Rolled Items]

 

Tri Lakes and Butler Valley Dam

Box 98, Folder 2

[Tri Lake Plan – 1 Rolled Item]

 

Ancient Forests

Box 98, Folder 3

[Northern Spotted Owl Conservation Plan Maps – 1 Rolled Item]

Box 98, Folder 4

[National Advertising Materials for Weyerhaeuser Timber Company – “Wildlife and Tree Farming” – “Appearing monthly in the Saturday Evening Post, U.S. News and World Report and the Farm Journal”] 1950s

 

Other Activism

Box 98, Folder 5

[Peace – handmade poster, 1 Rolled item]

Box 98, Folder 6

STRIKE VOTE POSTER 1968 HSU Anti Vietnam War 1968

Box 98, Folder 7

[Humboldt County Zoning – 1 Rolled Item]

Box 98, Folder 8

[Aerial Coastline Ozalids, 24 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1960s

Box 98, Folder 9

COMPARTMENT MAPS SISKIYOU N.F. [67 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 98, Folder 10

VAN DUZEN EEL RIVER County Assessor Maps [1 Rolled Item]

Box 98, Folder 11

[Photographs of Eureka Sequoia Park sign and of a Clearcut]

 

Teaching

 

Forestry

 

Instructional Materials

Box 99, Folder 1

FM 111 Graphs [6 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1960s?

Box 99, Folder 2

[FORTRAN Coding Form]

Box 99, Folder 3

Negative – Arcata Community Forest, Arcata Historic Homes

Box 99, Folder 4

Freshwater Forest Maps Negatives

Box 99, Folder 5

Scotia Barrens State Game Land #176 Semicontrolled Mosaic 1950 summer IRMB Glenn Landis, mosaic and copy of negative 1950

 

Freshwater Forest Cruise

Box 99, Folder 6

[Aerial photos and contours – HSU campus and adjacent forest – 4 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1980s

Box 99, Folder 7

[Freshwater Forest Contour Maps – 6 Rolled Items] 1960s

Box 99, Folder 8

[Contour Map, Humboldt State College School Forest, 3 Rolled Items] 1960s?

Box 99, Folder 9

[Hand drawn FM 110 maps, transparencies, data, 12 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1960s

Box 99, Folder 10

[Humboldt State College Forest Maps and Overlays, 3 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1960s?

 

Student Work

Box 99, Folder 11

[MAP Redwood Region PFRF – 13 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1980s

 

NR/RPI

 

Instructional Materials

Box 99, Folder 12

[Arcata Community Forest – assorted maps, 6 rolled items] 1980s

Box 99, Folder 13

[Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Wildlife Protection Fish Return Facility Schematic Diagram] 1978

 

Cheatham Grove

Box 99, Folder 14

[Cheatham Grove Maps and Becking Illustration – 5 rolled items]

 

Biography

Box 99, Folder 15

[Spiral Book : “Ecosystemology” anthology] 1970s

 

Over 42 Inches

Box 100, Folder 1

Redwood Creek Assessor’s Maps Redwood Nat Park [9 Sheets, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 100, Folder 2

[Assorted maps of sand dunes, including Samoa Coast Guard and Lanphere Dunes, 7 Rolled Items]

Box 100, Folder 3

Del Norte Redwood N. Park Areas [7 Sheets, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 100, Folder 4

[Forest Classification Proposed Redwood National Park, March 15, 1967] 1967

Box 100, Folder 5

RNP 1968 Map [Redwood National Park Boundary Map Sept. 1968] 1968

Box 100, Folder 6

Pacific Lumber Ownership MAP + Logging History [15 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]

Box 100, Folder 7

Redwood Creek Forest Classification Redwood Nat Park

Box 100, Folder 8

EUREKA Waterfront Fields Landing

Box 100, Folder 9

[Redwood Creek Watershed Subdrainages]

Box 100, Folder 10

[HSU PLAN Preston Property]

Box 100, Folder 11

[Teaching : Forestry : Freshwater Forest Cruise, 9 Rolled Items] 1960s

Box 100, Folder 12

[Drawings / Figures of seedling root and shoot development]

