School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, records 1905-2006 (inclusive).

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School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, records 1905-2006 (inclusive).

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The records consist of class materials and student papers from courses taught at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (School of Forestry prior to 1972) by Edward A. Bowers, Herman H. Chapman, B. E. Fernow, Henry Solon Graves, Gifford Pinchot, and Charles A. Walker. Also included are clippings, biographical notes, letters, publications, and photographs concerning the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and its faculty; publications and talks of Carl E. Ostrom, Samuel J. Record and James W. Toumey; and records of Henry W. Hicock concerning alumni relations and his professional work.

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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...

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...

Record, Samuel J. (Samuel James), 1881-1945

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Yale University.

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Fernow, B. E. 1851-1923.

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Hicock, Henry W. (Henry Walter), 1891-1980

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Ostrom, Carl E. (Carl Eric), 1912-

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Bowers, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1857-1924

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Toumey, James W. (James William), 1865-1932

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Author of Foundations of Silviculture Upon an Ecological Basis. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_552_pid_EACP549 ...

Yale University. School of Forestry.

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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...

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 ...

Walker, Charles A. (Charles Allen), 1914-

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