The Monthly Special Each month you'll find something new here—an unpublished speech of Olson's for example, or some correspondence. I'll keep each new piece on this page for three months, then remove it or move it to a different portion of this web site. This Month In Olson History. Click here or scroll down toward the bottom of this page to see what Sigurd was doing during this month 35 and/or 50 years ago. December 2008: "Fish-Eating Deer" *Published in the Journal of Mammalogy, February 1932.* November 2008: "Papette" *Published in Sports Afield, February 1932. One of Sigurd's rare pieces of published fiction.* October 2008: "The Bluebills Are Coming!" *Published in Sports Afield, October 1931.*
This Month in Olson History Fifty Years Ago: December 1958 (age 59) Nothing to report. Thirty-fiveYears Ago: December 1973 (age 74) In mid-December, Sigurd learned that he had been chosen as the 1974 recipient of the John Burroughs Medal, the highest honor in nature writing. While technically the award was given in honor of his book Wilderness Days, it was in this case a recognition of all his works, since the book was mostly a selection of previous essays. He would receive the award in April.

The Monthly Special

Each month you'll find something new here—an unpublished speech of Olson's for example, or some correspondence. I'll keep each new piece on this page for three months, then remove it or move it to a different portion of this web site.

This Month In Olson History. Click here or scroll down toward the bottom of this page to see what Sigurd was doing during this month 35 and/or 50 years ago.

December 2008: "Fish-Eating Deer"

Published in the Journal of Mammalogy, February 1932.

November 2008: "Papette"

Published in Sports Afield, February 1932. One of Sigurd's rare pieces of published fiction.

October 2008: "The Bluebills Are Coming!"

Published in Sports Afield, October 1931.

This Month in Olson History

Fifty Years Ago: December 1958 (age 59)

Nothing to report.

Thirty-fiveYears Ago: December 1973 (age 74)

In mid-December, Sigurd learned that he had been chosen as the 1974 recipient of the John Burroughs Medal, the highest honor in nature writing. While technically the award was given in honor of his book Wilderness Days, it was in this case a recognition of all his works, since the book was mostly a selection of previous essays. He would receive the award in April.