Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Records
UA.16.48

Summary Information
Historical Note
Scope and Contents note
Administrative Information
Controlled Access Headings
Collection Inventory: Annual Reports

Summary Information

Repository: Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator - Donor: Tack, Peter I.
Title: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife records
ID: UA.16.48
Date [inclusive]: 1926-2016
Extent: 6.5 Cubic feet
Language: English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Historical Note

The Department of Fisheries was formed in 1950 from courses taken out of the Zoology curriculum and faculty drawn from several different departments. The department began in the Department of Agriculture but is now a department within the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Chairpersons for the department include Peter Tack (1950–1967), Eugene Roelofs (acting 1968–1969), Niles R. Kevern (1970–1991), Thomas G. Coon (acting 1999–2001), William W. Taylor (1992–1999 and 2002–January 2008), Michael Jones (acting chair February 2008-June 2009, chair July 2009-June 2014) and Scott R. Winterstein (July 2014-).

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Scope and Contents note

The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife records consist of correspondence, employment opportunities, and administrative files for 1948 to 1968. The correspondence is from the department chairman and professors, other professionals (academic, government, and private sector), future and past students, and the general public. Areas of correspondence include fish ponds (creation and maintenance), fish culture, recipes, bait culture (minnows, worms, frogs), pest control (mammals, crayfish, microscopic), admissions to program, staffing, bird banding, experimental station and bird sanctuary, public interest (alewife, lamprey eel), and careers in the field. In 1981, additional material was transferred to the archives from the department. This material included background historical information about the department and school, several projects and studies, and course materials. Material spanned the years of 1939 to 1975. The projects included studies with the Organization for Tropical Studies, Consumers Energy, Partners of the Alliance (in Belize), commercial fishing interests, and the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Course materials include 4-H, Fisheries, Zoology, and off campus seminars. In 2009, black and white photographs were added to the collection from the period 1929 to 1944. They include wildlife, habitat, course materials, and 4-H activities.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

September 2009 July 2015

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status note

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

Michigan State University. Burke Lake Banding Station.

Genre(s)

Annual reports
Letters (correspondence)
Minutes (Records)
Photographs

Personal Name(s)

Tack, Peter I.

Subject(s)

College teachers
Fisheries -- Study and teaching
Fishery schools
Fishes -- Research