 

Becking Digital Collection Series 6

Scope and Contents note

Becking’s digital files relate directly to many of the series described above. There is some duplication in the computer files of items in the paper files, but there is primarily unique material in these digital files. Researchers should use the paper files first, and should read the digital collection processor’s notes  to guide their use of the digital files.
Box 101, Folder 1

Becking Diskettes Box 1 

Box 101, Folder 2

Becking Diskettes Box 2 

Box 102, Folder 1

Becking Diskettes Box 3 

Box 102, Folder 2

Becking Diskettes Box 4 

Box 102, Folder 3

Becking Diskettes Box 5 

Box 102, Folder 4

Becking Diskettes Box 6 

Box 102, Folder 5

Becking Diskettes Box 7 

Box 102, Folder 6

Becking Diskettes Box 8 

Box 102, Folder 7

Becking Diskettes Box 9 

Box 102, Folder 8

Becking Diskettes Box 10 

Box 102, Folder 9

[CDs with Becking files, processor’s memo, and sample printouts of files from the Becking Digital Collection] 1990s, 2000s

 

Cassettes Series 7

Scope and Contents note

Becking kept sound recordings of some meetings he spoke at, attended, or was otherwise interested in. The recordings relate to many of the series described above for the paper files. There is a wide range of sound quality on the cassettes, with some duplicate content. The cassettes are grouped according to topic. Digital versions of each cassette are included on CDs for use by researchers.

Processing Information note

The Processing Archivist listened to portions of each side of each tape to appraise and describe them. The HSU Archivist listened to select tapes for further appraisal and made cassette copies of those tapes. One transcription was generated from a cassette entitled “Redwood Creek Chilula Site Oct 76”.
Digital copies were made of all cassettes using the following methods:
Equipment:
  1. Cassette player: SONY Stereo Cassette Deck TC-WE475
  2. Computer: Dell Dimension E521 with standard issue sound card
  3. ProcessSoftware: Audacity 1.3.13 Beta
Process:
  1. Entire contents of cassette were recorded as an Audacity Project file.
  2. Undesired content such as silence and unrelated sections of tape were deleted.
  3. When applicable, separate tracks were created to indicate the difference between the two sides of the cassette.
  4. The project tracks were exported as WAV files.
  5. When significant differences in input levels were identified in a single cassette recording, the “Compressor Effect” tool of the Audacity software was used. This tool compresses the dynamic range of the audio content, in some cases improving sound quality.
  6. The audio content was then burned to CD, labeled, and tied with cotton string to the companion cassette for storage.
Box 103, Folder 1

Arcata Bike Master Plan

Box 103, Folder 2

Redw Park

Box 103, Folder 3

Rudi Channel 3 Wash DC 1967 [RNP]

Box 103, Folder 4

[Prob RNP, Poor Sound Quality]

Box 103, Folder 5

RNP Park Hearing [3 Volumes]

Box 103, Folder 6

Redwood Creek Chilula Site Oct. 76 LAKE [includes transcript]

Box 103, Folder 7

SIDE A – Elk Sounds, SIDE B – Butler Dam Meeting [inc. Becking comments and dialog]

Box 103, Folder 8

March 13 1967 “Tri Lake Reservoir Presentation” cont’d

Box 103, Folder 9

Butler Valley Hearing Nov 25, 1967 1967

Box 103, Folder 10

Three Lake Hearings [Becking and Mather Speak]

Box 103, Folder 11

John Miles Ma 1966 Tax Payer Mtgs 1966

Box 103, Folder 12

Park Hearing [Prob mislabeled, Public Perception of Forestry]

Box 103, Folder 13

Forestry Committee Meeting May 16, 1966: Daniel Oswold 1966

Box 103, Folder 14

[California Forest Practices Act]

Box 103, Folder 15

State Board of Forestry testimony Simpson Clearcut

Box 103, Folder 16

State Parks Comm Dec 1965 [Prob Mislabeled]

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