Walter Huber Meyer papers, 1912-1978 (inclusive), 1939-1963 (bulk).

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Walter Huber Meyer papers, 1912-1978 (inclusive), 1939-1963 (bulk).

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The papers consist of correspondence, reports, lecture notes, forest inventories, and research data, which document Walter Huber Meyer's study and teaching of forest valuation and mensuration and his work as a forestry consultant to the Crossett Company, the Fordyce Lumber Company, the J. Neils Lumber Company, and the Georgia-Pacific Company.

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Yale University Library

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Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station (Portland, Or.)

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Walter Huber Meyer was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1896. He received B.A., M.F., and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University in 1919, 1922, and 1929 respectively. Meyer served in the United States Forest Service and was a professor of forest management at the University of Washington. From 1939 until his retirement in 1963 Meyer taught in the Yale University School of Forestry and authored textbooks on forest valuation and mensuration. Meyer was active in forestry organizations and served as a ...

United States. Forest Service

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The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of l89l in which Congress authorized the President to designate particular areas of the forested public domain to be set aside as "reserves" for future use. The number and size of these reserves increased notably in l897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. There was no provision for management or...

Crossett Lumber Company

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Edgar Woodward "Cap" Gates, an Iowa lumberman; Charles W. Gates, his brother; Edward S. Crossett, a veteran lumberman; and Dr. John Watzek, an investor, incorporated the Crossett Lumber Company in 1899. They purchased more than 50,000 acres of land in southeast Arkansas and built the company mill town of Crossett, Ark. The Crossett Lumber Company consulted with foresters from Yale University and the Federal Bureau of Forestry to begin sustainable lumbering in the 1920s. It expanded from a lumber...

J. Neils Lumber Company

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Yale University. School of Forestry.

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Fordyce Lumber Company.

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Georgia-Pacific Corporation

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