Eugene P. Odum papers, Series 3. correspondence

Descriptive Summary
Title: Eugene P. Odum papers, Series 3. correspondence
Creator: Hargrett Library
Inclusive Dates: 1929-2001
Language(s): English
Extent: 4 Linear Feet 4 cartons
Collection Number: ms3257_3
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Eugene P. Odum (1913-2002) earned his Doctorate degree in Zoology from the University of Illinois in 1939 and in 1940 became an instructor in Biology at the University of Georgia. During the 1940s he founded the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia. In 2007 the Institute of Ecology was renamed as the Odum School of Ecology and was the first stand-alone academic unit of a research university to Ecology. Odum also founded two field research stations: the University of Georgia Marine Institute and the Savannah River Ecology Lab. In additiona, Odum adopted and developed the term "ecosystem" and co-wrote a textbook-Fundamentals of Ecology-with his brother, Howard Thomas Odum, in 1953. By 1970, when the first Earth Day was organized, Odum's conception of the living Earth as a global set of interlaced ecosystems became one of the key insights of the environmental movement.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Eugene P. Odum papers, ms3257, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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1

Correspondence, 1920-1929

 

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2

Correspondence, 1940-1949

 

1

3

Savannah, 1940-1949

 

1

4

Summer jobs, 1947

 

1

5

Summer project- birds, 1940-1949

 

1

6

School of Environmental Design, 1950-1959

 

1

7

Correspondence, 1950-1959

 

1

8

P-B-Deer project, 1950-1959

 

1

9

Wildlife Conservation Assistantship, 1950-1959

 

1

10

AEC-E project: first proposal, 1950-1959

 

1

11

Correspondence, 1960-1969

 

1

12

Insect identification (Anderson, Beltsville), 1950-1959

 

1

13

Proposed park-and-light bottle productivity survey estuaries, 1950-1959

 

1

14

Insect determinations USDA

 

1

15

Correspondence, 1980-1989

 

1

16

Foreign Christmas cards and addresses, 1970-1979

 

1

17

National Academy of Science Membership- congratulatory , 1970

 

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18

Letter and manuscript, 1970

 

1

19

Chapel Hill , 1970-1979

 

1

20

Ecology (Holt, Rinhard, and Winston), 3rd edition

 

1

21

Correspondence, 1980-1989

 

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Correspondence, 1980-1989

 

1

23

Proposed Botanical Garden project (Mecklenburg), 1985 October

 

1

24

UGA Botanical Garden, 1980-1989

 

1

25

Special topic and miscellaneous, 1980-1989

 

1

26

Dog- flea project, 1980-1989

 

1

27

Jiro Mishima, 1983

 

1

28

Professor Han, 1980-1989

 

1

29

Valve science fair, 1982 February 18

 

1

30

Contract studies- pending, 1980-1989

 

1

31

Professor Gomes, Portugal, 1985, 1987

 

1

32

Campus, 1988

 

1

33

Visit of Berkowitz and Kolasa from Liken's Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 1985 October 22-24

 

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Correspondence, 1987-1989

 

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Correspondence, 1987-1989

 

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Miscellaneous papers, correspondence, 1990

 

2

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Letters to Odum A-E, 1990-1999

 

2

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Letters to Odum F-S

 

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Letters to Odum T-Z, 1990-1999

 

2

7

Correspondence, 1990-1999

 

2

8

Readings in Ecosystems Management, 1990-1999

 

2

9

Wes Jackson- essay collection, 1990-1999

 

2

10

West's film, 1990-1999

 

2

11

The Great Oconee River Swamp, 1990-1999

 

2

12

Lindsey Thomas visit, 1997 January

 

2

13

Griesinger films

 

2

14

Judy Meyer CVS, 1998

 

2

15

Letter to Newt Gingrich, 1995 February

 

2

16

Environmental consultants

 

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Letters to Governor Zell Miller and President Adams

 

2

18

Jennie Garlington CNN

 

2

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Commenting to Times Magazine

 

2

20

E. Gibbes Patton, 1997 March 8

 

2

21

NNR correspondence on plans for Ossalaw and Sapelo, 1989-1990

 

2

22

Our Big House

 

2

23

Harvard's Kennedy Schools, environmental regionalism project, 1998

 

2

24

Lexington Who's Who

 

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Foreign visitors

 

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Lecture visit- Lanfield College, 1995 April 19-20

 

2

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Outlined proposed textbook

 

2

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Governor Roy Barnes

 

2

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Tom Robertson

 

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Eco-health

 

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Everyday file A-L, 1990

 

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Everyday file M-Z, 1990

 

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Letters and commentary- "Great Ideas in Ecology"

 

3

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Miscellaneous, 1990-1999

 

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Significant correspondence (blue box)

 

3

6

Letters from Anna K. Odum

 

3

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Phil and May Frances

 

3

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Howard W. Odum letters

 

3

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Sabbatical- UCLA and Nevada proving grounds

 

3

10

Tommy

 

3

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Odum family genealogy

 

3

12

C. M. Coker

 

3

13

Family correspondence after mother's stroke

 

3

14

From files, Howard Odum, 1939-1954

 

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Howard Odum to C. P. Odum

 

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Howard Odum letters to Gene and Martha Odum about Tommy, 1947

 

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Family

 

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Job, 1939-1940

 

3

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Commission (World War II), 1943-1944

 

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Howard Thomas Odum news stories

 

3

21

H. Thomas Odum (bird period), 1940-1946

 

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Letters from Tom Odum (Florida period)

 

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H. T. Odum correspondence

 

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24

H. T. Odum (Texas period)

 

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25

H. T. Odum (Yale period)

 

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H. T. Odum (Duke period)

 

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27

Clippings

 

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A-E, 1991-1993

 

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F-K, 1991-1993

 

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M-Q, 1991-1993

 

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R-Z, 1991-1993

 

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A-G, 1993-1995

 

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H-O, 1993-1995

 

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P-Z, 1993-1995

 

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A-K, 1996

 

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L-Z, 1996

 

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Richard Foreman letters, 2001 October

 

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11

Miscellaneous, 2000

 

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12

Letter to Finneran, editor, Issues in Science and Technology, NAS, 2000 May 3

 

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Society for the Conservation of Biology, 2001 January

 

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American Academy of Arts and Science ballots, 2001 January

 

4

15

UGA Atlanta Alums Office request for Martha's paintings, 2001 January

 

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Karen Holbrook, 2001 January