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The Conservation Library Center 
Three trunks, literally full of treasure, 
have been received by the Conserva- 
tion Library Center in the Denver 
Public Library. Contained in the 
valued boxes are the almost-forgotten 
records of the first national organiza- 
tion dedicated to the protection of 
native animals by means of wildlife 
refuges. The papers date back to 1905 
when Dr. William H. Hornaday, Ed- 
mund Seymour, Martin S. Garretson 
and others began a drive to rescue the 
buffalo from extinction. 
This pioneer conservation group 
was the American Bison Society. It 
was responsible for the establishment 
of the National Bison Range in Mon- 
tana. Through cooperation with the 
Canadian government, this organiza- 
tion imported bison from Canada to 
introduce new blood into the herds in 
Yellowstone National Park. Rare books 
and bulletins. reports of Society pro- 
ceedings, the correspondence between 
conservationists of the period, telling 
of their struggle to prevent the buffalo 
Arthur H. Carhart, Consultant, Conservation from vanishing from the American 
Library Center, Denver, Colorado. scene — all are gathered in the three 
old chests. 
A University of Denver graduate student is utilizing these records 
as the basis for a thesis. It is forecast that a number of fascinating books 
will be unearthed by those who study these papers. The first and second 
trunks of American Bison Society papers were sent to the Conservation 
Library Center by Miss Katherine Seymour of New York. They include 
the papers accumulated by her father during his tenure as president of 
the Society. Miss Seymour contributed the materials to the Library upon 
the urging of Horace M. Albright, former director of the National Park 
Service. 
After learning that these records had become part of the Center, Dr. 
Fairfield Osborn, president of the New York Zoological Society, forwarded 
the third chest of American Bison Society papers. He declared all the 
materials should be placed in one location to create as nearly complete 
a collection as possible. The Conservation Library Center also houses: 
One of the most complete sets of speeches, articles and other writings 
of Dr. Hugh Bennett. ‘father’ of soil conservation; a valuable file col- 
lected by Dr. William Vogt, author of “The Road to Survivel,” when he was 
active in conservation programs in the Latin American countries; a com- 
plete set of Zane Grey’s outdoor books presented to the Center by the 
author’s son, Romer Grey. 
The Conservation Library Center is the first library established for 
the purpose of bringing together the most complete array of reference 
materials concerning conservation of natural resources. Nearly three 
hundred conservationists have donated items ranging from single books 
