Manuscript Register
FLORIDA
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS OF ROY E. BAZIRE
Collection Dates: 1955 -- 1997
(Bulk Dates:1970s)
10.5 linear ft.
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Posted to Internet: January 1998
Addendum: 1998, 2005
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Acquisition
Note: The
Florida environmental records of Roy E. Bazire were donated to the University
of Iowa Libraries by Mr. Bazire in 1996 and 1998.
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Table
of Contents
Biographical
note
Scope
and contents
I.
Series One -- Sanibel, Florida
Boxes 1
-- 2
II.
Series Two -- Environmental Confederation of South West Florida (ECOSWF)
Boxes 2
-- 5
III.
Series Three -- Conservation Organizations
Boxes 5
-- 6
IV.
Series Four -- Documents
Boxes 6
-- 7
1998
Addendum
Box 8
Biographical
Note
Roy E. Bazire (1917--
1998) is a 1939 graduate of the University of Iowa. His conservation work began
in 1959 when he became president of the Sanibel-Captiva Audubon Society. He
helped direct the effort to create a wildlife sanctuary that was later incorporated
into the Jay N. “Ding” Darling Wildlife Refuge. He was a founding
director and officer of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, serving
as chairman of the board and later executive director. He served for at least
fifteen years on the board of the Florida Nature Conservancy, and was vice-president
for southwestern Florida. Along with Joel Kuperberg, he initiated the Environmental
Confederation of South West Florida (ECOSWF) and was its first President. Roy
E. Bazire was actively involved in numerous other environmental groups in Florida.
Roy Bazire died in Iowa City, Iowa in November, 1998.
Scope
and Contents
The Florida environmental
records of Roy E. Bazire consist of ten and one half linear feet of manuscripts
that date from 1955 to 1997. They are arranged in four separate series: 1) Sanibel,
Florida; 2) Environmental Confederation of South West Florida; 3) Conservation
Organizations; and 4) Documents. The divisions and folder titles are basically
those used by Roy Bazire as he collected and organized these records. Material
relating to certain subjects and organizations (such as Sanibel Island, the
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, the National Audubon Society, etc.)
appear in more than one series, as per the donor’s original arrangement.
The first series
relates more or less directly to the conservation efforts on Sanibel Island.
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Inc., was a grassroots organization
that set out to preserve the islands and control development. It was the direct
successor of the J.N. “Ding” Darling Memorial Committee that worked
with the Sanibel-Captiva Audubon Society as well as the Florida Audubon Society
to create the J.N. “Ding” Darling Wildlife Refuge in the 1960s. The
activities of these organizations are well documented with committee minutes
and reports, correspondence from such notable people as Marjory Stoneman Douglas,
land acquisition records, maps, etc. Roy Bazire’s personal papers relating
to Sanibel are also included here.
The next section
concerns the Environmental Confederation of South West Florida (ECOSWF). ECOSWF
was organized in 1969 as a five-county coalition to protect the conservation
interests in South West Florida. This section makes up the bulk of the collection
and traces the coalition’s history from the first planning conference,
through annual records, by-laws, finances, and membership rolls. Projects, research,
and workshops sponsored by ECOSWF are included as well.
The third series
documents an amazing number of Conservation organizations that formed in Florida
during the 1960s and 1970s. Most were citizen environmental groups, ranging
from Florida Defenders of the Environment to the Junior Museum & Planetarium
of Lee County.
The materials gathered
in the final section under the title “Documents” consist primarily
of published articles, papers, reports, newsletters, etc., documenting the Florida
environmental scene. There are also preliminary reports, conference papers,
and legislative statements filed in this series. An addendum was added in 1998,
which includes a cross section of materials.
Related Materials
Marjory Stoneman
Douglas web site
Environmental Confederation
of South West Florida (ECOSWF)
Series
I: Sanibel, Florida
Box 1
Roy Bazire -- Personal
Files
Conservation
award, 1975. Including a letter from Willard L. Boyd.
Correspondence,
1956 -- 1997.
“Darling”
Captiva home, 1976 -- 1979.
Hunter Moss correspondence,
1968 -- 1972.
Lee County schools
award, 1987 -- 1988.
Marjory Stoneman
Douglas correspondence, 1969 -- 1994.
National Audubon
Society, 1969 -- 1973.
