Henry Milton Reeves papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a wide range of materials from Reeves’ life including personal files, field notes, reports, and articles. The first category, “Personal Files,” includes materials documenting Reeves’ education and career, as well as correspondence with colleagues and friends concerning his books and other topics. Reeves’ “Field Notes and Reports” document his professional work across the country, with materials from Success, Canada, where he surveyed waterfowl from 1955 to 1956, being particularly voluminous. The third section, “Additional Reeves Research and Publications,” contains research articles which Reeves helped to write or edit and associated research material. Finally, “Files and Publications From Other Authors” includes articles, letters, and other publications that were not produced by Reeves but relate to his personal and professional interests, such as the collection of Jay Darling cartoons and a sample of the creative works of Dallas Lore Sharp.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-2013
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Henry Milton Reeves papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Henry Milton Reeves was born on March 31, 1927. He served in the United States Navy for a year beginning in 1945, then enrolled at Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University), earning a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Management in 1950. Reeves gained considerable experience with waterfowl during his employment as an Idaho Department of Fish and Game conservation officer an research biologist, studying birds and muskrats on Dingle Marsh, Idaho. This work became the basis for his master’s thesis at USAC and led to the creation of the Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Reeves then joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1953, working various positions in Texas, Canada, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Maryland before ultimately moving to Washington, D.C., where he served as chief of the Branch of Operations, Office of Migratory Birds beginning in 1976.
Following his retirement in 1983, he continued to author and edit academic books and articles, including Flyways (1984) and Ecology and Management of the Mouring Dove (1993). Prior to his death on February 1, 2013, Reeves was working on a book project related to the relationship of migratory game birds and human societies in North America.
Extent
6 boxes (3 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection contains documents relating to the life of Henry Milton Reeves, who worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into four major sections: Personal Files, Field Notes and Reports, Additional Reserach and Publications, and Files and Publications From Other Authors
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Merilyn Reeves in 2013.
Processing Information
Processed in June of 2014
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Henry Milton Reeves papers 1927-2013
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Joanna Dobrowolska and Clint Pumphrey
- Date
- ©2014
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
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