School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, records of the dean 1900-2007 (inclusive).

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School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, records of the dean 1900-2007 (inclusive).

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The records consist of correspondence, subject files, financial records, committee files, minutes, reports, and related materials documenting the activities of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (called the School of Forestry prior to 1972). Topics include governance, curriculum, budgets and fund-raising, buildings and properties, camps and experiment stations, research programs, students, personnel, alumni relations, and relations with governmental and forestry organizations. The records include central files of the school and those maintained by the following deans: Henry S. Graves (1900-1911 and 1922-1939), James W. Toumey (1911-1922), Samuel J. Record (1939-1945), George A. Garratt (1946-1965), Francois Mergen (1965-1974), Charles W. H. Foster (1976-1980), and subsequent deans.

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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 ...

Garratt, George A. (George Alfred), 1898-

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Mergen, François, 1925-

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Yale University. School of Forestry.

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

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Foster, Charles H. W., 1927-

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Yale University.

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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 ...

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...

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...