Jay N. “Ding”
Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Pre-Darling
committee sanctuary efforts. Sanibel-Captiva Audubon Society and Florida Audubon
Society, 1959 -- 1984.
Committee, 1962 -- 1969.
Concept plan, 1967.
Dedication, 1977 -- 1978.
Establishment,
1970 -- 1976.
Proposed history
project, 1984.
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation
Foundation (SCCF)
Annual conservation
conference, 1970. Planning.
Basic projects,
1969 -- 1972.
Bazire contract
and resignation from the Board of Directors, 1970 -- 1973.
Bazire/National
Audubon Society, 1970.
Board meetings,
agendas, etc., 1972.
Brochures, by-laws,
articles, etc., 1972 -- 1992.
Conference - January
1972, 1971 -- 1972. (2 folders)
Early planning
1958 -- 1960.
Trailer park
issue, 1967.
University of
Iowa aid, 1958 -- 1982. Including a letter from Howard Bowen.
Finances, 1968 -- 1973.
Membership reports,
1970 -- 1972.
Planning Board,
Inc.
1970 -- 1974.
(3 folders)
Bridge committee,
1970 -- 1971.
Planning committee,
1968 -- 1970.
Sign committee,
1970 -- 1973.
Sanibel Wetlands
-- Land Acquisitions
Overall
proposals, 1969 -- 1973.
Sanibel Wetlands
-- Land Acquisitions (cont.)
Appraisal
Report of Certain Lands in the Sanibel Wetlands Recreation Area” by Ronald
F. Tansill, July 1972.
Bureau of Outdoor
Recreation (BOR)
Correspondence,
1969 -- 1974.
Assistant Secretary
for Fish and Wildlife in Parks, 1971 -- 1973.
Bailey land acquisition,
1970 -- 1973.
Bureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife, 1970 -- 1972.
Dewitt land acquisition,
1970 -- 1973
Federal and Florida
agencies, 1972 -- 1973.
Florida Board of
Parks and State of Florida Dept. of Natural Resources, 1969 -- 1972.
Grimes/Goebel land
acquisition, 1970 -- 1973.
Harper/Bostick/Taylor
-- Mariner Properties Inc. land acquisitions, 1970 -- 1974.
Lands omitted from
U.S. surveys, 1970 -- 1973.
Lee County Board
of County Commissioners, 1970.
Legal issues, 1971.
McClure land acquisition,
1967 -- 1973. (2 folders)
National Audubon
Society, 1970 -- 1972.
Nature Conservancy,
1970 -- 1971. (3 folders)
Newman land acquisition,
1968 -- 1973.
Parrish/Sawbridge
land acquisition, 1970 -- 1973.
Private land acquisitions
- approached/no action, 1968 -- 1975.
Roberts land acquisition,
1969 -- 1973.
Sanibel Gardens
Development land acquisition, 1968 -- 1973. (2 folders)
Sanibel Properties
Inc. land acquisition, 1970 -- 1972.
Maps of wetlands
area with proposed and actual purchases, 1972 -- 1978.
Survey plats of individual
tracts of land on Sanibel Island, 1962 -- 1973.
Series
II: Environmental Confederation of South West Florida (ECOSWF)
History of the organization,
1970 -- 1995.
Annual records
1971. (2
folders)
Box
3
Annual records (cont.)
1972. (3
folders)
1973. (2 folders)
1974. (2 folders)
1972 -- 1974. Newspaper
clippings.
1975. (2 folders)
1976. (2 folders)
1977. (3 folders)
1978. (3 folders)
Box
4
Annual records (cont.)
1979. (2
folders)
1980.
1981.
1982 -- 1996.
Bazire -- conflict
of interest, 1975.
By-laws, 1972 -- 1986.
Communications proposal,
1977.
Finances
Grants and
correspondence, 1975 -- 1979.
Receipts and correspondence
1974.
1975.
1976.
1977.
1978.
1979.
1980.
Membership correspondence,
1974 -- 1979. (3 folders)
Membership rolls,
1971 -- 1981.
Projects
Charlotte
Harbor seaport, 1974 -- 1976.
Coastal zone management,
1974 -- 1977.
Critical area nomination
1975 -- 1976.
(2 folders)
Box
5
Projects (cont.)
Critical
area nomination (cont.)
Charlotte
Harbor resource
Planning
and management committee, 1978 -- 1981.
Cruise, 1977.
