Much of the collection is made up of typed copies of various items made by Mr. Stoddart and others for his records. Range research and reports on different aspects of range science are included in the papers.
The correspondence covers letters of school officials government agencies, students, and other range management specialists on a variety of subjects. The subject file contains notes for his range management courses, the ASRM, the National Research Council, and the Taylor Grazing Act. The Experiment Station collection includes raw data and reports from various research projects, e.g. range reseeding, poisonous plants, and rabbit brush eradication.
The collection is divided into three sections: Correspondence (Boxes 1-4), Subject Files (Boxes 5-11), and Experiment Station (Boxes 12-17).
Correspondence: Boxes 1-4
This collection contains copies of letters/memos between Dr. Stoddart and school officials, government agencies, students, private citizens, and other range management specialists. The topics of discussion range from job recommendations, and scientific reviews to department policies and the future of range management.
Subject files: Boxes 5-11
A major portion of the subject file contains Dr. Stoddart's notes for his range management courses. Other folders deal with information on the American Society of Range Management, the civil Service register, the National Research Council, and the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934.
Experiment Station: Boxes 12-17
The Experiment Station collection includes raw data and reports from various research projects, e.g. rabbit brush eradication, poisonous plants, range reseeding, and plant/soil relationships.