Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence, research notes, drafts of writings, and published essays and book reviews by Paul Shepard. The papers also include reviews of Shepard's work, letters Shepard wrote to his parents during his military service in Europe during World War II and as a graduate student in the Conservation Program at Yale University, and letters from his friend and co-author Daniel McKinley. Other materials include grant proposals, genealogical files, personal papers, photographic slides, digital images, and legal materials.
Dates
- 1860-1999
- Majority of material found within 1939 - 1999
Creator
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the donor of this collection for materials authored or otherwise produced by Paul H. Shepard, Jr. After the lifetime of the donor, copyright will transfer to the children of Paul H. Shepard, Jr. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Florence Shepard, 1999-2002 and 2004.
Extent
13 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers consist of correspondence, research notes, drafts of writings, and published essays and book reviews by Paul Shepard. The papers also include reviews of Shepard's work, letters Shepard wrote to his parents during his military service in Europe during World War II and as a graduate student in the Conservation Program at Yale University, and letters from his friend and co-author Daniel McKinley. Other materials include grant proposals, genealogical files, personal papers, photographic slides, digital images, and legal materials.
Biographical / Historical
Paul Howe Shepard, Jr. received a Ph.D. from Yale University and taught natural philosophy and ecology at Pitzer College and Claremont Graduate School in California. His writings on the interrelationships between humans and the environment are provocative, literary, and mystical, as much as scientific. Shepard died in July 1996.
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Paul Shepard Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Diane Kaplan
- Date
- June 2001
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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