ENFO Newsletter
and Planning progress through citizen action document, 1978.
Summary of
status to October 1977.
Developments of
regional interest
Estuaries,
Lee County, 1975 -- 1977.
Marco Island,
1975.
Myakka estates,
1975.
Punta Gordo Isles,
1975 -- 1976.
South Gulf Cove,
1975 -- 1977.
Environmental inventory
Five county
packet, 1969 -- 1978.
Revision, 1975.
Sarasota revision,
1975.
Land protection
Barefoot
Beach, Matanzas Pass, Six Mile Cypress, and Flatford Swamp, 1975 -- 1978.
Cayo Costa Island
plan, 1974 -- 1978.
Environmentally
endangered lands program, 1975.
Myakka River,
1975 -- 1980.
Marine protection
programs
Aquatic
preserves, 1979.
Marine sanctuaries,
1975.
Wild and scenic
rivers, 1978.
Regional planning
conference (November 1974)
Agenda,
panels, reservations, etc.
Art Marshall’s
paper.
Panels and panelists.
Post-conference
analysis.
Transcript.
Research
J.N. “Ding”
Darling environmental research fund, 1978 -- 1980.
New College (Sarasota,
FL), 1975 -- 1977.
University of
Florida -- boat, 1972.
Special workshops
Barrier
Islands, 1976.
Energy systems,
1975.
Environmental
fair, 1977 -- 1978.
Private property,
1976.
Regional airport,
1977.
Series
III: Conservation Organizations
Florida Audubon Society,
1975 -- 1978.
Florida Conservation
Foundation. Environmental information center, 1976 -- 1979.
Florida Defenders
of the Environment, 1978.
Florida Nature Conservancy,
1976 -- 1980.
Junior Museum and
Planetarium of Lee County, 1973 -- 1978. (2 folders)
Box 6
Miscellaneous organizations,
1968 -- 1979.
Pioneer Education
Foundation and Koreshan University, 1973 -- 1981.
Sanibel-Captiva Audubon
Society, 1960 -- 1975.
Sanibel-Captiva Chamber
of Commerce, 1967 -- 1968.
Sanibel Island Land
Investment Corporation, 1968 -- 1969.
Sanibel Rocks. Property
owners association, 1962.
Sanibel “Think
Tank”, 1969 -- 1970.
Series
IV: Documents
About the state comprehensive
plan, 1976.
The American Eagle
for the Wise Use of Natural Resources, 1970 -- 1981. (8 folders)
Aquatic preserve.
Proposed and existing legislation, 1975.
Atlas of environmental
jurisdictions in Florida, 1976 -- 1977.
Barrier Islands:
an endangered resource, 1977.
“Beach processes
and inlet dynamics in a barrier island chain” by Judson Harvey, 1979.
“Botanical,
geological, and sociological factors affecting the management of the Barrier
Islands adjacent to Stump Pass” by William Reynolds, 1976.
Charlotte Harbor:
a Florida resource.
Charlotte Harbor
aquatic preserve, 1979.
“The climate
of Florida’s deep water ports” by Shepley Cleaves, 1975.
Coastal zone management
in Florida, 1971.
Development of regional
impact assessment for “The Estuaries”, 1976.
“The effects
of natural forces on the development and maintenance of the Everglades”
by Frank Craighead, 1973.
Energy analysis as
a common basis for optimally combining man’s activities and nature, 1974.
ENFO Newsletter,
1973 -- 1978.
“An environmental
assessment of North Captiva Island” by Sandy Morrill and Judson Harvey,
1980.
“The environmental
control jungle” by F.A. Eidsness, 1971.
Environmental studies
program. New College of the University of Southern Florida, 1977 -- 1978.
Everglades wilderness
study, 1974.
Florida aquatic preserve
rules, 1979.
The Florida coastal
management program workshop, 1977.
Florida energy policy
statement.
Florida environmentally
endangered lands plan.
Florida Keys area
of critical state concern, 1974 -- 1975.
Florida resources,
1972.
Box
7
Fourth annual conference
on the restoration of coastal vegetation in Florida, 1977.
General energy systems
basis theories and concepts, 1974.
Governor Graham’s
legislative program: transportation, 1980.
Guide to written
and graphic information of the Charlotte Harbor estuarine region, 1975.
“An introduction
to the natural systems: Coastal Southwest Florida” by Bob Mack, 1978.
