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Digital project puts Aldo Leopold papers online
By David Null
University Archivist
Posted 4/1/2008
MADISON, Wis. – The first content from the project to digitize 
the University Archives’ complete collection of material from world-renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold has been released to the public.
The digitization is being done under a grant awarded to the Aldo Leopold Foundation, in Baraboo, Wis., the holders of the intellectual property rights of the materials, by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The UW Digital Collections Center is managing the digitization.
Leopold's diaries and journals are the first materials to be digitized, due to their high use and fragility. The materials consist of a collection of early diaries, notebooks and journals with a folio of loose drawings and US Forest Service diaries covering 1899-1933, Leopold's hunting journals spanning 1917-1945, and Leopold's shack journals covering 1935-1948.
Since the diaries and journals are hand written, they are not searchable, but users can browse through them. The images were created using Jpeg 2000 and come up in four sizes. By clicking on the Image detail link, users can zoom in on specific parts of pages for greater detail.
The diaries and journals are available in two ways. The main collection is at http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/AldoLeopold/.
The materials are also available through links that have been added to the more detailed guide to entire collection, which is available at: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-lib-leopoldpapers.
The rest of the digital Leopold collection will be coming up during 2008, in fairly large, complete segments. The next part to be made available will be Leopold's correspondence, mostly covering his UW years, 1933-1948.
The two-year project exemplifies the Wisconsin Idea. Watch David Null, University Archives director, discuss the collection on WisconsinEye. For more information on the project please contact Null at (608) 262-1988.
