Rudolf W. Becking Collection - Finding Aid | Library Special Collections & Archives

Rudolf Willem Becking was a professor of Forestry and Natural Resources at Humboldt State University from 1960-1983. He did extensive work in Northwestern California. His research interests included Redwoods, sustainable forestry (Plenturung), plant community ecology (Phytosociology), serpentine endemics, the Marbled Murrelet, timber cruise methodology, and many other topics. He worked in the Great Smoky Mountains in the 1950s-1960s and again in the 1970s. He did additional scholarly work in Indonesia, the USSR and in China. Becking also participated in political processes in the Northern California region. Highlights include involvement in the establishment and later expansion of Redwood National Park (1960s and 1970s), municipal environmental issues related to the city of Arcata, California and Humboldt Bay in the 1970s and 1980s, revision of the California Forest Practices Act in the 1970s, and many other regional environmental issues.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

Copyright to the unpublished Becking material is the sole property of Cal Poly Humboldt. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Special Collections Librarian.

Acquisition Information

In 2003, Becking moved from his Arcata, California home office and donated the first of three installments of what is now the Rudolf W. Becking Collection to the Humboldt State University Library. Becking sent the second installment when he moved from Oregon to Utah. The last installment came after Becking’s 2009 death, arriving in 2010. The first two installments were packed by Becking, and the last installment was packed and shipped by family from Becking’s final residence in Utah. A number of foreign language books relating to forestry and botany were not accessioned by HSU. The majority of these books were from or about the Netherlands, Indonesia, India, Fiji, China, Japan, and the USSR.

Biographical Information

Rudolf Willem Becking was born in 1922 in Dutch-occupied Indonesia to a Dutch family. He had an early interest in the natural sciences that he shared with his brother and father. During World War II, Becking was captured as a Prisoner of War by the Japanese. He received two forestry degrees from Wageningen University in The Netherlands in 1952. Becking married H. Louise Sheltema, and they moved together to Seattle, WA, where he received his PhD from the University of Washington in 1954. He had brief employment with the Dutch Forest Service and universities in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Alabama before being hired at Humboldt State University in 1960. He retired from HSU in 1983, but remained an active professor emeritus, teaching classes and sponsoring graduate students for many years after. Both Becking and his wife died in 2009 and were survived by all three of their children.

Becking lived the majority of his life in the United States, but had significant international influences from being raised in Indonesia, attending college in The Netherlands, and traveling extensively throughout his life. Thus, Becking’s approach to forestry and botany were unique amongst his American colleagues. For example, Becking was a strong advocate of Plenturung, an all-aged sustainable harvest model, at a time when even-aged harvest (clear cutting) was central to American forestry. In addition, Becking practiced Phytosociology, a technique of plant community analysis that had international support but very few American proponents. Throughout his career in the United States, Becking corresponded with a vast network of international colleagues.

Although primarily identified as a forester, Becking’s work was interdisciplinary. In addition to forest growth and yield, he did research on plant and forest community ecology, taxonomy, and plant biology. He was a specialist in dipterocarps and redwoods, and did significant work with serpentine endemics, the lichen Usnea longissima, and forest/plant communities of the Great Smoky Mountains. Soil analysis was essential to his forest and plant research. Becking also did substantial research in ornithology (though he considered himself an amateur), primarily focused on the old-growth-forest-dependent Marbled Murrelet. Becking was a skilled illustrator and used his artistic ability as a tool in his scientific work.

Becking was a citizen activist who focused on environmental management issues. During his long-term residence in Arcata, California, he engaged with the City of Arcata’s management of municipal transportation, waste, and forests. Becking was elected onto the Arcata City Council in 1972. Through letter writing, speaking, community organizing and other campaigning, Becking also worked for ancient forest conservation and improved forest policy. He was involved in many regional issues including the establishment and expansion of Redwood National Park, stopping the building of the Gasquet-Orleans Road (G-O Road), and the critique of numerous proposed timber sales on public lands. Becking worked on environmental protection of Humboldt Bay, proposed (with Deane B. Mather) the development of a regional recreation area he called the “Tri-Lake Plan”, and advocated against the proposed Butler Valley Dam.

As a teacher, Becking left a lasting impression on his students who have described him as challenging, approachable,empowering and inspiring. He formed mentorships with students that often became lasting friendships. He was known for engaging his students in scientific studies that involved real-world field, lab and data analysis work. He integrated his own research interests and projects with his forestry and natural resources curricula.

Becking attended the Humboldt Unitarian Fellowship and occasionally gave talks there that provided a view of how his work as a scientist and activist intersected with his spirituality.

For more biographical information, see BEN Botanical Electronic News ISSN 1188-603X No. 421 February 4, 2009 , written by Adolf Ceska (with help from the Becking family).

Scope and Content of the Collection

The Rudolf W. Becking Collection is documentation of the professional and political work of Dr. Rudolf Becking from the time of his post secondary education in the 1940s and 1950s, through his teaching career in the 1960s-1990s, and his continued work until his death in 2009.

The collection contains primarily textual materials including research notes, data, correspondence, publications, and reports. There are also non-textual materials including photographs, slides, maps, posters, illustrations, sound recordings, and computer files.

Major topics covered include all-aged forest management (Plenturung), plant community ecology (Phytosociology), old growth conservation, serpentine endemic plants, redwood biology, redwood forest ecology, timber cruise methodology, Marbled Murrelets, and the municipal environmental management of Arcata, California.

Processing Information

The Becking Collection came to HSU in three installments, and processing began between the arrival of the second and third installments. When the materials were packed to be delivered to the library, their original order was disrupted. At the library, to prepare for final processing, HSU Archivist Edie Butler and Processing Archivist Adrienne Harling sorted the collection according to topic and geographic area.

Processing was completed primarily off campus, in several installments of 10-20 boxes at one time. The collection was processed efficiently, and series were arranged at different levels of detail (based on need and perceived research value).

Becking used recycled manila envelopes and 3-ring binders to organize his materials. He labeled most envelopes and binders. When processed, materials were transferred out of the envelopes and binders and into file folders and archival storage boxes. Folder contents were transferred in their original order. Becking’s labels were used as folder headings when available, and the processing archivist provided additional information and generated folder headings for unlabeled materials (differentiated from Becking’s labels with brackets []). Becking’s spelling, grammar and punctuation were not edited when his labels were transferred to file folders.

There were many loose materials that came with the collection, which were sorted according to collection series and labeled with the terms “loose” and/or “miscellaneous” without further description. The lack of description of these materials should not be mistaken for lack of research value, and researchers are encouraged to scan these folders for content within each series they are using. Items that were mixed into envelopes or binders of unrelated materials were not moved. Significant quantities of such out-of-place materials were noted in the series descriptions when identified.

Processing of the Rudolf W. Becking Collection was generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The Humboldt State University Library was awarded a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from 2010-2012, "Uncovering California's Environmental Collections," in collaboration with eight additional special collections and archival repositories throughout the state and the California Digital Library (CDL). Grant objectives included processing of over 33 hidden collections related to the state's environment and environmental history. The collections document an array of important sub-topics such as irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use, activism, and research. Together they form a multifaceted picture of the natural world and the way it was probed, altered, exploited and protected in California over the twentieth century. Finding aids are made available through the Online Archive of California (OAC).

Arrangement

The series level arrangement reflects Becking’s roles as researcher, activist, and teacher, with sub-series broken out by topic or geographic area. Folders within series are loosely grouped together according to topic.

Different material types are not separated except for sound recordings, computer files and oversized items.

Related Collections

Pamphlet Collection at Humboldt State University Library’s Humboldt Room – For many years, Becking brought individual unpublished documents such as correspondence into the Humboldt Room to make available to researchers. These items were incorporated into the HSU Library’s Humboldt Room’s Pamphlet Collection and assigned subject headings to be used for retrieval.

Redwood National Park – Two collections at the National Park Service Redwood National Park headquarters in Orick, California are directly related to materials in Humboldt State University’s Rudolf W. Becking Collection. Becking donated some of his papers to the National Park Service in the late 1990s (Rudolf W. Becking Collection, Catalog Number: REDW 27748), before his larger collection came to HSU in 2003. They include documentation of Becking’s involvement in the establishment of Redwood National Park. The collection at Humboldt State University is focused on the expansion of the Park and the movement to protect the Emerald Creek Watershed. The collection at Redwood National Park’s office is focused on the initial establishment of the park.

Another collection at the Orick office is the Dave Van de Mark Photograph Collection (Catalog Number: REDW 17722). The collection includes photographs that document the Redwood National Park region and land management activities in that region. They were taken in an effort to gather support for the creation and later expansion of the Redwood National Park.

Zoological Museum University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Becking and his brother (J.H. Becking) developed an extensive egg collection from Java, Indonesia, starting as early as the 1930s. They donated their joint collection to the Zoological Museum . Related materials can be found in the Rudolf W. Becking Collection in "Biography" and "Research and Writing : Marbled Murrelet".

Humboldt State University Vascular Plant Herbarium - Several boxes of plant specimen were included in Becking’s donations to the Humboldt State University Library. For proper care, these plant specimens were transferred to the Humboldt State University Vascular Plant Herbarium in 2011.

Humboldt State University Nonvascular Plant Herbarium - Several boxes of mounted lichens and bryophytes were included in the third installment of Beckings’ donations to the Humboldt State University Library. The lichen and bryophyte specimens were mounted onto index cards that included metadata. For proper care, these specimens were transferred to the Humboldt State University Nonvascular Plant Herbarium in 2011.

Preferred Citation

Rudolf W. Becking Collection, 2003.04. Humboldt State University Library, Arcata, Calif.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary (Calif.).
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.).
Humboldt State University -- College of Natural Resources and Sciences.
Humboldt State University -- Forestry Dept..
Redwood National Park (Calif.).
Wageningen Universiteit.
Arcata (Calif.)
Birds--Nests.
Birds—Eggs
Butler Valley Dam (Proposed)
Champion Trees
Darlingtonia californica.
Douglas Fir
Forest management--California, Northern
Forest management--Environmental aspects.
Forest management--Indonesia.
Forest policy--California.
Forestry schools and education--California--History.
Forests and Forestry
Gasquet-Orleans Road (Calif.)
Herbicides--Environmental aspects.
Humboldt Bay (Calif.)
Humboldt State University. Dept. of Forestry--History.
Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.)
Lichen
Lichen conservation
Logging
Logging—History
Mad River (Calif.)
Marbled murrelet
Natural resources--Study and teaching
Old growth forest conservation
Old growth forests
Oxalis
Photogrammetry.
Plant communities
Redwoods
Redwoods--California--Humboldt County
Sand Dune Plants
Serpentine plants
Soil Profiles
Sustainable forestry
Uncovering California's Environmental Collections Project

Container List

Biography Series 1

Scope and Contents note

Materials relating to Becking’s personal life cover Becking’s employment, family, spirituality
and philosophy. A number of documents pertaining to employment reveal professional
tension with some colleagues.

Family materials include Christmas letters from the late 1990s and early 2000s, and
publications and correspondence of Becking’s family members. Of note is correspondence
between Becking and his brother regarding their joint Java egg collection and some journals
containing information provided by their colleague/mentor, zoologist Max Bartels. The
Becking Java egg collection is now housed in the Zoological Museum University of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Programs and notes from several talks at the Humboldt Unitarian Fellowship present
Becking’s spiritual perspective on topics such as the Headwaters controversy, humans and
their relationships to plants, differences between childhood times and current times,
“ecoactivism”, “ecocide”, salmon, the legal standing of trees, and other topics.

The Biography series also includes documentation of two instances in which Becking
defended his professional integrity to institutional authorities:

Becking Fire/Professional Competency Case: In the 1970s, Becking was implicated as the
responsible party for a fire that started in Freshwater Forest after Becking and his students
had been burning test plots. The materials related to this incident include Becking’s detailed
account of the events of the fire and how it was responded to, as well as photographs of the
plots and burned areas.

PFR license case: In the 1990s a complaint was filed against Becking to the Professional
Forester Registration (PFR), and this organization disciplined Becking with a “Private Letter
of Reprimand”. The complaint was filed with regards to Becking’s declaration in a lawsuit
filed by a Del Norte County landowner against a neighbor, claiming that they had suffered
personal injuries from spraying of Garlon, an herbicide. Becking’s declaration was in support
of the effort to stop additional herbicide spraying. The material in these folders includes
Becking’s declaration and correspondence regarding the complaint, disciplinary action taken
against Becking by the RPF, and Becking’s original declaration. The correspondence shows
that Becking himself publicized the matter even though the PFR’s letter was private.

1. Oversized : Biography
2. Research and Writing : Marbled Murrelet (additional documents about the Becking Java egg
collection)

Box 1

1. [Memorial Program and DVD] 2009
2. [Christmas letters from 1997 and 2001, address list from 2001] 1990s, 2000s
3. ZP Growth 1970s
4. [Notes and articles about Samuel Oliver, Russia, philosophy] 1990
5. [Resumé (early 1990s), list of publications up to 1986, copies of letterhead] 1980s, 1990s
6. TAX [information re: taxes and FAO] 1980
7. [Copies of Becking’s illustrations (botanical)]
8. [Salmon spawning drawing by Becking, June 20, 1998] 1998
9. [Correspondence with Jan Hendrik Becking re: Max Bartels collection, notebooks, Java egg collection] 1940s, 2000s
10. [“Mycorrhize de Podocarpus Physiologie et Morphologie” par J.H. Becking, Extrait des Annales de L’Institut Pasteur, Supplement, Septembre 1966, Tome III, Paris] 1966
11. [Publications by J.H. Becking, correspondence between J.H. Becking and Dr. J. Weck of Wageningen, correspondence of Rudi Becking’s, Dutch language, includes photographs] 1950s, 1960s
12. TALKS, PRESENTATIONS [includes several presentations Becking gave at Humboldt Unitarian Fellowship] 1990s
13. HUF talk on legal standing of trees Jan 19, 1975
14. SALMON, a spiritual Encounter Apr 14, 1996 HUUF, 1996
15. [SALMO GO! – Possibly HUUF talk] 1994
16. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE CASE May 1977 [Freshwater Forest Fire Oct 10, 1976, includes photographs] 1976-1977
17. [Professional Foresters Registration License case, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
18. [Professional Foresters Registration License case, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
19. RPF license 1990 – Official Correspondence Only 1990
20. RPF/LIC Related Correspondence and Info Lawyers Contacted 1990s
21. RPF license BACK-UP COPIES and drafts 1990s
22. Becking Clippings 1970s, 1980s
23. Europe Trip Summer 1964 [Many documents in Dutch] 1960s
24. Fulbright 1994-5 Netherlands 1994-1995
25. Fulbright 1993 [Folder 1 of 2] 1993
26. Fulbright 1993 [Folder 2 of 2] 1993
27. [Reference for Dr. Rudolf W. Becking’s Fulbright Application for bird and phytosociological reinventories in Wageningen, Netherlands] 1990s
28. [“Sentient Experiences” brochures, Becking correspondence] 1990s
29. Evan Vallianatos 1992 [correspondence] 1992
30. [Correspondence and Tropical Forestry literature from “Sam and Kathy”] 1989
31. Retirement 1980s
32. [Misc. publications, Folder 1 of 2] mostly 1970s
33. [Misc publications, Folder 2 of 2] mostly 1970s
34. [Entwurf 3, Waldbauliche Fachausdrücke und ihre Umschreibungen]
35. [Books and articles inscribed for Becking – foreign language] 1960s-1980s
36. [Misc inscribed publications] 1950s, 1970s

Box 2

1. [Foundation for Dutch Forestry Development Cooperation Newsletters and otherWageningen based publications] 1980s
2. [Chris Maser’s “The Redesigned Forest”, inscribed by author] 1988
3. [“Ecoforestry : the Art and Science of Sustainable Forest Use” – inscribed by Becking’s daughter] 1997
4. [Dhillon’s “Some Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide on the Germination of Western Larch Seed, Inscribed by author] 1961
5. [Neumann Verlag : Ertragstafel Anszüge, inscribed by J.H. Becking]
6. [J.H. Becking : De Djaticultuur Op Java] 1928
7. Bedrijfsplan voor de Boswachterij “Leende” 1 aug 1955-1 aug 1965 [includes map]1955-1965
8. [Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 1 of 5] 1960s
9. [Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 2 of 5] 1960s
10. [Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 3 of 5] 1960s
11. [Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 4 of 5] 1960s
12. [Ray Peart’s Northcoast Outdoors newspaper issues, Folder 5 of 5] 1960s
13. [Loose, Misc]
14. [POW Talk]

Correspondence

15. Grant A 1990s
16. Grant B 1990s
17. Grant C 1990s
18. Grant D 1990s

Box 3

1. Grant E 1990s
2. Grant F 1990s
3. Grant G 1990s
4. Grant H 1990s
5. Grant I 1990s
6. Grant J 1990s
7. Grant K 1990s
8. Grant L 1990s
9. Grant M 1990s
10. Grant N 1990s
11. Grant O 1990s
12. Grant P 1990s
13. Grant R 1990s
14. Grant S 1990s
15. Grant T 1990s
16. Grant U 1990s
17. Grant V 1990s
18. Grant W [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
19. Grant W [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
20. Grant X 1990s
21. Grant Y 1990s
22. Grant Z 1990s

Research and Writing Series 2

Wageningen University
Scope and Contents note
Materials from Becking’s student days at Wageningen University (late 1940s to 1952),
where he earned a Ir. Tr. M.S. in Tropical Forestry and a Ir. B.M.S. in Temperate Forestry
in 1952. Includes twelve hand-bound reports Becking authored and illustrated. One is in English.

23. [Notebook with Becking hand and type written notes re : Douglas, Larix, Naaldhout, Loofhout (in Dutch)] 1940s, 1950s
24. [“Ceres” Publications, “Synthese” and “Herrezen Nederland 1945-1955” – Dutch Language] 1940s, 1950s
25. Het Mechanisch Grondverzet [illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1940s?
26. Waldbau auf naturgesetzlicher Grundlage, Prof. Dr. H. Heibundgut I [Illustrated, bound report by R. W. Becking – foreign language] 1950-1951
27. Waldbau auf naturgesetzlicher Grundlage, Prof. Dr. H. Heibundgut II [illustrated, bound report by R. W. Becking – foreign language] 1940s – 1950s
28. Practykverslag 5 Aug – 30 Oct 1949 [illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking –Foreign Language, includes Photographs] 1949
29. Practicumverslag PHYTOPATHOLOGIE Mycologie Mei 1951 [Illustrated, bound report by R. W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951
30. De Bostypologie van de Scandinavische landen [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951

Box 4

1. Loofhout Houtzagers Cand. En Jr. colleges [Illustrated, bound report by R.W.Becking – Dutch Language] 1951
2. Veeweide – problemen in de Bosbouw [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking –Dutch Language] 1951
3. Naaldhout Houtzagers Cnd. En Jr. colleges [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951
4. De Strooiselvertering [bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951
5. Ontwerp Wegproject en Brugconstructie [bound report by R.W. Becking – Dutch Language] 1951
6. An account of a practise-period July-Oct. 1950 in Scandinavia [Illustrated, bound report by R.W. Becking – English Language, includes photographs] 1950
7. Pseudotsuga taxifolía Onderzoek 1950s

Forest Ecology and Management

Douglas Fir (PhD)
Scope and Contents note
Notes, data, soil profiles, literature, other work Becking did as a student at University of Washington, and writings based on his PhD data. Becking received his PhD in 1954. His dissertation was entitled Site Indicators and Forest Types of the Douglas fir Region of Western Washington and Oregon and included phytosociological analysis of Douglas fir forest types of over 300 plots in Washington State.

1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Douglas Fir

8. Soil Profiles Pacific NWest Douglas Fir Study 1952-1954 PhD thesis work [Folder 1 of 3] 1952-1954
9. Soil Profiles Pacific NWest Douglas Fir Study 1952-1954 PhD thesis work [Folder 2 of 3] 1952-1954
10. Soil Profiles Pacific NWest Douglas Fir Study 1952-1954 PhD thesis work [Folder 3 of 3] 1952-1954
11. DOUGLAS FIR 1950s
12. [Thesis : “Soil Properties Related to Forest Cover Type and Productivity on the Lee Forest, Snohomish County, Washington”, by Freeman Forristall] 1954
13. [Thesis : “Lethal Surface Temperatures and Their Interpretation for Douglas-Fir” – Silen thesis]
14. [“Effect of Certain Physical Soil Properties and topography on the Site Quality of Douglas Fir in Southwestern Washington”, by Willard H. Carmean] 1953
15. [“Water Relations in the Douglas-Fir Region of Vancouver Island” by Robert Gordon McMinn] 1957
16. FOREST REGION B-1 SITE CLASSIFICATION ONTARIO, Canada Bedell and McLean Bd 796. R.G. Ray Bd. 676 A. Linteau Bd. 1010 1951
17. [“Sampling Procedures and Methods of Analysis for Forest Soils” by the Forest Soils Committee of the Douglas Fir Region] 1953
18. [Copies of “Douglas Fir Forest Type Classification of Western Washington and Oregon”] 1954
19. [Becking published article : “Die natürlichen Douglasien – Waldgesellschaften Washingtons und Oregons. Allgem. Forst. U. Jagdz. 127 : 42-56.” Photocopy] 1954
20. [“First Report of the Academic Year 1952-1953”, Rudolf Willem Becking, regarding experience of studying in America] 1952
21. Seminar Fire and Relationship with Silviculture, Winter Qu 1952

Box 5

1. Klad-Tabellen 1952, Phytosociological Tables 1952 non DF tables, Field Reports – timber industry 1953, Correspondence DF thesis research 1952-1953
2. Site Indicators and Forest Types of the Douglas Fir Region of Western Washington and Oregon – original master of Ph.D. thesis May 1954
3. Paper on DF forest types of western Washington and Oregon July 1954 Intern. Botan. Congress Paris 1954, Synthesis Tables DF – Forest Types copies from PhD thesis 1954
4. DF typology stencils 1954 [Mislabeled folder? Contains “The Phytosociological Method of the Zurich-Montpellier School” handouts] 1954
5. The Forest Associations Sensu Braun-Blanquet of the Douglas Fir Region(Pacific Northwest) and their Relation with the Site Quality of the Douglas Fir, AAAS meetings, New York Dec 27, 1956
6. Figures of DF Manuscript 1953
7. Manuscript DF Forest Types 1956 never published 1956
8. Die naturlichen Douglasien – Waldgesdlschaften Washingtons und Oregons, Allgem. Forst Jagd Ztg 1956 [Foreign Language] 1956
9. [Becking Ph.D. thesis: “Site Indicators and Forest Types of Douglas-fir Region of Western Washington and Oregon.” Ph.D. thesis. 8339, University of Washington, Seattle. Copy 1 of 2] 1954
10. [Becking Ph.D. thesis: “Site Indicators and Forest Types of Douglas-fir Region of Western Washington and Oregon.” Ph.D. thesis. 8339, University of Washington, Seattle. Copy 2 of 2] 1954
11 [Szczawinsky, A : Bryophytic Communities on Douglas Fir] 1953
12 [Australia and New Zealand – correspondence and publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s
13 [Australia and New Zealand – correspondence and publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s
14 [Forest Soils Committee of the Douglas Fir Region : Sampling Procedures and Methods of Analysis for Forest Soils] 1953
15 Erosion Control, Forestry, Pewee Yarder 1970s
16 [loose misc]
17 [Mueller – Dombois : The Douglas – fir forest associations on Vancouver Island
in their initial stages of secondary succession, Ph.D. thesis] 1959
18 Douglas Fir Provenances 1960s
19 Biogeochemical Cycling 1960s
20 DF thesis synthesis tables and maps 1952-4 [includes rolled items] 1950s

Redwood
Scope and Contents note
Becking studied all three species of redwood: Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron gigantea, and Metasequoia. Some of the topics Becking pursued were burl development, vegetative propagation of redwoods, albino redwoods, international distribution of redwoods, redwood deformities and fasciations, fossil redwoods, redwood genetics, and more.

1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : NSF
2. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : USSR
3. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : China
4. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Ring-O-Gram
5. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Tallest Trees
6. Research and Writing : Pocket Flora
7. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Redwood
8. Oversized : Over 42”
9. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 1, 2 and 4)
10. Teaching

Box 6

1. SEQUOIA sempervirens [Folder 1 of 3] 1960s-1990s
2. SEQUOIA sempervirens [Folder 2 of 3, includes photographs and negatives] 1960s-1990s
3. SEQUIOIA sempervirens [Folder 3 of 3, includes photographs] 1960s-1990s
4. SEQUOIA gigantea 1960s-1970s
5. METASEQUOIA [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1990s
6. METASEQUOIA [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1990s
7. WEOTT Calif Dept Parks and Recreation Workshop, March 14, 1990 Handouts 1990
8. [Human and Animal Impact Studies – Notes] 1970s
9. BURL DEVELOPMENT Peter Del Tredici 1993 [Literature] 1993
10. BURL [Peter Del Tredici, includes photographs and negatives] 1990s
11. [Correspondence and literature – chromosomes and vegetative propagation] 1990s 1.2 ALBINO REDWOOD [Folder 1 of 3] 1960s-1980s
13. ALBINO REDWOOD [Folder 2 of 3, includes photographs] 1960s-1980s
14. ALBINO REDWOOD [Folder 3 of 3] NEWS CLIPPINGS, MAPS, RESEARCH NOTEBOOKS and POSTCARDS 1960s-1980s
15. ALBINO REDWOOD 1991
16. ALBINO REDWOOD 1990s-2000s
17. ALBINO R [slides and report from Dr. Willliam L. Bigg] 1999
18. [Loose-Albino Redwoods]
19. Redwood [Distribution Maps]
20. [Redwood Distribution Documents] 1960s-1970s
21. MASTER Field Trip II XI Internat. Botanical Congress August 19-20-1969 Arcata, Calif 95521 1969
22. [Association for Environmental and outdoor Education Conference Materials, April 14, 15, 16] 1970s
23. Fort Bragg Apr 14-16, 1978 1978
24. Chetko Apr 7, 1990
25. [Redwood Community Development Council, Inc. Reforestation Training Project info for review] 1970s
26. Florissant 1990s
27. [Correspondence with Rudolph Light and Ernie Wasson] 1990s
28. [Loose, misc] 1980s-2000s
29. [Misc journal articles]

Box 7

1. [National Park Service Coast Redwood Study, Folder 1 of 2] 1963
2. [National Park Service Coast Redwood Study, Folder 2 of 2] 1963
3. Vegetation of the California Coast Redwood Region in relation to gradients of moisture, nutrients, light, and temperature, Richard H. Waring, Ph.D., University of California 1963
4. [Emanuel Fritz ad James A. Rydelius, Redwood Reforestation Problems : An Experimental Approach to their Solution] 1966
5. [Redwood Region Logging Conference Proceedings : 19th, 21st, 24th, and 28th annual meetings] 1957-1966
6. [Redwood Region Conservation Council Young Growth Management Conference Proceedings : 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972] 1968-1972
7. [Division of Forestry : A Review of Redwood Harvesting, 2 copies] 1972
8. [Magazines containing Redwood-related articles] 1960s, 1997
9. [Proceedings of the conference on Coast Redwood Forest Ecology and management, June 18-20, 1996, Humboldt State University : article by Becking starting on page 69] 1996
10. [The Redwood Forest Handbook by Reveal and Wallen, Published by Division of Forestry, California Dept of Natural Resources] 1948
11. [California Coast Redwood : An Annotated Bibliography to and including 1955 compiled by Emanuel Fritz] 1957
12. [The Coastal Redwoods : A Travel Course, by Robert N. Wallen] 1978
13. [Misc. Redwood Logging-related documents] 1980s
14. [Pamphlet : “The State of the Redwoods Today”]
15. Redwood Prehistoric Distribution [includes teaching materials] 1970s
16. Ecology of Coastal Redwood [includes Richard Genelly’s 1964 “Birds of the Coastal Redwood Forest”] 1960s
17. METASEQUOIA
18. Ladybird Johnson Wounded Redwood 2000
19. Redwood Talk 1972 1970s
20. [Loose documents re: Redwood, including notes on Metasequoia (1993) and items from 1974 Redwood Ecology Workshop at HSU] 1974, 1993
21. [Requests for publications re: Sequoia sempervirens] 1995
22. Redwood article cancelled Aug 1975 [intended for “Terrestrial Vegetation of California”] 1975
23. SEQUOIA and SEQUOIADENDRON 2000s
24. REDWOOD BURLS 2000s
25. Sequoia sempervirens physiology burl genetics cancers 2000s
26. Die Ökologie des Mammutsbaumes Kaliforniens Nov. 22, 1968 [Allgemeine Forst Zeitschrift 14/15 : 285-289., Manuscript, correspondence and 2 original publications] 1969
27. [Reprints of Becking article “Fasciation of coastal redwoods.” Madroño 20 (1970): 382-383] 1970
28. Figures #1,2,3 [Fog Drip]
29. Sequoia National Park and Whitaker UC, National Park Service 1960s Research and Writing
30. SEQUOIA burls AFOCEL 1990
31. Meteorological Data Redwood Region [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s, 1980s
32. Meteorological Data Redwood Region [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s, 1980s

Box 8

1. [Redwood research inc. deformities] 1990s
2. FOSSIL REDWOODS [includes soil profile] 1990s
3. [Loose – notes, ring-o-gram technique] 1990
4. 1991 Redwood field data FIRE RINGS 1991
5. REDWOOD CONFERENCE June 18-20, 1996
6. Steve Ross [Manuscript by R.W. Becking and S.D. Ross entitled “An Analysis of V-Bar Cruising in Second-Growth Redwood] 1960s
7. [An Annotated Bibliography of the Biology of Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.), 1997] 1997
8. [Publications – Metasequoia]
9. SEQUOIA SEMP. [Data and Publications]
10. [Publications – mostly foreign language]
11. [Pub-Preliminary Architectural Study of Coastal Redwood] 1984
12. Ralph W. Chaney, Sequoia, Taxodium, and Metasequoia [Publication]
13. [Field Trip to the Whitaker Forest of California July 27-30, 1966 by Harold Weaver] 1966
14. The Redwood R.T. Fisher, etc. U.S. Dept Agric. Bureau of Forestry Bull #38 1903
15. [Loose – publications, Folder 1 of 3]
16. [Loose – publications, Folder 2 of 3]
17. [Loose – publications, Folder 3 of 3]
18. [Emmanuel Fritz literature Collection, Folder 1 of 3] 1930s-1960s
19. [Emmanuel Fritz literature Collection, Folder 2 of 3] 1930s-1960s
20. [Emmanuel Fritz literature Collection, Folder 3 of 3] 1930s-1960s
21. SEQUOIA sempervirens Miscell. Research notes 1960s
22. [Seed Sources – Redwoods and some other species, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s
23. [Seed Sources – Redwoods and some other species, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s
24. [Misc. notes, literature]
25. Forest Meterology and Microclimate, Lake Cowichan, Br. Columbia, November 1 and 2, 1962 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
26. Forest Meterology and Microclimate, Lake Cowichan, Br. Columbia, November 1 and 2, 1962 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
27. [Specific tree data, inc. tree ring mapping] 1990s
28. [Review of Reed F. Noss’s book “The Redwood Forest”] 2000
29. [Manuscript : “Ancient Redwood and the Politics of Finance : Social and Environmental Perspectives”] 1990s?

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Scope and Contents note
Data, photographs, negatives, codes, computer programming information, maps, report drafts, related writings, and publications, all pertaining to three National Science Foundation (NSF) grants Becking received for research on Redwood Forest plant communities. Materials from Becking’s 1962 regeneration survey of the Bull Creek watershed for the State of California’s Division of Beaches and Parks is also included due to its relatedness to Becking’s NSF research.

The three NSF grants were awarded between the late 1960s and 1971. They funded Becking’s research on Redwood Forest plant communities, the effects of the 1964 flood on redwood vegetation, and the conditions of natural redwood regeneration. The research was conducted primarily in Humboldt Redwood State Park, but also occurred in redwood regions within their California distribution range. The three grants were connected, as Becking described: GB 4690 “extends the research findings of the previously published Final Report of NSF Grant GB# 3346, published January 15, 1967.

