 | The Angus Munn Woodbury Papers Ms0176 |
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Scope and Content
The Angus Munn Woodbury Papers (1908-1967) have been divided into several categories--personal, manuscripts and publications, and projects and research. The personal file contains a small amount of correspondence concerning Woodbury's research and writing. The letters show the broad spectrum of his professional interests but reveal little about his private life. The personal file also includes a brief autobiography and the journal of Woodbury's father, John Taylor Woodbury.
Perhaps the most informative materials in the personal file are Woodbury's diaries and notebooks. They cover Woodbury's years in the Forest Service, in Zion National Park and at the University of Utah. Each diary has been briefly summarized, followed by some direct excerpts. During his years with the Forest Service, Woodbury was required to keep a daily log of his activities and a record of his work hours. There are over thirty Forest Service diaries, each written in a small hardbound book filled with yellow graph paper. All are stamped U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. The entries in the diaries are brief, non-descriptive, and record only Woodbury's official activities; still, the diaries are an extremely valuable record of the interaction of the Forest Service and local residents.
Of the remaining diaries, two concern Zion National Park and one deals with Woodbury's tenure at the University of Utah in 1943-1944. Three incomplete diaries record Woodbury's work as an agricultural inspector and census enumerator from 1923-1926. The notebooks contain field notes and addresses. Two of these apparently are not Woodbury's.
The second section of the collection is composed of Woodbury's manuscripts and publications, including the handwritten drafts of his thesis and dissertation. There are many essays on Zion National Park and a large manuscript entitled "History of Zion Canyon." Several drafts of Woodbury's textbook, General Ecology, are included as well as manuscripts for three proposed books.
Finally, there are Woodbury's project and research notes. Only a few of his research projects, spanning the years 1934-1964, are represented in the collection, for example his studies on the Joshua tree, the Great Salt Lake Desert, and on the mountain lion. These files contain research notes, manuscripts, some published works and correspondence. Woodbury's notes and manuscripts on religion and science are also found in this section.
Addenda to the collection consist of studies and data related to the Dugway Proving Ground, the Pacific Islands, Glen Canyon, Flaming Gorge, and Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Woodbury's diaries, dating 1919-1964, are also included in the addenda.
Perhaps the most informative materials in the personal file are Woodbury's diaries and notebooks. They cover Woodbury's years in the Forest Service, in Zion National Park and at the University of Utah. Each diary has been briefly summarized, followed by some direct excerpts. During his years with the Forest Service, Woodbury was required to keep a daily log of his activities and a record of his work hours. There are over thirty Forest Service diaries, each written in a small hardbound book filled with yellow graph paper. All are stamped U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. The entries in the diaries are brief, non-descriptive, and record only Woodbury's official activities; still, the diaries are an extremely valuable record of the interaction of the Forest Service and local residents.
Of the remaining diaries, two concern Zion National Park and one deals with Woodbury's tenure at the University of Utah in 1943-1944. Three incomplete diaries record Woodbury's work as an agricultural inspector and census enumerator from 1923-1926. The notebooks contain field notes and addresses. Two of these apparently are not Woodbury's.
The second section of the collection is composed of Woodbury's manuscripts and publications, including the handwritten drafts of his thesis and dissertation. There are many essays on Zion National Park and a large manuscript entitled "History of Zion Canyon." Several drafts of Woodbury's textbook, General Ecology, are included as well as manuscripts for three proposed books.
Finally, there are Woodbury's project and research notes. Only a few of his research projects, spanning the years 1934-1964, are represented in the collection, for example his studies on the Joshua tree, the Great Salt Lake Desert, and on the mountain lion. These files contain research notes, manuscripts, some published works and correspondence. Woodbury's notes and manuscripts on religion and science are also found in this section.
Addenda to the collection consist of studies and data related to the Dugway Proving Ground, the Pacific Islands, Glen Canyon, Flaming Gorge, and Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Woodbury's diaries, dating 1919-1964, are also included in the addenda.