Vincent J. Bellis Papers

1969-1994, undated
Manuscript Collection #799
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Creator(s)
Bellis, Vincent J., 1938-
Physical description
3.5 Cubic Feet, 9 boxes
Preferred Citation
Vincent J. Bellis Papers (#799), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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Files (1969-1994) belonging to retired ECU Biology professor Dr. Vincent J. Bellis pertaining to the environmental impact of the Chicod Creek (North Carolina) channelization, the East Carolina University Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, North Carolina Academy of Science, and material concerning the Sierra Club of NC and other environmental groups. Included are correspondence, affidavits, reports, notes, conference proceedings, environmental studies, and newsletters.

Biographical/historical information

Professor Vincent J. Bellis, an aquatic biologist, was born in Penn Yan, New York. He earned both his BS and MS from North Carolina State University and his PhD from the University of Western Ontario. Bellis was an associate professor of Biology at East Carolina University from 1966 to 1998. He also served as Professor Emeritus at ECU from 1989 until 1998.

Scope and arrangement

The collection contains correspondence, affidavits, reports, notes, conference proceedings, programs, books, booklets, pamphlets, brochures, photographs, maps, diagrams and other miscellaneous materials regarding environmental studies, particularly those related to the stream channelization at Chicod Creek, NC. Organizations documented include North Carolina Academy of Science, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC), Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources (ICMR) at East Carolina University, Water Resources Research Institute of UNC, Pitt (County) Soil and Water Conservation, North Carolina Entomological Society and North Carolina Chemical Society.

Administrative information
Custodial History

August 29, 2000, 1331 items; files pertaining to Chicod Creek (NC) channelization controversy including correspondence, affidavits, reports, notes, conference proceedings and miscellany. Donor: Dr. Vincent J. Bellis.

March 7, 2001, (unprocessed addition 1), 1703 items, 0.870 cubic feet; files concerning the East Carolina University Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, North Carolina Academey of Science, environmental studies, maritime forests, and coastal vegetation. Donor: Dr. Vincent J. Bellis.

October 18, 2016, (unprocessed addition 2), 1.5 cubic feet; Addition contains issues of Conservation Council of NC "Carolina Conservationist," NC Legislative Bulletin, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League "Between the Lines" (1986-1990), and League of Conservation Voters for the 1990s; Sierra Club of NC newsletter "Footnotes" (1969-1994); Sierra Club Carolinas Group April 1969 newsletter; National Commitee for the New River material; Wilderness Society "Forest Issues" Bulletins (1987-1989), and other related documents. Donor: Dr. Vincent J. Bellis.

October 23, 2020, (unprocessed addition 3), 0.5 cubic feet; Scientific research reports (1971-1987) related to vegetation in National Seashore islands. Transfer from East Carolina University Archives.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Dr. Vincent J. Bellis