It further summarizes research still in progress under the NSF Grant GB # 6310 which
was awarded to the Redwood Research Institute, Inc., Arcata, California on May 15, 1967”.A summary of objectives of NSF Grants 3468, 4690, and 6310, based on descriptions in final reports, is as follows: Redwood Forest Plant Communities – 1) “To provide comprehensive descriptions of the plant communities in the redwood forests of Northern California including a vegetational classification which can serve as a reference frame work for future vegetational research.”, 2) “To provide computer analysis of phytosociological inventory records of the Redwood Forest Communities.”, 3) “To correlate vegetational patterns with environmental factors including soil, climate, topography, flooding, biotic factors, and human influences (logging, fire) and to assess these interrelationships.” Floods and Redwood/Riparian Vegetation – 1) “To study the December, 1964 flood impact upon redwood vegetation and to monitor the flood effects with the progression of time. This includes the measurement of temperatures, precipitation and soil moisture trends per month, and the continuous reinventory of redwood regeneration ring plots in the forest environment.”, 2)“To study the riparian vegetation and its effects upon the floods and the ecological significance of riparian vegetation in flood protection., 3) “To study the ecology and change in environment of the riparian plant communities in relation to flooding, silt deposition, and recurrence of flooding. To establish permanent reference plots to study successional trends in vegetation, changes in environmental conditions, and their effect upon flood height and frequency.” Redwood Regeneration – 1) “To study the natural regeneration of the redwood forests by permanent seedling plots. To measure variation in the most important ecological variables such as temperature, light intensity, soil moisture, and soil pH, and to determine the ecological significance of these factors upon redwood seedling development and survival.”
See Also

1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : NSF
2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 2 and 4)
3. Teaching

Box 9

1. Reviewed Research Proposal 1967-1971
2. SOS project 1970 [Student Originated Studies] 1970
3. Master Copy Redwood Sprouting Vegetative Propagation 1968 1968
4. Redwood Research Belletto Pollination Studies of redwood DF provenance studies 1964 Redwood Research Grant Reports request 1964
5. Phytosociological Study of Second-growth Redwood demonstration Intern Botan Congress Edinburgh, Engl. 1964 1964
6. NSF-GB 6310 Sept 15, 1971 1970-1971
7. MASTER DITTO’S Field Trip #1 Guide XI International Botanical Congress August 19-20 Arcata, Calif 95521 1969
8. Field Trip Guide Redwood Ecology XI Intern. Botan. Congress Aug 19-20, 1969 Seattle, Wash 1969
9. Original negatives + photos NSF GB 6310 1960s-1970s
10. Final Report NSF GB 6310 Sept 15, 1971 1971
11. NSF – Redwoods 1960s-1970s
12. [NSF Loose, misc.] 1960s-1970s
13. INFRARED FLOOD 1965 HELICOPTER FLIGHT 1965
14. Field Trip #1 Guide XI Internat. Botanical Congress August 19-20, 1969 Arcata, Calif 95521 1969
15. GB 8422 unfinished research Dead Tree Survey alluvial flat 1970s
16. CONE LAB FORMS
17. Redwood Tables 1960s
18. REDWOOD TYPES (Kunkle) NSF project S.H. Kunkle Final Report, original tables, Tables + negative of tables, School Forest, Freshwater Calif. Spring 1961 1961
19. Redwood Germination Succession, Redwood Seedlings + root system [includes photos] 1960s-1970s
20. [Redwood germination photos and negatives] 1960s
21. Flood Scenery [Photograph and negative]
22. [Figure 4 Collection Areas Within the Redwood Region in Humboldt County, California]
23. Forest Ecology Research Assistantships Announcement Offset Negatives 1966-67 1966-67
24. Redwood GB 6310 Soil osmosis Dave Van Scoyoe photos and negatives June 1967 1960s
25. Negative Ring Plot Sheet 1960s
26. Photos HSC School Forest spring 1966 1966
27. Photos Redwood Pollen germination Wayne Bemis
28. S. Kunkle Plenterwald photographs Nov. 1962 Emmental area Kanton Luzern West Switzerland 1962
29. [Photographs – roots of ferns]
30. Redwood Seedlings Febr 9, 1966 top dieback in greenhouse 1966
31. Howard King Cuneo Creek photos Locatelli Property
32. Redwood Deformity Jan 5, 1966 Fickle Hill Road Arcata, Calif. [includes photos] 1966
33. Bull Creek Photos 1955 1966 [includes photos] 1955, 1966
34. [Seedling Analysis]
35. [Loose, misc-data sheets] 1970s
36. SEEDLING Plot 1 1960s
37. HB01 – HB04 Seedlings [Plot Data] 1960s-1970s
38. HB05 – HB08 [Plot Data] 1960s-1970s
39. [NSF GB 4690 and GB 6310 Seedling Analysis Data] 1965-1967
40. YR Jed S JS Seedling Rec’d [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
41. YR Jed S JS Seedling Rec’d [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
42. Seedling Analysis Data Ring Plots HB Lines September 1969 [Folder 1 of 3] 1969
43. Seedling Analysis Data Ring Plots HB Lines September 1969 [Folder 2 of 3] 1969
44. Seedling Analysis Data Ring Plots HB Lines September 1969 [Folder 3 of 3] 1969

Box 10

1. HB01 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
2. HB01 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
3. HB02 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s
4. HB03 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s
5. HB04 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s
6. HB05 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 1 of 3] 1960s
7. HB05 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 2 of 3] 1960s
8. HB05 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 3 of 3] 1960s
9. HB06 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s
10. HB07 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
11. HB07 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
12. HB08 [Permanent Seedling Plot Data] 1960s
13. SYNTHESIS TABLES 1965, VG P-Program version June 1966 1965
14. Redwood Mensuration [includes maps with labeled plots and photos] 1968
15. MAPS Humboldt Redwoods [Plot maps HB01-HB08]
16. MAPS [Plot Maps] 1960s
17. [Data from unlabeled binder] 1960s
18. [Loose – plot data] 1960s-1970s
19. [Cumulative Ring Plot Data (seedlings) HB01-HB08] 1967
20. HUMBOLDT REDWOODS RING PLOTS [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
21. HUMBOLDT REDWOODS RING PLOTS [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
22. GB 6310 [Ring Plot Data] 1960s
23. Crown Cover Percentage Readings HB lines 1960s
24. DENSITY DEC 66, AUG 67, JAN 68, AUG 69 1960s

Box 11

1. DENSITY 1960s-1970s
2. NSF MOISTURE 1960s-1970s
3. NEUTRON 1967 [Folder 1 of 2] 1967
4. NEUTRON 1967 [Folder 2 of 2] 1967
5. P-PLOT HB01 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s
6. P-PLOT HB02 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s
7. P-PLOT HB03 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s
8. P-PLOT HB04 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s
9. P-PLOT HB05 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s
10. P-PLOT HB06 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s
11. P-PLOT HB07 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s
12. P-PLOT HB08 [Vigor and Condition Data] 1960s
13. [Data and Correspondence including about Dead Tree Survey] 1960s
14. Temp Data and Photo Cell Data [Measurements of the Rate of Inversion of Sucrose, NSF GB 4690, Robert E. Mullen] 1960s
15. SUCROSE TEMP VIALS FIELD TRIALS PRAIRIE [Not clear if associated with NSF research] 1961-1962
16. NSF TEMPERATURE [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
17. NSF TEMPERATURE [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
18. [Temperature Data] 1960s
19. Temperature Data File Annual Temp, Seasonal Temp, and Monthly Temp: 1966-68, NSF GB 3469, 6490, 6310 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
20. Temperature Data File Annual Temp, Seasonal Temp, and Monthly Temp : 1966-68, NSF GB 3469, 6490, 6310 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
21. NSF Research Project – CALIBRATION OF FIELD RAIN GAUGES WITH STANDARD RAIN GAUGE 1968
22. PRECIPIATAION DATA FIELD RECDS 1960s
23. PRECIPITATION DATA SUMMARY SHEETS 1960s-1970s
24. [Grizzly Creek Precipitation Data] 1967
25. [Loose – misc.] 1960s
26. [Computer Program Analysis of NSF Data, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
27. [Computer Program Analysis of NSF Data, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
28. Coding Standards NSF 1960s-1970s
29. [Mostly Mathematics from unlabeled binder] 1960s-1970s

Box 12

1. LITTER DATA [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
2. LITTER DATA [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
3. Vegetation Data Program Trials [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
4. Vegetation Data Program Trials [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
5. The Ecology of the Coastal Redwood Forest and the impact of the 1964 Floods Upon Redwood Vegetation Final Report GB #3468 1967
6. Ecology of the Coastal Redwood Forest and the impact of the 1964 floods upon Redwood Vegetation, Final Report GB #4690 1968
7. The Ecology of the Coastal Redwood Forest and the Impact of the 1964 Floods Upon Redwood Vegetation Final Report GB #6310 1971
8. [Seed Germinative Capacity and Seedling Survival of the Coast Redwood –manuscript] 1990s
9. [Growth Pattern of the Redwood Seedling in its Natural Environment –manuscript and review by Journal of Forestry] 1968
10. BELLETTO / LILLIS [Notes and Correspondence re : radiation of redwood seedlings, includes photographs] 1960s
11. Vegetative Propagation of Redwood Sequoia sempervirens 1960s
12. Original figures NSF GB 3468 1960s
13. [Figures from NSF grant report] 1960s
14. [Original artwork from Final Report Cover for GB #3468] 1967
15. NSF reports [includes correspondence, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
16. NSF reports [includes correspondence, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
17. REPORT [Notes and Photographs] 1960s
18. ORIGINAL LITTER DATA 1960s
19. [Student Papers on NSF – related topics] 1960s
20. [Tree Ring and Seedling Data from unlabeled binder] 1960s-1970s
21. HUMBOLDT REDWOODS PLANTED PLOTS 1960s
22. SEED SOURCES 1 / 100 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
23. SEED SOURCES 1 / 100 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
24. SEED SOURCES 101-177 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
25. SEED SOURCES 101-177 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
26. [Loose Bull Creek documents and correspondence] 1960s
27. BULL CREEK REPORT [Analysis of the Vegetation – Regeneration Survey Bull Creek Project Summer 1962] 1960s
28. BULL CREEK FLORA 1960s
29. [A report to Save-The-Redwoods League on Critical Problems in the Bull Creek Basin by W.C. Lowdermilk, 1961] 1960s
30. Humboldt Redwoods State Park Weott area Bull Creek Photography Aug 14, 1963 1960s
31. [Misc documents re : Becking Redwood NSF research topics]
32. [Reports re : redwood seedlings, germination, pollination] 1960s
33. Thesis study

Box 13

1. [Possibilities in the Regeneration of Redwood Cut-Overlands-Person and Hallin, 1939] 1939
2. [Gage data – Eel River at Scotia December 1955, North Coast Stream Gage Information 1964] 1955, 1964
3. FLOOD INFORMATION 1964 floods 1964
4. FLOODS 1964 1960s
5. Newspapers Flood 1964-65
6. Flood record Dec 22, 1955
7. [Publications and Documents – misc. flood-related] 1960s
8. [Flood-related congressional documents] 1960s
9. [CA Dept of Water Resources Documents, Folder 1 of 3] 1960s
10. [CA Dept of Water Resources Documents, Folder 2 of 3] 1960s
11. [CA Dept of Water Resources Documents, Folder 3 of 3] 1960s
12. [Proceedings State Board of Forestry Meeting February 26, 1965 Relationship of Land Use to 1964-1965 Flood] 1965
13. [Documents – Forest Service and CA Fish and Game, flood-related] 1960s
14. [USGS Report – Floods of December – 1964 in the Far Western States] 1964
15. [US Corps of Engineers Documents about flood plain of South Fork Eel River] 1960s
16. Report on Floods of December 1964 San Francisco District Corps of Engineers Vol I 1964
17. Report on Floods of December 1964 San Francisco District Corps of Engineers Vol II 1964
18. Report on Floods of December 1964 San Francisco District Corps of Engineers Vol III 1964
19. [Geological Surveys regarding flood – botany relationships] 1964
20. Miscel. Geology Light Surveys NSF 1960s
21. Sequoiadendron Plots 1970s
22. Ecology Redwood HB04 line 1968
23. [Bull Creek Documents] 1960s

Box 14

1. DHILLON Research [Transplanting] 1960s
2. Research Papers Nursery Project 1970s
3. [Loose NSF reports and related documents] 1960s
4. Seedling / Sprout Apical Meristem Aging 1967 1967
5. Coast Redwood, Flood Impact, Flood Protection [includes Emanuel Fritz’s “Story told by a Fallen Redwood” and Greg Day’s “Bull Creek Management Report”]
6. Manuscript Vegetative Propagation of Coastal Redwood. Rooting of Redwood Cuttings 1970
7. NSF Report purchase requests 1970s
8. Letters and Receipts Redwood Ecology Reports 1970s
9. [Becking report : “The ecology of the coastal redwood forest of northern California and the impact of the 1964 flood upon redwood vegetation.” Unpublished final report. NSF Grant GB No. 6310, 2 copies] 1971
10. MANUSCRIPT The Growth Pattern of the Redwood Seedling in its Natural Environment 1960s
11. RWD Cuttings 3rd Draft Forest Science [co-author Lee O. Belletto] 1965
12. [Manuscript copy : “The Growth Pattern of the Redwood Seedling in its Natural Environment”] 1968
13. MANUSCRIPTS Notes on Redwood Litter Fall in Northern California following the 1964 floods Aug 12, 1968 1968
14. [Becking report : “The ecology of the coastal redwood forest and the impact of the 1964 floods upon redwood vegetation.” Final Report, National Science Foundation. Grant GB 3468. Jan. 16, 1967. 90 p. 2 copies] 1967
15. [Becking report : “The ecology of the coastal redwood forest and the impact of the 1964 floods upon redwood vegetation.” Final Rept. National Science Foundation. Grant 4690. Includes supplement. Copy 1 of 2] 1964
16. [Becking report : “The ecology of the coastal redwood forest and the impact of the 1964 floods upon redwood vegetation.” Final Rept. National Science Foundation. Grant 4690. Includes supplement. Copy 2 of 2] 1964
17. Manuscript Vegetative Propagation of Redwood revised draft Dec. 1971 1971
18. [Loose correspondence and materials relating to manuscript “Vegetative Propagation of Coastal Redwood”] 1971
19. Flood March 1972 1970s
20. Original data redwood plantations PSWFS, Map of Henry Gulch Area Selective logging in 1935, Elk River, Eureka, Calif, The Pacific Lumber Company Aug.1971 1970s
21. [Loose, misc] 1973
22. Research Humboldt Redwoods Proposals BULL CREEK [includes RNP content] 1970s
23. Research Photographs and Negatives 1960s-1970s
24. [Eel River Documents, Folder 1 of 3] 1960s-1970s
25. [Eel River Documents, Folder 2 of 3] 1960s-1970s
26. [Eel River Documents, Folder 3 of 3] 1960s-1970s
27. Vegetation – Regeneration Survey Bull Creek Project Summer 1962 1962

Plenturung
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, notes, grant proposals, private contracts, comments on THPs, publications, and workshop materials pertaining to a forestry approach that Becking advocated throughout his career, called “Plenturung”. Becking described Plenturung as a “unique forest management system to maintain constantly a dynamic all-aged stand structure while periodically harvesting timber at controlled monitored sustainable levels.” and a “very old system dating from the medieval coppice forests. It consists of timber harvest without clearing the land, only trees cut which were needed and the rest of the forest was left. Individual tree selection system. Gradually the uneven-aged management system has been evolved by practice of local small forest owners and farm foresters. Aim is now ultimately toward a free, elastic type of management with the basic ideas of selection forest and stand improvement”.

Becking worked some with the Mendocino Real-Wood Co-op, consulted for private property owners, commented on THPs and forestry practices, and taught public workshops about Plenturung. In the 1990s, Becking was active in advocating that Plenturung forestry techniques be applied to the Jackson State Demonstration Forest (JSDF) and other properties in Mendocino County (including the Little River Airport property).
See Also
1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : ISF
2. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Plenturung
3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
4. Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Forest Management
5. Teaching : Forestry : Instructional Materials

Box 15

1. BOF meeting and public hearing Sept. 20, 1994 Camp One JDSF Fort Bragg, CA. 1994
2. [Mendocino County Rule Proposal] 1994
3. CHRIS HIPKINS [Hipkins THP] 1993
4. John M. Phillips String Creek Willits, CA [Steward Incentive Program, Folder 1 of 2] 1993-1994
5. John M. Phillips String Creek Willits, CA [Steward Incentive Program, Folder 2 of 2] 1993-1994
6. Jackson State 1990 Publications JDSF Newsletters 1990
7. PDP review sheets [Plenturung Demonstration project] 2000
8. [Correspondence with Tomas Fiore] 1997
9. CASPAR CREEK 1995
10. PDP Proposal [Plenturung Demonstration Project] 2000
11. THP Information Little River Airport July 1993 1992
12. Plenturung 1997
13. Fort Bragg, CA Sept 20-25, 1998 [Watershed Academy for Registered Professional Foresters] 1998
14. APPENDIX [Little River Airport THP] 1993
15. [Correspondence re : Plenturung Demonstration Project] 1980s-1990s
16. CDF Publications Caspar Cutting Trials 1989 1989
17. RFP [Plenturung Demonstration Project] 1990s-2000s
18. SURPLUS APPENDIX materials [Little River Airport] 1990s
19. Contracts THP / LTO Humboldt Mendocino Cruise Book 1990s
20. [Becking – featured newsletter of Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op] 1994
21. CLINTON US-EPA [Plenturung Demonstration Project] 1990s
22. Jackson State Forest Fort Brag, Calif. [Jackson State Forest Report] 1960s
23. [Introduction to Plenturung Workshop – June 26, 1993] 1993
24. Chuck HINSCH 1993
25. [Plenturung Demonstration Project, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
26. [Plenturung Demonstration Project, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
27. Plenturung Talks Workshops [includes slides] 1990s
28. MRWC [Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op] 1990s
29. Option 9 PDP MRWC [Plenturung Demonstration Project, Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op, Folder 1 of 3] 1990s
30. Option 9 PDP MRWC [Plenturung Demonstration Project, Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op, Folder 2 of 3] 1990s
31. Option 9 PDP MRWC [Plenturung Demonstration Project, Mendocino Real Wood Co-Op, Folder 3 of 3] 1990s

Box 16

1. [Percent of inventory] 1991
2. LAWSUIT MENDOCINO Jan 1988 1988
3. Warren DeSmidt 1990s
4. [THP 1-131-94 SON] 1990s
5. Sinkyone 1990s
6. NATIVE AMERICANS contracts 1990s
7. [Loose, misc] 1990s
8. [Becking correspondence, notes, reports, proposals, Folder 1 of 3] 1990s-2000s
9. [Becking correspondence, notes, reports, proposals, Folder 2 of 3] 1990s-2000s
10. [Becking correspondence, notes, reports, proposals, Folder 3 of 3] 1990s-2000s
11. [Miscellaneous publications – many authored by Robert Ziemer] 1990s
12. [Misc. gray literature, including some on Jacoby Creek] 1990s
13. [Materials in Support of the May 10, 1994 Request of Mendocino County to the Board of Forestry…, Folder 1 of 2] 1994
14. [Materials in support of the May 10, 1994 Request of Mendocino County to the Board of Forestry…, Folder 2 of 2] 1994
15. [Misc. Publications, including newsletters, journal articles and others] 1990s
16. [University Publications] 1990s
17. [Little River Airport Property Proposed Timber Harvesting and Management Plan] 1993
18. [Hans Burkhardt publications] 1990s
19. [Government Publications] 1990s
20. [Soil Survey of Mendocino County…, Folder 1 of 2] 1991
21. [Soil Survey of Mendocino County…, Folder 2 of 2] 1991

Box 17

1. [Advanced Uneven-aged Young Growth Forest Management field school, April 15-16, 1985, Blodgett Forest Research Station, Georgetown, California, Folder 1 of 2] 1985
2. [Advanced Uneven-aged Young Growth Forest Management field school, April 15-19, 1985, Blodgett Forest Research Station, Georgetown, California, Folder 2 of 2] 1985
3. [Misc uneven-aged timber mgmt documents] 1990s
4. [All-aged management course (from binder), Folder 1 of 2] 1970s, 1980s
5. [All aged management course (from Binder), Folder 2 of 2] 1970s, 1980s
6. [Loose Plenturung-Jackson State Forest Materials] 1990s, 2000s
7. CRYPTOS Modeling Course Nov. 17-18, 1994 Eureka, CA 1994
8. [1999 State Forest Research and Demonstration Project Applications] 2000
9. [Jackson State Forest Plenturung Demonstration Project Grant Reviews, Clippings] 2000s
10. THP 1-86-659 MEN/LAK Trout Creek Eel River Febr 27, 1986
11. Even-All Aged Longevity-Tolerance 1970s?
12. [Becking paper : “Tending Forests, Not Trees : All-Aged Forestry, the Viable Untried Alternative”]
13. Correspondence [Covelo] 1970s
14. [Correspondence, course information and NOTA ranch data, includes soil profiles] 1970s
15. [Maps – Noble Butte, Ca area (near Covelo)] 1990s
16. Photos Covelo, Calif March 1, 1978 1978
17. Covelo Curriculum Summer 1978 Soils-Forest Ecology [Includes Becking’s illustration of Nota Ranch] 1978
18. [Covelo Field Notebooks #1-8] 1970s
19. UC Berkeley Forest Mgt Short Course Apr. 1992 Eureka, CA [Folder 1 of 3] 1992
20. UC Berkeley Forest Mgt Short Course Apr. 1992 Eureka, CA [Folder 2 of 3] 1992
21. UC Berkeley Forest Mgt Short Course Apr. 1992 Eureka, CA [Folder 3 of 3] 1992
22. CONTROL [Caspar Creek data] 1960s, 1992
23. [James B. Baker : Production and Financial Comparisons of Uneven-aged and
Even-aged Management of Loblolly Pine] 1980s
24. CASPAR WATERSHED 1995

Institute of Sustainable Forestry (ISF)
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters, correspondence, grant proposals and workshop materials regarding the
Institute of Sustainable Forestry of Redway, CA (of which Becking was a board
member for some years during the 1990s).
See Also
1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Plenturung
2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)

Box 18

1. Lectures ISF Jan 4-5, 1992 1992
2. Instit Sust Forestry Dec 14, 1991 WALK-IN-THE-WOODS 1991
3. NTMP Workshop ISF Craig Blencowe Oct 27, 1995 Briceland, CA 1995
4. ISF 1990s
5. [Loose Institute for Sustainable Forestry materials] 1990s
6. FUNDING ISF PROPOSALS 1990s
7. ISF 1990-1995 [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
8. ISF 1990-1995 [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
9. [ISF Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
10. [ISF Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
11. ISF Workshops [Plenturung] 1990s
12. Logging in the 21st Century Saturday, June 6, 1998, Fort Bragg, CA. ISF. 1998
13. Forest incentive Programs PCEFP certification 1990s

Logging History
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, photographs, slides, interview notes, and documents Becking
gathered for a 1968 grant he received from the Humboldt State College Foundation.
The funding was for collecting images and information regarding the history of
Redwood logging in the Humboldt County region. Also included is a set of photos
Becking collected in 1954 of Allis-Chambers diesel crawler tractors from the
manufacturer, Humboldt State College school forest photos apparently depicting early
logging there, and materials relating to the history of reforestation in Humboldt
County.

Many documents are specific to Humboldt County, including:
1. "A History of the Plywood Industry in Humboldt County" by Walt Noah (1958).
2. “First Evidence of Use of Earth mounds in the Earliest Redwood Logging in Humboldt
County, California” by Rudolf W. Becking and Joedy Coletti (unpublished manuscript
and related correspondence, 1972)
3. an article in Western Conservation Journal’s September-October 1953 issue entitled
“Humboldt’s Forest Future” (Box 18, Folder 18)
4. an unidentified article entitled “Eureka Redwood Lumber Company” (Box 18, Folder
18)
5. “Forestry: What it Means” by Donald Bruce, copy provided “compliments of the
Humboldt Redwood Reforestation Association”. (Box 18, Folder 18).
6. “Clean Logging in the Redwoods” by Eugene A. Hofsted, Forester, Arcata Redwood
Company, 1961, (Box 18, Folder 29).
See Also
1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Logging History

14. [Allis-Chalmers diesel crawler tractor photographs] 1954
15. HSC School Forest Photographs Oldest Logging [Folder 1 of 2, Photographs and Negatives] 1970s
16. HSC School Forest Photographs Oldest Logging [Folder 2 of 2, clippings] 1970s
17. HISTORY PROJECT 1967
18. [Notes and literature regarding Redwood Logging history, including in
Humboldt County] 1880s-1950s
19. LOCAL INFORMANTS [Redwood Logging History Project, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
20. LOCAL INFORMANTS [Redwood Logging History Project, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
21. [Whistle Signals for Logging Operations]
22. [Joedy Colletti project – notes, diagrams] 1972
23. [Manuscript and correspondence with journal of Forestry. “First Evidence of Use of Earth Mounds in the Earliest Redwood logging in Humboldt County, California” Joedy P. Colletti and Rudolf W. Becking] 1972
24. Manuscript Old Logging history 1974
25 HISTORY OF LUMBERING HUMBOLDT COUNTY Talk Sept. 27, 1966 Humboldt Historical Society Eureka, Calif. 1966
26 History of Reforestation Work 1923-1931 Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California [includes Willis Corbitt and other photos 1920s, 1930s, 1970s
27 [Historic Logging Photographs – source unidentified]
28 [Historic Logging Photographs (duplicates) – source unidentified]
29 [Loose Redwood and Logging ephemera and documents] 1932, 1960s
30 Historic Photos Nannie Escola Collection
31 [Misc Logging history publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s, 1970s
32 [Misc Logging history publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s, 1970s
33 [Misc Pubs, including 1966 Humboldt County Economic Almanac] 1966, 1989

Tallest Trees
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, data, notes, and publications related to height-record-breaking trees
of different species throughout the world. Of particular note is a redwood tree in
Dyerville that Becking measured and declared was taller than the record at the time.
After remeasurement, however, Becking determined that he had made an error the
first time and that the tree was shorter than the record holder after all. This story got
political and press attention.

Box 19

1. [Devil’s Creek Trees (Redwood), Cavin and Tod’s Tallest Tree Book], 1970s 1970s
2. All Species Tall Tree measurements Summary [includes Becking-authored report “The Regional Redwood Park Plan in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties…”] 1960s-1970
3. Tall Tree 1970s
4. [Correspondence, Draft of Becking-authored article “Found : the World’s Tallest Trees”, notes and data] 1970s
5. [Mr. Gerald L. Partain : “Measurement of Redwood Trees at Dyervill, California”] 1960s?
6. Original records of measurement of Zinke Tree 1966
7. [Notes, field notebooks from “Dyerville Fallen Giant Survey”, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
8. [Notes, field notebooks from “Dyerville Fallen Giant Survey”, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
9. Tallest Tree photo and negative June 1966 1966

Ring-O-Grams
Scope and Contents note
Data from Becking’s “Ring-O-Gram” analyses, collection permit applications, and
correspondence including Becking’s communication with CalTrans (regarding data
collection from “fallen giant” trees). Ring-O-Grams are the graphical representations
of cross-sections of fallen trees. Tree rings, rot, fire scars, and other data are represented on a data sheet to visually record the information. It is unclear whether this method was an innovation of Becking’s. Tree genera covered include Abies, Chamaecyparis, Cryptomeria, Pinus, Pseudotsuga, Sequoia, Tsuga, Thuja, Cryptomeria, and more.

10. Master + Extras Redwood RingOGrams 1990s
11. RINGOGRAM US Japan [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
12. RINGOGRAM US Japan [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
13. [Data from Redwood near HSU Wildlife Building] 2000
14. TREE RING Forms
15. Duplicate RingOGrams 1990s
16. RINGOGRAMS Originals, already copied! – US / Japan
17. TREE RINGS ringogram research 1990s
18. [Douglas Fir RingOGram Oct. 7, 2005 Indian Prairies Burning Trials, USFS Willamette Nat. Forest, Sweet Home Ranger District, includes soil profiles] 2005
19. ISOLATED TREES ringograms DF, Abies, Hemlock 1990s
20. TREE RING FIELD FOLDER 2003
21. Orick R. Tree [Hwy 101 / Fish Hatchery Redwood Tree on highway] 2002
22. [Redwood from HSU campus Wildlife Building cut after it died from construction activities] 2000

Photogrammetry
Scope and Contents note
Becking’s manuscripts and related materials about forestry applications of aerial
photography.
See Also
Materials pertaining to Photogrammetry classes Becking taught at Humboldt State
University and Auburn University can be found in:
1. Teaching : Forestry : Instructional Materials.

23. [Photo analysis notes] 1950s
24. Correspondence Paper Aerial Color Photography ASP 1959 [Manuscript included] 1959
25. Manuscript Annual Report 1959 Working Group Forestry Applications Photo Interpretation and Source Materials 1959
26. Annual Report 1960 Commission on Photo Interpretation Working Group Forestry Applications Correspondence 1960
27. Annual Report 1960 Commission on Photo Interpretation Working Group on Forestry Applications Jan. 1961 [includes original reprints] 1960, 1961
28. Annotated Bibliography Photo Interpretation 1957-1959 manuscript, unfinished 1957-1959
29. Remote Sensing ERST Canada 1975 1975
30. Freeman Photos (4) Jan. 1978 1978
31. [Unlabeled aerial photographs – poss Humboldt Co.] 1960s
32. [Aerial Photographs – many labeled (including from Humboldt Co.)]

Indonesia
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, reports, maps, contract, and clippings pertaining to the following:
1. In the 1970s Becking went on leave from HSU to work under contract for the South
East Asian Ministers of Education Council’s (SEAMEC) Regional Center for Tropical
Biology (BIOTROP) in Bogor, Indonesia to (in Becking’s words): “help establish
BIOTROP as a regional supported South-East Asian Center in tropical biology training
and research”.
2. Becking was a (in his words): “FAO Forest Inventory specialist for 18 months till the
FAO Forestry mission was discontinued by the FAO”.
3. Becking worked on protesting the Mega-project in Central Kalimantan that would (in
his words): “convert over one million hectares of peat-swamp forest into a
rice-producing area”.
4. Dipterocarp research
5. Deforestation in Indonesian forests.
See Also
1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Indonesia
2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 3)

Box 20

1. [Biotrop documents] 1970
2. BOGOR Project [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
3. BOGOR Project [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
4. INDONESIA package 1975 [Photographs, negative, journal articles] 1975
5. BOGOR SOIL MAP SOIL REPORT 1980s
6. INDONESIA 1980s
7. [Excursion to Central and West Java Under the Auspices of Perum Perhutani, Includes soil samples] 1980s
8. Ujung Kulon 1981
9. [Indonesian Journal of Tropical Agriculture 1(1)] 1989
10. [Loose Mega Rice Project] 1990s
11. MEGA RICE Kalimantan 1998
12. [World Bank Correspondence and selected publications, Indonesia Proposal] 1990s
13. FOREST INVENTORIES CIBODAS [Notebook] 1981
14. INDONESIA TALK 2/28/82 1982
15. [Correspondence regarding FAO assignment in Indonesia] 1980
16. INDONESIA [Correspondence re : study of Dipterocarps] 1980s
17. [Forestry and Forest Products Development Indonesia : Working Papers, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s, 1980s
18. [Forestry and Forest Products Development Indonesia : Working Papers, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s, 1980s
19. [Forestry and Forest Product Development, Indonesia : Occasional Papers] 1980s
20. [Publications (foreign language) by Nuridin Suprapto] 1970s
21. [loose, misc] 1980s, 2000s
22. [Becking article : “Preliminary evaluation of some quick cruising techniques in tropical forests.” Frontir 3 : 40-51. Samarinda : Universitas Mulawarman. Original issue] 1975
23. [“Forestry and Forest Products Development Indonesia : Forest Inventory Manual” by R.W. Becking, FAO of U.S. in cooperation with Directorate General of Forestry of the Government of Indonesia, Bogor] 1981
24. [Cibodas Nature Reserve documents]
25. [Samarinda Map]
26. Dipterocarps Samarinda 1975 1975
27. [West Java map and data] 1970s
28. Wildlife, W.A. Laurie 1978 Greater One horned Rhinoceros, Nepal 1980s

Box 21

1. Ujung-Kulon Report Apr 19-May 1981 1981
2. Strand-Mangrove 1970s
3. [Film of travel in Indonesia, including logging] 1975

USSR
Scope and Contents note
Materials from Becking’s 1986 participation in a foreign exchange program to the
USSR, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. He spent three months in
Tallinn, Estonia and Novosibirisk to research Sequoia sempervirens. Becking had
previously planned on a broader research focus and longer visit to the USSR, but
shortened his trip due to disappointment during the planning phase.