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Collection Inventory

Correspondence
	Box	Folder
January – December 1946	524	1
January – December 1947	524	2
January – December 1948	524	3
January – December 1949	524	4
January – December 1950	524	5
January – December 1951	524	6
January – July 1952	524	7
August - December 1952	524	8
January – June 1953	524	9
July – December 1953	524	10
January – April 1954	524	11
May – December 1954	524	12
January – May 1955	524	13
June – December 1955	524	14
January – May 1956	524	15
June – December 1956	524	16
January – December 1957	524	17
January – June 1958	524	18
July – December 1958	524	19
January – May 1959	524	20
June – December 1959	524	21
January – May 1960	524	22
June – December 1960	524	23
January – May 1961	524	24
June – December 1961	524	25
January - April 1962	524	26
May – December 1962	524	27
January - March 1963	524	28
April – August 1963	524	29
September – December 1963	524	30
undated	524	31
Agricultural Station Correspondence
	Box	Folder
December 7-8, 1948	524	32
1949	524	33
1952-1954	524	34
Employment Opportunities
	Box	Folder
1957	524	35
1958	524	36
1959	524	37
1960	524	38
1961	524	39
undated	524	40
	Box	Folder
Book Store Order Forms 1951-1953	524	41
Miscellaneous Articles 1954-1968	524	42
Correspondence
	Box	Folder
October 8, 1940- February 25, 1941	525	1
April 28, 1941- September 25, 1941	525	2
October 13, 1941- March 26, 1942	525	3
April 2 – July 6, 1942	525	4
July 8 – September 30, 1942	525	5
October 2 – December 30, 1942	525	6
January 2-15, 1943	525	7
January 16-29, 1943	525	8
January 30 – February 12, 1943	525	9
February 16-19, 1943	525	10
February 22 – March 5, 1943	525	11
March 8 – April 3, 1943	525	12
April 6-23, 1943	525	13
April 26 – May 17, 1943	525	14
May 18 – June 3, 1943	525	15
June 5-21, 1943	525	16
June 28 – July 30, 1943	525	17
August 2 – September 17, 1943	525	18
September 22 – October 15, 1943	525	19
October 18 – November 8, 1943	525	20
November 11 – December 30, 1943	525	21
January 3-15, 1944	525	22
January 18 – February 11, 1944	525	23
February 12 – March 1, 1944	525	24
March 3-23, 1944	525	25
March 31 – April 20, 1944	525	26
April 21 – May 12, 1944	525	27
May 15 – June 9, 1944	525	28
June 11 – July 7, 1944	525	29
July 12-21, 1944	525	30
July 25 – August 25, 1944	525	31
August 28 – September 27, 1944	525	32
September 28 – October 3, 1944	525	33
October 4 – November 6, 1944	525	34
November 8-28, 1944	525	35
November 29 – December 14, 1944	525	36
December 15, 1944- January 30, 1945	525	37
February 2 – March 1, 1945	525	38
March 7 – April 2, 1945	525	39
April 5-18, 1945	525	40
April 19 – May 1, 1945	525	41
May 2-9, 1945	525	42
May 10-25, 1945	525	43
May 26 – June 20, 1945	525	44
June 28 – July 17, 1945	525	45
July 18-27, 1945	525	46
July 30 – August 21, 1945	525	47
August 22 – September 25, 1945	525	48
September 26 – October 4, 1945	525	49
October 8-11, 1945	525	50
October 12 – November 7, 1945	525	51
November 9-20, 1945	525	52
November 24 – December 6, 1945	525	53
December 7-31, 1945	525	54
January 2-28. 1946	525	55
January 29 – February 20, 1946	525	56
February 21 – March 19, 1946	525	57
March 20 – April 3, 1946	525	58
April 4-22, 1946	525	59
April 23 – May 10, 1946	525	60
May 11-31, 1946	525	61
June 1-26, 1946	525	62
July 3 – August 1, 1946	525	63
August 2-17, 1946	525	64
August 21 – September 25, 1946	525	65
September 20 – October 18, 1946	525	66
October 21 – November 3, 1946	525	67
November 4-19, 1946	525	68
November 20 – December 30, 1946	525	69
January 6-27, 1947	525	70
January 29 – February 15, 1947	525	71
February 19 – March 10, 1947	525	72
March 14 – April 19, 1947	525	73
April 20 – May 12, 1947	525	74
May 13 – June 2, 1947	525	75
June 9-21, 1947	525	76
June 23 – July 30, 1947	525	77
August 14 – September 12, 1947	525	78
September 15 – October 4, 1947	525	79
October 6 – November 8, 1947	525	80
November 10 – December 5, 1947	525	81
December 8, 1947- January 13, 1948	525	82
January 14 – February 10, 1948	525	83
February 11-19, 1948	525	84
February 24 – March 8, 1948	525	85
March 10 – April 12, 1948	525	86
April 13 - May 12, 1948	525	87
