Frederick C. Marland Papers
Collection DescriptionBiographical/Historical noteFrederick C. Marland is a retired University of Georgia professor and lifelong scholar of coastal ecology, specifically the study, protection, management, development, and legislation of the wetlands of Georgia. Born July 23, 1933, Marland attended Johnson High School in North Andover, Massachusetts from 1947-1951, followed by a B.S. in Math and Biology at Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky from 1951-1955. A large portion of his education took place in College Station, Texas where he pursued a Masters and Ph.D. in Oceanography (Biological), from 1955-1959. He ultimately received his Ph. D. in Zoology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in addition to a Ph.D. in Limnology. Marland spent the summer of 1958 as a Woods Hole Fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and was a Welch Foundation Fellow in Oceanography at A. & M. in 1959. He took part in a 4-week cruise to the Caribbean for the Mohole Project in the Summer of 1959. Informational data from this cruise is included in the collection. He began his professorial career as an Assistant Professor of biology at the College of Charleston in South Carolina from 1959-1962. Marland briefly taught at Asheville-Biltmore College in Asheville, North Carolina, from 1962-1963. He was a Visiting Faculty member at Appalachian State Teachers College during the summer term of 1962-1963. Professionally, he served as the Director of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee and as Chief of the Marsh & Beach Section. He served for over 30 years as manager of Georgia's tidal marshes, shoreline, and beaches. It is stated that Marland has worked with every major developer and engineering firm that has planned development on the Georgia coast for close to 30 years. He has contributed his expertise, participation, and activism to national discussions of coastal protection,development, and legislation. This collection represents the years of research associated with Marland's environmental advocacy, the result of which can be seen in Georgia's present-day protected shorelines. He retired from the University of Georgia Marine Institute in Sapelo Island, where he worked for 7 years as a Research Associate. Most recently, in 2012, Marland participated as part of the 65/35 group of advocates called the Jekyll Island Citizen's Task Force. Scope and ContentThe papers of Frederick C. Marland is comprised of correspondence, meeting minutes, conference notes, annotated data, and other personal and professional files; including correspondence from the 65/35 Jekyll Island Task Force from 2012. The collection also consists of collected coastal ecology research, including marshland conservation, limnology, and oyster research. It includes newspaper clippings recording political milestones, government and legal documents, and informational pamphlets - from the Soil Conservation Service, for example. Lastly, the collection consists of photographs a large amount of maps that include Marland's annotations and concentrate on coastal Georgia counties, including Glynn and Chatham counties. Many maps focus on Sapelo Island, Georgia in particular. The entire collection covers the politics, legislation, development, management, and scientific study of many coastal regions in the United States, and in particular, the Georgia coast. Organization and ArrangementThe collection is arranged into five series: 1. Coastal Ecology, 2. Sapelo Island, 3. Research and Professional Files, 4. Photographs, 5. Maps. Administrative InformationAccess RestrictionsThis collection is open for research. Preferred citationFrederick C. Marland Papers, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641. Finding Aid PublicationFinding Aid prepared by Jessica Freeman, 2019-09-11. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject Terms |
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