4. Carter Johnson and Russian Trip 1976
5. RUSSIA application 2/18/85 1985
6. SOVIET PERSONAL INVITATIONS Apr 22. 1988 [includes some correspondence re : China trip] 1988
7. [Documents re : USSR trip] 1980s
8. [Documents re : USSR trip 2] 1980s
9. RUSSIA responses 1986
10. USSR 1989 Joint Research Proposals 1989
11. Russia VISA APPLICATION 1986
12. USSR May 1989 1989
13. FREY 1987 [Dr. Toomas Frey Tartu Estonia] 1987
14. Russia after April 1, 1986 1986
15. USSR Georgian fossil records Sequoia 1990s
16. [Loose documents re : USSR] 1970s-1980s
17. TAXODIACEAE Measurements Soviet Union Sept 15 – Dec 15, 1986 original data 1986
18. SOVIET UNION Talk May 17, 1987 / RUSSIA TALK May 19, 1987 1987
19. [Biographic Information from application] 1986

China
Scope and Contents note
Becking visited China (in his words): “to further explore the Metasequoia region in
search of remnant virgin Metasequoia forests to study its ecology, soils and vegetation
in its native setting”.
Setting
1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)

20. [mostly Correspondence re : trip to China Metasequoia forests, some
correspondence re : USSR] 1985
21. CHINA [literature] 1980s
22. CHINA NSF Application June 22, 1987 Nat. Geogr. Society Application Apr 19, 1988 [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
23. CHINA NSF Application June 22, 1987 Nat. Geogr. Society Application Apr 19, 1988 [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
24. SPOT PI report Nov. 23, 1987 1987
25. [Loose correspondence re : China trip] 1980s
26. [NSF Proposal] 1987
27. [Correspondence re : Becking’s US – China Cooperative Science Program NSF Proposal, includes maps] 1987
28 [Correspondence re : Dawn Redwood Study Proposals] 1980s

Consulting
Scope and Contents note
Work products for contracts Becking completed, trade publications, and other
documentation related to his employment as a consultant. Examples include research
from two reports Becking prepared with Lloyd Hayes for the Public Land Law Review
Commission related to forestry case studies in Oregon (Pass Creek, Cutting Practice
Composite), information Becking collected about forest estate planning for forest
landowners, reports for various private landowners, and the Board of Forestry’s
newsletter “Licensing News” issues from 1987-2002.
See Also
1. Biography
2. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Consulting

Box 22

1. [Tom Woodhouse] 1990s
2. [Loose, miscellaneous] 1988, 1993
3. [Jesse Noell] 1994
4. [Lamonts regarding Dawn Sreda and Randy Lucerno property] 1993
5. [Christopher Rush] 1994
6. [Jim McCrumb] 1994
7. [J.M. Middleton Property] 1990s
8. Paul Simas Exemption 1990s
9. [Audubon Canyon Ranch invoice and correspondence] 1987
10. [Audubon Canyon Ranch] 1980s
11. J.S. Eley M.D. Property Elk River drainage May 1965 1965
12. Shelburn, S.J. Trinidad Property [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
13. Shelburn, S.J. Trinidad Property [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
14. [Freeman Property – Surveys, correspondence, timber notes, Folder 1 of 3] 1970s-1980s
15. [Freeman Property – Surveys, correspondence, timber notes, Folder 2 of 3] 1970s-1980s
16. [Freeman Property – Surveys, correspondence, timber notes, Folder 3 of 3] 1970s-1980s
17. [Freeman Orchard] early 1970s
18. [Black Bear Damage to Forest Trees literature review and report on Black Bear damage on Freeman Property] 1979
19. [Freeman Property THPs] late 1970s
20. Consultancy 1990s, 2000s
21. Research Permission 1990s, 2000s
22. Rudi’s Resignations SAF/Rotary/RRI [Society of American Foresters, Rotary, Redwood Research Institute, includes correspondence with R. Tüxen and a letter to President Ronald Regan re: American-Japanese relations] 1970s-1980s
23. Contract Institute Ecology 1960s-1990s
24. [Misc. permits, correspondence, consultant documents] 1970s-2000s
25. [Consultant documents and correspondence and other documents] 1990s-2000s
26. [Becking notes from “Archeological Training Session for Resource Professionals” with text of manual, Folder 1 of 4]
27. [Becking notes from “Archeological Training Session for Resource Professionals” with text of manual, Folder 2 of 4]
28. [Becking notes from “Archeological Training Session for Resource Professionals” with text of manual, Folder 3 of 4]
29. [Becking notes from “Archeological Training Session for Resource Professionals” with text of manual, Folder 4 of 4]
30. Pass Creek 1960s
31. Environmental Project #8 Pass Creek, Reply from Mr. Archie D. Craft Director, State of Oregon Bureau of Land Management [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
32. Environmental Project #8 Pass Creek, Reply from Mr. Archie D. Craft Director, State of Oregon Bureau of Land Management [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 23

1. Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite Interviews, Letters, Responses December 1969 [Report co-authored with Lloyd Hayes under contract for the Public Land Law Review Commission] 1969
2. Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite Photographs Esthetics December 1969 [Report co-authored with Lloyed Hayes under contract for the Public Land Law Review Commission] 1969
3. [Board of Forestry, Professional Foresters Registration Licensing News, Folder 1 of 4] 1987-2002
4. [Board of Forestry, Professional Foresters Registration Licensing News, Folder 2 of 4] 1987-2002
5. [Board of Forestry, Professional Foresters Registration Licensing News, Folder 3 of 4] 1987-2002
6. [Board of Forestry, Professional Foresters Registration Licensing News, Folder 4 of 4] 1987-2002
7. [Department of Forestry THP Forms and related info] 1990s
8. [Forest Sustainability, Assessment, and Certification Options] 2001
9. [Correspondence with Don Tuttle] 1973
10. [Pacific Forest Trust – Estate Planning for Family Forestlands] 1994
11. [Forest landowners information / handouts] 1990s
12. [Landowner Forum 26 March 1999], 1999
13. NTMP preparation UC Extension 17 Feb 1996 [Estate Planning for Forest Landowners] 1996
14. Forest Estate Planning March 2, 1996 Eureka, CA
15. Land Trust Meeting Humboldt County Sept. 24, 1994 1994
16. [Loose documents, publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
17. [Loose documents, publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
18. [Becking paper : “Survey and Tree Inventory Report Audubon Canyon Ranch Egret Grove Pitcher Canyon”] 1987
19. [Beau Pre Corporation contract regarding McKinleyville Mobile Home Park environmental impact – Redwood Research Institute, Inc.] 1973
20. Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite CASE STUDIES MATERIALS not used in the PLLRC Report [Folder 1 of 3] 1969
21. Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite CASE STUDIES MATERIALS not used in the PLLRC Report [Folder 2 of 3] 1969
22. Environmental Project #6 Cutting Practices Composite CASE STUDIES MATERIALS not used in the PLLRC Report [Folder 3 of 3] 1969

Box 24

1. Environmental Project No. 6 Cutting Practices Composite Dr. Rudolf W. Becking and G. L. Hayes [Folder 1 of 2] 1971
2. Environmental Project No. 6 Cutting Practices Composite Dr. Rudolf W. Becking and G. L. Hayes [Folder 2 of 2] 1971
3. Environmental Project 8 Dr. R. Becking and Mr. Lloyd Hayes PASS CREEK 1970
4. Environmental Project #8 PASS CREEK Letters, Interviews, and Reprints 1969-1970 1969-1970
5. PASS CREEK near Roseburg, Oregon : A Case Study in the Effects of Logging
upon the Stream Habitat Nov.–Dec. 1969 1969

Other Forestry
Scope and Contents note
Materials pertaining to unique forestry interests of Becking’s represented by a relatively small amount of materials, from one to a few folders. Topics in this subseriesthat consist of multiple folders include Becking’s research and manuscript on the African tree species Aucoumea klaineana, organizational documents for the Redwood Research Institute, Inc., and materials relating to the environmental management of Ski Areas.
See Also
1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Other Forestry

6. [Misc. Publications regarding forest management, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1980s
7. [Misc. Publications regarding forest management, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1980s
8. [Prescribed burning in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks – misc. documents] 1970s
9. [Misc documents regarding reforestation] 1960s
10. A Factor Analysis of Soil Erosion and Stream Sedimentation in Northern California, James Richard Wallis 1960s
11. [Misc documents regarding sedimentation and logging] 1980s, 1990s
12. [Correspondence with Daniel Hall and Robert Curtis, including publications] 1990s
13. [“The Forest Service and its constituents : A Study in Conflict Resolution”, Bill Devall, Stephen Metcalf, HSU] 1972
14. [Prospects for Sawtimber output in California’s North Coast. 1975-2000, Daniel D. Oswald] 1970s
15. [Log Exporting Problems, Part 1 and 2, Select Committee on Small Business, United States Senate] 1968
16. [Publications regarding Integrated Forest Survey and Timber Management Inventories in California, Forest Survey Project] 1960s
17. Price revisions – Chap III Bureau of Land Management Portland, Oregon 1960s

Box 25

1. A Tree-Based Forest Yield Projection System for the North Coast Region of California, Bruce E. Krumland, Univ. Calif. Berkeley, CA. Ph.D. Thesis June 1982 1982
2. [Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 1 of 6] 1960s-1980s
3. [Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 2 of 6] 1960s-1980s
4. [Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 3 of 6] 1960s-1980s
5. [Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 4 of 6] 1960s-1980s
6. [Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 5 of 6] 1960s-1980s
7. [Misc. timber-related documents, Folder 6 of 6] 1960s-1980s
8. [Misc. scientific articles] 1920s, 1940s, 1960s, 1990s
9. [Proceedings - Research on Coniferous Forest Ecosystems - A symposium. Bellingham, Washington – March 23-24, 1972] 1970s
10. [NRC Grant T-92 Reports, by V.J. Krajina, Folder 1 of 2] 1959-1965
11. [NRC Grant T-92 Reports, by V.J. Krajina, Folder 2 of 2] 1959-1965
12. [Ecology of Western North America, edited by V.J. Krajina, Vol. 1] 1965
13. [Misc Forest Service documents] 1970s
14. [Riparian Forests in California : Their Ecology and Conservation, Edited by Anne Sands, Institute of Ecology No 15 (UC Davis)] 1978
15. [Laszlo Orloci : Forest Types of the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone] 1961
16. [Everett Bruce Peterson : Plant Association in the Subalpine Mountain Hemlock Zone in Southern British Columbia, Folder 1 of 2] 1964
17. [Everett Bruce Peterson : Plant Association in the Subalpine Mountain Hemlock Zone in Southern British Columbia, Folder 2 of 2] 1964
18. [An Ecological Classification of the Ponderosa Pine Stands in the Southwestern Interior of British Columbia, Thomas Chr. Brayshaw] 1955
19. [Richard B. Smith : Edaphic aspects of an ecological classification of the Interior Western Hemlock dry subzone forests of British Columbia, Folder 1 of 2] 1963
20. [Richard B. Smith : Edaphic aspects of an ecological classification of the Interior Western Hemlock dry subzone forests of British Columbia, Folder 2 of 2] 1963
21. [Biogeoclimate Regions and Zones in British Columbia (V.J. Krajina, NRC Grant No. T-92)] 1964
22. [C.T. Dyrness : Legend for Mapping Vegetation in the Alsea Basin Area, Oregon]

Box 26

1. [Marcus Arthur Money Bell : Phytocoenoses in the dry subzone of the interior Western Hemlock zone of British Columbia, Folder 1 of 2] 1957
2. [Marcus Arthur Money Bell : Phytocoenoses in the dry subzone of the interior Western Hemlock zone of British Columbia, Folder 2 of 2] 1957
3. [A taxonomical-ecological study of the vegetation by habitats in eight forest types of the Olympic Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington] 1956
4. Harry Wiant’s Research Reprints [Tanoak Volume and Tarif Access Tables for Humboldt County, CA] 1960s
5. Pass Creek Photos + movie Pass Creek at Media Center HSU, Pass Creek, OR Roseburg 1960s
6. [Becking article : “A Summary of Information on Aucoumea Klaineana.” Forestry Abstracts 21(1): 1-6, 21(2): 168-172. Original reprint] 1960
7. OKOUME (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre.) excerpts Photostats maps (1958) [Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1970s
8. OKOUME (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre.) excerpts Photostats maps (1958) [Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1970s
9. OKOUME paper Internat. Sympos. Trop. Ecology Lubumbashi, Zaire 7-13 Apr. 1975 1975
10. Correspondence and literature excerpts for manuscript (1958) Okoumé (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre) 2nd edition and partly 1st edition 1958
11. Manuscript OKOUME 1950s?
12. [SILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY Oct, 1979
CDF Draft Report, Board of Forestry, California] 1979
13. [Becking, Lenihan, Muldavin Final Report : “The Forest Communities of the Big Butte / Shinbone Region of Northern California’s Yolla Bolly Mountains.” Freestone Wilderness Institute. Covelo, CA., 2 copies] 1979
14. Tropical Forestry E.F. Brünig Reinbek / Hamburg West Germany 1970s
15. Logging Systems and Erosion / Streams, Talk Jan 12, 1977 HSU Chapter Amer. Fisheries Society 1977
16. Froehlich March 1977 Yarding Systems Efficiency and Costs Stream Buffer Strips 1977
17. Helicopter Logging Aerial Systems [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
18. Helicopter Logging Aerial Systems [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
19. [Microfilm – Egolfs v. Bakuzis : Synecological Coordinates in Forest Classification and in Reproduction Studies, PhD] 1959
20. Yellowstone NPS Forest Fires 1988 1980s
21. Productivity Papers [Appalachian, New England] 1960s
22. [Various literature from unlabeled envelope, mostly Canadian, includes correspondence in Dutch] 1980s
23. S.H. Kunkle Danish Forest terminology list 1963
24. Red Tree Vole Habitat, Nina Meiselman 1987 1987
25. Movie Project Verne Korb May 20, 1971 – sent to S.F. Bay Area [Redwood Research Institute, Inc.] 1971
26. Original Articles of Incorporation March 16, 1967 [Redwood Research Institute, Inc.] 1967
27. EIS Letters [Redwood Research Institute, Inc.]
28. [Ski Areas – Literature, Folder 1 of 3] 1970s

Box 27

1. [Ski Areas – Literature, Folder 2 of 3] 1970s
2. [Ski Areas – Literature, Folder 3 of 3] 1970s
3. [Ski Areas – correspondence] 1970s
4. ASPEN Conference ski areas June 1-3, 1972 1972
5. P.D. Moore (edit) 1984 European Mires Academic Press, London UK [includes additional publications] 1950s-1980s
6. [Loose, misc publications, Folder 1 of 2]
7. [Loose, misc publications, Folder 2 of 2]
8. [loose, misc]
9. [R-5 Ecosystem Classification by Barbara Kosco et. al.] 1980s
10. [Space Sciences laboratory : Fuel Mapping in Relation to the Management of Brushlands and Timberlands in Mendocino County, California] 1977
11. [Environmental Effects of Forest Residues Management in the Pacific Northwest – a State-of-Knowledge compendium] 1974

Botanical Studies
Scope and Contents note
Becking’s botanical work ranged from determining taxonomic differences betweenindividual plant species (such as Hastingsia, Oxalis, Asarum and Salix species) to classifying and describing entire plant communities. Phytosociology, a method of plant community classification originating from J. Braun-Blanquet’s Zurich-Montpellier school, was central to Becking’s approach to plant and ecosystem science. This approach, commonly practiced in Europe, has had significant criticism in the United States and Becking was one of the strongest advocates for its practice within the US in his time. Becking also studied various aspects of serpentine-related flora, primarily in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of Northeastern California and Southern Oregon. Materials relating to these studies can be found in the sub-subseries Darlingtonia Bogs, Hastingsia and Serpentine Floras.

Note to researchers: Becking studied different plants at the same time and sometimes from similar places, so researchers interested in a particular plant or sub-subseries should scan the other sub-subseries to find additional content about their topic of interest. For example, there are scattered materials related to Asarum with the sub-subseries Hastingsia, and vice versa, due to Becking having researched these two plants in similar areas at similar times and occasionally kept his notes together about the two.

Phytosociology
Scope and Contents note
Phytosociological relevés/synthesis tables, technical information relating to the computer programs used to generate relevés/synthesis tables, correspondence, manuscripts and other writings, and materials from Becking’s trips and activities relating to the International Association of Phytosociology. Of note is a description of the codes and acronyms that Becking developed for his synthesis tables (RWB handout #141 for NRPI 420). Please note that phytosociological data and information can be found throughout the Becking collection, often as a part of a research project of a specific plant community or place.
See Also
1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Douglas Fir
2. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Sand Dunes
3. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Darlingtonia Bogs
4. Oversized : Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Phytosociology
5. Teaching
6. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1 has materials related to
Becking’s work in Japan)

12. [Misc. loose correspondence] 1960s-2000s
13. [Synthesis tables – loose, Includes Yolla Bolly, Japanese Salt Marsh, Folder 1 of 4] 1980s?
14. [Synthesis Tables – loose, Includes Mariana Islands, Japan, Folder 2 of 4]
15. [Synthesis Tables – loose, Folder 3 of 4]
16. [Synthesis Tables – loose, Folder 4 of 4]
17. [Diagrams and synthesis table – east coast location] late 1950s, early 1960s?
18. Synthesis Tables Lieth Programs [includes correspondence with Dr. J.J. Braun-Blanquet and Dr. Helmut Lieth] 1960s-1970s
19. [Literature – loose]
20. [Literature, Folder 1 of 2]
21. [Literature, Folder 2 of 2]

Box 28

1. [literature and Correspondence with Dr. Marcel Rejmanek of UC Davis] 1990s
2. Ordination [literature and correspondence – includes correspondence with Adolf Ceska and others re: Pseudotsuga forest overview] 1980s-2000s
3. Flora vegetation, Codes, Acronyms [includes acronym rules for ZM relevés and info. Re: DBXL plant index] 1990s
4. [Loose notes re: JPP2. PHYTOPAK]
5. [Loose notes / documents re : computer programs such as COENOS and SYNTAB] 1990s
6. [Correspondence, data and info. Re : computer programs, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
7. [Correspondence, data and info. Re : computer programs, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
8. International Field Trip June 1-22, 1976 Michigan-Quebec [North America Field Trip, International Society of Phytosociology] 1976
9. [VII International Botanical Congress, Stockholm 1950 proceedings, notes from IX International Botanical Congress Canada 1959, and article about the Ninth International Phytogeographical Excursion 1949] 1940s-1950s
10. [ZM Relevee Database, misc. notes] 1998
11. [Synthesis Table? – loose]
12. [Bound published book in Dutch language “In leiding tot de Plantensociologie” Door Jacques Meltzeren Victor Westhoff] 1944
13. What is phytosociology Plant Science Seminar Auburn University Nov. 1958 1958
14. The Zurich-Montpellier School of Phytosociology 1957 Manuscript, Correspondence, Critical Reviews, North America, Europe [Folder 1 of 2] 1957
15. The Zurich-Montpellier School of Phytosociology 1957 Manuscript, Correspondence, Critical Reviews, North America, Europe [Folder 2 of 2] 1957
16. ZM – Paper 1957 [correspondence and reprint requests] 1957
17. The Fog Belt Rainforest of the Pacific Northwest – 9th Pacific Science Congress 1957 1957
18. Quantitative Evaluation of Phytosociological Data IX Internat. Botan. Congress Aug. 1959 [includes original reprints from various publishers] 1959
19. Vegetational Response to change in environment and change in species tolerance with time Dec. 1968 requests 1968
20. [Becking article : “Vegetational response to change in Environment and change in species tolerance with time.” Vegetatio 16 : 135-168. 2 copies] 1968
21. Reinhold Tüxen A Personal Tribute Vegetatio 1970 [Manuscript draft] 1970
22. [Tüxen piece for “Jubilee Book’, correspondence with J.H. Gehu, France] 1970s
23. [Notes from 1976 “Symposium Quebec”, includes notes relating to R. Tüxen] 1976
24. MANUSCRIPT Becking 1967 – Vegetational Response to changes in the environment and changes in species tolerance with time – Tüxen, a personal tribute [includes correspondence with Braun-Blanquet] 1967
25. Changing Vegetational Response in Relation to Time, Tolerance, and Environmental Change XI. Inter. Bot. Congress Aug 31, 1969 Seattle, Wash 1969
26. X Botanical Congress Edinburgh, Scotland 1964 [Folder 1 of 3] 1964
27. X Botanical Congress Edinburgh, Scotland 1964 [Folder 2 of 3] 1964
28. X Botanical Congress Edinburgh, Scotland 1964 [Folder 3 of 3] 1964
29. ZM Methodology [includes what may be teaching notes]
30. Biogeography of Pacific Northwest, west of Cascades AIBS, Corvallis, Oregon Aug. 1962 [includes Becking’s text from presentation “Forest, Savanna, and Prairie of the Coastal Slopes”] 1962
31. [J.M. Gehu : La Vegetation des Dunes Maritimes, Paris – 1971] 1970s
32. [Publications – 2 articles by Reinhold Tüxen, Vegetatio Volume 26, Issue 1-3] 1950s-1970s

Box 29

1. [Publications – foreign language] 1960s-1970s
2. [Miscellaneous loose documents re : plant communities] 1970s
3. [Volland, Leonard Allan : Phytosociology of the Ponderosa pine type on pumice soils in the Upper Williamson River Basin, Klamath County, Oregon. (MS Thesis, Oregon State University)] 1963
4. PHYTOSOCIOLOGY FRESHWATER ZM [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s-2000s
5. PHYTOSOCIOLOGY FRESHWATER ZM [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-2000s
6. [Synthesis Tables, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
7. [Synthesis Tables, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
8. [H. Doing : Landschapsoecologie Van De Duinstreek Tussen Wassenaar En Ijmuiden] 1974
9. Yoshima Sugiyama Chiba City JAPAN [includes numerous photographs of Becking during 1984 Japan trip] 1980s
10. [Publications and materials from 1984 Japanese trip, includes newspaper clippings of Becking] 1984
11. [Correspondence with Dr. Y. Takei of Tokoha University] 1992
12. [Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius martius – publications (mostly in Japanese)] 1990s
13. [Committee of the International Symposium on the Restoration of Natural Forest] 1990s?
14. [Notes and Publications from the International Excursion and Symposium on Vegetation Science Japan 1984] 1984
15. Hirao – Plateau Kita Kyushu Japan K. Suzuki and H. Sumata
16. [Literature re : International Excursion and Symposium on In-quest for agreeable living environments of amenity for green and the human life ’84 Okinawa Japan] 1984
17. [Publications and Photos from Kazuo Odaki] 1984
18. Hukushima Fagetum [Publications by Hukusima] 1980s
19. [Notes and publications from Chiba Institute and Museum] 1995
20. [Publications from M. Numata] 1990s
21. [Publications including T. Ohba, H. Sugawara]
22. [Publications by Makoto Numata] 1980s
23. [Loose journal articles from 1984 Japan trip, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
24. [Loose journal articles from 1984 Japan trip, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 30

1. [Chamaecyparis obtusa in Japan – documents]
2. [Loose Misc documents from 1984 International Symposium for International Association for Vegetation Science] 1984
3. [Publications, notes, travel info from 1984 Japan trip, includes Becking’s paper “Regreening the Urban Environment”] 1984
4. [Materials from 1984 Japan trip] 1984
5. [Select documents from 1984 Japan trip] 1980s
6. 84 Japan Mitsui-No-Mori 67. Prof. Dr. R.W. Becking 1984
7. [Misc publications]
8. [includes letter from Mr. J.S. Rowe to Dr. D. R. Redmond – 1959] 1959

Sand Dunes
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, permit applications, work related to Becking’s unfinished manuscript Sand Dune Flora, data, and other materials. Becking studied the plant communities of the Sand Dunes in Humboldt County for many years, including conducting phytosociological relevés. He studied sand dune formation, dune restoration, control of non-native species, native plant communities, and impacts from Off-Road Vehicles and other activities. Becking began writing an illustrated Sand Dune and Marsh flora in the 1990s, similar in concept and format to Pocket Flora of the Redwood Forest. He was also interested in birds in the Sand Dunes, and at one point he approached the managers of the Lanphere Christenson Dunes about conducting an avian study in the preserve. This proposal was abandoned due to concern about how his going off trail would negatively impact the dune flora. Some materials relating to salt marshes are also included.
See Also
1. Research and Writing : Pocket Flora
2. Teaching
3. Oversized : Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Sand Dunes
4. Oversized : Over 42”
5. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 1, 4, 7 and 10)

9. [loose – maps, notes, correspondence, literature, clippings, includes photographs]
10. Samoa Dunes [Vegetation maps]
11. Lanphere 1990s
12. USFWS Humboldt Bay – Lanphere Dunes 1990s
13. RFP SAMDUN91 [Humboldt County Beach and Dunes Program] 1990s
14. SAND DUNES [Relevés] 1970s
15. [Bird inventories, North Spit Samoa Dunes, includes rolled documents labeled with names Dr. Paul Springer and Peter Sorenson] 1976
16. Sand Dune Corresp. Vegetation Data Oregon – BC 1994 1994
17. Sand Dune Corresp. California 1994 1994
18. [Correspondence re : management of dunes, data, Becking illustrations of artifacts found in dunes] 1970s-1980s
19. [Literature, notes] 1980s?
20. Sand Dune Vegetation [Correspondence, Notes] 1970s
21. Sand Dunes Flora Mini-Grant 1970s
22. Sand Dunes Flora Species Descr. [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
23. Sand Dunes Flora Species Descr. [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 31

1. [Menzies’ Wallflower Dunes Mitigation Bank Enhancement Plan documentation] 1980s
2. [NSF Grant Proposal : “Ecology and phytogeography of Pacific Coast beach vegetation, 48-30°N”] 1970s
3. [Phanerogams of the Sand Dunes, Humboldt Co., Ca.]
4. SALT MARSH 1970s
5. [Salt Marsh – Humboldt Bay]
6. SALT MARSH [Literature]
7. SALT MARSH Original Data 1970s
8. [Publications – Government Documents – loose]
9. Sand Dunes Samoa [Publications – Vegetation Classification, Rare Plant Analysis, Impacts, Restoration, and Habitat Management Strategies for the Humboldt County Beach and Dunes Management Plan] 1992
10. Oregon Dunes Resource Report Proposal 1973 Sand Dunes [Publication, maps and ephemera] 1970s
11. [Publications – graduate theses] 1980s
12. [Publications – miscellaneous]
13. [Miscellaneous bound documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1980s
14. [Miscellaneous bound documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1980s
15. [Kumler : Succession and certain adaptative features of plants native to the sand dunes of the Oregon Coast (dissertation from Oregon State University)] 1963
16. [Davidson, Eric Duncan : Demography of Lupinus arboreus at Bodega Head, Calif. (dissertation from UC Davis)] 1960s
17. [Gordon, David M. : Ecology of bees from coastal dunes Humboldt County, California. (MA thesis, Humboldt State University), Folder 1 of 2] 1984
18. [Gordon, David M. : Ecology of bees from coastal dunes Humboldt County, California. (MA thesis, Humboldt State University), Folder 2 of 2] 1984

Serpentine Floras
Scope and Contents note
Serpentine plant lists (floras) that Becking gathered, correspondence, maps and literature reprints. Becking studied the chemical makeup of serpentine soils and heavy metals in plants in the Klamath-Siskiyou region as well as places throughout the world. Geographic areas covered include (but are not restricted to) BLM Arcata Resource Area, El Dorado N.F., Klamath N.F., Plumas N.F., Shasta-Trinity N.F., Siskiyou N.F.,Umpqua N.F., and Japan.
See Also
1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 3, 4 and 5)
2. Research and Writing : Pocket Flora (Illustrations of Serpentine Plants)

19. Serpentine Geology Toxicity [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
20. Serpentine Geology Toxicity [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
21. Flora lists of Serpentine Sites [includes original illustrations] 2000
22. Flora Serpentine Calif / Or. 1990s
23. [Notes on ultramafics] 1991
24. Six Rivers NF, Shasta / Trinity NF [Correspondence with Lisa Hoover of Six Rivers NF, data and maps] 1997
25. [Loose map – annotated]
26. Maps SW Oregon Serpentine [Some annotated]

Box 32

1. [Publications and correspondence relating to NICORE mine in Siskiyou national
Forest] 1997
2. [Barker, Linda M., A Flora of the Old Gasquet Toll Road Del Norte County, California (MS Thesis Dec 1978, HSU)] 1978

Darlingtonia Bogs
Scope and Contents note
Materials from Becking’s contract with Six Rivers National Forest to do a
phytosociological study of Darlingtonia Bogs in the Klamath-Siskiyou region, research
on Darlingtonia bog conservation, and pollination biology of the carnivorous plant
Darlingtonia californica.
See Also
1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 3, 4, 6 and 8)

3. [Loose, unsorted] 1960s-1980s
4. Published Papers Darlingtonia [includes map and correspondence] 2000s
5. Siskiyou Conference 1997 1997
6. Darlingtonia [includes microfiche, correspondence, and data] 1997-2001
7. Darlingtonia NSF Proposal 1999 1999
8. Pollination Ecology 1998
9. Darlingtonia ZM Analysis 1984 [Folder 1 of 2] 1984
10. Darlingtonia ZM Analysis 1984 [Folder 2 of 2] 1984
11. [Sensitive Plant Site Report Data – SLID] 1982
12. Darlingtonia listing
13. [Annotated Maps – loose]
14. [Maps]
15. Master File CYBER FOR PRG / Main data files 1980s
16. [Publications – Graduate Theses] 1970, 1987, 1997
17. SARRACENIACEAE 2000s
18. DARLINGTONIA Main Sources CARNIVORY [Folder 1 of 2]
19. DARLINGTONIA Main Sources CARNIVORY [Folder 2 of 2]

Hastingsia
Scope and Contents note
Gray literature, handwritten notes by Becking regarding Hastingsia chromosomes,
pollen, collections at various herbariums, bulb plantings at HSU greenhouse, data
analysis (computer printouts from vegetation analysis software), material related to a
USFS contract for an ecological investigation of Erigeron and Schoenolirion (ecology
and distribution of both genera), drafts of manuscripts, and correspondence. Also
included are Becking's Hastingsia illustrations and correspondence with editors of
"Flora of North America" about their possible inclusion of them into their book (1998),
correspondence between Becking and Kenton Chambers of Oregon State University
regarding comments on Flora North Americana Project (2000), and correspondence
between Donald Heinze and Becking regarding Heinze's request for illustrations for his
book "Plants of the Siskiyou Mountains and Valleys" (2001).

