William Edwards forestry collection, 1909-1956.

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William Edwards forestry collection, 1909-1956.

This collection includes 850 glass lantern slides, photographic prints, film negatives, and a forestry scrapbook, which together comprise a rich and illustrative collection about silviculture, forestry, saw mills, and the logging industry.

3.23 cubic feet.

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Edwards, William, 1888-1975

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Penn State professor of lumbering, William Edwards, was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1888; received a bachelor degree from Geneva College and a master's degree in forestry from Penn State and the University of California. He came to Penn State in 1914, became a professor of lumbering in 1924, and retired in June of 1948 to serve as a consultant forester to several lumber companies. He died in 1975. From the description of William Edwards forestry collection, 1909-1956. (Pen...