Series 1. Administrative Files

Subseries 1. Annual Reports

Box 1

Annual Reports, 1979-83, 1988-89 (2f)
Annual Report, notes for, 1980-84

Subseries 2. Minutes

Box 1 (cont.)

Minutes, Environmental Studies Committee, 1979
Minutes, Environmental Studies Program Committee, 1980-92 (2f)

Subseries 3. Program Review Files

Box 1 (cont.)

Environmental Studies Program Review, 1985, 1993, and the notes for the
preparation of reviews, 1984-85, 1992-93 (4f)

Subseries 4. Miscellaneous Administrative Files

Box 2

Curriculum Development Fellowship, 1978-79
Environmental Studies Chairmanship, 1979-80
Environmental Studies Program proposals, 1978-79
ESP Internship Program 1981, 1983, 1988, n.d.
Other Schools, 1979
Program Status, 1980

Subseries 5. Grant Files

Box 2 (cont.)

Environmental Studies Curriculum Enrichment Grant, 1979-80
Environmental Education in Oberlin, Oberlin College proposal to the Ohio
Environmental Education Fund, 1991

Box 3

Material on Mellon Grants, 1979-97 (11f)

Box 4

Mellon Grants: applications, reports, surveys, 1980-86 (28f)

Box 5

Mellon Grants: applications, reports, surveys, 1987-1991 (17f)

Box 6

Mellon Grants: applications, reports, surveys, 1992-1998 (18f)

Box 7

NEH Grants, 1974-83, (8f)
Science, Technology, and Human Values, 1974
Proposal—Not Funded, 1979
Grant, evaluation and funding for additional ES courses, 1980-82 (3f)
ESP Grant, 1981-83, including Koppes proposal (3f)

Box 8

NEH Grants, 1979-84, (9f)
Pilot Grant, 1980 (2f)
Grant, 1979-83 (2f)
Grant Evaluation, 1982-84
Rod French, NEH Grant Evaluator, Visit of, 1983-84
Grant Performance Report, annual, 1982-84
Financial statements, 1981-83
NEH Grant Workshop, 1982

Subseries 6. Personnel Files *

Box 9

Full-time professor, Job Description, c. 1981-86 (4f)
ESP Coordinator, Job Description, 1987-93
Director, Job Description, 1992
Anthropology Request for position, 1987-88 (2f)
Economics/Environmental Studies position, 1989
Environmental Studies request for faculty, 1980-88 (2f)
Environmental Studies request for ESP Coordinator (1983), and
Assistant Program Director (1986)
Geology/Environmental Studies Request for position, 1992
Hiring Procedures, 1986
Intern Programs, 1985-86
Memos, Inter-office, 1980-88
Personnel, 1988-1993 (3f)

Box 10

Requests for Addition to Staff, 1984-88 (8f)

Box 11

Personnel files: faculty, staff, students, 1980s-90s (46f)

Subseries 7. Environmental Studies and ES Program Committee

Box 12

Environmental Studies Committee, 1978-79
Environmental Studies Program Committee, 1980-86 (10f)

Box 13

Environmental Studies Program Committee, 1984-92 (11f)

Subseries 8. Correspondence

Box 13 (cont.)

Correspondence, 1979-81 (Clayton Koppes)
Letters, ESP Miscellaneous 1981-2, 1988 (2f)

Subseries 9. Academic Majors

Box 14

Majors, 1972-99
Majors (Advising), 1979-80
Majors, 1979-88 (6f)

Box 15

Majors, 1988-92 (4f)
Major/Minor proposals and requests, 1987-91
Minor, 1979

Series 2. Curriculum Files

Subseries 1. Academic Course Materials

Box 1

Environment and Man (BIOL102), David Egloff, Spring1973
Practicum on Organic Farming (BIOL), David Benzing and David Egloff, Spring 1974
Curriculum, (core courses), 1979-80
Course Schedules and Enrollment Tally, 1989-93
Environmental Studies Library Orders, 1982-86
Courses in the Environmental Studies Program:
Introduction to Environmental Studies (ES 10/BIOL 10) Seminar to prepare for ENVS 100, David Egloff, Spring 1980
Introduction to Environmental Studies (ENVS/ BIOL 100), 1980-92 (4f)
Introduction to Environmental Studies Lab (ENVS/ BIOL 100), 1989
Environment and Society (ENVS 101), Carolyn Watkins, Joan Hartman, and Michael Kraft, 1984-90
American Environmental History (HIST 102) Clayton Koppes, Spring 1980
American Environmental Policy (ENVS 208/ GOVT208/ 242), 1982-86
Case Study: Lake Erie Fisheries (ENVS/BIOL 410), David Egloff, 1981-83
Comparative Environmental Policies (ENVS/GOVT 210), Carolyn Watkins, 1988-89
Ecological Engineering Seminar (ENVS/ BIOL 412), David Egloff, Fall 1993