Of special note: Becking published a description of a new species (Hastingsia
atropurpurea) in 1986 in the botanical journal "Madroño". In 1997, botanists F.A. Lang
and P.F. Zika published a paper in "Madroño" about their conclusions that Hastingsia
atropurpurea was not a distinct species from Hastingsia bracteosa as Becking had
proposed. At around the same time, Becking had developed a manuscript entitled
"Annotations to Hastingsia (Liliaceae) nomenclature" which was submitted to
"Madroño" as well. Becking’s manuscript was rejected by "Madroño" editors and
reviewers due to the preferred conclusion of Lang and Zika, and there is significant
correspondence related to this controversy.
See Also
1. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Darlingtonia Bogs
2. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Asarum
3. Oversized : Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Hastingsia
4. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 5)

20. [Six Rivers National Forest contract records – study of Schoenilirion bracteosum and Erigeron delicatus, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
21. [Six Rivers National Forest contract records – study of Schoenilirion bracteosum and Erigeron delicatus, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
22. [Notes about Hastingsia research, including chromosome counting and Bulb plantings in the Forestry Greenhouse] 1980s
23. Schoenolirion bracteosum, Erigeron delicatus, Six Rivers N.F. Contract 439A 47016-45, October 1982 1982
24. [Hastingsia research and data, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s

Box 33

1. [Hastingsia research and data, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
2. [Correspondence] 1980s-2000s
3. [Correspondence regarding “Annotations to Hastingsia (Liliaceae) Nomenclature” Manuscript] 2000s
4. [Publications – Biosystems Analysis] 1981
5. [Becking article : “Hastingsia atropurpurea (Liliaceae : Asphodeleae) : A new species from southwestern Oregon. Madroño 33 : 175-181, 3 original reprints] 1986
6. [Becking article : “Segregation of Hastingsia serpentinicola sp. Nov. from Hastingsia alba (Liliaceae : Asphodeleae). Madroño 36 : 208-216, 3 original reprints] 1989
7. [Becking article : “The generic distinctiveness of Schoenolirion and Hastingsia. Madroño 38 : 130-138. 3 original reprints] 1991
8. [Interim Report 2 : Results of Field Investigation of Erigeron delicatus] 1980s

Asarum
See Also
1. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Hastingsia
2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 5)

9. Asarum [data, notes] 1980s, 1990s
10. Asarum 2 [notes, correspondence, data, includes pressed Aristolochia clematis leaf sample] 1990s-2000s
11. Klamath N. Forest Happy Camp [includes content on Happy Camp Outplant Site Expansion] 2002
12. [Asarum caudatum Lindl., Asarum hartwegii Wats. And Oxalis oregana nutt. Location listings] 1997
13. Asarum Creasy [referring to Max Creasy] 1998
14. Aristolochia [includes illustrations] 2000s

Oxalis
Scope and Contents note
Materials pertaining to taxonomy and phenology (effects of climate on biological
expression) of Oxalis.
See Also
1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 5, 6 and 9) – includes 1994
manuscript entitled “Segregation of Oxalis smalliana from Oxalis oregano in California”

15. Oxalis [including tests oregana vs. smalliana, Greenhouse experiments, and criteria codes for databases] 1980s
16. Oxalis : Type specimens, correspondence, Oxalis acetosella L., Oxalis oregana Nutt., Oxalis smalliana Kunth Bkg, Oxalis Montana Rafin. + synonyms / Personal notes 1984-now, definition of ranges, phenology [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
17. Oxalis : Type specimens, correspondence, Oxalis acetosella L., Oxalis oregana Nutt., Oxalis smalliana Kunth Bkg, Oxalis Montana Rafin. + synonyms / Personal notes 1984-now, definition of ranges, phenology [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
18. Oxalis literature : Oxalis correspondence by herbaria, literature 1980s
19. Oxalis griffithii Japan correspondence 1990s
20. Oxalis montana Grandtner experiments, Gervais chromosome count, Phenological observations 1980s-1990s
21. SPSS OXA 2 Feb [includes correspondence] 1990s
22. [SPSS analysis Printouts] 1996
23. Oxalis [notes, data on various species at various U.S. and international locations, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s
24. Oxalis [Notes, data on various species at various U.S. and international locations, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s
25. Oxalis smalliana Reviews of draft, March 1997 [Manuscript and related correspondence] 1997
26. Codes – Oxalis, Hastingsia, Location, Color [U.S. and International] 1990s

Box 34

1. [SPSS, Oxalis phenological data, Freshwater Inventories] 1980s

Usnea
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, literature, notes, and data pertaining to Becking’s work with Darrel Wright (editor of the California Lichen Society Bulletin CALS), and on his own, on conservation of unique populations of the lichen Usnea Longissima (USLO) and research on USLO dispersal. Includes content relating to Usnea populations on Pacific Lumber/Maxxam land.

Becking described himself as: “an amateur lichenologist dating back to Dr. A.W.T.C.
Herre.” He wrote: “I collected for Dr. Herre bulk collections of USNEA since 1953. I met
Dr. Herre at the University of Washington during my Ph.D. candidate years…”. In 1988
Becking reported that he and Wright: “both discovered the only sorediate USLO on
record in the U.S.”.
See Also
1. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 6, 8 and 10)

2. USNEA 1990s
3. [Usnea correspondence, data, includes digital prints] 2000s
4. Usnea ID Keys 1990s-2000s
5. USNEA determinations by Darrell Wright FMC Collections / CAS collections 1999-2001, [Folder 1 of 2] 1999-2001
6. USNEA determinations by Darrell Wright FMC Collections / CAS collections 1999-2001 [Folder 2 of 2] 1999-2001
7. [Loose – notes, correspondence] 2000s
8. March 21-24, 2001 Arcata, CA [Northwest Scientific Association Annual Meeting] 2001
9. USLO CNDDBbase 2003
10. Various Usnea Collections 1990s-2000s
11. USNEA longissima trebauxia 2000s
12. USNEA longissima studies, USNEA collections musea, USNEA records museum / Herbarium 2000s
13. USNEA longissima Petition USFWS 27 March 2000 2000
14. USNEA Rudi Pacific Lumber / Maxxam, 2000 USLO – endangered species 2000
15. AVIAN USNEA [includes report authored by Becking entitled : “Lichen Use in Bird’s Nests”] 1990s-2000s
16. AVIAN USE 1990s-2000s
17. LICHEN – Bird Nests [includes Becking-authored report entitled : “Lichen Use in Bird’s Nests”] 2000s?
18. [Publication : Factors Limiting the Distribution of the Sensitive lichen Usnea longissima in the Oregon Coast Range : Habitat or Dispersal?, Dylan B. Keon (Master’s Thesis, Oregon State University)] 2001
19. [Publication : Materials for study of the lichen genus USNEA, Assembled by D. Wright, Arcata, February, 1999] 1999
20. [Publication : A Lichen Flora of the Samoa Peninsula, Humboldt Bay, California, by John B. Lindsay (Master’s Thesis, HSU)] 1973
21. [Becking paper : “Lichen Use is Bird’s Nests”] 1990s
22. MOSS / LICHEN LABELS Excel Printing, Sorting 1990s-2000s
23. LICHENS CLS membership CLS Field Trips lichen correspondence 1990s-2000s

Other Botanical
Scope and Contents note
Materials pertaining to unique botany interests of Becking’s represented by a
relatively small amount of materials, from one to a few folders. Topics in this subseries
that consist of multiple folders include Salix, Dipterocarps, and Epicactis.
See Also
1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Other Botanical
2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 5 contains materials about Salix)

24. Oak Taxa 1990s
25. Acorn Germination Jan 2000 2000
26. [Salix codes, data, maps, correspondence, includes original illustrations and salix chromosome photographs] 1980s-1990s
27. Salix Crovello Data Set and Key
28. [Salix : literature reprints, includes original illustrations] 1990s
29. Salix [Correspondence, notes, literature] 1990s
30. [Loose salix data]
31. Salix Studies, Computer Applications, Theodore J. Crovello [Literature Reprints]
32. SALIX [Correspondence, illustrations] 1980s
33. Monotropaceae [Reproductions of herbaria specimen, correspondence, literature, notes, includes original illustrations, Folder 1 of 2] 2000s

Box 35

1. Monotropaceae [Reproductions of herbaria specimen, correspondence, literature, notes, includes original illustrations, Folder 2 of 2] 2000s
2. Dipterocarp [Codes and Species Notes, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
3. Dipterocarp [Codes and Species Notes, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
4. Epicactis literature [includes correspondence] 1990s
5. Epicactis [Data, correspondence] 1990s
6. Geraniaceae
7. USFS Six Rivers Contract Bids 1978/9 1978-1979
8. [Miscellaneous documents] 1960s-1980s
9. Role of chemical Inhibition in the Patterning of Vegetation, Talk given by Dr. Cornelius Mueller, Professor of Biological Sciences, Given in the year of 1966 [includes 2 slides provided by Mueller] 1960s-1980s
10. [An Analysis of the Vascular Flora of the Northern Yolla Bolly Mountains]
11. [John H. Thomas : Botanical explorations in Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent regions, Reprint from HUNTIA 3 : 5-62. 1969] 1969
12. [Guide to Excursion III, Tenth Pacific Science Congress, Published by University of Hawaii (illustrated by Becking) Copy 1 of 2] 1972
13. [Guide to Excursion III, Tenth Pacific Science Congress, Published by University
of Hawaii (illustrated by Becking) Copy 2 of 2] 1972
14. [“Darlingtonia” Newsletters (Northcoast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society)] 1980s
15. Plants Europe [Floral Diagrams and illustrations] 1940s
16. FUNGI Redwoods [includes Becking illustrations of fungi from Humboldt County Locations such as Freshwater Forest, Samoa Dunes, HSC School Forest] 1970s
17. [Correspondence with Edward Alverson] 2005
18. CAMAS Benton County Projects, Jackson-Frazier [Folder 1 of 2] 2000s
19. CAMAS Benton County Projects, Jackson-Frazier [Folder 2 of 2] 2000s
20. SEVEN MTS Research Data 1960s
21. Indian Food Plants Ruth Hansen 1970s
22. [Slides of plants in Siskiyou region, Folder 1 of 2]
23. [Slides of plants in Siskiyou region, Folder 2 of 2]
24. Diptera keys 1990s?
25. Diptera Keys [2, includes original illustrations, photographs. Content related to pollination of Aristolochia californica, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s, 2000s
26. Diptera Keys [2, includes original illustrations, photographs. Content related to pollination of Aristolochia californica, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s, 2000s
27. [Genetics of Sequoia sempervirens, Oxalis, Hastingsia, etc. – correspondence, literature] 1980s
28. Work Copy of Keys P.S. Ashton : Dipterocarpaceae, Flora Malesiana 1982, Description and key for GENUS, Family key, Distribution Maps 1980s
29. ATHROTAXUS 1970s

Box 36

1. Applegate Fire Plan May 3, 2003 Ashland, OR [Oak Restoration] 2003
2. [loose, misc.]
3. Ecological Investigations of Sanicula Tracyi Final Report Jacqueline Greenleaf 3 Oct. 1980 1980
4. [Correspondence regarding Becking reviews of articles in “Ecology” (paper by Hodgkins on plant indicators) and “Biotropica” (paper by Henwood-Baker on structural analysis of buttressing in tropical rain forest trees)] 1972
5. Time, a new concept in Ecosystem Analysis AAAS meetings Berkeley Dec 10, 1965 1965
6. [Legends and Supplemental information to Accompany Soil-Vegetation Maps of California, Folder 1 of 2] 1975
7. [Legends and Supplemental Information to Accompany Soil-Vegetation Maps of California, Folder 2 of 2] 1975
8. [Loose, misc, includes notes and correspondence, Folder 1 of 2, also includes circle templates used to draw floral formulas] 1980s-2000s
9. [Loose, misc, includes notes and correspondence, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-2000s
10. Central Valley Prairie Valley Oaks James R. Griffin 1974 1974
11. Assorted Papers on Vegetation of the pacific Northwest 1940s-1960s
12. [Plant Association and Management Guide-Willamette National Forest] 1987
13. [New Zealand Fulbright Application] 1982
14. [A Guide : to sensitive plants of the Siskiyou National Forest, USDA Forest Service] 1987
15. [Illustrations of insects, possibly related to pollination] 1990s?

Pocket Flora
Scope and Contents note
Materials from Becking’s "Pocket Flora of the Redwood Forest" (PFRF) manuscript(published by Island Press in 1982), an updated version of the manuscript Becking sought publication of in the 1990s, and an unfinished manuscript Becking referred to as “Sand Dune Flora”. Materials include illustrations, notes, worksheets and text drafts for plant families included in PFRF (and possibly intended for the Sand Dune text), illustrations, negatives and plates, floral diagrams, and correspondence with Island Press regarding PFRF publication and sales. Becking employed students to help him prepare the PFRF text, and some communications with them are also included.

"Pocket Flora of the Redwood Forest" featured Becking’s original botanical illustrations and keys to the plants commonly found in Redwood Forests. Island Press eventually stopped printing this title. However, starting in the late 1990s, Becking began updating the book and looking for a publisher to reprint it. He was not successful in finding a publisher and appears to have been continuing to work on this project at the end of his life.

Becking also worked on a "Sand Dune Flora" with the same format he used for PFRF. Becking kept many of the documents and materials for the Sand Dune flora together with his Redwood flora materials.

Some materials came to the collection later than the rest. Those delivered to the library after Becking’s death included quantities of loose and unsorted materials. It is recommended that researchers investigate these folders of unsorted loose materials.

There are some items included in this subseries that have a broader scope than the
Redwood or Sand Dune floras, including an inventory of Becking’s botanical drawings
which includes other habitats such as Serpentine.
See Also
1. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Sand Dunes
2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 3, 4 and 7)

16. [Pocket Flora of the Redwood Forest, Dr. Rudolf W. Becking] 1982
17. [Unlabeled binder – notes, correspondence regarding original publication of PFRF, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
18. [Unlabeled binder – notes, correspondence, regarding original publication of PFRF, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
19. [Pocket Flora notes, plates – from unlabeled binder] 1980s
20. [Correspondence with Island Press] 1980s-1990s
21. [Original slides for PFRF] 1982, 1999
22. Pocket Flora [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
23. Pocket Flora [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Box 37

1. 1 A-L [Family Descriptions, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
2. 1 A-L [Family Descriptions, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
3. Fagaceae 1980s
4. Polygonaceae 1980s
5. Asteraceae 1980s
6. SCROPHULARIACEAE text, plates missing 1980s
7. TEXT : BORAGINACEAE 1980s
8. Fabaceae 1980s
9. Helleboraceae 1980s
10. Droseraceae 1980s
11. Dennstaedtiaceae 1980s
12. Cupressaceae 1980s
13. Crassulaceae 1980s
14. Cornaceae 1980s
15. Chenopodiaceae 1980s
16. Blechnaceae 1980s
17. Berberidaceae 1980s
18. Aristolochiaceae 1980s
19. Asteracea (compositae) 1980s
20. Adiantaceae 1980s
21. Amaryllidaceae 1980s
22. Apocynaceae 1980s
23. Poaceae Text 1980s
24. Rosaceae 1980s
25. Liliaceae Text 1980s
26. Brassicaceae 1980s
27. Lamiaceae 1980s
28. Floral Diagrams A-B [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s?
29. Floral Diagrams A-B [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s?
30. Floral Diagrams C-J [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s?
31. Floral Diagrams C-J [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s?
32. Floral Diagrams L-O [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s?
33. Floral Diagrams L-O [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s?

Box 38

1. Floral Diagrams P 1980s?
2. Floral Diagrams Q-Z [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s?
3. Floral Diagrams Q-Z [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s?
4. [Annotated Manuscript proof] 1990s?
5. [Unlabeled binder – PFRF notes, manuscript proofs, soil profiles] 1990s, 2000s
6. [Correspondence regarding PFRF republishing] 2000s
7. PFRF old [Folder 1 of 2] 2000s
8. PFRF old [Folder 2 of 2] 2000s
9. PFRF corrected obsolete 2004 [Folder 1 of 2] 2000s
10. PFRF corrected obsolete 2004 [Folder 2 of 2] 2000s
11. Obsolete PFRF 1980s
12. Glossary Illustrated 1980s
13. Becking Negs [Folder 1 of 3] 1980s
14. Becking Negs [Folder 2 of 3] 1980s
15. Becking Negs [Folder 3 of 3] 1980s
16. [Photonegative replacements for defective items] 1980s
17. Main Flora Negatives Only 1970s
18. Redwood Pocket Flora Final Edit May 21, 2003 2003
19. [Correspondence re : PFRF reprinting] 1990s
20. REPRINTING Pocket Flora 1990s
21. [Publisher brochures and correspondence re : PFRF reprinting] 1990s
22. REDWOOD POCKET FLORA 2000s
23. Flora Project Representative Samples Surplus May 1992 1992
24. Sand Dunes Flora Master Xerox Copies and cut-up copies of completed plates A-L by Family [Folder 1 of 3] 1990s?
25. Sand Dunes Flora Master Xerox Copies and cut-up copies of completed plates A-L by Family [Folder 2 of 3] 1990s?
26. Sand Dunes Flora Master Xerox Copies and cut-up copies of completed plates A-L
by Family [Folder 3 of 3] 1990s?
27. Xerox Copies of Master Copies Plates M-Z by Family [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s?

Box 39

1. Xerox Copies of master Copies Plates M-Z by Family [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s?
2. [Correspondence with Island Press regarding Sand Dune / Salt Marsh Flora] 1990s
3. [Unlabeled binder that includes “A Vascular Plant Species List for Redwood National State Parks”, Becking and Wiedemann’s “Flora of Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes” and other items] 1990s
4. Sand Dune Flora 1990s
5. Computer Ready 1980s
6. Master List Floras US 1990s
7. [Blank data forms and maps]
8. [Loose – unsorted, Folder 1 of 6] 1980s-2000s
9. [Loose – unsorted, Folder 2 of 6] 1980s-2000s
10. [Loose – unsorted, Folder 3 of 6] 1980s-2000s
11. [Loose – unsorted, Folder 4 of 6] 1980s-2000s
12. [Loose – unsorted, Folder 5 of 6] 1980s-2000s
13. [Loose – unsorted, Folder 6 of 6] 1980s-2000s
14. Comprehensive Listing of Plant Drawings 1990s?
15. [Glossary and notes] 1980s?
16. [Loose illustrations and photographs] 1980s-2000s
17. [unlabeled envelope with misc. plant descriptions] 1980s?
18. [Pocket Flora Reprinting] 1990s
19. Photonegative File A-B 1980s
20. Photonegatives C-D 1980s
21. Photonegatives E-G 1980s
22. Photonegatives H-L 1980s
23. Photonegatives M-P 1980s
24. Photonegatives Q-S 1980s
25. Photonegatives T-Z 1980s

Soils
Scope and Contents note
Contents of 15 binders of soil profiles Becking called “sputograms”, collected from his vegetation plots. Twelve of the binders were labeled 1-13 (Binder 2 was not found). Also included are materials specific to soils and soil science that were found loose throughout the collection, (some pertaining to northern California and to Humboldt County), including Becking’s manuscript on the sputogram technique.

Becking made sputograms by mixing a small sample of soil with his own saliva and mounting it onto an absorbant paper. He did this for each soil horizon, resulting in a complete soil profile for a given plot. Once the paper had dried thoroughly, he mounted the profile onto a backing paper and made notes about the site and the soil. Corresponding vegetation plot numbers are located on each individual sputogram, so correlating this soil profile data with related data from specific plots is theoretically possible.

Many of the vegetation plots were related to National Science Foundation grants Becking
received in the 1960s for research on Redwoods. Also included are sputograms from
Indonesia, Canada, and other places.

Researchers should note that Becking’s sputograms are integrated into Becking’s work
and can be found throughout the collection. In general, folders elsewhere in the collection
containing sputograms can be identified by the term “includes soil profiles” included in
the folder heading.
See Also
1. Teaching
2. Oversized : Research and Writing : Soils

For maps annotated with plot numbers possibly correlated with the plot numbers
provided on these soil profiles, see:
1. Research and Writing : Maps

Additional plot numbers can be found throughout the Becking Collection, with
concentration in:
1. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies

Box 40

1. Soils 1 [Soil profiles – Canada (vegetation plots 590822-590838), Alabama, California – Humboldt, Mendocino (vegetation plots 600701-610720)] 1950s-1960s
2. Soils 3 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt Co. north Spit and “Near Dr. Lanphere’s”, Blue Lake Kerr Ranch – (vegetation plots 620402-620606, 860113 and 860111), Oregon – H.J. Andrews Exp. Forest and other places, Washington (vegetation plots 630602-630828)] 1960s, 1980s
3. Soils 4 [Soil Profiles – Mendocino – mostly Jackson State Forest (vegetation plots 640102-640113), Germany, West Germany, Scotland (mostly no veg plot numbers except 640807), Prairie Creek State Park (vegetation plots 641001-641002)] 1960s
4. Soils 5 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt County – various places (vegetation plots 650308-650639), Mendocino County – various places (vegetation plots 650641-650657), Humboldt County (veg plots 650661-650665)] 1950s, 1960s
5. Soils 6 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino Counties – various places (vegetation plots 650701-650789)] 1960s
6. Soils 7 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte Counties – various – likely NSF plots (veg plots 650801-651218)] 1960s
7. Soils 8 – Wayne Bemis Redwood Study Soil Profiles Apr – July 1966 [vegetation plots 660101-660778, Folder 1 of 2] 1966
8. Soils 8 – Wayne Bemis Redwood Study Soil Profiles Apr – July 1966 [vegetation
plots 660101-660778, Folder 2 of 2] 1966
9. Soils 9 [Soil Profiles – mostly Sequoia National Park, vegetation plots 660793-660829] 1966
10. Soils 10 [Soil Profiles – Redwood groves in Humboldt County, Santa Cruz, and Other places (vegetation plots 670601-670810)] 1967
11. Soils 11 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt, Mendocino, and Sonoma Counties – probably NSF related (veg plots 670812-6708P114)] 1967
12. Soils 12 [Soil profiles – Bull Creek, Mima mounds, Oregon, Humboldt County (vegetation plots 690602-720901), Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
13. Soils 12 [Soil Profiles – Bull Creek, Mima Mounds, Oregon, Humboldt County (vegetation plots 690602-720901), Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
14. Soils 13 [Soil Profiles – Humboldt, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Canada, Mendocino
(vegetation plots 710400-770201)] 1970s
15. Soils [Soil Profiles – Mostly Humboldt Co., some Sonoma (vegetation plots 780601-830708)] 1970s-1980s
16. Soils [Soil Profiles – mostly Ca, Some Yellowstone and Other Locations (vegetation
plots 880501-950806), Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s
17. Soils [Soil Profiles – Mostly Ca, Some Yellowstone and Other Locations (vegetation
plots 880501-950806), Folder 2 of 2] 1980s -1990s
18. Indonesia 1975 Soils [Soil Profiles] 1975

Box 41

1. [Munsell-System of Color Notation, Soil Color charts, color charts for Plant Tissues] 1950s
2. [Department of Soils and plant Nutrition, University of California at Davis : “Soils of Western Humboldt County California” and “Soils of Coastal Del Norte County California”] 1960s
3. [Lesko : Ecological Study of Soils in the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone, MS Thesis
(University of British Columbia)] 1961
4. [Gerald W. Olson : Field Guide to Soils and the Environment, Application of soil surveys] 1984
5. [Soil Resource inventory : Siskiyou national Forest] 1979
6. [California soil and geology articles] 1950s-1970s
7. [Curry County, OR geology documents] 1977
8. [Soil Profiles for Vegetation Plots 050801 and 050802, Finley NW Refuge Pidgeon Butte Marsh Corvallis, OR] 2005
9. [North American Forest Soils Conference] 1963
10. [U.S. Forest Service : “Physical and Chemical Soil Data State Cooperative Soil Vegetation Survey”] 1960s
11. [R. Earl Storie and Walter W. Weir : “Manual for Identifying and Classifying California Soil Series”, includes loose papers titled “Soils of the Eureka Area”] 1948
12. [James DeLapp : “A Preliminary Guide to the Wildland Soils of Humboldt County”] 1960
13. MANUSCRIPT Paper on Sputogram Technique 1960 Never Finished [“The Sputogram Technique for Soil Color Reference”, includes photographs and negatives] 1960
14. [Procedure for Construction of Spit-O-Gram Soil Profile Model]
15. [Soil Profiles, mostly Oregon, inc. Darlingtonia bogs, SLID sites (vegetation plots 820618-850615)] 1980s
16. [Loose, misc, includes soil profiles] 1980s, 2000s

Great Smoky Mountains
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, reports, data, field maps, and substantial literature associated with Becking’s research in the Great Smoky Mountains. Includes some unrelated documents (primarily from the International Association for Vegetation Science field trip of 1976) that were not separated because Becking kept them with his Smoky Mountain materials.

Becking summarized his research in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this way: “In 1948, Dr. Robert H. Whittaker established the first series of 13 vegetation plots in different plant communities as a part of a survey of insect communities. In 1955, these research plots formed the basis for the publication of a classification of vegetation patterns of the Smoky Mountains [published by Whittaker in 1956]. Between 1959 to 1962 [Whittaker and Becking] expanded this vegetation research and reinventoried these research plots for biomass productivity."

In 1976 Becking was funded by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to resurvey the Whittaker/Becking plots in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as well as to establish permanent markers for them so that they could continue to be reinventoried in the future. Becking wrote that the objectives of this study were:
1. “To summarize changes in southern forests since earlier [studies by Whittaker and
Becking].
2. To project vegetational impacts to be anticipated from climatic change (including 1° to 5°
C warming over the next century).
3. To advise [Oak Ridge National Laboratory] and cooperating organizations on feasible
ways to predict and monitor ecosystem changes in forests.”
See Also
1. Oversized : Research and Writing : Great Smoky Mountains

17. [Loose correspondence and photographs] 1960s-1980s
18. [Loose, miscellaneous] 1970s
19. [Bound Plot and Inventory Records 1959-1977, original field data of vegetation plots, Folder 1 of 2] 1959-1977
20. [Bound Plot and Inventory Records 1959-1977, original field data of vegetation plots, Folder 2 of 2] 1959-1977
21. [Draft annotated report re : ORNL subcontract] 1970s?
22. Smoky Mts. Project 1990s
23. [Correspondence with Mark Harmon and data] 1970s
24. [Whittaker documents, notes, and maps] 1950s-1960s
25. [Photographic album] 1970s
26. [Correspondence] 1970s
27. [Correspondence and data, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
28. [Correspondence and data, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s

Box 42

1. Climate Data Tennessee – W. Virginia 1970s
2. [Research data from Whittaker] 1960s
3. [Data re : plant species, from unlabeled binder] 1960
4. [Data from unlabeled binder] 1959
5. [Data graphs from unlabeled binder] 1960
6. [Data from unlabeled binder Abies fraseri, Folder 1 of 2] 1959
7. [Data from unlabeled binder Abies fraseri, Folder 2 of 2] 1959
8. [Data from unlabeled binder – tree analysis] 1959
9. [Data from unlabeled binder – increment analysis, branch growth analysis, other data] 1950s-1960s?
10. DATA original masters 1970s
11. [Soil Profiles from unlabeled binder, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
12. [Soil Profiles from unlabeled binder, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
13. SOILS Penna 1958 [Tennessee Great Smoky Mts. National Park 1959 and 1962] 1959, 1962
14. [Loose – Plot location Surveys] 1970s
15. [Great Smoky Mtns maps and Ephemera] 1970s
16. [Field notebook with correspondence] 1959
17. [Data, Correspondence, Project Write-Up, Folder 1 of 2] 1959
18. [Data, Correspondence, Project Write-Up, Folder 2 of 2] 1959
19. OAK RIDGE ORNL 1976 report originals 1976
20. OAK RIDGE ORNL 1976 depository materials [Folder 1 of 2] 1976
21. OAK RIDGE ORNL 1976 depository materials [Folder 2 of 2] 1976
22. OAK RIDGE ORNL – contract 1977 1977
23. Copy draft report 1977 GSMNP / ORNL 1977
24. Smoky Mts Becking / Whittaker Plots 1960-1970-1989 data from Graham 1989, 1960, 1970, 1989 1960, 1970, 1989
25. SMOKY MTS FIELD MAPS 1977 1977
26. [Field Maps, Folder 1 of 3] 1959-1962

Box 43

1. [Field Maps, Folder 2 of 3] 1959-1962
2. [Field Maps, Folder 3 of 3] 1959-1962
3. Smoky Mts old maps 1950s-1960s
4. [Loose – vegetation data, International Association for Vegetation Science field trip materials] 1950s-1970s
5. [Monthly Means for Selected Weather Stations] 1976
6. [Data from unlabeled folder] 1959
7. [Unlabeled folder – literature and correspondence regarding computer analysis techniques, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
8. [Unlabeled folder – literature and correspondence regarding computer analysis techniques, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
9. [Unlabeled folder – literature and correspondence regarding computer and mathematical analysis] 1960s-1970s
10. FORET program – mitricacies 1976
11. [Documents in French from Quebec] 1976?
12. [Documents regarding International Association for Vegetation Science North American Assembly 1976] 1976
13. [International Association of Vegetation Science ephemera, Folder 1 of 2] 1976
14. [International Association of Vegetation Science ephemera, Folder 2 of 2] 1976
15. [Index cards with bibliographic citations]
16. SMOKY MTS [Literature and correspondence] 1980s
17. NSF annual report [G-8647, Productivities of Plant Communities in the Great Smoky Mountains] 1959
18. [Literature and Correspondence] 1960s
19. [Correspondence and data from R.H. Whittaker, Folder 1 of 2] 1976
20. [Correspondence and data from R.H. Whittaker, Folder 2 of 2] 1976

Box 44

1. [Maps and vegetation species lists]
2. [Botkin, Janak, and Wallis : “Some Ecological Consequences of a Computer mode of Forest Growth] 1972
3. LITERATURE [Folder 1 of 2] 1976
4. LITERATURE [Folder 2 of 2] 1976
5. [Jerry Olson-authored documents] 1950s
6. [Literature and notes] 1970s
7. [Literature – FORET Program – includes notes] 1976
8. [Literature and Correspondence re : remote sensing] 1976
9. [Literature, notes re: climate and temperature] 1976
10. [literature re : climate] 1970s
11. [Miscellaneous documents and literature, Folder 1 of 4] 1970s
12. [Miscellaneous documents and literature, Folder 2 of 4] 1960s-1980s
13. [Miscellaneous documents and literature, Folder 3 of 4] 1915, 1940s
14. [Miscellaneous documents and literature, Folder 4 of 4] 1970s
15. [Thesis – Forest Soil Characteristics as Influenced by Vegetation and Bedrock in the Spruce-Fir Zone of the Great Smoky Mountains, Wolfe] 1967
16. [Thesis – The Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Under a Mixed Forest Plantation, Wiant] 1963
17. [Thesis – Dry Matter and Nutrient Dynamics in Red Spruce – Fraser Fir and Yellow Birch Ecosystems in the Balsam Mountains, Western North Carolina, Weaver] 1972
18. [Thesis – Bryoecology of the Appalacian Spruce-Fir Zone, Norris] 1964
19. [Thesis – A Comparison of Climatic Elements At Four Elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Luther Allin Stephens, Jr.] 1969
20. [ephemera from mid-west sites] 1970s?
21. [Inscribed and signed publications of R.H. Whittaker including “Productivities of Plant Communities in the Great Smoky Mountains”] 1961

Box 45

1. [Thesis – Forest Vegetation and Site Relationships in the Central Portion of the Great Smoky Mountains national park, Golden] 1974
2. [Loose Literature – Scientific Journal Articles, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1970s
3. [Loose Literature – Scientific Journal Articles, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1970s
4. [Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents Folder 1 of 5] 1930s-1980s
5. [Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents, Folder 2 of 5]
6. [Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents, Folder 3 of 5] 1930s-1980s
7. [Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents, Folder 4 of 5] 1930s-1980s
8. [Literature – Loose Forest Service Documents, Folder 5 of 5] 1930s-1980s
9. [Publications – Tennessee Valley Authority Technical Notes] 1950s-1960s
10. [Publications – Tennessee Valley Authority Forestry Bulletins and related publications] 1950s-1960s
11. [National Park Service management Reports] 1970s-1980s
12. [Remeasurement of Permanent Vegetation Plots in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, and the implications of Climatic Changes on Vegetation, Becking and Jerry Olson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory] 1978
13. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory Documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
14. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory Documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
15. [Becking and Olson report : “Remeasurement of Permanent Vegetation Plots in the Great Smoky Mountains National park, Tennessee, USA, and the implications of Climatic Changes in Vegetation”. ORNL / TM – 6083, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 2 copies] 1978
16. [Misc. Publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
17. [Misc. Publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
18. [Photographs and Negatives] 1970s
19. [Correspondence re : Becking – Whittaker plots] 2000s
20. [Forest Litter and Humus Types of East Tennessee, John Thurlow McGimn, Univ. Tenn. MS Thesis] 1958

Box 46

1. [Final Report for Oak Ridge Project] 1976
2. [Planted Tree Diameter Data] 1959

Marbled Murrelet
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, original data and writing, and publications. Original data relates to measurements of preserved Murrelet skins from museum collections throughout the west, identified Murrelet nest locations, found Murrelet eggs and egg shells, found live juvenile Murrelets and accounts of their care and survival, Murrelet critical habitat characteristics, and other topics. Correspondence includes information queries about methods for surveying Murrelets. Also included are Becking’s original illustrations of his live observations, museum specimens, nest maps and habitat structure diagrams.

Becking identified himself as an amateur ornithologist in his pursuits of Marbled Murrelet-related research. He studied juvenile states and breeding biology of Marbled Murrelet, the genus Brachyramphus, and (in his words): “if there are racial differences in the marbled murrelet”. Becking studied Murrelets throughout the world, including Japan and the USSR.

