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Ted
Trueblood Collection
Series
2: Subject Series
This series reflects Ted Trueblood's interests and activities during his writing
career. His appreciation of wild
and scenic places and his passion for the outdoor life is evident throughout
these files. Additionally, the
author’s writings reflect a growing public awareness regarding the uses of our
recreational lands.
Earliest items (1940s and 1950s)
in this alphabetically arranged series are primarily fishing and hunting
subjects---the how-to and where-to. Trueblood
tested fishing and hunting products for specialty companies and also reviewed
these products in his columns. His analyses are retained in the files. Of special interest to fly fishers is the folder
“Artificial Flies.” Represented
in the file are some of the best flytyers in America, who shared their
techniques and patterns with Ted.
In the 1960s Trueblood began maintaining files that
didn’t pertain solely to the fundamentals of fishing and hunting.
He assembled information reflecting his increasing awareness of the
alterations occurring in his working environment---the outdoors.
For example, while his earlier files on steelhead and sturgeon in the
Snake River give evidence of the abundant fisheries Idaho once had, the material
from the 1960s documents the significant reduction in the numbers of animals and
fish in Idaho at this time.
The files on pesticides
and oxygen monitoring illustrate his growing recognition of the changes
occurring in the environment. The
studies found in the Fish and Wildlife Service folder include a 1974 study on
fish losses brought about by the building of American Falls Dam in eastern
Idaho.
The files from the 1970s are a
testimony to Trueblood's ultimate conversion from an outdoorsman to a
conservationist. He followed
closely the progress of the Owyhee Project, a study of the public lands in
southwestern Idaho and the effects of grazing on the habitat of the
area. His collected
materials about the project express positions of both the cattleman and the
sportsman.
In fact, his files indicate that
by the early 1970s his perspective toward the outdoors had been influenced by
such studies. The materials he
retained during this era focus on the uses, misuses, and abuses of public lands.
The folder entitled “Redwoods” is an example of this focus; he
offered to give the state one-half pound of seeds for a redwood variety suitable
to Idaho’s climate and growing conditions.
Trueblood was a member of the
Bureau of Land Management Advisory Board for the Boise district, an organization
linking outdoorsmen, ranchers, and Bureau members, created to oversee a balanced
land-use policy. It was here that
he encountered evidence of sagebrush eradication and grazing abuses in
southwestern Idaho. Trueblood's
ideology then shifted from conservation to preservation, as he continued to
witness the deterioration of the natural environment. He was associated with the Owyhee Project and the River of No
Return Wilderness Council, organizations devoted to the protection of the land.
His leadership for a balanced public
land policy was tested in the battle known in the West as the “Sagebrush
Rebellion.” As president of Save
Our Public Lands, Trueblood fought against transferring federal lands to the
control of the states. His files
highlight the opinions, organizations, and personalities on both sides of the
conflict.
Trueblood’s research files also
illustrate some of his other interests. He
collected recipes for cooking breakfast trout over an open campfire, sourdough
biscuits, and variations of roquefort dressing.
He also collected historical material about
individuals such as Adam H. Bogardus, western wing‑shooter, and
Lucy Evans, who traveled from Oregon to Colorado by wagon when her family’s
farm failed in 1894. The file of
Fish and Game history describes how William Ridenbaugh introduced bullfrogs to
Idaho. The folder entitled Forest and Stream & Rod and
Gun is an original sportsman’s newspaper from 1878; this series also
includes a 1919 map of Yellowstone National Park which includes a set of
antiquated park regulations.
The Subject Series also includes the
whimsical 1962 Field & Stream article by Ed Zern entitled “Is There
Really a Ted Trueblood?” (Box 8, folder 12).
Box
5: Subjects
Folder 1
Alaska--Hunting
2
American Wilderness Alliance
3 Andrus,
Cecil
4 Angling
preservation
5 Antique
Angler
6 Artificial
flies
7
Bill S. 1680 April 3, 1979 “Transfer
of Federal Land to the States”
8
Bill H.R. 7837 July 25, 1980 “Transfer of Federal Land to the
States”
9
Bogardus, Adam H.
