Cedar Creek Natural History Area Records, 1941-1993

Summary Information

Title: Cedar Creek Natural History Area records
Dates: 1941-1993
Creator: University of Minnesota. College of Biological Sciences
Extent: 2 boxes (2.0 cubic feet)
Language: Collection materials in English
Collection Number: uarc 238
Abstract:

The collection contains materials concerning the programs and administration of the Cedar Creek Natural History Area, including committee minutes, staff and administrative correspondence, grants, program publicity, reports and photographs.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives

Access and Use

Access Restrictions:

Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Copyright:

Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.

Processing Information:

This collection was processed with funds provided by the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Preferred Citation:

Cedar Creek Natural History Area records, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Historical Note

The Cedar Creek Forest was established in 1942 by the Minnesota Academy of Science and the University of Minnesota. The agreement establishing the Forest provided that “certain lands had been or would be transferred to the Regents of the University who would keep and preserve the land in natural condition as a refuge for indigenous plant and animal life, would administer the area to encourage wise use for scientific and educational purposes particularly for natural history studies…and would keep the area accessible to qualified persons not being limited to those having official connections with the University.”

In 1945, University professor Arthur Wilcox was appointed chairman of the University committee working with the Minnesota Academy of Science to administer the Forest. In 1954, the Board of Regents named Professor Wilcox director of the Cedar Creek Forest. In 1958, the Board of Regents approved a name change to Cedar Creek Natural History Area.

Professor William H. Marshall succeeded Professor Wilcox as Director in 1962. In 1966, the Field Biology Program was established in the College of Biological Sciences to “further develop the activities in research and teaching that exploit the two excellent field stations maintained by the University (Cedar Creek Natural History Area and Itasca Forest Biological Station).” In addition to serving as Director of Cedar Creek, Professor Marshall was named chair for Field Biology, which was an interdepartmental graduate study program. In 1970, Professor David Parmelee was named Director of Cedar Creek and Chair of the Field Biology Program. Starting in the mid-1970s, field biology was described in the College of Biological Sciences catalogs as a program unit administered by the college, not a separate academic department or graduate study program.

In 1986, Professor John Tester was named director of Cedar Creek Natural History Area. By this time, no programs chairs were named for field biology. Professor Tester served until 1992, when Professor David Tilman was named director of Cedar Creek. The facility’s name was changed in 2007 to Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection contains materials concerning the programs and administration of the Cedar Creek Natural History Area, including committee minutes, staff and administrative correspondence, grants, program publicity, reports and photographs. There is also a small amount of historical and descriptive information about the Area. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject, personal and committee name. The majority of materials are dated from the mid-1950s to late 1960s.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
• University of Minnesota. College of Biological Sciences.
• Cedar Creek Natural History Area (Minn.) -- Archives.

Detailed Contents

Location		Title
Box 1		Administration, Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Bethel 1957-1962 ( 3 folders )  Box 1
		Advisory Committee for Cedar Creek Forest Project 1957-1959 ( 2 folders )  Box 1
		Advisory Committee for Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1966  Box 1
		Agreement of Minnesota Academy of Science 1942-1943  Box 1
		Birds of Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1974 ( 1 volume )  Box 1
		Building Committee, Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1955  Box 1
		Buildings, Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1957-1964 ( 4 folders )  Box 1
		Cedar Creek Advisory Committee 1945-1966 ( 9 folders )  Box 1
		Cedar Creek Advisory Committee, Minutes 1945-1965 ( 3 folders )  Box 1
		Cedar Creek Advisory Committee, Minutes 1970-1977  Box 1
		Soils of Cedar Creek Natural History Area undated  Box 1
		Cedar Creek Natural History Area, App. 1962-1971 ( 2 folders )  Box 1
		Cedar Creek Building Committee 1955  Box 1
		Cedar Creek Forest undated ( 1 volume )  Box 1
		Cedar Creek National Science Foundation Mapping 1958-1961 ( 3 folders )  Box 1
		Correspondence 1993  Box 1
		Crawford, Bryce (Dean) 1962-1965  Box 1
		Developmental History of Cedar Creek Bog 1941 ( 1 volume )  Box 1
		Fire Destroying Barn at Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Bethel 1963  Box 1
		Fleischmann Foundation, Max C. 1953-1961 ( 3 folders )  Box 1
		Fleischmann Foundation, Max C. 1966-1967 ( 1 volume )  Box 1
		General Correspondence 1957-1966 ( 6 folders )  Box 1
Box 2		History of the Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1985  Box 2
		Improvement Projects, Plans 1963-1967  Box 2
		Land, Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1957-1967 ( 4 folders )  Box 2
		Land Acquisition, Sale and Trade-Cedar Creek 1964-1967  Box 2
		Land Committee, Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1954  Box 2
		Legislative Building Commission 1965  Box 2
		Maintenance, Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1962-1966 ( 3 folders )  Box 2
		Management Committee 1965-1968  Box 2
		Management Subcommittee 1958-1964  Box 2
		Management Subcommittee Minutes 1963-1965  Box 2
		Minnesota Research Projects 1924  Box 2
		Miscellaneous, Cedar Creek 1959-1965  Box 2
		National Science Foundation Grant 1957-1961  Box 2
		People and Places: Cedar Creek Natural History Area and Helen Allison Savanna 1983 ( 2 folders )  Box 2
		Progress Reports, Cedar Creek Natural History Area 1963-1982  Box 2
		Property 1959-1965  Box 2
		Publicity 1959-1965  Box 2
		Report to the Trustees 1955 ( 1 volume )  Box 2
		Special Consultant Group on Ecology 1957-1961  Box 2
		Special Consultant Group on Protection 1957-1962  Box 2
		Special Consultant Group in Wildlife 1955  Box 2
		Subcommittee on Operational Policy 1957-1961  Box 2
		Subcommittee to Investigate Future Financial Possibilities 1956  Box 2
		University Committee on Cedar Creek Forest 1955  Box 2
		Visitor Regulations 1963-1964  Box 2
Box 2		Reports on the History of Cedar Creek Natural History Area, circa 1960s Box 2 Note Collected by A.C. Hodson.
Box 2		Photographs, Fleischmann Foundation Application 1954  Box 2