Donald Hawthorne Animal Damage Control History Collection --

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: NWRC 0033

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of documents and photographs dated 1884 to 2004, with the bulk falling from 1915 to 1995. Records in this collection were collected by Hawthorne and document the history of federally sponsored Animal Damage Control (ADC) programs in the United States. Working files related to Hawthorne’s work with the ADC program are minimal. This collection is arranged into two series based on material type.

Series I consists of two boxes of documents including publications, reports, news clippings, press releases, policy papers, memorandums, correspondence, and narrative histories collected by Hawthorne. Materials in this series pertain to the historical development of rodent and predator control programs in New Mexico, Idaho, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, California, Colorado, and Montana. Included are publications from the USDA, Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Service, APHIS, and livestock associations. Numerous materials documenting the transfer of the ADC program from the Dept. of Interior to the USDA in 1985 are included. Copies of lawsuits and legislative acts pertaining to the use of toxicants in federally sponsored wildlife management operations are also included.

Series II consists of one box of slides and photographs featuring ADC personnel and historical hunting and trapping operations including stereoviews of rabbit drives from the 1890s.

Dates

1884 - 2004
Majority of material found within 1915 - 1995

Creator

Hawthorne, Donald W. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Donald Hawthorne served as the Associate Deputy Administrator of Wildlife Services’ national program, Animal Damage Control (ADC) Director of the Western Region in Denver, and the ADC State Director in Utah, Texas, and Oklahoma. Throughout his 33 year career (1966-1999) in animal damage control, Hawthorne worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Oklahoma, Utah and New Mexico, and for Wildlife Services’ ADC programs in Texas, Colorado and Washington, D.C.

Hawthorne was born and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a B.S. degree in Wildlife Conservation Management in 1965. After graduating, Hawthorn served as a FWS Supervisor trainee in Oklahoma before becoming a District Supervisor in Oklahoma and Utah. In 1969, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he served as a staff specialist, and in 1971 transferred to the FWS Atlanta regional office. Hawthorne then served as State Supervisor for Utah’s ADC program and worked as an ADC biologist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1979, Hawthorne was named State Supervisor for the FWS ADC program in Texas.

Hawthorne also served as the ADC Director of the Western Region in Denver, which included the 18 most western states, including Alaska, Hawaii and the territory of Guam. From there, Hawthorne moved on to serving as the Associate Deputy Administrator in the ADC office in Washington, D.C. His last position before retiring was as the ADC State Director in Oklahoma.

Materials in this collection are historical in nature and were collected by Hawthorne to document the history of the Animal Damage Control program in the United States.

Extent

2.42 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The Donald Hawthorne Animal Damage Control History Collection is arranged into two series based on material type:

Series I: Documents and Publications, 1884-2004
Series II: Images, 1891-1992

Materials in this collection are arranged chronologically to show the historical development and progress of federally sponsored rodent and predatory animal control programs in the United States.