Austin Foster Hawes papers 1880-1968

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Austin Foster Hawes papers 1880-1968

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0637

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, and newspaper clippings, which document Austin Hawes's student life, his career as state forester of Connecticut, his controversial retirement from that position, and his travels in Central and South America. Also included are papers concerning his European travels, his job as state forester of Vermont, and as professor of history at the University of Vermont. Correspondents include Henry Graves and Gifford Pinchot.

3.25 linear feet (5 boxes)

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350679

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Graves, Henry Solon, 1871-1951

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Henry Solon Graves was born on May 3, 1871 in Marietta, Ohio. He was a forester and organized the School of Forestry at Yale University. Graves died in Brattleboro, Vermont on March 7, 1951. Graves attended Yale University (B.A. 1892, M.A. 1900), Harvard University, and the University of Munich, Germany. From 1900-1910, he was director of the Yale Forestry School. Graves was chief forester of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1910-1920. In 1923 he returned to Yale University, where he was ...

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Hawes, Austin F. (Austin Foster), 1879-1962

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Austin Foster Hawes was born in 1879 in Danvers, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. from Tufts College in 1901 and a M.F. from the Yale University School of Forestry in 1903. In 1904 he became state forester of Connecticut and from 1909 to 1917 served as state forester of Vermont and professor of forestry at the University of Vermont. In 1921 he was again named state forester of Connecticut and served in this position until 1943. In retirement he traveled extensively in Central and South America ...

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...