Clara Bleak collection on Taylor Ranch
Content Description
Originally from two accessions, this collection includes two scrapbooks created by Clara Bleak and two more folders of materials collected by or for Bleak, documenting her interest, support, and visits to the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources wilderness and environmental education locations, primarily Taylor Ranch.
Parts of the collection have been digitized and are intended to be part of a Taylor Ranch Digital Collection, to be completed at an unkown date.
Dates
- Creation: 1986-2012
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Originally from Ogden, Utah, Clara (Rowell) Bleak grew up in Preston, Idaho, where she developed an interest in nature from her grandmother, who taught her how to make ceramics out of the local shale and and weave baskets from the marsh reeds. Bleak graduated from the University of Idaho in 1946 with a Bachelors in Art. Bleak's love for nature continued and grew into an interest in environmental and wilderness education. Clara and her husband Ralph have been generous donors to the University of Idaho and College of Natural Resources, and after his death, Clara established the Ralph M. Bleak Memorial Endowment for Wilderness Education and Research, allowing many more students the opportunity to study wilderness research and environmental education particularily at the Taylor Ranch Wilderness Research Station.
Extent
0.5 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Two scrapbooks created by Clara Bleak and two more folders of materials collected by or for Bleak, documenting her interest, support, and visits to the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources wilderness and environmental education locations, primarily Taylor Ranch.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials received from Clara Bleak in 2017 (UA 2017-39) and 2018 (UA 2018-14).
Bibliography
- Title
- Guide to Clara Bleak collection on Taylor Ranch
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Emily Schweitzer
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository