Dept. of Forestry records, 1912-1915.

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Dept. of Forestry records, 1912-1915.

Records include routine college and interdepartmental administrative correspondence; correspondence pertaining to commercial forestry, government regulation of forest products industries, conservation, and professional forestry associations; also, correspondence pertaining to the formal exercises at the opening of the Forestry Building at the N.Y.S. College of Agriculture (1914). Included is correspondence of Alfred W. Abrams, Robert Judson Aley, Philip Wheelock Ayres, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Hugh Potter Baker, John Bentley, Jr., Robert C. Bryant, Herman Haupt Chapman, Earle Hart Clapp, John Henry Comstock, Samuel Trask Dana, Henry Sturgis Drinker, Beverly Thomas Galloway, Royal Gilkey, Jay P. Kinney, Lewis Knudson, Clyde Leavitt, Ora Miner Leland, Albert Russell Mann, Alice G. McCloskey, Franklin Frederick Moon, Veranus Alva Moore, Walter Mulford, Clyde Hadley Myers, Charles Lathrop Pack, George W. Parker, Gustav Adolph Pearson, Clifford Robert Pettis, Gifford Pinchot, James Edward Rice, P. S. Ridsdale, Howard Wait Riley, Samuel Newton Spring, William Alonzo Stocking, Jr., Charles Henry Tuck, Edward M. Tuttle, Ottomar H. Van Norden, Martha Van Rensselaer, Edward Albert White, Karl McKay Wiegand, Charles Scoon Wilson, Paul Work.

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Moore, Veranus A. (Veranus Alva), 1859-1931

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McCloskey, Alice G.

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Galloway, B. T.

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New York State College of AgricultureDept. of Forestry.

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White, Edward Albert, 1872-1943

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Wiegand, Karl M. (Karl McKay), 1873-1942

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Professor of botany, Cornell University. From the description of Karl McKay Wiegand papers, 1893-1941. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073265 ...

Mulford, Walter, 1877-1955

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New York State College of Agriculture.

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Van Norden, Ottomar H.

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Riley, H. W. (Howard Wait), 1879-1971

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Professor of Agricultural Engineering; Chairman, New York State Committee on the Relation of Electricity to Agriculture and Rural Electric Line Conference Committee. From the description of Howard Wait Riley papers, 1924-1938. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64742276 ...

Clapp, Earle H. (Earle Hart), 1877-1970

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Tuttle, Edward Mowbray, 1889-1976

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Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931

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New York State College of Agriculture. Dept. of Forestry.

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Abrams, Alfred W.

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Dana, Samuel Trask,, 1883-1978

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Professor of forestry and dean of the School of Natural Resources at the University of Michigan, member of the Hoover Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, and fellow and president of the Society of American Foresters. From the description of Samuel Trask Dana papers, 1893-1970. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423096 Samuel T. Dana, a specialist in forestry and forest economics, was the first dean of ...

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...

Ridsdale, P. S.

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Moon, Franklin Frederick.

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Pack, Charles Lathrop, 1857-1937

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Pack was an expert in forestry, conservation, war gardens and stamp collecting. He served as President of the National Conservation Congress, the National War Garden Commission and the American Forestry Association. He founded the American Tree Association. From the description of Charles Pack papers, 1871-1954 1910-1934. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 35000945 ...

Bentley, John, 1880-1933

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Gilkey, Royal.

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Aley, Robert J. (Robert Judson), 1863-1935

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Pettis, C. R. (Clifford Robert), 1877-1927

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Drinker, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1850-1937

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College president. From the description of Papers, 1869-1929. (Lehigh University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28416050 ...

Pearson, G. A. (Gustaf Adolph), 1880-

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Kinney, Jay P., 1875-

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Parker, George W., 1923-

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Leland, Ora Miner, 1876-

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Knudson, Lewis, 1884-1958

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Chapman, Herman Haupt, 1874-1963

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Herman Haupt Chapman was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 8, 1874. He earned a B.S. and a Bachelor of Agriculture degree from the University of Minnesota and received a Master of Forestry degree from Yale University in 1904. Chapman joined the faculty of the Yale Forestry School in 1906 and was named a professor emeritus in 1943. During his tenure at Yale, Chapman authored texts on forest valuation, mensuration, regulation, finance, and management. He also served as president of the S...

Baker, Hugh P. (Hugh Potter), 1878-1950

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Leavitt, Clyde

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Myers, Clyde Hadley, 1883-1944

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Mann, Albert Russell, 1880-1947

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Cornell University Class of 1904; assistant professor of dairy industry, secretary to the director, professor of agricultural editing, acting dean, and dean of the New York State College of Agriculture, 1917-1931. From the description of Albert R. Mann papers, 1916-1931. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63537802 ...

Spring, Samuel N. (Samuel Newton), 1875-1952

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Ayres, Philip W. (Philip Wheelock), 1861-

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Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.

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Work, Paul, 1886-1959

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Tuck, Charles Henry.

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Van Rensselaer, Martha, 1864-1932

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Wilson, C. S. (Charles Scoon), 1879-

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Assistant professor of horticulture, Cornell University (Cornell University Class of 1904, M.S. 1905). From the description of Charles Scoon Wilson letter, 1909. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073279 ...

Bryant, Robert C.

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Rice, James E. (James Edward), 1865-1953

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Professor of poultry husbandry, Cornell University. From the description of James E. Rice papers, 1888-1918. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534966 ...

Stocking, W. A. (William Alonzo), 1872-1926

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