Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Summary Information

Repository

Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Creator

Madsen, Louis Linden

Title

Louis Linden Madsen Papers

ID

Cage 397

Date [inclusive]

1956-1973

Extent

5 containers., 5 linear feet of shelf space., 1750 items.

Language

Collection materials are in English.

Abstract

Minutes, agendas, reports, resolutions, proposals, land and timber appraisals, correspondence and other papers relating to the monthly meetings of the Board of Natural Resources. Principal correspondents include Governors Albert Rosellini and Dan Evans, and Commissioner of Public Lands Bert Cole.

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Biography/History

Louis Linden Madsen was born in Salt Lake City in 1907, received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Utah State Agricultural College in 1930, and went on to obtain his Doctorate from Cornell University in 1934. On July 1, 1955 he became the Director of the Washington State University Institute of Agricultural Science which, in 1965, was renamed the College of Agriculture. He retired from W.S.U. as Dean Emeritus in 1973. His papers, however, concern his tenure as a member of the Washington State Board of Natural Resources.

In 1957 the state of Washington enacted House Bill No. 68 which stipulated the creation of the Department of Natural Resources and its executive body, the Board of Natural Resources. This law also designated the board members as the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Commissioner of Public Lands, the Dean of the College of Forestry of the University of Washington, and the Dean or Director of the School of Agriculture of W.S.U. Dr. Madsen sat on the board from 1957 to 1973. The Board held its first meeting April 1, 1957 and, by law, chose the head of the Department of Natural Resources. The department, under the direction of the board, abolished and consolidated the functions of: the Board of State Land Commissioners; the Forestry Board; the Sustained-Yield Forest Committee; and others. The board itself exclusively controls and supervises the department and all public lands, including their use, lease, exchange, acquisition, sale, timber production, minerals, and other valuable materials.

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Arrangement

The papers of Dr. Madsen are arranged in two series: the first, an alphabetized subject series; the second, a chronological correspondence series. The first series includes material from January 1957 to August 1967 and is mainly concerned with the forestry and agricultural interests of the Board of Natural Resources of which Dr. Madsen was a member. The second series includes material from November 1956 to March 1973 and is primarily a monthly correspondence file concerning the Board. Each of these files usually contains materials distributed to Board members for their monthly meetings: packets of proposed timber sales, Board proposals and resolutions, minutes and agendas, proposed land leases or exchanges, reports, correspondence, and other papers. The bulk of this series is from 1965 to 1973.

Principal correspondents include Governors Albert Rosellini and Dan Evans, as well as Commissioner of Public Lands Bert Cole.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The Dr. Louis Linden Madsen Papers were received by the Washington State University Libraries in February 1978 (UA 79-41) along with the records of the Department of Forestry and Range Management (UA 78-2).

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

• Washington (State). Board of Natural Resources
• Washington (State). Governor (1957-1965 : Rosellini)
• Washington (State). Governor (1965-1977 : Evans)

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :

• Madsen, Louis Linden, 1907- --Archives

Subject(s) :

• Cole, Bert L.
• Evans, Daniel J., 1925-
• Rosellini, Albert D.

Subject(s)

• Natural resources--Washington (State)--Management
• Logging
• Government and Politics

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Subject File
			box	folder
Battelle: Log Export November 30, 1964-March 1965  9 items.			1	1
Blake Island September 4, 1958-August 10, 1959  22 items.			1	2
Chermes Program August 26, 1957-November 4, 1958  9 items.			1	3
Colockum Creek Research Area April 24, 1960- December 18, 1962  55 items.			1	4
European Pine Shoot Moth June 10, 1960-June 6, 1962  32 items.			1	5
Forest Roads July-August 1967  1 item.			1	6
Forest Roads: Baker Report May 3, 1960-March 14, 1961  13 items.			1	7
Fransen vs. Board February 18, 1965-January 19, 1966  15 items.			1	8
Harbor Line Commission July 14, 1960-September 6, 1967  15 items.			1	9
Hemlock Looper February 15, 1963-June 10, 1963  12 items.			1	10
Legislative Bills: Department of Natural Resources January 18, 1957-May 7, 1957  13 items.			1	11
Publications: Department of Natural Resources January 10, 1958-April 21, 1960  10 items.			1	12
Red Lake Exchange July 7, 1960-December 13, 1960  24 items.			1	13
University Grant Land Appraisals February 24, 1965-March 9, 1965  7 items.			1	14
Western States Land Commission Association March 24, 1961-August 24, 1961  16 items.			1	15
Yocolt Honor Camp January 28, 1958-February 3, 1958  4 items.			1	16
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Series 2: Chronological File
			box	folder
November 8, 1956-March 5, 1965  125 items.			1	17-26
January 27, 1965-May 9, 1967  415 items.			2	27-56
May 26, 1967-May 1, 1969  305 items.			3	57-78
April 6, 1969-January 27, 1971  340 items.			4	79-108
January 20, 1971-March 20, 1973  315 items.			5	109-133
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