Some content does not relate directly to Marbled Murrelets, such as correspondence about placing Becking’s egg collection from Java in a repository, Becking’s early studies of eggs, nests and birds of Indonesia, a project in which Becking developed a standardized way to measure eggs without damaging them, and a project in which Becking (in his words): “developed and standardized a unique measuring system of bird nests with a full description of nest materials”. This material was not separated because Becking kept it with his work on Marbled Murrelets.
See Also
1. Biography (for additional information about the Java egg collection)
2. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Usnea (for materials from Becking’s study of avian use of lichen)
3. Oversized : Research and Writing : Marbled Murrelet
4. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 1 and 3)

Correspondence

3. [Alpha by last name, Binder 1 of 2, Folder 1 of 4]
4. [Alpha by last name, Binder 1 of 2, Folder 2 of 4] 1980s-1990s
5. [Alpha by last name, Binder 2 of 2, Folder 3 of 4] 1980s-1990s
6. [Alpha by last name, Binder 2 of 2, Folder 4 of 4] 1980s-1990s
7. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
8. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s
9. [Japanese Murrelet] 1993
10. Collecting Permits 1980s-1990s
11. CMM / Telemetry Letters 1980s
12. Birds Smithsonian [Becking’s Java Egg Collection] 1980s
13. Netting Gun
14. MM Surveys Br. Columbia [includes soil profile] 1989-1991
15. IM / Export Permit USFWS 1991-1992
16. MORPHOSYS [computer program for morphometric analysis] 1989
17. Marbled Murrelet [misc.] 2001
18. Murrelet Issues [includes some content on Usnea] 2003
19. Avian Data Bank 1988 1988
20. Marbled Murrelet 1988-1991
21. MM Nest Egg Address, Addresses Unpublished research, Brachyramphus marmoratus, correspondence, records / slides / photos [Folder 1 of 3] 1990s
22. MM Nest Egg Address, Addresses Unpublished research, Brachyramphus marmoratus, correspondence, records / slides / photos [Folder 2 of 3] 1990s
23. MM Nest Egg Address, Addresses Unpublished research, Brachyramphus marmoratus, correspondence, records / slides / photos [Folder 3 of 3, includes slides] 1990s
24. [Loose, misc, includes info re : hummingbirds, Becking drawings of bushtit nest] 1970s-1980s

Becking-Authored Work

Box 47

1. MaMa 1990 Review MS Reed and Wood, Eggshell + chick Washington 1990
2. MUREGG manuscript – condor 3/26/90 1990
3. EGG-SHELL Marbled Murrelet Apr. 1990 [Correspondence and Manuscript] 1990
4. FINAL MANUSCRIPT 2/20/1991 MM EGG 3 1991
5. [Reprint Requests – loose]
6. Northwestern Naturalist MUREGG 2 1990
7. Marbled Murrelet 1987 Reports [At-sea census and Breeding Biology Studies of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Northern California] 1987
8. Steve Singer Nest 1974 Aug 7 1974

Grant Proposals

9. California Dept Fish and Game 1988 RFP Proposal Marbled Murrelet 1988
10. Grant Travel MM Feb 7, 1993 1993
11. [loose] 1993
12. REA Postdoctoral Fellowship Feb 25, 1994 Dr Alan Poole Birds of North America 1944 1994
13. Murrelet Grant Application 1987 1987
14. Packard Grant Feb 15, 1988 1988 Data
15. [Illustrations – originals and copies] 1990-1994
16. MM data inventories Butano. Big Basin 1991
17. [loose] 1992
18. MM [Data from museum samples, notes, includes photographs, negatives and original illustrations] 1994
19. Figures MM TREE 1975
20. Stand Profiles 1989-1990, Strip Surveys 10x50 m² 1989-1990
21. [Coding Marbled Murrelet Data] 1988
22. [Coded Data] 1988
23. Musea [Notes, data and correspondence, regarding museum inventories of MM specimen, Folder 1 of 4] 1990s
24. Musea [Notes, data and correspondence, regarding museum inventories of MM specimen, Folder 2 of 4] 1990s
25. Musea [Notes, data and correspondence, regarding museum inventories of MM specimen, Folder 3 of 4] 1990s
26. Musea [Notes, data and correspondence, regarding museum inventories of MM specimen, Folder 4 of 4] 1990s
27. MM Data Bank [Master list + codes, Data Sheets, Folder 1 of 3 (includes MM feathers)] 1990s
28. MM Data Bank [Master list + codes, Data sheets, Folder 2 of 3] 1990s
29. MM Data Bank [Master list + codes, Data sheets, Folder 3 of 3 (includes original illustrations)] 1990s
30. [Bird Maps, Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 1 of 5] 1980s-1990s
31. Marbled Murrelet Nest Trees, Washington State, Jean Cross [Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 2 of 5]
32. Masters Stand Profiles Redwood [Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 3 of 5] 1980s
33. Stand Profiles MM [Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 4 of 5] 1980s
34. Slabs / Ring Counts, Redwood / Douglas Fir [Unlabeled Binder 1 of 1, Folder 5 of 5] 1990s
35. [Musea Data Sheets, Copies of Illustrations] 1990s
36. [Research Itineraries, Oregon and California Surveys] 1980s
37. Research data files, Bird / egg measurements, breeding records / Range, Taxonomy [Folder 1 of 4] 1990s

Box 48

1. Research data files, Bird / egg measurements, breeding records / Range, Taxonomy [Folder 2 of 4] 1990s
2. Research data files, Bird / egg measurements, breeding records / Range, Taxonomy [Folder 3 of 4] 1990s
3. Research data files, Bird / egg measurements, breeding records / Range, Taxonomy [Folder 4 of 4] 1990s
4. MM Data 1990s
5. [MURRLAB coding] 1990s

Pacific Seabird Group

6. [Loose correspondence, notes, documents] 1980s, 1990s
7. [PSG Organizational Documents and Publications] 1990s
8. [Pacific Seabird Group XXII Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 10-13 January 1995] 1995
9. Survey Protocol Marbled Murrelet, April 1994 1994
10. PSG Annual Meeting 1994, Jan 25-29, 1994, Sacramento, CA 1990s
11. Molts and Plumage of Marbled Murrelets, Harry R. Carter and Janet Stein, PSG Annual Meeting, 1994 Sacramento 1994
12. PSG Protocols 1987, 1988, Agency Reports, Oregon, California [Folder 1 of 2] 1987, 1988
13. PSG Protocols 1987, 1988, Agency Reports, Oregon, California [Folder 2 of 2] 1987, 1988
14. [Pacific Seabirds Volume 22 : 1-2, Volume 23 : 2] 1995-1996
15. [Pacific Seabirds Volume 24 : 1-2, Volume 25 : 2] 1997-1998 Publications
16. [Ornithological Newsletter issues] 1992-1996
17. [Misc. articles, newsletters and pamphlets] 1990s
18. [Correspondence and reprints with Japanese scientists] 1990s
19. MM Literature [Marbled Murrelet Bibliography, compiled by Steven M. Speich]
20. Breeding Biology and Feeding Ecology of the Black Guillemots, Aevar Peterson [includes correspondence] 1981
21. 1987 Literature Marbled Murrelet 1987
22. Standardized Sunrise and Sunset Data Bird Surveys Sept. 1988, Steve Harris [Folder 1 of 2] 1988
23. Standardized Sunrise and Sunset Data Bird Surveys Sept. 1988, Steve Harris [Folder 2 of 2] 1988
24. Marbled Murrelet [Correspondence, reprints, reproduced articles, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s, 2000s
25. Marbled Murrelet [Correspondence, reprints, reproduced articles, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s, 2000s
26. [Loose reprints]
27. MM Survey 1987-2000 [Folder 1 of 2] 1987-2000
28. MM Survey 1987-2000 [Folder 2 of 2] 1987-2000
29. [Fish and Wildlife Service Documents] 1990s

Box 49

1. [Canadian Wildlife Service Documents] 1991
2. [Washington Department of Wildlife Documents] 1990s
3. [California Department of Fish and Game Documents] 1988, 1990
4. [US Forest Service Documents]
5. [Miscellaneous loose documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s, 1990s
6. [Miscellaneous loose documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s, 1990s
7. [loose clippings]
8. [Documents regarding Bird Surveys] 1980s-1990s
9. [Sealy, Spencer George : Adaptive differences in breeding biology in the marine bird family Alcidae, PhD thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor] 1972
10. [loose misc]

Project Egg
Scope and Contents note
Becking’s work to develop a standardized formula for measuring egg dimensions, correspondence with oologists, literature reprints, etc. It also includes Becking’s write up summarizing the (in his words): “egg dimension and shape project”.

Becking researched what kind of technology would allow the most precise measurements of eggs without damaging them. Becking sought to develop a standardized formula for quantifying egg size and shape so that he could safely increase access to old and fragile eggs in museums. He measured and described eggs to detect variation in egg size and color within a clutch.

11. [loose-correspondence re: technology for measuring eggs, collection permit, data] 1990s
12. Egg [correspondence, literature, Becking drawings re : methods for standardized egg measurements, oomorphology] 1980s, 1990s
13. Egg [Egg dimensions and shape project – includes summary written by Becking, correspondence re : technology] 1992

Nests (All Species)
Scope and Contents note
Notes, illustrations and data regarding Becking’s bird, nest and egg observations during the 2000s. The notes are primarily focused on nest dimensions, construction and contents.

14. [Bird Nest Egg Data NOAM] 2000s
15. [Notes, data, illustrations] 2000s
16. [Papers relating to cavity-nesting birds] 1970s-1990s

Maps
Scope and Contents note
Maps Becking kept separate from related data or documentation. Many of the maps are annotated, including some with plot numbers. Some were originally in envelopes with labels and others were loose without labels. Information from these maps may correlate to data and documentation in other subseries, such as botanical studies, soils, and forest ecology and management.
See Also
Plot numbers on these maps may be correlated to the plot numbers found in:
1. Research and Writing : Soils

17. Office Maps Div. of Beaches and Parks, National Forests [Folder 1 of 2]
18. Office Maps Div. of Beaches and Parks, National Forests [Folder 2 of 2]
19. Sierra Maps Nat Forests and Parks [Folder 1 of 2]
20. Sierra Maps Nat Forests and Parks [Folder 2 of 2]
21. WIMAR ROAD Maps Kalamiopsis
22. USGS ordering maps reports 1997
23. [Loose maps – international]
24. Field Maps Humboldt Co. [includes aerial photos and ephemera]
25. USFS Cutting map Middle Fork Eel

Box 50

1. [Field Maps – Siskiyou County and Eastern Humboldt Co.]
2. Maps Siskiyou N.F. [Some annotations, sensitive plant info]
3. Field Maps Mendocino Co. Sonoma / Marin Co. [many annotated]
4. Field Maps Soil – Vege [Some annotated]
5. [Loose field maps – many annotated with field numbers]

Other Research
Scope and Contents note
Materials from unique research interests of Becking’s that are not directly related to other series. In general, the topics are represented by one to a few folders. Topics covered in multiple folders include Mima Mounds, the Azalea Reserve, and watershed management and ecology. The Azalea Reserve files include notes and publications regarding vegetation management at the Azalea State Reserve in Arcata, as well as the history of the park and information about rhododendrons, soil profiles, and bird inventory data from within the reserve.
See Also
Oversized : Research and Writing : Other Research

6. [Correspondence with Vice President Gore’s office re : request for federal assistance] 1990s
7. [Misc. statistical and mathematical, loose]
8. [Channel Islands] 1980s
9. [“Teacher Handbook”] 1970s
10. [Norman Burnley Bliss : The Role of Specialized Structures in the Analysis of Ecosystems] 1970
11. [Range management] 1980s
12. Marine Environment and Marine Organisms
13. Edwin H. Hammond : Procedures in the Descriptive Analysis of Terrain 1958
14. [William B. Devall : The Governing of a Voluntary Organization : Oligarchy and Democracy in the Sierra Club] 1970
15. [Forest Science Graduate Studies, Corvallis, OR. Oregon State University] 1993
16. [Institute of Ecology : Feasibility Study Report on a proposed Ecosystems Data Handbook, includes review by Becking] 1979
17. [Kipahulu Valley report (Hawaii), includes photographs] 1970
18. HAWAII RESEARCH March 15, 1975 [re : feral pigs] 1975
19. [Notes regarding wildlife in Pulan Pencang (Malaysia)] 1981
20. [International Biological Program] 1960s
21. [lake Tolowa documents] 1980s
22. Lower Klamath [National Wildlife Refuge] 1990s
23. [Misc publications, Folder 1 of 2]
24. [Misc publications, Folder 2 of 2]
25. [Loose, misc, Folder 1 of 6] 1990s
26. [Loose, misc, Folder 2 of 6]
27. [Loose, misc, Folder 3 of 6]

Box 51

1. [Loose, misc., Folder 4 of 6]
2. [Loose, misc., Folder 5 of 6]
3. [Loose, misc., Folder 6 of 6]
4. Papers R.W. Becking 1952-1968 Conferences 1952-1968
5. Appendix #2 Publications [Original reprints of many Becking publications, Course outlines, sample “Pocket Flora” illustrations, Folder 1 of 2]
6. Appendix #2 Publications [Original reprints of many Becking publications, course outlines, sample “Pocket Flora” illustrations, Folder 2 of 2]
7. [Loose material regarding various Becking-authored publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1970s
8. [Loose material regarding various Becking-authored publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1970s
9. BOOK REVIEW 1993 [Becking’s review of “California Wildlife Viewing Guide” by Jeanne L. Clark] 1993
10. MIMA SOILS OR 2000s
11. Mima Prairies 1970s
12. Azalea State Reserve North Bank Road Mad R. Arcata, CA 95521 1980s
13. AZALEA STATE PARK 1977-1999 1970s-1990s
14. AZALEA PARK 1980s?
15. Appendix A [Maps and Overlays re: Azalea Reserve] 1980s?
16. Appendix B [Soil Profiles and analysis re: Azalea Reserve] 1980s?
17. [Coastal Protection Program] 1995
18. [Watershed and fisheries restoration] 1990s
19. [Salmon, Steelhead and Trout Restoration Conference Febr. 24-26, 1989] 1989
20. COHO Conference Mar 1995 1995
21. [River, stream management literature] 1990s
22. URBAN STREAM Conf. 15-17 Nov. 1996 1996
23. STREAM REACH SURVEY STREAM CHANNEL INVENTORY Pat Armijo December 1976 1976
24. [Willamette National Forest Streamside Management Unit Guidelines] 1978
25. [“Dynamics of Recovery : A Plan to Enhance the Mattole” by Mattole Restoration Council, includes Becking review] 1995
26. [California Riparian Study Program] 1979

Activism and Civic Involvement Series 3
Scope and Contents note
Becking consistently sought information about political issues that were important to him, and worked to influence environmental policy and management. Becking’s efforts were focused on the Northwestern California region, but extended at times to broader policy issues. Becking studied specific issues in depth, and expressed his opinions about them through letter writing and participation in campaigns. He advocated for infrastructure development for bicycling and public transportation in Arcata and on the HSU campus. He supported environmental conservation through the establishment and later expansion of Redwood National Park, and through improved regulation of the timber industry. He kept informed of and commented on factors affecting water quality in Humboldt Bay.

Arcata
Scope and Contents note
Materials from Becking’s efforts to stay informed of and contribute to the management of the city of Arcata, California. In 1972, Becking was elected onto the Arcata City Council. Throughout his years as a resident of the city, Becking was active in municipal environmental issues, including management of the Arcata Community Forest and of city waste.

Transportation
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, public comments, gray literature and press coverage of various transportation issues in Arcata and the surrounding area, including the Arcata Freeway project, the Arcata Bike Master Plan, HSU Parking, and related topics. Becking was concerned about the effects of transportation planning on ecological factors such as native vs. nonnative landscaping, use of herbicides, wildlife passage including fisheries passage in stream crossings, and how transportation planning effects safety for alternative modes of transportation such as walking and biking. Becking’s work with the Bike Master Plan led to smaller communities across the country contacting him to gather information about how to create a similar plan for their communities. He advocated for mass transit development and improvement instead of freeway improvement. Also included are materials about the HSU general plan and Becking’s opposition and concerns about the construction of the Jolly Giant dormitory structure. He often addressed this and campus parking issues together.
See Also
1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Transportation
2. Cassettes

Box 52

1. [Loose – includes Becking comments re: Arcata Freeway, HSU Master Plan] 1970s
2. [Bike Master Planning – includes itemized table of contents at front of folder] 1970s
3. Arcata Bike Master Plan May-Sept 1974 1970s
4. [Bike Master Plan, includes table of contents at beginning of folder] 1970s
5. [Bikecology, Arcata Bike Master Plan] 1970s
6. [Master Bike Plan – HSU, includes table of contents in front of folder, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
7. [Master Bike Plan – HSU, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
8. Mass Transit 1974
9. Arcata Freeway – Freeway Folder, includes index at beginning of folder [Folder 1 of 3] 1970s
10. Arcata Freeway – Freeway Folder [Folder 2 of 3] 1970s
11. Arcata Freeway – Freeway Folder [Folder 3 of 3] 1970s
12. [Arcata Freeway – Correspondence, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
13. [Arcata Freeway – Correspondence, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
14. Arcata Freeway 1972
15. Arcata Freeway [2] 1972
16. Freeway Clippings [includes correspondence and publications regarding Arcata Freeway] 1974
17. Arcata Freeway 1974 1974
18. Duplication of Material in the Freeway File [Humboldt Tomorrow, no duplications noted within Becking Collection, includes historical overview of Arcata Freeway opposition and Bike Master Plan] 1970s
19. Freeway controversy Eureka Blue vs Red Jed Smith 1970s
20. Freeway Eureka, Calif. 1970s
21. HSU / City Transportation Task Force 1990 1990
22. HSU Transportation Task Force Mtgs 1990 1990
23. Jolly Giant [Becking comments about HSU Master Plan, Campus Parking, and proposed construction of new dormitory complex] 1990
24. HSU Master Plan 1990
25. Sally Marcus [HSU General Plan, Parking] 1990
26. [Mass Transit] 1970s

Box 53

1. [Publications – Impact of Highways and Freeways on Park Values, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Folder 1 of 2] 1964
2. [Publications – Impact of Highways and Freeways on Park Values, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Folder 2 of 2] 1964
3. [Publications – Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Freeway Relocation Between 2.0 Miles North of Orick and 0.3 Mile North of the Del Norte County Line] 1964
4. [Publication – Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Arcata Freeway, 2 copies, annotated] 1970s
5. [Publications – Record of Division of Highways Design Public Hearing May 15, 1973 and City of Arcata Traffic Safety Report – annotated] 1972, 1973
6. [Publications – Final Environmental Impact Statement Arcata Freeway – annotated] 1973
7. [Publications – Misc.]
8. [HSU Off-campus parking memo] 1976
9. Correspondence Concerning Prairie Creek Freeway 1960s
10. [Freeway documents] 1970s
11. [Lumberjack with article regarding Eureka Freeway] 1974
12. [Loose materials re : Last Chance Slide; attached is 2002 comment letter to Mark Jameson regarding a Jackson Demonstration State Forest draft management plan – relates to Plenturung] 2000s
13. Humboldt Tomorrow 1970s
14. [Arcata Master Bike Plan Clippings and ephemera] 1970s

Wastewater
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, clippings, planning documents, and literature pertaining to
wastewater reclamation science and Arcata and Eureka’s wastewater treatment
facilities. In the 1970s, pollution into Humboldt Bay from Arcata/Eureka sewage was
detected and the cities both began developing plans to redesign their wastewater
treatment systems. Becking actively supported the idea of developing a wastewater
recycling facility using marsh plant communities to biologically treat Arcata’s
wastewater. Both scientific and political discussion is represented.

15. [Loose – includes correspondence and planning documents] 1970s
16. Correspondence Water Pollution Clippings 1970s
17. Draft EIR Eureka-Arcata Sewage Project 1970s
18. Sewage Arcata Eureka 1970s
19. Arcata – Eureka Sewage Plan Correspondence 1970s 1970s
20. Arcata – Eureka Sewage Wastewater Regional Plan News Clippings 1970 Activism and Civic
21. Ocean Ranching Alternative to HBWA Plans, City of Arcata Sept – Nov 1977, RW Becking correspondence EPA letter Nov. 16, 1977 1970s
22. HBWA 1977-79 Ocean Ranching Wastewater uses 1970s
23. Waste Water HBWA – 1976 1976
24. HBWA 1977
25. 25. Arcata sewage Oxidation Pond – Biological Treatment George Ellinwood Project [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 54

1. Arcata Sewage Oxidation Pond – Biological Treatment George Ellinwood Project
[Folder 2 of 2] – Pamphlets, Publications, etc. 1970s
2. [Marsh Pilot Project – data, includes soil profiles] 1980s
3. [Loose copies of publications, Folder 1 of 2]
4. [Loose copies of publications, Folder 2 of 2]
5. [Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 1 of 5]
6. [Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 2 of 5]
7. [Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 3 of 5]
8. [Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 4 of 5]
9. [Publications – wastewater treatment systems, Folder 5 of 5]
10. [Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 1 of 7]
11. [Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 2 of 7]
12. [Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 3 of 7]
13. [Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 4 of 7]
14. [Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 5 of 7]
15. [Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 6 of 7]
16. [Publications – Arcata, Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Folder 7 of 7]
17. [Misc. documents re: municipal wastewater] 1970s

Solid Waste
Scope and Contents note
Information about and data from Becking’s 1972 volunteer-run survey of Arcata garbage, as well as publications, correspondence, notes, and a small amount of photographs pertaining to solid waste management and recycling municipal waste. In Becking’s words, volunteers for the Arcata garbage survey determined the “% composition and weight of glass, aluminum, other metals, newspaper, other paper, plastic, raw garbage, and miscellaneous materials.” Becking supported the development of the Arcata Recycling Center, and his comments to the city in 1997 when the center was at risk of closure are included.
See Also
1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Solid Waste

18. [Materials regarding “United Stand of Humboldt” organization and their campaign for Owner-Builder rights and alternatives to flush toilets] 1970s

Box 55

1. [Loose – includes Becking-Authored “Solid Waste Management” handout and 1997 letter to Arcata City Council re : Recycling Ctr.] 1970s, 1997
2. Solid Waste Management Practices [Publications and Becking–authored “Solid Waste Management” Handout] 1970s
3. Arcata Landfill Solid Waste Clippings [includes Becking’s “Garbage Survey” Press Release] 1970s
4. Arcata Solid Waste Ordinance 1990s
5. Incineration 1972
6. Landfill [publications, clippings]
7. City of Arcata Garbage Dump – Information and Contracts 1970s
8. Arcata Garbage Survey Sept. 1972 Codes, Data 1972
9. Composition of Municipal Refuse Study Folder 1970s
10. [Arcata Garbage Survey Data and Forms] 1972
11. Arcata Recycling 1990s
12. [Publications, includes correspondence, photos] 1970s
13. [Publications – Pamphlets, clippings, articles, newsletters] 1970s
14. [Publications – Humboldt County, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
15. [Publications – Humboldt County, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
16. [Humboldt County Solid Waste Management Plan] 1975
17. [Publications – Reports, studies, Folder 1 of 4] 1970s
18. [Publications – Reports, studies, Folder 2 of 4] 1970s
19. [Publications – Reports, studies, Folder 3 of 4] 1970s
20. [Publications – Reports, studies, Folder 4 of 4] 1970s
21. [Publications – Journals, magazines]

Forest Management
Scope and Contents note
City documents, correspondence, clippings, and Becking’s comments on the management of Arcata city forests. Becking expressed his concerns and ideas to the City of Arcata’s Forest Management Advisory Committee, to the City Forester(including Gary Miller during his time as Forester) and in local publications. He was critical of cruise methodology, the public participation process, spending of timber revenues, accounting and documentation, and stand management strategies. Becking promoted Plenturung forest management being applied to Arcata city forests, and he applied for the position of city forester in 1984. Includes coverage of the potential acquisition of the McDowell property adjacent to the Arcata Community Forest in the 1990s, a Christmas Tree Farm Project in the 1980s, a Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan (NTMP) that was proposed in 1999, and the controversial Sunnybrae Timber Harvest Plan of Sierra Pacific Industries that an organization led by Mark Lovelace called the Sunnybrae Arcata Neighborhood Association (SANA) actively opposed in the 2000s.
See Also
1. Teaching
2. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Forest Management
3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1 has materials about the Arcata
Community Forest)

22. Arcata Community Forest [Planning documents, correspondence, clippings, Folder 1 of 2] 1950s-1970s
23. Arcata Community Forest [Planning documents, correspondence, clippings, Folder 2 of 2] 1950s-1970s
24. [Loose – inspection reports, City Council handouts, Forest Mgmt Advisory Committee meeting minutes, correspondence] 1980s-1990s

Box 56

1. [Becking comments, notes, and research regarding city forest management, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
2. [Becking comments, notes, and research regarding city forest management, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
3. ARCF Forest Advis. Comm. [includes data from “Arcata Community Forest Survey of 1997”] 1990s
4. Forest Advisory Committee [1] 1990s
5. Forest Advisory Committee [2] 1990s
6. Forest Mgt Advisory Committee 1998
7. Correspondence Forest Advisory Committee 1990s
8. ARCF [Correspondence with Forest Advisory Committee] 1990s
9. McDowell ARCF 1990s
10. Arcata Community Forest, Jacoby Creek City Forest, Foster Robinson Cruise? 1975 regeneration survey, [includes photos] 1975
11. Original Data ARCF, ARCF Mark André Nov 1997 THP and Stocking Surveys 1990s
12. ARCF Masters 1991 [Maps] 1991
13. MASTERS ARCF Arcata Community Forest [Maps]
14. Arcata Community Forest June 1982 1980s
15. Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 1 of 6] 1980s
16. Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 2 of 6] 1980s
17. Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 3 of 6] 1980s
18. Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 4 of 6] 1980s
19. Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 5 of 6] 1980s
20. Arcata Community Forest 1981-1984 [Folder 6 of 6] 1980s
21. ARCF [correspondence with Lee C. Wensel of UC Davis] 1990s
22. Certification [Arcata Community Forest – Smartwood] 1990s
23. ARCF [City Council Docs and Newspaper Clippings] 2000s
24. [Arcata Community Forest and Jacoby Creek] 1990s
25. [City forests and Arcata General Plan Update, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
26. [City forests and Arcata General Plan Update, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
27. NTMP [non-Timber Management Plan, Includes Becking-authored “Primer for the Arcata 1999 NTMP”] 1999-2000
28. [NTMP (Non-Industrial Timber management Plan), Folder 1 of 2] 1999
29. [NTMP (Non-industrial Timber Management Plan), Folder 2 of 2] 1999
30. [Loose NTMP, includes Becking letter to the Lumberjack editor, 1 Oct. 1999] 1999

Box 57

1. [City of Arcata Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan] 1999
2. S.A.N.A. – SPI SunnyBrae 2000 2000
3. S.A.N.A. 2001 SunnyBrae THP SPI 1-00-234HUM 2000s
4. SunnyBrae THP S.A.N.A. [Folder 1 of 2] 2000
5. SunnyBrae THP S.A.N.A. [Folder 2 of 2] 2000
6. [Publications – Arcata Community Forest / Jacoby Creek Forest Multiple Use Management Plan] 1980
7. [Publications – Ecosystem Analysis of Arcata Community Forest] 1993
8. [Publications – Arcata Community Forest and Jacoby Creek Forest Management Plan 1994] 1994
9. [Loose clippings] 1970s-2000s
10. [Jacoby Creek notes and charts, text from unknown document] 1970s?
11. [Various materials from unlabeled envelope – some regarding Arcata Community Forest] 1980s
12. [Loose newsletters, Arcata Community Forest blank form, appeal on behalf of Jolie Lonner to Arcata Planning Commission, and other materials] 2000s
13. ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST Press Clippings 1970s, 1980s
14. Press Clippings ARCF 1990s
15. [Arcata Community Forest Documents, includes aerial photographs] 1980s
16. [Correspondence to Forest Management Committee, 2 copies] 2006
17. [Non-Timber Management plan – Becking correspondence and commentary] 1999
18. [misc. loose correspondence] 2000s
19. [A Study of the Jacoby Creek Watershed, Humboldt County, California by Alison Murray and Robert Wunner] 1980
20. [Arcata Community Forest and Jacoby Creek Forest Management Plan] 1994

Other Arcata
See Also
1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Other Arcata

21. [Loose City Council Documents, includes Becking’s Oath of Office] 1970s
22. [Arcata City Budget 1970-1971, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
23. [Arcata City Budget 1970-1971, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
24. [City of Arcata Maps and Ephemera, Folder 1 of 3] 1970s
25. [City of Arcata Maps and Ephemera, Folder 2 of 3] 1970s
26. [City of Arcata Maps and Ephemera, Folder 3 of 3] 1970s
27. Master Map 1970s
28. [Becking for Arcata City Council Campaign, Folder 1 of 4, includes photographs] 1970s
29. [Becking for Arcata City Council Campaign, Folder 2 of 4] 1970s
30. [Becking for Arcata City Council Campaign, Folder 3 of 4] 1970s

Box 58

1. [Becking for Arcata City Council Campaign, Folder 4 of 4 – Clippings] 1970s
2. Env. Policy Task Force 1990s
3. Envir. Policy Task Force 1990s
4. Planning-Zoning Ordinances City of Arcata 1970s
5. [Arcata, California General Plan 1975] 1975
6. GP Task Force [1] 1990s
7. GP Task Force [2] 1990s
8. GP Task Force [3] 1990s
9. [The Ponds, Arcata – Debets Property] 1990s
10. [Newspaper clippings – city council Election] 1970s
11. [Maps and Ephemera – Arcata and nearby municipalities]
12. EIR Lindley / Hess Property (For Thonson) 1980s
13. WATER QUALITY CONTROL HUMBOLDT AREA 1960s-1970s
14. [A Study of Land Use for Conservation and Open Space in the Jacoby Creek Watershed] 1973
15. [United States Weather Bureau : The Climate of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties] 1964
16. [Documents relating to Municipal water management] 1960s-1970s
17. [Arcata Union with article regarding sale of Mather holdings] 1968
18. [City of Arcata, Arcata Small Craft Harbor, Engineering and Economic Feasibility Study] 1968
19. [correspondence re : Draft Final GP 2020] 2000
20. [HSU Master Plan correspondence] 1990
21. [An Historical Assessment of 1068 I Street Arcata, California, by Environmental Research Consultants, Inc.] 1975
22. [Holiday Inn Site-Bayside Cutoff] 1973

Humboldt Bay
Scope and Contents note
Materials regarding Proposition 20 of 1972 (a controversial “Coastal Initiative” that Becking supported for its preservation measures), proposed Off Road Vehicle (ORV) parks on the North Spit/Samoa Peninsula (and other environmental threats to the Sand Dunes in the Humboldt Bay region), maintenance dredging and illegal fills in the Humboldt Harbor area, and the “Exxon Project” (proposed construction of an oil jacket assembly yard on Humboldt Bay that Becking opposed). Becking was chairman of the Humboldt Bay League in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a concerned citizens group that organized around Humboldt Bay issues.
See Also
1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Humboldt Bay
2. Oversized : Over 42”

23. [Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 1 of 6] 1970s
24. [Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 2 of 6] 1970s
25. [Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 3 of 6] 1970s
26. [Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 4 of 6] 1970s
27. [Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 5 of 6] 1970s
28. [Coastal Zone Planning Documents (loose), Folder 6 of 6] 1970s
29. [Loose – Coastal Zone planning notes, newsletters, league of California cities write-up] 1970s

Box 59

1. Coastline Commission [Recommendations re: Coastal Zone Planning] 1970s
2. [Prop 20 Coastal Initiative – notes, comments, ephemera, clippings, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
3. [Prop 20 Coastal Initiative – notes, comments, ephemera, clippings, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
4. [Lanphere – Christensen Dunes Preserve – newsletters and clippings] 1990s
5. Sand Dunes Humboldt Bay Clippings [and Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge EA 1992] 1990s
6. [Sand Dunes – loose – Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, includes Off-Road Vehicle content] 1980s-1990s
7. Minutes Beaches and Dunes Advisory Committee meetings 1991 1991
8. O.R.V. Park Samoa Peninsula 1980s
9. [Loose – Army Corps of Engineers dredging notices, EA] 1980s, 1990s
10. [Dredging document + Becking notes] 1988-9
11. North Jetty Project, Humboldt Bay 1972
12. [EA Maintenance Dredging of Humboldt Harbor 1991] 1991
13. Humboldt Harbor District 1997
14. Mitigation Braycut US Army Corps of Engineers June 1986 1986
15. US Army Corps of Engineers comments on project proposals 1970s
16. [Army Corps of Engineers Public Notices and Becking Responses] 1970s
17. Humboldt Bay Harbor Commission 1973
18. California Coastal Commission 1980s
19. EXXON Project Aug 1987 1987
20. [Loose misc. pamphlets, correspondence and notices – McBride Ranch, Oyster Racks, pesticide contamination at Osprey colony at Usal Creek] 1970s-1990s
21. [loose clippings – cord grass, H-3 submarine, HBWA] 1970s-1980s
22. Gunther Island 1970
23. [Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge EA Update, includes correspondence] 1971
24. [Draft Feasibility and EIS / R for Navigation Improvements, Humboldt Harbor and Bay (Deepening), Folder 1 of 2] 1994
25. [Draft Feasibility Report for Navigation Improvements Appendices, Humboldt Harbor and Bay (Deepening), Folder 2 of 2] 1994
26. [Publication : The Natural Resources of Humboldt Bay] 1973
27. [Preliminary Coastal Plan Hearing Draft, March 1975, annotated] 1975
28. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Env. Assessment 1980 Update 1980
29. [Off Road Vehicles – misc documents] 1970s

Box 60

1. [Misc documents] 1970s
2. Army Corps Engineers Comments 1990s
3. [Doc re: Humboldt Harbor and Bay Jetties and Dredging] 1973
4. EXXON 1980s
5. Exxon Permit 1-84-69E Permit Extension Sept 1986 1980s
6. EXXON NORTH SPIT California Coastal Commission North Spit [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
7. EXXON NORTH SPIT California Coastal Commission North Spit [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
8. HUMBOLDT BAY [Originally in binder, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
9. HUMBOLDT BAY [Originally in binder, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
10. HUMBOLDT BAY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 1970s
11. HUMBOLDT BAY WILDLIFE REFUGE 1970s
12. HUMBOLDT BAY [includes materials re: Humboldt Bay bridge, cross-bay pipeline project, wildlife refuge, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
13. HUMBOLDT BAY [clippings, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
14. HUMBOLDT BAY HARBOR DISTRICT 1970s
15. [Materials in unlabeled folder – Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, includes content on “Mad River Diversion Project”] 1970s
16. Humboldt Bay Bridge [Folder 1 of 2, includes content on Eureka Freeway] 1960s
17. Humboldt Bay Bridge [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
18. Technical Information [includes Humboldt Bay Ecological Society’s “Partial Bibliography on Humboldt Bay”, correspondence re: refuge and Butler Valley Dam, Humboldt Bay bridge, correspondence with Lanpheres] 1960s
19. Newspaper Clippings Humboldt Bay Bridge 1960s-1970s
20. Humboldt Bay League [clippings] 1960s-1970s
21. HUMBOLDT BAY LEAGUE ditto masters 1960s-1970s
22. [Karen Theiss and Associates’ “Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals of the Humboldt Bay Beach and Dunes Study Area”] 1992
23. [Owen Coy’s 1929 “The Humboldt Bay Region 1850-1875” and 2 journal articles about pilots and visibility] 1920s, 1970s, 1980s
24. [Humboldt Bay Development Commission Final Report] 1969
25. HUMBOLDT BAY POLLUTION 1960s
26. Water Quality Control Correspondence 1960s, 1970s
27. EIR responses [includes water quality, solid waste and Humboldt Bay-related content] 1990s
28. [Findings and Policies of the Forest Resources chapter of the Coastal Land Environment Element of the Coastal Plan] 1970s
29. [Coastal Zone Plan documents] 1970s
30. [Planning Documents and Becking’s comments re: Indian Island Bank Stabilization project] 2002
31. [correspondence re: Humboldt Bay Bridges] 2001
32. [Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Designation of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site off Humboldt Bay, California] 1995

Box 61

1. [Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Map – annotated] 1970s
2. Humboldt Bay League [Letterheads and envelopes, info sheet] 1970s
3. [The Natural Resources of Humboldt Bay] 1973
4. [Final Environmental Impact Report, Preliminary, Exxon Platform Jacket Assembly Site] 1984
5. [Humboldt Bay Master Plan, Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District 1974] 1974
6. Lease Sale #91 Oil Drilling Febr / March 1988 1988

Pulp Mills
Scope and Contents note
Notes, correspondence, reports and clippings regarding air quality concerns about the
Simpson and L-P Pulp Mills on Humboldt Bay in the 1980s, and what should be done to
reduce toxic emissions from the mills.