May 13 – June 8, 1948	525	88
June 11 – July 8, 1948	525	89
July 9 – August 6, 1948	525	90
August 9 – September 13, 1948	525	91
September 15 – October 12, 1948	525	92
October 22 – November 4, 1948	525	93
November 8 – December 16, 1948	525	94
December 19, 1948- January 24, 1949	525	95
January 26 – February 16, 1949	525	96
February 18 – March 22, 1949	525	97
March 24 – May 5, 1949	525	98
May 6-23, 1949	525	99
May 24 – June 9, 1949	525	100
June 15 – July 19, 1949	525	101
July 20 – August 16, 1949	525	102
August 17 – September 5, 1949	525	103
September 7-29, 1949	525	104
September 30 – October 31, 1949	525	105
November 3 – December 5, 1949	525	106
December 6-9, 1949	525	107
December 12, 1949- January 4, 1950	525	108
January 9-17, 1950	525	109
January 18 – February 14, 1950	525	110
February 17 – March 6, 1950	525	111
March 7-16, 1950	525	112
March 17-30, 1950	525	113
April 5-10, 1950	525	114
April 12-22, 1950	525	115
April 24 – May 5, 1950	525	116
May 7-23, 1950	525	117
May 24 – June 5, 1950	525	118
June 5-29, 1950	525	119
July 1950	526	1
August 1950	526	2
September – October, 1950	526	3
November – December, 1950	526	4
January - February, 1951	526	5
March - April, 1951	526	6
May - July, 1951	526	7
August - September, 1951	526	8
October - December, 1951	526	9
January – February, 1952	526	10
March – April, 1952	526	11
May – August, 1952	526	12
September – October, 1952	526	13
November – December, 1952	526	14
undated	526	15
	Box	Folder
Department Business August 1947 – October 1950	526	16
	Box	Folder
17 May – November 1951	526	17
18 April – October 1952	526	18
19 undated	526	19
University Information – Registration 1952	526	20
University Information – Wages 1951-1952, undated	526	21
University Business 1951-1952	526	22
Miscellaneous April 1944 – October 1952, undated	526	23
History of Department Notes, Correspondence, Minutes
	Box	Folder
1949-1957	526	24
1961-1967	526	25
	Box	Folder
College of Agriculture Committee Reports and Correspondence 1946 – 1960, undated	526	26
Fisheries and Wildlife Research – Reports and Studies 1960 – 1965, undated	526	27
Fisheries and Wildlife Research – Programs, Reports, Circulars, Newsletters 1956 – 1967, undated	526	28
Peter Tack Fisheries Research – Articles undated	526	29
Natural Resources, Steering Committee Minutes, Correspondence, Programs 1967-1969	526	30
Organization for Tropical Studies
	Box	Folder
Correspondence, Minutes 1968-1970	526	31
Program, Index 1968-1970	526	32
Resource and Development Conservation
	Box	Folder
Studies 1956-1961	526	33
Michigan Department of Conservation Circulars and Reports 1935-1967	526	34
Correspondence, Conference information, and Proposals, Maps 1960-1965	526	35
	Box	Folder
Soil Conservation Bulletins, Correspondence, and Studies 1955 – 1966, undated	526	36
Conservation Education
	Box	Folder
Course Information and Materials 1952-1967	526	37
Bulletins, Directories, and Reports 1959-1965	526	38
Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
	Box	Folder
Fishing Results 1949-1966	2139	1
Hunting Results 1954-1961	2139	2
Proposals and Plans 1939 – 1970, undated	2139	3
Course materials, Clippings, and Maps 1958, undated	2139	4
Usage Information and Fishing Permits 1951-1960	2139	5
Wildlife Information 1943 – 1960, undated	2139	6
Miscellaneous 1950-1960	2139	7
Trout Data 1951-1956	2139	8
Trout Data 1955	2139	9
Trout Data 1956, undated	2139	10
	Box	Folder
Upper Peninsula Workshop Notes, Correspondence, and Class Material 1958 - 1966, undated	2139	11
Consumers Energy J. H. Campbell Plant Studies
	Box	Folder
Consumers Energy J. H. Campbell Plant Studies Aquatic Studies Final Report 1972	2139	12
Proposals 1973-1975	2139	13
Gilligan Lake Report 1974	2139	14
Pigeon Lake Report undated	2139	15
Data Set 1 1972, undated	2139	16
Data Set 2 1972, undated	2139	17
Data Set 3 1972	2139	18
Data Set 4 1972	2139	19
4-H Club Conservation Camp
	Box	Folder
Class Materials, Correspondence, and Minutes 1943-1966	2139	20
Class materials, Fact Sheets, Guides, and Reports undated	2139	21
Programs 1944-1958	2139	22
Programs 1959-1966	2139	23
4-H Club Week Programs, Guide 1957 – 1958, undated	2139	24
