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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen McGinnis, Conservationist, Papers regarding Wilderness Preservation in West Virginia, A&M 4270, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Papers of conservationist Helen McGinnis regarding wilderness preservation. McGinnis was a noted conservationist working for a time at the United States National Museum of Natural History, she was also a dedicated member of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. The majority of the material regards the Dolly Sods Wilderness; other subjects include the Otter Creek Wilderness, Cranberry Wilderness, Seneca Rocks and Spruce Knob. Types of records include articles, news clippings, manuscripts, correspondence, maps, trail guides, and legal documents.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Conservation & Conservationists.
- Conservation groups - West Virginia.
- Dolly Sods Wilderness (W. Va.)
- Otter Creek Wilderness (W. Va.)
Container List
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 01
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes correspondence and maps; correspondents include: The Department of the Interior, Monongahela
National Forest, the National Geographic Society, and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy)
1968-1974
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 02
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes correspondence, maps, and trail proposals; correspondents include: The Wilderness Society,
the USDA Forest Service, West Virginia Geological Survey, Tucker County Planning Commission, and The Nature Conservancy)
1970-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 03
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes correspondence; correspondents include: Senator Jennings Randolph, the USDA Forest Service,
Representatives Robert H. Mallohan and John M Slack)
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 04
Dolly Sods and general conservation note cards
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 05
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes correspondence and trail map; correspondents include: the USDA Forest Service, and the Potomac
Appalachian Trail Club)
1971-1974
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 06
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes correspondence regarding land management; correspondents include: the USDA Forest Service)
1973-1974
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 07
Monongahela National Forest Expansion (includes correspondence; correspondents include: Representative Ken Hechler)
1973
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 08
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes articles and reprints)
1938-1972
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 09
Timber sale (includes correspondence and maps)
1970
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 10
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes trail notes)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 11
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes directions and maps)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 12
Cranberry Backcountry Wilderness (includes correspondence; correspondents include the USDA Forest Service)
1970-1977
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 13
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes correspondence, maps, a two star citation for Helen McGinnis from Monongahela National Forest
for Conservation Efforts, and a management plan for the Dolly Sods Wilderness)
1969-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 14
The Bruce E. Sandquist affidavit regarding the timber sale
1970
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 15
Geology and surface mining (includes correspondence and maps; correspondents include: the West Virginia Department of Natural
Resources, The Izaak Walton League of America Incorporated, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, and the Western
Maryland Railway Company)
1968-1972
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 16
Backpacking and hiking guides as well as a camp stove manual (includes one hiking guide published by the Pittsburgh Council
of American Youth Hostel Inc. labeled "Golden Triangle")
1974
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 17
Dolly Sods Wilderness (includes correspondence, Dolly Sods Wilderness Proposal and Guide manuscript, and photographs; correspondents
include: Earl L. Core, the USDA Forest Service, and the Izaak Walton League of America)
1968
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 18
The Allegheny Parkway Project (includes maps, reports, postcards, a copy of the proposed bill, and a copy of "The Allegheny
Parkway, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky: Report to the Congress of the United States, February 1964")
1964-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 19
Otter Creek (includes news clippings and articles)
1970
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 20
Otter Creek (includes correspondence and affidavits; correspondents include: the USDA Forest Service, the West Virginia Highlands
Conservancy, Island Creek Coal Company, and Frederick A. Dorrell)
1971
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 21
Otter Creek Wilderness (includes correspondence, brochures, maps and photographs; correspondents include: Ohio University,
Pittsburgh and Redstone Fuel Company Inc., the D.C. Wilderness Study, and the Department of Natural Resources)
1970-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 22
Otter Creek Wilderness (includes correspondence, memos, and notes; correspondents include: Senators Jennings Randolph and
Richard Schweiker)
1970-1973
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 23
Otter Creek Wilderness (includes correspondence; correspondents include: Judge Maxwell, Robert Maxwell, and the West Virginia
Highlands Conservancy)
1968-1973
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 24
Otter Creek Guides 1st and 3rd editions (guides include management plans, trail proposals, maps, and hiking guides)
1970-1972
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 25
Otter Creek Wilderness (includes correspondence and trail map; correspondents include: Senator Robert C. Byrd, Representatives
Ken Hechler and Jennings Randolph, the USDA Forest Service, the Charleston Gazette, the Elkins Inter-Mountain, the West Virginia
Department of Natural Resources, the Potomac Valley Conservation and Recreation Council, and the Izaak Walton League of America)
1968-1973
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 26
George Langford Correspondence regarding Otter Creek (correspondents include John D. Rockefeller IV, Representative Robert
J. Corbett, and the Elkins Inter-Mountain)
1969-1971
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 27
Spruce Knob and Seneca Rocks (includes correspondence, brochures, guides, and management plan; correspondents include: the
Sierra Club: Atlantic Charter and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources)
1968-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 28
The Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (includes correspondence, proposals, and a copy of the National Trail Systems Act;
correspondents include: West Virginia University, the Department of the Interior, The Wilderness Society, and the D.C. Wilderness
Committee)
1968-1972
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 29
"Research Report No. 14 Recreation Potential in the Appalachian Highlands: A Market Analysis" Prepared for the Appalachian
Regional Commission by URS Research Company
1971
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 30
"Electric Power and the Environment" (a report sponsored by The Energy Policy Staff, Office of Science and Technology)
1970