North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Records 1926-2010

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North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Records 1926-2010

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Contains records that document the administration, research, and educational work of the Department of Forestry, and three sub-series, Cooperatives, Outreach, Extension, and Continuing Education, Extension Forestry and Extension Wildlife. Also contains correspondence, training materials, and reports pertaining to timber estimates which were used for identifying and grading timber for logging. Also includes conferences on opportunities for the use of laminated wood in building construction, annual reports on farm forestry extension work (tree farming), and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Unit Demonstration Tracts relating to farm woodland management plans of the North Carolina Christmas Tree Program. The collection in unprocessed. The Department of Forestry began in 1929 and its first director was J.V. Hofmann who served until 1948. In 1951 T. Ewald Maki was appointed to head up the forest management curriculum. He served until 1970 when C.B. Davey was appointed department head. Davey led the department until 1978 when John W. Johnson succeeded him. Following Johnson's death in late 1979, Art Cooper became department head and remained in that capacity until 1994.

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