Jay N. “Ding”
Darling, 1972 -- 1974. Articles about Darling.
Lee County comprehensive
plan, 1979.
Management of the
national wildlife refuge system, 1978.
Native plants of
Sanibel and Captiva Islands, 1960.
“Native trees
and shrubs for Sanibel-Captiva landscaping” by Mada M. Harrison, 1973.
“Natural areas
of necessary components of man’s total environment” by Odum and Odum.
The natural history
of Cayo-Costa Island, by Stanley Herwitz, 1977.
Newspaper clippings,
1970 -- 1988.
Optimum land use
for individuals and communities through general energy systems concepts, 1975.
“Patterns of
succession on Spoil Islands” by Paul Carlson, 1972.
Proposal for declaration
of Sanibel-Captiva as critical state area.
A proposal for the
study of tidal creeks of Southwest Florida, 1976.
A proposed system
of aquatic preserves, 1968.
Recreation in the
coastal zone, 1975.
Review of major Barrier
Islands of the United States, 1977.
Rules of the Florida
department of pollution control, 1972.
Six Mile Cypress
Swamp.
Statement for management
of the Big Cypress National Preserve, 1976.
A statement to Reubin
O’D. Askew, 1973.
Suggested state policy
and criteria for coastal management in Florida, 1976.
“A survey of
the springidae of Sanibel Island, Florida” by C. Hugh Brown, 1976.
Thoughts on energy,
energetics, and energize, 1974.
Undeveloped coastal
barriers: definitions and delineation criteria, 1982.
“The vegetation
of Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida” by George R. Cooley, 1955.
1998
Addendum
Box 8
Documents and papers
Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation Foundation, Inc. Initial program and basic goals, 1968 -- 1978.
Sanibel land acquisition
program, 1969 -- 1977.
Sanibel planning,
1958 -- 1975.
Douglas, Marjory
Stoneman. Correspondence, 1972 -- 1993, includes the obituary of Mrs. Douglas.
Environmental Confederation
of South West Florida (ECOSWF). Annual records, 1970 -- 1980. (5 folders)
Documents
Biscayne
Bay Aquatic Preserve, 1979 -- 1980.
“Cape Coral
water quality investigation” Preliminary draft.
ENFO Newsletter,
1972 -- 1980.
“Epiphytic
lichens as biological indicators of atmospheric pollution” Research proposal
by Carol Ann Sirko.
Florida Coastal
Coordinating Council. Coastal Zone Management in Florida -- 1971.
Florida Power &
Light Company
Atlas
of Environmental Jurisdictions in Florida.
Ten Year Power
Plant Site Plan, 1979 -- 1988.
J.N. “Ding”
Darling National Wildlife Refuge. A prospectus.
The J.N. “Ding”
Darling Foundation, Inc. A Report on Activities.
The National Heritage
Policy Act.
“The regulatory
needs of Florida’s aquatic preserves.”
Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation Foundation, Inc.
Animal
drawings by Ann Winterbotham.
Reports, bylaws,
etc.
Sanibel Island
property development plan. Vines & Associates, Inc.
Sasaki, Dawson,
DeMay Associates, Inc. Brochures.
Florida Conservation
Organizations
Caretta
research, 1974 -- 1975.
Environmental Information
Center, 1973 -- 1975.
Florida Audubon
Society, 1974 -- 1979.
Florida Defenders
of the Environment, 1980 -- 1981.
Florida Nature
Conservancy
Bylaws,
brochures, etc., 1976 -- 1980.
Correspondence,
1973 -- 1981. (3 folders)
Land preservation
projects
Big
Smokehouse Key, 1977 -- 1978.
Cayo Costa
Eagles Nest, 1978.
Estuaries,
1977.
MacArthur --
Sarasota, 1978.
Matanzas Pass,
1974 -- 1982.
Osborne tract,
1979.
Perico Island,
1972 -- 1978.
Six Mile Cypress,
1975 -- 1979.
The Junior Museum
and Planetarium of Lee County
Bylaws,
site evaluation, etc., 1971 -- 1977.
Correspondence,
1975 -- 1980. (2 folders)
Obituary for Mr. Bazire, 1998.
2005 Addendum
Box 9
Account book
Correspondence
October
1935 -- December 1936
1937 -- 1944
Photograph of Bazire.
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