Box 2

Environmental Geology (ENVS/GEOL 162/ 251), 1984-88
Environmental Policy (ENVS 309), Carolyn Watkins, 1988
Environmental Politics and Public Policy (POLT 483A), Kai N. Lee, Spring 1980
Globescope – Honors, (USI 396), Spring 1987 (2f)
Political Theory and the Environment (GOVT 337) Harlan Wilson, Spring 1989
Sustainable Agriculture (ENVS 291), Carolyn Watkins, Spring 1992

Subseries 2. Winter Term Files

Box 2 (cont.)

Pollution Group Project, WT 1969
Man and the Environment, WT 1971
Environmental Media Series, WT 1974, 1977
Humankind Tomorrow, WT 1978- 81 (5f)
Oberlin: A Study of the Land and the People, WT 1984
Interdisciplinary Study of Oberlin as a Place, WT 1985
Winter Term, 1986-87 (2f)

Box 3

Winter Term, 1988-90 (4f)
Nuclear Info, 1988
Nuclear: Notes, Handouts, Reading Lists, WT 1989

Subseries 3. Visiting Scholars and Mini-Courses

Box 3 (cont.)

Case Studies in Environmental Planning (ENVS 382), Walter Kehm, Spring1986 (3f)

Box 4

Environmental Law (ENVS 379), Joseph Sax, Spring 1983 (5f)
Environmental Politics (ENVS 223), Samuel P. Hays, Spring 1981-82 (2f)
Perspectives on the Environment: Public Policy and Future Generations (ENVS 302), Brian Barry, Spring 1981 (2f)
The Politics of Scarcity (ENVS 303), John Rodman, Spring 1984 (2f)
Politics of the 21st Century (ENVS 381), William Ophuls, Spring 1985 (3f)
Technology and Political Imagination (ENVS 382), Langdon Winner, Spring 1988 (3f)
Visiting Scholars, 1980-88 (3f)
Visiting Humanist, 1980
Indonesian Traditions in Natural Resource Conservation and
Environmental Mgt., Fall 1990, Shansi Scholar S. Djalal Tandjung

Subseries 4. Student Papers

Box 5

Honors Environmental Studies, 1984
Student Papers, 1980-85
Brine Regulation: A National Survey of State Control Strategies, 1984
Energy Sustainability: The Case of Photovoltaics, 1985
Environment and Development in the Third World: The Role of Tourism, 1985

Subseries 5. Files relating to the Gorn Prize

Box 5 (cont.)

Joyce A. Gorn Prize in Environmental Studies, 1979-1995 (2f)

Subseries 6. Study Abroad Programs

Box 6

Africa, 1989
Brown Consortium, “Continents of Knowledge,” 1988-89
Costa Rica, 1990-91
Kenya, 1987
USSR, 1989
Zimbabwe, 1989

Series 3. Historical Files

Box 1

Eco-Oberlin: A Conference on our Environment, April 16-20,1970
Exco Environment Course, 1971-72, 1978-79
ESP- Early Documents, 1969-79
Environmental Studies Proposal, 1971
Environmental Studies Committee,1978-79 (3f)
Environmental Studies Program—Information before 1980
ESC to ESP – re the creation of Environmental Studies Program, 1978-81
ESP Five Year Plan, 1980-86 (3f)
History of ESP, including timeline and majors, 1969-93 (2f)
History of ESP, Notes from a talk given by David Egloff in 1990s
Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, proposal by David Orr, 1990

Series 4. Financial Records

Box 1

Six Payment Request Books, 1988-93
Budget, 1980-90 (8f)
FES NEST, Budget, 1990-91
Expenses for Visiting Speakers, 1983

Series 5. Programs and Special Events

Subseries 1. Speakers’ File (at Oberlin)

