James Lippincott Goodwin papers 1882-1967

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James Lippincott Goodwin papers 1882-1967

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The papers consist of correspondence, business records, maps and records of various forest conservation organizations in Connecticut and North Carolina, where James Goodwin carried on his lumbering operations. His activities in the conservation associations and as field secretary of the Connecticut State Park Forest Commission is documented in correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings and records of plantings carried on by the organizations. The maps show Goodwin's holdings in various parts of Connecticut and Carthage, North Carolina.

29.25 linear feet (72 boxes, 9 folios, 15 notebooks)

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350389

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale university. School of forestry and environmental studies

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The Yale School of Forestry was begun in 1900 through the efforts of two conservationists, Gifford Pinchot (B.A. 1889, LL.D. 1925) and Henry S. Graves (B.A. 1892, LL.D. 1940). The school is the oldest forestry school in the country, and its influence on forestry in the United States and abroad, has become well-established. Though in its early years the school was primarily a professional institution concerned with training general practitioners for timber management, it soon became a major sourc...

Connecticut. State Park and Forest Commission

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Goodwin, James Lippincott, 1881-1967.

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James Lippincott Goodwin was an architect, forester, and conservationist. He received a masters degree in forestry from Yale University in 1910 and became a private forestry consultant, as well as a landscape architect. From 1913-1914, Goodwin was field secretary of the Connecticut State Park and Forest Commission. He served as president of the Connecticut Forest and Park Association from 1958-1961. From the description of James Lippincott Goodwin papers, 1882-1967 (inclusive), 1917-...