Guide to the Ian McMillan Papers, 1925-1990 http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/ms111 Ian McMillan Papers Processed by Nancy E. Loe and Kathy Headtke, 1995, revised by Nancy E. Loe, 2007; encoded by Byte Managers, 2007 Special Collections Department Robert E. Kennedy Library 1 Grand Avenue California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0605 Phone: 805/756-2305 Fax: 805/756-5770 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/ © 1995, 2007 Trustees of the California State University. All rights reserved. Table of Contents DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY 4 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 5 INDEXING TERMS 6 RELATED MATERIALS 8 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 9 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE 11 SERIES DESCRIPTION/FOLDER LIST 13 SERIES 1. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 1944-1991 13 A. PERSONAL PAPERS 13 B. ARTICLES ABOUT IAN MCMILLAN 14 C. ARTICLES BY IAN MCMILLAN 14 D. CONDOR BOOK DRAFTS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS 17 E. PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE 23 F. FIELD NOTES – BIRDS 24 G. QUAIL RESEARCH 25 H. BRAND INSPECTION BOOKS 26 SERIES 2. WATCHDOG EFFORTS, 1958-1990 29 A. AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION SERVICE (ASCS) 29 B. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME 30 C. CALIFORNIA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION – ADMINISTRATIVE FILES 32 D. CALIFORNIA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION – MINUTES AND AGENDAS 34 E. CALIFORNIA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION – SUBJECT FILES 37 F. COMPOUND 1080 OPPOSITION 40 G. DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPPOSITION 42 H. WILLIAMSON ACT – FILLIPONI RANCH 44 I. WILLIAMSON ACT – VIBORG DEVELOPMENT 45 J. WATCHDOG SUBJECT FILES 46 SERIES 3. NON-PROFIT AGENCY AFFILIATIONS, 1949-1986 48 A. AVENALES WILDLIFE PRESERVE 48 B. CHOLAME TOWNSHIP SPORTSMEN’S ASSOCIATION 48 C. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE 49 - 2 - D. OTHER NON-PROFIT GROUPS 50 SERIES 4. RESEARCH MATERIALS, 1929-1990 51 A. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS – CALIFORNIA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY 51 B. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS – FEDERAL 57 C. MONOGRAPHS 59 D. NEWSPAPER, PERIODICAL, AND SERIAL ARTICLES 60 SERIES 5. ADDITIONAL DONATIONS 73 A. CORRESPONDENCE AND PHOTO 73 - 3 - Descriptive Summary Title: Ian McMillan Papers, 1925-1990 (bulk 1960-1990) Collection Number: MS 111 Creator: McMillan, Ian Irving, 1905-1991 Abstract: Papers of naturalist and environmental activist Ian McMillan, including personal and professional papers, correspondence, government documents, field notes, manuscripts, galleys, publications, and maps. Materials on his environmental advocacy efforts, affiliations with a number of wildlife and environmental organizations, and McMillan’s research on California condors are included in the collection. Extent: 26 Paige boxes, 32 linear feet Language: English Repository: Special Collections Robert E. Kennedy Library California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, California 93407 On deposit from: The Environmental Archives of San Luis Obispo County PO Box 8601 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 - 4 - Administrative Information Provenance: Donated by his heirs and family members, Ian McMillan’s papers are part of the Environmental Archives of San Luis Obispo County, which was founded at Cuesta College in the summer of 1992 by local environmental activist Harold Miossi. The collection is housed in and administered by Special Collections at Cal Poly under the terms of a depository agreement. Access: Collection is open to qualified researchers by appointment only. For more information on access policies and to obtain a copy of the Researcher Registration form, please visit the Special Collections Access page. Collection stored remotely. Advance notice for use required. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction: In order to reproduce, publish, broadcast, exhibit, and/or quote from this material, researchers must submit a written request and obtain formal permission from Cuesta College as the owner of the physical collection. Researchers should also consult with an appropriate staff member regarding literary or other intellectual property rights pertaining to this collection. Photocopying of material is permitted at staff discretion and provided on a fee basis. Photocopies are not to be used for any purpose other than for private study, scholarship, or research. Special Collections staff reserves the right to limit photocopying and deny access or reproduction in cases when, in the opinion of staff, the original materials would be harmed. Preferred Citation: [Identification of Item]. Ian McMillan Papers, San Luis Obispo County Environmental