Bachelor Estate, 1947 - 1998
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of estate deeds, reports about the Joseph M. Bachelor Estate and Wildlife Game Reserve Collection
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 1998
Creator
- From the Record Group: Academic and Administrative Services. Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials do not circulate and may only be used in the archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
John M. Bachelor, served as an English professor, began his career at Miami in 1927. He taught through the 1945-46 school year when he retired to the Bachelor Estate located on tracts of land he acquired north of state route 73 and west of Oxford-Milford Road. Prior to his death in 1947 Bachelor left his property totaling 400 acres to his mother and willed, upon her death, all lands and funds associated with the estate to Miami University. The Bachelor Wildlife and Game Reserve is managed to establish and preserve habitat diversity for native plants and wildlife. Through the early 1950’s the University practiced agriculture on almost half of the estate. The property at his request, was protected from residential development and named the Joseph M. Bachelor Wildlife and Game Reserve. Over the years, the University’s management of the reserve has varied. 261 acres of new tracts of land were acquired to create the contiguous landscape totaling almost 661 acres. The main reserve is located west of Oxford-Milford Road, north of State Route 73, east of Miami University’s horse stables, and mostly south of Bonham Road. Today, none of the land in the Main Reserve is used for agriculture or grazing. The reserve is open for observational and non-destructive research in the natural sciences. Additionally there is a system of hiking trials throughout the reserve that is maintained for the use of students, faculty members, staff and the public.Note written by Robert Schmidt
Extent
2 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of materials documenting the history of the Bachelor Estate.
Abstract
Academic and Administrative Offices; Bachelor Estate Game and Wildlife Reserve; Game and Wildlife Reserve General Materials; 1947-65, and undated; Box 1 [6A-B-5A] Files: 1. Bachelor Estate Game and Wildlife Reserve I (1947-48) 2. Bachelor Estate Game and Wildlife Reserve II 3. Carl S. Johnson, Miami University's Lands for Learning: A Report on the Nature and Possible Uses of the Bachelor Estate and Associated Lands (February 15, 1965) 4. Lands For Learning Supplemental Materials
Academic and Administrative Offices; Bachelor Estate Game and Wildlife Reserve; Bachelor Estate Deeds [Property] Sold; 1968-98; Box 2 [17A-K-7A] Deeds transferred to Robin Parker's Office 2018 - Miami Legal Counsel Files: 1. James K. Billman, Jr. Property. Middletown, Ohio. Received December 1986. Sold (1995) 2. Neoma K. Boadway Property. Elkhart, Indiana. Received October 1996. Sold (1998) 3. Gladys Finkelman Property. Middletown, Ohio. Received October 1967. Sold (1968) 4. Marian Finch Property. East Collins Street. Received February 1964. Sold (1974) 5. William J. and Joan M. Doyle Property. Blue Ash, Ohio. Received December 1994. Sold (1995) 6. Eleanor Waldhauer Dommerich Property. Port St. Lucie, Florida. Received November 1990. Sold (1996) 7. William A. Hammond Property. DeLand, Florida. Received December 1970. Sold (1972) 8. Robert A. and Dorothy B. Haines Property. Linvillle Ridge, North Carolina. Received December 1993. Sold. (1994) 9. George B. and Orel R. Gundlach Property. Cape Coral, Florida. Received September 1992. Sold (1993) 10. Stanley E. Payne Property. Dearborn County, Indiana. Received December 1986. Sold (1993) 11. Fred Lamke Property. Blanchester, Ohio. Received June, 1985 12. Bachelor Estate 13. Bachelor Estate 1947-51 14. Bachelor Estate
Abstract
Academic and Administrative Offices; Bachelor Estate Game and Wildlife Reserve; Game and Wildlife Reserve General Materials; 1947-65, and undated; Box 1 [6A-B-5A] Files: 1. Bachelor Estate Game and Wildlife Reserve I (1947-48) 2. Bachelor Estate Game and Wildlife Reserve II 3. Carl S. Johnson, Miami University's Lands for Learning: A Report on the Nature and Possible Uses of the Bachelor Estate and Associated Lands (February 15, 1965) 4. Lands For Learning Supplemental Materials
Academic and Administrative Offices; Bachelor Estate Game and Wildlife Reserve; Bachelor Estate Deeds [Property] Sold; 1968-98; Box 2 [17A-K-7A] Deeds transferred to Robin Parker's Office 2018 - Miami Legal Counsel Files: 1. James K. Billman, Jr. Property. Middletown, Ohio. Received December 1986. Sold (1995) 2. Neoma K. Boadway Property. Elkhart, Indiana. Received October 1996. Sold (1998) 3. Gladys Finkelman Property. Middletown, Ohio. Received October 1967. Sold (1968) 4. Marian Finch Property. East Collins Street. Received February 1964. Sold (1974) 5. William J. and Joan M. Doyle Property. Blue Ash, Ohio. Received December 1994. Sold (1995) 6. Eleanor Waldhauer Dommerich Property. Port St. Lucie, Florida. Received November 1990. Sold (1996) 7. William A. Hammond Property. DeLand, Florida. Received December 1970. Sold (1972) 8. Robert A. and Dorothy B. Haines Property. Linvillle Ridge, North Carolina. Received December 1993. Sold. (1994) 9. George B. and Orel R. Gundlach Property. Cape Coral, Florida. Received September 1992. Sold (1993) 10. Stanley E. Payne Property. Dearborn County, Indiana. Received December 1986. Sold (1993) 11. Fred Lamke Property. Blanchester, Ohio. Received June, 1985 12. Bachelor Estate 13. Bachelor Estate 1947-51 14. Bachelor Estate
Physical Location
Miami University Archives, King Library, 3rd Floor, Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Custodial History
Property Deeds for the Bachelor Estate are held in the Miami University Office of General Counsel. 2018 - Miami General Counsel
Other Descriptive Information
http://archives.lib.miamioh.edu/show_subCat2.php?subCat1_id=53&&subCat1_name=Bachelor%20Estate&&cat_id=30&&cat_name=Academic%20and%20Administrative%20Offices
Subject
- Bachelor, Joseph M. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Miami University and Western College Memorial Archives Repository