7. [Publication: “An Evaluation of the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District Program”] 1989
8. TOXIC WASTES DRINKING WATER 1990s
9. PULP MILLS Nov-Dec 1987 1987
10. AIR QUALITY 1988 1988
11. PULP MILL HEARING Nov 21, 1987 1987
12. NCUAQMD North Coast Air Quality Management District Nov 21, 1987 Pulp Mills 1980s
13. Simpson Pulp Mill 1989 1989
14. Pulp Mill 1990 1990
15. [North Coast Unified Air Quality and Mgmt District – documents and correspondence] 1990s
16. [Loose – Pulp List]
17. Pulp Mill [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
18. Pulp Mill [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s

Butler Valley Dam
Scope and Contents note
News clippings, correspondence, ephemera, reports and publications relating to the Tri-Lake and Butler Valley Dam proposals (described below) and the community response to these proposals in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Also includes some content regarding the Dios Rio Dam proposal for the Eel River during the same time period (also controversial when proposed and never built), and documentation of Becking’s running for 3rd District Director of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District.

Background - Becking and Deane B. Mather proposed damming Maple Creek, Little River and Lindsay Creek for recreational, local economic development and municipal water use purposes in 1967. Their proposal was called the “Tri-Lake” proposal and was located in the Southern Recreational Area of the Regional Redwood Park Plan (RRPP). At the same time, the US Army Engineer District had proposed building a dam on the Mad River at Butler Valley for similar purposes. While Becking viewed the Tri-Lake plan as an independent project rather than a substitute plan to the Butler Valley Dam proposal, he criticized the Butler Valley Dam project as compromising water quality, fish and wildlife habitat and recreational potential in order to simply get more water to the communities of McKinleyville and Trinidad. He considered the Tri-Lake plan to offer more balance in relation to those issues. However, the Tri-Lake plan was treated by reviewers as an alternative or competing project to the Butler Valley Dam, and it was deemed to be economically infeasible by the State of California in 1968.

Becking did continue to promote the Tri-lakes idea, but as the Butler Valley Dam project moved forward in the process of getting approved and funded he also contributed to organized community efforts to oppose the dam construction. The dam was ultimately never built.
See Also
1. Activism and Civic Involvement : RNP
2. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Tri Lakes and Butler Valley Dam
3. Cassettes
4. Activism and Civic Involvement : Other Activism (for additional information about the Dios
Rio Dam proposal)

19. Tri lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Unlabeled Folder 1 – inc. Public Statements] 1960s
20. Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Unlabeled Folder 2 – Correspondence with Gianelli of Department of Water Resources, includes Clippings] 1960s
21. Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Unlabeled Folder 3 – Clippings] 1960s
22. Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Unlabeled Folder 4 – Correspondence, Data, Notes] 1960s
23. Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 [Loose clippings and misc.] 1960s
24. Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 – McKinleyville Water Controversy Letter enclosed 1960s
25. Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 – Crannell – Fieldbrook excursion March 13, 1967 1960s
26. Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 – Tri Lake Butler Valley release #2 Jan 28, 1968 1960s
27. Tri Lake Plan March 13, 1967 – Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Dec 1, 1967 hearing Dec 2, 1970 1960s-1970s
28. Butler Valley [Notes, Clippings, Correspondence] 1960s-1970s
29. CONCERNED CITIZENS COMMITTEE 1973
30. [Unlabeled Folder – includes Becking campaign for 3rd district Director of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s

Box 62

1. [Unlabeled Folder – includes Becking campaign for 3rd district Director of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
2. WATER RESOURCES 1960s
3. [Unlabeled envelope – correspondence and literature citations] 1960s
4. [Unlabeled Envelope – mostly Citizens for Feasible Water Supply Planning] 1970s
5. [Unlabeled Folder – notes, clippings, workshop and presentations?] 1970s
6. [Loose material – mostly Department of Water Resources correspondence] 1960s
7. [Unlabeled Folder – correspondence and notes] 1970s
8. [Unlabeled envelope – correspondence, notes, data] 1960s-1970s
9. BUTLER VALLEY DAM Controversy [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
10. BUTLER VALLEY DAM Controversy [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
11. BUTLER VALLEY July 1972 [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
12. BUTLER VALLEY July 1972 [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
13. BUTLER VALLEY 1973 election 1970s
14. 1973 1973
15. BUTLER VALLEY [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
16. BUTLER VALLEY [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
17. Ruth lake Ecological Studies of Lake phytoplankton cycles 1970s
18. [Loose – misc.] 1970s
19. [Loose – Humboldt County Board of Supervisors] 1970s
20. [An Analysis of Little River Watershed, Gerald A. Ahlstrom] 1967
21. [Misc. Documents] 1970s
22. [Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Documents] 1967
23. [DEIR Butler Valley Dam and Blue Lake Project] 1972
24. [DEIR Butler Valley Dam and Blue Lake Project] 1973
25. [US Army Corps of Engineers documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
26. [US Army Corps of Engineers documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
27. [Hum Bay Municipal Water District documents re: Butler Valley Dam] 1960s
28. [Public Hearing Comments : North Coastal Area Action Program : A Study of the McKinleyville – Trinidad Area] 1969
29. [Sediment Transport, Turbidity, Channel Configuration, and Possible Effects of Impoundment of the mad River, Humboldt County, California] 1975

Redwood National Park (RNP)
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, clippings, publications, and some scientific research efforts relating to the Redwood National Park (RNP) expansion and merger proposals in the 1970s and 1990s. Includes materials Becking kept after donating most of his Redwood National Park-related personal papers to the National Park Service at Redwood National Park.

Background - Congress established Redwood National Park (RNP) in 1968 to preserve some of the last remaining old growth redwood stands. In 1978, RNP was expanded to include roughly twice as much land as the original park. Three other redwood region parks had previously been established by the state of California: Jedidiah Smith, Del Norte Coast Redwoods, and Prairie Creek State Parks. In the 1990s, there was an effort to transfer ownership and management responsibilities of the three state parks to the National Park Service as a part of the Redwood National Park. This effort was not successful, though a Memorandum of Understanding for coordinated management was approved.

Becking was a strong and active supporter of the original establishment of the Redwood National Park and the 1978 park expansion. He was a founding member of the Emerald Creek Committee advocating proper management of the original park area and protection of the Emerald Creek Watershed (also called Harry Weir Creek) through park expansion. There was much controversy in the redwood region about the park expansion due to expected logging job losses. Becking was also active in supporting the proposal to merge the state parks into the National park system in the 1990s.

Researchers interested in this subseries may also be interested in the Becking Collection located at Redwood National Park headquarters in Orick, CA. The collection in Orick was donated by Becking to the park in 1999, and covers the original park establishment in the late 1960s with limited coverage of park expansion in the 1970s. Highlights of the Becking Collection at RNP include correspondence with policy makers relating to legislation and rationale for establishment of Redwood National Park, transcriptions of public statements, and ephemera relative to management of redwood forests produced by a range of stakeholders.
See Also
1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : RNP
2. Oversized : Over 42”
3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
4. Cassettes
5. Activism and Civic Involvement : G-O Road (for further information about Redwood Creek
and the Chilula)

Box 63

1. RNP Information 1960s-1970s
2. Redwood Nat. Park 1972 1972
3. Economy Forest Practices Jan 1977 – Apr 1977 [Folder 1 of 2] 1977
4. Economy Forest Practices Jan 1977 – Apr 1977 [Folder 2 of 2] 1977
5. Extras and Duplicates June 1977 1977
6. McKillop Report March 13, 1977 1977
7. Publications by Environmental Groups on Redwood Nat’l Park Feb. ’77-Oct. ’77 1977
8. Redwood Creek April 1977 RNP 1977
9. CLIPPINGS RNP Emerald Creek Committee Febr 1977 Clippings / Correspondence 1977
10. REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK Jan 1977 – Sept. 1977 Correspondence Rudi 1977
11. Burton – expansion RNP meeting April 13, ’77 1977
12. [Sunset Magazine manuscript for review] 1976
13. [RNP expansion documents from unlabeled envelope] 1977
14. REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK CDF – State Board Forestry Jan 1977 – May 1977 Meeting Notices 1977
15. Redwood Creek May 1977 NRP “Clippings” 1977
16. Newspaper Clippings of Redwood Nat’l Park July-Oct. 1977 1977
17. June 1977 RNP “Clippings” 1977
18. Redwood Creek RNP Clippings Dec 1976 – Apr 1977 [Folder 1 of 2] 1976-1977
19. Redwood Creek RNP Clippings Dec 1976 – Apr 1977 [Folder 2 of 2] 1976-1977
20. Redwood National Park Establishment Historic Development
21. Transfer of State Redwoods Park CDPR – RNP Febr 6, 1992 [Folder 1 of 3] 1992
22. Transfer of State Redwoods Park CDPR – RNP Febr 6, 1992 [Folder 2 of 3] 1992
23. Transfer of State Redwoods Park CDPR – RNP Febr 6, 1992 [Folder 3 of 3] 1992
24. RNP dedication 25 yrs 1992
25. Emerald Creek Committee 1993
26. [CA State Parks and Rec Commission] 1993
27. 1977 Publications by Lumber Companies on Redwood National Park 1977
28. Redwood Creek Corrective Work / Rehabilitation State California proposal Dec 1976, NPS Redwood Nat Park agreement March 3, 1976 with timber companies, CDF Forest Practices Act proposals Jan 1977 – Apr 1977 1976-1977
29. Redwood Creek Corps Engineers 1970s
30. [Correspondence and Notes from unmarked binder] 1970s
31. Redwood Nat. Park Hearings Sept 7, 1977 Senate Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation Wash. D. C. [Folder 1 of 3] 1977
32. Redwood Nat. Park Hearings Sept 7, 1977 Senate Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation Wash. D.C. [Folder 2 of 3] 1977

Box 64

1. Redwood Nat. Park Hearings Sept 7, 1977 Senate Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation Wash. D.C. [Folder 3 of 3] 1977
2. REDWOOD NAT PARK 1977-79 [Folder 1 of 2] 1977-1979
3. REDWOOD NAT PARK 1977-79 [Folder 2 of 2] 1977-1979
4. [RNP – related documents and clippings, Folder 1 of 3] 1970s
5. [RNP – related documents and clippings, Folder 2 of 3] 1970s
6. [RNP – related documents and clippings, Folder 3 of 3] 1970s
7. Emerald Creek Duplicate Material 1970s
8. WM 103 S79 Crew #2 aerial photos [not clearly related to RNP but orig. rubber-banded with RNP material] 1970s
9. [Clippings and correspondence from unlabeled envelope, originally rubber-banded with RNP materials] 1970s
10. Emerald Creek RNP Expansion News Clippings 1970s
11. NPS Holter Ridge [includes correspondence and deed of gift for Becking’s donated personal papers to RNP] 1990s
12. RNP Information 1990s
13. RNSP Ecol. Monitoring Apr 20-22, 1999 [Folder 1 of 2] 1999
14. RNSP Ecol. Monitoring Apr 20-22, 1999 [Folder 2 of 2] 1999
15. [Becking correspondence and report : “The Redwood National Park Proposals 1963 to 1968 Feb 23, 1968”] 1968, 1990s
16. [Misc RNP ephemera]
17. [Misc Maps]
18. [Misc RNP documents]
19. [Government Documents – misc. unbound]
20. [Congressional Records Vol 124(9) and Vol 124(15)] 1978
21. [Misc. research reports]
22. [Clippings – Loose]
23. [Redwood National Park Hearings – 2 vols] 1966
24. [Redwood National Park Hearings] 1967
25. [Redwood National Park Forum : Compiled Addresses On the Redwood National Park Issue] 1970s
26. [Redwood Ecology Project Reports, Wildland Research Center, University of California] 1950s, 1960s
27. [The Economic Impact of Possible Additions to a Redwood National Park in Humboldt County, Arthur D. Little, Inc.] 1967

Box 65

1. [Redwood National Park Studies Data Release Number 2 Redwood Creek Humboldt
Co. and Mill Creek Del Norte Co.] 1975
2. [Misc booklets] 1970s
3. [Hand-bound collection of news, ephemera and correspondence regarding Redwood state parks transfer to RNP, Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
4. [Hand-bound collection of news, ephemera and correspondence regarding Redwood State parks transfer to RNP, Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
5. [Items for consideration in consolidation of three state parks with Redwood National Park] 1990s
6. [History Basic Data Redwood National Park, Bearss, National Park Service] 1969
7. [A Survey of Cultural Resources in and near Redwood National Park, California, Michael J. Moratto, includes Arnold Pilling “Yurok” reprint with author inscription] 1973
8. [A Study of Cultural Resources in Redwood National Park, Polly McW. Bickel] 1979
9. [Watershed Rehabilitation in Redwood National Park and Other Pacific Coastal Areas August 24-28, 1981] 1981
10. [Bound National Park Service documents re: RNP, Folder 1 of 4] 1970s-1980s
11. [Bound National Park Service Documents re: RNP, Folder 2 of 4] 1970s, 1980s
12. [Bound National Park Service Documents re: RNP, Folder 3 of 4] 1970s, 1980s
13. [Bound National Park Service Documents re: RNP, Folder 4 of 4] 1970s, 1980s
14. [Exotic Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Redwood National Park, California] 1994
15. [NPS Fire Manual 1992] 1992
16. [Draft Fire Management Plan, Redwood National Park] 1994
17. [Environmental Assessment : Management options for Redwood Creek, Redwood National Park] 1975
18. [RNP Technical Reports 2, 4, 5, 6] 1981
19. [RNP Technical Reports 7, 10, 11, 12] 1980s
20. Slideshow N Park 3 3/4" speed slide show [BASF Reel]

Box 66

1. [RNP Technical Reports 17, 18, 19] 1980s
2. [RNP Technical Reports 13, 14, 16] 1980s
3. [RNP Technical Reports 21, 23, 24, 25] 1980s
4. [RNP Fire Management Documents] 1985
5. [RNP Documents : architecture, artifacts, cultural resources projects] 1980s
6. [RNP Resources Management Plans] 1980s
7. [RNP Backcountry Trail Plans] 1980s
8. [RNP Water / Watershed Mgmt Documents] 1980s
9. [Bald Hills Vegetation Management Plan] 1992
10. [Redwood Creek Docs] 1980s
11. [Redwood National Park, Diane Warde] 1970s, 1980s
12. [Redwood Park Seminar] 1967
13. [RNP legal documents] 1970s
14. [Redwood National and State Parks Draft General Mgmt Plan and EIS] 1990s
15. [Proceedings of the First Biennial Conference of Research in California’s National Parks] 1982

Box 67

1. [Davison Ranch Draft and Final EAs] 1980s
2. [Marbled Murrelet Habitat Conservation Plan for the Timber Operations of Arcata Redwood Company Draft, includes Becking correspondence] 1990s
3. [Economic Losses Associated With Reduction in Timber output Due to Expansion of the Redwood National Park] 1977
4. [Redwood Creek Documents] 1970s
5. [Misc RNP bound documents] 1970s, 1990s
6. Redwood Bypass 1996 1996
7. [Redwood Bypass documents] 1990s
8. [Draft Environmental Impact Statement U.S. 101 Demonstration Project Redwood National Park…] 1981
9. Legislation RNP proposal state / congress Jan 1977 – Apr 1977 1970s
10. Curry Report 1973
11. Bill Devall Articles 1970s
12. Assorted Suit File and Bills 1970s
13. Correspondence received Dec. 76 – Apr 1977 RNP issue 1970s
14. Redwood Creek THP Correspondence copies from Rudi to CDF Dec 1976 – Apr 1977 + CDF official responses 1970s
15. Emerald Creek THP Board of Forestry 1970s
16. EMERALD CREEK COMMITTEE : SCIENTIFIC / WATERSHED [Folder 1 of 2, includes negatives of “Becking excursions”] 1970s-2000s
17. EMERALD CREEK COMMITTEE : SCIENTIFIC / WATERSHED [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-2000s
18. [National Park Service documents – Master Plan and Watershed Rehabilitation Plan] 1970s
19. [RNP-related ephemera] 1970s
20. [“Economic Impact of Possible Additions to a Redwood National Park in Humboldt County : A Report to the National Park Service”] 1967
21. [Stone and Associates Reports] 1960s-1970s
22. [“Critique of Preliminary Redwood National Park Master Plan”, Recreation Planning Class Winter 1972 Section II] 1972

Box 68

1. [Grady Shannon McMurtry’s 1972 Thesis : “Redwood National Park : A Case Study of Legislative Compromise”] 1972
2. [Loose RNP materials] 1960s-1990s
3. [Proposal for “Lichen Ecological Baseline Study of Redwood National Park”] 1980s
4. [Becking report : “An Analysis of the Redwood National Park in Relation to the Timber Economy of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, Ca., 3 copies] 1975
5. [Requests for copies of study on the Redwood National Park and Humboldt / Del Norte Counties economies] 1970s
6. [Vale : The Redwood Park : A Conservation Controversy, MA Thesis, UC Berkeley] 1960s
7. [Misc publications, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s, 1980s
8. [Misc publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s, 1980s
9. [Newspaper clippings] 1960s
10. Redwood Park [correspondence, ephemera, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
11. Redwood Park [clippings, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
12. [Lack’s Creek, Old Growth Management, some correspondence regarding Menzies wallflower on Samoa Spit] 1990s
13. [clipping] 1985
14. WLDL 309A Redwood national Park Formation [materials used for teaching] 1990s
15. Devil’s Creek including map of area 1970s
16. [Unlabeled Photographs – possibly related to RNP?]
17. [Photograph contact Sheets and Negatives] 1970s
18. Trespassing on ARCO property for the Tallest Tree + Howard King 1967? Emerald Creek RNP 1960s
19. Emerald Creek RNP [Photograph]
20. Howard King Photographs 1960s
21. HOLTER RIDGE RNP Problems 1990s
22. [RNP Soil Survey] 1980s
23. [Correspondence regarding Redwood research proposals – from unlabeled envelope] 1970s
24. DRAFT – Forest associations of the Little Lost Man Creek Natural Area Redwood National Park, California James M. Lenihan Corvallis, OR. March 1989 1989
25. ATLAS / PARADOX 1990s
26. Hydrology of Redwood Creek Watershed 1970s
27. CHILULA INDIANS Redwood Creek 1972 [Folder 1 of 2] 1972
28. CHILULA INDIANS Redwood Creek 1972 [Folder 2 of 2] 1972
29. [Steven Veirs documents and related documents] 1980s
30. [North Coast Redwood Master Plan] 1965
31. Fire Plan Yosemite N.P. [includes notes from Steven Veirs at RNP] 1970s
32. [Annual Report Upper Redwood Creek Juvenile Salmonid Downstream Migration Study, 2000-1] 2002
33. [Correspondence re: Chilula and loose clippings] 1970s

Ancient Forests
Scope and Contents note
Timber Harvest Plans with Becking’s associated comments, correspondence with managing agencies and companies, correspondence with environmental leaders and organizations, and news clippings and ephemera regarding regional ancient forest controversies.

Background - Management of old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest and California became highly politicized in the 1980s and 1990s. Political controversy increased on the north Coast when Maxxam Corporation of Texas took over a local Humboldt County timber company Pacific Lumber (PL). Maxxam’s management of local PL holdings included increasing the rate and amount of old growth redwood forests cut. Environmental activism increased in the region in response, and Earth First!, the Environmental Protection and Information Center (EPIC), Forests Forever, and other groups organized to protect ancient redwood forests. Becking participated in local activist efforts to protect ancient redwood forests and to improve legal mandates regarding their management.
See Also
1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Ancient Forests
2. Oversized : Over 42”
3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
4. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Indonesia (for materials related to Becking’s work to prevent deforestation in Indonesia)
5. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Usnea (for additional materials related to Maxxam / PL lands)

Other sections of the collection also include Becking’s comments on THPs, including (but not limited to):
1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Plenturung
2. Activism and Civic Involvement : Arcata : Forest Management
3. Activism and Civic Involvement : Klamath-Siskiyou

Box 69

1. [Clippings – many about Maxxam takeover of PL] 1980s
2. THP 1-87-84 HUM 1987
3. Pacific Lumber Company additional RHP information Jan. 29, 1988 1988
4. THP 1-88-462 HUM Aug 10, 1988 Pacific Lumber Owl Creek [Folder 1 of 4] 1988
5. THP 1-88-462 HUM Aug 10, 1988 Pacific Lumber Owl Creek [Folder 2 of 4] 1988
6. THP 1-88-462 HUM Aug 10, 1988 Pacific Lumber Owl Creek [Folder 3 of 4] 1988
7. THP 1-88-462 HUM Aug 10, 1988 Pacific Lumber Owl Creek [Folder 4 of 4] 1988
8. [HUM 1-88-462, Folder 1 of 2] 1988
9. [HUM 1-88-462, Folder 2 of 2] 1988
10. Guest Speakers THP / CDF 1980s
11. THP 1-87-50 HUM Maxxam Elk head Springs March 13, 1987 1987
12. EPIC-MAXXAM 1980s
13. [Information requests THP 1-87-625, 1-87-690] 1988
14. ESOP Patrick Shannon [Employee Stock Ownership Plan] 1980s
15. MAXXAM Environmental Concerns Environmentalists 1980s
16. MAXXAM Forestry Concerns 1980s
17. MAXXAM Congressional Hearing 1980s
18. MAXXAM 1988 background material 1988
19. RPI 485 Background [MAXXAM Controversy Folder 1 of 2] 1988
20. RPI 485 Background [MAXXAM Controversy Folder 2 of 2] 1988
21. EPIC vs MAXXAM lawsuit Nov 1988 1988
22. EPIC MAXXAM lawsuit June 22, 1987 1987
23. TPL / MAXXAM 1992 [Folder 1 of 2] 1992
24. TPL / MAXXAM 1992 [Folder 2 of 2] 1992
25. THP 1-85-524 MEN SALLY BELL GROVE Dec 9, 1985 [Folder 1 of 2] 1985
26. THP 1-85-524 MEN SALLY BELL GROVE Dec 9, 1985 [Folder 2 of 2] 1985

Box 70

1. Butano THP issues 1990, Santa Cruz THP’s 1990s
2. THP and Comments on THP’s 1990s
3. CDF lawsuits
4. Board of Forestry CDF 1988 THP review 1988
5. ANCIENT FOREST [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
6. ANCIENT FOREST [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
7. ANCIENT FOREST May 1990 [Folder 1 of 2] 1990
8. ANCIENT FOREST May 1990 [Folder 2 of 2] 1990
9. Forest Practice Rules EIR Certification 1980s
10. FOREST PRACTICES 1988 1988
11. Forest Initiative 1991 [Folder 1 of 2] 1991
12. Forest Initiative 1991 [Folder 2 of 2] 1991
13. NEWS CLIPPINGS 1991 1991
14. EARTH FIRST May / June 1990 Newspaper Clippings 1990
15. Forest Forever Initiative 1990s
16. FOREST FOREVER 1990
17. [Forest Initiatives – timber industry and Forests Forever] 1990
18. Forest Initiative 1991 1991
19. Prop 130 Ancient Forest 1991 1991
20. ISF [Institute of Sustainable Forestry] 1990s
21. Institute Sustainable Forestry [Folder 1 of 2] 1990s
22. Institute Sustainable Forestry [Folder 2 of 2] 1990s
23. ISF newsletters 1990s
24. AFAC 1990s
25. OLD GROWTH 1988 Conferences / HSU / Portland OR THP Surveys 1988
26. FOREST SUMMIT Apr. 2, 1993 [Folder 1 of 2] 1993
27. FOREST SUMMIT Apr. 2, 1993 [Folder 2 of 2] 1993
28. Habitat / Decision Conference Oct 28-30, 1996 UC Davis 95616 1996
29. MAXXAM 1990s
30. Headwaters [Folder 1 of 3] 1990s
31. Headwaters [Folder 2 of 3] 1990s

Box 71

1. Headwaters [Folder 3 of 3] 1990s
2. HEADWATERS [2] 1990s
3. CAFA 1994 [California Ancient F.orest Alliance] 1990s
4 PCL Meeting Nov 10, 1995 Ukiah, CA [Planning and Conservation League] 1995
5. WATERSHEDS Richard Giener 2000s
6. WATERSHED Concerns Dr. Giener EPIC [Folder 1 of 2] 2000s
7. WATERSHED Concerns Dr. Giener EPIC [Folder 2 of 2] 2000s
8. ARCF [comments to PL regarding THPs, includes discussion of Usnea longissima and correspondence with Darrel Wright] 2000s
9. [Clippings and Newsprint ephemera – loose – Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s
10. [Clippings and Newsprint ephemera – loose – Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s
11. [Loose ephemera, Folder 1 of 3] 1980s-1990s
12. [Loose ephemera, Folder 2 of 3] 1980s-1990s
13. [Loose ephemera, Folder 3 of 3] 1980s-1990s
14. [Unlabeled hand-bound papers – includes content on “Keene’s Initiative”] 1990s
15. [Misc Bound Documents] 1980s-1990s
16. [Miscellaneous Board of Forestry Documents] 1980s-1990s
17. [Misc loose notes / correspondence – includes content on Headwaters Forest Stewardship Plan] 1990s
18. [Unlabeled grouping of water quality documents] 1998
19. [Ancient Forest Activism ephemera from unlabeled folder] 1980s-1990s
20. [Ancient Forest Activism ephemera from unlabeled folder 2] 1990s
21. [Correspondence from Alice Richards] 1989
22. [Correspondence with Steve Hackett and associated materials] 1990s-2000s
23. [Loose documents re: forest initiatives and Prop 130, Folder 1 of 3] 1990s
24. [Loose documents re: forest initiatives and prop 130, Folder 2 of 3] 1990s
25. [Loose documents re: forest initiatives and Prop 130, Folder 3 of 3] 1990s
26. NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS [significant content on PL] 1990s

Box 72

1. [Loose notes, correspondence, and clippings – includes content on Spotted Owl] 1990s
2. REDWOOD PRESERVATION SAN MATEO, CA, 1973 1973
3. SPOTTED OWL NCEC 1987 1987
4. [Misc documents, Folder 1 of 4] 1960s-2000s
5. [Misc documents, Folder 2 of 4] 1960s-2000s
6. [Misc documents, Folder 3 of 4] 1960s-2000s
7. [Misc documents, Folder 4 of 4] 1960s-2000s
8. [Cascade Holistic Economic Consultant documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
9. [Cascade Holistic Economic Consultant documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
10. [Timber management Plan for Six Rivers Working Circle, Six Rivers National Forest] 1971
11. Environmental Impact Information Guidelines – State [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
12. Environmental Impact Information Guidelines – State [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
13. ANCIENT FOREST / OG Clippings 1980s, 1990s
14. SPOTTED OWL Clippings 1992 1992
15. [Correspondence, clippings re: Forestry Reform, THP on Trout Creek in Mendocino, and misc.] 1990s
16. AMA Hayfork Mad River 1990s
17. Senate Select Comm. On Forest Resources Jan 29, 1988 Eureka Inn, Eureka, CA 1988
18. Butano 1990s
19. Butano Ridge 1990s
20. [Loose, misc – rich correspondence!] 1970s-1980s
21. [Items from unlabeled folder – includes correspondence with Board of Forestry and publications from environmental organizations] 1980s
22. [Report of the President’s Advisory Panel on Timber and the Environment] 1973
23. Young Growth Management Conference Proceedings] 1968
24. [Correspondence re: PL THP 1-99-336 HUM withdrawl] 2000
25. [Correspondence to Ca. State Legislature re: timber harvest in NW California] 1988
26. OWL [Film of release of prob. Spotted owl] 1970s?

Box 73

1 Lawsuit RARE II State of California Trinity Bd Supervisors – USFS Nov. 1979 – Apr 1980 1979-1980
2 [Various documents re: Sinkyone, EPIC, Indian Creek Rehabilitation Project (Richard Gienger) and ephemera : “The Ah-Pah File”] 1979

Gasquet-Orleans Road (G-O Road)
Scope and Contents note
Materials pertaining to the Gasquet-Orleans Road (G-O Road), including correspondence with anthropologist Arnold Pilling and the Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association Inc.. Materials Becking collected about other issues concerning local indigenous rights are also included in this subseries, including issues related to the Chilula of Redwood Creek.

