Scope and Content Note
The Arizona Bighorn Sheep Society Records range in date from 1925 to 1989 and contain correspondence, minutes, reports, bylaws, financial statements, newsletters, newsclippings and subject files. The bulk of the material ranges in date from 1967 to 1989 and is divided into four series: Correspondence, Conservation Projects, Administrative Records, And Subject Files.
The Correspondence series dates from 1967 to 1989 and documents the activity of a wildlife conservation society.
The Conservation Projects series contains records dating from 1964 to 1988 and concerns the wildlife management activities of the Society. It contains correspondence, reports, newsclippings, and subject files. It is divided into six subseries: Sheep Surveys; Water Hole Projects; Relocations; Grants and Awards; Clinics; Seminars and Educational Projects; and Scrapbooks.
The Administrative Records series ranges in date from 1967 to 1989 and records the organizational life of the Society. It contains correspondence, minutes, reports, bylaws, financial statements, newsletters, and newsclippings. It is divided into eight subseries: Board of Directors, Articles and Bylaws, Office of the President, Finance Membership Records, Ram's Horn
Newsletter, Publicity, and Events.
The Subject Files series dates from 1925 to 1986 and documents the Society's relations with other organizations. It contains correspondence, newsletters, and newsclippings and is divided into three subseries: Fraternal Societies, Regulatory Agencies, and Legislation.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1989
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1967-1989
Creator
- Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.
Historical Note
The Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society was formed in 1967 and incorporated in 1969. Its purposes are conservation, wildlife management, and legislative lobbying. Society members construct and maintain water reservoirs and ramadas in desert bighorn ranges. They participate in surveys of desert bighorn populations and in relocation of desert bighorn specimens into former ranges which were abandoned.
The Society maintains a library of sources concerning the desert bighorn subspecies, and it renders technical assistance to research by graduate students. In 1973, Society members constructed an enclosed desert bighorn habitat and observation tower within the confines of the Phoenix Zoo.
A committee of members monitors legislative proposals and campaigns for or against bills which are perceived to hold a potential for impact on sheep populations. Examples of such legislation include provisions for the management of competing species of wildlife, the establishment of wilderness areas, the regulation of hunting, and reorganization of wildlife conservation agencies.
Finally, the Society sponsors a sheep-hunting seminar each year for the benefit of those who win desert bighorn tags in a state drawing and hosts an awards dinner for the hunters who are successful.
Full extent
22 Box(es)
Full extent
11 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Arizona Bighorn Sheep Society Records range in date from 1925-1989 and contain correspondence, minutes, reports, bylaws, financial statements, newsletters, newsclippings and subject files.
Arrangement
This collection consists of twenty-two boxes divided into four series:
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Conservation Projects
- Series III: Administrative Records
- Series IV: Subject Files
Provenance
The Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society Records were received from Bill Hooks in 1989 (ACC# 89-230).
Subject
- Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society -- Archives (Organization)
- Arizona Wildlife Federation (Organization)
- National Wildlife Federation (Organization)
- Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (U.S.) (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Lane Crawford Cromby in March of 1992; machine-readable finding guide created by Michael Lotstein in June 2004.
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository details
Part of the Greater Arizona Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu