Board of Fisheries and Game records
Scope and Content
Case files contain warden's case reports and complaint forms, as well as notification to towns regarding prohibitions on licenses, correspondence, and prohibition appeals. Correspondence includes press releases, public relations schedules, memos, statistical information and reports on various subject. Warden's files contain personnel files for for Ray M. Brittingham, Walter S. Watson, Charles R. Disbrow, and Edith A. Stoehr, the first female game warden in the United States. These records are restricted. Minutes contain files only from 1956. Photographs are primarily black and white and include warden activities such as predator control, game breeding, conservation activities, warden training and state lands. Many are mounted on acidic cardboard. A small number of photographs were added from the Law Enforcement Unit of the Dept. of Environmental Protection which assumed many of the Board's responsibilities in 1971.
Dates
- 1911-1990
- Majority of material found within 1934-1957
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
Historical Note
Fish Commissioners were established in 1867 per Public Acts chpt. 111. In 1895 the name was changed to Commissioners of Fisheries and Game per Public Acts chpt. 46. The Commission was charged with "the supervision of hatcheries and retaining ponds, the introduction and distribution of such food fish and game as are adapted to the waters or lands of this State, and the enforcement of all laws relating to fish and game."1 The name changed again in 1914 to State Board of Fisheries and Game per Public Acts chpt. 228. This Act provided for the appointment of a superintendent of fisheries and game who in turn appointed a fish and game warden from each county. Fish and game wardens would have the power to arrest for the violation of any law relating to fish and game.2 In 1971 the Board merged into the new Department of Environmental Protection.
See also the State Board of Fisheries and Game Agency History.
Endnotes
- 1First Biennial Report of the Commission of Fisheries and Game of the State of Connecticut, For the Fiscal Years 1895-1896. Hartford, Conn.: Fowler & Miller Co., 1896.
- 2Connecticut Fish & Game Laws, In Force November 1, 1913. Hartford, Conn., 1913.
Extent
6.5 cubic feet
Abstract
In 1895 the Fish Commissioners became the Commissioners of Fisheries and Game charged with "the supervision of hatcheries and retaining ponds, the introduction and distribution of such food fish and game as are adapted to the waters or lands of this State, and the enforcement of all laws relating to fish and game." The Commission became the State Board of Fisheries and Game in 1913.
Arrangement
Case files, 1949-1957
Accession: 1992-080, 1949-1955, 3 cubic feet
Accession: 2000-017, 1956-1957, 1 cubic foot
Correspondence, 1952-1954, Accession: 1993-136 (part), 1.25 cubic feet
Warden's Files, 1934-1946, Accession: 1993-146, 0.25 cubic feet
Minutes, 1956, Accession: 1993-135 (part), 0.5 cubic feet
Photographs, 1911-1990, Accession: 1993-135 (part), 0.5 cubic feet
- Connecticut. State Board of Fisheries and Game -- Records and correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fisheries -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Game protection-- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Game wardens-- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minutes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Wildlife conservation-- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wildlife management -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RG 079:003, Board of Fisheries and Game
- Subtitle
- Inventory of Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
- Date
- 2008
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository
