Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society Collection
Documents from the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Contents: About the Collection | About the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society | Tech
About the Collection
This digital collection features materials from the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society collection. This selection includes correspondence, newsletters, meeting agendas, publications, membership documents, and other materials used to plan the Chapter’s activities.
The archival collection is arranged in ten series as follows:
- Meeting Planning
- Annual Meeting
- Conservation Affairs
- Scholarship/Finances
- Communication/Correspondence
- Newsletters
- History
- Project/Awards/Special
- Membership
- Non-paper items
Materials that are designated as private are not included in this digital collection. Only public items in Series 1-8 are digitized.
About the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society
The Wildlife Society was founded in 1937 as a result of the early wildlife conservation movement. The movement was initially led by “sports hunters” who aimed to protect the lands from those who hunted for profit. The Wildlife Society was formed as a central organization to set ethical and professional standards as well as provide communication.
The Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society began with its first meeting on April 4, 1964 in Moscow, Idaho. Since its founding, the chapter has been dedicated to the stewardship, management, and conservation of Idaho’s wildlife and the habitats that support them. In keeping with The Wildlife Society’s mission, the Idaho Chapter focuses on representing and empowering wildlife professionals in order to provide citizens with scientific and educational information.
This collection’s about page is adapted from the finding aid by Erin Geslani.
To learn more about the Wildlife Society and the Idaho Chapter, please visit The Wildlife Society’s website.
Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder
This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.
Using the CollectionBuilder-CSV template and the static website generator Jekyll, this project creates an engaging interface to explore driven by metadata.