4-H Fishing Conservation Program Development
	Box	Folder
Curriculum and Notes 1958, undated	2139	25
Articles, Leaflets, and Fact Sheets 1955 – 1962, undated	2139	26
	Box	Folder
Fish Culture at Michigan State College Report undated	2139	27
Trout Stream Recovery Studies 1949-1965	2139	28
Partners of the Alliance Study Reports, Correspondence, and Notes
	Box	Folder
1966-1969	2139	29
undated	2139	30
Consumers Energy Ludington Pumped Storage Studies
	Box	Folder
Biological Surveys 1968-1971	2139	31
Proposals and Reports 1971-1972	2139	32
Proposals and Reports 1974, undated	2139	33
Quarterly Reports 1971-1972	2139	34
Quarterly Reports 1973-1974	2139	35
Aquatic Studies Report 1972	2139	36
Final Report Phase I 1973	2139	37
Annual Report Volume I (draft) 1974	2139	38
Annual Report Volume I (Part 1) 1974	2139	39
Annual Report Volume I (Part 2) 1974	2139	40
Annual Report Volume II (Part 1) 1974	2140	1
Annual Report Volume II (Part 2) 1974	2140	2
Notes, Data, and Clippings 1964 – 1973, undated	2140	3
Correspondence
	Box	Folder
1970-1971	2140	4
1972-1974	2140	5
	Box	Folder
Michigan State University Lands Nuisance Animals 1954-1966	2140	6
Minnows
	Box	Folder
Correspondence 1954 – 1967, undated	2140	7
Bulletins, Regulations, and Bibliography 1952 – 1964, undated	2140	8
	Box	Folder
Whitefish Fecundity Study Correspondence, Reports, and Data 1950	2140	9
Fishery Statistics Information Correspondence, data, and Clippings 1944-1967	2140	10
Coho Salmon Fishery Reports, Correspondence, and Clippings 1966 – 1968, undated	2140	11
Burbot Fishery Studies, Reports, and Recipes 1940 -1947, undated	2140	12
Michigan Commercial Fishing Marketing Project
Proposals, Reports, and Minutes
	Box	Folder
1953-1956	2140	13
1960-1961	2140	14
1962	2140	15
1963	2140	16
1964	2140	17
1965-1966	2140	18
undated	2140	19-20
	Box	Folder
UPCAP Bulletins and Reports 1962-1965	2140	21
Correspondence
	Box	Folder
1960-1962	2140	22
January – March 1963	2140	23
April – October 1963	2140	24
1964	2140	25
1965	2140	26
	Box	Folder
Questionnaires and Notes undated	2140	27
Statistical Data 1952 – 1964, undated	2140	28
Fish Processors, Dealers, and Fishermen Directories 1962 – 1964, undated	2140	29
Clippings 1959 – 1967, undated	2140	30
Related Laws and Bills 1961-1963	2140	31
Recipes, Conference Materials, Data 1953 – 1963, undated	2140	32
	Box	Folder
Great Lakes Fish Marketing Project Reports and Notes 1973-1974	2140	33
Saginaw Bay Fish Research
	Box	Folder
Correspondence, Reports, and Data 1947	2140	34
Organoleptic Tests for Pike and Perch Reports 1941-1942	2140	35
Organoleptic Tests for Pike and Perch Reports 1941-1942	2140	36
Organoleptic Tests for Trout Reports 1946 – 1947, undated	2140	37
Organoleptic Tests for Trout Reports 1942 - 1944, undated	2140	38
Pilgrim River Off Flavor Study 1943, undated	2141	13
Fish Utilization Study
	Box	Folder
Minutes 1942 – 1943, undated	2141	2
Notes, Correspondence, Data, and Reports 1942 – 1945, undated	2141	3
Warm Water Stream Studies
	Box	Folder
Reports 1939, undated	2141	4
Correspondence 1941-1946	2141	5
Age Growth Data undated	2141	6
Stream Data 1941 – 1944, undated	2141	7
Data 1941-1942	2141	8
Four River Data undated	2141	9
Muskegon River Data 1941-1942	2141	10
Huron River Data 1941-1942	2141	11
St. Joseph River Data 1941	2141	12
Red Cedar River Data 1941 – 1942, undated	2141	13
Grand River Data 1941	2141	14
Water Resource Surveys undated	2141	15
	Box	Folder
Technical Assistance Grant – Lake Superior Fishermen Lists and Correspondence 1963	2141	16
FW 301 Course Materials and Exams
	Box	Folder
1963-1969	2141	17
1970-1971	2141	18
1972-1973	2141	19
1974-1975	2141	20
undated	2141	21
Mamalogy undated	2141	22
	Box	Folder
ZOO 305 Schedule and Lecture Notes undated	2141	23
FW 404 Seminar
	Box	Folder
Correspondence and Clippings 1965 – 1968, undated	2141	24
Course Materials 1965-1968	2141	25
Student Research papers 1966	2141	26
ZOO 417 - Limnology
	Box	Folder
Miscellaneous Course Information and Correspondence 1942 – 1967, undated	2141	273
Lab methods, Analysis, and Data Forms undated	2141	28
Lecture Notes and Exams 1940 -1941, undated	2141	29
