Description: Glen Sanderson (1923-2008) joined the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS)—part of the Prairie Research Institute—in 1955. He served as Director of the Center for Wildlife Ecology, and in 1989 was given the rank of Principal Scientist before retiring in 1990. Sanderson's research in wildlife ecology focused on the raccoon, rabies in mammals, the toxicity of shots used in waterfowl hunting, and the preservation of the greater prairie chicken.
Sanderson's papers include documents collected and used in his research at the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS). Many of these papers have secondary authors. These include reports, memos, correspondence, surveys, news articles, press releases, notes, conferences, talks, and publications on subjects such as raccoons, fur harvesting, wildlife harvests, toxic shots (lead and bismuth) versus steel shots in waterfowl hunting, pollution, hunting licenses, and deer. Sanderson originally labeled these folders with numbers that correlate to numbers written on the individual documents within the folders. More descriptive titles have been provided by the archives, based on the topic headings used by Sanderson on the documents. Sanderson's papers also include slides and photographs of Sanderson's work such as fur harvesting, raccoons, ducks, lead poisoning, graphs and data, pesticides, opossums, prairie chickens, radiotelemetry, squirrels, deer. The binder on Bismuth shot study includes different shots that have been fired from different distances. Also included are photographs from Frank C. Bellrose's 50th anniversary of employment at INHS reception.
This collection is arranged into 1 series. Series 1: Illinois Natural History Survey, 1939-1996, arranged by Sanderson's original arrangement.
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