Background - In the 1960s the Forest Service began plans for a road to be built between Orleans and Gasquet (nicknamed the G-O Road, alternatively spelled GO Road) which would allow them access to lands they intended to log (e.g. Eightmile and Blue Creek Units). However, the area the road was to go through and which the Forest Service hoped to log is sacred to local tribes, and these tribes and their supporters organized to stop the G-O Road from being built. Becking took interest in this controversy and gathered information about it as well as wrote letters to colleagues and politicians advocating that they support the tribes’ efforts to protect their sacred lands. The G-O Road controversy went to the Supreme Court in 1988, (Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetary Protective Association Inc.). The Supreme Court did not rule in favor of the Northwest Indian Cemetary Protective Association Inc. Some of the land was included in the California Wilderness Act of 1984, and in the early nineties the Smith River National Recreation Area further prevented the Forest Service access to the lands they were interested in logging. In the end, the G-O Road construction was started but never completed.
See Also
1. Activism and Civic Involvement : Forest Ecology and Management : RNP (for additional Chilula materials)

4. GO Road 1977 1978
5. [Loose materials – GO Road] 1970s
6. GO Road Soil – Erosion Report 1970s
7. GO Road [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
8. GO Road [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
9. [Review of Certain Cultural Resource Management Documents Pertaining to the Gasquet – Orleans (G-O) Road Six Rivers National Forest, California by Chartkoff and Chartkoff] 1977
10. INDIANS GO-Road USFS Siskiyou Mts Newspaper Clippings 1976-1977 1976-1977
11. [GO Road correspondence, clippings, and related materials from unlabeled envelope, Folder 1 of 2, includes information related to Redwood Creek] 1970s
12. [GO Road correspondence, clippings and related materials from unlabeled envelope, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
13. [GO Road documents, including original reprint of Peter Matthiessen’s “Stop the GO Road”, originally published in Audubon in Jan 1979] 1970s-1980s
14. Steve DeVall Research Proposal Blue Creek 1975
15. [Forest Service documents re: Eight mile Blue Creek Units and FEIS GO Road, correspondence included] 1970s-1980s
16. [DEIS Gasquet-Orleans Road Chimney Rock Section 1977] 1977
17. INDIAN CONCERNS 1970s
18. [Summary FEIS, Record of Decision] 1980s

Herbicides
Scope and Contents note
Materials from a presentation at the Vegetation Management Conference on November 23, 1989 (Becking spoke about the use of herbicides in forestry) and other materials he gathered about herbicide use in land management. Becking was concerned about the negative health impacts associated with herbicides and advocated that land managers use alternatives to chemicals for vegetation management.

19. [Loose publications re: herbicides] 1970s
20. Rudi published photos of herbicide sprayed redwoods under powerline at Fickle
Hill Rd. 1970s?

Box 74

1. Letter May 5, 1978 protest spraying 2, 4, 5-T Six Rivers / Klamath 1970s
2. 2-4-5T Spray Goats USFS [Folder 1 of 2] 1970s
3. 2-4-5T Spray Goats USFS [Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
4. [Newsletters featuring anti-pesticide movement] 1970
5. 2, 4, 5-T damages to R, DF, Monterey Pine Spring 1977 Simpson, Korbel CA [Photographs and Negatives] 1977
6. [Involuntary Exposure to Toxic Herbicide and pesticide Products – House of Reps subcommittee mtg] 1979
7. [Binder contents re: herbicides / pesticides, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s-1980s
8. [Binder contents re: herbicides / pesticides, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-1980s
9. [Loose / misc herbicides – related correspondence, documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s-1980s
10. [Loose / misc herbicides – related correspondence, documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-1980s
11. [From Draft DEIS on Vegetative Management] 1970s-1980s
12. [Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for Vegetation Management Program, Ca Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection, includes review from Becking] 1998

Klamath-Siskiyou
Scope and Contents note
Collected information about public land management (primarily timber management) in the Klamath-Siskiyou region, and Becking’s public comments to land management agencies in the region.
See Also
Researchers interested in Becking’s scientific research in the Klamath-Siskiyous should look in:
1. Research and Writing: Botanical Studies
2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)

13. [Loose Klamath-Siskiyou Documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s
14. [Loose Klamath-Siskiyou Documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s
15. [Department of Water Resources : Bulletin No. 83 Klamath River Basin Investigation] 1964
16. [Draft Six Rivers National Forest Plan, annotated] 1993
17. [Miscellaneous Klamath-Siskiyou region docs, including regarding Siskiyou Project and Resighini Rancheria gravel extraction] 1990s-2000s
18. [Six Rivers national Forest Timber Mgmt documents, clippings, and comments, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
19. [Six Rivers National Forest Timber Mgmt documents, clippings, and comments, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
20. [Klamath National Forest DEIS, comments, and correspondence (including with Alan Cranston and Kenneth Briggeman)] 1982-1983
21. [Correspondence and maps regarding Chimney Rock Draft Environmental Statement] 1970s
22. Siskiyou Region [includes “Forest Types of the Russian Peak Study Area Klamath Region, California” by J.O. Sawyer, “Siskiyou Country” publications] 1980s-2000s
23. [Siskiyou Study Area] 1960s

Box 75

1 [Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Klamath National Forest] 1983
2 [Loose, misc.] 1990s-2000s

Forest Practices Act
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between Becking and members of the California legislature about the mid-1970s revision of the Forest Practices Act, and information and correspondence about regulation of forestry in California up to the 2000s. California’s Forest Practices Act was revised partially due to a lawsuit that Becking was involved in that resulted in the law being declared unconstitutional.
See Also
1. Activism and Civic Involvement : Redwood National Park
2. Activism and Civic Involvement : Ancient Forests
3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)
4. Cassettes

3. Z’Berg Committee Reports June 1967-Forest Practice Act, Lake Tahoe, Regional Planning [includes correspondence between Becking and O. James Pardau re: RNP] 1960s
4. Forest Practice Act File [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
5. Forest Practice Act File [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
6 .[Loose – Forest Practices Act, including correspondence with Edwin Z’Berg and itinerary for the Natural Resource and Conservation Committee Field Trip of Dec 6, 1971 1970s
7. Environmental Legislation Z’Berg 1971-1972 1970s
8. NRCD letter re: Nat. Res. Mgt Act 1976 Nov 24 1976
9. FOREST PRACTICE ACT RULES and RULE CHANGES 1990s
10. Forest Practice Rules April 1994 494 4/14/94 1994
11. [email correspondence re: Passage of AB 717] 2000s
12. [Timber Harvest plan regulation comments] 2002
13. [California Forest Practice Rules] 1991
14. [Loose Forest Practices Act documents, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s
15. [Loose Forest Practices Act documents, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s
16. Forest Practice Act 1973 [Board of Forestry docs and Forest Service reform docs] 1980s
17. Calif. Forest Practice Act Reform Attempt 1/9/87 1980s
18. [Forest Practice Rule Booklet Revisions] 1989

Other Activism
Scope and Contents note
Materials pertaining to unique political interests of Becking’s represented by a relatively small amount of materials, from one to a few folders. Includes several folders of loose, miscellaneous materials. Topics in this subseries that consist of multiple folders include Eel River, wilderness and timber management, and several folders of newspaper clippings that Becking collected on various topics.
1. Oversized : Activism and Civic Involvement : Other Activism
2. Cassettes

19. [Loose documents and correspondence relating to Eel River projects and erosion] 1970s
20. [Eel River water development documents and appropriate rural technology proposals] 1970s
21. DOS RIOS DAM Controversy [Eel River] 1960s-1970s
22. Lawsuit Bayside Timber Corp vs. Bd. Supervisors San Mateo 1971
23. Mattole meeting Jan. 1991 [Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan] 1991
24. Mattole R. Council Sept 1993 [Harwood THP] 1993
25. [Booklet : “A Citizen’s Guide to Timber Harvest Plans” by Marylee Bytheriver] 1979
26. [Lumber export information] 1975
27. Lumber Companies Economics 1970s
28. Logging vs Water Quality July 1972 EUREKA hearing 1972
29. CSIP Publications [California Forest Improvement Program] 1990s
30. Tree Planting Manual [Poetry and documents by Howard Horowitz] 1980s
31. [Proposal and Maps for Snow Mountain Wilderness, Mendocino National Forest California, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s

Box 76

1. [Proposal and Maps for Snow Mountain Wilderness, Mendocino National Forest California, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s
2. [Sinkyone Wilderness documents] 1980s
3. A Proposal : Trinity Alps Wilderness Area 1970s
4. Wilderness Proposals 1970s
5. Humboldt County Trails Plans
6. Minimum Size of Stable Ecosystems Panel Nature Conservancy San Francisco, Calif July 1967 [Prepared text for Panel Discussion on Field Biology at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Nature Conservancy, Sept 9, 1967] 1967
7. [Regional Meeting Ca. Water Board Documents – Meeting date Feb 27, 2002] 2002
8. Australia World Heritage Program 1989 1989
9. California Water Plan 1970s
10. Shelter Cove Controversy 1970
11. [Alternative Energy inquiries and Ca. Energy Commission reports – solar and wind] 1980s
12. Court Case, Filed Sept. 21, 1972, Friends of Mammoth vs Board of Supervisors Mono County, Court Opinion and Dissenting opinion 1972
13. Biodiversity Council Eureka Mtg. Sept 21, 1995 1995
14. TAXES [re: yield tax] 1976
15. General Environmental Issues [clippings, correspondence with Senate, Congress, White House representatives and others] 1960s
16. [Loose clippings – entire issues, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
17. [Loose clippings – entire issues, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
18. [Loose news clippings – varied topics, Folder 1 of 2] 1970s-1990s
19. [Loose news clippings – varied topics, Folder 2 of 2] 1970s-1990s
20. WILDLIFE – habitat issues [clippings] 2000s
21. ESP Endangered Species [clippings] 2000s
22. HUMBOLDT COUNTY FLOODS [clipping] 1974
23. LITERATURE NEWS CLIPPINGS [includes topics such as G-O-Road, Timber Companies] 1970s, 1980s
24. [Loose, misc correspondence] 1970s-1990s
25. [Loose, misc reports] 1970s-1990s
26. [Loose, misc newsletters and magazines] 1970s-1990s
27. [Misc newsletters, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
28. [Misc newsletters, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
29. [loose, misc] 1970s-1980s

Box 77

1. [Proceedings International Snowmobile Conference Albany, New York May 20-21, 1969] 1969
2. [Proceedings of the 1971 Snowmobile and Off the Road Vehicle Research Symposium] 1971
3. [South Fork Mtn. Draft Environmental Statement] 1977
4. [loose, misc]
5. [Smith River Draft Waterway Management Plan] 1980
6. [Economic Development Action Plan and Strategy for Del Norte County, California] 1975
7. [Natural Resources of Lake Earl and the Smith River Delta] 1975
8. [Van Duzen River Waterway Management Plan] 1977
9. [A Prospectus for the Future : Renewable Resources Investment Fund] 1979
10. [Getting Down to Earth (an environmental handbook) – Bank of America publication] 1972
11. [Draft Six Rivers National Forest Environmental Impact Statement and Summary] 1993
12. [Proceedings : National Symposium on Trails, Washington D.C. June 2-6, 1971] 1971
13. [Restoring the Balance : California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout 1988 Annual Report] 1988

Teaching Series 4
Scope and Contents note
Curriculum materials, handouts, and student work associated with Forestry and Natural Resources courses Becking taught from the late 1950s through the late 1990s. Primarily covering Becking’s teaching at HSU, with some material in the Forestry subseries from his brief teaching positions at the University of New Hampshire and Auburn University in the late 1950s. Becking taught in the Forestry department at Humboldt State University from 1960-1970, and in the Natural Resources department until the late 1990s.

Becking incorporated many of his research pursuits into his teaching, and his assignments and course activities often resulted in usable data and information. Concepts and approaches that were central to Becking’s scientific work such as Phytosociology and creating soil profiles (sputograms) were taught throughout Becking’s courses. Becking designed coursework involving significant data collection in local natural areas, including Freshwater Forest, Arcata Community Forest, Samoa Sand Dunes, and many more Humboldt County places.

This series also has content that is informative about relationships between faculty members in the Forestry and Natural Resources departments during the time of Becking’s teaching career at HSU.
See Also
1. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : NSF
2. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes Box 1)

Forestry
Scope and Contents note
Courses Becking taught included Photogrammetry (forestry applications of aerial photographs), Forest Mensuration, Field Problems, Seminar in Forest Land Management, and Tropical Forestry. This list may not be comprehensive.

Instructional Materials
See Also
1. Oversized : Teaching : Forestry : Instructional Materials

14. Even Aged – Uneven-Age [Misc teaching materials re : Plenturung / uneven-aged management, mostly early (1957)] 1957
15. Tree Fork Data [instrument Evaluation] 1959
16. Site Index Expansion
17. Arcata Community Forest Data [Plot data] 1960
18. [loose] mostly 1960s
19. Site Biotic Factors [HSC School Forest data, includes notes re: NSF GB6310] late 1960s
20. Forestry Becking [Binder 1 of 2 : Data relating to 100% inventory] 1969
21. Forestry Becking [Binder 2 of 2 : data relating to 100% inventory] 1969, 1993
22. Volume Tables [Binder 1 of 1, correspondence and documents re: updating information on volume tables] mostly 1993
23. [unlabeled folder re: 100% inventory]
24. Redwood Cubic ft. Volume
25. Inventory 1-4, Continuous Inventory Growth Calculations
26. Exercise #4 [Freshwater Forest Map T.5N R.1E NE1/4 NE1/4 Section 33]
27. FM 110 Cruise Volume Computation Program 81001

Box 78

1. Forestry Curriculum Committee 1966
2. HB 01-08 Inventories 1967, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Rudolf W. Becking 1967
3. [Forestry 112 Exams, Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, once on reserve at HSU Library] 1968
4. [FORTRAN] 1969
5. GROWTH-STANDS Stand measurements – Inventory 1960s?
6. HARVARD FOREST IR MB 1:12,000 9/13/45 1945
7. TREE HEIGHT by SHADOW 1954
8. [Aerial photos and correspondence] 1960
9. Dr. R.W. Becking – 211 Forestry 1950?
10. Univ. Forest, Orono, MAINE IRMB 1:15,840 1949?
11. OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
12. [Photogrammetry exercise and aerial photos] 1954?
13. PI gadgets
14. GEOLOGICAL PHOTOS Tobin Aerial Surveys
15. YIELD TABLES [Stereograms] 1950s
16. 3 grey-scales 1958
17. [Map/Photo analysis tools] 1957
18. AERIAL VOLUME TABLES Miscellaneous 1960s
19. ANSCO COLOR 1940s-1950s
20. For: 455 Photogrammetry Exercises 1960s
21. NEGATIVES 1950s?
22. COLOR PHOTOS Pacific Northwest USFS 1950s?
23. FOREST MAPPING 1930s-1950s
24. PI Exercises Auburn, Ala. 1950s?
25. [Wedges] 1950s?
26. Reflectance 1950s-1960s
27. PHOTO-GEOLOGY-SOILS 1960s?
28. CROWN DENSITY STOCKING COVER 1940s-1950s
29. Correspondence [Foliage reflectivity] 1960s
30. Feb 1959 – Nov 1958 [graphed data] 1950s
31. Systemic Botany 582 I.T.C. International Bibliography of Photogrammetry 1950s?
32. [Canadian forest stereopairs] 1950s?
33. [Simpson Logging Field Procedure for Timber Surveys on the Shelton Cooperative Sustained Yield Unit, Petzold] 1951
34. [Loose photogrammetry materials] 1950s?
35. [literature – Photogrammetry, Folder 1 of 4] 1950s, 1960s
36. [literature – Photogrammetry, Folder 2 of 4] 1950s, 1960s
37. [literature – Photogrammetry, Folder 3 of 4] 1950s, 1960s
38. [literature – Photogrammetry, Folder 4 of 4] 1950s, 1960s

Box 79

1. [Misc Loose docs re: Continuous Forest Inventory, Forest Surveying, and Site index curves] 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
2. Bio : 439 Summer 1969 – Sand Dunes Florence, Ore – Eastern Oregon Sister, Ore. – H.J. Andrews Exp. Forest Blue River, Ore. 1969
3. United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office, Volume III, Cruise and Appraisal 1960s
4. [Log grading documents] 1950, 1960s
5. [Log scale books] 1950s
6. [Yield Tables – Douglas Fir, Young-Growth Redwood, Western Hemlock] 1940s, 1960s
7. [Volume tables – Redwood (old growth and young growth)] 1940s-1960s
8. [Volume books and documents, Folder 1 of 3] 1940s-1980s
9. [Volume books and documents, Folder 2 of 3] 1940s-1980s
10. [Volume books and documents, Folder 3 of 3] 1940s-1980s
11. [Duke University School of Forestry : Stratification of Microclimates in Forests, Outlines and aids for field exercises] 1961
12. [Documents regarding aerial photography] 1960s
13. [List of theses concerned with silviculture, ecology and watershed management – Penn State University 1958-1962, School of Forestry] 1958-1962
14. [Papers on Redwood – once on library reserve at HSU Library] 1960s
15. Tropical Forestry [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
16. Tropical Forestry [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
17. [misc Logging documents, including cable logging terms, conversion factors, basal area, stem form and taper, and other topics, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
18. [Misc logging documents, including cable logging terms, conversion factors, basal area, stem form and taper, and other topics, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
19. [Official Scribner Log Scale Tables booklet]
20. Tropical Forest Ecology Current Quarter 1970s

Student Work
See Also
1. Oversized : Teaching : Forestry : Student Work

21. [Troy Kurth : Operational Planning for Medium-Size Jet Helicopters in Arial Fire Suppression Within Southern California National Forests]

Box 80

1. Stu Gresswell, Von Bertalanffy 1969
2. Bob Clayton, F.M. 125 – Problem “Thinning Project” 1962
3. Warren Ristow and Ted Stubblefield S^32 radioactive translocation 1964
4. Thornton H. Rhodes FM 125 1962
5. FM 125 Prairie Soils Greenhouse Experiment 1960
6. Planting Field Trials Redwood Creek RWB 61 PR-2B Vegetation Cover – Soil Series Comparative Report RWB 61 PR-2A Leonard R. Askham [includes Becking correspondence with E.J. Viers] 1962-1964
7. Prairie Encroachment Progress Report, FM 125, Jan 16, 1962, by William C. Tate 1962
8. Lucky Lahti, FM 225, Photo Cruise, Freshwater Forest [includes photographs]
9. 2nd Progress Report, Project RWB 61-PR2B Leonard R. Askham, May 15 1962 [Report on Planting Field Trials in December 1961 on Redwood Creek for FM 125 on Prairie Restoration] 1962
10. [Management Plan based on Photo Interpretation, by Peter C. Passof, Jan 28, 1963, FM 220A] 1963
11. Some Effects of Age, Position, and Hydrogen Peroxide upon the germination of Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) seed, R. Coulter and C. Nussbaumer 1962
12. Study of Site Productivity with regard to site conditions in the Sierra mixed conifer type by James Mierkey [FM 125] 1967
13. Thinning of Second-Growth Douglas-Fir Stands By Robert V. Clayton F.M. 125 1962
14. Freshwater online Analysis [notebook of Esteban Muldavin] 1980s
15. [Gerald A. McCormick papers – “Maximum Basal area and Site Ecology of Old-Growth Redwood”, includes soil profiles] 1965
16. Some possibilities of S% as an index for thinning red pine. U.N.H. Forestry 140, Dr. Becking, 15 May 1957, E.C. Woodward 1957
17. Forest Prairies by Edwin G. Katlas [FM 125] 1961
18. Pilot Survey for preparation of preliminary aerial volume table for second growth redwood stand in Humboldt Bay Area [R.P. Lathi] 1966
19. A Comprehensive observation of various factors affecting the survival of seedlings in nutrient inorganic growth solutions in vermiculite, Paramajit Dhillon 1961
20. The Amount and value of Japanese Timber exports from Humboldt Bay, California, by Larry Roy Foxworthy [For 225] 1969
21. Preparation of preliminary aerial volume table for Redwood (Thesis Outline) [R.P. Lathi] 1966
22. Soil Relations of Prairie and Forest Areas Edwin Katlas
23. Simmons and Savercool, Douglas Fir Provenances 1962
24. Articles on Trinidad, California, appearing in the Humboldt Times January 1865 to December 1874 by Ned Simmons, Jr. [FM 225] 1970
25. [Loose – Folder 1 of 2] 1964
26. [Loose – Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
27. [Wayne A. Bemis : Phenotypic variation in Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. In Humboldt County, California, MS thesis] 1967
28. [Lee Belletto : The Introduction of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) as a commercial timber species in Northwestern California] 1965
29. [Mensuration Report by Peter C. Passof, Forest Management III] 1962
30. [Kerr Ranch Field Plantings FM 125 by Peter Heide] 1966
31. [Preliminary Survey of Forest Communities in the Black Hills of South Dakota, by J. Bruce Coulter]
32. Study of Plant Indicators for the Sierra Pine Region, Stephen J. Paulson 1967
33. Evaluation of Natural Regeneration Nursery Techniques in the Tropics FM 125 by Josh Mabonga-Mwisaka 1965
34. The Reliability of Weight Scaling in terms of Seasonal Variations, Paul Wilms, December 1970 1970
35. [Annual Ring Files : Manufacturer’s Directory of Humboldt County, Ca including lumber, logging and Forest Products Plants] 1960s
36. [Annual Rings and related publications, Folder 1 of 4] 1960s
37. [Annual Rings and Related Publications, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s

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1. [Annual Rings and Related Publications, Folder 3 of 4] 1970s
2. [Annual Rings and Related Publications, Folder 4 of 4] 1960s-1970s
3. [Annual Ring 1990, Becking article on pp 98-99 with note from Becking enclosed in volume : “’Smuggled’ in as 2 last pages of text by editor!” Article entitled “Changing Times – Challenging Times”] 1990
4. FM -111 Growth Reports Fall 1961 – Fall 1963 Projects 5, 6 [Folder 1 of 2] 1963
5. FM-111 Growth Reports Fall 1961 – Fall 1963 Progects 5, 6 [Folder 2 of 2] 1961-1962
6. FM-111 Growth Reports Spring-1964 2812-2822 1964
7. FM-111 Growth Reports Fall 1965 2822 Spring 1964, 2832 Spring 1964, 1965 1960s
8. Seminar I and II Fall 1962 FM-111 [once on reserve at HSU Library] 1962
9. FM 111 Sample Trees Monday Lab. [Seminar II Spring 1963, Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1963
10. Seminar I and II 1964 FM-111 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1964
11. Seminar I and II 1965 FM-111 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1965
12. Seminars I and II FM-111 Spring 1966 Fall 1966 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1966
13. Seminar I and II 1966 FM-111 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1966
14. Seminars Spring 1967 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1967
15. Seminars II FM 111 Spring 1963 and Spring 1968 [Once on reserve at HSU Library] 1963, 1968
16. [Loose-misc. student reports and forms] 1960s
17. FM 125 Dec. 1961 Douglas J. Jager, Relationships of Site Quality with Soil and Physiography of a Second-Growth Forest in Humboldt County [includes soil profiles] 1961
18. Redwood : Cuttings Exp. #90 Cuttings Planted @ McKinleyville Ranch Weyerhauser Experimental Area [Black Walnut paper by Lee O. Belletto] 1965
19. Height Growth Von Bertalanffy for conifers 1969 [Folder 1 of 2] 1969
20. Height Growth Von Bertalanffy for conifers 1969 [Folder 2 of 2] 1969

Freshwater Forest Cruise
Scope and Contents note
Materials related to the Freshwater Forest “Continuous Forest Inventory” (CFI) include a plot manual describing how the CFI was conducted (including sample data tables, references and explanations of methodology), correspondence, aerial photographs of plot locations in Freshwater Forest, a local volume table based on the CFI data, and more. The Freshwater Forest CFI data was gathered by students between 1960 and 1969. The data includes (in Becking’s words): “measurements of some 700 sample trees of the five tree species of the redwood forests of all crown classes”. Becking also referred to this body of data as the 100% Forest Inventory or 100% Cruise, and described it as providing the “possibility of determining the periodic growth of a forest from the results of successive inventories”.

Becking included two notes about the Freshwater Forest data when he donated that set of materials to the Humbodlt State University Library. The first note read: “These are the only periodic printouts from the 100% Cruise Data of the HSU Freshwater Forest. These areas have [been] cruised 2-3x from 1962-1970. If the computer tape works these data can be extracted from the large magnetic tape drive”. The second note read: “Printed HSU School Forest Inventories. If not possible to retrieve from HSU Admin Computer, these will become the only available inventories”.

Please note that materials related to the Freshwater Forest Inventory can be found throughout Teaching : Forestry, and researchers interested in the Freshwater Forest CFI/100% Cruise should refer to the entire subseries and not just those sections where most of the data is grouped together.
See Also
1. Oversized : Teaching : Forestry : Freshwater Forest Cruise
2. Oversized : Over 42”
3. Becking’s Digital Collection (Becking Diskettes boxes 1 and 10)
4. Biography (for “Becking Fire” materials)
5. Research and Writing : Forest Ecology and Management : Logging History (for “mounds and oldest logging" materials)
6. Teaching : NR/RPI : Instructional Materials (for correspondence from 1974 related to Becking’s activity in response to some of the CFI plot stands being logged by Pacific Lumber)
7. Research and Writing : Botanical Studies : Phytosociology (for phytosociological data from the “HSC School Forest”)

21 H.S.C. Freshwater Surveys 1962
22 C.F.I. Plots 6-10 1960s
23 C.F.I. Plots 17-22 1960s

Box 82

1. C.F.I. Plots 23-28 1960s
2. CFI Photos Freshwater Forest [includes photographs]
3. Aerial Photos 1962 in Stereo Pairs locating CFI Plots [includes photographs] 1962
4. CFI References and H.S.C. Forest Plot Manual Master File Copy 1963
5. Local Volume Freshwater ARCF late 1980s
6. Guidelines to the Becking Data Base of Forest Inventories Deposited with the HSU Library for Scientific Use [also: Becking-authored note to library staff describing 100% cruise data of the HSU Freshwater Forest] 1998 and later
7. [1962 Cruise Report by Bob Ettner (Library Copy) and Computer-related instructions] 1962
8. [Data 1961-1963] 1961-1963
9. Sample Trees and 1964 100% Inventory 3321 1964
10. 2822 100% Inventory Spring 1965 1965
11. Sample Trees and 1965 100% Inventory 2842, 2822 1965
12. NE1/4 SE1/4 Sec 2842 12/15/65 FM 110 Acre 1965
13. 2832 100% Inventory Lab A Spring 1966 [Folder 1 of 2] 1966
14. 2832 100% Inventory Lab A Spring 1966 [Folder 2 of 2] 1966
15. NW1/4 SE1/4 Sec. 2842 2/1/66 FM 110 1966
16. Sample Trees and 100% Inventory Lab B Spring 1966 3341 1966
17. NE1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 33 3311 Fall 1966 11-15E Spring 1967 15-20E [Folder 1 of 3] 1966-1967
18. NE1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 33 3311 Fall 1966 11-15E Spring 1967 15-20E [Folder 2 of 3] 1966-1967
19. NE1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 33 3311 Fall 1966 11-15E Spring 1967 15-20E [Folder 3 of 3] 1966-1967
20. 3331 11/30/1966 Spring Quarter Apr. 1969 1966, 1969
21. NW1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 33 3341 FM-110 Spring ’66 100% Inventory [Folder 1 of 2] 1966
22. NW1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 33 3341 FM-110 Spring ’66 100% Inventory [Folder 2 of 2] 1966
23. Growth Report Spring 1967 Sect 33 SW1/4 NE1/4 3331 1967
24. Work Copy FM 111 2822 100% Inventory Crews 21-30E Fall 1967 1967
25. Freshwater Forest Boundary Survey Corner Location Project, Norman H. Pillsbury, Spring Quarter 1968 1968
26. 100% Information and 40 acre summary of the SW/4, SE/4, Sec. 28 Cruised Spring 1968 by For. 110 Original Copy 2832 1968
27. [Data] 1968
28. MLR Deck (Source) 1968
29. 100% Inventory and 40 acre summary of the SW/4, SE/4, Sec. 28 Cruised Spring 1968 by For. 110 Work Copy for For. 111 2832 1968

Box 83

1. NW/4, SE/4 Sec. 28 2842 Winter 1968 100% Inventory and per acre summary for the 40 acre block work copy [Folder 1 of 2] 1968
2. NW/4, SE/4 Sec. 28 2842 Winter 1968 100% Inventory and per acre summary for the 40 acre block work copy [Folder 2 of 2] 1968
3. Freshwater Forest Data April 1975 Graphs, Printouts [Folder 1 of 2] 1975
4. Freshwater Forest Data April 1975 Graphs, Printouts [Folder 2 of 2] 1975
5. [Note from Dr. Darius Adams to Edie Butler (HSU Archivist) regarding 5 binders Rudi Becking gave to him in 2005 for reexamination of Freshwater Forest Cruise data, mailed to HSU for inclusion in Becking Collection] 2010
6. [Freshwater Forest data with 2005 note from Becking to Dr. Darius Adams regarding plans to reexamine data, Binder 1 of 5 given to Dr. Adams in 2000s, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s, 2000s
7. [Freshwater Forest data with 2005 note from Becking to Dr. Darius Adams regarding plans to reexamine data, Binder 1 of 5 given to Dr. Adams in 2000s, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s, 2000s
8. [Freshwater Forest Data, Binder 2 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s, 2000s
9. [Freshwater Forest Data, Binder 2 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s, 2000s
10. Mensurational Data Bruce (1922) Palley (1958) [Binder 3 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s] 1970s, 2000s
11. GP Thinning S% - 1961-1964 [Georgia-Pacific Thinning S% Study, Binder 4 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s] 1960s, 2000s
12. 3321 Work Copy SE/4, NE/4 Sec. 33 CR 1-10E 40 Acre Block Dec 1966 [Binder 5 of 5 given to Dr. Darius Adams in 2000s] 1960s, 2000s
13. CFI Plots 1-5 Surveys 1960s
14. CFI Plots 11-16 [Folder 1 of 2] 1960s
15. CFI Plots 11-16 [Folder 2 of 2] 1960s
16. CFI Plots 29-33 1960s

Natural Resources / Resources Planning and Interpretation (NR/RPI)
Scope and Contents note
Courses Becking taught in the Natural Resources department included Natural Resources Conservation, Man and the Land, Ecosystem Analysis, Ecology of the Redwood Biome, Natural Resources Recreation, RPI Seminar, Tropical Forestry Ecology, Shifting Agriculture, People and the Land, Soil Survey Interpretation, Elementary Biometry, Research Proposal Writing, Senior Seminar, and Environmental Impact Assessment. This list may not be comprehensive.

Instructional Materials
Scope and Contents note
Contents noted by the processing archivist include:

Classroom Handouts: RWB numbered documents - This set of material includes Becking-authored handouts for his Natural Resources classes at HSU. He used many of his handouts for multiple classes, and incorporated ideas and topics Becking had personal interest in. These included local municipal topics such as wastewater treatment, Humboldt County Economy, the Eureka Waterfront, and other topics. They also include information about local places such as Humboldt Bay, HSU Freshwater Forest, Cheatham Grove, Redwood National Park, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Samoa Dunes, the Simpson Demonstration Forest, and many other locations. Many of the core concepts important to Becking (as evidenced by his manuscripts and research pursuits) appear in these handouts. Becking numbered his handouts with unique identifiers that followed the pattern of this example: RWB #134. There are 139 handouts in this set in the Natural Resources subseries, originally kept in three large binders. Becking did use documents that utilized this numbering format in his Forestry classes, as well, but this particular set refers only to their use in Natural Resources (including RPI) courses after 1970.

PL Logging in Freshwater Forest - When he was with the Forestry department, Becking coordinated a Continuous Forest Inventory of Freshwater Forest (as referenced in the above description of the Teaching : Forestry subseries). In the Teaching : Natural Resources subseries, there is a small set of materials relating to logging in Freshwater Forest by Pacific Lumber in 1974. These materials include correspondence and historical Freshwater Forest data Becking gathered. These materials include reference to Becking wanting to re-inventory existing CFI plots before they were logged, correspondence regarding historical Freshwater Forest data (ca. 1920s) gathered in order to re-measure for second-growth redwood studies, and letters from Becking to Jerry Partain about Becking’s proposal to teach a Forestry course that would involve students thinning a 40 acre section of Freshwater Forest according to all-aged management principles. This set of materials, originally in a single large binder, included a history of Freshwater Forest ownership and management probably written by Becking.