Box 1

Carolyn Merchant, Re: Women and Ecology, 1980
Vincent Scully, 1981-82
Wendell Berry, Re: “People, Land, and Community,” 1982-83
Linda Gunderson, Re: Study of radon, 1987
Patricia Walling, Re: Air pollution in Lorain, Ohio, 1987
Kathleen Volpi, Re: Waste management, 1987
Robert T. Connery, Re: “Environmental Law,” 1987
Richard Tucker, Re: “Tropical Deforestation in S.E. Asia,” 1988
Joan Hartmann, “The Federal Role in Wetlands Decline,” 1988 (2f)
Steven Woodbury, Re: Energy, 1989
Robert Tuchmann, Re: Careers in Law, 1989
Peter Vitousek, “Global Changes in the Biota of the Earth,”1992
Marty Strange, “The Impact of Agriculture on Water Quality,” 1993
Miscellaneous Visiting Speakers, 1981-85 (3f)

Box 2

Miscellaneous Visiting Speakers, 1988-89 (2)

Subseries 2. Colloquium for Majors Related Materials

Box 2 (cont.)

ES Weekly Colloquium for Majors, 1981-86 (13f)
Colloquium Planning, file contains two 5.5” floppy computer disks), 1985-87
Frederick Ferre, speaker at 1981 Colloquium

Subseries 3. Special Events at Oberlin College

Box 3

Gilford Instruments Lab – OC Forum, Spring and Fall, 1969 (2f)
Bhopal Tragedy Panel Discussion, 1985
“ Environmental Action in the Third World” Conference, Sustainable
Community, 1989-90
Environmental Policy Conference, 1984
Equitable Solutions to Acid Rain Conference, 1988
Energy Seminar—Campus Speakers, 1992
Faculty Colloquium, Harlan Wilson, “Postmodernism and Environmental
Political Theory,” 1992
Nuclear Forum, 1979
Culpepper Grant Proposal, 1979
Earth Day, 1990 (3f)
Environmental Cooperative House of Oberlin (ECHO), 1981-83 (3f)
Whole Earth House, n.d.

Box 4

Environmental Studies Info Center (ESIC), 1979-81 (2f)
Farm – Oberlin College Co-op, 1977-91
Kenndicot Petition, Re: Mining in Washington state, 1968
Meadowcreek (AR)/ Oberlin College Food Project, 1988
Nova Incinerator in Lorain County,1987
Projects (general), 1989-90
Recycling, Oberlin and Town, 1988-89 (3f)

Series 6. Subject Files

Box 1

Alumni, 1985, 1988
W. Marlin Butts Guestship at Oberlin, 1978
Conference Brochures (examples), 1984
Dartmouth Visit by David Egloff, March 1979
Environmental studies programs gathering, Brown Univ., 1986,1990 (2f)
Meadowcreek, Arkansas 1986, 1990 (2f)
Ohio Conservation Foundation, 1978-79
Ohio Environmental Council, 1986, 1989 (2f)
Ohio EPA and General Issues, 1981-82
Ozone Loss, 1987
Rhine River Chemical Accident, 1986
Rocky Mountain Institute, 1991
Technology, 1989
Toxics/Pesticides, 1987
Waste Management, 1986-91
Water, 1969-88
Wetlands, 1987

Series 7. Publications

Subseries 1. Printed (regular)

Box 1

"Connections," 1983-84 See Record Group 19/00/1
“Explorations of a Watershed: The Natural History of the Black River,” edited by Brad Masi, September 2000.
Internship Handbook, ESP, 1983
"Oberlin and the Biosphere: A Campus Environmental Audit," 1992
Oberlin Environmental Studies Publications, 1969-89, including Ecology
Broadside (1969), ESIC, Eco-Obie (Oberlin High School), Writings by Edward J. Kormondy, and Eco News (1978).

Subseries 2. Publicity Files

Box 1 (cont.)

Publicity, 1981-83
Admissions of New Students, 1981-83

Subseries 3. Newsletters (No. 1 -- )

Box 1 (cont.)

“Backyard,” and supporting documents, 1988-90
“Friends of Environmental Studies," 1988-93
"Oberlin Environmentalist," 1985
Newsletters, 2000-

Subseries 4. Non-Oberlin related publications

Box 1 (cont.)

Regional Newsletters and News Clippings, 1983-90 (Sierra Club, etc)
ESP, other programs, 1970s-1980s