The origins of Rosalie Edge's Emergency Conservation Committee, 1930-1962: a historical analysis
Bainbridge CN. 2002. The origins of Rosalie Edge's Emergency Conservation Committee, 1930-1962: a historical analysis. University of Idaho
From the Abstract: "Rosalie Edge's Emergency Conservation Committee (ECC) began in 1930 as a means to reform the Audubon Society and to front the pamphlets of Willard Van Name, an associate curator of the American Museum of Natural History censored because of his criticisms of the Audubon Society. The ECC ended in 1962 with the death of Edge. It has been remembered in history primarily for its aggressive advocacy of wildlife and wildlands in campaigns that included the establishment of Olympic National Park in northwestern Washington and the creation of the world's first santuary for birds of prey at Hawk Mountain in southeastern Pennsylvania. ... This analysis traces the origins of the ECC to determine its place in the history of conservation in the United States."
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Bainbridge, Clark
- Date of Issue
- 2002-12
- Publisher
- University of Idaho
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Dissertation, Emergency Conservation Committee (ECC), History, Park Establishment