Stewart L. Udall served as Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy (left) and Lyndon Baines Johnson (right, shown with Lady Bird Johnson). While secretary, he authored the environmental classic, The Quiet Crisis, in 1963. (Photos by White House staff (left) and Michael A. Geissinger (right) courtesy UA Library Special Collections)
Remembering Stewart L. Udall, 1920-2010
The Udall Center notes with sadness the passing of Stewart
L. Udall, former Secretary of the Interior under Presidents Kennedy and
Johnson. Udall was a longtime advocate for many issues that intersect with the
Udall Center's mission.
In
1987, the Arizona Board of Regents established the Udall Center to recognize
the Udall family's enormous contributions to public
affairs, over three generations, in Arizona and across the nation. Stewart
Udall and his brother, Morris K. Udall, were the most prominent members of the
family in the area of public service. "The Udall Center has drawn much of its
inspiration from the work of the two Udall brothers," said Robert Varady,
deputy director of the Center, director of its environmental policy programs, and co-author with Stewart Udall of a 1994 essay
on transboundary environmental conflict.
"Much of our understanding and
appreciation of environmental values derive from Stewart Udall's thinking and
commitment," Varady said.
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Last year, through an act of Congress, Stewart Udall's name
was added to that of his brother to rename the Tucson-based federal agency, the
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall
Foundation. [LINK]
Since 1995, the Udall Center has received significant funding
from the Udall Foundation to support many of the Center's research and outreach
programs in environmental policy and Indigenous nations policy. In 2001, the
Udall Foundation and University of Arizona founded the Native Nations
Institute, an administrative unit of the Udall Center.
Resources about Stewart Udall for Scholars
Under the auspices of the Center's annual workplan with the
Foundation, the UA Library receives support to archive documents, photographs,
oral histories, and memorabilia that pertain to the careers of the Udalls and
other key Arizona political figures.
These resources are available for review by scholars and members
of the public at the UA Library Special
Collections. [LINK]
Information about the documents and materials of Stewart Udall is available
at two websites:
Stewart Lee Udall:
Advocate for the Planet Earth, which includes a finding aid to the Udall papers; a
biographical note and career chronology; a guide to books, articles, and
speeches by Udall; links to the archives of other Udall family members, including Morris K. Udall; and selected images. [LINK] Stewart L. Udall:
Papers of the Mexican Water Treaty and Colorado River, part of the Western
Waters Digital Library, with digitized documents pertaining to the Colorado River treaty with Mexico. [LINK]
Research Articles about Stewart Udall
Stewart Udall was himself a scholar and author of many
articles and books, including the environmental classic, The Quiet Crisis, published in 1963. He also has been the subject
of study by historians and other researchers. Several key articles focus on Udall's policies and impact as Secretary of the Interior (most of these
articles are available via the online database, JSTOR). [LINK]
Bailey, J.M. 2005. Reconsideration and reconciliation:
Arizona's "Brothers Udall" and the Grand Canyon Dam controversy. New Mexico Historical Review 80(2):
133-162. Baker, R.A. 1985. The
Conservation Congress of Anderson and Aspinall, 1963-64. Journal of Forest History 29(3): 104-119. Coate, C. 2001.
"You put politics in the scale": Stewart L. Udall and excess land law in
California, 1961-1968. Social Science
Journal 38(4): 515-526. Coate, C. 1995. "The
biggest water fight in American History": Stewart Udall and the Central Arizona
Project. Journal of the Southwest
37(1): 79-101. Dean, R. 1997. "Dam
building still had some magic then": Stewart Udall, the Central Arizona
Project, and the evolution of the Pacific Southwest Water Plan, 1963-1968. The Pacific Historical Review 66(1):
81-98. Riggs, C.K. 2000. American
Indians, economic development, and self-determination in the 1960s. The Pacific Historical Review 69(3):
431-463. Smith, T.G. 1997.
Robert Frost, Stewart Udall, and the
"Last Go-Down." New England Quarterly 70(1):
3-32.
Smith, T.G. 1995.
John Kennedy, Stewart Udall, and New Frontier conservation. The Pacific Historical Review 64(3):
329-362.
Stewart Udall: On Leaving a Legacy
In January 2009, Albuquerque public television station,
KNME, broadcast an interview with Stewart Udall, in which he spoke about the
legacy he wanted to leave to future generations: Stewart Udall: Advocate for the Earth [LINK]
In November 2009, Stewart Udall (shown here with his son, U.S. Senator Tom Udall, D-NM) attended the dedication ceremony renaming the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, an independent federal agency based in Tucson, Ariz. (Photo by Jennifer Polixenni Brankin courtesy Udall Foundation)
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