Descriptive summary
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creator:
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Iowa
Conservation Education Council |
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title:
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Records |
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dates:
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1953-[ongoing] |
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extent:
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8.52 linear feet
(3 records center cartons and 11 document boxes) |
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collection number:
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MS
26 |
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repository:
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Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
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Administrative
information
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access:
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Open for research
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publication rights:
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Consult Head, Special Collections Department
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preferred
citation:
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Iowa
Conservation Education Council Records, MS 26,
Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.
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Historical
note
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The Iowa Conservation
Education Council (ICEC) was incorporated in 1958 to encourage
cooperation among individuals and agencies interested in
conservation education, assist schools, develop educational
materials and stimulate the development of conservation education in
Iowa.
In 1968 the group
reincorporated, allowing voting membership; one year later they
issued the first newsletter. ICEC reincorporated again in 1982 and
again in 1991. As of 2002 the organization has 900 members from
almost all of Iowa’s 99 counties. Membership services include a
newsletter, graduate credit, scholarships, workshops,
mini-grants, and environmental education advocacy.
The 13 board members are
individually elected; in addition, there is also an Executive
Director, a bookkeeper, newsletter editor, and several standing
committees: membership, fundraising, mini-grants, budget, awards,
workshop, newsletter & awards, grants & scholarships. The
organization is currently based in West Des Moines, Iowa.
The ICEC mission
is to provide educational pathways to enable Iowans to make
responsible environmental decisions. |
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Collection description
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This collection
contains materials related to administrative matters of the ICEC, as
well as publications, events, and activities related to
environmental education. Administrative materials include meeting
minutes, with a particular emphasis on agendas for the annual
meetings and meetings of the Executive Committee from 1969 to 1998,
annual and quarterly financial reports, and also treasurer’s reports
from workshops hosted by the ICEC. Among the publications are
newsletters, pamphlets, booklets, and informational resources from
the ICEC, Iowa state agencies, and other environmental education
organizations. Materials pertaining to events and activities include
papers related to teachers’ workshops hosted by the ICEC, meetings
held by other organizations, national conferences, and grant
proposals considered by the ICEC. |
Container list
Full finding aid
(pdf format) with container list.
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