10
Book catalogs
11
Bureau of Land Management
12
Bureau of Land Management Advisory Board Boise District
13
Bureau of Land Management Advisory Board Boise District (II)
14
Burros--California and Arizona
Box
6: Subjects
Folder 1 Callison,
Charles H. (President, Public Lands Institute)
2
Carp Newsletter Quarterly
3 Channel
catfish
4 Chinook
salmon
5 Church,
Frank 1978-1979
6 Church,
Frank 1980
7
Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead Report
8 Conservation
(early history)
9 Cooking
10
Craig, Larry
(U.S. Senator,
Idaho)
11
Creel
12
Dutch Ovens
13 Dworshak
Reservoir Story [Author Unknown]
14
Evans, Lucy Lane Grogan: Diary, 1894 (Typescript)
Box
7: Subjects
Folder
1
Federation of Fly Fishers
2
Field & Stream Subject Material
3 Film
developing record
4 Fish
and fishing records
5
Fish and Game History (Idaho Dept. Of Fish and Game)
6
Fish and Wildlife Service
7 Fishing
notes
8
Flylines
9 Forest
and Stream & Rod and Gun, 1878
10
Friends of the Earth
11
Gem State Fly Fishers
12
Gift list for books
13
Graham, Idaho
14
Gun Control legislation
Box
8: Subjects
Folder
1 Hearing
(loss of)
2 Hooks
3
Horses and burros
4 Hunting
5
Idaho Citizen
6 Idaho
Conservation League
7 Idaho
Environmental Council
8 Idaho---Historical
articles
9
Idaho--Irrigation
10
Ideas for articles
11
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
12
“Is There Really a Ted Trueblood” by Ed Zern, 1962
13
The Izaak Walton League
14
Jack rabbits
Box
9: Subjects
Folder
1 Land
sale
2 Leaders
3 Livestock
grazing
4 Lo-K-Tor
and other electronic fish-finders
5 Malheur
Wildlife Refuge
6 Michigan
fishing
7 Miscellaneous
materials (from briefcase)
8 Miscellaneous
subject material
9 National
Muzzle Loading Association
10 National
Wildlife Federation
11
Nylon monofilament
12
Outdoor News Bulletin, 1969-1982
13 Outfitters
14 Owyhee
Federal Reclamation Project
15 Owyhee
Cattlemen's Association
16 Owyhee
Project, 1969-1972
17 Oxygen
monitoring
Box
10: Subjects
Folder
1
Passenger pigeons
2
Pesticides
3 Pesticides--Mercury
4 Photography
5 Poaching;
Claude Dallas
6 Predators
7 Predators
of deer
8 Public
lands
9 Public
lands information
10
Public Lands Institute
11
Public lands--Miscellaneous
12
Recipes
13 Redwoods
14
River of No Return
(Salmon River)
Box
11: Subjects
Folder
1
Sagebrush Rebellion
2 The
Sagebrush Rebellion by Wendy McIntire
3
“Salmon Middle Fork Hunting Story”
by Sam Ballantyne
4 Save
Our Public Lands
5 Save
Our Public Lands--Articles
6 Save
Our Public Lands--News Clippings
7 Shotguns
8 Sourdough
9 Stationery
samples
10 Steelhead
11 Sturgeon
12 Symms,
Steve
(U.S. Senator, Idaho)
Box
12: Subjects
Folder
1 Taylor,
Marv
2 Ted
Trueblood Fishing Club
3 Tournament
casting
4 Trueblood,
Ellen
5 Trueblood,
Jack
6 Trueblood,
Ted (articles about)
7 Utah
Wildlife Federation
8 Vale
District, Malheur Resource Areas
9 Vale
District, Malheur Resource Areas (II)
10
Vibert box
11
Watt, James
11 Watt, James
(U.S. Secretary of the Interior)
12
Wild Flower descriptions
13
Wynn, Pinky
14 Yellowstone
National Park
15 Yellowstone
National Park Map, 1919
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