Aquiculture 418
	Box	Folder
Lecture Notes undated	2141	30
Hatchery Data Forms undated	2141	31
Hatchery Reports 1934 – 1937, undated	2141	32
ZOO 471 / FW 471
	Box	Folder
Ichthyology Course Materials and Exams 1967-1972	2141	33
Course materials and Exams 1973-1976	2141	34
General Course Information undated	2141	35
Classification Notes, Michigan Checklists undated	2141	36
Fish Drawings undated	2141	37
	Box	Folder
FW 473 Exam 1967	2141	38
FW 801 Seminar Lecture Notes and Materials 1945 – 1966, undated	2141	39
ZOO 830
	Box	Folder
Course Materials 1964-1967	2141	40
Course Materials 1968	2141	41
Course Materials undated	2141	42
Student Research papers 1970 – 1971, undated	2141	43
	Box	Folder
Microscope Use and Care Manuals and Lecture Notes 1926 – 1944, undated	2141	44
Fisheries Society Member Lists and U. S. and Canada Fishery Reports 1957-1965	2141	45
Water Works Operator Course Programs 1941-1942	2141	46
North Central Regional Aquaculture Center Annual Progress report for 2005-2006 2001-2007	2141	47
Brochure - Graduate Studies in Fisheries and Wildlife undated	526	39
Size and Seasonal Variations of PCBs in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Fillets From Lake Michigan Near Ludington, Michigan, USA by Williams, Giesey et al. 1989	2141	48
Graduate Student Organization Newsletters 1995-1998, 2000-2002, 2004	2496	35
The BULA News- Burke Lake Banding Station 2013-2016	2496	36
Photographs
	Box	Folder
Artificial Burrows Undated	2496	1
Artificial Pond (Livingston County) 1943	2496	2
Birdhouses and Feeders 1944, undated	2496	3
Conservation Institute undated	2496	4
Food Patches 1929, 1943	2496	5
Fur Trapping 1929, undated	2496	6
Habitat 1943, undated	2496	7
Junior Farm Bureau – Yankee Springs 1944	2496	8
Mason County Teachers Tour 1944	2496	9
Miscellaneous undated	2496	10-13
Miscellaneous – People undated	2496	14
Miscellaneous – R. G. Hill undated	2496	15
Murphy Farm – Livingston County 1943	2496	16
Muskrat 1944	2496	17
No Hunting Signs undated	2496	18
Pheasants – Damage 1943	2496	19
Pheasants – Rearing 1940	2496	20
Pheasants – Release undated	2496	21
Rose Lake 1939	2496	22
Rose Lake, Conservation Class Trip 1944	2496	23
Soil Conservation 1937-1938	2496	24
Wildlife 1951, undated	2496	25
Wildlife – Damage Tomatoes undated	2496	26
Windbreaks undated	2496	27
Woodlot Border Planting 1944	2496	28
Zoology undated	2496	29
4-H
	Box	Folder
30 Activities, undated	2496	30
Conservation Exhibit 1943	2496	31
Conservation Exhibit 1944	2496	32
Fur Trapping undated	2496	33
Miscellaneous undated	2496	34
Annual Reports
		Box
Unpublished		Annual Reports
1958-1959
1959-1960
1960-1961
1961-1962
1962-1963
1964-1965
1965-1966
1966-1967
1967-1968
1968-1969
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Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Records UA.16.48

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Preferred Citation

Historical Note

Scope and Contents note

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Revision Description

Conditions Governing Access

Legal Status note

Conditions Governing Use

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

Genre(s)

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s)

Collection Inventory

Correspondence

Agricultural Station Correspondence

Employment Opportunities

Correspondence

History of Department Notes, Correspondence, Minutes

Organization for Tropical Studies

Resource and Development Conservation

Conservation Education

Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

Consumers Energy J. H. Campbell Plant Studies

4-H Club Conservation Camp

4-H Fishing Conservation Program Development

Partners of the Alliance Study Reports, Correspondence, and Notes

Consumers Energy Ludington Pumped Storage Studies

Minnows

Michigan Commercial Fishing Marketing Project

Saginaw Bay Fish Research

Fish Utilization Study

Warm Water Stream Studies

FW 301 Course Materials and Exams

FW 404 Seminar

ZOO 417 - Limnology

Aquiculture 418

ZOO 471 / FW 471

ZOO 830

4-H

Annual Reports

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Records
UA.16.48