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Finding Aid |
1974-1983, 1989

RG XXI: Study Group on Values in Nature and the Environment

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION


Historical Note

The Study Group on Environmental Ethics (variously referred to internally as Man and Nature, later Wilderness, or Values in Nature and the Environment) was active from 1974-1983. During an earlier project, Human Values, Systems Analysis, and the Environment (aka Research Needs Concerning the Incorporation of Human Values into Environmental Decision-Making), it was realized little work had been done on perceptions of man and nature. This study group intended to illuminate current American attitudes about man and nature, and to a certain extent, their significance for policy, by tracing their origin and development. A planning meeting, "Environmental Ethics" was held on December 18, 1975. In 1978 Roderick Nash prepared a prospectus, "The Nature of Wildness: The Need for a Philosophy", intended to guide the discussion. Workshops were held in January 1980 and 1981. A publication Nature and Environment: Values and Choice was drafted, but never published. 

Funding was provided by the Henry P. Kendall Foundation and by the Russell Sage Foundation.

Scope and Content

The series is contained within the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ Archives’ Record Group XXI: Çï¿ûÊÓƵ Projects and Programs. It contains the administrative and project records of the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ relating to the Study Group, from 1974-1983, with a very small group of records from 1989. The majority of the records were created or received from 1975-1981 by the Executive office of the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, including Corrine Schelling and John Voss. Records primarily include transcripts of meetings and correspondence with meeting participants, and grantors. Of particular note is the unpublished draft manuscript

See related records RG XXI: Çï¿ûÊÓƵ Projects and Programs - Committee on Human Values, Systems Analysis, and the Environment.

Arrangement

Processing for the series utilized MPLP principles, thus minimum preservation steps were taken, and folder titles listed in the finding aid are as they appear on the actual folders. Records were held by the Executive Office of John Voss. Some files were kept out of the filing scheme and have been interfiled where appropriate. 

This series is arranged chronologically with no subseries.

Volume

2 records center cartons (1.5 linear feet)

Preferred Citation

[Item title, date]. Record Group XXI: Çï¿ûÊÓƵ Projects – Study Group on Values in Nature and the Environment / Environmental Ethics / Man and Nature / Wilderness, 1974-1983, 1989. Archives, American Çï¿ûÊÓƵ of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Subjects

Nash, Roderick
Schelling, Corinne Saposs
Voss, John, 1917-
Henry P. Kendall Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
Ecology--Philosophy
Environmental ethics
Nature

ITEM LIST

Box 1

Folder 1 AAAS - Environmental project 1974 [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 2 AAAS - Environmental project 1974 [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 3 Man and Nature - 74-75
Folder 4 Environmental Ethics -1974-[1976] [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 5 Environmental Ethics -1974-[1976][folder 2 of 2]
Folder 6 AAAS - Environmental project 1975
Folder 7 AAAS - Environmental Ethics [1975-1978]
Folder 8 AAAS - Environmental project 1976-81
Folder 9 Robenson-Ford-Public Participation '77
Folder 10 Man and Nature - Nash 77 [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 11 Man and Nature - Nash 77 [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 12 Revision: Wildness '78 summer [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 13 Revision: Wildness '78 summer [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 14 Man & Nature [1978-1984]
Folder 15 Man and Nature - Russell Sage '79 - May 79 Mtg [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 16 Man and Nature - Russell Sage '79 - May 79 Mtg [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 17 Values in Environment and Nature 655 (Man and Nature), Sept 1979-1980
Folder 18 Man & Nature - Russell Sage Grant - 1979 to 1986 [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 19 Man & Nature - Russell Sage Grant - 1979 to 1986 [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 20 AAAS Workshop on Environment Jan. 30, 1980
Folder 21 AAAS - Wilderness [1980]
Folder 22 January '81 Workshop - Environment Letters -1980 April -May [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 23 January '81 Workshop - Environment Letters - 1980 April -May [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 24 Jan '81 Env Transcript [folder 1 of 2]

Box 2

Folder 1 Jan '81 Env Transcript [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 2 Environment Papers Jan '81 Workshop [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 3 Environment Papers Jan '81 Workshop [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 4 Jan ' 81 Env - Drafts [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 5 Jan ' 81 Env - Drafts [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 6 AAAS - Meeting to discuss paper for "Man and Nature" 5-26-81
Folder 7 AAAS - Values in Nature and the Environment [1981]
Folder 8 AAAS - "Environmental Values," by H. Brooks [1981-1982]
Folder 9 Man & Nature [1981-1983] [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 10 Man & Nature [1981-1983] [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 11 82-83 Man and Nature Workshop - following Letters [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 12 82-83 Man and Nature Workshop - following Letters [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 13 [Draft, unpublished- "Nature and Environment: Values and Choice"] [1989] [folder 1 of 3]
Folder 14 [Draft, unpublished- "Nature and Environment: Values and Choice"] [1989] [folder 2 of 3]
Folder 15 [Draft, unpublished - "Nature and Environment: Values and Choice"] [1989] [folder 3 of 3]