Bird Inventories - Included in this subseries are bird inventories and surveys, including spotted owl survey data. There is limited correspondence or background material relating to this work, so it is not conclusive how Becking used this material in his teaching or if he used all of it in the teaching context at all. However, enough of this material is clearly linked to specific courses that it is included in the teaching series. Most of the data collected is in Becking’s handwriting. Also, in the Bird Maps folders is content regarding Becking’s ideas about how the Forestry faculty could use
Freshwater Forest in coordinated curriculum efforts, including doing timber harvest demonstrations of all-aged and even-aged timber management.
See Also
1. Oversized : Teaching : NR/RPI : Instructional Materials

17. [RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 1 of 3, Folder 1 of 6, Docs 1-29 of 139] 1970s
18. [RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 1 of 3, Folder 2 of 6, Docs 30-49 of 139] 1960s-1980s
19. [RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 2 of 3, Folder 3 of 6, Docs 50-59 of 139] 1970s
20. [RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 2 of 3, Folder 4 of 6, Docs 60-79 of 139] 1970s-1990s
21. [RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 2 of 3, Folder 5 of 6, Docs 80-99 of 139] some 1970s
22. [RWB Numbered Documents, Binder 3 of 3, Folder 6 of 6, Docs 100-139 of 139] 1960s-1990s

Box 84

1. [Loose, miscellaneous material, some relating to course development and HSU curriculum] 1970s-1990s
2. Freshwater Forest [Correspondence, research and activity in response to 1974 logging by Pacific Lumber, Binder 1 of 1, Folder 1 of 2] 1974
3. Freshwater Forest [correspondence, research and activity in response to 1974 logging by Pacific Lumber, Binder 1 of 1, Folder 2 of 2] 1974
4. Library Resources 1986
5. Project Arcata 1986
6. Steve Veirs Fire Ecology [regarding prescribed burning in Redwood stands] 1970s-1980s
7. Project Area Report 1980s
8. NR 151 Current Course 1980s
9. Soil Classification Soil Criteria
10. Humboldt Redwoods Field Trip [Tourist Information]
11. Excerpts Ingles, Lloyd G. Mammals of the Pacific States California, Oregon and Washington Shields, P.W. 1958 1958
12. RPI 485 RPI Senior Seminar Current Course 1980s
13. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 1 of 3]
14. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 2 of 3]
15. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 3 of 3]
16. Dr. Rudi Becking RPI 120 Field Notes and Sputograms Fall 1983 [includes soil profiles] 1983
17. Soil Profiles, ARC Forest Simpson Demonstr [includes soil profiles] 1970s-1980s
18. [Loose soil profiles Arcata Community Forest] 1970s
19. Redwood Creek Field Trip [Includes soil profiles] 1970s
20. HSC Freshwater Forest [includes soil profiles] 1970s, 1990s
21. [Arcata Community Forest Maps Handouts]
22. Arcata Community Forest Map
23. [Synthesis Table “lowland fogbelt”, Redwood Sprout Seedling Data Sheet Blanks]
24. Handouts Redwood Ecosystem
25. CDF-THP Process [RPI 485 Senior Seminar] 1980s
26. [RWB Numbered Document #54] 1971
27. Clustering 1970s-1980s
28. [Clumped RWB Numbered Documents previously rubber banded together]
29. Shuffle [RPI 120 Sand Dunes Data and Codes, CYBER information] 1980s
30. Simpson Demonstration Trip 1970s, 1980s
31. RPI 120 Ecosystem Analysis [Handouts]
32. RPI 120 Ecosystems Analysis #5 [Handouts]
33. RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 32 [Folder 1 of 2]
34. RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 32 [Folder 2 of 2]
35. RPI 190 Tropical Forest Ecology #22

Box 85

1. [RPI 5 Man and the Land Handouts] 1970s
2. Papers on Redwood [once on library reserves]
3. RPI 198 – Seminar Packet 1 [once on library reserves]
4. RPI 198 – Seminar Packet 2 [once on library reserves]
5. RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 15 [Folder 1 of 2] 1980s
6. RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 15 [Folder 2 of 2] 1980s
7. RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 23 [Folder 1 of 2]
8. RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 23 [Folder 2 of 2]
9. RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 46 [Folder 1 of 2]
10. RPI 122 Ecology of the Redwood Biome 46 [Folder 2 of 2]
11. RPI 122 Final Exams [once on library reserves] 1983
12. [RPI 20 Final Exams once on library reserves] 1983
13. [NR 120 – misc notes, reprints re: population dynamics, Alcidae] 1970s-1990s
14. [Elementary Biometrics Lab #1 Instructions] 1980s?
15. [RPI 120 – loose field exercise instructions]
16. Spotted Owl Surveys SPOWLS 1992
17. Spotted Owl Nest Tree Survey 1990
18. [Bird Inventories, Arcata Community Forest] 1980s
19. Freshwater Forest [Bird Inventories] 1970s
20. Originals Bird Maps 1974, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 1970s
21. Freshwater Forest 2 [Bird Inventories] 1970s
22. Arcata Community Forest (Total Map) 1970s
23. Bird Maps [Arcata Community Forest, Freshwater Forest, Folder 1 of 2] 1960s-1970s
24. Bird Maps [Arcata Community Forest, Freshwater Forest, Folder 2 of 2] 1960s-1970s
25. [Loose – mostly Sand Dunes-related] 1990s
26. Humboldt Bay 1999 NRPI Eco-topia [notes and materials from guest lecture to Dick Hansis’ class Nov 3, 1999, includes Becking-authored report entitled “Planning for the Multiple Use of Humboldt Bay : History, Past and Present Use and Misuse”] 1999
27. Sand Dune Data/ARCF 1990s
28. [Sand Dune vegetation maps, mice data] 1980s
29. [lab data? Soil profiles, notes, data sheets] 1980s

Box 86

1. Redwood Seedlings [NR 122 field lab] 1970s
2. [Loose, misc.] 1970s
3. An Introduction to Computer Assisted Analysis in the Biological Sciences by R.P. Banaugh 1976
4. WM 125 Snow Hydrology and Management 1970s?
5. [Ways to the Wilderness : Books on Wilderness Travel C.S.U. Humboldt Library 1972] 1972
6. [Reading Assignments for Geography 355, Spring 1970] 1970
7. [Soil ecology and litter decomposition : A Field Guide to soil fauna, Freshwater Forest, T6N R1E sect. 33 and 28 Arcata, California]
8. Meet Your Prof Talk Febr 23, 1968 [includes RNP documents by Becking] 1960s, 1970s
9. [Aerial photographs for use in RPI 420 – Crescent City, CA] 1980s
10. RPI 122 #1 Becking [Slides, Carousel 1 of 4, once on library reserves] 1950s, 1960s
11. RPI 122 #2 Becking [Slides, Carousel 2 of 4, once on library reserves] 1960s-1970s
12. RPI 122 #3 Becking [Slides, Carousel 3 of 4, once on library reserves 1950s-1970s
13. RPI 122 #4 Becking [Slides , Carousel 4 of 4, mostly reptiles and amphibians, once on library reserves] 1950s – 1970s
14. Sand Dunes Tray #1 [once on library reserves (slides)]
15. RPI 420 Sand Dunes Tray #2 [once on library reserves (slides)]
16. RPI 420 Sand Dunes Tray #3 [once on library reserves (slides)]
17. NR 600 Research Proposal Writing 1980s-1990s
18. NR 600 Master File Forms 1980s
19. NR 600 MASTER LETTERS 1980s
20. NR 600 Past Courses 1980s
21. Thesis Organization 1980s
22. NR 600 Library 1980s
23. Library Orientation, Robert Sathrum, Libr 114 1980s?
24. NR 600 Presentations 1980s
25. NR 600 Course Evaluations 1980s
26. Title / Outline / Objectives Introduction 1980s
27. NR 600 Abstract Writing 1980s
28. Literature Review 1980s
29. Methods and Materials 1980s
30. GRANT SUPPORT 1980s
31. Graphics 1980s
32. Statistics Parametric – non Parametric 1980s
33. Hypothesis Testing 1980s
34. Computer Applications Pat Collins 1980s
35. Fish and Game Regulations / Permits 1980s
36. Envir. Engin. Resource Program Envir. Systems 1980s
37. Program and Proposal Writing 1980s
38. Grad Student Advice 1980s
39. NR 600 NRS Graduate Director 1980s
40. Graduate Program Coordinator 1980s
41. Computer Graphics, Steve Carlson 1980s
42. Oral Presentation (Jerry Roelofs) 1980s
43. Milestone Chart Timeline 1980s
44. RNP Steve Veirs 1980s
45. Thesis Topics 1980s
46. Thesis Presentations 1980s
47. [Jim Lenihan thesis proposal] 1980s?
48. Exercise #1 Discussion 1980s
49. Levels of Planning 1980s
50. Regional Authorities 1980s
51. Local Zoning Powers and Regulations 1980s
52. Subdivision Map Act 1980s
53. Ramapo NY / Petaluma CA 1980s
54. Carrying Capacity 1980s
55. Soil – Soil Erosion 1980s?
56. CDF Soil Erosion Ratings 1980s
57. Hydrology / Floods 1980s
58. Climate 1980s
59. Land Suitability Maps 1980s
60. Cost-Benefit Assessment Goals – Achievement Matrix 1980s
61. Land Use Control 1980s
62. Rules of Combination 1980s
63. Native Americans 1980s
64. RPI Planning Courses 1980s
65. Computer Base Systems 1980s
66. Wilderness Planning 1980s
67. Resource Planning 1980s

Box 87

1. Nat. Forest Service Planning 1980s
2. Nat Park Service Planning 1980s
3. US Forest Service EIS Policies 1980s
4. Six Rivers Planning 1980s
5. Taking Issue 1980s
6. Exercise #2 State Regulations State Statutes 1980s
7. California Tomorrow 1980s
8. RIPARIAN HABITAT field trip [Correspondence regarding Riparian Ecosystem Analysis Course, includes soil profiles from Jacoby Creek flood plain] 1970s
9. Seminar 6 [McIntire-Stennis Program Application] 1980s
10. [Teaching packet?]
11. [Misc. loose] 1970s-1990s
12. RPI 485 Senior Seminar Maxxam Committee Hearings of the U.S. House of Representatives Oct. 5, 1987 [once on library reserves] 1987
13. Rudi Becking Redwood Biome HSU Class Materials 1970s
14. [RWB #46A: The Redwood National Park Controversy Over Its Management and Protection] 1975
15. [Ways to the Wilderness – Books on Wilderness Travel C.S.U. Humboldt Library] 1972
16. [RWB #160: Planning for the Multiple Use of Humboldt Bay History, Past and Present Use and Misuse] 1999
17. HSC Forest Maps [Bird Inventories] 1970s RPI 420
18. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 1 of 2] mostly 1990s
19. [loose, unsorted, Folder 2 of 2] mostly 1990s
20. [Handout Packet] 1989-1992
21. Complete set NR 420 syllabus 1994 for students [Folder 1 of 3] 1970s-1990s
22. Complete set NR 420 syllabus 1994 for students [Folder 2 of 3] 1970s-1990s
23. Complete set NR 420 syllabus 1994 for students [Folder 3 of 3] 1970s-1990s
24. [1992 NRPI 420 Syllabus, Folder 1 of 2] 1992
25. [1992 NRPI 420 Syllabus, Folder 2 of 2] 1992

Box 88

1. ARCF 1990 RWB # 135 and 136 1990
2. Arcata Community Forest [map handout]
3. RPI 420 Arcata Community Forest
4. RPI 420 Litter Data Past Courses 1988-1991
5. COENOS / EDIT 1980s
6. [Phytosociology Info – loose] 1980s
7. [Arcata Community Forest Field Inventory Instructions and maps] 1991
8. [Arcata Community Forest History] 1989
9. RPI 420 [Arcata Community Forest data, relevés, redwood sprout data sheets, includes soil profile and 5 ½ “ floppy disk] 1992
10. Menzies Wall Flower Research Reports HSU [once on library reserves] 1989
11. [Final Exam Spring 1993] 1993

Student Work
Scope and Contents note
Reports and term papers that were placed on library reserve each semester for students to refer to. Becking included two notes about this material when he initially donated it to the HSU library. The first note read: “Student Reports/term papers, Student evaluations of course and teacher, student exams – all put officially on open file in HSU Lbirary of the former class. Substantial protest (anonymous) by NR Faculty and officially being investigated by Faculty Committee as to grades too high, incompetence to deal with subject matter like land use population control, environmental impact and elaborate field work every lab session. Interesting that course quality improved from 1970-1990! – Rudi. Reports were later required in Word Perfect while Word Perfect was not required in the NR Curriculum? Students loved computers WP!” The second note read: “Mostly Student papers. – First beginnings of ‘ecosystem’ concept and interdisciplinary approach! –Interesting comparisons overyears as to student perceptions…-Rudi”.

12. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 1 of 3]
13. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 2 of 3]
14. [Loose, unsorted, Folder 3 of 3]
15. Fire Ecology Study Oct. 1974-March 1976, [Ron Holcomb NR 199] 1976
16. Ecosystem Analysis on the Arcata Community Forest [Jennifer Berman, Perry Tarsitano, Steve Naser, Includes Soil Profiles] 1991
17. [Loose RPI 420 Mice Trapping, Folder 1 of 2] 1980s-1990s
18. [Loose RPI 420 Mice Trapping, Folder 2 of 2] 1980s-1990s
19. LP Demo Forest Trinidad 1980s
20. RPI 5 Term Papers Spring 1975 M-Z [Folder 1 of 2 once on library reserves] 1975
21. RPI 5 Term Papers Spring 1975 M-Z [Folder 2 of 2 once on library reserves] 1975
22. RPI 5 Term Papers Fall 1975 Binder 1 of 1 [Folder 1 of 4, once on library reserves] 1975
23. RPI 5 Term Papers Fall 1975 Binder 1 of 1 [Folder 2 of 4, once on library reserves] 1975
24. RPI 5 Term Papers Fall 1975 Binder 1 of 1 [Folder 3 of 4, once on library reserves] 1975
25. RPI 5 Term Papers Fall 1975 Binder 1 of 1 [Folder 4 of 4, once on library reserves] 1975
26. RPI 20 Man and the Land Term Papers Spring 1982 [Folder 1 of 3, once on library reserves] 1982
27. RPI 20 Man and the land Term Papers Spring 1982 [Folder 2 of 3, once on library reserves] 1982
28. RPI 20 Man and the Land Term Papers Spring 1982 [Folder 3 of 3, once on library reserves] 1982
29. NR 122 term Papers Spring Quarter 1972 [Folder 1 of 3, once on library reserves] 1972

Box 89

1. NR 122 Term Papers Spring Quarter 1972 [Folder 2 of 3, once on library reserves] 1972
2. NR 122 Term Papers Spring Quarter 1972 [Folder 3 of 3, once on library reserves] 1972
3. NR 122 Ecology Redwood Biome Spring Quarter 1971 Term Papers #3 [Folder 1 of 3, once on library reserves, includes soil profiles and photographs] 1971
4. NR 122 Ecology Redwood Biome Spring Quarter 1971 Term Papers #3 [Folder 2 of 3, once on library reserves, includes soil profiles and photographs] 1971
5. NR 122 Ecology Redwood Biome Spring Quarter 1971 Term Papers #3 [Folder 3 of 3, once on library reserves] 1971
6. [NR 120 Ecosystem Analysis Term Papers Folder 1 of 2] 1982
7. [NR 120 Ecosystem Analysis Term Papers Folder 2 of 2] 1982
8. [RPI Term Papers 1983, includes soil profiles] 1983
9. [RPI 120 Term Papers 1982, Folder 1 of 2] 1982
10. [RPI 120 Term Papers 1982, Folder 2 of 2] 1982
11. NR 120 Field Reports Winter 1975 [Soil profiles included] 1975
12. RPI Field Reports North Spit Sand Dunes Winter 1977 [includes photographs, Folder 1 of 2, once on library reserves] 1977
13. RPI Field Reports North Spit Sand Dunes Winter 1977 [includes photographs, Folder 2 of 2, once on library reserves] 1977
14. RPI 120 Field Reports Fall 1978 Lo-Z [Folder 1 of 2, once on library reserves, includes soil profiles] 1978
15. RPI 120 Field Reports Fall 1978 Lo-Z [Folder 2 of 2, once on library reserves, includes soil profiles] 1978
16. RPI 120 Field Reports Winter ’79 J-Z [Folder 1 of 2, includes soil profiles, once on library reserves] 1979
17. RPI 120 Field Reports Winter ’79 J-Z [Folder 2 of 2, includes soil profiles, once on library reserves] 1979
18. RPI 120 Field Reports Fall 1979 Sand Dunes [once on library reserves, includes photographs] 1979
19. RPI 120 Field Reports – Fall 1979 Forests [once on library reserves, includes soil profiles and photographs] 1979

Box 90

1. RPI 120 Ecosystem Analysis Term Papers, Winter 1980 [once on library reserves] 1980
2. Term Papers RPI 120 Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 1 of 3, once on library reserves, includes photos] 1981
3. Term Papers RPI 120 Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 2 of 3, once on library reserves, includes photos] 1981
4. Term Papers RPI 120 Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 3 of 3, once on library reserves, includes photos] 1981
5. [Student Papers – Ecosystems Analysis, Includes soil profiles] 1980s
6. [RPI 120, 1983 – papers and data] 1983
7. The Forest Associations of the Little Lost Man Creek Research Natural Area, James M. Lenihan, M.S. Thesis July 1986 1986
8. [Esteban H. Muldavin : Forest Communities of Shinbone Ridge in the Yolla Bolly Mountains of Northern California, MS Thesis] 1982
9. [John S. Baird : Horizontal and Vertical Air Temperature variations in Arcata, California, MS Thesis] 1976
10. [Lorraine J. Holden : Biological Control of Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.) on a disturbed coastal prairie in Del Norte County, California, MS Thesis] 1989
11. [Steven A. Harris : Relationship of Convection Fog to Characteristics of the Vegetation of Redwood National Park, MS Thesis] 1987
12. [James M. Lenihan : The Forest Associations of the Little Lost Man Creek Research Natural Area, Redwood National Park, CA, MS Thesis] 1986
13. [Kirk C. Gothier : The Impact of Recreational Hiking on the Redwood Forest, MS Thesis] 1980
14. [Ronald E. Widmar : Effect of Environmental Perspective Upon Soils Information Comprehension in Environmental Impact Reports : A Constructivist’s Analysis, MS Thesis] 1978
15. [Deborah Simmons and Christine McElroy : Development and Evaluation of an Environmental Education Curriculum, MS Thesis] 1977
16. [Marvin Goss : Landtype Association Classification : A Basis for Estimating Sediment Yields and Road Costs Within a Non-Urban Environment, MS Thesis] 1984
17. [Marvin Goss : Climatological Summary of Plumas County, California – Proposal] 1973
18. [Marvin Goss : A Climatological Summary of Plumas, County, California, MS Thesis] 1975

Box 91

1. [Sand Dunes Student Papers] 1980s
2. An Ecosystems Analysis of the North Samoa Spit [Term Papers, Folder 1 of 2] 1984
3. An Ecosystems Analysis of the North Samoa Spit [Term Papers, Folder 2 of 2] 1984
4. Term Papers RPI 120 Becking Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 1 of 2, once on library reserves] 1981
5. Term Papers RPI 120 Becking Fall Quarter 1981 [Folder 2 of 2, once on library reserves] 1981

Evaluations

6. Summary Evaluation Sheets for RPI-120 Ecosystem Analysis and RPI 122 Redwood Biomes 1974-1980
7. Summary Evaluations 1969-1978 [includes Forestry and NR/RPI courses] 1969-1978
8. Summary Evaluation sheets RPI-20 1971-1980
9. Summary Sheets of Student Evaluation of Class and Instructor NR 2 1969-1977
10. RPI-110 Natural Resource Recreation Student Evaluations 1976-1978

Cheatham Grove
Scope and Contents note
Student data and reports, correspondence, notes, maps and bird inventories of field trip destination Cheatham Grove (an old growth forest stand along the Van Duzen River in Carlotta, California). Students travelled to the site with Becking to study plant communities, soil characteristics, management, wildlife, and site history.
See Also
1. Oversized : Teaching : NR/RPI : Cheatham Grove

11. Van Duzen Past Reports 1970s-1980s
12. [Loose – includes field notebooks] 1970s-1980s
13. [Cheatham Grove Field Trip Reports, 1973 and 1975, includes soil samples] 1970s
14. CHEATHAM GROVE Map of Grove 1970s?
15. [Field Data] 1970s
16. [Cheatham Grove Maps] 1973
17. CHEATHAM Maps, Bird MAPS 77/78/82/84/1988 1970s-1980s
18. [Field Data –student work] 1979

Research and Writing
Forest Ecology and Management
Douglas Fir

Box 92

1. [Douglas Fir – 4 Rolled Items]
2. PH.D. THESIS Rudi Tables ZM 1954 data OR, WA, BC 1954
3. [Site Indicators Synthesis data sheets] 1950s?
4. Originals used in Rudi’s Ph.D. Thesis and battle to expand the 1964 RNP used in RNP battle slide presentations!

NSF

5. [Bull Creek – 3 Rolled Items]
6. NSF GB 4690 Climate Data 1960s
7. PHOTOS US Army Engineers, Flood 1964, Holmes / Pepperwood Area of Eel River 1964

Plenturung

8. [Mendocino – Forest Maps, 4 Rolled Items]
9. Covelo – Yolla Bolly Mendocino-Trinity-Humboldt Co’s FIELD MAPS Redwoods
10. [Trinidad-Fossil Redwoods]
11. [Redwood Forests of Northern California – Presentation Materials] Indonesia

Box 93

1. KOORDERS ORCHIDACEAE
2. [Maps] Logging History
3. Manuscript – Earliest Logging of Redwood Use of Mounds Nov 15, 1971 1971 Consulting
4. [Shelburn Property Survey, Trinidad, 1 Rolled Item]
5. Audubon Canyon Ranch Maps Nov 1987 1987 Other Forestry
6. YUROK EXP. FOREST [includes plot numbers, 1 rolled item]
7. [Siskiyou National Forest Chetco District Redwood Data 1991, letter included, 1 Rolled Item] 1991
8. Gabon Africa Becking Manuscript 1960 1960
9. MASTER COPY Management Map [Durham N.H. – 19 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]
10. [Prairie Creek Field Maps of Sample plots – 4 rolled items]
11. [Contract landscaping plans for Route 101 in Sonoma County from Petaluma to Healdsburg]
12. [H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Annotated Map, 1986, 1 Rolled Item]

Soils

Box 94

1. Simpson Korbel, CA Soil Study Map [1 Rolled Item] 1960
2. [Tokyo Forest Experiment Station : Forest Soil Profiles] 1952

Botanical Studies

Phytosociology

3. [Phytosociology synthesis tables and figures, 3 rolled items]
4. [data and IBM card organization notes] 1960s

Hastingsia

5. [Maps]

Sand Dunes

6. [hand drawn maps of Samoa dunes]

Other Botanical

7. Tjio Yoe Hin chromosome photos

Great Smoky Mountains

8. [Great Smoky Mountains maps and data – 4 rolled items]

Marbled Murrelet

9. [Diagrams of nests, eggs – 2 rolled items]

Other Research

10. [Maps – Azalea Reserve]
11. [Misc. Field and office Map packets, many annotated with plot numbers]

Activism and Civic Involvement
Arcata
Transportation

Box 95

1. [Arcata Freeway – maps – 7 Rolled Items] 1970s
2. [Bike Plans for campus and city of Arcata – 2 rolled items]
3. [Eureka Freeway Impact Study Summary Report] 1970 Forest Management
4. Master Map MAP ARCF [1 Rolled Item]
5. G.P. Forest Type Map [1 Rolled item]

Solid Waste

6. [Maps – Solid Waste Disposal Maps – 2 Rolled Items]
7. [Proposed Willow Cr. Landfill]

Other Arcata

8. [Maps – 3 rolled items]
9. [Arcata Redwood Park – 1 Rolled Item]

RNP

Box 96

1. [Emerald Creek Bake Sale Poster – 1 Rolled Item]
2. [RNP Expansion Map – 1 Rolled Item]
3. SURVEY MAPS RNP [20 sheets, 1 rolled item]
4. RNP Tri Lake Map Becking [1 Rolled Item]
5. [Emerald Creek / RNP Maps, 1 Rolled Item, 2 Sheets]
6. [Emerald Creek Committee Appreciation Scroll]
7. REDWOOD CREEK logging [4 sheets, 1 rolled item]
8. RNP EMERALD CREEK [1 Rolled Item]
9. [RNP Map – 1 Rolled Item]
10. Redwood Nat Park Ownership Map [3 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]
11. [Regional Recreation Area Map RNP]
12. [Redwood National Park Area Maps – annotated, 7 sheets, 1 rolled item]

Box 97

1. Redwood Creek at Orick U.S. Army Engineers [15 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]
2. [Regional Park Plan Map – Becking RNP, 1 Rolled Item]
3. [RNP Map – 1 Rolled Item, 2 sheets]
4. [Regional Redwood National Park Plan Becking – 2 sheets, 1 rolled item]
5. [RNP Maps, 8 sheets, 1 rolled item]
6. [Regional Redwood Park Plan and Senate Plan Maps 1960s – 2 sheets, 1 rolled item] 1960s
7. [Additional Lands – Redwood National Park Map – 1 Rolled Item]
8. PRAIRIE CREEK Grove Map [1 Rolled Item]
9. [Orick Quadrangle Map Annotated re : RNP and Mgmt Guidelines – 1 Rolled Item]
10. [Ridge East of Redwood Creek – 3 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]
11. ASSESSORS MAPS Redwood Creek Valley [4 sheets, 1 rolled item]
12. PRAIRIE CREEK S. PARK MEMORIAL GROVE MAP [1 Rolled Item]
13. REDWOOD NAT PARK MAPS Logging Plans 1964 [4 sheets, 1 rolled item] 1960s
14. 1966-1967 Photos used to expand RNP of logging at edge or near the tall tree Grove sent to US Congress 1960s
15. Redwood National Park RNP Trail maps Redwood Creek basin
16. Forestry Club Honor Guard Dedication Ceremony Lady Bird Johnson and President Nixon
17. [George Lester signed print]

Humboldt Bay

Box 98

1. [Humboldt Bay – 2 Rolled Items]

Tri Lakes and Butler Valley Dam

2. [Tri Lake Plan – 1 Rolled Item]

Ancient Forests

3. [Northern Spotted Owl Conservation Plan Maps – 1 Rolled Item]
4. [National Advertising Materials for Weyerhaeuser Timber Company – “Wildlife and Tree Farming” – “Appearing monthly in the Saturday Evening Post, U.S. News and World Report and the Farm Journal”] 1950s

Other Activism

5. [Peace – handmade poster, 1 Rolled item]
6. STRIKE VOTE POSTER 1968 HSU Anti Vietnam War 1968
7. [Humboldt County Zoning – 1 Rolled Item]
8. [Aerial Coastline Ozalids, 24 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1960s
9. COMPARTMENT MAPS SISKIYOU N.F. [67 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]
10. VAN DUZEN EEL RIVER County Assessor Maps [1 Rolled Item]
11. [Photographs of Eureka Sequoia Park sign and of a Clearcut]

Teaching
Forestry
Instructional Materials

Box 99

1. FM 111 Graphs [6 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1960s?
2. [FORTRAN Coding Form]
3. Negative – Arcata Community Forest, Arcata Historic Homes
4. Freshwater Forest Maps Negatives
5. Scotia Barrens State Game Land #176 Semicontrolled Mosaic 1950 summer IRMB Glenn Landis, mosaic and copy of negative 1950

Freshwater Forest Cruise

6. [Aerial photos and contours – HSU campus and adjacent forest – 4 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1980s
7. [Freshwater Forest Contour Maps – 6 Rolled Items] 1960s
8. [Contour Map, Humboldt State College School Forest, 3 Rolled Items] 1960s?
9. [Hand drawn FM 110 maps, transparencies, data, 12 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1960s
10. [Humboldt State College Forest Maps and Overlays, 3 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1960s?

Student Work

11. [MAP Redwood Region PFRF – 13 sheets, 1 Rolled Item] 1980s NR/RPI

Instructional Materials

12. [Arcata Community Forest – assorted maps, 6 rolled items] 1980s
13. [Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Wildlife Protection Fish Return Facility Schematic Diagram] 1978

Cheatham Grove

14. [Cheatham Grove Maps and Becking Illustration – 5 rolled items]

Biography

15 [Spiral Book : “Ecosystemology” anthology] 1970s

Over 42 Inches

Box 100

1. Redwood Creek Assessor’s Maps Redwood Nat Park [9 Sheets, 1 Rolled Item]
2. [Assorted maps of sand dunes, including Samoa Coast Guard and Lanphere Dunes, 7 Rolled Items]
3. Del Norte Redwood N. Park Areas [7 Sheets, 1 Rolled Item]
4. [Forest Classification Proposed Redwood National Park, March 15, 1967] 1967
5. RNP 1968 Map [Redwood National Park Boundary Map Sept. 1968] 1968
6. Pacific Lumber Ownership MAP + Logging History [15 sheets, 1 Rolled Item]
7. Redwood Creek Forest Classification Redwood Nat Park
8. EUREKA Waterfront Fields Landing
9. [Redwood Creek Watershed Subdrainages]
10. [HSU PLAN Preston Property]
11. [Teaching : Forestry : Freshwater Forest Cruise, 9 Rolled Items] 1960s
12. [Drawings / Figures of seedling root and shoot development]

Becking Digital Collection Series 6
Scope and Contents note
Becking’s digital files relate directly to many of the series described above. There is some duplication in the computer files of items in the paper files, but there is primarily unique material in these digital files. Researchers should use the paper files first, and should read the digital collection processor’s notes to guide their use of the digital files.

Box 101

1. Becking Diskettes Box 1
2. Becking Diskettes Box 2

Box 102

1. Becking Diskettes Box 3
2. Becking Diskettes Box 4
3. Becking Diskettes Box 5
4. Becking Diskettes Box 6
5. Becking Diskettes Box 7
6. Becking Diskettes Box 8
7. Becking Diskettes Box 9
8. Becking Diskettes Box 10
9. [CDs with Becking files, processor’s memo, and sample printouts of files from the Becking Digital Collection] 1990s, 2000s

Cassettes Series 7
Scope and Contents note
Becking kept sound recordings of some meetings he spoke at, attended, or was otherwise interested in. The recordings relate to many of the series described above for the paper files. There is a wide range of sound quality on the cassettes, with some duplicate content. The cassettes are grouped according to topic. Digital versions of each cassette are included on CDs for use by researchers.

Processing Information note
The Processing Archivist listened to portions of each side of each tape to appraise and
describe them. The HSU Archivist listened to select tapes for further appraisal and made
cassette copies of those tapes. One transcription was generated from a cassette entitled
“Redwood Creek Chilula Site Oct 76”.

Digital copies were made of all cassettes using the following methods:

Equipment:
1. Cassette player: SONY Stereo Cassette Deck TC-WE475
2. Computer: Dell Dimension E521 with standard issue sound card
3. ProcessSoftware: Audacity 1.3.13 Beta

Process:
1. Entire contents of cassette were recorded as an Audacity Project file.
2. Undesired content such as silence and unrelated sections of tape were deleted.
3. When applicable, separate tracks were created to indicate the difference between the two sides of the cassette.
4. The project tracks were exported as WAV files.
5. When significant differences in input levels were identified in a single cassette recording, the “Compressor Effect” tool of the Audacity software was used. This tool compresses the dynamic range of the audio content, in some cases improving sound quality.
6. The audio content was then burned to CD, labeled, and tied with cotton string to the
companion cassette for storage.

Box 103

1. Arcata Bike Master Plan
2. Redw Park
3. Rudi Channel 3 Wash DC 1967 [RNP]
4. [Prob RNP, Poor Sound Quality]
5. RNP Park Hearing [3 Volumes]
6. Redwood Creek Chilula Site Oct. 76 LAKE [includes transcript]
7. SIDE A – Elk Sounds, SIDE B – Butler Dam Meeting [inc. Becking comments and dialog]
8. March 13 1967 “Tri Lake Reservoir Presentation” cont’d
9. Butler Valley Hearing Nov 25, 1967 1967
10. Three Lake Hearings [Becking and Mather Speak]
11. John Miles Ma 1966 Tax Payer Mtgs 1966
12. Park Hearing [Prob mislabeled, Public Perception of Forestry]
13. Forestry Committee Meeting May 16, 1966: Daniel Oswold 1966
14. [California Forest Practices Act]
15. State Board of Forestry testimony Simpson Clearcut
16. State Parks Comm Dec 1965 [Prob Mislabeled]

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