Project WILD Records, 1974-2014

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Summary

Creator:
Project WILD (Duke University)
Abstract:
Project WILD is a student-led program focused on outdoor activities and running a pre-orientation wilderness experience in the Pisgah National Forest every August. The Project WILD records include handbooks and training manuals for both staff and participants, photographs, evaluations, and other materials.
Extent:
5 Linear Feet
0.02 Gigabytes
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
UA.09.21.0001
University Archives Record Group:
09 -- Student Affairs
09 -- Student Affairs > 21 -- Unknown Subgroup

Background

Scope and content:

The Project WILD Records include handbooks and manuals for both participants and leaders, evaluations of the program, correspondence, photographs, and other materials documenting the program.

Biographical / historical:

Project WILD was established in 1974 by a group of students working with the Vice President of Student Affairs, and was inspired by outward bound programs. The program, Wilderness Initiatives for Learning at Duke, was originally a pre-orientation experience for incoming freshmen and eventually offered multiple courses or events throughout the academic year. Project WILD s on outdoor wilderness activities including camping, hiking, rock-climbing, solo camping, and other activities.

The primary Project WILD activity is the pre-orientation trip to the Pisgah National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, taking place in August for ten days to two weeks.

Acquisition information:
The Project WILD Records were received by the Duke University Archives as a gift in 2018.
Processing information:

Processed by Tracy M. Jackson, October 2018

Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2018.0034

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Outdoor education
Names:
Project WILD (Duke University)
Places:
Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Project WILD Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.