Archives, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Abbreviations Used: AEC: Atomic Energy Commission BLM: Bureau of Land Management c.: circa mss.: manuscript n.d.: no date n.p.: no publisher Funding: A generous gift from Harold Miossi funded the arrangement and description of this collection. - 5 - Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects: McMillan, Ian I., 1905–1991 Miossi, Harold, 1922–2006 – Correspondence Avenales Wildlife Preserve Birds – California – San Luis Obispo County Birds, Protection of – California – San Luis Obispo County California condor Cholame Township Sportsmen’s Association Compound 1080 Conservationists – California – Biography Defenders of Wildlife Diablo Canyon Nuclear Powerplant (Calif.) – History Land use – Environmental aspects – California – San Luis Obispo County – History Hunting dogs McMillan, Eben L., 1907–1998 McMillan Family – Shandon (Calif.) – History McMillan, Ian I., 1905–1991 – Correspondence Natural history – California – San Luis Obispo County Ranching – California – San Luis Obispo County – History Ranchers – California – San Luis Obispo County – Biography Shandon (Calif.) – History San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) – History San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) – Biography Williamson Act Program (Calif.) - 6 - Genres and Forms of Material: Correspondence Field notes Research notes Photographs Brand books Government documents Maps Newspaper clippings - 7 - Related Materials Materials Cataloged Separately: Darlington, David. In Condor Country (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987). McMillan, Ian, Man and the California Condor: The Embattled History and Uncertain Future of North America's Largest Free-Living Bird (New York: Dutton, 1968). Related Collections: Guide to the Enrico Bongio Papers, 1952-1993 (MS 124) Guide to the Kathleen Goddard Jones Papers, 1933-2001 (MS 119) Guide to the Harold Miossi Papers, 1942–1990 (MS 112) Guide to the Lee Wilson Papers, 1956-1989 (MS 113) The Environmental Archives of San Luis Obispo County was founded in the summer of 1992 when environmental activist Harold Miossi invited leaders in local environmental causes to gather and discuss how best to preserve “the letters, writings, photos, publications, and thinking of . prominent [local] conservationists for present students and for posterity.” Miossi further proposed that the archives be established at Cuesta College, as “a fitting repository since the College District embraces all of San Luis Obispo County.” Cuesta College president Grace Mitchell approved the project, stating, “Cuesta College is proud to make this contribution to our county’s future.” The Cuesta College Foundation agreed to sponsor the project, and Miossi contributed the first major gift to the Cuesta College Foundation for the new archives. The principal mission of the Environmental Archives of San Luis Obispo County is as follows: “To collect, preserve and make available for research the writings, documents, and photographs dealing with the history and development of the environmental movement in San Luis Obispo County.” The archives include the papers of five local activists: Harold Miossi, Ian McMillan, Lee Wilson, Enrico Bongio, and Kathleen Goddard Jones. - 8 - Biographical Note The following biographical sketch was found in Mr. McMillan’s papers: Ian McMillan, a native of eastern San Luis Obispo County, California, with a lifetime of experience as a grain and cattle grower, is also an active long-standing conservationist. From studies of natural history of his region he has written a book on the California condor and various articles on other matters of wildlife conservation. The Current Status and Welfare of the California Condor, by Alden Miller, Ian McMillan, and Eben McMillan, was the forerunner to McMillan’s later condor writings. He is a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, a member of the California Parks and Recreation Commission, and belongs to a number of other conservation organizations including the Cooper Ornithological Society, National Audubon Society, and the Cholame Township Sportsmen’s Association. In recent years he has carried out various special assignments as a field observer and reporter for the National Defenders of Wildlife. Ian Irving McMillan was born on the family ranch outside Cholame, San Luis Obispo County, California, on November 15, 1905. Ian McMillan’s grandparents and their seven adult children took up adjoining homesteads in a canyon among the open rolling hills near the little settlement of Starkey, now known as Shandon, in 1885. Ian’s father, Alexander, married the local schoolteacher, Mary Harte, in 1894. They raised a family of five boys and two girls on their ranch in McMillan Canyon. Ian’s formative years were ones of economic hardship. Bare subsistence was the common state among those early settlers. Dedication to community and church was Alex McMillan’s legacy to his family and neighbors. His reputation won him a seat