Transfer from East Carolina University Archives

Processing information

Processed by Frances D. Hayden, May 9, 2002

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Personal Names
Bellis, Vincent J., 1938-
Corporate Names
East Carolina University. Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources
North Carolina Academy of Science
Topical
Coastal forests
Coastal plants
Environmental protection--North Carolina--Periodicals
Stream channelization--North Carolina--Pitt County
Places
Chicod Creek (N.C.)--Channelization
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Conference Programs, 133 items, 1972
Box 1 Folder b Printed Materials, 169 items, 1971-1977
Box 1 Folder c Printed Materials, 104 items, 1971-1977
Box 1 Folder d Photographs, 58 items, 1972
Box 1 Folder e Correspondence with NRDC, 78 items, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder f Printed Materials, 104 items, 1972-1978
Box 2 Folder a Reports, 91 items, 1974
Box 2 Folder b Reports, 25 items, 1975
Box 2 Folder c Reports by NRDC, 91 items, 1974
Box 2 Folder d Reports, 84 items, 1974
Box 2 Folder e Reports: Chicod Creek Watershed Plan, 47 items, 1974
Box 2 Folder f Printed Materials, Watersheds, 69 items, 1969-1975
Box 2 Folder g Printed Materials, Wetlands, 69 items, 1970-1976
Box 2 Folder h Notes on Tar-Pamlico Eutrophication, 67 items, 1973-1978
Box 2 Folder i Legal Papers, 88 items, 1971-1975
Box 2 Folder j Reports: Hurricane Storm Surge, 32 items, 1996
Box 2 Folder k Reports: Biological Inventory, 122 items, 1984
Box 3 Folder a Coastal Studies Course Proposals, 124 items, 1975-1976
Box 3 Folder b Coastal Studies Course Proposals, 34 items, 1973-1974
Box 3 Folder c Coastal Studies Course Proposals, 83 items, 1973-1974
Box 3 Folder d Coastal Studies Course Proposals, 45 items, 1972-1973
Box 3 Folder e Coastal Studies Course Proposals, 47 items, 1976
Box 3 Folder f Coastal Studies Course Proposals, 51 items, 1976
Box 3 Folder g Minutes, ICMR Advisory Committee, 146 items, 1972,1975
Box 3 Folder h Publications, Ecology of Cumberland Island (part 1), 165 items, 1975
Box 3 Folder i Publications, Ecology of Cumberland Island (part 2), 155 items, 1975
Box 4 Folder b Reports, Effects of Highway Construction (part 1), 101 items, 1981
Box 4 Folder c Reports, Effects of Highway Construction (part 1), 91 items, 1981
Box 4 Folder d Correspondence, Sierra Club, 52 items, 1974-1981
Box 4 Folder e Publications, Dunes and Maritime Forests, 124 items, 1989
Box 4 Folder f Publications, 90 items, 1976-1993
Box 4 Folder g Reports, National Park Service, 22 items, 1986
Box 4 Folder h Publications, Woody Vegetation on the Outer Banks, 140 items, 1979
Box 4 Folder i Reports, Sea Island Coastal Region of South Carolina and Georgia, 150 items, 1980
Box 4 Folder j Printed Materials, Protection of Maritime Forests, 16 items, 1990
Box 5 Folder a National Committee for the New River Papers, 1991, undated.
Box 5 Folder b Southern Environmental Law Center Papers, 1988-1992
Box 5 Folder c Conservation Council of NC Papers, 1987-1990
Box 5 Folder d Mountain Groups and Organizations Acting Together papers (Mountain G.O.A.T.), 1989-1990
Box 5 Folder e ENSUM Papers (Environmental Summit Coordinating Committee), 1988-1991
Box 5 Folder f Clean-Water Fund of NC papers, 1987-1991
Box 5 Folder g Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League papers (BREDL), 1986-1990
Box 5 Folder h Western North Carolina Alliance Papers, 1988-1992
Box 5 Folder i Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund papers, 1986-1990
Box 5 Folder j The Wilderness Society Forest Issues Bulletins, 1987-1989
Box 6 Folder a Blue Ridge Outing Club Papers, 1987-1990
Box 6 Folder b The Trust for Public Land, Southeast Region Papers, 1991, undated
Box 6 Folder c Local environmentalist groups, CHEPA (Chesterfield Hartland Environmental Protection Association), SEAC (Student Environmental Action Coalition) papers, 1988-1990
Box 6 Folder d Assorted environmentalist groups papers, 1986-1991
Box 6 Folder e Publications: National Forest Planning, Mountain Treasures at Risk, A Million Square Miles, 1983, 1987, undated.
Box 7 Folder a Footnotes, Newsletter of the Sierra Club of NC, 1969-1971
Box 7 Folder b Footnotes, Newsletter of the Sierra Club of NC, 1972-1975
Box 7 Folder c Footnotes, Newsletter of the Sierra Club of NC, 1976-1980
Box 7 Folder d Footnotes, Newsletter of the Sierra Club of NC, 1981-1983
Box 8 Folder a Footnotes, Newsletter of the Sierra Club of NC, 1984-1986
Box 8 Folder b Footnotes, Newsletter of the Sierra Club of NC, 1987-1989
Box 8 Folder c Footnotes, Newsletter of the Sierra Club of NC, 1990-1991
Box 8 Folder d Footnotes, Newsletter of the Sierra Club of NC, 1992-1994
Box 9 Folder a Ph.D. Dissertation (Yale 1971) "Atmospheric Salts in the Functioning of a Maritime Forest" by Dr. Henry Warren Art.
Box 9 Folder b Reports re Vegetation of St. Catherine's Island, Georgia (1973) and Historic Landscape of Dungeness, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia (1987).
Box 9 Folder c Reports re St. Simon's Island, Georgia (1987), Assateague Island National Seashore (1985), and Cape Lookout National Seashore (1987)
Box 9 Folder d Reports re Cape Cod National Seashore (1987): Vol. 1 Bibliography of Scientific Research, Vol. 2 History of Scientific Research.
Box 9 Folder e Reports re Cape Hatteras National Seashore (1987): Vol. 1 Bibliography of Scientific Research, Vol. 2 History of Scientific Research.
Box 9 Folder f 1978 Annotated Bibliography of Barrier Islands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States; Vol. 1 Bibliography of Scientific Research at Canaveral National Seashore (1985).